item: #1 of 418 id: A01554 author: Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654. title: Two sermons tending to direction for Christian cariage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and in judgements imminent : the former on Psalm 13.1, the latter on Hebr. 11.7 / by Thomas Gataker, B. in D. and pastor of Rotherhith. date: 1623.0 words: 52730 flesch: 90 summary: N●…lentem 〈◊〉 cogimus ▪ par●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . de 〈◊〉 ▪ g g 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ap●…d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ▪ 6. Q●…d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . 14. h h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 amasiu●… vel amabilis . keywords: aug; basil; beleeue; bern; cap; care; cause; children; courses; cum; cùm; david; deus; doe; doth; doth god; enim; epist; esai; esse; est; euen; euill; face; faith; father; fauour; feare; fire; gen; god; gods; goe; good; greg; hand; hath; haue; heart; hebr; hee; himselfe; hom; hope; ibid; idem; iohn; l. 1; l. 2; lib; light; like; looke; lord; loue; man; manner; matter; matth; meanes; men; naz; nec; neuer; noa; non; ouer; ought; owne; patience; present; psal; quae; qui; quia; quid; quod; quàm; reason; regard; s ●; sam; sauiour; sed; seemeth; sunt; themselues; things; thou; thy; time; trust; vnto; vpon; vse; warning; wee; word; worke; wrath; yea cache: A01554.xml plain text: A01554.txt item: #2 of 418 id: A01612 author: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. title: The translation of certaine psalmes into English verse by the Right Honourable, Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. date: 1625.0 words: 3605 flesch: 77 summary: For thou , O God , art a consuming Fire , Fraile Man , how can he stand before thy face ? Remember thou , ô Lord , the cruell cry Of Edoms Children , which did ring and sound , Inciting the Chaldaeans Cruelty , Downe with it , downe with it , euen vnto the ground . keywords: doe; doth; english; god; lord; tcp; text; thou; thy; translation cache: A01612.xml plain text: A01612.txt item: #3 of 418 id: A01850 author: Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver. title: The Leuites reuenge containing poeticall meditations vpon the 19. and 20. chapters of Iudges. By R. Gomersall. date: 1628.0 words: 25232 flesch: 72 summary: Am I as Man that I should change ? or like The sonne of man to threaten and not strike ? Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: act; crime; day; death; desire; doe; ere; farre; feare; find; giue; god; good; hath; haue; hauing; heau'n; hell; israel; leuite; man; men; neuer; owne; sinne; tell; thee; thinke; thou; thought; thy; time; vertue; victory; vnto; vpon cache: A01850.xml plain text: A01850.txt item: #4 of 418 id: A01971 author: Finch, Henry, Sir, d. 1625. title: An exposition of the Song of Solomon: called Canticles Together with profitable obseruations, collected out of the same. Perused and published by William Gouge, preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London. date: 1615.0 words: 31590 flesch: 78 summary: Our holinesse now imperfect and mingled with so much corruption shall be made perfect that no spot or wemme shall be left in vs. With ●e shalt thou come ] None shall perish of those whom God hath giuen vnto Christ . The Author Solomon , peaceable , for so his name doth signifie , a figure of Christ the Prince of peace , and the builder both of the earthly Sanct●arie , and of this heauenly frame , was , no doubt , whatsoeuer otherwise his fals might be , an elect vessell of God. keywords: bee; beloued; christ; christian; church; desire; doe; doth; faire; faith; glory; god; gods; good; hath; haue; heart; hee; himselfe; holy; loue; man; mee; men; owne; set; shee; soule; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; time; true; vers; vnto; vnto christ; vpon; wee; word cache: A01971.xml plain text: A01971.txt item: #5 of 418 id: A02148 author: Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645. title: Meditations and disquisitions upon the first Psalme of Dauid Blessed is the man. By Sr. Richard Baker, Knight. date: 1638.0 words: 36106 flesch: 50 summary: For ever since the time , of which Moses saith ? God made man : Male and female created hee them : women have had as good right to the word , as men ; But will not this continuall exercising in the Law of God ; get men the name of common Barrettours ; and make them accounted troublesome fellowes amongst their neighbours ; as of whom it may be said ; they are never well , but when they are going to Law ? Indeed the Law of man where summum Ius is summa injurie ; and where might oftentimes overcomes right ; may be subjest , perhaps , to such obloquie : but not the Law of God : keywords: bee; blessed; blessednesse; chaffe; christ; day; delight; doe; god; godlinesse; godly; good; happinesse; hath; hee; himselfe; iudgement; law; life; man; men; prophet; reason; rise; seeing; sinners; thing; time; tree; way; wee; wicked; world cache: A02148.xml plain text: A02148.txt item: #6 of 418 id: A02170 author: Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645. title: Meditations and disquisitions upon the one and fiftieth Psalme of Dauid Miserere mei Deus. By Sr. Richard Baker, Knight. date: 1638.0 words: 22107 flesch: 55 summary: But what meanes David , to say , Wash me from mine iniquity , and cleanse mee from my sinne ; as though hee would be washed from one thing , and cleansed from another ? and not be cleansed from that for which hee is washed ? But is it not , that iniquity and sinne , though called by divers names , are both the same thing ; but called iniquity , as being a transgression of the Law ; called sinne , as being an offence against God ? Or is it , that in sinne there is both a staine , and a gu lt ? ; and hee prayes to be washed from the staine , and cleansed from the guilt ? Or is it indeed , that he useth divers words , to shew that he askes forgivenesse for all his sinnes , by what name or title soever they be called ? But is not this an indignity , to the great Majestie of God ? we put our meanest servants to wash our clothes , and will we put God to so meane an office , to be a Launderer of sinnes ? But though it be naturall to mee to sinne ; yet it is not naturall to me , to sinne so grievously as I have done ; for then every one should be as great a sinner as my selfe ; but now , that I must say with Saint Paul , Of all great sinners , I am the greatest ; this is an estate of sinne , which I have not by Inheritance , but by Purchase ; and I cannot blame Nature , but my selfe for this : all the help is , that though I might be ashamed to doe it ; yet I am not ashamed to consesse it ; and is not a sincere confessing , in the ballance of thy Mercv , O God , of even weight with the not doing ? and therefore , although the sinne I conf●sse be great ; and being great , must needes be greatly displeasing to thee ; yet this conf●ssing my sinne to be great ; cannot be displeasing : For , Thou lovest truth in the inward affections ; and this my confession comes from thence : keywords: blood; cleane; david; doe; god; gods; hath; heart; himselfe; holy; joy; mee; mercy; presence; repentance; selfe; sinne; spirit; thee; thou; thy; washing; wee cache: A02170.xml plain text: A02170.txt item: #7 of 418 id: A02525 author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. title: Contemplations vpon the principall passages of the holy storie. The first volume, in foure bookes by J.H. ... date: 1612.0 words: 42331 flesch: 69 summary: That fiery sword did not defend it against those waters wherwith the sins of men drowned the glory of that place : neither now do I care to seek where that paradise was which we lost , I know where that Paradise is , which we must care to seeke ; and hope to finde ; As man was the image of God , so was that earthly Paradise an image of heauen ; both the images are defaced , both the first paterns are eternall : No sooner doth Abels blood speake vnto God , then God speaks to Cain ; There is no wicked man to whom God speakes not , if not to his eare , yet to his heart : what speech was this ? Not an accusation , but an inquiry , yet such an enquiry as would infer an accusation , God loues to haue a sinner accuse himselfe , and therefore hath he set his deputy in the brest of man , neither doth God loue this , more then nature abhors it : Cain answers stubbornly : The very name of Abel wounds him no lesse , then his hand had wounded Abel : Consciences that are without remorse , are not without horror : wickednes makes men desperate ; the murderer is angry with God , as of late for accepting his brothers oblation , so now for listening to his blood . keywords: abraham; bee; death; doe; doth; earth; egypt; euen; euill; faith; father; feare; fire; god; gods; good; great; hath; haue; heauen; hee; himselfe; iacob; ioseph; isaac; life; light; loue; man; men; moses; nature; neuer; owne; pharaoh; shee; sinne; soule; thee; things; thinke; thou; thy; time; vpon; wee; wicked; world cache: A02525.xml plain text: A02525.txt item: #8 of 418 id: A02547 author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. title: An holy panegyrick a sermon preached at Paules Crosse vpon the anniuersarie solemnitie of the happie inauguration of our dread soueraigne Lord King James, Mar. 24, 1613 / by J.H.D.D. date: 1613.0 words: 12533 flesch: 78 summary: What is it therefore to feare God ; but to acknowledge the glorious ( the inuisible ) presence of God in all our wayes , with Moses his eyes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : to bee awefully affected at his presence with Jacob ( quàm tremendus ? ) to make an humble resignation of our selues to the holy will of God with Eli , It is the Lord ; and to attend reuerently vpon his disposing with Dauid , Here I am , let him doe to me , as seemeth good in his eyes . I would the flatterie of a Prince were treason ; in effect it is so : ( for the flatterer is ( 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) a kinde murtherer . ) keywords: bee; day; death; doe; euery; feare; god; good; hath; haue; heart; heauen; hee; himselfe; king; lord; man; neuer; peace; saith; serue; seruice; vpon; wee; world cache: A02547.xml plain text: A02547.txt item: #9 of 418 id: A02609 author: Hampton, Christopher, 1552-1625. title: The threefold state of man vpon earth conteyning [brace] the glorie of his Creation, the miserie of his Fall, and the sweete mysterie of his reparation : discussed in three seuerall sermons at the Court / by Christopher Hampton ... date: 1620.0 words: 19635 flesch: 72 summary: His obedience was admirable , and it sutes well with his person , which is wonderfull , singular , and not to be matched : Dauids sonne , and Dauids Lord ; the sonne of Mary , and the father of eternitie ; the sonne of man , and the sonne of God , Who being in the forme of God , thought it no robberie to be equall with God : but he made himselfe of no reputation , and tooke vpon him the forme of a seruant , and was made like vnto men , and was found in shape as a man. Therefore being in the forme of God he made man , & being in the shape of a seruant was himselfe made a man : for if the Father alone had made man without the Sonne , our Text wold not haue set it downe in these termes , Let vs make man in our owne image , according to our likenesse . keywords: adam; bodie; christ; creation; death; disobedience; doe; doth; earth; est; faith; father; ghost; god; good; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; holy; image; ioh; life; light; lord; man; mans; nature; non; obedience; owne; person; power; righteousnesse; sinne; soule; text; things; vnto; vpon cache: A02609.xml plain text: A02609.txt item: #10 of 418 id: A02852 author: Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627. title: Dauids teares by Sr. John Hayward ... date: None words: 78233 flesch: 77 summary: The miserable sinner , ouercharged with sinnes , may confidently make his suit vnto thee ; to doe thy duty , to exercise thy action , to take away his misery , to impart to him thy mercie : that where sinne abounds , grace also may more then abound . 11 The number of the Elect not small . 12 Wherein the workes of Mercy exceede the workes of Iustice. 13 The multitude and grieuousnesse of sinnes , no cause to dismay vs. 14 Mercy not only preserueth vs from the harme of sin , but turneth the harme of sinne to our good . keywords: againe; art; bee; blessed; cast; cause; creatures; death; desire; doe; doth; earth; end; euen; euill; eyes; fall; feare; giue; god; good; goodnesse; grace; hand; hath; haue; haue mercy; heart; heauen; himselfe; hope; infinite; ioy; iustice; life; lord; loue; man; mee; men; mercie; mercifull; mercy; nature; neuer; o lord; ouer; owne; pleasure; power; reason; redemption; regard; repentance; selfe; selues; sinnes; sorrow; soule; teares; thee; thine; things; thou; thou art; thy; thy goodnesse; time; trust; turne; vnder; vntill; vnto; vpon; wee; wilt; world; wrath cache: A02852.xml plain text: A02852.txt item: #11 of 418 id: A03128 author: Hewat, Peter, d. 1645. title: Three excellent points of Christian doctrine I. The nativity of our Lord Iesus Christ. II. His bitter sufferings for the sinnes of his people. III. The fruites flowing therefrom, to those that by faith apprehend him. All prophecied by Zachariah in the 8. 9. and 10. verses of the third chapter of his prophecie, and explained in three sermons, preached at Edinburgh by Master Peter Hewat being minister there. date: 1621.0 words: 31953 flesch: 80 summary: And the people and children of God are called men of wonder , or wondred at , that is , men contemned and despised of the World ; yea they are wondred at in their conversation & doing , as mad men that should follow a course by the rest of the World , and not to goe on with them , drinking in all sort of sinne with greedines . The Priests and they that serue at the Altar of God , may be heere also in a speciall manner called men wondred at . keywords: christ; church; day; esay; eyes; faith; god; hath; haue; heere; iesvs; iohn; kingdome; life; lord; man; math; men; peace; people; psal; rest; sinnes; soule; stone; thee; things; thou; thy; vnder; vnto; vpon; way cache: A03128.xml plain text: A03128.txt item: #12 of 418 id: A03429 author: Hodson, William, fl. 1625-1640. title: The divine cosmographer; or, A brief survey of the whole world delineated in a tractate on the VIII Psalme: by W.H. sometimes of S. Peters Colledge in Cambridge. date: 1640.0 words: 16606 flesch: 73 summary: S● rightly did Hierome pr●nounce of David to Pa●linus , that he is our Si●nides , Pindarus , Alce● Catullus , and in stead all others . depiction of man standing on a globe with a hand pointing down from a cloud THE DIVINE COSMOGRAPHER by 〈…〉 Quum te pendenti reputa●… insi●tere terrae nonne vel hinc clar● conspici●… 〈◊〉 ●●um ? Printed for Andrew Crooke . 1640. keywords: aire; angels; beasts; book; children; christ; creatures; david; doth; dove; eagle; earth; eyes; fish; god; gods; hath; heaven; holy; job; king; lord; man; men; moses; nature; non; praise; prophet; psal; psalme; saith; sea; set; sheep; sonne; text; thou; time; use; waters; world cache: A03429.xml plain text: A03429.txt item: #13 of 418 id: A07368 author: Maynwaring, Roger, 1590-1653. title: Religion and alegiance [sic] in two sermons preached before the Kings Maiestie, the one on the fourth of Iuly, anno 1627. at Oatlands, the other on the 29. of Iuly the same yeere, at Alderton / by Roger Maynwaring ... ; by His Maiesties speciall command. date: 1627.0 words: 20082 flesch: 78 summary: Idem vbi supra . n Cùm dicas plurimos couqueri , quòd bella crebriùs surgant , quò ●ues , quod fames saeuiant , quodque imbres ac pluuias serena longa suspendent , nobis imputari : tacere vltrà non oportet , quemadmodum Hebraei , in Deserto , mortem Sc●ismatici illius Core , & sociorum , in Mosem re●ere●an● , ingrati in Deum & Mosen : Ita ●i , ●ui●scemodi mala , quae Deu● ob eorum flagitia immittebat , ingrati in Christum , & seruos eius , Christia●is ascribebant . And all this from such a Counsellor , then which , none euer greater , but he alone , of whom it was said , Ecce plus quàm Salomon , hîc : Be●old , a greater then Salomon , is here . keywords: bee; cap; cause; christian; command; counsell; diuine; doe; doth; earth; est; euer; fol; god; gods; good; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; iustice; king; lawes; lib; lord; maiestie; man; men; naturall; nature; non; oath; obedience; ouer; owne; people; point; power; reason; regard; religion; right; royall; rule; said; saith; text; themselues; things; tom; vnto; vpon; way; world; ● ● cache: A07368.xml plain text: A07368.txt item: #14 of 418 id: A07839 author: Mosse, Miles, fl. 1580-1614. title: Scotlands welcome a sermon preached at Needham in the countie of Suff. on Tuesday, April 5, 1603, vpon Pro. 11. 10 : in the prosperitie of the righteous the citte reioyceth, and when the wicked perish, there is ioy / by Miles Mosse ... ; with some notes and allegations then omitted by reason of the time, and the capacitie of the audience. date: 1603.0 words: 14807 flesch: 78 summary: Vulgare men hold no man prosperous , but him that floweth with worldly abundance . In a word : o 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : An honess man is helpefull at euery turne . keywords: booke; christ; common; doe; euery; god; good; great; hath; haue; holy; ioy; lib; lord; man; men; people; prosperitie; psal; reioice; religion; righteousnesse; text; things; time; vnto; vpon; world; yea cache: A07839.xml plain text: A07839.txt item: #15 of 418 id: A07923 author: Murray, David, Sir, 1567-1629. title: A paraphrase of the CIV. Psalme by David Murray. date: 1615.0 words: 1712 flesch: 71 summary: Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 25089) The earth is filled with thy Glory bright , And thou hast stor'd the Deepe-wyd Ocean Sea , With Fish , Beasts , Monsters , nomberles that be . keywords: doe; doth; eebo; english; tcp; text; thou cache: A07923.xml plain text: A07923.txt item: #16 of 418 id: A08277 author: Norden, John, 1548-1625? title: The imitation of Dauid his godly and constant resolution in bearing all his trialls, troubles and afflictions being a king whose example of faith, patience, hope, obedience and deliueries, thankfulnesse and prayer, is left euen for princes, potentates, and all true Christians to imitate. Collected by way of meditations and prayers out of the 27. Psalme. By I.N. date: 1624.0 words: 46552 flesch: 52 summary: This is the true beholding of the face of God , to enioy his presence ; namely , when he is ready in his power and prouidence to helpe vs in our afflictions , and to deliuer vs in our dangers ; any other presence of his in this life we néede not séeke , his glory is aboue the Heauens : What is man then that he should séeke to sée his all-glorious face here in earth , which Moses saw but in a bush obscurely , in respect of his full and compleat glory ; and yet with that sight his face did shine so , as the people could not abide the glory of his face ? How much lesse , the glory of the most vnspeakable beauty of y e face of y e most high ? whose dwelling is in the heauens , and whose power is ouer all his works in heauen and earth ? And therefore saith Dauid ; O Lord our God , how excellent is thy name in all the world , which hast set thy glory aboue the heauens , where he sitteth and séeth the troubles and afflictions of his , and is néere them when they call vpon him , he turneth his face and louing countenance towards them , to cheare them and comfort them ; as for the wicked , he beholdeth them a farre off . He will exercise his owne children awhile to proue their patience , faith and obedience , to cause vs to meditate and ponder his word and promise , till hee haue sufficiently tried our constant assurance of his timely deliuery , for it is his property to come to helpe his , when they thinke hee hath most forgotten them . How suffered he Dauid , a man chosen after his owne heart , to bee enuironed with infinite dangers , in so much as he thought God had forsaken him altogether , and forgotten him , and therefore cries out , How long wilt thou forget me Lord , for euer ? and againe hee confessed that God had giuen him his hearts desire , and that hee had not denied the request of his lips , whereby appeareth that the sorce of liuely faith , holy meditation , and diuine prayer , are able to make ( God offended ) keywords: bee; dauid; enemies; euen; face; faith; faithfull; father; feare; glory; god; gods; good; hast; hath; haue; heart; holy; hope; hée; life; light; lord; lord god; man; mee; men; mercy; neuer; o lord; owne; prayer; strength; thee; thou; thy; time; troubles; vnto; vnto god; vpon cache: A08277.xml plain text: A08277.txt item: #17 of 418 id: A09268 author: Capel, Richard, 1586-1656. title: The period of the Persian monarchie VVherein sundry places of Ezra, Nehemiah and Daniel are cleered: extracted, contracted, and englished, much of it out of Doctor Raynolds, by the late learned and godly man William Pemble, of Magdalen Hall in Oxford. Published and enlarged since his death by his friend, Richard Capel. date: 1631.0 words: 29277 flesch: 85 summary: We will not looke after other Authors : but ( to leave this place till anon ) prove out of some other places of Scripture , That the 70 cannot still meane Freemen , when they doe translate [ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ] 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Nor doe they by their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 intend to expresse Freemen ( quà tales ) but great men . keywords: cap; christ; cyrus; darius; day; dayes; doe; doth; ezra; freemen; god; hee; king; law; lord; man; nehemiah; nobles; people; place; sabbath; saith; signifie; sonne; temple; till; time; vrim; wee; word; worke; yeares cache: A09268.xml plain text: A09268.txt item: #18 of 418 id: A09417 author: Perkins, William, 1558-1602. title: A faithfull and plaine exposition vpon the 2. chapter of Zephaniah by that reuerend and iudicious diuine, M.W. Perkins. Containing a powerful exhortation to repentance: as also the manner hovve men in repentance are to search themselues. Published by a preacher of the vvord. With a preface prefixed, touching the publishing of M. Perkins his vvorks. And a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to be expected. date: 1609.0 words: 22313 flesch: 57 summary: And if God did not thus moderate & restraine the natures of men , but suffer them to break out to the full : there would then bee no order , but all confusion in the worlde ; therefore , ( as especiallie for his Churches quietnes , so also for the preseruatiō of publike peace , and the vpholding of societie in the worlde , betweene man and man , ) the Lord holds a hand ouer euerie mans nature , and keepes euery one in a certaine compasse limited by the wisdome of his power , which restraining hand of his , if the Lord should take away , all societies and Common-wealthes , woulde bee turned vp-side downe , because euerie man by the vniuersall corruption of his Nature , would breake out into euery sinne : I ende this point with appealing to the testimonie of the consciences of all men , and especiallie of the best and holyest men , of whom I would aske this question : whether they finde not in their natures an inclination , euen to the fowlest sinnes in the worlde ; if shame , or feare , or else the grace of God restrained them not ? And certainly , ( good Sir : ) I iudge there coulde haue beene no matter , more fitte for that assembly , then an exhortation to repentance : for as the audience was great and generall , of all sorts , sexes , ages and callings of men , and assembled out of many corners of this kingdome , so is this doctrine generall for all : some doctrines are for parents , some for children , some for schollers , some for trades-men , some for men , some for women , but repentance is for all : without which , it may bee saide of all , and euery one of age , not one excepted : keywords: bee; chaffe; doe; england; euen; god; gods; good; hath; haue; heart; hee; himselfe; lord; man; men; nation; nature; owne; repentance; search; selues; sinnes; thee; thou; thy; vnto; vpon; wee cache: A09417.xml plain text: A09417.txt item: #19 of 418 id: A09532 author: Chapman, George, 1559?-1634. title: Petrarchs seuen penitentiall psalmes paraphrastically translated: with other philosophicall poems, and a hymne to Christ vpon the crosse. Written by George Chapman date: 1612.0 words: 16575 flesch: 78 summary: Yet ( as if God lackt mans election , And shadowes were creators of the Sunne ) Men must authorise it : antiquities Must be explor'd , to spirit , and giue it thies , And 6 controuersies , thicke as flies at Spring , Must be maintain'd about th' ingenuous meaning ; When no stile can expresse it selfe so cleare , Nor holds so euen , and firme a character . ●old , and trimd vs vp in thy deserts : Free were our feete , and hand● ; and spritely hearts Leapt in our bosoms ; and ( ascribing still All to thy merits : both our powre and will To euery thought of goodnesse , wrought by thee ; 4 That diuine scarlet , in which thou didst die Our cleansd consistens ; lasting still in powre T' enable acts in vs , as the next howre To thy most sauing , glorious sufferance ) keywords: art; blood; death; doth; end; euen; euery; fit; glorie; god; good; hath; haue; heauen; ill; life; light; lord; loue; man; men; mind; neuer; owne; powre; selfe; sinne; soule; thee; things; thou; thy; true; truth; way; ● ● cache: A09532.xml plain text: A09532.txt item: #20 of 418 id: A09911 author: Fletcher, Giles, 1588?-1623. title: The young divines apologie for his continuance in the Vniuersitie with certaine meditations, ritten by Nathaniel Povvnoll, late student of Christ-Church in Oxford. date: 1612.0 words: 18761 flesch: 58 summary: Nor weart thou content , O Lord , to repaie mee good for euill , that rendered thee euill for good , but after thou hadst pardoned me thou wouldst not pardon mine enemies , as though thou hatest thy childrens enemies more then thine owne , and louest them better then thy selfe : giuing thy selfe for them when they were thine enemies , and when we , for want of spirituall senses , had no sence of our spirituall wants , then redeeming vs : but confounding , and sore vexing , and suddainly turning backe , and putting to a perpetuall shame those that hate vs , and not vs , that hated thee . For I knowe , Lord , they which will preach in thy name , if thou send them not , and assist them , are but like those , who , without authority from thee , would cast out deuils in thy name , which prevailed against them : yea euen those whom thou hast called , and set apart to thy ministerie , if they do not wel , and abide in thee , and thou in them , the deuill will enter into them , as he did into Iudas , and make them the sonnes of perdition tenne times worse thē before . keywords: beeing; christ; doe; euen; euer; farre; god; good; grace; hast; hath; haue; heart; himselfe; lord; man; mee; mercie; o lord; owne; selfe; seruice; set; soule; teares; thee; themselues; thine; thou; thy; time; vnto; vpon; word cache: A09911.xml plain text: A09911.txt item: #21 of 418 id: A10338 author: Hinde, William, 1569?-1629. title: The prophecie of Obadiah opened and applyed in sundry learned and gracious sermons preached at All-Hallowes and St Maries in Oxford by that famous and iudicious divine Iohn Rainolds D. of Divinity and late president of Corp. Chr. Coll. Published for the honour and vse of that famous Vniversity, and for the benefit of the churches of Christ abroad in the country, by W.H. date: 1613.0 words: 49397 flesch: 78 summary: David cōplaineth grievously that his familiar friend , who went with him into the house of God , whom hee trusted , and who did eate of his bread , that such a one 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his heele against him . The same thing also in effect is repeated & 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vers waies to lay it deeper in their hearts , and to put them the better in minde thereof . keywords: bee; brethren; cause; children; christ; church; david; day; doe; doth; edom; enimies; god; godly; good; hath; haue; heart; hee; himselfe; holy; house; idumeans; ierusalem; iewes; israel; iudgement; king; land; lib; life; lord; man; men; owne; people; prophet; punishment; saith; sam; set; thee; themselues; thē; things; thou; thy; time; vnto; vpon; wee; wicked; word; yea; yee cache: A10338.xml plain text: A10338.txt item: #22 of 418 id: A12100 author: Shelford, Robert, 1562 or 3-1627. title: Lectures or readings vpon the 6. verse of the 22. chapter of the Prouerbs concerning the vertuous education of youth: a treatise very necessary for all parents in this corrupt and declining age of the world. date: 1602.0 words: 35386 flesch: 73 summary: Why doe wee not then see that idlenes is the ruine and destruction of all things ? and how can we perswade our selues that we are the sons of God , when by our idle life , wee shew our selues most contrarie vnto him , who is alwaies in working ? The perfection and excellencie of euery creature is his working ; and therefore the wise Grecians call the soule of man , which the prophet Dauid calleth his glorie , So if men would acknowledge with thankfulnes vnto their good friends , that they had receiued a blessing from God by their means , this would encourage them to continue their bountie & good will towards them , as Iacob was now contented to dwell still with Laban : but this rude vnthankfulnes rendeth vs from al good , being abhorred of God and hated of man. keywords: againe; apostle; bee; chapter; children; christ; come; death; doe; euen; euery; feare; giue; god; gods; good; great; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; life; like; lord; man; men; mercie; owne; parents; saith; seruice; teach; thee; things; thou; thy; trade; vnto; vpon; way; wee; world cache: A12100.xml plain text: A12100.txt item: #23 of 418 id: A12318 author: Slatyer, William, 1587-1647. title: Psalmes, or songs of Sion turned into the language, and set to the tunes of a strange land. By W.S. Intended for Christmas carols, and fitted for divers of the most noted and common, but solemne tunes, every where in this land familiarly used and knowne. date: 1631.0 words: 11155 flesch: 86 summary: I will praise thee O Lord , and thy mercies record , I will sing unto thee among Nations , And raise up alwaies thy great glory and praise among people and generations : For thy mercy is great above heavens seat , and thy truth unto the clouds reaching , Exalt thy selfe hye , O God above skye and thy glory o're all the earth streaching , Thy beloved that we , delivered may see , send helpe from thy holy place ; O stand with us , and aide us with thy right hand , and heare us of thy good grace : Out of his holy hill God hath spoken , I will reioyce , and Sichem divide , I will mete out the vale of Succoth withall , and Gilead he is on my side , Manasses with me , and Ephraim he , is the strength of my head and stay , And never to leave her , shall Iuda persever , Law-giver for ever and ay ; Men Moab shall see , my washpot to be , over Edom my shooe will I throw , Triumphing in fine , over Palestine , I to the strong City will goe : Who will leade me along , into the same strong City , of the Philistines their seat ? Who is he that will be a conductor to me to bring me to Edom the great ? PSALME 6. THine ire , Lord , on me do not wreake , Nor in displeasure fell chastise me ; But on me , Lord , since I am weake Have mercy , and do not despise me . keywords: doth; earth; god; heart; holy; king; line; lord; mercy; o lord; page; praise; psalme; reade; right; set; sion; soule; thee; thou; thy; wilt cache: A12318.xml plain text: A12318.txt item: #24 of 418 id: A12360 author: Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591. title: Ionah the messenger of Ninevehs repentance Set forth in his calling, rebellion, and punishment. By H.S. date: 1637.0 words: 18848 flesch: 74 summary: First , Ionah was sent to Nineveh to preach against their ungodlinesse , to reclaime them that they might repent , & so the wrath of God be turned away , how happy a message should this have beene that brought such blessed effects , but still one flie or other spoyles the boxe of ointment , Eccles . As soone as hee set forward to flie from God , Satan seconds his temptation with opportunity , hee findes a ship ready , hee fits Iudas with money and Ionah with a ship , if thou wilt flie from God , the divell will lend thee both spurres and a horse , yea a post-horse to carry thee hastily and swiftly to all ungodly lusts . keywords: bee; cast; doe; god; gods; good; hath; hee; ionah; lord; lots; man; marriners; nineveh; saith; ship; sinne; tempest; thee; thou; thy; wee cache: A12360.xml plain text: A12360.txt item: #25 of 418 id: A12480 author: Burhill, Robert, 1572-1641. title: A learned and godly sermon preached at Worcester, at an assise / by the reverend and learned, Miles Smith ... date: 1602.0 words: 15204 flesch: 78 summary: for , to say the truth neither can the quick-sighted eie of the sunne ( 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) be throughly circumspect in all things : nay he is not able to see round about any thing : whence it is saide , Etiam capillus v●…us ●…abet vmbram suam . I speake even of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which in this sermon appeareth : whether we cōsider the directnes of his method , & distinct ordering and handling of so many chiefe pointes of di●…ine meditation and singular vse , or his zeale in affection , or his discreet moderation ●…n applying , or delightfull copiousnes in 〈◊〉 . keywords: bee; boast; boasting; doe; doth; glory; god; good; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; lord; man; mā; men; pride; prophet; riches; saith; strength; text; therfore; thē; times; vnto; vpon; wee; wil; wisedome; world cache: A12480.xml plain text: A12480.txt item: #26 of 418 id: A13083 author: Struther, William, 1578-1633. title: True happines, or, King Dauids choice begunne in sermons, and now digested into a treatise. By Mr. William Struther, preacher at Edinburgh. date: 1633.0 words: 53838 flesch: 79 summary: But the experience of the Saints , will clear this practick point of the search , and finding of happinesse : And first in Solomon : He wrote the book of Ecclesiastes , than which the world hath nothing more perfect of this purpose c : Therein he expresseth his consultations ending in just sentences : His counsell-house for this inquirie was his heart , I said in my heart : where gathering all his thoughts in the presence of God , he pondered things deeply . Next they are guided by divine Iustice , to give every thing the owne due ; To God their greatest love , and to his gifts they measure according to their kinde , and degree of goodnesse : They seek God for their happines , and leave the world unto worldlings : a That is perfect justice , that loveth best things greatly , and meane things meanly : None have the ballance of the sanctuarie in their heart , but the sanctified ones ; their mindes inlightned of God value things rightly , and their pure affections follow accordingly , and therefore they are only the right esteemers of things ; but the worldling is a blinde judge , he neither knowes the excellencie of things spirituall , neither the basenesse of worldly things , but as a sow , embraceth the dongue-hill of wordly contentments , and contemneth the heaven , yea they are the serpents brood , because they * eat the dust of earthly trifles , and are the more sweet morsell to him againe . keywords: aug; beautie; chief; choice; christ; church; come; conscience; desire; end; est; eternall; faith; god; godly; gods; good; grace; greatest; hand; happinesse; hath; heart; heaven; hee; himselfe; house; ill; joy; know; life; light; like; lord; love; man; men; minde; miserie; nature; non; owne; peace; people; power; prayer; psal; rest; sanctuarie; selfe; selves; sinne; soul; spirit; spirituall; things; time; wee; worke; world cache: A13083.xml plain text: A13083.txt item: #27 of 418 id: A13579 author: Temple, William, Sir, 1555-1627. title: A logicall analysis of twentie select Psalmes, performed by W. Temple date: 1605.0 words: 68838 flesch: 77 summary: Wherefore I pray thee ( O Lord ) let me finde help and protection at thy hands against mine enemies , vers . Therefore deliuer me ( O Lord ) calling vnto thee for helpe against enemies , vers . 11. in the beginning . keywords: argument; assumption; beginning; children; comparison; conclusion; deliuerance; doe; earth; end; godly; good; hath; haue; heart; himselfe; life; lin; lord; lord doth; man; mercie; o lord; pag; people; place; proceedings; prophet; psalme; rest; set; shall; sute; thee; thou; thy; time; vers; vnder; vnto; vpon; way; wicked; worship cache: A13579.xml plain text: A13579.txt item: #28 of 418 id: A14594 author: Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. title: A meditation vpon the XXIIth [sic] chapter of Genesis. By H.W. date: 1631.0 words: 2215 flesch: 74 summary: How can Thy humble Servant denie it ? with whom seven times before descending from the Throne of Thy Glory , Thou hast vouchsafed even to commune in this Vale of Teares . When Thou didst first call me out of the darkenesse of my Fathers House into Thy saving Light ; When Thou didst often cherish and encourage mee in the Stepps of my Pilgrimage ; When Thou didst furnish mee with Plenty , and Crowne me with Uictorie in a strange Land ; When lastly Thou didst even overlade my feeble Age with Ioy in a rightfull Heire of mine owne Body ; was I forward at all these times to acknowledge Thee the God of my Support and Comfort ? And shal I now question Thy Uoice , when Thou demandest but a part of thine owne Benefits ? keywords: eebo; god; tcp; text; thou cache: A14594.xml plain text: A14594.txt item: #29 of 418 id: A15636 author: Wither, George, 1588-1667. title: Exercises vpon the first Psalme Both in prose and verse. By Geo: Wither, of the Societie of Lincolnes Inne. date: 1620.0 words: 29064 flesch: 75 summary: More he cannot do ; seeing , it must be euerie mans particular endeauor , that shall purchase him this treasure , being the most invaluable that can be . Nor in the times of heathen ignorance onely , were men deceiued in their aymes ; but euen amongst vs also , at this day , the greatest part run wide , proposing vnto themselues , a happinesse in the enioying of those vaine things , wherby , they are often hurried quite beside it . keywords: bee; blessednesse; day; doe; doth; euen; euery; euill; god; gods; good; happinesse; hath; haue; hee; holy; know; law; life; man; men; neuer; owne; psalme; sinners; thee; things; thou; thy; time; tree; vaine; verse; vnto; vpon; way; wee; wicked; word; yea cache: A15636.xml plain text: A15636.txt item: #30 of 418 id: A16559 author: Boys, John, 1571-1625. title: An exposition of the last psalme delivered in a sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the fifth of Nouember, 1613. By Iohn Boys, Doctor of Diuinitie. date: 1613.0 words: 10507 flesch: 77 summary: This in briefe is the whole texts Epitomie , I come now to the words Anatomie , cutting vp euery part and particle seuerally , beginning first at the first , O praise God in his holinesse . Praise God in his saints , praise God in his sanctitie , praise God in his sanctuarie . keywords: bee; cap; church; daies; day; english; euery; god; gods; good; hath; haue; heauen; lib; loc; lord; man; men; praise; saints; sanctuarie; text; thou; vnto; vpon cache: A16559.xml plain text: A16559.txt item: #31 of 418 id: A16614 author: Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618. title: A meditation of mans mortalitie Containing an exposition of the ninetieth psalme. By that Reuerend and religious seruant of God Mr. William Bradshavv, sometime fellow of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge. Published since his decease by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and Pastor of Rotherhith. date: 1621.0 words: 20861 flesch: 75 summary: 2. We should admire the goodnesse and grace of God , that his wrath being so universall vpon all the sonnes of Adam , yet in this wrath he should remember mercy , and raise those againe to life , even to eternall life , that in anger he hath wounded to death . 4. This should make the children of God that haue any grounded hope for life to come , to lessen their stay on and delight in this life ; and delight in their hope and meanes of that life , wherin never a day shall passe away in wrath , but all in loue , fauour , and glory ; and wherein the dayes of our life shall not be a returning to death , but a going on from life to life , and ioy to ioy ; when we shall liue to liue ; and the longer wee shall liue , the longer we shall haue to liue ; and that in all happinesse and glory , which daies and times shall never wast . keywords: away; bee; children; dayes; god; gods; hath; haue; hee; life; liue; lord; man; meanes; time; vnto; wee; wrath; yeares cache: A16614.xml plain text: A16614.txt item: #32 of 418 id: A16890 author: Brinsley, John, fl. 1581-1624. title: The third part of The true vvatch containing the call of the Lord, to awake all sorts to meet him with intreatie of peace, and to turne unto him by true repentance: shewing what causes we have forthwith to betake our selves to watching and prayer. Taken out of the vision of Ezekiel, chap. 9. By Iohn Brinsley. date: 1622.0 words: 73046 flesch: 75 summary: p. 524 Whence come these men●●●ned but from some spice of close Atheisme , that we thinke at least , that God is not so angry against sinne or so regardeth it . p. 52 ▪ 53 God may justly leave us into the enemies hand , for suffering Pop●rie so to revive and grow up , after he had given us so just occasion to seeke to root it out utterly . keywords: abominations; againe; anger; bin; captivitie; cause; church; day; doe; enemies; faithfull; feare; glory; god; gods; good; gospell; great; hand; hath; haue; hearts; himselfe; holy; ierusalem; king; land; like; lord; man; meanes; men; owne; people; presence; prophets; religion; rest; selves; servants; set; sinnes; time; turne; vengeance; word; wrath; yea cache: A16890.xml plain text: A16890.txt item: #33 of 418 id: A16906 author: Abbot, George, 1562-1633. title: A sermon preached at Westminster May 26. 1608 at the funerall solemnities of the Right Honorable Thomas Earle of Dorset, late l. high treasurer of England by George Abbot ... ; now published at the request of some honourable persons, very few things being added, which were then cut off by the shortnesse of the time. date: 1608.0 words: 13647 flesch: 75 summary: Dauid vseth the same comparison : g The daies of man are as grasse : as a flower of the field , so flourisheth he . Lastly , other haue likened our being heere in the world vnto a game at chesse , where there be degrees of men , Kings , and Knights and common Pawnes , amongst whom , one is caught away , and by and by another : but howsoeuer on the boord they differ in their degree , yet when the game is ended , and they are swept all into the bagge , there is none better than other , the meanest lieth aboue , and the greatest is vnderneath . keywords: death; doe; doth; downe; euer; flesh; giue; god; good; hath; haue; hee; house; life; like; lordship; man; men; place; saint; text; things; time; vnto; vpon; world cache: A16906.xml plain text: A16906.txt item: #34 of 418 id: A16959 author: Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612. title: A comment vpon Coheleth or Ecclesiastes framed for the instruction of Princf [sic] Henri our hope. By Hugh Broughton. date: 1605.0 words: 17078 flesch: 85 summary: But one part mislikeh this charge , & by that rebellion extinguish their owne light , & lose their owne glory , & find misery vnrecoverable : & seke leave to try man , whether he can be deceaved , to cast of the obedience of God , & prevaileth , & bringeth them to death of the soule , & losse of that light which wold have kept the body alive for ever : & into sinne that draweth eternall woe vpon it . Many dout lesse asked him , what was meant therby : & he told that so the sun of man should be lifted vp : that they who beleved on him should not perish , but have life everlasting . Moses mynd shined with knowledge of all , as did his face shine with light : & Levies Sunlike Smaragd : & his Prophecies abridg all the holy stories : & he maketh the twelve dum stones tell much , from Aarons brest : And the Patriarkes lives , have the like revolutiones in their children : how for cleaving to the redeamer they should find glory , & againe shame in refusing their fathers God , & folowing the blindenes of the God of this world . keywords: christ; david; dayes; end; god; good; great; hart; hath; holy; house; king; kingdome; life; man; men; messias; place; sunne; ther; thing; thou; thy; time; vanity; vnder; vnto; vpon; vvisdome; vvith; world cache: A16959.xml plain text: A16959.txt item: #35 of 418 id: A17286 author: Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. title: The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Ier. Burroughes minister of Gods Word. date: 1639.0 words: 83300 flesch: 66 summary: There is a wilingnesse of spirit to their worke , what God would have , what ever it be ; if they apprehend it above their reach , they cast not off their worke but seeke to God for supply of ability , knowing that there is spirit enough in God , that God hath wayes enough to enable the spirits of his servants unto , and carry them on in any worke he sets them about ; they know that God will never put any man , upon any services , but by one meanes or other , he will fit his spirit for them : for it is the great delight of God , to have men in service , to be of spirits fitted for service . Many conceit an excellency of spirit to bee in selfe-willednesse , in being passionate , froward , and boisterous ; Certainly this comes from weaknes of spirit , no excellency is required for this , every foole can bee thus ; but that is excellency , to bee able to ovērcome , to rule ones spirit , to have command of ones spirit , to subdue and bring in order passions , and violent stirrings of spirits ; this is pretious and honourable in the eyes of God and man : this is a well tempered spirit indeed , that can be strong , zealous , full of courage , unyeeldable in the cause of God and the Church ; but meeke , quiet , yeeldable , selfedeniable in its own cause : those who usually are the most boisterous , and passionate for themselves , are the poorest spirited men , and the most basely yeelding , when it comes to the cause of God. keywords: base; bee; cap; cause; christ; doe; doth; evill; excellency; follow; following; glory; god; god himselfe; godlinesse; godly; gods; goe; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; hee; high; holy; honour; life; lord; lord god; love; man; men; mens; mercies; mercy; nature; owne; people; power; principles; reason; saith; sinne; soule; spirit; spirituall; strong; thee; things; thinke; thou; thy; time; truth; unto; use; verse; wayes; wee; worke; world; yea cache: A17286.xml plain text: A17286.txt item: #36 of 418 id: A17300 author: Burton, Henry, 1578-1648. title: For God, and the King. The summe of two sermons preached on the fifth of November last in St. Matthewes Friday-streete. 1636. / By Henry Burton, minister of Gods word there and then. date: 1636.0 words: 54904 flesch: 69 summary: And our Saviour Christ saith , It is hard for a rich man to enter into the Kingdome of Hea●●n . In a word , these are the limbs of the Beast , even of Antichrist , taking his very courses to beare and beat downe the hearing of the Word of God , whereby men might bee saved ; like to the Iewes , of whom the Ap●stle sayth , who both killed the Lord Iesus and their owne Prophets , and have persecuted us , and they please not God , and are contrary to all men , keywords: againe; authority; bee; booke; cause; change; children; christ; church; churches; contrary; day; dayes; doctrine; doe; doth; downe; england; est; faith; fast; father; feare; god; gods; good; grace; hath; hee; himselfe; holy; honour; innovation; king; kingdome; land; lawes; lord; love; man; men; ministers; new; non; obedience; pag; people; place; point; pope; power; prayer; preaching; prelates; reason; rebellion; religion; rome; rule; said; set; spirit; state; subjects; text; things; thou; thy; time; way; wee; word; worship; yea; ● ● cache: A17300.xml plain text: A17300.txt item: #37 of 418 id: A17304 author: Burton, Henry, 1578-1648. title: Israels fast. Or, a meditation vpon the seuenth chapter of Ioshuah a faire precedent for these times. By H.B. rector of S. Mathews Fryday-Street. date: 1628.0 words: 19257 flesch: 73 summary: The Lord Iesus seperate such factious Factours , and miscreant Merchants both from the King and Kingdome of Israel , that so this Noble Assembly of Ioshua and the Elders , may giue and receiue reciprocall and mutuall Supplyes interchangeably : Ioshua the Head , receiuing from the inferiour principall Parts plentifull nourishment conueyed by the Naturall and Vitall Spirits : And Israel the Body , receiuing from Ioshua their Head a due motion preportionable to the capacitie of each Member , conueyed by the Animall Spirits , sweetly gouerning , preseruing , and protecting , that so the Whole together may increase with the increase of God. That our Fast may prooue no lesse acceptable to God , then profitable & cōfortable to ourselues , we cannot haue a more exact precedent for our imitation and instruction , then Ioshua , with the Elders of Israel . keywords: achans; bee; cause; church; doe; elders; euen; fast; glory; god; gods; goe; good; great; haue; heart; hee; ioshua; israel; king; lord; man; owne; people; religion; saith; sin; sinne; themselues; thing; thou; vpon; yea cache: A17304.xml plain text: A17304.txt item: #38 of 418 id: A18429 author: Chapman, Richard, d. 1634. title: Hallelu-jah: or, King David's shrill trumpet, sounding a loude summons to the whole world, to praise God Delivered by way of commentarie and plaine exposition vpon the CXVII. Psalme. By Richard Chapman, minister of the Word of God at Hunmanbie in Yorkshire. date: 1635.0 words: 59528 flesch: 76 summary: A sinne unto death , which God will not forgive either in this world or in the world to come ; a finall revolting and backsliding from God , a totall separation of the soule from the life of grace , without returne ; and so we must understand that , ●eb . If thou returne , I will bring thee againe , and thou such stand before mee ; and if thou take the previous from the vile , thou shalt be as my mouth : Where he is given to understand , that if he continued in negligence , he should cease to be a Prophet unto God , which will be sanctified of all , but especially of such as carry the vessels of the Sanct●ary , and goe before the aske . keywords: abraham; acts; bee; body; calling; cap; children; christ; church; comfort; cor; david; day; death; doe; doth; earth; end; esay; est; eyes; faith; father; gentiles; glory; god; gods; good; gospell; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; himselfe; holy; house; iacob; iewes; iohn; isa; israel; king; kingdome; knowledge; law; lib; life; light; like; lord; love; luke; man; math; men; mercies; mercy; nature; new; non; obedience; owne; people; place; power; praise; promises; psal; reason; repentance; rom; salvation; saviour; sinne; soule; spirit; super; temple; thee; thine; things; thou; thy; time; truth; verse; vpon; vse; way; wee; worke; world; yee; zach; ● ● cache: A18429.xml plain text: A18429.txt item: #39 of 418 id: A18923 author: Clapham, Henoch. title: A manuel of the Bibles doctrine for law and Gospell, letter and spirit, signe and thing signified reduced to the first chapter of Leuiticus: Wherewith (occasionally) be plainely considered, and briefelie concluded, the most mayne questions wherewith the christian churches be combied. By H.C. date: 1606.0 words: 26265 flesch: 72 summary: To command anie order , ceremony or act●… againste the scripture , is meere deuellir●… : And to haue any ceremony in the Church , though not against scrip ture , yet , absolutelye dumbe and vnsignificatiue , is so farre from being the better , as it is rather ridiculous and fana tique . ●…erem . keywords: altar; apostle; bee; beeing; blood; ceremoniall; christ; church; churches; doe; doth; end; euen; euery; faith; father; giue; god; good; grace; hath; haue; hauing; hee; holy; iesus; israel; law; let; lord; loue; moses; neuer; people; place; sacrifice; shold; sin; sinne; som; thee; thē; things; thou; thy; vnto; vpon; wee; word cache: A18923.xml plain text: A18923.txt item: #40 of 418 id: A19413 author: Cottesford, Samuel. title: A very soueraigne oyle to restore debtors; being rightly and seasonably vsed Extracted out of that most tried and quintessensed oyle, by the prophet Elisha. By vertue whereof the vviddovv indebted, (mentioned in the second booke of the Kings) was restored out of debt, and her children released of the bondage whereof they were in danger. Written by Samuel Cotesford, late minister at Stepney: and now newly published by W. Crashavve ... date: 1622.0 words: 33471 flesch: 60 summary: The doctrine then hence is , that all Kings , Magistrates , and people , must by all meanes auoide all occasions of bloud-shedding , or wilfull murdering of any , because God will not suffer the life of a man to goe vnreuenged : as it is said ; At the hand of a mans brother will I require the life of man. Who so sheddeth mans bloud , by man shall his bloud be shed : For in the Image of God he made man. Whereunto let me adde this , that not onely murder it selfe is forbidden , but euery tracke or path that leadeth to it . keywords: children; christ; doe; euery; god; gods; goe; good; hand; hath; haue; himselfe; law; lord; man; men; ouer; owne; oyle; people; prophet; saith; selfe; thee; themselues; thou; thy; time; vnder; vnto; vpon; way; widdow; word; yea cache: A19413.xml plain text: A19413.txt item: #41 of 418 id: A19548 author: Crakanthorpe, Richard, 1567-1624. title: A sermon at the solemnizing of the happie inauguration of our most gracious and religious soueraigne King Iames wherein is manifestly proued, that the soueraignty of kings is immediatly from God, and second to no authority on earth whatsoeuer : preached at Paules Crosse, the 24. of March last 1608 / by Richard Crakanthorpe ... date: 1609.0 words: 22817 flesch: 76 summary: Quod si Christiani oli●… non deposueru●… Neronem Dioclesia●…m valentem Arrianum & similes ; id suerat quia de●… ▪ vires temporales Christiauis ▪ Bellar. ●…ō . keywords: apoc; babylon; bee; cap; christ; church; day; earth; esse; est; euen; euer; god; gods; hath; haue; himselfe; holy; honour; ibid; israel; king; kingdome; lib; like; lord; loue; man; men; non; ouer; owne; peace; people; pope; power; praise; quod; rome; sacred; saith; salomon; set; soueraigne; thee; themselues; throne; thy; time; truth; vnto; vnto god; vpon; wisedome; world; yea; yeares cache: A19548.xml plain text: A19548.txt item: #42 of 418 id: A19568 author: Abbot, Robert, 1588?-1662? title: The young-mans warning-peece, or, A sermon preached at the buriall of William Rogers, apothecary with an history of his sinfull life and woefull death, together with A post-script of the use of examples : dedicated to the young-men of the parish, especially his companions / by Robert Abbot ... date: 1639.0 words: 17816 flesch: 84 summary: 3. But how doth the wicked mans way become to bee darknesse ? As outward darknesse doth grow upon men three wayes , so doth this , First naturally , by some defect in naturall generation . Thirdly , penally , when it is inflicted as a punishment : as when Zedechias his eyes were pulled out as a just punishment upon his wicked life ; so when GOD sees the courses of men to be foule and detestable , contrary to the light of the word , and checke of Conscience , which he hath given them ; then GOD justly , shuts their eyes , stoppes their eares , and takes away the key of knowledge : and so they are in darknesse , walke in darknesse , and know not whither they goe , because that darknesse hath blinded their eyes . keywords: bee; christ; darknesse; day; doe; examples; god; gods; goe; good; hath; hee; hell; life; man; mee; men; sinne; way; wicked; world; yee cache: A19568.xml plain text: A19568.txt item: #43 of 418 id: A19701 author: Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626. title: A sermon preached before His Maiestie on Sunday the fifth of August last at Holdenbie by the Bishop of Elie, His Maiesties almoner. date: 1610.0 words: 15493 flesch: 84 summary: First of all then , we take it in ●under , and make two parts of it : and set Christ●● 〈◊〉 in the midst , whose the fence is ▪ and then , 〈…〉 , as it were a circle or fence round about them . And a Thanksgiuing it is ; for it is sung with solemne musicke by Asaph , and the Q●●ere , at the sixe and seuen verses before . keywords: bee; christi; christos; doe; euen; euer; god; gods; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; holy; kings; meos; nolite; non; saith; tangere; text; touch; touching; verse; vpon; wee cache: A19701.xml plain text: A19701.txt item: #44 of 418 id: A20253 author: Dent, Daniel. title: A sermon against drunkennes preached at Ware by Daniel Dent ... date: 1628.0 words: 6638 flesch: 67 summary: Sicknes , that is a concomitant of this vice ; It is an excellent saying of Chrysostome , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 &c. water doth not so dissolve the earth , as pouring in wine consumeth the body , breeding innumerable diseases in all the regions of mans body in the Animalls , Vitalls , and Naturalls : hence come Lethargies , Apoplexies , Palsies , Catarrhes , Dropsies , Fevers , Consumptions , and many more the Harbingers of death . Now , to drinke wine is not unlawfull ; for every creature is good , if it be received with thankesgiving ; and wine moderately taken , saith Solomon , makes glad the heart , and therefore he would have it given to them that were of heavy hearts ; 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , It is not the use of wine , but the abuse that is forbidden , as Chrysostome observes : for there was drunkennesse before the vertue of the grape was knowne to Noah ; and surely , if to drinke wine had been unlawfull , our Saviour would never have turned water into wine at the marriage Feast ; especially , he would never have instituted it as a memoriall of his Blood-shedding : keywords: drinke; drinkers; god; men; prophet; reason; sleep; tcp; text; time; vice; wine cache: A20253.xml plain text: A20253.txt item: #45 of 418 id: A21001 author: Du Vair, Guillaume, 1556-1621. title: Holy meditations vpon seauen penitentiall and seauen consolatory psalmes of the kingly prophet Dauid. Written by the noble and learned G.D.V. date: 1612.0 words: 34468 flesch: 68 summary: It would deuour mee like fier , and the remander of my body would fly away into ashes : what eye is able to endure , without perrishing for feare , the onely looke of thine angry countenance , when casting thine eye vpon us , thou percest the very bottome of our hearts , and discouerest the secrets of our impure consciences ? our abhominable sinnes will draw downe thy iust anger vpon our heads , and thy inkindeled wrath will throw vs head-long at once into the gulphe of paine , torments and misery . Encrease strength and courage in mee ô Lord , as much as thou hast afflicted mee , giuing mee firme constancie as often as I shall stand in need thereof , no lesse then a charitable mother , who so soone as shee heareth her childe crye , doth straight wayes giue it the dugge . keywords: bee; death; doe; doth; earth; end; feare; giue; glory; god; good; hath; haue; heart; holy; hope; life; man; mee; mee ô; men; mercy; neuer; selfe; sinne; soule; thee; thine; thou; thy; time; vnto; vnto mee; vpon; wee; wicked; world; yee; ô lord cache: A21001.xml plain text: A21001.txt item: #46 of 418 id: A25359 author: Anderson, Henry, b. 1651 or 2. title: A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church at Winchester the xxix of May MDCLXXXI, being Trinity Sunday, and the day of His Majesties happy birth and restauration by Henry Anderson ... date: 1681.0 words: 10365 flesch: 68 summary: And with what unwearied diligence do the Rivulets seek out the main Ocean ? Such an eager pursuit , such strong propensions ▪ ( nay far stronger ) may be justly expected in the soul towards Heaven , seeking the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , things above ; To seek there 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , an habitation not made with hands , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Eternal in the Heavens , in as much as the end is incomparably greater , and the Agent more noble and active : for God hath made us for himself , and unquiet is Man's heart until it attains him ; it longs for , and thirsts after the living God , Whom have I in Heaven but thee ? This Plato discourseth in his Philebus at large , shewing how 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , One , was Many , and Many , One. keywords: church; desire; earth; father; glory; god; heaven; holy; king; life; lord; man; religion; son; soul; text; thee; trinity; world cache: A25359.xml plain text: A25359.txt item: #47 of 418 id: A25410 author: Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626. title: Sacrilege a snare. A sermon preached, ad clerum, in the Vniversity of Cambridg, / by the R. Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrews: late L. Bishop of Winchester. VVhen he proceeded Doctor in Divinity. Translated for the benefit of the publike. date: 1646.0 words: 10033 flesch: 83 summary: P , Hag. 1,4 St. Mark 14. 4. 1 What things are called Holy . We must often and vehemently call upon men to remember the Threasury of GOD : Wee must labour to bring them to that passe Solomon brought his , to esteeme it a part of Religion , not to touch any thing set apart for Religion ; to fast , rather then make their meales upon Holy Things : to give themselves for choaked , and strangled , if they should , even unwittingly , swallow down that which is Holy : This if accomplished , I shall hope for dayes as good as SOLOMONS . keywords: church; devoure; god; hath; himselfe; holy; law; man; men; sacrilege; sin; snare; solomon; text; things cache: A25410.xml plain text: A25410.txt item: #48 of 418 id: A25805 author: Donne, John, 1572-1631. title: The ancient history of the Septuagint written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago ; being his voyage to Jerusalem, as ambassadour from Ptolomæus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews, concerning the first translation of the Holy Bible by the seventy two interpreters with many other remarkable circumstances, no where else to be found ; first English'd from Greek, by the learned and reverend Dr. John Done ... now revised, and very much corrected from the original. date: 1685.0 words: 31515 flesch: 63 summary: For in the di●●charge of so weighty an Employme●● it is impossible you should have an● Leisure to fix your Imagination u●●on any thing but your Affairs , sin●● they will take up all your Tim● It is convenient therefore , that yo● be alwayes intent upon your Charg● and that you pray to God , to give ●ou Grace to omit nothing of what concerns your Employment . In which were signified to him the Deliverance o● the Iews from their Captivity● With the Letter , he ordained also to be made ready Cups , Vessels , an● a Table of pure Gold , with fifty Ta●lents of Gold , and seventy of Sil●ver , for Oblations there to be offered with many precious Jewels and stone● of very great value : Command●ing the Gold-smiths to finish thes● things with all speed , and the mone● in Talents for the Oblations to b● raised forthwith . keywords: aristeus; books; demetrius; eleazar; end; god; gold; good; hath; history; holy; honour; iews; king; law; manner; means; men; moses; people; persons; place; power; present; question; reason; resolution; self; set; table; things; time; work; world; ● ● cache: A25805.xml plain text: A25805.txt item: #49 of 418 id: A25886 author: Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659. title: Englands Eben-ezer, or, Stone of help set up in thankfull acknowledgment of the Lords having helped us hitherto : more especially for a memoriall of that help which the Parliaments forces lately received at Shrewsbury, Weymouth, and elsewhere : in a sermon preached to both the honourable Houses of Parliament, the lord mayor and aldermen of the citie of London being present, at Christ-Church, London, upon the late solemne day of thanksgiving, March 12 / by John Arrowsmith ... date: 1645.0 words: 13220 flesch: 79 summary: But so scant is the language of man , when applyed to the things of God ( whom to apprehend is difficult , to utter impossible ) that for want of a better term , even we Christians , must be forced to content our selves with this of help . The rest can prayse God but Objective , by being the objects of mans meditation . keywords: christ; church; day; god; hath; help; holy; israel; joy; lord; man; men; mercie; non; parliament; people; prayer; prayse; psal; set; text cache: A25886.xml plain text: A25886.txt item: #50 of 418 id: A26011 author: Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662. title: A svpport for the sinking heart in times of distresse, or, A sermon preached in London to uphold hope and allay feare Ianuary 4th which was a day of great trouble and deepe danger in the city / by Simeon Ash. date: 1642.0 words: 12238 flesch: 77 summary: But when men thus think , the Heavens frown , and God is angry with such an one , and therfore it is a vain thing to bestow time and breath in prayer for him , this office of Christian love is interrupted . If by meanes hereof , thy soule shall receive any spirituall edification , and grow more able with hope and comfort , to thrust through straights in Heaven way ; give God the glory of all his gracious workings upon thy spirit by Jesus Christ . Martis . 17. 1641. keywords: comfort; day; forth; god; gods; hand; heart; himselfe; lord; man; mount; people; things; thou; thy; times; ver cache: A26011.xml plain text: A26011.txt item: #51 of 418 id: A26155 author: Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732. title: A sermon before the queen at White-hall, May 29, 1692 by F. Atterbury ... date: 1692.0 words: 6938 flesch: 66 summary: The use I intend to make of these words is , from hence , to raise some Thoughts , about that very excellent and important ( but much neglected ) Duty of Praise and Thanksgiving : A Subject not unfit to be discours'd of at this Time ; whether we consider , either the more than ordinary Coldness that appears a-late in Mens Tempers , towards the practice of This ( or any other ) part of a warm and affecting Devotion ; The Great Occasion of setting aside This particular Day in the Kalendar , some years ago : Or the Fresh Instances of mercy and goodness , which God even Now has been pleas'd to bestow upon us . Which that we may do , let us enquire first what is meant by offering Praise and Thanksgiving unto God , and then how reasonable it is , that we should do so . keywords: duty; god; honour; man; men; nature; praise; tcp; text cache: A26155.xml plain text: A26155.txt item: #52 of 418 id: A26346 author: Adams, William, 1650-1685. title: God's eye on the contrite, or, A discourse shewing that true poverty and contrition of spirit, and trembling at God's Word is the infallible and only way for the obtaining and retaining of divine acceptation as it was made in the audience of the General Assembly of the Massachusetts Colony at Boston in New England May 27, 1685, being the day of election there / by William Adams. date: 1685.0 words: 17965 flesch: 81 summary: The like favour was afterwards shown to those places where Christ's Apostles and Evangelists were sent in His Name , by His order , and with His Authority to publish and preach the Gospel of salyation , beginning at Ierusalem , and passing through the Regions , of Iude●… and Samaria to Cesarea , Damascus , Ioppa , Lydda and Saron , Cyprus , Derbe , L●…stra , Icomu●… and An●…och , and a great part of Asia ; and at length in Europe , to Macedonia , Thessalonica , Berea , Corinth , &c. And since the Apostles dayes , some Nations , and several coun●…●…s and Bodies of People have been by Divine Dispensation 〈◊〉 only priviledged with the Gospel ; but God hath to ma●…●…aces and people wrought wonderfully for the bringing of 〈◊〉 to , or settling them under the enjoyment of it , or for the Continuance of it to them . And as to signal dispensations of visible 〈…〉 priviledges ; what God hath done , or is 〈…〉 ●…d continuing his Gospel , Worship and Or●… 〈…〉 ●…h a great advantage and hopeful token , yet 〈…〉 concluding mark of special favour and of the 〈…〉 ●…e Salvation ▪ For 1. keywords: day; earth; favour; god; good; hath; heart; look; lord; man; men; people; psal; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; word; work cache: A26346.xml plain text: A26346.txt item: #53 of 418 id: A26722 author: Barton, William, 1598?-1678. title: The choice and flower of the old Psalms collected by Iohn Hopkins and others and now revised and amended by William Barton ... date: 1645.0 words: 31075 flesch: 91 summary: O Lord how are my foes encreast that vex me more and more ? They kill my heart , when as they say , God can him not restore . 4. The first Metre , * O God that art my righteousnesse , Lord hear me when I call : Thou hast set me at libertie , when I was bound in thrall . keywords: dost; doth; earth; fear; foes; god; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; help; lord; lord doth; lord thy; man; men; o lord; people; praise; psal; right; sing; soul; thee; thou; thy; trust; works cache: A26722.xml plain text: A26722.txt item: #54 of 418 id: A26724 author: Barton, William, 1598?-1678. title: Psalms and hymns composed and fitted for the present occasion of publick thanks-giving, October 24, 1651 by W. Barton ... date: None words: 5153 flesch: 77 summary: But if after publication of all , your Honors shall receiv better satisfaction by anie other endeavours , I shall fully rest satisfied in this , that it shall bee determined by the Supreme Autoritie of England , which , from the first , I have publickly owned , obeied , honored , praied for , pleaded for , and praised God for , as a singular Blessing to this Nation , under which wee may lead peaceable and quiet lives in all Godliness and Honestie ; and if anie fearing God bee otherwise minded , God shall reveal even this unto them . I acknowledg that most of the Psalms exstant do want a more exquisite Composure ; and I denie not but Christians , gifted that waie , may compose and sing new Songs to the glorie of God , in the Congregations ; but if those Songs bee not composed out of Scripture , I believ they will want that gravitie and weight , that Majestie and Autoritie , which these have to excite affection , and edifie the understanding . keywords: bee; god; hath; hee; lord; mee; psalms; som; text; thou; thy; wee cache: A26724.xml plain text: A26724.txt item: #55 of 418 id: A26784 author: Bates, William, 1625-1699. title: The danger of prosperity discovered in several sermons upon Prov. I. 27 / by William Bates ... date: 1685.0 words: 33830 flesch: 63 summary: How destructive , how penal is Prosperity to such graceless Souls ? When God rains Snares upon the Wicked ; when the affluence of this World is abused to satisfy their vicious Desires , 't is a sad forerunner of the Shower of Fire and Brimstone , and the horrible Tempest that shall overwhelm them at last . 2. Prosperity inclines Sinners to an impious neglect of God , that is a Sin of the highest Nature , and prolifick of innumerable Evils . keywords: conscience; death; duty; evil; fear; folly; glory; god; good; heart; heaven; holy; life; lord; love; lusts; man; men; mind; nature; pleasures; power; prosperity; reason; sin; sinners; sins; soul; spirit; state; temptations; things; world cache: A26784.xml plain text: A26784.txt item: #56 of 418 id: A26806 author: Bates, William, 1625-1699. title: Sermons upon Psalm CXXX, ver. 4 but there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayst be feared / by William Bates. date: 1696.0 words: 26246 flesch: 65 summary: Sins of Ignorance and Infirmity , Sins of sudden Surreption , that steal upon us without observing , Sins by surprise of the Passions , when there is no time to deliberate , have extenuating Circumstances : but Sins against Light , wherein there is more of the Nature of Sin ; Sins against Mercies , which in the Language of the Apostle , are a despising of God's Goodness ; Sins against solemn Vows , wherein Men break double Bands , the Law of God and their sacred Ingagements ; Sins committed habitually and presumptuously , as if God were ignorant , or indifferent and unconcern'd , or impotent and without Power to punish Offenders : These Sins derive a greater Guilt , and expose to a more terrible Punishment . This was typical of the precious Blood of the Son of God that purges the Conscience from dead Works ; from the deadly Guilt of Sin that cleaves to the Conscience of the Sinner . keywords: christ; conscience; faith; fear; god; grace; guilt; heaven; justice; law; life; lord; love; man; men; mercy; nature; pardon; power; repentance; sin; sinner; sins cache: A26806.xml plain text: A26806.txt item: #57 of 418 id: A26811 author: Bates, William, 1625-1699. title: The sure trial of uprightness open'd in several sermons upon Psal. xviii, v. 23 ... / by William Bates. date: 1689.0 words: 31092 flesch: 61 summary: But although an upright Person keeps himself from the gross Acts of Sins that are clearly against natural Conscience , and supernatural Grace ; yet whilst we are cloth'd with Flesh , the Body of Sin does not finally expire , and Temptations are as importunate as Flys about us , ( from whom the Tempter has his Title ) that 't is morally impossible to be absolutely undefiled : therefore Uprightness requires that we should carefully consider our weak side , what Passions we are most inclinable to by our Temper , and so diligently fortify our selves against them , that they may not have dominion over us ; and though we cannot arrive , yet we may advance towards the compleat conquest of Sin. Terrors of Conscience may stop the current of Mens Lusts : Fear has Torment , and is inconsistent with the Pleasures of Sin : the fear of visible Vengeance , that sometimes strikes the Wicked , or the apprehension of Judgment to come , may controul the licentious Appetites from breaking forth into actual commission of Sins . keywords: affections; body; christ; conscience; death; duty; evil; fear; god; grace; guilt; heart; holy; law; life; lord; love; lusts; man; men; mind; nature; passions; power; saviour; sin; sinners; sins; soul; spirit; state; temptations; things; thoughts; uprightness; world cache: A26811.xml plain text: A26811.txt item: #58 of 418 id: A26812 author: Bates, William, 1625-1699. title: The upright Christian discovered by keeping himself from his iniquity, and resignation to the divine will. By way of question and answer. Gathered out of the judicious treatises of William Bates, D.D. date: 1693.0 words: 3502 flesch: 73 summary: Q. 3. How appears it that a Man 's so keeping himself from his own special Sin , is an undeceiving evidence of Sincerity ? A. It appears , if we consider , 1. God approves it . 1. WHat Sin may be named a Man 's own ? Answ. keywords: god; resignation; sin; sins; tcp; text cache: A26812.xml plain text: A26812.txt item: #59 of 418 id: A26847 author: Baxter, Benjamin, Preacher of the Gospel. title: A posing question, put by the wise man, viz. Solomon, to the wisest men concerning making a judgment of the temporal conditions : wherein you have the ignorance of man (in knowing, what is good, or evil, for man in this life) discovered, together, with the mistakes that flow from it : and the great question resolved, viz. whether the knowledg of, what is good for a man in this life, be so hid from man, that no man can attain it / preached at the weekly lecture at Upton ... by Benjamin Baxter ... date: 1662.0 words: 73584 flesch: 83 summary: WHEREIN YOU HAVE The Ignorance of Man ( in knowing , What is Good , or Evil , for man in this Life ) DISCOVERED ; Together , with the Mistakes that flow from it : 5. God turned it into a Blessing . Josephs brethren intended evil against him , but God turned it into good , Gen. 50. 20. And upon this account it is , that God hides the knowledg of what is good for a man in this life from man , that he may have a freedom and liberty of declaring his Wisdom and Power when he please , both in turning evill into good , and good into evill , contrary to mans apprehensions , hopes , and expectations . keywords: afflictions; apostle; concerning; condition; consider; doth; evil; god; good; hand; hath; heart; honour; judgment; life; lord; making; man; mans; men; prosperity; psal; question; read; reason; respect; riches; right; saith; scripture; self; sin; spirit; things; thou; thy; use; view; viz; way; work; world cache: A26847.xml plain text: A26847.txt item: #60 of 418 id: A27042 author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. title: A sermon of repentance preached before the honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament at Westminster, at their late solemn fast for the setling of these nations, April 30, 1660 / by Richard Baxter. date: 1660.0 words: 13993 flesch: 65 summary: For pride of apparel , it was wont to be taken for a childish or a womanish kind of vice , below a man ; but it s now observed among the gallants , that ( except in spots ) the notes of vanity are more legibly written on the hair and dress of a multitude of effeminate males , then on the females ; proclaiming to the world that pride , which one would think even pride it self should have concealed ; and calling by these signs to the beholders to observe the emptyness of their minds , and how void they are of that inward worth , which is the honour of a Christian , and of a man : It being a marvel to see a man of Learning , gravity , wisdom , and the fear of God , appear in such an antick dress . Their captivity was but the fruit of their voluntary captivity to sin ; and their grief of heart , was but the fruit of their hardness of heart ; and their sharpest sufferings , of their foul pollutions ; and therefore God promiseth a methodicall cure ; even to take away their old and stony heart , and cleanse them from their filthiness , and so to ease them by the removing of the cause . keywords: christ; god; hath; heaven; holy; life; loath; lord; man; men; self; selves; sin; sins; souls; things; world cache: A27042.xml plain text: A27042.txt item: #61 of 418 id: A27153 author: Beadle, John, d. 1667. title: The journal or diary of a thankful Christian presented in some meditations upon Numb. 33:2 / by J.B., Master of Arts, and Minister of the Gospel at Barnstone in Essex. date: 1656.0 words: 56783 flesch: 80 summary: Aug. in P●● . This one thing amongst other is record● in the sacred Journall of the Israelites sometimes they had plenty , and sometim● they wanted bread and water ; sometim● they had peace , and sometimes their enemi● made war against them ; sometimes th● enjoyed health , and sometimes the plagu brake out amongst them : And thus it ha● been in all the generations and ages 〈◊〉 the world . keywords: aegypt; book; children; christ; comfort; david; day; dayes; death; diary; father; gen; glory; god; gods; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; house; israel; jesus; journall; king; know; land; life; little; live; lord; love; man; means; men; mercies; mercy; owne; peace; people; praise; promise; psal; saith; set; sin; son; soul; thee; things; things god; thou; thy; time; way; works; world; yea; ● ● cache: A27153.xml plain text: A27153.txt item: #62 of 418 id: A27353 author: Bell, Thomas, fl. 1672-1692. title: Nehemiah the Tirshatha, or, The character of a good commissioner to which is added Grapes in the wilderness / by Mr. Thomas Bell ... date: 1692.0 words: 72352 flesch: 71 summary: 2. Understanding lodged high●● in the upper room of the speculative judgement , and reaching deeper , discovereth things in ●●eir original , and taketh them up in their causes , ●●d how they are . Why is it ●at the Lord gives many of his finest and most ●oly Saints , such a sad inward life of desertions , ●ears , Tentations , that are able to distract even a ●ise Heman from his youth ? and to make them ●iferenters also of such Exercises ? Answer , I find ●is Question made by Heman Psal. 88 , 14. keywords: affliction; case; chap; christ; church; david; dispensations; doth; evil; fear; god; gods; good; great; hand; hath; heart; heaven; hope; house; israel; life; light; like; lord; love; man; men; mercy; o lord; o ●; people; place; psal; ruler; saints; scripture; self; sin; soul; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; time; use; verse; way; wilderness; word; works; yea; ● d; ● e; ● s; ● t; ● ● cache: A27353.xml plain text: A27353.txt item: #63 of 418 id: A27602 author: Beverley, Thomas. title: An exposition of the divinely prophetick Song of Songs which is Solomons beginning with the reign of David and Solomon, ending in the glorious kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ / adjusted to the expositor's line of time, and illustrating it, and composed into verse by T. Beverley. date: 1687.0 words: 40594 flesch: 77 summary: Notes for div A27602-e10370 Notes explaining Words. THis Divine Song of Songs To Solomon belongs ; The Notes explaining the Senſe. keywords: beloved; c. notes; chorus; christ; church; churches; daughters; david; doth; glory; god; holy; jews; kingdom; let; life; love; new; notes; prophecy; reign; royal; schelom; self; senſe; set; solomon; song; spouse; state; temple; thee; things; thou; thy; time; tribes; truth; words; world; years cache: A27602.xml plain text: A27602.txt item: #64 of 418 id: A27638 author: Bewick, John, d. 1671. title: Confiding England vnder conflicts, triumphing in the middest of her terrors, or, Assured comforts that her present miseries will end in unspeakable lasting mercies to the whole nation first preached in Bengeo and Hitchin in Hartfordshire and now published for the common comfort of the nation / by Iohn Bevvick ... date: 1644.0 words: 23457 flesch: 77 summary: 6. God sometimes preserves his Church and people by terrible revelations : when he discovers the closest plots and conspiracies and counsells of their adversaries , when they carry on things subtilly , hoping that nothing shall be knowne : but a bird of the ayre tells it ; a letter reveales it : one thing or other brings all to light ; and all mouthes are filled with talking of the horrible attempts . They desire to appeare terrible and formidable to it : if they can but put men into feare , they thinke they shall have the day : they triumph if they can raise a terrour and feare in people : and therfore God will serve them , as they would serve others : he will meete with them in a way of terrout , searing them , and making them slie when none pursues . keywords: adversaries; church; confidence; deliverance; earth; feare; god; gods; hath; lord; man; nations; people; psal; righteousnesse; saith; salvation; things; thou; thy; time; trust; world cache: A27638.xml plain text: A27638.txt item: #65 of 418 id: A27786 author: Rous, Francis, 1579-1659. title: The Psalms of David set forth in English meeter set forth by Francis Rous... date: 1643.0 words: 67786 flesch: 90 summary: verse 2 But , Lord , thou art a shield for me , in thee my help doth lie ; Thou art my glory , and my head thou liftest up on hie . verse 7 The greater sort crave worldly goods , and riches do imbrace ; But , Lord , grant us thy countenance , thy favour , and thy grace . keywords: day; dost; doth; earth; feare; glory; god; god doth; gods; good; grace; hand; hast; hath; heart; holy; land; lord; lord doth; lord god; lord thy; love; man; men; mercy; mighty; o god; o lord; people; place; praise; psal; right; save; set; shall; sing; soule; strength; thee; thine; thou; thy; trust; verse; voice; way; wicked; word; yea cache: A27786.xml plain text: A27786.txt item: #66 of 418 id: A27789 author: Barton, William, 1598?-1678. title: The Book of Psalms in metre close and proper to the Hebrew, smooth and pleasant for the metre, plain and easie for the tunes : with musical notes, arguments, annotations, and index : fitted for the ready use and understanding of all good Christians. date: 1644.0 words: 69541 flesch: 90 summary: verse 9 To crush thy foes shalt thou lift up , Thy weighty iron rod : And dash them , like a potters cup , In pieces small , ô God. Thou art th' uplifter of my Head , My glory and my pride : My voice to God I uttered , verse 4 Unto the Lord I cry'd , He heard me from his holy Hill : verse 5 I laid me down and slept , And wak't again in safety still , By him sustain'd and kept . keywords: argument; bring; christ; church; david; day; doth; earth; fear; foes; god; gods; good; grace; great; hand; hast; hath; heart; heaven; help; holy; house; israel; judgement; king; land; let; life; lord; lord god; lord thou; lord thy; love; man; mee; mercies; o god; o lord; people; place; poor; praise; psal; right; saints; set; shall; sing; soul; strength; thee; thine; things; thou; thy; thy god; trust; truth; tune; verse; verse tune; vvith; way; wicked; word; works; yea cache: A27789.xml plain text: A27789.txt item: #67 of 418 id: A27790 author: Vaughan, Robert. title: The Psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each psalm. date: 1644.0 words: 81576 flesch: 80 summary: O Blessed Iesu , King of glory , Lord of Hosts , and King of all the Creatures , to whom the everlasting doores were opened , that thou mightest enter into thy Kingdome , which thou didst open to all believers , after thou hadst overcome the sharpnesse of death : give us clean hands and a pure heart : teach us to follow thy innocency , to imitate thy sanctity , that we may receive from thee our Lord the eternall rewards and blessings of righteousnesse , and ascend thither whither thou , ô God of our salvation , art gone before , who livest and raignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost eternall God world without end . 12 So shall the King haue pleasure in thy beauty ; for he is thy Lord ( God ) and worship thou him . keywords: children; christ; church; day; deliver; earth; enemies; good; hand; hast; hath; haue; heart; holy; iesus; king; life; lord god; lord thy; man; men; mercies; mercy; o god; o lord; o thou; people; praise; prayer; psalme; righteousnesse; salvation; set; shall; sing; soul; strength; thee; thine; thou; thou art; thou god; thou lord; thy; thy god; trouble; trust; way; world; yea cache: A27790.xml plain text: A27790.txt item: #68 of 418 id: A27830 author: King, Henry, 1592-1669. title: The Psalmes of David from the new translation of the Bible turned into meter to be sung after the old tunes used in the churches : unto which are newly added the Lord's prayer, the Creed, the Ten commandments, with some other ancient hymnes. date: 1654.0 words: 45628 flesch: 96 summary: 1. IUdge me ( O God , ) for in Thy path My foot insisted hath . Therefore thy God hath Thee preferr'd , And by a love unheard , The oyle of gladnesse on Thy head , Above Thy fellowes , shed . keywords: bring; cry; day; death; doth; downe; earth; eyes; fall; feare; foes; glory; god; gods; good; great; hand; hast; hath; heart; help; high; hir; king; land; law; life; lord; lord thy; love; man; men; mercies; mercy; o lord; people; place; pow'r; praise; psal; right; rise; save; servants; shall; shame; soule; stand; strength; thee; thine; thou; thy; thy god; tongue; trust; truth; wicked; word cache: A27830.xml plain text: A27830.txt item: #69 of 418 id: A27888 author: Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662. title: A paraphrase upon the Psalms of David by George Sandys ; set to new tunes for private devotion and a thorough-base for voice or instrument by Henry Lawes ; and in this edition carefully revised and corrected from many errors which passed in former impressions by John Playford. date: 1676.0 words: 42754 flesch: 88 summary: From that faln Temple , on her Wings she bears Those Heavenly Raptures to your sacred Ears : Not that her bare and humble Feet aspire To mount the Threshold of th'harmonious Quire ; But that at once she might Oblations bring To God ; and Tribute to a god-like King. Now in faint Accents praising God , For his Rod : Since that his punishing a Child , Must be stil'd A Blessing . keywords: cast; celebrate; day; death; delight; earth; eyes; face; fall; fear; foes; glory; god; gods; good; grace; hand; hast; hate; hath; heart; israel; jehovah; joy; justice; king; land; laws; life; lord; man; men; mercy; night; o lord; people; power; praise; psalm; rise; sacred; set; shall; sing; soul; strength; thee; thine; thou; thoughts; throne; thy; truth; wicked; wrath; ● ● cache: A27888.xml plain text: A27888.txt item: #70 of 418 id: A27939 author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. title: Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns / left fitted for the press by his own hand. date: 1692.0 words: 65307 flesch: 87 summary: 6 And though ten thousand foes Were round about me laid , ( While God is for me , and my help ) Why should I be afraid . 7 Arise and save me , Lord , My God the Cheek-bone strake Of all my foes ; and wicked mens Devouring teeth did break . 3 God will cut off all flattering lips , [ And ] the [ proud ] tongue that speaketh thus , 4 Our word shall stand ; our tongue is ours , What Lord is [ Ruler ] over us ? 5 For the oppression of the poor , And needy's sighs , I 'le [ now a - ] rise , And them in safety set , saith God , From those that them [ with scorn ] despise . keywords: cast; day; doth; earth; enemies; fear; glory; god; god doth; good; hand; hast; hath; heart; help; high; holy; lord; lord doth; lord god; love; man; men; mercies; mercy; o god; o lord; people; praise; psalm; save; set; shall; sing; soul; strength; thee; thou; thy; trust; truth; voice; way; wicked; word; works cache: A27939.xml plain text: A27939.txt item: #71 of 418 id: A27981 author: Caryll, John, 1625-1711. title: The Psalms of David translated from the Vulgat. date: 1700.0 words: 61637 flesch: 87 summary: 11 Their throat is an open sepulcher , they have dealt deceitfully with their tongues ; judge them , o God! 12 Let them miscarry in their designs ; according to the multitude of their iniquitys , expell them , because they have provok'd thee , o Lord ! 13 And let all rejoyce who hope in thee ; for ever they will be fill'd with joy , and thou wilt dwell in them . 15 Be still my helper ; forsake me not , nor despise me , o God my Saviour ! 16 For my father and my mother have abandon'd me , but our Lord has taken me to himself . 17 Set me a rule , o Lord ! to guide me in thy way , And conduct me in the right path , in regard of my enemies . keywords: a27981; come; david; day; div; div a27981; earth; enemies; eyes; fear; glory; god; good; hand; heart; heaven; holy; hope; house; iniquity; israel; joy; justice; king; land; law; life; lord god; man; men; mercy; mouth; nations; notes; o god; o lord; people; place; power; praise; prayer; psalme; sing; sinners; sons; soul; thee; things; thos; thou; thou o; thy; thy god; time; truth; voice; way; wee; wilt; works cache: A27981.xml plain text: A27981.txt item: #72 of 418 id: A27982 author: Sandys, George, 1578-1644. title: A paraphrase vpon the Song of Solomon by G. S. date: 1641.0 words: 3615 flesch: 85 summary: IOyn thy life breathing lips to mine ; Thy love excels the joy of Wine : Thy Odors , ô how redolent ! Thy longing Spouse at length , great King , To thy prepared Chamber bring : Then shall our Souls , intranst with joy , In thy due praise their Zeal imploy ; Thy celebrated loves recite , Which more then crowned cups delight . keywords: art; belov'd; delight; faire; fruits; love; solomon; sponsa; sponsus; text; thou cache: A27982.xml plain text: A27982.txt item: #73 of 418 id: A27984 author: R. K. title: The canticles or song of Solomon, reduced into a decasyllable together with the song of Moses in meeter / by R.K. date: 1662.0 words: 6638 flesch: 87 summary: 5. Christ here awakes his Church and her he calls , She tast's his Love , and then Love-sick she falls , Not fully able yet she interlaces A brief de scription of him by his Graces . Vers . 8 I charge you Daughters of Jerusalem , Tell my Belov'd , of Love that sick I am . Vers . keywords: belov'd; church; doth; god; love; mee; solomon; song; tcp; text; thee; thine; thou; thy; vers cache: A27984.xml plain text: A27984.txt item: #74 of 418 id: A27987 author: Lloyd, John, 1644-1682. title: Shir ha-shirim, or, Solomon's song paraphrased a pindarick poem. date: 1681.0 words: 8012 flesch: 83 summary: verse 8 And tho' the matchless spight Of evil-will would swell to such a height As to deprive thee of thy Golden bell , And leave the fair Pomegranat but a shell ; Yet in thy borders Threescore Queens are fed , And Fourscore Concubines do spred Their Arms about the Bridal bed . verse 9 ' Why thus we 'l do : My Fathers house is large , ' His Tables stand ' Throng'd with the Treasures of a bounteous hand : ' There she may fairly taste ' Or ( if she please ) may take a full repast ' Without or cost or charge . keywords: beloved; christ; chvrch; eyes; head; heart; light; love; new; sacred; tcp; text; thee; thine; thou; thy; verse cache: A27987.xml plain text: A27987.txt item: #75 of 418 id: A27998 author: Blackmore, Richard, Sir, d. 1729. title: A paraphrase on the book of Job as likewise on the songs of Moses, Deborah, David, on four select psalms, some chapters of Isaiah, and the third chapter of Habakkuk / by Sir Richard Blackmore. date: 1700.0 words: 69726 flesch: 76 summary: On the other side , tho' he does not censure Job for his Hypocrisie , or any concealed or secret Guilt , yet he condemns him for the Impatience he express'd in his Sufferings , and for his bold and rash Expressions that seem'd to charge God with Injustice . And therefore in the sharpest and severest Trials , when Providence seems vigilant and industrious , as Job expresses it , to find occasions of afflicting , when it runs counter to all our Desires , defeats our Hopes , and disappoints all our Designs ; in such a hard Case we are to moderate our Passions , submit our Wills and our Reason too , and acquiesce in this Belief , that nothing is more certain than that God can do his Creature no wrong , and that in all his Dispensations he has both wise and gracious Designs , tho' our shallow and incompetent Reason is not able to discern them . keywords: air; almighty; arms; bear; book; cause; clouds; command; day; death; deep; divine; dost; earth; fear; find; friends; god; good; grave; grief; hand; hast; head; heart; heav'n; high; hills; iob; job; justice; kind; land; lay; life; light; long; man; men; mind; nations; nature; ne'er; o'er; pain; peace; people; power; providence; race; reason; rest; shall; sons; soul; stand; state; thee; thou; thro; thy; time; vain; vengeance; way; ways; wealth; wisdom; woe; words; world; wrath cache: A27998.xml plain text: A27998.txt item: #76 of 418 id: A28328 author: Blair, Hugh. title: Gods soveraignity, His Sacred Majesties supremacy, the subjects duty asserted in a sermon, preached before His Majesties high commissioner, and the honourable Parliament of the kingdom of Scotland, at Edinburgh, the 31. of March, 1661 / by Mr. Hugh Blair ... date: 1661.0 words: 16406 flesch: 74 summary: It is not the custome of the Romans to condemne any man unheard ; Did not Ch●ist himself , ( our dear Lord ) pay T●ibute to Cesar , even by a miracle , and command us and them both ? though it be in futuro , you shall be as Gods , yet never intending to give what he promised , nor being able to perfo●m though he had intended it , for he lyed when he said , all these are mine , Mat. 4. And hath he not deceived many in these our last and worst dayes , prophe●iet of by Paul , wherein there should be many traitors , headie , and hie-minded , 2 Tim. 3. 45. keywords: acts; betwixt; earth; father; god; gods; grace; hath; heart; israel; judge; king; let; lord; man; men; moses; people; power; psal; saith; sam; supream; thee; things; thou; thy; yea; ● ● cache: A28328.xml plain text: A28328.txt item: #77 of 418 id: A28333 author: Blake, Martin, 1594 or 5-1673. title: An earnest plea for peace and moderation in a sermon preached at Barnstaple in Devon, to the ministers and others occasionally there assembled, Octob. 17, 1660 / by Martin Blake. date: 1661.0 words: 7556 flesch: 58 summary: To be hot in our disputes about Supposals , and in the mean season ( even by the violence of such disputes ) to hinder the growth of Reals , Oh how unbeseeming ! how much better would it become us , in matters of this kind , to leave off contending , and to fall a supplicating , first to God , and then unto Authority , that all these obstacles and rubbs in the way of Peace , on either side , may be lovingly removed ? Brethren , we are now ( thanks be to God for it ) under the blessed influence of a gratious Prince , whose heart ( as we may gather from the effects ) is composed and made up ( as I may say ) of Truth and Justice , of Love and Tenderness , to God and Man ; To God , for the promoting of his Service ; To Man , for the procuring of his Good : and how can we but hope for an answerable Care in him to settle Peace and unanimity among us , by a gratious condescention in things convenient to weaker spirits ? And , oh that it would p'ease the Divine Goodnesse ( in whose hand are the hearts of all men ) so to inlighten our minds , and fasten our affections upon the Fundamental and Essential points of Faith and Godlinesse , that , laying aside these fierce disputes , and heart-dividing contentions about Circumstantial Niceties , we might all meet and joyn together in a just and Peaceable Consormity , and so ( at once ) exercise our Piety to God , our Submission to Authority , and our affectionate respects of love and kindly assistance one towards another , ever studying ( as much as in us lies ) the preservation of the Unity of the Spirit , in the bond of Peace ; the best and readiest way ( as wise men deem ) to silence the Clamours , prevent the Designes , and ( if the good pleasure of God be such ) to rectifie the Apprehensions , and reconcile the Hearts of the yet-remaining Sanballats , Tobiaos , and Geshems of the time , who by force and fraud , do what they can to interrupt and hinder us ( as their Fathers sometime did that good Nehemiah ) in repairing the Ruines , and raising up the Walls of our English Jerusalem . keywords: brethren; church; god; good; hath; holy; house; lord; love; peace; tcp; text; words cache: A28333.xml plain text: A28333.txt item: #78 of 418 id: A29204 author: Bramhall, John, 1594-1663. title: The right way to safety after ship-wrack in a sermon preached to the honourable House of Commons, in St. Patrick's Church, Dublin : at their solemn receiving of the blessed sacrament / by John, Lord Bishop of Armagh. date: 1661.0 words: 7642 flesch: 66 summary: Indeed Innocence ( if t●● Herb of Grace were to be found ) is better than C●●fession : but there is more joy in heaven over one sin●●● that repenteth , than ninety nine just Persons that need●● repentance , among the Holy Angels : Da Pater 〈◊〉 per eis gaudere de nobis , &c. Grant , O Father , t●●● they may always rejoyce over us , that Thou ma●● always be glorified by them for us , that we and th●● together may praise thy Holy Name , O Thou t●●● art the Creator of Men and Angels . The Lord sanctifie our sufferings to us ; until then , we cannot prosper in our Affai●s . keywords: cover; god; grace; john; lord; man; mercie; mercy; sins; soul; tcp; text; world; ● ● cache: A29204.xml plain text: A29204.txt item: #79 of 418 id: A29208 author: Bramhall, John, 1594-1663. title: A sermon preached at Dublin upon the 23 of Aprill, 1661 being the day appointed for His Majesties coronation : with two speeches made in the House of Peers the 11th of May, 1661, when the House of Commons presented their speaker / by John Lord Archbishop of Armagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland. date: 1661.0 words: 12391 flesch: 71 summary: So sheaves do signi●…y all those advantages vvhich vve reap by his Majesties restitu●…ion . Corporal s●…aves have hope to escape by flight , but in spiritual captivity no flight can help us unless we could flie away from our selves . keywords: captivity; charles; england; english; god; good; hath; house; joy; king; lord; man; seed; sheaves; text; things; time; vvas; vve; vvhich; vvith; way; weeping cache: A29208.xml plain text: A29208.txt item: #80 of 418 id: A29278 author: Brayne, John. title: An exposition upon the Canticles, or Solomons song of songs written by an unworthy witnesse of the truth of the most high God, John Brayne. date: 1651.0 words: 25538 flesch: 76 summary: Ver. 5. Thy Brests , that is the {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or the preparatory Ministery or doctrine of the Law , like two young Roes , being the beginning-knowledge for children , which twins are one Law , though two tables : Christ the glory of God and man is called , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or Gloria , the Glory feeds among the Lillies , that is , the Saints gathered into the the Church only , on which saith Christ , Ver. 6. 3. In that of the Jews estate , if in any part be would have spoken of the Mosaicall rule , but he only passeth it over with the Winter is past , Cap. 2. Ver. 11. and then begins with the Voice of Christ , the Baptist , the Turtle , Christ himself , the flowers , the Apostles , the pruning of the Vine , the call of men from the Jewish old state in Johns baptism , and the Apostles gathering believers into the Church out of the world , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} which is translated the singing of Birds , but contrary to the scope of the Prophecy , which Gal. keywords: cap; christ; church; churches; estate; gentiles; god; gospell; jews; law; lord; love; man; men; non; people; saints; set; shews; thy; time; ver; verse; way; world cache: A29278.xml plain text: A29278.txt item: #81 of 418 id: A29373 author: Bridge, William, 1600?-1670. title: A sermon preached unto the voluntiers of the city of Norwich and also to the voluntiers of Great Yarmovth in Norfolke by William Bridge ... date: 1642.0 words: 7648 flesch: 65 summary: Had not the three children been men of courage , how would they have beene bent to Idolatry ; but being men of courage , say they , Our God is able to deliver us , but if not ; be it known unto thee , O King , that we will not serve thy gods . Good courage is alwayes in a Magistrates Commission , though times be never so peaceable , they are to be men of courage fearing God , much more in troublous times ; good courage is a vertue annexed to their place , and therefore as injustice from the hand of a Judge is worser then from any other , because there is a speciall repugnancy between him and the sin , so want of courage and neutralizing in a Magistrate is worse then in others , because it is alwayes annexed to his place . keywords: cities; courage; evill; god; good; hath; heart; king; lord; man; men; people; text; things; times cache: A29373.xml plain text: A29373.txt item: #82 of 418 id: A29417 author: True son of the Church of England. title: A breif and full account of Mr. Tate's and Mr. Brady's new version of the Psalms by a true son of the Church of England. date: 1662.0 words: 9295 flesch: 53 summary: v. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Mountains skipped like Rams , and the little Hills like Lambs ; or as the Septuagint Version has it , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , as the Lambs of Sheep ; which indeed comes nearer the Hebraism the Children of Sheep . Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: authority; bishops; church; devotion; king; new; persons; psalms; reason; tcp; translation; version; work cache: A29417.xml plain text: A29417.txt item: #83 of 418 id: A29507 author: Brightman, Thomas, 1562-1607. title: A commentary on the Canticles or the Song of Salomon wherein the text is analised, the native signification of the words declared, the allegories explained, and the order of the times whereunto they relate observed / by Thomas Brightman ; unto which is added brief notes out of severall expositors of the Revelation touching the rising and fall, progresse and finall destruction of the enemies of the church with some other observations out of divers writers. date: 1644.0 words: 51269 flesch: 77 summary: ●eeing much and observing nothing , neither laid they the most grievous ch●st●s●ments to heart , ver . Concerning the Song of Solomon , the Law of the Jewes is very well knowne by which young men under the age of thirty ( before which time they did not enter into the Priest-hood ) were interdicted to reade it , le●t those things which were mystically set forth , should by the swaying of their passions , be enterpreted in the worst sense . keywords: bed; beginning; beloved; breasts; bridegroome; chap; christ; church; city; condition; daughters; day; death; desire; end; enemies; eyes; faithfull; forth; garden; god; hath; head; house; ierusalem; iewes; king; lebanon; length; lord; love; men; new; people; place; rest; saith; second; self; set; sh ●; sheweth; spouse; thee; things; thou; thy; time; truth; vers; wine; words; world; yeers; ● e; ● h; ● r; ● s; ● st; ● t; ● ● cache: A29507.xml plain text: A29507.txt item: #84 of 418 id: A29931 author: Baker, Thomas, Rector of St. Mary the More. title: The wicked mans plot defeated, or, The wicked man laughed out of countenance as it was represented in a sermon preached in St. Mary Wool-Church, London, May 11, 1656, by Thomas Baker. date: 1656.0 words: 23001 flesch: 67 summary: And , then whilest Darkness , overshadowing the Drowsie , and secure ; 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , as Diogines sometime to his Physitian , upon his Death-bed ; when , after a short sleep , hee demanded of him how he did ; one sleep , and so Darkness , shall prove unto them nothing else but the Fore●runner of another ; a Spiritual of an Eternal sleep , and Darkness ; the Day of Grace , shall we circumspectly walke in the Light thereof , we shall finde to be but the Prologue of another unto us ; and that more Bright , and Lightsome , Day , even the Day of Glory ; a Day , which shall need neither Sunne , nor Moon , for the Enlightning it ; but the Glory of God , and the Lamb , shal● be its Light ; to the happy contemplation , and Fruition , whereof , in thy good time , O LORD , bring every one of us ; and to this purpose grant , that the words , which we have this day heard with our outward Eares , &c. FINIS . wherein , not onely those Courtly spirits , that are exquisite Gleekers , or Cribbagers ; but even every Country Bumkin , that can but play at plain Trump , or Noddy , cannot but clea●ly discern the Knave every day to turn ; and appear in his orient colours ; yea in value to ou●vy , not the King onely , the supreme Magistrate ; but all that is called God. keywords: apostle; appear; bee; comming; day; destruction; eagles; eyes; father; god; gods; hath; heaven; hee; lord; man; manner; master; men; nay; people; prophet; psal; ravens; reason; saith; text; thee; things; thou; thy; time; wee; whilest; word; yea; ● ● cache: A29931.xml plain text: A29931.txt item: #85 of 418 id: A30293 author: Burges, John, 1561?-1635. title: A sermon preached before the late King James His Majesty at Greenwich the 19 of Iuly 1604 together with two letters in way of apology for his sermon : the one to the late King Iames His Majesty : the other to the Lords of His Majesties then Privie Councell / by John Burges ... date: 1642.0 words: 11229 flesch: 65 summary: To this end , because the disease of Princes oftentimes is the swelling of heart , and to dye upon such swellings , it pleased God in the 17. of Deutrinomy both to restraine them from windy and swelling meats , forbidding such multitude of Chariots and horses as might lift up their hearts above their brethren , so as to make them forget that they are men and rule over men : and also to give them a dyet , the Booke of God to meditate upon , which is able to moderate and temper the heart of any Prince ; without which no Kings heart , no mans heart can be good as it ought . I thinke the Kings Majesty knoweth it not ( would God he did know it ) that there be very many of his poore subjects wonderfull ignorant : the people in many places are naked , and Aaron hath made them naked , I meane the Ministry : a naked Ministry hath made a naked people : the Lord helpe them and incline the Kings gracious heart to pity them . keywords: doe; god; good; hath; house; king; lord; majesty; owne; peace; people; princes; speake; subjects; things cache: A30293.xml plain text: A30293.txt item: #86 of 418 id: A30327 author: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. title: Charitable reproof a sermon preached at the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow to the Societies for Reformation of Manners, the 25th of March, 1700 / by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum. date: 1700.0 words: 7593 flesch: 58 summary: But we need not another Enemy than our selves ; we are going into such strong and deeply rooted Animosities , our hatred to one another , our jealousy of one another , our quarrels and factions , do so increase , and are growing to such a height , that if no Temper can be found , and if there is no Interposition from the Goodness of God , or the Wisdom of Men , to put a stop to the progress of all these Evils , they must end fatally at last ; we may go on to bite and devour one another , till in conclusion we are consumed one of another . Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: faults; friendship; god; good; man; men; reproofs; selves; tcp; text cache: A30327.xml plain text: A30327.txt item: #87 of 418 id: A30424 author: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. title: A sermon preached at the Chappel of the Rolls on the fifth of November, 1684 being Gun-Powder-Treason day / by Gilbert Burnet. date: 1684.0 words: 5282 flesch: 56 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. WE have no greater encouragement in our Addresses to God , than the remembrance of past deliverances ; and we never Worship him more decently , than when we mix our acknowledgments for what is past , with our Prayers for what is to come . keywords: church; english; god; lion; men; mouth; religion; tcp; text cache: A30424.xml plain text: A30424.txt item: #88 of 418 id: A30425 author: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. title: A sermon preached in the chappel of St. James's, before His Highness the Prince of Orange, the 23d of December, 1688 by Gilbert Burnet ... date: 1689.0 words: 7927 flesch: 50 summary: But which is above all , we are blest with that holy Religion which the Son of God revealed to the World , and we are Reformed from those Corruptions which had defiled it , and that in so equal a manner , that we are the chief Object of the Roman Fury , as well as the just Glory of the Reformation : We have had the truths of Religion both in the points of Speculation and Practice opened to us with such advantages , that if we stumble or lose our way in the midst of so much light , we have more to answer for than any Nation under Heaven : and to Crown all , God has put us so far into the hands of our Enemies , as to let us clearly see what we were to expect from them . But if Revenge and Animosity prevail over the softer and wiser Councils , that Reason and Religion may suggest , and if in all that we do , we take not care to have God ever on our sides , it will be easie for him to blast all Councils , and to defeat even the greatest and best-laid Designs . keywords: characters; god; hand; lord; men; nation; religion; selves; tcp; text; work cache: A30425.xml plain text: A30425.txt item: #89 of 418 id: A30439 author: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. title: A sermon preached at White-hall, on the 26th of Novemb. 1691 being the thanksgiving-day for the preservation of the King, and the reduction of Ireland / by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum. date: 1691.0 words: 10832 flesch: 58 summary: Whereas a Prince whose ill Example has corrupted a Nation , or whose ill designs have divided and distracted it ; leaves behind him a ferment which will be working perhaps for some Ages after he is asleep in his Grave : On the other hand a Prince that is just and true , gracious and merciful , shines with so benigne an Influence that as a good season not only gives us warm and healthful Air while it lasts , but does also ripen those Fruits of the Earth , upon which we must subsist after it is gone ; so by his good Government that is duly tempered between rigorous severity and too Indulgent goodness , he no ● only makes his Subjects happy , during so blest a Reign , but lays the foundations of a Felicity which will be more lasting then the Princes themselves , who tho they are called Gods , yet must die like men . Accesseruit A ●ndli ●● Regni Regis Jacobi I. Apparatus , & Commentarius de Antiquitate , Dignitate , & Officio Comitis Marescalli Angliae . keywords: danger; english; god; good; king; lord; mankind; men; mercy; people; princes; religion; set; tcp; text; things; tho; truth cache: A30439.xml plain text: A30439.txt item: #90 of 418 id: A30444 author: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. title: A sermon preached before the Queen at White-Hall on the 29th of May, 1694, being the anniversary of King Charles II, his birth and restauration by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum. date: 1694.0 words: 9323 flesch: 45 summary: A little memory to lay things together , and a small measure of judgment to observe the visible causes and consequences of them , will serve turn here ; some may descend to more particulars than others , and may reason more exactly ; but every man is capable of thought enough upon this head , to beget in him a sense of the power and wisdom , the justice and goodness of God , in the Government of the World. Sometimes I confess a black prospect and a gloomy face of things , may be on the other hand as unreasonably aggravated by men of melancholly tempers : yet even in that case , the remembring past deliverances gives livelier and more promising hopes , so that this may be well reckoned the easiest and pleasantest exercise of Religion , nor is there any one more useful : nothing shews the folly of Man , and the wisdom of God more eminently , then when we set them together : nothing shews the corruptions of the Human Nature , and mercies of the Divine more conspicuously , nothing mitigates the sharpness of our afflictions , nor tempers our mind in prosperity so much as our depending upon Providence and ascribing the good things that happen to its influence , and not claiming too great a share in them to our selves ; nothing tempers the mind so equally in every turn and sta●● of life , as the Belief of God's go●erning the World , and the turning our thoughts frequently to serious reflections upon it . keywords: church; god; home; king; men; nation; people; providence; religion; tcp; text; things; time cache: A30444.xml plain text: A30444.txt item: #91 of 418 id: A30495 author: Burnett, Andrew, minister of the Gospel. title: A sermon preach'd at Barbican upon the sixteenth of April, 1696 being a day of thanksgiving unto Almighty God for discovering and disappointing an horrid and barbarous conspiracy of papists and other traiterous persons to assassinate and murder His Most Gracious Majesty's royal person, and for delivering this kingdom from an invasion intended by the French / by Andrew Burnett ... date: 1696.0 words: 6919 flesch: 80 summary: We Read , that when Solomon was Crowned , and setled upon his Throne , 1 King. i. 39. to be King of Israel , they blew the Trumpet , and all the People said , God save King Solomon . BEING A Day of THANKSGIVING unto Almighty God for Discovering and Disappointing an Horrid and Barbarous Conspiracy of Papists and other Traiterous Persons to Assassinate and Murder His most Gracious Majesty's Royal Person , and for Delivering this Kingdom from an Invasion intended by the French. keywords: church; day; enemies; god; hath; king; lord; nations; people; things; works cache: A30495.xml plain text: A30495.txt item: #92 of 418 id: A30589 author: Adderley, William. title: Jerusalems glory breaking forth into the world being a Scripture-discovery of the New-Testament Church in the latter dayes, immediately before the Second Coming of Christ. date: 1684.0 words: 26026 flesch: 69 summary: The Throne of his glory : All these Expressions hath the Church of God in the Old Testament : Certainly God intended that these being Typical , should Typifie some glorious condition that the Church should be in , in time to come . Now I am confident , that for the general part of the Jews , they understood no more of that Prophecy to be meant of Christ and his sufferings , than we when we Read in Ezekiel and in the Revelations , do understand what God will do for his Church in time to come : keywords: christ; church; come; day; earth; glory; god; hath; jerusalem; lord; new; people; praise; saints; things; time; world cache: A30589.xml plain text: A30589.txt item: #93 of 418 id: A30608 author: Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. title: The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child of God and the misery of having ones portion in this world, unfolding the state of true happiness with the marks, means, and members thereof / by Ier. Burroughs. date: 1657.0 words: 55701 flesch: 67 summary: Then it was a speech of a German Divine , though he were a good man , and lived very innocently , when he lay upon his sick bed and apprehended death , he was in great terrours of spirit , mightily troubled , and some of his friends came to him , & asked him , why should you be so troubled , that have lived so good a life as you have done ? this was his answer : The judgements of God are one , and the judgements of men are another , I have now to deal with God , it is true , I lived thus before men , and men gave their verdict of me as good , and thought I was in a good condition , but O , I am now to go to God , and to deal immediately with him , and Gods judgements and mans judgements are different things ; when God shall come to weigh all mens portions out , as it will be , then so much righteousnesse , so much happinesse ; you 'l say then , Lord what shall become of us all , all our righteousnesse is as the menstruous cloth ; I but for the Saints , the righteousnesse of Christ will be put into one scoale , and their portion into the other , and their portion will be weighed by the righteousnesse of Christ ; Now when thou comest to God , thou must come to the scoale , and thou wilt put in thy good servings of God , and thy coming to Church , and some good civill actions and morall things thou hast done , thou wilt put them in the scoale , God will say , that thou hast had already , weighs down all those . Now though you may think that such are in most danger , they shew plainly they are men of another countrey , and should be most honoured ; and take but this principle with you , the more any one gives up his estate to God , the more comfort he hath in his estate , whether in the enjoyment of it , or in the losse of it ; I expresse it thus : when one resignes up all he hath , his estate , liberty , name , life to God , the oftener it comes into Gods hands , the better it comes , when God gives it him again ; a carnall heart when once he hath these things , he will not trust God with them , but he will have them in his own keeping ; but a gracious heart , though he hath all these from God , yet every day he is willing to give up all to him , and to trust God with them again ; though he be a rich man , he is willing every day to come and beg his bread at his Fathers gate , and give up all ; now he gives up all in the truth of his heart to God , and God gives it him all again ; as long as in a lawfull way he enjoyes it , he hath it a fresh from God ; now this ( I say ) the oftener any thing comes out of Gods hand , the sweeter & the better it is ; wicked mens estates come but once out of Gods hands , and therefore there is not so much comfort in them , but a godly mans estate comes 100. and 100. times from God ; for every resignation gives it to God , and God gives it him again ; & therein is comfort , and O blessed are they that live so , as that they declare they look for another Countrey , and that their portion is not here ; let the men of the world think them foolish , that will venture themselves so , God and his Saints have declared that their portion it not here . keywords: christ; church; come; earth; excellent; glory; god; god doth; gods; good; grace; hast; hath; heart; heaven; iacob; let; lord; man; men; people; portion; prayer; saints; saith; saith god; thee; things; thou; thy; time; vain; way; world cache: A30608.xml plain text: A30608.txt item: #94 of 418 id: A30620 author: Burroughes, Thomas, b. 1611 or 12. title: A soverain remedy for all kinds of grief opened and applyed in a sermon at the funeral of Mr. John Langham, the eldest son of Sr. James Langham, knight, a child of five years and an half old, who dyed at Cottesbrook in Northhamptonshire, July 29, 1657 : with a narrative of sundry remarkable passages concerning him before and in the time of his sickness / by Thomas Burroughes. date: 1662.0 words: 20446 flesch: 81 summary: But who made your thought the rules that God must go by in the ways of his providence ? Must things either be ordered as we judge fit , or else will we deny or doubt of Gods having any hand in them ? Meer chance , I call that , when things come to pass , not only in such a way , of which we are able to give no account , and by such means as we are not aware of , but in such a way also , that God hath nothing , by his providence to do in the ordering or disposing of them . keywords: affliction; child; children; consideration; day; death; doth; god; gods; good; hand; hath; heart; job; langham; lord; man; men; people; saith; selves; silence; sorrow; soul; sufferings; text; things; thou; thy; time; way; work cache: A30620.xml plain text: A30620.txt item: #95 of 418 id: A30623 author: Burrowes, Samuel, 17th cent. title: Good instrvctions for all youngmen and maids being the substance of an excellent sermon preached at St. Stevens Colmanstreet the 8 day of March 1641 : at the earnest request of divers youngmen and apprentices at a solemne thanksgiving and celebration of a fast / by Samuel Burrowes. date: 1642.0 words: 3638 flesch: 81 summary: And besides , I conceive that it is matter of great prayse to see so many yong ones to desire a day of praise , and to set it apart to God alone . From hence learne this choice point : Doct. 1. That in the consorts of all Creatures praysing God , young men praising him doe make sweet melody in his eares , and God taketh most delight in it . Reason 1. keywords: day; god; men; praise; reason; thou cache: A30623.xml plain text: A30623.txt item: #96 of 418 id: A31082 author: Barrow, John, 1650 or 51-1684. title: A sermon preached on the fifth of November, MDCLXXIII by Isaac Barrow ... date: 1679.0 words: 13143 flesch: 77 summary: When God doth so interpose his hand , as signally to check and confound mischievous enterprises ; it will be apt to stir up in the minds of men an apprehension of God's special Providence , to strike into their hearts a dread of his Power and Justice , to wring from their mouths sutable declarations and acknowledgments ; and particularly then good men will be affected with pious joy , they will be incouraged to confide in God , they will be moved to glory , or to express a triumphant satisfaction in God's proceedings . But yet they are not proposed simply as Events , but also as matters of Duty : for men are obliged readily to admit such impressions upon their minds , hearts , and lives , from the special works of Providence : they are bound , not to cross those natural tendencies , not to frustrate those wise intents of God , aiming at the production of such good dispositions and good practices : keywords: doth; events; glory; god; hand; hath; isa; lord; men; nature; people; providence; psal; rejoyce; saith; shall; text; things; thou cache: A31082.xml plain text: A31082.txt item: #97 of 418 id: A31677 author: Chapman, John, fl. 1684. title: A sermon preached September 9th, 1683 being the day of thanksgiving for God's wonderful providence and mercy in discovering and defeating the late treasonable conspiracy against His Sacred Majesty's person and government / by John Chapman. date: 1684.0 words: 7163 flesch: 63 summary: And as those repeated and illustrious Evidences of God's Power and Goodness , in the many and great Deliverances of the King and People of England , afford the fullest and most effectual Answer to the like Question the Persian Emperour put to Daniel , Is thy God whom thou servest continually able to deliver thee ? By JOHN CHAPMAN , M. A. and Minister-of Bernard-Castle in the Bishoprick of Durham . 1 Pet. 2. 7. Fear God ; Honour the King. keywords: david; enemies; god; good; king; lord; people; sam; strivings; tcp; text; tho cache: A31677.xml plain text: A31677.txt item: #98 of 418 id: A31893 author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666. title: The art of divine meditation, or, A discourse of the nature, necessity, and excellency thereof with motives to, and rules for the better performance of that most important Christian duty : in several sermons on Gen. 24:63 / by Edmund Calamy ... date: 1680.0 words: 55336 flesch: 65 summary: And it is called in Scripture an abominable thing ; it is compared to the filth under a mans nails , and to the putrefactions of sores ; and the dung , the excrements of man ; and wilt thou love that which is loathsom to God ? shall sin be so abominable in the sight of God , and shall it not be so in my sight ? Lord , what is man that thou shouldest make the Heaven , the Sun , and the Moon , and the Stars for his sake ? You must know , that all the whole Creation is a picture of God ; it is Gods Looking-glass , wherein you may behold the God of Heaven and Earth ; there is no Creature but it hath the Image of God upon it ; there is not the least spice of grace but you that are spiritual may read God in it . keywords: christ; christian; day; doth; duty; god; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; lord; love; man; meditate; meditation; promises; reason; sacrament; saith; sin; sins; soul; things; thou; thy; time; work; world cache: A31893.xml plain text: A31893.txt item: #99 of 418 id: A32016 author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666. title: Gods free mercy to England presented as a pretious and powerfull motive to humiliation : in a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, Feb. 23, 1641 / by Edmvnd Calamy ... date: 1642.0 words: 24095 flesch: 77 summary: When God sends judgements upon a Nation , then must we preach judgements to that Nation ; But when he sends mercies , then must we preach mercy : Now God hath brought England into the schoole of mercy , and hath placed it in the highest forme , and hath made it Captaine of the schoole . If you looke backe into the Chapter you shall find , that God promises many rare and great mercies to the house of Israel , Mercies in Folio , Mercies unspeakable : God promises to gather them out of all Countries : And to bring them backe to their owne land ; To cleanse them from Idols : And from all filthinesse : To sprinkle cleane water upon them : To give them a new heart , and a new spirit : And to take away their hearts of stone , and to give them a heart of flesh : And to multiply all outward blessings upon them , &c. Observe from hence ; That God doth sometimes shew mercy to a Nation when it least deserves it , and least expects it . keywords: christ; day; doe; england; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; house; like; lord; lord god; man; mercies; mercy; nation; owne; people; saith; sin; sinne; thee; thou; thy; unto cache: A32016.xml plain text: A32016.txt item: #100 of 418 id: A32047 author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666. title: The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemne day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody designe tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ... date: 1643.0 words: 22236 flesch: 81 summary: The nature of man is prone to worship God by Crucifixes and Images , and by wayes of our owne devising . This is the difference betweene the serving of God , and the serving of man ; Man can but see the outside , and punish the outside , and judgeth of the inside by the outside . keywords: cause; christ; day; doe; doth; god; gods; goe; good; hath; heaven; king; lord; man; master; men; non; people; religion; servant; service; sinne; text; thee; things; thou; thy cache: A32047.xml plain text: A32047.txt item: #101 of 418 id: A32065 author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666. title: A sermon preached at Aldermanberry Church, Dec. 28, 1662 in the fore-noon by Edm. Calamy. date: 1663.0 words: 7044 flesch: 65 summary: And when he came , Lo , Ely sate upon a seat by the way side , waiting ; for his heart trembled for the Ark of God. But what was old Ely doing ? He was ninety and eight years old , and was not able to go to the Battel , but sits upon a seat by the way side near the Battel ; and there he sits , thinking what shall become of the Ark : And loe , Ely sate upon a Seat by the way side , watching ; for his heart trembled for the Ark of God , for fear lest the Ark should be taken : He was not troubled , what should become of his two Sons , or what should become of the people of Israel , but what should become of the Ark of God. keywords: ark; christ; danger; god; gospel; lord; nation; people; text cache: A32065.xml plain text: A32065.txt item: #102 of 418 id: A32786 author: Cheshire, Thomas, b. 1600 or 1601. title: A sermon preached in Saint Pavles chvrch the tenth of October, 1641 by Mr. Thomas Chisheare ... ; vvherein are many memorable passages most worthy of serious observations in these times. date: 1641.0 words: 5207 flesch: 73 summary: You that desire strange , and rare sights , O come hither , and view the whole troope of Gods creatures , a Chorus that is led by Angells , followed by men , and directed by God himselfe , and yet stay not too long in contemplating of them , for thou they selfe also of what degree soever , have a part to act , as well as the rest . First that we may know that this Masque is worth our labour , and not unbeseeming so glorious a creature as man is , our Prophet shewes us that it befits the Angels in Heaven , yea it is the height of their felicity , to comfort themselves in Anthems of praise to Almighty God . keywords: christ; church; god; hath; lord; man; men; praise; prophet; text; verse; yea cache: A32786.xml plain text: A32786.txt item: #103 of 418 id: A32864 author: Chishull, Edmund, 1671-1733. title: A sermon preach'd before the honourable company of merchants trading to the Levant-seas, at St. Hellen's, January 16, being Sunday, 1697/8 by Edm. Chishull ... date: 1698.0 words: 5895 flesch: 64 summary: IT is the great Design of this Psalm to remind the several Orders and Degrees of Men of their Obligations to Almighty God ; and to recollect to them all that variety of Gifts , of Encouragements , and of Mercies , that they have receiv'd from Providence . Whereas there is nothing more certain than that the best of us here below are nothing but so many Agents , or rather Instruments of Providence , directed and ordained by the high hand of God , to act by his Commission , to make use of his Assistances , and to fulfil his Purposes in our appointed stations . keywords: glory; god; good; life; men; providence; tcp; text; travel; works cache: A32864.xml plain text: A32864.txt item: #104 of 418 id: A33094 author: Canaries, James. title: A sermon preacht at Selkirk upon the 29th of May, 1685 being the anniversary of the restoration of the royal family to the throne of these kingdoms / by James Canaries ... date: 1685.0 words: 9158 flesch: 43 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. Things that were the very Sediment and Ferulency of Mankind , and the very Gall and Bitterness of it too . keywords: eebo; god; good; king; men; religion; self; set; tcp; text; thing; tho; use; world cache: A33094.xml plain text: A33094.txt item: #105 of 418 id: A33269 author: Clark, James, 1660-1723. title: A sermon preached at the Kirk of Auldhamstocks, September the 28, 1690 on the occasion of the intimation of a sentence of deposition passed upon Mr. John Gibson ... according to the order ... of the presbyteries of Dumbar and Haddingtown / by Mr. J.C. date: 1690.0 words: 5942 flesch: 61 summary: 1. of Information , what , Setting up the House of God doth Imply 1 : In order to setting up , there must be a carrying away the rubbish that is ready to Impede the Work , or a Purging of the House of God ; ye know this is very Usual and Obvious to your daily Observations , that when an old Ruinous House is about to be repaired , the first Piece of Work is to remove the heaps of Redd and Rubish that so there may be fair Ground to go upon for Leying the Foundation and rearing up the Superstructure , and therefore 2. Chron : 29 : 5. We read of Carrying forth the filthiness out of the holy place , and also 2 Chron : 34. The strength of the Bearers of Burdens is decayed , and there is mucb Rubbish , so that we are not able to Build the Wall ; Now my Friends with an alas , I desire to make a Reflexion on this Scripture , applaying it to our selves at this time , I say alas for we have few Bearers of Burdens ; and these that are seem either to want strength , or to want skill , or to want will which is worst of all ; I grant there is need both of much Grace , and of much Witt , how to Manage this hard Piece of Work of Purging the House of God , there are so many obvious Dangers , and Insuperable like Difficulties on all hands , hinc illae Lachrymae ! but heroick Zeal will say fiat Justitia , ruat Coelum ; floreat Religio , ruat Mundus , let all go to all , let Gods Honour still be minded , let Gods way still be followed , this is our Providence , this is our Wisdome , this is our undoubted Interest , he that walks uprightly , walks surely . keywords: god; good; house; lord; people; set; tcp; text; time; work; zeal cache: A33269.xml plain text: A33269.txt item: #106 of 418 id: A33295 author: Cant, Andrew, 1590?-1663. title: A sermon preached at a general meeting in the Gray-Friar-Church of Edinburgh, upon the 13 day of June, 1638 by that eminent, faithful, and zealous servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Andrew Cant ... date: 1699.0 words: 8554 flesch: 67 summary: But that ye may take up all that is to be said in Order and Method , there are six Steps in the Text , three in the Mountain impeding the Work , and three in the Work it self ; the three in the Mountain are these , 1. It is a Mountain seen , O great mountain . Burrows , who are as the Valleys whom GOD hath blessed with the Fatness of the Earth , and the Merchandise of the Sea , the Mountains and Hills are looking to you , and ye to them , join your selves in an unseparable . Union , and compass the Vineyard of Christ , be to her a Wall of Defence , lest the wild Beasts of the Wood waste it , and the wild Beasts of the Forrest devour it , Psal. 80. 13. Ministers and my Faithful Brethren in Christ , whose Feet are beautiful upon the Mountains , say unto Zion , behold thy GOD cometh : I tell you , within thir two years an Honest Mans Feet were not beautiful upon the Caulsey of Edinburgh , we might have gone Home to our Houses again , and shaken the Dust off our Feet for a Conviction against this Unthankful Generation , but now ( GOD be praised ) they are beautiful , and we are comely in their Eyes , not for any thing in us , ( for we lay all down at the Feet of Christ ) but because we are gone up upon Mount Sion , and as the LORD's Messengers have cryed , behold thy GOD cometh , I pray you , if ye have any Love to the Kirk of Christ , withdraw both your Tongues and Pens from this Mountain , and apply them against it , apply your Wits , Engines , Spirits , and all your Strength to bear down this Mountain , yea tread upon it , and use the sharp Threshing Instruments which GOD hath put into your Hands , and thresh upon that Mountain till be beaten small ●s the Chaff . keywords: christ; god; grace; hath; kirk; lord; mountain; people; thou; work cache: A33295.xml plain text: A33295.txt item: #107 of 418 id: A33398 author: Cleeve, Charles, b. 1661. title: The songs of Moses and Deborah paraphras'd with poems on several occasions : never before publish'd : to which is added, a Pindarick on Mr. L'Estrange. date: 1685.0 words: 22402 flesch: 80 summary: Of thy great sway this is utmost Verge ; Further thy Limits see thou ne're enlarge : For God has thrown a duskey Vail o're all The things we Miracles call : That Ark of Mysteries he cover'd keeps : We treated were just like a common Foe , ( For he that fights ' gainst Heaven , must be so . ) Mark't out by Heaven for Ruin , thus we lay ; And learnt ( too late , Alas ! ) the right Way how to Pray . keywords: blood; cou'd; day; death; fate; fire; god; gods; great; hand; head; heart; heaven; land; lay; light; love; man; men; mighty; nature; o're; run; sea; shou'd; soul; stand; state; sun; things; thou; thy; war; way; world; wou'd cache: A33398.xml plain text: A33398.txt item: #108 of 418 id: A33467 author: Clifford, William, A.M. title: The power of kings, particularly the British monarchy asserted and vindicated, in a sermon preached at Wakefield in the county of York, Sunday, October the 30th, 1681 by William Clifford. date: 1682.0 words: 8833 flesch: 63 summary: But I hast to my Fourth and Last Proposition , namely , 4. That since the Persons , and Powers of KINGS are esteemed Sacred , both by the Laws of God , Nature , and all Nations ; to exhort all Men , that they be to the utmost of their Power careful not to violate so great a Priviledge . That since the Persons , and Power of Kings are esteemed Sacred , both by the Laws of God , Nature , and all Nations ; I shall exhort all Men , that they be to the utmost of their Power careful , not to violate so great a Priviledge . keywords: authority; christian; church; god; hath; king; law; man; men; nature; power; sacred; tcp; text; world cache: A33467.xml plain text: A33467.txt item: #109 of 418 id: A33727 author: Cole, William. title: Noah's dove with her olive-branch, or, The happy tidings of the abatement of the flood of England's civil discords as it was delivered in a sermon preached at Preston in the county-palatine of Lancaster on the 24th of May, 1660, being the publick day of thanksgiving for the restoring of His Sacred and Most Excellent Majesty, Charles the Second / by William Cole ... date: 1661.0 words: 17336 flesch: 56 summary: 〈◊〉 are mercies which it is the method of God to give a 〈◊〉 , when by his p●●ging away the dross of their iniq●●●y 〈◊〉 are prepared and fitted for it . Usurpation which for these twelve year● past without dispute hath invaded the Throne , broken and ●hiver'd into pieces in a moment , and the 〈◊〉 head of him l●●●●d up by God , whose known ●eportment under his de●pest ●●yals , and whose 〈…〉 report and fa●● 〈◊〉 him to us as another Titus , d●●icia humani generi● ▪ another C●sar , of whom Cicero said , Oblivis●i nihil solet nisi injur● ▪ and as another 〈◊〉 , whose zeal for the truth , and strenuous interposings of his Authority for the peace and settlement of the discompo●●d Church ma●e 〈◊〉 the Mir●our of Monarch● , the Pat●●n 〈…〉 the glory of Christian Princes to this day . keywords: authority; david; day; glory; god; good; government; hath; interest; israel; king; lord; magistracy; mercy; people; persons; power; princes; righteousness; self; set; text; thee; things; time; truth; usurpation; ● ● cache: A33727.xml plain text: A33727.txt item: #110 of 418 id: A34191 author: Cargill, Donald, 1619?-1681. title: A lecture and sermon preached at different times by that faithfull minister of the Gospel, and now glorified martyr, Mr. Donald Gargill [sic] date: 1681.0 words: 7748 flesch: 79 summary: Even you that made Laws What more these nor other Folk ? Because they made Evil Laws : How so ? Ye did set up a direct contrary Judicatory to GOD. When Laws is directly a conrrare Judicatory to GOD , it says , Ye take upon you to give out Laws , and Laws that are contrare to GODs Laws . keywords: god; judgement; king; laws; lord; sinfull; thing; word cache: A34191.xml plain text: A34191.txt item: #111 of 418 id: A34427 author: Cooke, Shadrach, 1655?-1724? title: Christian supports under the terrours of death date: 1691.0 words: 7994 flesch: 70 summary: 4. Yea tho I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death , I will fear no evil , for thou art with me . THat mighty and continual care which the Divine Providence hath over us , is very gratefully represented by such soft and tender expressions , and characters of God , as do bespeak an abundant Affection and regard for us , giving us all the assurance and security imaginable of an infinite kindness and compassion constantly ingaged for us . 3. He restoreth my Soul , he leadeth me in the Paths of righteousness for his Names sake , and which is more , when they are under the most unpromising circumstances , in that sad and doleful condition , which we must all come to and lie under , the dismal pressure and stroke of Death ; even herein the People of God are relieved and supported by this extraordinary Divine care and goodness ; Yea , tho I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death I will fear no evil , for thou art with me . keywords: circumstances; condition; death; doth; god; lord; men; shadow; state; text; thou; time cache: A34427.xml plain text: A34427.txt item: #112 of 418 id: A34428 author: Cooke, Shadrach, 1655?-1724? title: Christian supports under the terrors of death a sermon preached to Sir John Friend in Newgate, preparatory to his sufferings / by Shadrach Cooke ... date: 1696.0 words: 8207 flesch: 69 summary: 4. Yea tho I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death , I will fear no evil , for thou art with me . THAT mighty and continual care which the Divine Providence hath over us , is very gratefully represented by such soft and tender expressions , and characters of God , as do be speak an abundant Affection and regard for us , giving us all the assurance and security imaginable of an infinite kindness and compassion constantly ingaged for us . 3. He restoreth my Soul , he leadeth me in the Paths of righteousness for his Names sake , and which is more , when they are under the most unpromising circumstances , in that sad and doleful condition , which we must all come to and lie under , the dismal pressure and stroke of Death ; even herein the People of God are relieved and supported by this extraordinary Divine care and Goodness ; Yea , tho I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death I will fear no evil , for thou art with me . keywords: circumstances; condition; death; doth; god; lord; men; shadow; state; text; thou; time cache: A34428.xml plain text: A34428.txt item: #113 of 418 id: A34663 author: Cotton, John, 1584-1652. title: A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon lively describing the estate of the church in all the ages thereof, both Jewish and Christian, to this day ... / written by that learned and godly divine, John Cotton ... date: 1642.0 words: 49209 flesch: 81 summary: This Church so affecting Christ was Antioch , the first Church of the Gentiles , seated betweene Amana and Lebanon : for Barnabas , seeing the grace of God upon them , was not a little glad of it , so that his spirit was stirred up to exhort them to continue and grow up * : yea , hee went out and sought Saul , to bring him among them * ; and they both spent a whole yeare there , and did winne much people , so that that Church was first called Christian , * they first had their husbands name , the name of Christ first put upon them , for the forwardnesse of his love to them , and theirs to him . Christ may see all the world , as hee did when Sathan * shewed it to him , and yet not admire it , yea , condemne it for vanity , as it is ; but a well ordered Church , and ready , he admireth . keywords: bee; beloved; christ; church; churches; doth; estate; eyes; faire; faithfull; fourthly; god; gods; good; hee; himselfe; jerusalem; jewes; king; love; ministers; people; set; shee; solomon; song; thee; thou; thy; time; use; verse; vse; wee; word; worship; yea cache: A34663.xml plain text: A34663.txt item: #114 of 418 id: A34713 author: Carswell, Francis, d. 1709. title: England's restoration parallel'd in Judah's, or, The primitive judge and counsellor in a sermon before the honourable judge at Abington assizes, for the county of Berks, Aug. 6. 1689 / by Francis Carswell ... date: 1689.0 words: 12345 flesch: 69 summary: There are a sort of High Commission Judges ; there are Arbitrary Dispensing Judges ; there are Judges who ( 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) neither fear God , nor regard Man. 2. Or such as God extraordinarily qualified , and sent to judge his People Israel ; such were Othniel , Shamgar , Deborah and Samuel ; and thus he gave them Judges for the space of 450 years , and God was with the Judge , Acts 13. 20. 2. Or such as Moses himself was , or as he commissioned . keywords: church; cities; counsellors; god; government; judges; judgment; king; kingdom; lord; man; nation; people; religion; restauration; righteousness; sion; text; time cache: A34713.xml plain text: A34713.txt item: #115 of 418 id: A34747 author: Carter, John, d. 1655. title: The nail & the wheel the nail fastned by a hand from heaven, the wheel turned by a voyce from the throne of glory / both described in two severall sermons in the Green-yard at Norwich by John Carter, pastor of Great St. Peters. date: 1647.0 words: 39138 flesch: 80 summary: I am to speak , you see , of Wheels , and of a wheel : my discourse is like to run all the way upon wheels : Now the good spirit of God be upon us all , that we may drive prosperously , and all our motions may turn to the glory of God , the edification , and comfort of all our poor souls . To these I cannot say , O wheel ! for they will not be all one Catholike Church made up of many particular congregations : but I must cry to them , Oh Wheels ! your motions are various , different , contrary , confused , irregular ; the Lord approves them not . keywords: bear; church; city; day; earth; glory; god; gods; good; great; hand; hath; house; jerusalem; king; lord; magistrates; man; men; ministers; motion; nail; o wheel; people; place; text; thee; things; thou; throne; turn; voice; way; wealth; wheels; wil; word; work cache: A34747.xml plain text: A34747.txt item: #116 of 418 id: A35335 author: Caryll, John, 1625-1711. title: Naboth's vinyard, or, The innocent traytor copied from the orginal of Holy Scripture : in heroick verse. date: 1679.0 words: 5103 flesch: 76 summary: Naboth's vinyard, or, The innocent traytor copied from the orginal of Holy Scripture : in heroick verse. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 841:22) Naboth's vinyard, or, The innocent traytor copied from the orginal of Holy Scripture : in heroick verse. keywords: achab; art; blood; eebo; english; heart; heaven; law; naboth; people; place; tcp; text cache: A35335.xml plain text: A35335.txt item: #117 of 418 id: A35558 author: Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671. title: A King and his subjects unhappily fallen out, and happily reconciled being the substance of a sermon with very little alteration fitted for the present time : preached in the sermon-house belonging to the cathedral of Christ-Church Canterbury Jan. 15, 1643, upon Hos. 3,4,5 / by Meric Casaubon ... date: 1660.0 words: 6566 flesch: 66 summary: Aftewards shall the Children of Israel returne and seek after the Lord their God , and David there King : that is , they shall turn unto God , repent of their incredulity , and seek after Christ the Messias , stiled in the Scripture , not the Son of David , only ; but also David , absolutely : as by Jeremie , and Ezechiel , in divers places . It cannot be denyed indeed , that at the return of the Jewes from the Babylonish Captivity , they were restored to a government of their own , under some Princes , first ; and then Priests ; enjoyed their first Fundamentall Lawes ▪ And that at the same time , the worship of God also was restored . keywords: children; david; god; idolatry; israel; king; men; non; text; words cache: A35558.xml plain text: A35558.txt item: #118 of 418 id: A36452 author: Dove, Henry, 1640-1695. title: A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at St. Margarets Westminster, November 5, 1680 / by Henry Dove ... date: 1680.0 words: 7485 flesch: 65 summary: But he that sits in Heaven laugh'd 'em to scorn ; the Lord had them in derision : What David foresaw , God himself reveal'd , by discovering the Treason and confounding the Traytors : which happy discovery gave birth to this days joyful gratulations , to praise the Lord for his goodness , and declare the wonders that he doth for us the children of men . But when God makes bare his arm , and stretcheth out his hand to work wonders , sure the world must be awakned into an observance of them ; and that 's next to be considered : Its Effect upon men in general : and here 's a threefold Effect mention'd . keywords: fear; god; gods; hath; lord; men; shall; tcp; text; ver; work cache: A36452.xml plain text: A36452.txt item: #119 of 418 id: A36466 author: G. D. (George Downham) title: Rex meus est deus, or, A sermon preached at the common place in Christs-church in the city of Norwich by G.D. ... date: 1643.0 words: 16426 flesch: 76 summary: Val●●tin●an two famous Emperours ; Percussa eras , ô ecclesia in uná maxi●●●um amitteres Gratianum p●aebuisti alteram maxillam cum Va●entini●●● creptus est , 〈◊〉 ●taque non in unâ sed in utrâque maxi●●● lacrimae tibi sunt : Thou wert smitten , ô poore Church on the one cheeke when thou lostest Gratian ; thou turnedst the other cheeke when Valentini●● died , justly therefore hast thou teares not on one but on both thy cheeks : I may say ●t truely of this Chu●ch of England she had a blow on the one cheek when famous Elizabeth died , the suffered on the other checke when good king James was taken from us , and just cause had we to have wept with both eyes , had not these wounds bin healed by the comming of our most gracious Soveraigne King Charles , for whom let us give God thankes , and think our selves as happy in him , as any nation in the world is in their Prince , indeed hee is set as a sparkling gemme in the ring of this round world not to be paraleld by any or all the princes of the earth for his piety and uprightnesse towards God , for his temperance and sobriety in himselfe , for his mercy and clemency to his people . And as from God he receives his power , so for the good or bad administration thereof he is to be acco●●table onely unto God , and not unto any mortall creature . keywords: bee; cain; christ; conscience; doe; est; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; hee; himselfe; king; law; life; man; men; non; owne; people; place; psalme; saint; saith; sinne; things; thou; thy; verse; wee; works; ● ● cache: A36466.xml plain text: A36466.txt item: #120 of 418 id: A36495 author: Downing, Calybute, 1606-1644. title: A sermon preached to the renowned company of the artillery, 1 September, 1640 designed to compose the present troubles by discovering the enemies of the peace of the church and state / by Calybute Downing... date: 1641.0 words: 6815 flesch: 51 summary: For when by common consent , men fell upon a Regiment , and at first permitted all , to the wisdome and discretion of Governours , chosen by themselves , and after by experience found , the remedy in this Course , worse then the disease ; they saw , I say , to live by one mans will , was the ground of all mens misery : then they were constrained to Come to Laws , ( not only admit a Councell for assistance : ) and whosoever infringes such Laws , is an absolute , insolent Enemy of the Common good . IT is no mans wisedome , nor businesse , to provoke a quiet enemie ; but it is every wise mans worke ( especially if trusted in any publique way ) to consider , discover , and represent their foes as they finde them affected , which is most assured by their actions . keywords: civill; doe; enemies; good; king; laws; men; peace; reason; religion; state; text; way; worke cache: A36495.xml plain text: A36495.txt item: #121 of 418 id: A37223 author: Davies, James, fl. 1657-1709. title: A sermon on Psal. CXIX, v. 57 shewing wherein the good man's portion and dependence consists / by James Davies. date: 1679.0 words: 10505 flesch: 70 summary: This is the Second Branch of the Proposition , That 't is the Wisdom of every Man and Woman to make God their Choice and Portion . Secondly , the benefit of making God our Choice and Portion , appears , by the Ease and Comfort of it in every Condition . keywords: choice; condition; end; god; good; happiness; life; man; portion; selves; things; thou; world cache: A37223.xml plain text: A37223.txt item: #122 of 418 id: A37283 author: Day, Henry, M.A. title: A thanksgiving-sermon preach'd at Sutton in Surrey, April the 16th, 1696 being the national thanksgiving day for His Majesty's most happy preservation from the most detestable assassination, in order to a French invasion / by Henry Day ... date: 1694.0 words: 6044 flesch: 51 summary: Granting that the distinction of Clergy and Laity is founded on the Word of God , yet surely Clergy and Laity ought not to have Distinct and Separate Interests ; but as in One God they both believe , in order to their Everlasting Happiness ; so by the same Laws they should both be willing to be govern'd , the same King they should both own for their RIGHTFUL and LAWFUL Sovereign ; that so the Peace of their common Jerusalem , of their Native Countrey , may be promoted , the Prosperity of every Honest Man among them taken care of . The Sense , I mean , is this - O Jerusalem , they that love thee shall prosper , for I David , the Anointed of God , and the choice of his People Israel , will take care to reward them who are most zealous to preserve my Life , and Support my Government . keywords: david; day; god; government; jerusalem; king; man; peace; tcp; text; william cache: A37283.xml plain text: A37283.txt item: #123 of 418 id: A38021 author: Edwards, John, 1637-1716. title: The plague of the heart its [brace] nature and quality, original and causes, signs and symptoms, prevention and cure : with directions for our behaviour under the present judgement and plague of the Almighty / by John Edwards ... date: 1665.0 words: 21360 flesch: 73 summary: In short then , thou hast Gods Eye to take notice of thee , Gods Ear to hear thee , Gods Heart to pity thee , and Gods Hand and Arm to support and deliver thee ; thou hast promises to live upon , which cannot be taken from thee , great and precious promises ; the Angels are promised as thy life-guard to defend thee and pitch their tents about thee ; upon condition , that thou seek●st first the kingdom of God and his righteousness , all these temporall things which may serve for thy necessity shall be added unto thee ; if thou fearest God , there shall be no want to thee ; all things shall work together for thy good ; the Lord will be to thee a● sun and a sh●eld , the Lord will give grace and glory , and no good thing will he withhold from thee , if thou walkest uprightly . Look up then by a steady Faith : This is the Christian Telescop● , hereby thou mayst discover and plainly discern the joys of Heav●n and the glory of that other world : and having once taken a view of that Celestiall C●naan , thy soul will be ravished with it , thy thoughts will be wholly placed upon it's excellencies , and thou wilt breath out thy longings in such language as this , Oh take me up to thee , or come thou down to me : thou wilt easily defie sufferings , over-look the cross , trust God for to morrow and all thy life , thou wilt sing sweetly under the greatest discouragements , and in the closest consinements thou wilt content thy fel● with this , that thou art a Kings Son and Heir to a Crown , though now thou art poor and despised , thou wilt give loosers leave to laught at thee , and quietly suffer the Bed●m-world to rage at will , thou wilt make thy self merry with the Feast of a good Conscience , though thy dyet be never so course ; thou wilt thank God for any thing , because thou deservest nothing , thou wilt bear thy present evils with expectation of the promised good , and in all thy disasters thou wilt comfort thy self that Heaven will make amends for all . keywords: affliction; death; disease; god; gods; good; hand; hath; heart; holy; lord; man; men; plague; psal; self; sin; sins; soul; spirituall; thee; things; thou; thy; ways; wicked; world; ● ● cache: A38021.xml plain text: A38021.txt item: #124 of 418 id: A38556 author: Elborough, Robert. title: London's calamity by fire bewailed and improved in a sermon preached at St. James Dukes-Place wherein the judgements of God are asserted, the times of those judgments specified, the reasons for those judgments assigned, and all in some measure suitably applied / by Robert Elborough ... date: 1666.0 words: 14744 flesch: 79 summary: For Englands sake don 't you hold your peace , and for Londons sake don 't you rest , till the righteousness thereof goe forth as brightness , and the Salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth , Isa . 62. 1. Sixthly , Secure the interest of your Soul with and in God ; get God to be yours in the midst of those Judgements , wherein you can't say , that any thing is yours Hath God by Fire destroyed thy house , and taken away thy Estate ? and hast thou not yet God to be thine ? what wilt thou doe ? Oh hath God poured out the Vials of his Indignation , and hast thou not got God to be thine ? what wilt thou doe ? I , God hath spoken in the voyce of Mercy , and thou hast not heard ; in the voyce of his Ministers , and thou hast not heard ; in the voyce of Threatnings , and thou hast not heard ; in the voyce of sad Presages , and thou hast not heard ; in the voyce of the Plague , and the Sword , and thou hast not heard ; and now in this dreadful Judgement of Fire , and thou dost not hear ; no , though the Fire hath burnt round about , and in the midst of thee , and there be such sad and dismal effects of it , yet thou dost not hear . keywords: calamity; city; ezek; fire; god; gods; hath; houses; jer; judgments; london; lord; nation; thee; thou; times; way cache: A38556.xml plain text: A38556.txt item: #125 of 418 id: A39116 author: Eyre, Robert, 1656 or 7-1722. title: The sinner a traitor to his king and country in a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral-Church of Winchester, at the assizes held there, July 24, 1700 / by Robert Eyre ... date: 1700.0 words: 6353 flesch: 49 summary: But God be thanked , we are now left without any manner of Excuse of this kind ; we have now no cloak for our Sin upon either of these Accounts : and yet , to our shame , it may be observ'd , that Irreligion and Profaneness , and a profess'd Contempt of Christianity and its Divine Author , was perhaps never so openly countenanc'd , never so fashionably abetted in any one Baptized Nation under Heaven , as it seems to be with us at this very Day : nor was the Seat of the Scornful ever more highly advanced in any one Age of the Church , from the very time that the Mystery of Iniquity first began to work in it . Now were such Monsters of Impiety as these as rare as Monsters use to be ; were they either few in number , or inconsiderable for their Quality and Station in the World ; we might then hope to have their Sin confined to their own doors only , and that there would be still righteous Persons enough found amongst us to atone the heavy Wrath of God , and to incline his Long-suffering and Forbearance towards us . keywords: god; hath; king; men; nation; people; tcp; text; wickedness; world cache: A39116.xml plain text: A39116.txt item: #126 of 418 id: A39269 author: Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700. title: A sermon preached on the 29th of May 1661 the day of His Majestie's birth and happy restauration, after a long exile, to his crown and kingdome : before His Excellency William Ld Marquis of Newcastle, at his house of Welbeck / by Clement Ellis. date: 1661.0 words: 9437 flesch: 52 summary: But such rare and remarkable passages of providence as this was , cannot goe by us without a due observation , a seasonable wonder , and an humble reflection upon the glorious and Omnipotent agent : If David had yet had any visible meanes left him , of ridding himselfe out of Danger , and attaining unto that Crown , which was fitted by God for his head , they would have been lesse apt through the multitude of humane means , to eye the hand of God in his advancement : But that he should be restored even now and thus , whose doing should this be but the LORD ' s ? for 1. We have heard of the Day which the LORD once made for Israel , let us now descend to consider the Day the LORD hath lately made for England : where it would be very easie , would it not be too tedious , almost in every particular to shew you , how King David and his Day is paralell'd by King CHARLES the Second ( to whom God make many long and happy Dayes ) and his Day . keywords: builders; david; day; enemies; excellency; god; hand; hath; king; lord; man; men; mercy; stone; tcp; text cache: A39269.xml plain text: A39269.txt item: #127 of 418 id: A39338 author: Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. title: Animadversions upon a late discourse concerning the divinity, and death of Christ Edmund Elys. date: 1695.0 words: 2225 flesch: 65 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). 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A39338) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 109230) keywords: god; infinite; tcp; text cache: A39338.xml plain text: A39338.txt item: #128 of 418 id: A39381 author: Emersone, John. title: The worlds prospect, or, A commentarie upon the 33 of Isaiah and the 14 vers[e] in these words, The sinners in Sion are afraid in which words are declared how farre the saints may sinne against knowledge and conscience and yet not sinne the sin against the Holy Ghost / delivered and set forth by John Emersone ... date: 1646.0 words: 10931 flesch: 76 summary: Sinnes committed against Knowledge , be sinnes of a high nature , and cause feare , from these three particulars which were considerable in my Text : From them , I ●ay , are these poynts derived , which are these : That sinne committed against Conscience and Knowledge , be sins of a high na●ure , and when God doth charge them upon the Conscience , they cause terror and vex●tion , both in the Saints , and also in the Reprobates . 2. Sinnes done wittingly and contri●ingly , against Knowledge and Conscience , are not this sinne . keywords: christ; conscience; ghost; god; guilt; hath; holy; jesus; knowledge; lord; sinne; thou cache: A39381.xml plain text: A39381.txt item: #129 of 418 id: A39386 author: Emlyn, Thomas, 1663-1741. title: A sermon preach'd before the societies for reformation of manners in Dublin, October the 4th, 1698 by Tho. Emlyn. date: 1698.0 words: 10453 flesch: 61 summary: The Iniquity of his Sons was come to an unsufferable and daring heighth , they prostituted their Sacred Function t● their Sensuallity and Lust , as it is set down from Verse 12 , 〈◊〉 verse 18 , such was their contempt of God , that thô the T●bernacle was his House , and they were only his Guard an● Attendance , and the Sacrifices , his Provisions , yet they wou●● be served first , and would carve for their own bellys , befo●● it went to God's Table , I mean before the fat was burn'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A●t●● . Now that our King hath Decreed this Iustice , and our Parliaments have Voted down Profaness , now that Wholsom Laws are Enacted ( may they be as Irreversible as the Laws of the Medes and Persians ) we see , there wants not a number who are ready to run to that Banner which is display'd for the Honour of God ; so great is the Magistrates Influence in this matter ; yea , and that of Subordinate ones too , that the cause of God's passing Sentence upon Ierusalem was this ; they could not find one that would Execute Iudgment , not a Magistrate would appear to Countenance what was good , so that such may be said to be entrusted with Ten Talents , when private persons have but One or T●● . keywords: eli; glory; god; good; hath; honour; lord; men; tcp; text; thou; work; zeal; ● ● cache: A39386.xml plain text: A39386.txt item: #130 of 418 id: A39599 author: Faireclough, Samuel, 1594-1677. title: The trovblers trovbled, or, Achan condemned and execvted. a sermon preached before sundry of the honourable House of Commons at Westminster, April 4, 1641. / By Samuel Fairecloth, pastor of the congregation of Ketton in Suffolke. date: 1641.0 words: 18082 flesch: 40 summary: Seeing it is so &c. now let the honourable house take notice whence the hope of the peace of our Church , the prosperity of the Common-wealth , the purity of our Religion , the quietnes of our consciences , from the nationall accessary and occasionall guilt of Achans and accursed things in troubling our Common-wealth , must be expected and looked for ; even from the valley of Achor ; the valley of Achor is the onely dore of this hope , it is not our victory with Saul , our prayers with Moses , could we pray as strongly as he , our good lawes if as good as those that God wrote in the Tables with his owne hand , nor Parliamentary assemblies , nor partiall reformation and execution of Justice upon some offenders , with as much zeale as Phineas against Cosbie and Zimry , that will afford helpe , except that those that are in authority under God extirpate all the Achans , and Idolatrous things among us , that all our Idolatrous Achans , the Iesuits , the impious Achans , the blasphemous Achans , the sacrilegious Achans with their Babylonish Garments , Babylonish Orders , Ceremonies , and Gestures , their Cattell and Tents , be rooted out from among us : this is the divine policy to counterplot all the plots of our adversaries , to turne Gods wrath from us and to move him to bestow his blessing upon us , to cut off these Achans , not with a Sithe to lop off the overtopping branches and vast extending boughes alone , but to goe to them with a Plough , roote out both body and roote , and all the sprigs and feeders of them in the Earth where they grow : a meditation never more sutable then at this time , nor more necessary for Ioshua and Israel in those daies , then for us in our daies , who for one Achan in the whole host then , may finde a whole host of Achans and execrable things in one City now ; who have as many Babylonish Garments among us , as there were threads or shreads in that one of Achans the removall of which , in respect of the multitude , and power , seemes so unpossible to many , that with those faint hearted Israelites in Ieremiah , their hearts faint and are ready to say there is no hope ; as good with Issachar be asses and beare our burthens , as with Israel in Egypt by seeking to ease our selves of the number of our bricke and taskmakers , to procure our burthens doubled , and increased . Doe not , wee beseech you , conceive that one new peece of Christs robes put to a Babylonish Garment will make the rent the lesse , for surely such patching will make the breach the wider ; nor thinke that any part of a Babylonish Garment will better agree to Christs spouse , then the dirty feete of clay in Nebuchadnezars Image could temper with his iron Leggs or Head of Gold : what communion hath Christ with Belial , or the Temple of God with Idols ? but rather as that reformation , that saves our Soules from the Achans of Hell , speak , Behold all old things must passe , all things become new : so in this restauration that cures our Church and Common-wealth from the Achans on Earth , let all accursed things passe away , and all things become new , according to the patterne in the Mount ; doe in this case as Darius his Generall , that having order from his King to revenge wrongs done to his Subjects by his adversaries the Athenians , caused his Servants every dish of Meate brought to his Table , to cry , Sir remember the Athenians : keywords: achans; church; day; doe; execution; extirpation; god; gods; good; hath; himselfe; ioshua; israel; lord; owne; peace; people; sinne; text; thing; trouble; wealth; wee cache: A39599.xml plain text: A39599.txt item: #131 of 418 id: A39620 author: Fitzwilliam, John, d. 1699. title: A sermon preach'd at Cotenham, near Cambridge, on the 9th. of September, 1683 being the day set a-part for publick thanksgiving for the deliverance of His Sacred Majesty and the government from the late treasonable conspiracy / by John Fitz-William. date: 1683.0 words: 15882 flesch: 63 summary: For their Calamity shall rise suddenly , and who knoweth the ruine of them both ? S. 1 OUr Translation of these words being very exact , and particularly more agreeable to the import of the Hebrew-Text in that part of it which we have rendred , Meddle not with them that are given to change , ( various and inconstant men ) than the Latine , who read it , Meddle not with Detractors ; or the Syriack and Chaldee paraphrase , Meddle not with ●ools ; or than the Greek and Arabick , Fe●● God and the King , and disobey neither ; And the Changers denoted being such rather who vary from the Precepts of God , and Edicts of the King than vary the Order , and respect those of the King before those of God ; which some Rabbins have hinted at , last of all , since the Ruine of them both here may be either actively taken the Punishment which both God and the King can inflict , as Vatablus and Castalio have expounded it ; or passively , that which both they that fear not God nor the King , shall suffer , as Mercer ; and its indifferent which we admit , and we may safely both : I shall insist no farther upon explaining the Text , but distributing it into three parts , whereof two are Commands , 1. Fear God and the King. My LORD , THe Zeal I had for the present Government , even while it was meerly to be enjoy'd in hopes , and we could only wish it might be restored , filled me with a just Indignation to find It , after its Re-establishment , now again assaulted by Men of such restless turbulent Spirits , that it 's probable they would scarce si● quiet and still ( or not long ) under One of their own framing and devising ; and that put me upon expressing my thoughts of Their late design●d Attempt against It : And had not This set me on the Work , I might plead the Command of Authority enjoyning a publick Thanksgiving to God for our Deliverance from it ; in performing which , the Priests being to be the Peoples Mouths , That seem'd to require , that I , one of that Order , should consider well , take advice , and speak my mind of their Fact. keywords: authority; change; danger; design; endeavouring; fear; god; government; hands; hath; honouring; justice; king; man; persons; power; prince; religion; right; state; sword; tcp; text; time; world cache: A39620.xml plain text: A39620.txt item: #132 of 418 id: A39682 author: Flavel, John, 1630?-1691. title: A saint indeed: or The great work of a Christian, opened and pressed; from Prov. 4. 23 Being a seasonable and proper expedient for the recovery of the much decayed power of godliness, among the professors of these times. By John Flavell M. of the Gospel. date: 1668.0 words: 52393 flesch: 71 summary: And by keeping the Heart understand , the diligent and constant use and improvement of all holy Means and Duties to preserve the Soul from sin , and maintain its sweet and free communion with God. * Lavater in loc . will have the word taken from a besieged Garrison , begirt by many Enemies without , and in danger of being betrayed by treacherous Citizens within , in which danger the Souldiers upon pain of death are commanded to watch : and whereas the expression , ( keep thy heart ) seems to put it upon us as ourwork ; yet it doth not imply a sufficiency or ability in us to do it ; we are as able to stop the Sun in its course , or make the Rivers run backward , as by our own skill and power to rule and order our hearts : we may as well be our own Saviours , as our own Keepers , and yet Solomon speaks properly enough , when he saith , keep thy Heart , because the duty is ours , though the power be Gods. What the Philosopher saith of waters is as properly applicable to hearts , suis terminis difficilé continentur ; 't is hard to keep them within any bounds : God hath set bounds and limits to them , yet how frequently do they transgress . keywords: case; christ; christian; condition; conscience; day; death; doe; doth; duties; duty; evil; fear; god; gods; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; holy; keeping; life; like; lord; love; man; men; people; psal; reason; religion; saith; self; sin; soul; spirit; thee; thine; things; thou; thoughts; thy; time; vain; way; work; world; ● t; ● ● cache: A39682.xml plain text: A39682.txt item: #133 of 418 id: A39695 author: Flavel, John, 1630?-1691. title: The touchstone of sincerity, or, The signs of grace and symptomes of hypocrisie opened in a practical treatise upon Revelations III 17, 18 being the second part of the Saint indeed / by John Flavell ... date: 1698.0 words: 54246 flesch: 71 summary: ●od had put that incorrigible people into ●e Furnace of affliction , and kept them long 〈◊〉 that fire ; and what was the Issue ? why , ●●ith the Prophet , The bellows are burnt , ●e lead is consumed of the fire , the founder mel●●h in vain , &c. reprobate silver shall men call ●●em , because the Lord hath rejected them . ●●fication , and self denyal have for ever undon● thee . keywords: christ; christian; cor; day; doth; duties; duty; fire; glory; god; gold; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; holy; hypocrisie; know; life; little; lord; love; man; men; nature; o ●; people; psal; religion; saith; sect; self; selves; sin; sincerity; sins; soul; spirit; t ●; text; th ●; tha ●; thee; things; thou; thy; time; tryal; upright; way; work; world; ▪ ●; ● al; ● d; ● e; ● ed; ● f; ● hat; ● ing; ● nd; ● s; ● y; ● ● cache: A39695.xml plain text: A39695.txt item: #134 of 418 id: A39935 author: Ford, Thomas, 1598-1674. title: Reformation sure and stedfast, or, A seasonable sermon for the present times shevving the life and death of reformation : preached June 15, 1641. date: 1641.0 words: 6567 flesch: 69 summary: We shall observe it usually in Reformations in Scripture , the Devill hath stirred up Anti-reformers , whose designes have bin to contrive the disgrace , and basest esteeme of the Instruments of Reformation . Reformation sure and stedfast, or, A seasonable sermon for the present times shevving the life and death of reformation : preached June 15, 1641. keywords: bee; god; hearts; josiah; judah; king; people; reformation; text; time; wee cache: A39935.xml plain text: A39935.txt item: #135 of 418 id: A39936 author: Ford, Thomas, 1598-1674. title: Singing the psalmes the duty of Christians under the New Testament, or, A vindication of that gospel-ordinance in V sermons upon Ephesians 5, 19 wherein are asserted and cleared I. That, II. What, III. How, IV. Why [brace] we must sing / by Tho. Ford ... date: 1659.0 words: 33722 flesch: 71 summary: And take this from me , you that are so scandalized at the hypocrisie and prophanenesse of others , look well to your selves , sweep before your own doors . and see that your own hearts be right ; and if they be , I will warrant you , the wickednesse of another mans heart shall never hurt you , or hinder your acceptance with God . I shall conclude this with what Perkins saith on the eleventh of the Hebrews ; he asks the question , why we sing those Ps●…lmes now , which were appointed for the use of the Church in former times ? and answer thus : That the Church , in all ages , consisted of a company of believers , and their faith is alwayes one and the same ; and this makes all that apprehend Gods promises , to be like to one another in graces , meditations , dispositions , affections , desires , spiritual wants in the feeling and use of afflictions , in ●…urse of life and conversation , and in performance of du●…ies to God and man , and therefore the same Psalmes , Prayers , and Meditations , are now as fit for the Church in these dayes , and are said and sung with the same use and profit to the Church in these dayes , as when they were made . keywords: christians; david; doth; duty; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; lord; man; matter; men; occasion; people; praise; prayer; psalmes; singing; singing psalmes; spirit; sung; thou; thy; use; word cache: A39936.xml plain text: A39936.txt item: #136 of 418 id: A40097 author: Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714. title: A sermon preached before the House of Lords in the Abby-Church at Westminster, upon Thursday the sixteenth of April, 1696 being a day of publick thanksgiving to Almighty God for the most happy discovery and disappointment of a horrid design to assasinate His sacred Majesty, and for our deliverance from a French invasion / by Edward Lord Bishop of Gloucester. date: 1696.0 words: 9254 flesch: 62 summary: As those who are acquainted with , and do believe the H. Scriptures , cannot doubt but that God is All in All to the whole Universe ; that the most excellent Creatures are perfectly dependent things , things immediately dependent on their Creator , both for their Well-being and their Continuance in being ; that all their Powers and Abilities are from Him , and preserv'd by Him , so all hearry Theists must acknowledg this , nothing being more knowable by Natural Light. And farther , setting aside the Divine Will in this Case , God cannot give us liberty not to Glorifie Him , because this would be to separate between things Essentially inseparable ; which to suppose possible , is a monstrous Contradiction . keywords: deliverance; design; glory; god; good; hath; king; lord; people; praise; tcp; text cache: A40097.xml plain text: A40097.txt item: #137 of 418 id: A40658 author: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. title: Two sermons the first, Comfort in calamitie, teaching to live well, the other, The grand assizes, minding to dye well / by Thomas Fuller ... date: 1654.0 words: 52725 flesch: 69 summary: 107 ▪ ●ere hungry and thirsty , their s●ul fainted in them : H● was clothed in purple and fine linnen , whilest the Godly wander up and down in sheep skins ; and well may they wear their skins without them , that carry their innocency within them ; and the reason thereof is , Because judgement begins at the house of the Lord , whilst the wicked have their portion in this world . henc● commeth it to p●sse , when they returne , it is justly questionable , whether their Clothes be disguised with more foolish fashions , or bodies disabled with more loathsome Diseases , or souls defiled with more notorious vices ; having learned Jealousie from the Italian , Pride from the Spaniard , Lasciviousness● from the ●rench , Drunkennesse from the D●tch ; and yet what need they go so farre to learn so bad a lesson , when ( God knows ) w● have too many Schooles , where it is taught here at home . keywords: answer; boaz; bookes; children; church; comfort; daughters; david; day; dead; death; doe; doth; earth; farre; father; foundations; god; gods; goe; good; hand; hath; heaven; himselfe; house; husband; israel; king; know; land; law; leave; let; life; like; living; lord; man; masters; men; moab; mother; naomi; observation; owne; people; persons; place; ruth; saith; saviour; selves; servants; text; thee; things; thou; thy; time; wife; words; world; ● e; ● ● cache: A40658.xml plain text: A40658.txt item: #138 of 418 id: A40676 author: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. title: Jacobs vow a sermon preached before His Majesty and the Prince His Highnesse at St. Maries in Oxford, the tenth of May 1644, being the day of publique fast / by Thomas Fuller. date: 1644.0 words: 7819 flesch: 72 summary: Then Iacob vowed a Vow , saying , If God will be with me , and will keepe mee in this way that I goe , and will give me bread to eat , and raiment to put on . When Iacob awoke out of his sleepe , and perceiued that the Lord was in that place , and he not aware of it , and that that place was no other , but the house of God , and gate of heauen , verse 17. he was stricken with feare and reuerence , as euery one ought to bee , that commeth within the gate of Gods house , and tooke the stone that lay vnder his head , and set it vp for a pillar , and powred oyle vpon the top of it , and called the name of that place Bethel , that is , the house of God . keywords: euen; giue; god; gods; haue; hee; house; iacob; lord; place; text; things; tithes; vnto; vow; vpon cache: A40676.xml plain text: A40676.txt item: #139 of 418 id: A40680 author: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. title: Perfection and peace delivered in a sermon / by Tho. Fuller. date: 1653.0 words: 6066 flesch: 76 summary: The Cause thereof it proceedeth from a double defect in men : 1 Want of Faith to trust in God . 2. The Lord looked down from Heaven upon the children of men ▪ to see if there were any that did understand and seek after God . keywords: cross; end; god; good; man; mark; men; peace; perfect; perfection; text cache: A40680.xml plain text: A40680.txt item: #140 of 418 id: A40688 author: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. title: A sermon preached at the Collegiat [sic] Church of S. Peter in Westminster, on the 27 of March, being the day of His Majesties inauguration by Thomas Fuller. date: 1643.0 words: 6947 flesch: 68 summary: IT is as naturall for malicious men to backbite , as for dogs to bite , or serpents to sting ; see this in Ziba , who rais'd a false report on his master Mephibosheth , and accused him to David ( when he departed from Jerusalem ) of no lesse then high Treason , as if in Davids absence he affected the Kingdom for himself : Well was Ziba studied in the Art of slandering , to charge home , and draw his arrow to the head ; for in haynous accusations , when the wound is cured , the very scarre will kill , and though the innocence of the party accused may chance to cleare the main debt , yet the arrerages of the suspition will be enough to undoe him : But I wonder not at Ziba's accusing Mephibosheth , I wonder at Davids believing Ziba , at the first information , of a single witnes , and him a servant against his master , without further proof , as hearing both parties , to proceed to censure and fine Mephibosheth with the losse of his lands , was a piece of unjust justice , wherein David cannot be excused , much lesse defended . keywords: david; day; doe; god; king; lord; men; mephibosheth; peace; subjects; text; truth; yea; ziba cache: A40688.xml plain text: A40688.txt item: #141 of 418 id: A40995 author: Fawcet, Samuel, 1600 or 1601-1662? title: A seasonable sermon for these trovblesome times preached to the right worshipfull companie of the haberdashers, Novemb. 23, 1641 : in the parish-church of St. Mary Stainings in London / by Samvel Favvcet ...; stirring up every one to lay to heart the publique troubles and to doe what is in his power to remedy them. date: 1641.0 words: 9895 flesch: 68 summary: Every judgement commeth from God , with a commission and charge what to doe , and how farre to goe , untill wee can prevaile with God to call in his Commission , there is no possibility of staying the judgement ; Vaine is the helpe of man : Trust not in Princes , there is no helpe in them , nor in Parliaments , there is no helpe in them neither , all the consultations and endeavours of the greatest , and wisest , and holiest men in the world , cannot remove one Nationall trouble from Israel , unlesse the Lord put to his hand , and that God will not doe , unlesse wee be earnest with him in Prayer , in that behalfe ; and that is the third Reason why wee should pray for the removall of Israels troubles . Israel , O God , out of all his troubles . keywords: church; doe; god; good; helpe; israel; lord; man; men; owne; people; publique; thou; troubles cache: A40995.xml plain text: A40995.txt item: #142 of 418 id: A41108 author: Fenner, William, 1600-1640. title: The danger of deferring repentance discovered by that reverend and faithfull minister of the word, William Fenner. date: 1654.0 words: 10278 flesch: 71 summary: So if once hardnesse possesse thy soule , all the preaching of the Ministers , and all the means of grace in the world , can never bring it unto that frame , and temper , as to make it melt under the hand of God : I tell thée , thou that usest to come unto Sermons day after day , and refusest to repent , living still in thy sinns , there is no hammer nor béetle in the world more hard then thy heart : as those men and women that sit under the preaching of the word , and heare ye doctrine of life , like raine from above , beating and knocking on their consciences , and on their hearts , to awaken them out of their sins and yet notwithstanding will not repent at last , they prove to be deafe Adders , that stop their ears against the word , charme the charmer never so wisely . No : for he had sinned more against God , then so : but this was his sinne , that he went against his own conscience , when God stood in the way : when conscience stood in the way , conscience said stay , but he would not stay : God bid him stay , but he would not stay , and this is the sinne of many thousands amongst us ; mens consciences tell them that they must not be drunkards , mens consciences tell them that they must not be worldlings , they must not be swearers , they must not be luke-warm professors ; they must pray better then they do , and have other faith then yet they have , if ever they meane to be saved ; wilt thou yet against thy conscience force thy selfe to go on in thy sinnes from day to day , and never be reformed ? take héed lest the Lord be provoked to set thy sinne upon thy head , and shut up thy heart , and conclude thy eternall destruction . keywords: christ; day; god; gods; grace; hath; heart; lord; man; thou; thy; thée; time cache: A41108.xml plain text: A41108.txt item: #143 of 418 id: A41142 author: Fenner, William, 1600-1640. title: Wilfull impenitency, the grossest selfe-murder all they who are guilty of it, apprehended, tryed and condemned in these sermons, preached at Rochford in Essex not long before his death / by ... Mr. William Fenner ... date: 1648.0 words: 41717 flesch: 79 summary: 3. Demonstration , God offers thee many good motions of power , I will helpe thee and I will inable thee , and thou wilt not be helped , God casts in these good motions and thou casts them out . sayes Gualter , with what face canst thou say thus ? is this all that God hath offred to inable thee ? ah thou wilfull creature ; The Lord hath offred to helpe thee to a thousand times more , but thou wouldst not be helped . keywords: blame; christ; dost; dost thou; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; labour; lord; man; meanes; meanes thou; men; mercy; nay; non; nots; owne; power; reason; sayes; selfe; set; sinne; thee; thou; thou art; thou canst; thy; use; way; wicked; wilt; yee cache: A41142.xml plain text: A41142.txt item: #144 of 418 id: A41541 author: Goodwin, Thomas, 1650?-1716? title: Of the Happiness of princes led by divine counsel a sermon occasioned by the death of that most excellent princess, our late sovereign, Queen Mary / by Thomas Goodwin. date: 1695.0 words: 5719 flesch: 63 summary: But when he consider'd that the wicked Counsels by which they acted , would not always be prosperous , for God would blast and confound them ; that all their Arts of Policy would fail for want of God's Direction and Blessing ; that all their Supports of Power would be suddenly broken , and that the Ground on which they stood was uncertain and slippery , and so they would tumble into unexpected Destruction : When this good King entertain'd himself with these wise and sober Thoughts , the Hurries of his Mind were presently compos'd , and he no longer envied at the Prosperity of the Wicked , nor complain'd that God was pleas'd to fill his own Life with Difficulties and Troubles . The Wicked fly when no Man pursues : They startle at the least Appearance of Danger , and fly from those terrible Shadows which their own Phancies have frightfully drawn : They have no Interest in the Care and Counsel of God , which only can help a forlorn abandon'd Creature , and relieve him in the most deplorable Extremities : They have no Strength to oppose against the dreaded Danger , no Refuge to fly unto for Security . keywords: care; counsel; glory; god; good; princes; queen; tcp; text cache: A41541.xml plain text: A41541.txt item: #145 of 418 id: A41707 author: Gould, William, d. 1686. title: The primitive Christian justified and Jack Presbyter reproved, or, A scripture demonstration, that to be innocent and persecuted is more eligible than to be prosperously wicked delivered in a sermon in the Abby-Church of Bath by William Goulde. date: 1682.0 words: 10003 flesch: 51 summary: Death is the Child of sin , not of Nature ; Nay , it destroys our Souls as well as our Bodies , The Soul that sinneth shall dye ; the death of Nature and the death of Grace , Sin occasion'd both ; and not only so , but the death that never dies is sins Wages ; 't is Sin keeps in the fire of Hell to all Eternity , that lays on those everlasting torments prepared for the Devil and his Angels ; 't is sin that not only feeds the Worm with our Bodies , but the never-dying worm with our Souls likewise ; it kindles the slames of Lust here in our hearts , and blows the coals in Hell to torment both our bodies and souls to eternal Ages ; and who can dwell with everlasting burnings ? Lastly , Sin is not the object of a rational Man , or good Christians Choice , if put in the ballance with Afflictions , and that is the last Branch of the Thesis , which I laid down at the beginning of my Discourse , occasioned by Elihu's Reprehension of Job , under the notion of chusing wickedness rather than sufferings , and this I shall demonstrate briefly and plainly , and make Application to our selves . Thirdly , Sin is not the object of a rational Mans , or true Christians choice , because every way opposite to all Gods glorious Attributes , and his very Being and Essence : If we consider Gods sovereignty , Sin is Rebellion ; if his Justice , it is Iniquity ; if his Goodness , sin is Unkindness ; If God's holiness and pureness , Sin is defilement : Consider God's holiness as a Rule , Sin is a Transgression ; if as an Excellency , Sin is Deformity : Thus it is contrary to the whole nature of God , and strikes at his Attributes and Essence . keywords: christ; evil; god; good; hath; laws; man; men; paul; self; selves; sin; soul; text; thy; world cache: A41707.xml plain text: A41707.txt item: #146 of 418 id: A42051 author: Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707. title: Omilia eiréniké, or, A thanksgiving sermon for peace abroad with motives to unity at home, especially in matters of religion : preach'd at Hambleden in the county of Bucks on Thursday the second day of December, 1697 / by Francis Gregory ... date: 1697.0 words: 5917 flesch: 66 summary: Now then , if these be the usual Consequences of Divisions in matters of Religion , how desirable a Blessing must Unity and Peace be in the Church of God ? But thanks be to God and to our King , that Danger is now quite over ; for , the French King found his Kingdom reduced to such Extremities , that he was forced to desire a Cessation of Arms ; but that being deny'd him , he saw himself constrained to conclude a Peace ; that Peace , which no man could have hoped for , had not our King disabled France to continue the War. keywords: church; doth; god; king; man; men; peace; religion; tcp; text cache: A42051.xml plain text: A42051.txt item: #147 of 418 id: A42061 author: Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707. title: The right way to victory discovered in a sermon, preached at Guild-Hall Chappel before the Lord Mayor of London, June 22, 1673 / by Francis Gregory ... date: 1673.0 words: 6092 flesch: 69 summary: God indeed can fight and conquer with the weakest Armies ; God could fight and beat Proud Pharaoh with squadrons of lice , but man must fight with Lions ; God could conquer with souldiers too weak for Domitians bodkin , even pittiful flyes ; yea , but the Romans could not do it without their Eagles . Certain it is , there 's none so fit to war with man , as he , that is at peace with God. keywords: doth; god; lord; man; men; nation; sin; tcp; text; thing; war cache: A42061.xml plain text: A42061.txt item: #148 of 418 id: A42469 author: Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654. title: Thomas Gataker B.D. his vindication of the annotations by him published upon these words, Thus saith the Lord, learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signes of heaven, for the heathen are dismayed at them, Jer. 10. 2 against the scurrilous aspersions of that grand imposter Mr. William Lillie : as also against the various expositions of two of his advocates, Mr. John Swan, and another by him cited, but not named : together with the annotations themselvs : wherein the pretended grounds of judiciary astrologie, and the Scripture-proofes produced for it are discussed and refuted. date: 1653.0 words: 87248 flesch: 68 summary: God hath assigned the Stars their site and their cours , which no power of man or Angel is able to alter : but mans fancie hath built us imaginary Houses in the Heavens , and assigned them such qalifications , affections and effections as the framers of them pleased to give them . and why should they not then dispose of their fanatical fabricks according to their own fancie that produced them at first ? But to say , that God at the creation conferred such faculties upon any Stars , that some of them should breed men and women lascivious , as this which they cal Venus , some other of them theevish , as that which they term Mercurie , because Mercurie was a cunning knave and a slie theif , is very impious and blasphemous , and is not far from making God the Autor of mans sin , by enduing the Stars with such an efficacious power , as cannot be avoided by them , to work them into a sinful disposition and strong inclination unto the perpetrating of such wickednesse . keywords: art; astrologie; ben; book; cause; chap; day; doth; earth; eclipses; effects; fear; god; gods; good; ground; hath; heaven; l. 1; l. 2; let; light; like; lilie; litle; m. l.; man; manner; matter; men; mens; moon; natural; nature; new; ought; pag; people; place; power; predictions; present; purpose; reason; regard; said; saith; self; set; signs; speak; stars; state; sun; swan; tels; text; themselvs; things; tho; time; tru; way; wel; whereof; whome; wil; wizards; word; work; yea; yeers cache: A42469.xml plain text: A42469.txt item: #149 of 418 id: A42489 author: Gauden, John, 1605-1662. title: The love of truth and peace a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament, Novemb. 29, 1640 / by Iohn Gauden ... date: 1641.0 words: 12564 flesch: 65 summary: error , falsity and unbelief in our mindes , when our actions contradict our words , our words our mindes , our mindes the nature and truth of things , made , or revealed by God : whose will in his works and word , is ( as I said ) the rule of Truth . 2. The second consideration is the union of the two , Truth and Peace ; In God they are united : and so in every good soule , & well ordered Church or State , they may , and doe best agree together : no firme , or durable peace , which is not fastned and cemented with truth : keywords: church; doe; god; gods; good; hath; honour; life; light; love; men; non; peace; selfe; selves; soules; state; text; things; truth; way; wee; words; world cache: A42489.xml plain text: A42489.txt item: #150 of 418 id: A42495 author: Gauden, John, 1605-1662. title: A sermon preached in St. Pauls Church London ... February 28, 1659 being a day of solemn thanksgiving unto God for restoring of the excluded members of Parliament to the House of Commons ... / by John Gauden. date: 1660.0 words: 32393 flesch: 46 summary: Are they likely to be healers of others , whose diseases are so got into their crowns , that they are not onely fantastick but fanatick , to the tune of the Maniches and Circumcellians ; that is , people of no just and honest , of no settled or constant , no rational or religious principles ( morbus destruit artem ) a good Physitian is not fit to be his own or others Physitian , if he be distempered ; much less these men , than who no men have discovered more craziness of mind , and crookedness of manners , having little fear of God , and less reverence of men ; either their ambition , or their indigence , or their idleness , or their Jesuitick juglings , or their desperate designs to turn all into rapine , blood and confusion , makes them impatient that any men of better skill , and honester wills than themselves should come nigh the Patient , or apply those All-heals , or Panaces and Catholicons , which are no where to be found in their Pedlars packs or Apothecaries shops ( where poisons are set off with the specious titles and inscriptions of sanctity , and liberty and light ) but in the known Laws of God and man rightly interpreted and impartially executed according to Equity , Order , and Charity ; not in those godly formalities , or gracious extravagancies , or illegal irregularities , with which some vaporers have made so great flourishes for some years , and so long afflicted the daughter of my people ; and would for ever have done so ( according to the method of those rare cures they sometimes wrought in Germany about the 1530. 2. Those subordinate Counsellors , and inferior Magistrates who are under the command of man , and more of God , these heal slightly , when they are not men of Integrity , fearing God , and hating Covetousness , but crafty Complyers with the inordinate lusts and passions , with the illegal commands of either Princes or people , contrary to their oaths : so by flattery , or faction to make way for their Ambition , and gain , by the undeserved favor of either , or dividing one from the other , by a most unnatural war and jealousie ; Such as please man rather than God , and love themselves more than their Country , or the Church ; such as prefer their bodies and Estates before their souls : and put the healings of the Church , and true Religion in the last place , or Rear of affaires : and when they profess to heal the Irreligion of others by severe Acts and Ordinances against Adultery , Swearing , Prophaness , debauchery , drunkenness , corruption , injustice , &c. yet themselves are higher by the shoulders , than the most of the people in these and other enormities : As if Peers , or privy-Counsellors , or Counsellors of State , or Parliament-men , had a Priviledg to sin more , or to repent , and suffer less than other men . keywords: blood; body; church; country; cure; daughter; god; gods; good; government; hands; hath; healers; healing; health; hope; hurts; justice; laws; lord; men; nation; non; order; parliament; parts; patient; peace; people; physitians; power; publick; publique; religion; roman; sins; spirits; state; things; time; way; work; wounds; yea cache: A42495.xml plain text: A42495.txt item: #151 of 418 id: A42498 author: Gauden, John, 1605-1662. title: Three sermons preached upon severall publike occasions by John Gauden. date: 1642.0 words: 35380 flesch: 63 summary: {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} ; The Standard of equity and vertue God hath set in every mans owne reason and conscience to measure by it to others , so as hee would they should mete to him . A Judge ( saith Basil ) must have {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} : needs bee a Critick , of sharp and exact understanding , to discerne betweene man and man , cause and cause , just and unjust , true and veresimilous , false and specious , betweene the confidence of accusing or denying , and the truth or falsity of the accusation ; betweene the modesty or rudenesse of the defendant , and the innocency of his cause ; betweene the weight of the complaint , and the malice or envie of the plaintiffe : keywords: actions; beauty; bee; christ; conscience; doe; est; farre; follow; glory; god; gods; good; great; happinesse; hath; heaven; hee; himselfe; holinesse; holy; honour; judgement; justice; law; life; light; love; man; mans; men; mens; minds; nature; non; owne; peace; power; publike; reason; selfe; sin; soule; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; truth; way; wee; words; world cache: A42498.xml plain text: A42498.txt item: #152 of 418 id: A42766 author: Gillespie, George, 1613-1648. title: A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast Wednesday, March 27, 1644 by George Gillespie. date: 1644.0 words: 20662 flesch: 82 summary: There is a third application , which I intend for the Ministerie , who ought to goe before the people of God in the example of Repe●…tance and humiliation . Put since now by the blessing of God they are thus farre ad●…nced that they have found in the Word of God a pattern for Presbyreriall Government over many particular Congregations ; and have found also from the Word that Ordination is an Act belonging to such a Presbytery : I beseech you improve that , c whereto we have already att●… ; till other A ●…s of a Presbytery be agreed on afterward Your selves ●…know better then I doe that much d people is perishing because there is no Vision ; e the harvest is great and the Labourers are few . keywords: bee; blood; building; christ; church; day; doe; ezek; glory; god; gods; hath; house; isa; israel; lord; man; new; non; people; place; psal; reformation; saith; selves; temple; text; things; thy; time; vision cache: A42766.xml plain text: A42766.txt item: #153 of 418 id: A42767 author: Gillespie, George, 1613-1648. title: A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edenburgh. date: 1646.0 words: 21707 flesch: 75 summary: The Directory which you have lately established saith , The ignorant and the sca●d●lous are not fi● to receive this Sacrament of the Lords Supper : and therefore Ministers are appointed to warn all such in the name of Christ , that they presume not to come to that holy Table . From this word had the Prophets the name of Seers , 1 S●m . keywords: christ; church; coming; doth; drosse; fire; god; government; hath; heart; jerusalem; lord; man; mediator; ministers; non; people; place; power; reformation; saith; silver; text; things; thou; thy; time; way; word cache: A42767.xml plain text: A42767.txt item: #154 of 418 id: A42952 author: Godwyn, Morgan, fl. 1685. title: Trade preferr'd before religion and Christ made to give place to Mammon represented in a sermon relating to the plantations : first preached at Westminster-Abbey and afterwards in divers churches in London / by Morgan Godwyn ... date: 1685.0 words: 26661 flesch: 71 summary: And like a most religious Assertor , and zealous Patron of the Faith once delivered to the Saints ; Your Majesty declaring it most reasonable , that all Men should be made to partake of the Grace of God , so freely in Christ tendred unto them ; and that none should be debarred of the common Salvation , especially such who do so much hunger and thirst after it . But Your Majesty cannot but know how unworthy ( even at the best ) this Plea is of a Christian Nation : and withal , how incongruous and mean it is that for Trade ( even allowing the Pretence for good ) the Work of God should be destroyed ; and those Myriads of Souls be made to perish , for whom Christ died , no less than for the residue of Mankind . keywords: blood; chap; christianity; church; doth; god; good; hath; life; lord; majesty; man; men; people; place; prophet; religion; saith; sin; souls; text; thing; tho; time; vers; work cache: A42952.xml plain text: A42952.txt item: #155 of 418 id: A43125 author: Hayley, William, 1657-1715. title: A sermon preached before the Right Honourable George, Earl of Berkeley, governour, and the company of merchants of England trading into the Levant seas at St. Peter's Church in Broadstreet, Jan 30, being Sunday, 1686/7 / by William Hayley ... date: 1687.0 words: 8133 flesch: 47 summary: Piety indeed may comfort us in our wants , and support us in our afflictions , and we may find help in God when we have none from men ; nay , it may be an excellent Steward even of Riches themselves when they are once gotten , to lay them out for a greater purchase than Earth will afford , to manage them so , that they may neither rob us of our innocence , nor God of our hearts ; but that it should be the best Factor to gain them , and store them up , that Riches should dwell with Vertue , and durable Riches with Righteousness , is an Assertion so opposite to the perswasion of the World , that it seems to be rather the wild affirmation of a person desirous to defend a Novelty , than the Doctrine of one that would inculcate a serious and a sober Truth . For so we are told by one of the greatest of men , seated in the most advantagious prospect , in possession of the greatest wealth and abundance , and what is more , inspired by God himself with a Divine judgment and understanding , and therefore certainly one who was most able to judge what is the best method of acquisition , by him I say we are informed that Piety is the surest and straitest way to wealth , for as he tells us in the words of my Text , Riches and Honour are with her , yea durable Riches and Righteousness . keywords: god; good; man; means; piety; riches; self; text; things; thou; thy; vertue; wealth cache: A43125.xml plain text: A43125.txt item: #156 of 418 id: A43127 author: Hayley, William, 1657-1715. title: A sermon preached in the parish church of St. Giles in the Fields at the funeral of Bernard Connor, M.D., who departed this life, Oct. 30, 1698 : with a short account of his life and death / by William Hayley ... date: 1699.0 words: 9119 flesch: 44 summary: Does the numbring of our days then afford us the most moving and prevalent arguments to a pious course of living , and does the shortness and uncertainty of life and other reflections drawn from it , naturally excite us to caution and vigilance ; let us then for our own interest , and for the glory of God , be perswaded to fix it in our minds , and meditate upon it . 4. The last suggestion I shall offer from the numbring our days , which carries with it one of the strongest motives to a true use of life ; is , that the same moment that terminates our days , puts an end likewise to all opportunities of conversion or reconciliation to God. keywords: church; days; death; god; life; man; present; text; time; wisdom; work; world cache: A43127.xml plain text: A43127.txt item: #157 of 418 id: A43269 author: Hellier, Henry, 1662?-1697. title: A sermon preached before the University of Oxford, December 4, 1687 concerning the obligation of oaths / by Henry Hellier. date: 1688.0 words: 9773 flesch: 61 summary: But if there never were any such power , or if that power were given away , or if that Superior hath consented to Statutes , and in them to oaths whereby men have sworn to certain things which are limitations of the said power ; then the matter of the oath being just , and charitable , and encouraged by a lawful Authority , there being , beside the inferiors oath , the superiors own * act there is perhaps scarce any pretence 0106 upon which such an oath can be accounted invalid , or supposed to imply any father limitation . A sermon preached before the University of Oxford, December 4, 1687 concerning the obligation of oaths / by Henry Hellier. keywords: cases; doth; god; hath; man; matter; men; oath; person; sense; swear; thing cache: A43269.xml plain text: A43269.txt item: #158 of 418 id: A43279 author: Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius van, 1614-1699. title: A cabbalistical dialogue in answer to the opinion of a learned doctor in philosophy and theology, that the world was made of nothing as it is contained in the second part of the Cabbala denudata & apparatus in Lib. Sohar, p. 308 &c. / printed in Latin at Sultsbach, anno 1677 ; to which is subjoyned a rabbinical and paraphrastical exposition of Genesis I, written in High-Dutch by the author of the foregoing dialogue, first done into Latin, but now made English. date: 1682.0 words: 7600 flesch: 64 summary: Whence none do assert the Divine Essence to be Bodily-spiritual , but those who deny all nature of Spirits ; tho' perhaps it may be more truly said that there is that in God , ( if may so say ) which may be called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , or an affect , or moving ( as it were ) sufferingly to Create , rather than in Spiits an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , or an affect or moving sufferingly to become Matter ▪ However from this Hypothesis , or doctrinal supposition , the Nature of God is established to be much more Spiritual , than from the Vulgar Hypothesis ; because by this Vulgar one , Matter , as such , is not allowed to be so much as a Substance , but to be only a certain extrinsecal and accidental Modification of a Spiritual Substance , from which God is most vastly distant ; insomuch , as he is the most wise and chief Mover of all things . Comp. But these Absurdities , and Incongruities do flow from the vulgar Opinion , viz. that Matter is Created by God out of nothing , viz. keywords: creation; dijudicating; divinity; earth; elohim; god; matter; spirit; vers; viz cache: A43279.xml plain text: A43279.txt item: #159 of 418 id: A43345 author: Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714. title: Family-hymns gather'd (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms. date: 1695.0 words: 15489 flesch: 86 summary: Lord hide thine Eyes from all my sin , And my misdeeds deface ; O God make clean my heart within , Renew my mind with Grace . When I awake I 'm still with thee , And thus to thee I cry , Search me , O God , and know my heart , My thoughts and Conscience try ; And see if I do go astray In any course of sin ; Shew me the everlasting way , And lead me , Lord , therein . keywords: day; doth; earth; god; good; great; hath; heart; high; holy; hymn; lord; love; o lord; praise; psal; psalms; sing; soul; thee; thou; thy cache: A43345.xml plain text: A43345.txt item: #160 of 418 id: A43551 author: Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. title: A sermon preached in the collegiate church of St. Peter in Westminster, on Wednesday May 29th, 1661 being the anniversary of His Majesties most joyful restitution to the crown of England / by Peter Heylyn ... date: 1661.0 words: 14344 flesch: 65 summary: But what this kindness was , how great , how marvellous ; how David blessed the name of God for so great a mercy , and what we are to do upon the sense and apprehension of the like felicity ; we shall the better see , if you shall please to joyn with me in humble and hearty Prayer to Almighty God , &c. Our Father which art in Heaven , &c. 2. Victori Psalmus David . 3. The Text it self contains in it these two general Parts , God's Mercy , David's Thankfulness ; God's mercy unto David in that great deliverance , and David's thankfulness unto God for so great a Mercy . keywords: church; city; david; day; english; god; gods; hath; house; israel; kindness; king; lord; man; men; people; place; sam; saul; text; time cache: A43551.xml plain text: A43551.txt item: #161 of 418 id: A43566 author: Heyrick, Thomas, d. 1694. title: A sermon preached at Market Harborow in the county of Leicester, on the 17th day of February, 1684/85 being the day on which our Sovereign Lord James II was there proclaimed king, &c. / by Thomas Heyricke. date: 1685.0 words: 8205 flesch: 60 summary: THere is nothing more unworthy the Prudence of Man , nothing more dangerous to a Prince or a Nation , nothing more unbeseeming a Christian and derogating from the honour of God , than for men to entertain and nourish unreasonable Fears , unaccountable Jealousies , and torment themselves and others with Chimaera's of their own brain , and fires of their own hot heads . And since Angels are supposed to exceed men in knowledge , not so much from the purity of their essence , as from their nearness to God , and being continually in his presence : with what submission ought we to obey the commands and directions of our Princes , who are thus directed by God ; and how ought we to forbear censuring their Actions , since our Souls are not elevated enough to know their ends and designs , nor to see upon what center they turn round . keywords: fears; god; good; hand; heart; king; men; power; tcp; text; things; thoughts; wisdom cache: A43566.xml plain text: A43566.txt item: #162 of 418 id: A43579 author: Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702. title: Israel's lamentation after the Lord, or, A discourse, wherein every well-wisher to Zion is excited, and directed how to lament after the Lord with prayers and tears, to maintain the ordinances of God, or God's presence with his ordinances amongst us being some meditations upon 1 Sam. 7.2. date: 1683.0 words: 34754 flesch: 78 summary: Judg , O Lord , them that have walked in their integrity : Recompence thy Servants according to the cleanness of their hands in thine Eye-sight , that have not wickedly departed from their God ; or , by the grace of God have acknowledged their offence , returned to thee , and who at last are following on to know the Lord , and pleading and hoping for a reviving and raising up after these daies or years of death , let thy dead men live , thy slain Witnesses be called up , and ascend to Heaven in a Cloud ; let there be a shaking , that these dry Bones may come together : Come O Wind , and breath on them , that they may live : Cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanctuary , for the Lord's sake . But I regarded not ; Woe is me , these embassadours of peace are called home , or have their mouths stopt , what can I now expect but a Proclamation of war ! Lord have mercy on me , and send those men of God to knock again at my door , and I hope I shall give them and their message better entertainment . keywords: ark; children; church; day; god; gods; good; gospel; grace; hath; hearts; house; isa; israel; lament; lamenting; lord; lord god; ordinances; people; prayer; psal; saith; sam; sin; souls; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; word; work; yea cache: A43579.xml plain text: A43579.txt item: #163 of 418 id: A43623 author: Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708. title: The horrid sin of man-catching, explained in a sermon upon Jer. 5, 25, 26 preach'd at Colchester, July 10, 1681 / by Edmond Hickeringill ... date: 1681.0 words: 13857 flesch: 72 summary: I mean , such as are Trepanners , or Countenancers of them , Sham-Evidence , False Witnesses , whose Tongues can swear and unswear , whose Tongues perhaps have cut the Throats of many a poor Innocent already , and still want more work , more work ; Men of no Honour , no Honesty , no Religion , ( except of that notorious and bloody Religion that is worse than no Religion ) you may have more Truth , more Kindness , more Fidelity , fairer quarter from Insidels ( I know it ) than from such Bigotted-Catholicks , that think it is Religion ( and pleasing to God ) to cut Men's Throats . Some Men are so crafty as in neglect of their Duty to God , to their King , the Kingdom , and their own Souls , they dare not preach against this Sin of Man-catching , or Trepanning Men by Sham-Evidence , False Witnesses , Sham-Plots , the Sin of the Text , ( I had almost said ) of the Times : in swearing and unswearing , lying , slandering , and for swearing , and so setting Snares to catch Men , Body and Goods , Life and Estate : whilst the World is the worse , but never the better for those Preachers , those Chips in Broth , whose God is their Bellies , and are only swayed by that Kitchin-Maxime , It is good sleeping in a whole Skin ; whilst I chuse to follow that Plain-Dealer and Martyr , Bishop Latimer , who presented the King for a New-Years Gift , with a Bible , with this Inscription in Letters of Gold on the outside thereof ( perhaps for fear the King should not much trouble himself with looking on the Inside ) keywords: catch; catchers; catching; day; english; god; hand; heart; holy; king; law; lord; man; men; people; plots; pope; popish; psal; religion; sham; sin; snares; text; time; way; work cache: A43623.xml plain text: A43623.txt item: #164 of 418 id: A43769 author: Hildersam, Arthur, 1563-1632. title: The canticles, or Song of Solomon paraphrased and explained by divers others texts of Scriptures, very useful / by ... Mr. Arthur Hildersham ... ; as also the same, together with the two songs of Moses, and the song of Deborah, collected into meeter. date: 1672.0 words: 23000 flesch: 79 summary: Ver. 6. Set me as a Seal upon thine heart , as a Seal upon thine arm , for love is strong as death , jealousie is cruel as the grave , the coales thereof , are coales of fire , which hath a most vehement flame ] q. d. be thou never unmindful of me , but let me be as the impression of a Seal , both in thine heart , and in thine eye continually ; for love requires love , and my love to thee , is so Ardent and strong , that I can no more resist it , then a man is able to resist , and withstand Death it self , against which it a were a solly for any to strive , and contend ; and my jealousie , lest any should bereave me of thy love , or any thing alienate thy affection from me , consumeth me like the grave ; in which respect also it 's like to the hottest fire , the most fumous and raging flame that devours all . Ver. 7. Tell me ( O thou whom my Soul loveth ) where thou feedest , where thou makest thy Flocks to rest at Noon ] Show me these assemblies where thy saving Ordinances are to be found , wherein Thou ( the chief Shephard , Psal. 23. keywords: art; beloved; church; comfort; dear; doth; eyes; fair; forth; god; great; heart; lord; love; men; people; saviour; self; spirit; thee; thine; thou; thy; ver; yea cache: A43769.xml plain text: A43769.txt item: #165 of 418 id: A43819 author: Hill, Thomas, d. 1653. title: The season for Englands selfe-reflection and advancing temple-vvork discovered in a sermon preached to the two Houses of Parliament at Margarets Westminster, Aug. 13, 1644, being an extraordinary day of humiliation / by Thomas Hill ... date: 1644.0 words: 16910 flesch: 74 summary: As it was in Judah , in H●zekiahs dayes , The hand of God was upon them to give them one he● , 2 Chron. 30. 12. Who would not then , night and day lift up their hearts and hands , making use of their interest in the Lord of Hosts , in the behalfe of his conflicting people ? How did Jacob overcome inraged Esau , but by overcomming with his Prayers , the Great God of heaven , who hath a Throne in all mens spirits ? God was pleased , as appeares in Gen. 32. 24. to con●iescend to wrastle with Jacob , both for his instruction , and his consolation , hee would teach him hereby that hee must be content to bee a wrastler , and that therein hee should bee victorious . keywords: bee; building; christ; church; england; god; gods; good; hand; hath; hee; hosts; house; lord; owne; people; selfe; selves; temple; time; ver; wayes; wee; work; ● ● cache: A43819.xml plain text: A43819.txt item: #166 of 418 id: A44166 author: Holland, Richard, 1679-1706. title: A sermon preached at the assizes at Leicester, March 19, 1685, being the county-court also when the nobility and gentry met to chuse [sic] their knights for the ensuing Parliament / by Richard Holland ... date: 1685.0 words: 6644 flesch: 55 summary: We no sooner grow afraid of Security under God , we no sooner have such low Apprehensions of him , but we become uneasie at his Vicegerents : Our Governors presently trouble us , we make them to be most i' th' Fault ; and then for Bills of Exclusion , and We will not have this Man to rule over us ; the Consequence of which , is , that instead of every : we think much to submit our selves to any Ordinance of Man , tho' we know our selves obliged to it even for the Lord's sake . That while we are doing what God requires of us ( tho' we have noise of many Enemies ; tho' their Designs be deep and cruel against us , and tho' we seem to be in great danger ) we ought not to subject our selves to vile Passions , to Fears and Jealousies , but be courageous , and stout , and lively : Fear ye not . keywords: church; enemies; fear; god; peace; people; salvation; selves; tcp; text; tho cache: A44166.xml plain text: A44166.txt item: #167 of 418 id: A44521 author: Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697. title: The first fruits of reason, or, A discourse shewing the necessity of applying our selves betimes to the serious practice of religion by Anthony Horneck ... date: 1686.0 words: 19737 flesch: 64 summary: Men give God but little encouragement to employ his miraculous power to convert them , when during the vigour of their age , they have mocked all his Stratagems , and defeated his Methods of Compassion , and whatever God hath done upon extraordinary occasions , and under extraordinary circumstances , we are assur'd by the Psalmist that he sware in his wrath , that they who had grieved him Forty years in the Wilderness should never enter into his rest , Psal. 95.10 , 11. 2. Except a man remember his Creator in the days of his youth , he is not in a likely way to compass all those graces which are fit and proper for a Candidate of Eternity . And is it not our greatest interest then to remember now in this our day the things which belong unto our peace ; to remember our Errours , that we may turn from them ; to remember our duties to God and man , that we may conscienciously discharge them ; to remember what our Creator , our Father , our greatest Benefactors requires of us ; to remember the Exhortations , the Entreaties , the Expostulations , the Adjurations of a merciful God , that the Great Jehovah may remember us in that day when he makes up his Jewels , and spare us as a man would spare his Son that serves him ? keywords: age; creator; days; doth; fear; god; good; hath; life; lord; love; man; men; mercy; religion; remembrance; sin; soul; thee; things; thou; time; world cache: A44521.xml plain text: A44521.txt item: #168 of 418 id: A44523 author: Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697. title: Gods providence in the midst of confusion set out in a sermon preach'd at the Savoy, January the 30, 1681, being the anniversary of the martyrdom of King Charles I / by Anthony Horneck. date: 1682.0 words: 17472 flesch: 47 summary: If God takes care of any thing , thinks the sensual Man , it must be of the true Religion , this we must conceive to be his Darling , and if he hath more tender Affections for one thing than another , this we must suppose is the chief Object of his sollicitude : This makes most for his Honour , and his Glory is advanced by nothing so much as by true , and genuine Worship ; This therefore he must be thought to mind and cherish most , and to look upon with the kindest Aspect : But to see this Jewel scorned , derided , affronted , and its lustre darkened by Clouds of Ignorance and Malice : To see this Pearl broken , shattered , and the dust of it dispersed into the various corners of the Earth : To see its Foes live great , and those that touch this Apple of his Eye , brave it in their pleasures : To see them erect their Throne on the Necks of Gods Servants , and securely trample on these supposed Favourites of Heaven ; what can we conclude , but that either this is not the true Religion , or that Providence is careless , and supine in its Protection ? 5. Such another Disorder is , Base and contemptible mens climbing up to the Thrones of Kings , and displacing the true Owners , and usurping their Authority ; When the vilest of Men are advanced to Royalty , and they that were but Subjects a little before , come to sit in their Lords Tribunal : vvhen Persons of the Dregs of the People get up to the highest Povver , and they that vvere but Scum before , come to svvim like Oyl on the top , and throvv dovvn Gods Anointed ; when a Jeroboam from Surveyor of the Kings Works , rises up to be King himself ; and a Zimri that dvvelt in a Cottage before , comes to possess himself of the Royal Palace . Nay , God himself is concerned to see this Justice maintained in Commonwealths , and it is part of his Prerogative to preserve its Laws inviolable , so that it 's being lost in a Corporation , seems to reflect upon him ; and as it was he alone , that first taught Men to gather into Societies , so to let Oppression come among them , which is the Bane , that kills them , to a sensual Eye seems to be no small disparagement to his Providence . keywords: confusions; day; disorders; doth; fire; god; gods; good; hath; heaven; king; life; lord; man; men; people; power; providence; reason; religion; things; thou; time; way; world cache: A44523.xml plain text: A44523.txt item: #169 of 418 id: A44695 author: Bates, William, 1625-1699. Congratulatory speech to the King, Novemb. 22, 1697. title: A sermon preach'd on the late day of thanksgiving, Decemb. 2, 1697 by John Howe ... ; to which is prefixed Dr. Bates's congratulatory speech to the King, Novemb. 22, 1697, in the name of the dissenting ministers in and about London. date: 1698.0 words: 12648 flesch: 64 summary: 2. WHAT Things are requisite to make this a Real , and a Compleat Blessing , Capable of being Appropriated unto GOD's own peculiar People . Which seems also to be Intended here , The LORD will Bless His People with Peace . This does much to the making a peaceful State of Things , a Blessed State ; it takss away much of the Occasion of further Controversie between GOD and such a People . keywords: blessing; christian; communion; god; good; lord; love; man; men; peace; people; self; spirit; things; war; world cache: A44695.xml plain text: A44695.txt item: #170 of 418 id: A44702 author: Hearne, Thomas. title: Psal. 4, vers. 7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart (or thou hast given ioy of heart) more then when their corne and their vvine increased. date: 1644.0 words: 7191 flesch: 55 summary: But through the Dull Eye or the Evill Eye of the looker on , it hath beene the frequent Fate of things Excellent , to be Things mistook ; God cannot thunder downe a Church , and suffer some Robber of that Church to live and survive the storme and Bolts , but the Epicure streight will say God sits with his Backe towards the World , and sees nothing . Say then in the first place , that when God denies the Godly man Plenty , He is noe harsher then if he denied him Pinacles and Quick-sands ; He that murmurs that he is not made rich , complaines that he is not allowed a Danger ; and is sad that he is cast into the wretched condition of being likely to goe to heaven with more ease then Camells passe through Needles ; So that Riches frequently becoming nothing but kneel'd for mischeifes , and Begg'd Evills , Things ( at Best ) of so doubtfull a Condition , that Tacitus could not tell whether 't was the Anger or the Bounty of the Gods that denied them to the Germans ; we may not measure a Christians comfort by these uncertaine and scarce-good things ; Poverty may attend a bless't and good man as Thistles a●e Bad things , but signifie Good and Rich Ground . keywords: condition; gladnesse; god; godly; gods; good; heart; himselfe; ioy; man; text; thee; things; thou; thy cache: A44702.xml plain text: A44702.txt item: #171 of 418 id: A44938 author: Hall, George, 1612?-1668. title: A fast-sermon, preached to the Lords in the High-Court of Parliament assembled on the day of solemn humiliation for the continuing pestilence, Octob. 3, 1666 and by their order published by George, Lord Bishop of Chester. date: 1666.0 words: 8241 flesch: 63 summary: The Alternations of the success of VVar , have been every Ages Experiences ; Homer's — 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and his — 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , was not more elegant than certain . And suppose the best , I cannot but sadly think , what a lost labour , what a damp we may put upon all those most hazardous and valiant Engagements of our Friends at Sea , if while they do their work to the heighth of our wishes and prayers , making themselves formidable to the flying Enemy , we being at such an unhappy distance from God by our unrepented wickedness , do seem to enter prohibitions in heaven against our enjoyment of our Successes , Alas ! what is it to prosper and prevail at Sea , where the Righteousness of our Cause ( in the hands of our just God to whom we appealed ) makes us Victors , Now you see the Text is proper , natural , and right to our purpose ; God make my sudden thoughts upon it as kindly operative upon all our hearts , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , healing , sound , wholsom words should be spoken by us at all times , but at such a time especially , that they may be medicinal and preservative to drive away , to keep off infection , to restore health to the daughter of Gods people , the cure is much in our selves , as the cause of the disease is altogether in us . keywords: day; end; english; god; good; hath; lord; man; men; prayer; psal; tcp; text; thou; wickedness cache: A44938.xml plain text: A44938.txt item: #172 of 418 id: A45340 author: Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665. title: Samaria's downfall, or, A commentary (by way of supplement) on the five last verses of the thirteenth chapter of Hosea wherein is set forth, Ephraim's dignity, duty, impenitency, and downfall : very suitable to, and seasonable for, these present times, where you have the text explained, sundry cases of conscience cleared, many practical observations raised (with references to such authors as clear any point more fully) : and a synopsis or brief character of the twenty kings of Israel, with some useful inferences from them / by Thomas Hall ... date: 1660.0 words: 75465 flesch: 82 summary: B●●●i●●●●t n●●●●●e est , cum n●c D●● ni●antur , nec j●●e gera●tur , nec b●●●volentia t●neantur . Nescitis am●ci quid sit imperare , nam & gladii , & tela cervici●us nostr●s a nostris impendent , imm●nent hastae , undique spic●la , ipsi●●●stodes time●tur , ip●i comites ●ormidantu● , non cibus provoluptate , non iter pro authoritate . keywords: act; ahab; bear; bee; children; christ; church; city; day; dead; death; destruction; doth; enemies; england; ephraim; evil; ezek; father; fear; gen; god; gods; good; grace; hand; hath; hee; hee bee; hos; house; idolatry; ieroboam; iob; isa; israel; judgements; king; kingdome; land; life; light; lord; man; means; mee; men; mercies; mercy; non; obs; people; place; power; prophet; psal; ruine; samaria; self; set; sin; sins; slain; son; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; time; way; wee; wicked; words; work; world; wrath; years; ● ● cache: A45340.xml plain text: A45340.txt item: #173 of 418 id: A45344 author: Hall, Timothy, 1637?-1690. title: A sermon preached at Mercers-Chappel, on the 13th of January, 1688/9 by Timothy lord bishop of Oxford. date: 1689.0 words: 13299 flesch: 73 summary: Is the Grace of God tied to the Ministry of man ? Shall the Servant share the Honour , and part stakes with his Master ? Our Lord and Great Prophet taught the people to observe their Doctrines that sate in Moses Chair ; tho without breach of Charity he called them Serpents and Hypocrites . If to Rail and Lye , Censure and Revile , to Misreport and Misrepresent , were fulfilling the Commands of God , and paying our Duty to our Brother ; if they were Rules of Behaviour and Conversation , the generality of men might chime in with that young Gentleman in the Gospel , and say after him , All these have I kept from my youth upward . keywords: brother; christ; doth; duty; god; good; hath; heart; love; man; men; rebuke; reproof; sin; text; thou; thy; way; word cache: A45344.xml plain text: A45344.txt item: #174 of 418 id: A45351 author: Halley, George, 1655 or 6-1708. title: A sermon preach'd at the Castle of York to the condemned prisoners on Monday the 30th of March 1691 being the day before their execution : with an appendix which gives some account of them all, but more particularly of Mr. Edmund Robinson Clerk who was condemned and executed for high treason in counterfeiting the King's coyn / by George Halley. date: 1691.0 words: 11919 flesch: 49 summary: And here , if we consider our latter end as we ought , it we seriously meditate upon Death and a Judgment to come , then we shall prepare our selves , and make ready for it by purity of Life , and holiness of Conversation ; such a Consideration will create in our Minds an abhorrency and detestation of Sin , and plant in us Vertue and Goodness , a perfect and sincere love of God and Religion ; and this , I am sure , is the greatest Wisdom , the noblest Understanding . Fornicators shall not inherit the Kingdom of God : And it is a Sin much more hainous , when it is productive of a greater , when Murder is the sad effect and lamentable consequence of it ; to destroy the Fruit of one 's own Womb , to send it out of the World too unbaptized , before it was wash'd in the Laver of Regeneration ; to give it a Bloody Baptism ! I want Words to express the unnaturalness and barbarity of such an Action . keywords: consideration; death; end; god; hath; judgment; life; man; men; reason; religion; repentance; sin; text; things; understanding; world cache: A45351.xml plain text: A45351.txt item: #175 of 418 id: A45500 author: Hannott, James. title: The right way of seeking God a sermon preach'd at Great Yarmouth on the 11th of May, 1692, being the day of the monthly fast / by James Hannott ... date: 1692.0 words: 12622 flesch: 70 summary: And these , to do justly , to love mercy , and to walk humbly with God , are all of them things that have a real and transcendent worth in them ; such things as do approve themselves to be Good and excellent to an enlightened mind , and a well-disposed heart . They are such things , wherein the Perfection of our Nature , as it lies in a conformity to God , and subjection to him , does consist ; They are also Lovely in the Eyes of others , and things of good Report , that cause Religion to be well spoken of . keywords: day; duties; god; good; lord; love; man; mercy; obedience; sacrifices; sin; thee; things; worship cache: A45500.xml plain text: A45500.txt item: #176 of 418 id: A45536 author: Hardres, Peter. title: Prossō kai opissō a sermon eqvally pointing forvvard & backward, as it was deliver'd in the Vniversity Church of Saint Maries in Cambridge / by P.H., B. of Divinity, and sometime fellow of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge, in his forenoone course before that universitie, upon the 22 day of November, in the yeare 1640, being the beginning of this present parliament. date: 1647.0 words: 12169 flesch: 51 summary: Well , whatsoever motives or occasions others may lay hold of for resisting of the power I know not , I am sure these Rebels here could find but little in the persons or behaviours of their Governours , to gather themselves thus rebelliously together against them , for 't was : 2. Contra Mosen mitissimum hominem & Aaronem sanctum Domini , Against Moses a mercifull man ( said the sonne of Syrach ) who found favour in the sight of all flesh , and was dilectus Deo & Hominibus , beloved both of God and man , and whose memoriall was blessed in all generations against Moses , a Prince who delivered them out of the AEgyptian bondage , brought them through the Red-Sea upon dry land , in and out before them to defend them from their Enemies , held the ballances of justice from morning to evening , and weighed to every one his right and due , smore the stony Rocks , so that waters gushed out to quench their thirst ; procur'd Manna from Heaven for them and Quailes too , not for any necessitie but to serve their Lust , and then against Aaron a holy man like unto him , whom God chose out of all men living to offer sacrifices to the Lord , Incense and a sweet savour for a memoriall to make reconciliation for his people to appease Gods wrath and divert his punishments due to their offences ; and what could they desire more , and yet for all this , they are gather'd together against Moses and Aaron , where we may observe the restles and unquiet commotion of some mens ambition , who though under their gracious and pious Princes they enjoy the blessednesse of Peace and sweetnesse of plenty . Religion , that sacred bond tying God and man together , is made an instrument by Rebellion to undoe all Humane Societies , and the fairest vertue in mans soule is made a Maske to hide the deformities of the foulest Sin . keywords: aaron; almighty; church; congregation; contra; gather'd; god; gods; good; holy; korah; lord; man; men; moses; non; owne; people; power; princes; rebellion; text; thing; world cache: A45536.xml plain text: A45536.txt item: #177 of 418 id: A45542 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: The arraignment of licentious liberty, and oppressing tyranny in a sermon preached before the right honourable House of Peers, in the Abbey-church at Westminster, on the the day of their solemn monethly fast, Febr. 24. 1646 / by Nathanaell Hardy ... date: 1647.0 words: 17794 flesch: 65 summary: That Epithete that was given to Bacon of Doctor resolu●us , in this case well becomes every Christian ; it was a just resolve of Luther in divine matters , cedo nulli , a remarkable speech of Socrates though an Heathen {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} not much unlike that of the Apostle . Bees are many times drowned in honey , ships cast away on the soft sands , birds caught in twig-lime , and people strangled by prosperity ; too many of the worlds dar●●●g● ma● cry out as the sick woman in the fable , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Woe to us , the good things we enjoy wound ●s by their embraces : It was Judahs prosperous state occasioned her forgetting God . Agur seemeth , in this respect , to make riches worse then poverty , since this causeth to steale from man , but that to deny God . keywords: bound; cause; church; command; divine; doth; end; enemies; ephraim; god; gods; hand; hath; hee; house; judah; justice; king; lord; man; men; mens; moth; non; people; poure; power; princes; prophet; qui; religion; right; sayth; sin; sins; text; truth; water; wee; word; worship; wrath; ● ● cache: A45542.xml plain text: A45542.txt item: #178 of 418 id: A45545 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: The choicest fruit of peace gathered from the tree of life presented to the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in a sermon preached before them at the Abbey church of Westminster, on April 30, 1660, being the day of their solemn humiliation / by Nath. Hardy ... date: 1660.0 words: 9883 flesch: 68 summary: If you cast your eyes backward in this Book , you shall finde God assuring tranquility to the Jews when returned to Jerusalem ; My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation , and in sure dwellings , and in quiet resting places ; and again a little after , Look upon Zion the City of our solemnity , thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation , a tabernacle that shall not be taken down , not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed , neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken ; And were not Peace a common theam , and had not the miseries of our late wars abundantly taught us , it were easie here to enlarge upon the excellency of this mercy , for every man to sit under his own Vine in quiet , and enjoy his rights with peace ; Our Prophet in the close of this verse sets it forth by the metaphor of health , and indeed what health is to the body , that is peace to a people , health is the peace and agreement of the humours in the body , and peace is the health and welfare of a Nation , and as it is health without which there can be no contentment in any outward advantages whatsoever , so it is the peaceable enjoyment of our possessions which renders them truly comfortable , and this was the mercy here promised , and not only so but 2. Peace and righteousnesse ; for so this Prophet assureth us , the work of righteousnesse shall be peace ; Righteousnesse I say , which giveth to every one those rights which are due to him by the laws of God and of the Realm ; and though a full reparation of all injuries is not to be expected , yet a restitution of every man to his just right ought to be endeavoured . keywords: church; day; fruit; god; gods; hath; lips; lord; non; peace; people; saith; text; word; work cache: A45545.xml plain text: A45545.txt item: #179 of 418 id: A45553 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: A looking-glasse of hvmane frailty set before us in a sermon preached at the funerals of Mris. Anne Calquit, late wife of Mr. Nicholas Calquit, draper, who died on the 7. day of April 1659 and was interr'd the 19. of the said month, at the parish church of Alhallows the Less in Thames Street / by Nath. Hardy ... date: 1659.0 words: 9959 flesch: 65 summary: Indeed this metaphor may very justly take in the whole latitude of life which men attain in this world , the four fingers bredth representing the four ages of man , to wit , Childhood , Youth , Manhood , Old age : the life of a childe is scarce an inch , of an old man but a span ; of the one it may be said , his dayes are but a fingers bredth , and of the other it can but be said , his dayes are as an hands bredth . Such is mans best estate , he seemeth to be setled as the earth , but he vanisheth with the winde , changeth with the moon , and ebeth with the water , Homo Bulla is true of man , at his best estate he is like the bubble which swels up by the rain falling upon the water , and fals presently , or which the child causeth with the breath of his mouth at the end of the reed , and vanisheth with the least shaking of his hand . keywords: age; bredth; david; dayes; estate; god; hands; hath; life; man; non; text; thou; time; vanity cache: A45553.xml plain text: A45553.txt item: #180 of 418 id: A45558 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: The olive-branch presented to the native citizens of London in a sermon preached at S. Paul's Church, May 27, being the day of their yearly feast / by Nath. Hardy ... date: 1658.0 words: 18293 flesch: 73 summary: 1. Peace is honest , as being that which results from the dictates of the divine law and right reason ; Peace is the daughter of truth , the effect of righteousness , and the fruit of the Spirit ; indeed this is not true of all kind of peace , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , saith the Greek Father , There is as a commendable dissention , so an execrable union ; such was that of Herod and Pilat against Christ ; such are all combinations for the opposing of good , or the accomplishing evil : but otherwise a friendly agreement with one another in all things that are not absolutely sinfull , is that which is most just and honest . 2. This peace with men is either extera or civilis , without or within , with forraign countries or domestick Citizens : the former is that which is called rest round about , which God gave the Jews from the Heathens invasion ; the later which her is desired , is peace within Jerusalem , that which is called civil peace , and is according to S. Austin , Ordinata imperando & obediendo concordia civium , an orderly concord among the citizens by commanding and obeying : Civitas , saith one , is quasi civium unitas , a city is a peaceable cohabitation of Citizens ; it is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , saith Aristotle , a communion with one another in regular living ; so that without peace and order , it is not populus but turba , a civil society , but a giddy multi ude . keywords: brethren; church; citizens; city; companions; david; god; gods; good; hath; house; jerusalem; london; lord; love; men; non; peace; people; respect; roman; saith; sermon; text; word cache: A45558.xml plain text: A45558.txt item: #181 of 418 id: A45562 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: The pious votary and prudent traveller characterized in a farewell-sermon, occasioned by the voyage of Nathanael Wych Esq. president to the East-Indies : preached in S. Dionys Back-church, Mar. 14. 1657 / by Nath. Hardy ... date: 1659.0 words: 19049 flesch: 74 summary: Vow not easily without very just cause , and do not dare to violate thy vow for any cause , but rather according to that pithy advice of Gregory Nazianzen , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , having begun a promise by vowing , consummate it by acting : ever remembring that excellent saying of the Wiseman , When thou vowest a vow unto God , defer not to pay it : Better is it that thou shouldst not vow , than that thou shouldst vow and not pay . When David saith , He found in his heart to pray a prayer to God , it means doubtless far more than saying a prayer ▪ to wit , the sincerity and fervency of his devotion : and therefore that Hebraizing Greek-phrase of St. James concerning Elias , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , is looked upon as parallel to that , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} in the preceding verse , and is fitly rendred by our Translators , He prayed earnestly . keywords: bread; david; fathers; god; gods; good; hath; house; jacob; lord; man; non; peace; prayer; promise; psal; rayment; saith; thee; things; thou; thy; vow; vows; way; words cache: A45562.xml plain text: A45562.txt item: #182 of 418 id: A45564 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: A sad prognostick of approaching judgement, or, The happy misery of good men in bad times set forth in a sermon preached at St. Gregories, June the 13th, 1658 / by Nathaniell Hardy ... date: 1658.0 words: 10651 flesch: 75 summary: 1. In a passive sense , men of mercy and good will , are those upon whom God will have mercy , and to whom he beareth a singular good will , The Lord is good unto all , and his tender mercies are over all his works ( saith the Psalmist ) there being no creature so mean and base , which giveth not a Specimen of his goodness , but yet his delights are with the sonnes of men , and his love to mankind , is greater then to any of his creatures : upon which account the Psalmist saith a little before , Lord , what is man , that thou takest knowledg of him , or the sonne of man that thou makest account of him ? A sad prognostick of approaching judgement, or, The happy misery of good men in bad times set forth in a sermon preached at St. Gregories, June the 13th, 1658 / keywords: death; evil; god; good; hath; man; men; mercifull; mercy; perish; perishing; prophet; righteousness; saith; text; wicked cache: A45564.xml plain text: A45564.txt item: #183 of 418 id: A45567 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: Safety in the midst of danger a sermon preached in the church of Alhallowes Barkin, Jan. 4, 1655 : upon the anniversary commemoration of the dismall fire which happened in the said parish, on Jan. 4, 1649 / by Nath. Hardy ... date: 1656.0 words: 10149 flesch: 72 summary: Welcome good Christians , I trust your expectation will not be disappointed , I shall ( God assisting ) set both sights before you , the miracle of the one , the wonder of the other , but first begin we with this in the Text ; And behold the Bush burned with fire , &c. As the Bush ( though the fire was in the midst of it ) did not take fire , so notwithstanding God strove with them by his spirit , yet their sin was not destroyed . keywords: behold; burning; bush; church; consuming; day; divine; fire; god; gods; hath; israel; lord; miracle; non; power; saith; text; things; word cache: A45567.xml plain text: A45567.txt item: #184 of 418 id: A45639 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: The atheist's objection that we can have no idea of God refuted a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, February the 7th 1697/8 : being the second of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698.0 words: 8742 flesch: 62 summary: The Atheist alledges , That whatsoever is Unconceiveable is really nothing at all : that we can have no Idea , or possible Notion of any thing that is not some how or other an Object of our Senses ; for all Knowledge is Sense : and we can only judge of the Existence of things by its Evidence and Testimony . Besides , we find in our selves , and discover in things without us , such Defects , Limitations and Imperfections , as sufficiently must convince us , that neither we nor they can be Independent Beings , nor indeed the Cause of one another's Existence . keywords: atheist; existence; god; idea; knowledge; nature; saith; sense; thing cache: A45639.xml plain text: A45639.txt item: #185 of 418 id: A45642 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: Immorality and pride, the great causes of atheism a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, January the 8th 1697/8 : the first of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698.0 words: 7945 flesch: 54 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. I humbly desire your Prayers to Almighty God , that He will vouchsafe to render my weak Endeavours effectual to shew the Ground●essness and Inconclusiveness of those Objections which Atheistical Men usually bring ●gainst the great and Important Truths of ●eligion ; which is the End they are sincerely ●irected to , by Most Reverend and Honoured , Your most obliged humble Servant , HARRIS . keywords: atheism; god; man; men; pride; religion; text; thing; wicked; world cache: A45642.xml plain text: A45642.txt item: #186 of 418 id: A45644 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: The notion of a God neither from fear nor policy a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, March the 7th 1697/8 : being the third of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698.0 words: 10109 flesch: 66 summary: For if it be true , as he saith it is , That we can have no Idea of God ; 't is very strange to suppose , that a Politick Man should Invent , and the World Receive the Idea or Notion of That which 'tis impossible for any one to invent , or receive . So that as Protagoras tells us ( in Plato's Theoetet . ) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : 'T is neither possible to conceive that which is not , nor indeed any thing else , but only just as our Mind suffers it by Impressions from without . keywords: deity; fear; god; hath; idea; mankind; men; mind; notion; power; religion; saith; thing; world cache: A45644.xml plain text: A45644.txt item: #187 of 418 id: A45645 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: A refutation of the atheistical notion of fate, or absolute necessity in a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, November the seventh, 1698 : being the eighth of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698.0 words: 9070 flesch: 62 summary: But there can certainly be neither Good nor Evil in any Man's Actions , and no Rewards or Punishments can be the Consequents of them , if nothing at all be in our own Power , if whatever we act or commit , it is absolutely impossible for us to avoid acting or committing . Which yet must be the case , if , as they assert , Things are determined by absolute Fatality ; and that God himself and all Creatures whatsoever are necessary Agents , without having any Power of Choice , or any real Liberty in their Natures at all . Spinoza , as I have formerly shewed , was an Absolute Corporealist as well as Mr. Hobbs ; but finding that Cogitation could never be accounted for from Matter and Motion only , he supposes Cogitation Essential to Matter ; and as he makes but one only Substance in the World , which is the Matter of All Things , or God ; so he supposes Cogitation to be one of the Essential Attributes of this Deity , as Extension is the other . keywords: actions; cause; doth; god; good; hath; man; nature; necessity; power; things cache: A45645.xml plain text: A45645.txt item: #188 of 418 id: A45646 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: A refutation of the objections against moral good and evil in a sermon preach'd at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, October the third, 1698 : being the seventh of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris. date: 1698.0 words: 9268 flesch: 57 summary: For when you upbraid them with a Disbelief of Revelation , they will say , that 't is enough for any Man to live up to the Principles of Natural Religion , and to adhere inviolably to all things , ; 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for those are things that are Obligatory on all Mankind , and not like Revealed Truths , mere Political and Topical Institutions . If I say after all this , there be no such things as Moral Virtue and Goodness , but that all Things and Actions , both in us and the Deity , are purely and in their own Natures Indifferent ; 't is plain , Reason is the most ridiculous thing in the World , a Guide that serves to no manner of Purpose but to bewilder us in the Infinite Mazes of Errour , and to expose us to Roam and Float about in the boundless Ocean of Scepticism , where we can never find our Way certainly to any Place , nor direct our Course to the Discovery of any Truth whatsoever . keywords: deity; evil; god; good; hath; mankind; men; nature; reason; things cache: A45646.xml plain text: A45646.txt item: #189 of 418 id: A45647 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: A refutation of the objections against the attributes of God in general in a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, September the fifth, 1698 : being the sixth of the lecture for that year founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698.0 words: 7231 flesch: 60 summary: And herein he seems to have followed the Pythagoreans and Timaeus Locrus in particular : Who asserts of Mind , according to him the first Principle of the Universe , that it is , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , of the Nature of Good : And saith further , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , that they call it God , and the Principle of the best things . A refutation of the objections against the attributes of God in general in a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, September the fifth, 1698 : being the sixth of the lecture for that year founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. / by John Harris ... Harris, John, 1667?-1719. 1698 Approx. keywords: attributes; deity; god; knowledge; men; nature; perfections; power; reason; things cache: A45647.xml plain text: A45647.txt item: #190 of 418 id: A45673 author: Harrison, John, d. 1698. title: A thanksgiving sermon for discovery of the late phanatick plot, September 9, 1683 by John Harrison ... date: 1683.0 words: 5271 flesch: 59 summary: In this Plot the King was to be Murdered for sake of the Duke ; so King and Duke taken in this sad Dilemma were after this new Presbyterian Logick to be both Sacrificed . THE Preacher tells us , that that which hath been , is now , and that which is to be , hath already been , and There is no new thing under the Sun. keywords: church; conspiracy; england; english; god; hath; king; lord; men; tcp; text cache: A45673.xml plain text: A45673.txt item: #191 of 418 id: A45680 author: Harrison, Michael, Minister at Potters-Pury. title: Christ's righteousness imputed, the Saint's surest plea for eternal life, or, The glorious doctrine of free-justification, by the imputation of the pure and spotless righteousness of Jesus Christ, stated, cleared, vindicated, and made plain to the meanest capacity being the substance of several sermons, on Isaiah XLV. 24, 25 / by Michael Harrison ... date: 1690.0 words: 11466 flesch: 73 summary: 1. Because the Holy Scripture doth abundantly assure us , that none ever yet were , nor ever yet shall be justified by any Righteousness in them , of wrought by them , Phil. 3.9 . And be found in him , not having on my own Righteousness , which is of the Law ; but that which is thro' the Faith of Christ , the Righteousness which is of God by Faith ; and Rom. 10.3 . 3. Take heed of confounding Faith with Obedience , as too many do ; our Justification consists in receiving from God , not giving any thing to him : Christ is offered in the New Covenant , Faith is the Hand whereby we receive Christ . keywords: christ; faith; god; grace; justification; law; obedience; price; righteousness; rom; sin; works cache: A45680.xml plain text: A45680.txt item: #192 of 418 id: A45690 author: Harrison, Thomas, 1619-1682. title: Threni Hybernici, or, Ireland sympathizing with England and Scotland in a sad lamentation for the loss of their Josiah represented in a sermon at Christ-Church in Dublin before His Excellency the Lord Deputy, with divers of the nobility, gentry, and commonality there assembled, to celebrate a funeral solemnity upon the death of the late Lord Protector / by Dr. Harrison ... date: 1659.0 words: 8044 flesch: 62 summary: Notwithstanding all their frowardness ; doubtless such an One was Josiah , Our Josiah , and 't is no small loss to the poor People of God to part with such a Friend , such a Father , if we be not sensible of it now , we shall feel it to our cost hereafter ; but if we feel it now , and it work kindly with us , there is hopes that through a supply , and a succession of the same Spirit , we shall feel it the less hereafter . But what a mercy it is to have a Josiah indeed , a Prince cordially studious of Religion and Reformation , whose heart akes and trembles for the Ark of God , as Elie's did , 1 Sam. 4.13 . keywords: crown; god; hath; head; israel; josiah; lamentation; lord; people; reformation; text; thee; time cache: A45690.xml plain text: A45690.txt item: #193 of 418 id: A45748 author: Dury, John, 1596-1680. title: Clavis apocalyptica, or, A prophetical key by which the great mysteries in the revelation of St. John and the prophet Daniel are opened : it beeing made apparent that the prophetical numbers com to an end with the year of our Lord, 1655 : in two treatises: 1. Shewing what in these our times hath been fulfilled, 2. At this present is effectually brought to pass, 3. And henceforth is to bee expected in the year neer at hand : with an introductorie preface / written by a Germane D. ; and now translated out of High-Dutch. date: 1651.0 words: 47326 flesch: 71 summary: 4. To Daniel shewed God that seventie weeks , ( which are annual or yearlie weeks , or four hundred nintie years ) were determined upon the Iewish people , in which time the Messiah should com , and bee cut off , and at length the Citie of Ierusalem bee destroied . Therefore give mee leav to make of it a publick offer unto your Patronage , not onely as a Testimonie of the forementioned Obligations , by which my Spirit in the sight of Christ is entirely engaged towards his Grace in You ; but as a Subject of my Agencie to solicite , that by the countenance of your Autoritie it may bee recommended to such , as know what the Communion of Saints doth mean in the Kingdom of Heaven , that there may bee a reciprocation of love in the gifts of the Spirit , between us and others the Members of Jesus Christ abroad ; and that the things mentioned in the Preface , as means to accomplish our hopes , which yet lie under deck , by the building up of the walls of Jerusalem in the mindes of Believers , may bee drawn forth ; and the faithful and indefatigable Co-Agent therein , beeing put in a capacitie to prepare his seed to bee sown by the working out of his proper tasks ; may finde opportunities which will oblige him seasonably to sow it , by speaking out that which at present can bee but hinted , and intimated in reference to the opening of the Principles , upon which the building of the Temple in Heaven is raised , and by which it will com down from the New Heaven upon the New Earth , to bee the Tabernacle of God with men . keywords: anie; beast; becaus; bee; chap; chapter; christ; church; citie; com; doth; earth; empire; end; fifth; god; great; hath; heaven; hee; lord; men; mysterie; ninetie; power; prophet; revelation; romane; second; set; sixtie; spirit; state; things; time; vers; waie; wee; witnesses; world; years cache: A45748.xml plain text: A45748.txt item: #194 of 418 id: A46878 author: Jewel, John, 1522-1571. title: A sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth by that learned and reverend man Iohn Iewel ... ; with an answer of the same authour to some frivolous objections against the government of the church. date: 1641.0 words: 10929 flesch: 68 summary: Thus said they , as men without feeling of God , onely endued with the light of nature . But ( as God himselfe declareth , who fashioned us , and made us , and knoweth us best , ) the very true end why man was made , was to know & to honour God : Therefore whoso knoweth him best , and honoureth him with most reverence , he is most perfect , he commeth neerest the end of his creation . keywords: bishop; christ; church; god; gods; gospell; hath; heart; holy; house; knowledge; learning; lord; man; men; people; saith; things; zeale cache: A46878.xml plain text: A46878.txt item: #195 of 418 id: A46895 author: Jackson, John. title: The booke of conscience opened and read in a sermon preached at the Spittle on Easter-Tuesday, being April 12, 1642 / by John Jackson. date: 1642.0 words: 16061 flesch: 71 summary: Whosoever then understands these three Greeke words , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , and {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or these three Latine words , Lex , Index and Judex , or these three English words , a Law , a Witnesse , a Judge , is in a good way of proficiencie , to understand the nature and essence of Conscience : for in the execution of these three acts Conscience officiateth , and dispatches its whole duty . And these principles being preserved and kept in the Conscience , they are as Land-marks to her to saile by , and as a law to her to live by ; in which regard this first act of Conscience is by the Greekes called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , that is , the records or conservation of right . keywords: booke; bread; city; conscience; continuall; doe; evill; feast; god; good; hath; heart; law; life; man; men; nature; non; right; rule; selfe; sin; text; things; thou; word; worme; ● ● cache: A46895.xml plain text: A46895.txt item: #196 of 418 id: A46904 author: Johnson, James, 1639 or 40-1704. title: The judge's authority or constitution a sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Peter in York, upon Monday the 7th day of March 1669/70, at the assizes holden for that county before the Right Honourable Baron Littleton, the Right WOrshipfull Sr. Philip Monckton, Knight, being High-sheriff of Yorkshire / by James Johnson ... date: 1670.0 words: 10774 flesch: 58 summary: The Septuagint renders it , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Judges and Magistrates shalt thou make thee , with which agrees the Chaldee paraphrase , and vulgar latine , but according to the Syriac version it is , Judges and Scribes , Wolphius renders it Apparitores , Junius and Tremellius , Moderatores , some translate it Decanos , others Duces , Officiales , Ministros Magistratuum , or Castigatores ; Apparitors , Moderators , Officials , Captains , Leaders , Virgers , or Correctours , according to the last of which Paulus Fagius thus distinguishes them , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sunt Judices , qui determinant causum , sive judicium , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sunt qui dominantur populo , & exequuntur mandata eorum , scilicet Judicum , cum virgâ & flagello ; their office being much of the same nature with that of the Lictors among the Romans , and so rendred castigatores , those that chastise or correct the people , agreeable with the third sort of Magistrates among the Jews called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Exactours , to which happily that of the Prophet Isaiah alludes , I will make thine Officers peace , and thine Exactours righteousness . The words indeed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 & 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 here used , are often placed together , and so by some taken for synonymous terms ; but Pagnin gives a caution against this , Cave ( says he ) nè cum plerisque interpretum , utramque vocem confundas ; and for the distinction of them , makes mention of several sorts of Judges or Magistrates among the Jews . keywords: authority; cause; equity; execution; gift; god; judgement; judges; justice; law; laws; man; officers; people; persons; respect; right; self; tcp; text; thou; words cache: A46904.xml plain text: A46904.txt item: #197 of 418 id: A46905 author: Johnson, James, 1639 or 40-1704. title: Nature inverted, or, Judgement turned into gall delivered in a sermon at the Cathedral Church of St. Peter in York, upon Monday the 18th of July, 1670, being the summer assize held before the Right Honourable Baron Turner and Baron Littleton, the Right Worshipfull Sr. Philip Monckton, Knight, being then High-sheriff of Yorkshire / by James Johnson ... date: 1670.0 words: 7322 flesch: 60 summary: 8. Lastly , Others look upon the words as a charge drawn up against them for their grand injustice and cruelty , in that they had overturned all law and right , and were become such monsters therein , as if they had changed the very order of law and nature ; They had so corrupted all judgement , overthrown all right , undermined all law● that thereby ( as the Psalmist speaks ) all the foundations of the earth were out of course : for they did not onely privately swallow up the needy , and make the poor of the land to fail , endeavouring to buy the poor for silver , and the needy for a pair of shoes , making also the Ephah small , and the shekel great , and falsifying the balances by deceit ; but they did publickly afflict the just ; they took a bribe , and turned aside the poor in the gate ( the place of open and publick judicature ) from their right . As there is no impiety like that impiety that is committed in Gods sanctuary , so no injustice like that injustice whereby men in the midst of laws sin against law , and do injustly in the Courts of Justice . keywords: gall; god; horses; judgement; justice; law; nature; oxen; power; prophet; right; righteousness; rock; sin; tcp; text cache: A46905.xml plain text: A46905.txt item: #198 of 418 id: A46978 author: Johnson, William, D.D. title: Deus nobiscum a sermon preached upon a great deliverance at sea : with the narrative of the dangers and deliverances : with the name of the master and those that suffered : together with the name of the ship and owners / by William Johnson, Dr. of Divinity. date: 1664.0 words: 23582 flesch: 72 summary: Secondly , there is praesentia gratiae , the gracious presence of God , and so he is upon Earth with the Sons of men . Even as a Bride and Bridegroom are one , man and wife ; so Christ and his Saints are one : for our nature in this union was married unto Christ , who is both God and man : even as before by the creation , Heaven and earth were married in man , and therefore by Lactantius called Societas coeli & terrae , the Society and fellowship of heaven and earth ; so by a neerer tye in our redemption , Heaven and Earth , Divinity and Humanity , God and Man , are joyned together : keywords: boat; children; christ; condition; danger; death; deliverance; glory; god; good; heaven; life; lord; love; man; men; nature; people; rock; saviour; sea; self; ship; time; water; wind; world cache: A46978.xml plain text: A46978.txt item: #199 of 418 id: A47177 author: Keith, George, 1639?-1716. title: A sermon preached at the meeting of Protestant dissenters called Quakers in Turners-Hall, London, on the 16th of the second month, 1696 : being the publick day of thanksgiving for the deliverance of the King and Kingdom : to which is added a testimony ... to King William the III from the aforesaid people ... / by George Keith. date: 1696.0 words: 9958 flesch: 71 summary: God is the Living and True God ; they that have an Inward Sense and Experience of his Mighty Power that hath quickened them , and made them alive , they alone can praise him in an acceptable manner . Yet still God hath had a number that would not Worship the Beast , and they were Sealed with the Seal of God ; yet the greatest number Worshipped him , whose Names are not written in the Book of Life , of the Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World , whose Cry in those days was , Who is like the Beast ? Who is able to make war with the Beast ? I hope none of us here are of that mind to slight and undervalue what God hath already done , to make way and room for what is now brought to pass , and will be more and more brought to pass and accomplished , the great Work of God , in raising up Men with a Noble and Undaunted Courage , and great Resolution , with their Lives in their Hands ; for many have laid down their Lives to give a faithful Testimony of the Truth , and have sealed it with their Blood above One hundred and thirty Years ago : The Work of God is to be owned , the Arm of God was made bare , and his Mighty Hand made known therein : keywords: christ; david; god; hath; king; living; lord; men; praise; psal; sin; spirit cache: A47177.xml plain text: A47177.txt item: #200 of 418 id: A47437 author: Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704. title: Christ alone the way to Heaven, or, Jacob's ladder improved containing four sermons lately preach'd on Genesis XXVIII, XII : wherein the doctrine of free-grace is display'd through Jesus Christ : also discovering the nature, office, and ministration of the holy angels : to which is added one sermon on Rom. 8, 1 : with some short reflections on Mr. Samuel Clark's new book intituled Scripture justification / by Benjamin Keach. date: 1698.0 words: 41506 flesch: 76 summary: What is Man , that thou art mindful of him ? that thou shouldst magnif●● him , and set thy heart upon him ? Sirs , it was the love of God the Father , I say that t●is way was prepared , it sprang or proceeded from the greatness of his love ; God so loved the W●rld ; if it had not been the product of the Father's Lo●e , it w●●l● not be to the praise of 〈◊〉 Grace ; the love of the F●ther in this case , in Moving , was as great as the 〈◊〉 in Consenting . Some obs●rve , t●at were it not for the good Angels , the Devils would even tear the very Bodies of the Saints into pieces : such is their ma●ice and rage against them . keywords: angels; christ; dreams; earth; faith; father; glory; god; hath; heaven; holy; jesus christ; ladder; law; life; lord; love; man; men; nature; o ●; person; righteousness; things; tho; thy; way; ● e; ● t; ● ● cache: A47437.xml plain text: A47437.txt item: #201 of 418 id: A47440 author: King, William, 1650-1729. title: Europe's delivery from France and slavery a sermon preached at St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, on the 16th of November, 1690, before the right honourable the Lords Justices of Ireland : being the day of Thanksgiving for the preservation of His Majesty's person, his good success in our deliverance, and his safe and happy return into England / by William King ... date: 1691.0 words: 10279 flesch: 60 summary: Europe's delivery from France and slavery a sermon preached at St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, on the 16th of November, 1690, before the right honourable the Lords Justices of Ireland : being the day of Thanksgiving for the preservation of His Majesty's person, his good success in our deliverance, and his safe and happy return into England / by William King ... King, William, 1650-1729. 1691 Approx. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 985:30) Europe's delivery from France and slavery a sermon preached at St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, on the 16th of November, 1690, before the right honourable the Lords Justices of Ireland : being the day of Thanksgiving for the preservation of His Majesty's person, his good success in our deliverance, and his safe and happy return into England / by William King ... King, William, 1650-1729. keywords: deliverance; design; england; europe; france; french; god; ireland; king; majesty; present; providence; religion cache: A47440.xml plain text: A47440.txt item: #202 of 418 id: A47445 author: King, William, 1650-1729. title: A sermon preached at St. Patrick's Church Dublin on the 16th of Novemb. 1690 being the day of thanksgiving for the preservation of His Majesties person, his good success in our deliverance, and his safe and happy return into England : before the Right Honourable the Lords Justices of Ireland / by William King. date: 1691.0 words: 10005 flesch: 61 summary: Our Friends and Relations , our Nobility , Gentry , and Clergy , driven for the most part out of the Kingdom , attainted for Life and Estates , and an Army ready to be transported into England , if God had not put a stop to their Designs , and confounded their Devices . God in his Providence so order'd it , that King James found an unexpected Diversion in Ireland , that employed all his Forces till things were settled in England ; and till his Present Majesty had leisure to break the Enemies Power in Scotland ; and prepare for the Conquest of Ireland . keywords: deliverance; design; england; europe; france; french; god; ireland; king; majesty; present; providence; religion cache: A47445.xml plain text: A47445.txt item: #203 of 418 id: A47528 author: Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704. title: God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for publick prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach. date: 1696.0 words: 19163 flesch: 69 summary: 2. To Acknowledge God , is not only to Acknowledge his Being , his Holy Essence , or Deity ; but also that he is the Absolute Soveraign of the whole World , and Sole Governour of all things in Heaven and Earth : I know the Lord is great , and that our Lord is above all Gods. But , 3. To Acknowledge God , Is to Own and Acknowledge that all things come to pass by his All-wise Providence : keywords: acknowledge; christ; counsel; glory; god; good; hath; lord; man; men; people; power; things; thou; thy; trust; way; wisdom cache: A47528.xml plain text: A47528.txt item: #204 of 418 id: A48433 author: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675. title: An handfull of gleanings out of the Book of Exodus probable solution of some of the mainest scruples, and explanation of the hardest places of that Booke ... / by John Lightfoot ... date: 1643.0 words: 22498 flesch: 80 summary: And Levi lived an hundred thirty and seven yeares , Exod● 6. 16. out of which those forty three being deducted which he had spent before their comming downe into Aegypt , it appeareth they were in Aegypt ninety foure yeares before his death : And those ninety foure being deducted out of the two hundred and fifteene , which they spent in that land , it appeareth also that a hundred twenty one yeares passed betwix● his death and their delivery , and till his death they felt no ●ffliction , Ex●d. 1. 6 , 7 , 8. SECT. II. This present mite that is tendered to you , accept as pledge and earnes● of all these , the value of it is . keywords: aegypt; altar; christ; curtaines; day; end; exod; god; golden; holy; israel; jehovah; law; long; lord; moses; non; passeover; people; place; sect; set; tabernacle; things; yards; yeares cache: A48433.xml plain text: A48433.txt item: #205 of 418 id: A48438 author: Lamb, Philip, d. 1689. title: A funeral sermon after the interment of Mrs. Sarah Lye. The late wife of Mr. Thomas Lye of Clapham. By Phil. Lamb, minister of the Word. Together with the scriptual evidence and experiences of the grace of God towards, and in her, left under her own hand date: 1679.0 words: 19044 flesch: 72 summary: This true love is a fire that makes all things like it self ; true love to God is of an assimilating vertue , it will make us like to God , and like to Christ , whom we love : Love is like a Looking-glass , if you turn the Glass downward , there will appear nothing but the representation of earth , and terrestrial creatures , all earth ; but if you turn it upward , then there will appear Heaven , and celestial , and the urseen glory of another world , unseen as to our bodily eyes , but visible to the eye of faith : If God hath vouchsafed this grace to you , as he hath made you partakers of his love , and given you the transcript or reflection thereof , be you sure that you love him again , and be you sure also to keep off every thing that may stifle or quench the heat of your love ; take heed of those strong blasts , those wicked and cursed temptations that arise from Hell ; take heed also of those damps that arise from the world ; if you set your affections there , those cold vapours arising thence , will either abate or extinguish the heat of this pure heavenly fire of love ; take heed of being Servants , with the World , to the lusts of the flesh ; beware of these things : Sin , the lusts of the flesh , the love of the World , and Christ , are , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , inconsistent , they cannot dwell together in one Soul. keywords: christ; day; god; grace; hath; jesus; jesus christ; lord; love; saints; soul; text; things; thou; wisdom; world cache: A48438.xml plain text: A48438.txt item: #206 of 418 id: A48723 author: Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694. title: The churches peace asserted upon a civil account as it was (great part of it) deliver'd in a sermon before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor in Guild-Hall-Chappel July 4 / by Ad. Littleton, presbyter. date: 1669.0 words: 19488 flesch: 53 summary: And this those godly and wise Governours thought , they might with a safe Conscience do , even in that service , which God himself had appointed ; and that Church was never in a more flourishing condition , then it was then . Church and State about their ears ; let any one judge , is not the Magistrate , whom God hath intrusted with the care of his Church , obliged to be as Zealous for the preservation of Church and State , in the vigorous defence of Truth and Peace ? To make a familiar instance : an honest man in possession shews a just courage in maintaining his right , and is commended for it ; whilst the injurious invader , let his courage be what it will , is apprehended and deservedly punish'd by Law , unless he grow too strong for the Law ; and then that 's a sad case . keywords: brethren; christian; church; churches; city; companions; conscience; english; god; good; government; honour; man; order; peace; people; publick; religion; self; state; thee; things; worship cache: A48723.xml plain text: A48723.txt item: #207 of 418 id: A48725 author: Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694. title: Hezekiah's return of praise for his recovery by A.L. date: 1668.0 words: 12735 flesch: 73 summary: Thus it is in all our troubles and afflictions , that befall us , be it what it will , or who it will , the malice of man or the Devil , Chance or Nature , our own negligence or indiscretion , that leads us on ; 't is God that brings us off ; and as we pray , that he will not Lead us into temptation , ( which he does but very rarely , and that only by way of permission ) so we must pray to him alone to deliver us from all evil . Further , besides the subordination , that men act as instruments , in what they do for us ; God is the sole principal Agent : there is usually this difference too ; that men , what kindeness or good office they may do us , they may do it for their own sake as well as ours ; not out of love to our person so much , as for some by-respect and self-end . keywords: bitterness; god; good; hezekiah; life; lord; love; man; mercy; obs; pit; praise; sickness; sins; soul; thee; thou cache: A48725.xml plain text: A48725.txt item: #208 of 418 id: A48734 author: Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694. title: A sermon preached in Lent-assizes, holden for the county of Bucks, at Alesbury, March 8th 1671/2 being Ash-Wednesday by Ad. Littleton ... date: 1671.0 words: 11173 flesch: 67 summary: The Learned Jew , I spoke of before , in his Book , called Cozri , ingenuously confesses , that it was upon this , that God was so highly displeased with the Israelites , that they rested themselves upon their Religious Services , their Oblations and Sacrifices , and other parts and acts of Gods Worship ; whereas in the mean time they wholly neglected the Laws of Nature , and the Rules of Society : the neglect whereof does by inevitable consequence tend to the dissolution of the Communities of Men ; it being a vain pretence , any man makes to Religion and the Worship of God , who wilfully breaks those Obligations and Ties , by which he stands bound to God and Man , upon the very account of Nature . Law is as connatural to Man , as his Reason is . keywords: church; god; government; israel; judge; justice; law; man; men; nature; people; power; samuel; self; time cache: A48734.xml plain text: A48734.txt item: #209 of 418 id: A48735 author: Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694. title: A sermon before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the Right Worshipful the Aldermen of the city of London, preached on Febr. 29, 1679/80, at Guildhall-Chappel by Adam Littleton ... date: 1680.0 words: 7744 flesch: 67 summary: My Lord , AS Government hath been always own'd by All , who ever were truly Wise and Good , to be one of the greatest Blessings , God hath vouchsafed to the Necessities of Mankind ; so through the Wantonness or Peevishness of those that are to be Govern'd , it is rendred sometimes as Difficult a Province , as it is Useful and Necessary . In order to the satisfaction of such Misapprehensions , I have designed this short Discourse ; the Sum of which is to do our Duty , and to trust God with the Success : which will certainly be the most Rational , as well as the most Christian way of securing every Man from those wild Fears , we labour under . keywords: evil; god; gods; good; hath; lord; man; self; selves; text; trust; way; wicked cache: A48735.xml plain text: A48735.txt item: #210 of 418 id: A48835 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon at the funeral of Sr. Edmund-Bury Godfrey, one of His Majesties justices of the peace, who was barbarously murthered preached on Thursday the last day of October 1678, in the parish church of St. Martin in the Fields / by William Lloyd ... date: 1678.0 words: 10447 flesch: 82 summary: For the First , that is , Men of Atheistical Principles ; they follow only their Lust , or their Interest ; Which will scarce unite any number of men to carry on such a formed design as this was . But when they had Strangled him , they had not done with him so , he must be cast forth to the Birds & Beasts : and that with the formality of a Sword thrust through his body , that if men came to find him , they might judge that he had killed himself ; Whether it were to save themselves from Suspicion , or whether out of malice to him , or whether both these together , God knows . keywords: abner; david; death; god; good; hath; king; man; men; shew; text; things cache: A48835.xml plain text: A48835.txt item: #211 of 418 id: A48837 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Francis Mitchel, who dyed the 19th, and was buried the 24th of July, 1671 date: 1671.0 words: 6272 flesch: 75 summary: There says Balaam 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let my soul go out of this world as the Righteous doth , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and let my latter end be like his . Him they called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is , Perfect , wanting nothing to make him a holy or a righteous man. keywords: end; god; life; man; peace; perfect; perfection; text cache: A48837.xml plain text: A48837.txt item: #212 of 418 id: A48851 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before the House of Lords, on November 5, 1680 by ... William Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. date: 1680.0 words: 10108 flesch: 71 summary: But because this will signifie nothing , till it appear who are the Church of God , or at least who are the enemies of it ; I shall determine that by bringing it to this issue ; That they who are most given to hate , and to destroy others , especially those others who differ from them in Religion , they are not the Church of God , or at least , they are so far corrupt in that particular . I have shewn so much of this Diabolical Spirit , in every sort of the Enemies of the Church of God ; not only in Heathens and Unbelievers , without ; but also in Hereticks and Schismaticks within : And I have shewn so much of the Christian Spirit on the other hand , the great patience and meekness of Gods people in dealing with all sorts of enemies : that considering what advantage they have who lay about them with rage , against those that stand still , and are only ready to suffer , one would wonder , that long since true Religion had not been destroyed , or driven out of the world . keywords: christians; church; enemies; god; good; hath; men; people; popery; religion; text; time cache: A48851.xml plain text: A48851.txt item: #213 of 418 id: A48852 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before Their Majesties at Whitehall, on the fifth day of November, 1689 being the anniversary-day of thanksgiving for that great deliverance from the gunpowder-treason, and also the day of His Majesties happy landing in England / by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties. date: 1689.0 words: 8402 flesch: 74 summary: My heart is fixed , Oh God , my heart is fixed : I will sing , and give praise . ON so great an Occasion as this , two such great Occasions as God has given us , for a perpetual Remembrance of this day ; Our Deliverance heretofore from the Gunpowder Treason , and now again from the imminent danger of Popery and Slavery : Such abundant , such overflowing matter of Thanksgiving to God , I confess I am Jealous of my self , may draw me forth into a trespass upon this great Audience ; there being so much to speak of , that one hardly knows what to leave out . keywords: church; danger; day; deliverance; england; god; king; laws; religion; text; time cache: A48852.xml plain text: A48852.txt item: #214 of 418 id: A48854 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before the Queen at White-Hall, January the 30th being the day of the martyrdom of King Charles the First by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties. date: 1691.0 words: 8295 flesch: 75 summary: The Righteous in this life , though he is in Friendship with God , which nothing can break but wilful or habitual Sin ; yet his Peace is disturbed often times , even with Sins of Infirmity , 't is eclipst with troubles in this World , it is clouded with melancholy Doubts , which even good Men are subject to . WE are here met this day to humble our selves before God , for one of the greatest Sins that ever was committed by any People that profess'd the true Religion ; except only the Iews rejecting and crucifying their Messias ; and to bewail the greatest loss , I think the greatest , that ever befell any Nation , in the death of any one Person ; both which Sin and which Calamity together , I would have parallel'd in one Text , but I know not where to find it in Scripture . keywords: day; death; god; good; iosiah; king; lamentation; nation; religion; sins; text cache: A48854.xml plain text: A48854.txt item: #215 of 418 id: A48855 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preached before Her Majesty, on May 29, being the anniversary of the restauration of the King and royal family by the Bishop of S. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties. date: 1692.0 words: 8701 flesch: 73 summary: Such things as God did then by Miracle he doth now in the course of his Ordinary Providence ; things which no man can do , nor can think how they were done . For what can they say to so many things that God only can do , and that all concurr'd together in this matter ? Was it by chance , that things were so prepared Abroad , that the French King , tho' he had notice of this Expedition , yet should be so blinded or benumm'd , as to do nothing to hinder it ? keywords: church; david; day; god; king; lord; people; religion; things; time; work cache: A48855.xml plain text: A48855.txt item: #216 of 418 id: A48856 author: Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. title: A sermon preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's-Westminster, on Saturday the 30th of January, 1696/7 being the anniversary of the death of King Charles I of Glorious Memory / by ... William, Lord Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ... date: 1697.0 words: 8402 flesch: 77 summary: By the Right Reverend Father in God , WILLIAM , Lord Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ; Lord Almoner to His Majesty . LONDON , Printed for John Everingham , at the Star in Ludgate-street , near the West End of St. Pauls , 1697. These they sought to especially , and by one of them , the Prophet Zechary , they had this Answer from God. keywords: church; fasting; fasts; god; hath; king; nation; people; text; time; years cache: A48856.xml plain text: A48856.txt item: #217 of 418 id: A50251 author: Mather, Richard, 1596-1669. title: The summe of certain sermons upon Genes. 15.6 vvherein not only the doctrine of justification by faith is asserted and cleared, and sundry arguments for justification before faith, discussed and answered : but also the nature and the meanes of faith, with the imputation of our sins to Christ, and of Christs righteousness to us are briefly explained and confirmed / preached at Dorchester in New-England by Richard Mather ... ; and now by him published at the earnest request of sundry well-affected and Godly Christians. date: 1652.0 words: 26503 flesch: 72 summary: I deny not but sundry of the things here treated of , viz the grace of Faith , Justification by faith , and the Imputation of Christs Righteousness unto justification , are mayn and principall points of christian religion , and such as that the ignorance of them or erroneous apprehentiōs about them can not but be very perilous : in which respect it is the more needfull that the people of God should be established in the belief & love of the truth concerning such points as these are . 6. VVherin Not only the DOCRINE of JUSTIFICATION by FAITH is Asserted and Cleared , And sundry Arguments for IUSTIFICATION before FAITH , discussed and Answered , But Also The nature and the meanes of Faith , with the Imputation of our sins to CHRIST , and of Christs Righteousness to us are briefely Explained and Confirmed . keywords: christ; doth; faith; god; grace; hath; justification; lord; man; men; righteousness; rom; sin; wee; word cache: A50251.xml plain text: A50251.txt item: #218 of 418 id: A50414 author: Mayne, Jasper, 1604-1672. title: A sermon against false prophets preached in St. Maries Church in Oxford, shortly after the surrender of that garrison / by Iasper Maine ... date: 1647.0 words: 12944 flesch: 57 summary: For certainly , as long as there are Churches to be had , I cannot thinke the next heap of Tu●…fes , or the next pil●… of Stones , to be a very decent Pulpit ; or the next Rabble of People , who will finde eares to such a Pulpit , to be a very seemly Congregation . If the Phil●…sophers rule be true , that things admit of definitions according to their essences , and that the nearer they approach to nothing , the nearer they d●…aw to no Description ; to goe about to give you an exact definition of a thing impossible to be defined , or to endeavour to describe a thing to you , which hath been so much disputed whether it be a thing , were to be like those Pr●…phets here in the Text ; first , to see Vanity my selfe , and then to perswade you that there is a Reality , and Substance in it . keywords: church; doe; god; hath; holy; lord; men; non; owne; people; place; prophets; reason; religion; selfe; text; things; times; truth; use; words cache: A50414.xml plain text: A50414.txt item: #219 of 418 id: A50868 author: Milner, John, 1628-1702. title: A brief examination of some passages in the chronological part of a letter, written to Dr. Sherlock in his vindication in a letter to a friend. date: 1700.0 words: 4783 flesch: 62 summary: 1. I cannot see the coherence , particularly of that last passage , if Nehemiah were born 470 years before Christ , and writ in the 347 th year before Christ , then he was about 104 years old ; for from the year 470 before Christ , to the year 347 before him are 123 years ; so that this Gentleman had express'd himself more coherently , if he had said , Then he was about 124 years old . This Gentleman tells us , pag. 9. that Jaddus might have been born any year before his Father Johanan came to be High-Priest , and that he suppos'd him born 30 years before in compliance with the most Learned Primate : Which Primates Judgment , he notwithstanding this , departs from in other particulars of this view , ( as to omit other instances ) when the Primate re●ers Nehemiah's coming from Sasa to Jerusalem , to the 454th year before Christ , this Gentleman refers it to the 445th year before him . keywords: darius; gentleman; nehemiah; pag; sanballat; time; years cache: A50868.xml plain text: A50868.txt item: #220 of 418 id: A51223 author: Moore, John, 1646-1714. title: Of religious melancholy a sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall March the 6th, 1691/2 / by the Right Reverend Father in God John, Lord Bishop of Norwich. date: 1692.0 words: 8236 flesch: 61 summary: By the Right Reverend Father in God , John , Lord Bishop of Norwich . Why art thou cast down , O my Soul ? and why art thou disquieted in me ? A Man , in no part of his life , wherein he is sensible he has offended God , can be exempted from the duty of repenting presently ; it being an obligation , which constantly lieth upon him , whenever he perceives his sin , to ask pardon for it , and to forsake it . keywords: doth; fear; god; good; hath; lord; love; melancholy; men; minds; souls; text; thoughts cache: A51223.xml plain text: A51223.txt item: #221 of 418 id: A51226 author: Moore, John, 1646-1714. title: Of the vvisdom and goodness of Providence two sermons preached before the Queen, at White-Hall, on August 17, 24, MDCXC / by John Moore ... date: 1690.0 words: 13061 flesch: 54 summary: As the firm Belief of Providence is of vast concernment to our Souls , so the Spirit of God has made many declarations of it , and fully set forth all the parts thereof in Holy Scripture , not only how God is pleased to engage himself in making provision for the Children of men , but how his care does extend to the smallest Creatures , and the meanest parts of the Creation . IT would not be easie for men with little Temptation to be drawn into great Sins , if they were fully perswaded that God was present , did behold the Affronts they were putting upon him , and would call them to a strict account for them : Neither would good Christians be so affrighted with the remote appearances of danger , and sink so quickly under Affliction , had they a firm belief that God was ever nigh them , and ready to deliver and support them . keywords: evil; god; good; goodness; holy; life; lord; love; man; men; power; providence; souls; state; things; wicked; wisdom; world cache: A51226.xml plain text: A51226.txt item: #222 of 418 id: A51914 author: March, John, 1640-1692. title: Th' encænia of St. Ann's Chappel in Sandgate, or, A sermon preached May 3, 1682 before the right worshipful, the mayor, aldermen, sheriff &c. of the town and county of Newcastle Upon Tyne upon their erecting a school and a catechetical lecture for the instruction of poor children and such as are ignorant / by John March. date: 1682.0 words: 8858 flesch: 73 summary: 5. 67. h E● v●●o & Catechismum brevem quide● ill●… , sed in cujus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…sideres . This Happiness and Glory we owe in great measure to that Loyalty and Conformity which shine forth in your own Examples ; partly also to that great encouragement you give unto the Loyal and Orthodox Clergy of the place , but chiefly to the due 〈…〉 your Authority , in suppressing Conventicles , those n●…rious Seminaries of d Popery , Schism , and Rebellio●… N●● are you only careful to preserve Loy●… and Conformity for this present Generation , but willing also to propagate these rare Vertues to posterity , you have erected a School , and a Catechetical 〈◊〉 for the instructing poor ignorant people in the principles of Piety ; Loyalty and Conformity . keywords: care; children; church; duty; fear; god; good; great; holy; lord; men; saith; text cache: A51914.xml plain text: A51914.txt item: #223 of 418 id: A52045 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: A peace-offering to God a sermon preached to the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament at their publique thanksgiving, September 7, 1641 : for the peace concluded between England and Scotland / by Stephen Marshall ... date: 1641.0 words: 17452 flesch: 75 summary: So likewise when they desired deliverance from their enemies , they used to beg in these termes , that God would not deliver the soul of his turtle unto the multitude of their enemies , accounting all to depend upon Gods act , if God refused to deliver up his turtle , they feared none others catching or shooting his turtle . And when he thought to do more against Gods people then God intended , God told him the Ax did but boast it self against him that hewed with it , and the sawe magnified it self against him that shaked it , and the staffe lifted up it self as if it forgot it self to be a piece of wood . keywords: church; day; duty; enemies; glory; god; gods; hath; heart; help; lord; man; men; mercies; people; praise; thankfulnesse; things; thou; time cache: A52045.xml plain text: A52045.txt item: #224 of 418 id: A52050 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: The right vnderstanding of the times opened in a sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, December 30, 1646, at Margaret Westminster, being the day of their solemne monethly fast / by Stephen Marshall ... date: 1647.0 words: 17115 flesch: 53 summary: Fourthly , Severall times , I meane the severall compositions of times , or Scenes , or Junctures of times , have their severall and peculiar duties laid out for every man by God himselfe : my meaning is this , there is a time of youth , a time of age , a time of prosperitie , a time of adversitie , a time of comfort , a time of trouble ▪ a time of warre , a time of peace , and a hundred other severall frames , and compositions , and junctures of time . Secondly , God hath joyned time and dutie inseparably one to another ; so that there is no dutie , but it hath an appointed time for it , and there is no time , but it , hath an appointed dutie for it ; it 's disputable whether there bee a vacuum in nature or no , it is most certaine there is no vacuum in time : No man ever lives to see that minute of time , nor that ragge or cranny of time , of which hee may truely say at this time , I have nothing at all to doe ; but the Lord hath measured out to all times some dutie or other : this our Saviour saith expresly , Matth. 6.34 . keywords: bee; day; doe; duties; god; gods; hath; hee; knowledge; lord; man; men; people; reference; shall; things; times; understanding; wee; wisedome cache: A52050.xml plain text: A52050.txt item: #225 of 418 id: A52087 author: Marston, John, Master of Arts. title: A sermon preached at St. Margaretts in VVestminster on Sunday the sixt of February last, before many of the worthy members of the Honorable House of Commons in this present Parliament / by John Marston... date: 1642.0 words: 15758 flesch: 55 summary: And we may well be Prodigall of our teares , when God himselfe is so thrifty to treasure them in his bott●e ; where ( in Heaven ) they shall lye desposited , as the earnest of our comming thither ; and when we doe arive that place of blisse , every drop shall be as a pearle to adorne our soules . LONDON , Printed by F. L. for Io. Burroughes , and Io. Franke , and are to bee sold at the signe of the Golden Drag●n neere the Inner Temple Gate in Fleetstreet . 1642. keywords: day; death; doe; feare; god; hath; haue; heart; heaven; life; lord; man; non; owne; prophet; repentance; saint; saith; sinne; soule; teares; text; thou; time; turne; way; wee; ● ● cache: A52087.xml plain text: A52087.txt item: #226 of 418 id: A52174 author: Mason, John, 1646?-1694. title: Spiritual songs, or, Songs of praise to Almighty God upon several occasions Together with the Song of Songs which is Solomons: [F]irst turn'd, then par[ap]hrased in English verse. To which may be added, Penitential cries. date: 1699.0 words: 25525 flesch: 87 summary: But fallen Angels must be left , And Fallen Men must rise ; For this , the Son of God must Fall A Bloody Sacrifice : Thy Deep and Glorious Councels , Lord , With Trembling I Adore ; Blessed , thrice blessed be my God , Blessed for evermore . XV. Oh could I love as I have lov'd , Thy Watches heretofore ; As England's Glory thou hast prov'd , May'st thou be so yet more : This day must I for God appear , For , Lord , the day is thine ; O let me spend it in thy Fear ! keywords: art; christ; church; come; day; dear; death; dost; doth; earth; eyes; face; god; good; grace; hand; heart; heaven; hell; holy; life; lord; love; man; praise; sing; song; soul; thee; thine; thou; thy; word cache: A52174.xml plain text: A52174.txt item: #227 of 418 id: A52275 author: Newton, John, 1637 or 8-1711. title: The penitent recognition of Joseph's brethren a sermon occasion'd by Elizabeth Ridgeway, who for the petit treason of poysoning her husband, was, on March 24, 1683/4, according to the sentence of the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Street ... burnt at Leicester ... : to which is prefixed a full relation of the womans fact, tryal, carriage, and death / by John Newton ... date: 1684.0 words: 10679 flesch: 63 summary: Yea , take your punishment meekly , as justly inflicted upon you both by God and man for your heinous sin ; which leads me to the last Particular of their Deportment . Man first saith it , and God himself by his frequent wonderful Discoveries hath set his Seal to it . keywords: blood; brethren; brother; confession; death; god; guilt; husband; joseph; man; men; murder; ridgeway; self; text; time cache: A52275.xml plain text: A52275.txt item: #228 of 418 id: A53265 author: Oakes, Urian, 1631-1681. title: New-England pleaded with, and pressed to consider the things which concern her peace at least in this her day, or, A seasonable and serious word of faithful advice to the churches and people of God, primarily those in the Massachusets Colony, musingly to ponder, and bethink themselves, what is the tendency, and what will cetainly be the sad issue, of sundry unchristian and crooked wayes which too too [sic] many have been turning aside unto, if persisted and gone on in delivered in a sermon preached at Boston in New-England, May 7, 1673, being the day of election there / by Urian Oakes ... date: 1673.0 words: 34331 flesch: 62 summary: He that shall be Tre●cherous and False to the Civil Government , as he is injurious highly to the present and succeeding Generations ; So he is guilty of High Treason against the Lord Jesus , and will be proceeded against as a rebel and Traitor to the King of Kings , when he shall hold his great Assizes at the End of the world And if there be any such Iudas●s among us as have received their Sop , and are going forth to betray Jesus Christ ( I meane the Interest of Christ here among us ) with a kisse ( ●●b●●lous pretences of love and good affection ) or to force him ( if need be ) with swords & staves ? For the Conscient●ous pers●●si●n about them is not immediately under the Magistrates Cognizance . — He 〈◊〉 neither be said to tolerate or prosecute men for the Errors of Conscience that are no way manifested : And yet no Errour is tolerable mee●●y 〈◊〉 Cons●ience sake , or because it is conscientiously maintained by the Erroneous person , and he can truly say that he believes ●t in his Conscience . keywords: christ; church; churches; condition; consideration; day; duty; end; england; god; good; hath; hearts; interest; israel; issue; liberties; liberty; lord; man; manner; men; ministers; new; peace; people; respect; sin; spirit; things; thou; thy; understanding; way; wayes; wilderness; wisdome; word; ● d; ● ● cache: A53265.xml plain text: A53265.txt item: #229 of 418 id: A53699 author: Owen, John, 1616-1683. title: The glory and interest of nations professing the Gospel preached at a private fast, to the Commons assembled in Parliament / published by their command, by J. Owen. date: 1659.0 words: 9519 flesch: 71 summary: The next intendment of the words in the Type , seems to relate to the deliverance of the People of the Jews from the Babilonish captivity , and the presence of God amongst them upon their return ; God frequently taking occasion from thence , to mind them of the Covenant of Grace , with the full ratification and publication of it by Christ , as is evident from Jer. 31. and 32. and sundry other places . 2. The presence of God in special providence over a people , attends the presence of Christ in grace with a people ; if Christ the glory be with them , a defence shall be upon them ; what lies else in allusion to the mercy-seat , not drawn forth in these propositions , may be afterwards insisted on . keywords: christ; glory; god; gospel; lord; men; nation; people; power; presence; spirit; world cache: A53699.xml plain text: A53699.txt item: #230 of 418 id: A53899 author: Pearson, John, 1613-1686. title: A sermon preached November V, MDCLXXIII, at the Abbey-Church in Westminster by John, Lord Bishop of Chester. date: 1673.0 words: 5610 flesch: 66 summary: THis Psalm begins with an Hallelujah , and wholly consisteth of Praise and Thanksgiving ; in which the People of God express a just resentment and grateful acknowledgment of the chiefest mercies received by their Fathers , referring them all to the goodness of God , and jointly and publickly magnifying his Name , as if it were previous to the great voice of much people in Heaven heard by S. John. 3. Whereby he sheweth , that in the extraordinary works of God wrought for the benefit of his people , the Attributes of the Divine Nature manifestly appear ; as his Wisdom in contriving them , his Power in effecting them , his Goodness in vouchsafing them , his Justice in denying them to others , his Mercy in conferring or confining them to us ; and at the same time informeth us , that our Praise consisteth in the sole acknowledgment of these Attributes . keywords: day; god; hath; lord; people; praise; tcp; text; work cache: A53899.xml plain text: A53899.txt item: #231 of 418 id: A54040 author: Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679. title: An enquiry after truth and righteousness, and after the people whom the Lord establisheth and will establish therein in some queries on Isa. 58, and also on chapter 54. date: 1671.0 words: 3373 flesch: 69 summary: How tender was God of I●rael after the flesh in the day of his delivering them , see 1 ●hron . Surely they who are taught of God , have peace from him and in him , and are established in the righteous Spirit and life of his Son , they are like mount Sion , which cannot be shaken or removed , by all the Terrors and oppressing Devices of the ungodly . keywords: god; lord; quer; righteousness; spirit; tcp cache: A54040.xml plain text: A54040.txt item: #232 of 418 id: A54064 author: Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679. title: Some sensible, weighty queries, concerning some things very sweet and necessary to be experienced in the truly-Christian state whereunto is added A postscript, containing some queries on Isa. 50. 10, 11. A scripture of deep counsel & concern to the darkned and distressed states, of some among those that fear & obey the Lord. Written by one, who hath been sorely darkned and distressed, for a long season, but at length mercifnlly [sic] enlightned & comforted by the hand which afflicted & distressed him, Isaac Penington. date: 1677.0 words: 4605 flesch: 77 summary: Is it a Fear taught by the Precepts of men , or a Fear springing from the Root of Life within ? Can any who receive this Fear from God , and who are preserved in the sense of it ( and in the holy Awe and Reverence which it produceth ) depart from the holy , tender , living God and Father ? O how Happy is he , who hath received the true Understanding from God , which cannot be deceived ; wherein he hath the Evidence and Demonstration of God's Spirit concerning them , and knoweth the Truth as it is in Jesus ; as it is in his Life , in his Spirit , in his Power , who ministers after the Power of an Endless Life unto all his Sheep , wo are returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of the Soul , who hear his Voice and follow him , wherever he goes or leads , who is an eternal Shepherd and eternal Door of Life to his , and leads to precious Pastures , and sweet still Sreams of Life , and is giving the sweet Food , Rest and pure Pleasure of Eternal Life unto his abundantly , even as it is his Will , that after their many sore Trials , Exercises and Travels ( & Faithfulness to him therein ) they should abundantly possess and enjoy it . keywords: god; isa; life; lord; spirit; thou cache: A54064.xml plain text: A54064.txt item: #233 of 418 id: A54855 author: Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. title: A sermon preached at St. Margarets in Westminster before the Honourable the House of Commons in Parliament assembled, upon the 29th day of May, being the anniversary day of the King's and kingdomes restauration by Thomas Pierce ... date: 1661.0 words: 7967 flesch: 68 summary: But we need not go further for an instance , then to the people in my Text , whom though God might have called a very wild Tamarisk , he was pleased to stile his Beloved Vine . Lord ! how carefully it was manur'd with Rain and Sun-shine ? with Quailes , and Manna , and water squeez'd out of a Rock ? with the Dew of heaven , and with the Fatness of the earth ? and yet when all was done that could be , they either brought forth no Grapes ; or if they did , they were commonly wild ones . Last of all , when I consider , That though Peace is a blessing , and the greatest in its kind , yet many consequences of Peace are but glittering Snares , and that the things which are given us as helps to memory , are apt to make us * forgetful of Him that gave them , I cannot think of a fitter Text for the giving advantage to my Design , then This Remarkable Caveat to the People of God , against forgetfulness and ingratitude amidst the pleasant Effects of a Restauration . keywords: day; deliverance; egypt; god; hath; land; lord; man; tcp; text; thou; thy cache: A54855.xml plain text: A54855.txt item: #234 of 418 id: A55028 author: Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647. title: The necessity and encouragement, of utmost venturing for the churches help together with the sin, folly, and mischief of self-idolizing applyed by a representation of 1. some of the most notorious nationall sins endangering us, 2. the heavy weight of wrath manifested in our present calamities, yet withall, grounds of 3. confidence, that our church shall obtain deliverance in the issue, 4. hopes that the present Parliament shall be still imployed in the working of it : all set forth in a sermon, preached to the honorable House of Commons, on the day of the monethly solemn fast, 28. June, 1643 / by Herbert Palmer ... date: 1643.0 words: 33194 flesch: 74 summary: Let me then take them , and all others , at their own words in this , and judge them out of their own mouths ( God will be sure to doe so one day , ) that they have acknowledged our Land and Church to be not only a greatly endangered , but a deeply guilty people ; and so in both respects needing abundance of help , even the utmost that can possibly be afforded , by any , by all of us . God saw more evill in their wayes and heart , then man could , he saw upon the same principles urged by stronger temptations , they would have proved enemies , though now they were only Neuters , or false and hollow hearted , left handed friends : It is I say , but the same principle of wicked selfe-love , wrought upon by Satan , and men , with other opportunities that makes some men Neuters , and others desperate enemies , which God seeing ( though men doe not , or will not , or cannot , ) counts all such a generation of vipers and a brood of Serpents , and devotes them to destruction . keywords: application; church; churches; danger; day; doct; enemies; god; gods; good; hath; help; man; men; nation; parliament; people; reason; reformation; self; selves; sins; things; time; use; utmost; way cache: A55028.xml plain text: A55028.txt item: #235 of 418 id: A55560 author: Powell, Thomas, 1608-1660. title: The beauty, vigour and strength of youth bespoke for God in a sermon lately preached to young men / by Thomas Powell ... date: 1676.0 words: 14014 flesch: 76 summary: The beauty, vigour and strength of youth bespoke for God in a sermon lately preached to young men / by Thomas Powell ... The beauty, vigour and strength of youth bespoke for God in a sermon lately preached to young men / by Thomas Powell ... keywords: age; christ; creator; dayes; fear; god; gods; good; heart; life; love; man; men; soul; thee; things; thou; thy; time; whatsoever; world; youth cache: A55560.xml plain text: A55560.txt item: #236 of 418 id: A56228 author: Prynne, William, 1600-1669. title: A vindication of Psalme 105.15. (touch not mine anointed, and doe my prophets no harme) from some false glosses lately obtruded on it by Royalists Proving, that this divine inhibition was given to kings, not subjects; to restraine them from injuring and oppressing Gods servants, and their subjects; who are Gods anoynted, as well as kings: and that it is more unlawfull for kings to plunder and make war upon their subjects, by way of offence, then for subjects to take up armes against kings in such cases by way of defence. With a briefe exhortation to peace and unity. date: 1642.0 words: 7232 flesch: 77 summary: If any Court-Chaplaine here demand ; how I prove beleeving Subjects fearing God , to be his anoynted , as wel as Kings or P●iests ? I answer : first , the Scripture resolves expresl● : ●hat all true Christians are really ( in a spirituall sence ) both Kings and Pri●sts to God the Father , though they be but subj●cts in a politicke sence : yea , God hath prepare● a heavenly kingdome● ( with an eternal Crown of glory ) for them , where they shall raigne with C●rist for ever and ever . Secondly , Consider to whom these words were spoken ; not to Subjects , but to Kings them●elves ; a● the Psalmist resolves in expresse terms , Vers. keywords: god; gods; kings; lord; people; prophets; servants; subjects; text; thou; touch; violence cache: A56228.xml plain text: A56228.txt item: #237 of 418 id: A56841 author: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. title: Solomons recantation, entitvled Ecclesiastes paraphrased with a soliloquie or meditation upon every chapter : very seasonable and useful for these times / by Francis Quarles ; with a short relation of his life and death. date: 1648.0 words: 19578 flesch: 77 summary: Away , away ; the holy Saints-bell rings , Put on thy robes , and oyle thy sacred wings : Call home thy heart , and bid thy Thoughts surcease To be thy Thoughts ; Go , bind them to the peace ; Take good security , or if such fail , Commit them to the all-commanding Iail Of thy cram'd bags , there to lie close and fast Vntill thy heav'n atoning vowes be past : Confine thy rambling pleasures to the trust Of vacant houres : And let thy wisdome thrust Indulgent Hagar , and her base born child From thy sad Gates ; Let them be both exil'd From thy soft b●some ; Let not Ishmael share Whith holy Isa'c ; Isa'c must be heire : Nor let thy sorrow melted heart bemone Thy banisht bondslave , nor her thirsty sonne : Take thou no care for them ; Heav'n will supply Their craving thirst with bottles from thine eye : Leave all thy servill Fancies in the vale , Mount thou the sacred Hill , and there , bewaile Thy dying Isa'c , whose free gift may be A living pledge betwixt thy God and thee . Alas , my soul , if heaven should suit thy store With thy desire , then wouldst desire yet more : Or if spring tides of Gold shonld a degree Transcend thy wish , perchance it would want thee : What if a num'rous Off-spring should proclame A perpetuity to th' lasting Name ; Or if the even-spun Twine should be extended Till thou could'st number Nations all descended From thine own loynes ; yet , if the sparing hand Of wayward Providence should chance to brand Thy dayes with poverty , th' abortive birth Is more indebted to the gracious earth Then thou , Whose shadow-grasping hand even tires Upon the vanity of the vast desires : Nay , if both beav'n and earth should undertake T' extract the best from all Mankind to make One perfect happy man , and thou wert Hee ; Thy finite fortunes still would disagree With thy insatiate soul : Some Q●almes of earth , Hereditary to thy humane birth , Would print thy pamper'd soul with such a fresh And lively Character of feeble flesh , That all thy joyes ( do Fortune what she can ) keywords: blood; breath; day; dayes; death; earth; end; eye; eyes; flesh; god; good; grief; hand; hast; hath; heart; heav'n; life; man; men; peace; pleasure; rest; soul; text; thee; thou; thoughts; thy; time; vain; vanity; vers; wisdome; works cache: A56841.xml plain text: A56841.txt item: #238 of 418 id: A56853 author: Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650. title: Fons lachrymarum, or, A fountain of tears from whence doth flow Englands complaint, Jeremiah's lamentations paraphras'd, with divine meditations, and an elegy upon that son of valor Sir Charles Lucas / written by John Quarles. date: 1649.0 words: 28145 flesch: 78 summary: For when the mind 's perplex'd , then we begin Either to fall to , or to fall from Sin : For like the restless Sea she 's active still , And always agitating good or ill ; If well imploy'd , she builds a wall about The Soul , to keep approaching dangers out : But if she spends her thriftless hours in Evil , She makes a banquet to invite the Devil , Who with his subtle and misguiding force Will re-invite her to a second course : And then let Christians judg how much disquiet That Soul sustains that loves the Devils dyet . Ah then my Soul , if thou desir'st to be Exempted from the lot of miserie , Make Heav'n thy refuge ; there thou mayst be sure To find contentment , and repose secure : Thou needst not fear , there is no poys'nous thing Can wound that Soul that truly loves his King : Nor all the malice mortals can invent , Shall add to thee one mite of discontent : There is no sorrow , no calamity T' oppress thy thoughts ; No wry-look'd enemy T' upbraid thy actions : then my Soul advise How much it profits to be heav'nly wise . keywords: blood; death; end; eyes; god; good; grief; hand; hath; heart; heav'n; life; love; man; meditat; mercy; nay; peace; poor; rest; run; self; sin; sins; sorrow; soul; tears; thee; thou; thoughts; thy; times; world cache: A56853.xml plain text: A56853.txt item: #239 of 418 id: A57130 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: The author and subject of healing in the church set forth in a sermon preached before the Right Honorable the Parliament of England at St. Margarets Church in Westminster, on Wednesday, April 25, 1660, being the day of their assembly / by Dr. Edward Reynolds ... date: 1660.0 words: 9932 flesch: 75 summary: The words contain a gracious and discriminating mercy unto an holy remnant that feared Gods name , for their supportance and comfort against the terror of the foregoing threatning , that unto them the Sun of Righteousness , the promised Messiah , should arise in his Incarnation with healing in his wings ; and when grosse darkness did cover the people , and they did sit even in the shadow of death , not only veiled over with the Shadows and 〈◊〉 of the Law , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 misled by the 〈◊〉 glosses of S●…ibes and Pharisees , sold and devoured by their own shepherds , wofully oppressed under Alexander , Janneus , Hircanus , Aristobulus , sub●…ued by Pompey into the form of a Roman Province , and then sorely afflicted under the Tyranny of Antipater and Herod ; that after such a night of darkness and distress , the promised Messiah should come to break the yoke and rod of their oppressor , and assert his people into Light and Liberty again . 1. The discriminating grace of God between a Remnant that feared his name , and the body of a co●…upt and prophane people . keywords: christ; church; day; fear; god; grace; hath; healing; isai; light; lord; men; non; people; psal; righteousness; sun; text cache: A57130.xml plain text: A57130.txt item: #240 of 418 id: A57132 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: The brand pluck'd out of the fire a sermon preached before the lord major, aldermen, and companies of London on Novemb. 5 at Pauls by Edward Reynolds. date: 1659.0 words: 9226 flesch: 80 summary: Satan brings in his Charge to condemn ; What 's the Answer ? Christ died , Christ is risen , Christ is at the right hand of God , Christ is our Advocate with the Father , Christ hath a plenitude and sufficiency of Grace , Christ can save to the utter most those that come unto God by him , Christ is stronger then the strong man , Christ hath exceeding abundant grace to save the chief of sinners , Christ ascended up on high and gave gifts unto men , even unto the rebellious : If God will not hear the blood of his Son , if Christ will not hear the cry of his servant , if Satan can out-bawl the Intercession of Christ , if Satan can pluck Christ from the right hand of his Father , or can pluck away the compassions of Christ out of his bowels , then , never till then , shall penitent sinners that trust him with their souls and salvation , be cast in their suit , and be put to shame . keywords: christ; church; fire; god; gods; hand; isa; joshua; lord; men; non; satan; temple; work cache: A57132.xml plain text: A57132.txt item: #241 of 418 id: A57133 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: The churches triumph over death opend in a sermon preached Septemb. 11, 1660, at the funeral of the most religious and vertuous lady, the Lady Mary Langham / by Edward Reynolds ... date: 1662.0 words: 11433 flesch: 76 summary: whereas holy men have complain'd of dying daily , 1 Cor. 15. 31. of being in deaths often , 2 Cor. 11. 23. of being compassed about with death , Psal. 18. 4. The wicked have no bands in their death , Psal. 73. 4. they are at an agreement with it , have as it were hired it not to disquiet them , Isa. 28. 15. they put it far from them , Amos 6. 3. Now God hath more care of us then of herbs , and his spirit more efficacy then the dew , and therefore however we may be withered and consumed with calamity and death , yet he will raise us up again , and cloath us with beauty and glory . keywords: christ; church; dead; death; deliverance; god; hath; isa; life; lord; men; power; resurrection; world cache: A57133.xml plain text: A57133.txt item: #242 of 418 id: A57140 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: Gods fidelity, the churches safety opened in a sermon preached before the lord major, aldermen, and common-councel, at Lawrence-Jury Church, on Wednesday Septem. 15, 1658 : being a day of humiliation by them appointed / by Edward Reynolds. date: 1659.0 words: 12152 flesch: 75 summary: 3. An acknowledgement of the justice of God in the punishment of their iniquities , on Kings , Priests , and people , in captivity , poverty , and contempt , ver . IN the former part of this Book , we have a Narration of many great mercies of God to his people after their long and sore captivity . keywords: covenant; day; doth; god; gods; good; grace; hath; ier; isai; lord; love; men; mercy; people; psal; sin; thou; work cache: A57140.xml plain text: A57140.txt item: #243 of 418 id: A57148 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: The misery of a deserted people opened in a sermon preached at Pauls before the Lord Major, aldermen, and Common-Councel, Decemb. 2, 1659, being a day of solemn humiliation by them appointed / by Edward Reynolds ... date: 1659.0 words: 11122 flesch: 81 summary: Lord rather no Canaan , no milk , no honie , no houses , no vineyards , no heards , no flocks , no Angel , then No God , Exod. It is a rich mercy , as Galeacius said , to have but one hours communion with God ; but when he dwells in his Church , as in setled place , 1 Reg. 8. 13. Psal. 68. 16. and makes a soul or people his Temple , this is truly the glory of such a soul or people , 1 Sam. 4. 21. 3. Protection and defence , If God be with us , who can be against us ? keywords: christ; church; depart; god; gods; isa; judgement; lord; men; people; presence; unto cache: A57148.xml plain text: A57148.txt item: #244 of 418 id: A57149 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: The pastoral office opened in a visitation-sermon preached at Ipsvvich October 10, 1662. / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich. date: 1663.0 words: 9596 flesch: 69 summary: Those Ends are The proclaiming Repentance and Remission of Sins , the bringing Glad tydings of Good things , the turning men from darkness to light , and from the power of Satan unto God , the saving of souls , the perfecting of Saints , the Edifying the body of Christ , the nourishing of men in the words of faith , the speaking a word in season to the weary , to shew forth the Lords death till he come ; These and such like great and weighty workes the Apostle calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Eph. 4. 12. In opening the Pastoral Office of Christ , as he came to Seek and to save his Lost sheep ; to Rule them by his royal authority ; to Lead them by his most holy example ; to feed them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , by his Body , Blood , Spirit , and Word ; to Heal and bind them ; to fold and defend them , to rescue and deliver them out of the mouth of the Wolf and Lion 2 In setting forth the whole duty of the Vnder-shepherds which they owe to the flock of Christ , as they have entrusted unto them the Ministery of Reconciliation , which Ministery standeth in 4 things , 1 In offering up the spiritual Sacrifices of prayers and praises in the name and behalf of the Church unto God , and to blesse in his name . keywords: acts; christ; church; cor; doctrine; god; grace; hath; john; lord; love; men; ministery; office; word cache: A57149.xml plain text: A57149.txt item: #245 of 418 id: A57150 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: The peace of Jerusalem a sermon preached in the Parliament House, Jan. 9, 1656 : being a day of private humiliation kept by the members thereof / by Edward Reynolds. date: 1659.0 words: 10196 flesch: 79 summary: THe whole world is divided into a two Congregations of men , the Church Malignant under Satan their Head , and the City of God , under Christ their Head . Thirdly , An Exhortation , that inasmuch as such glorious things belong to this City of God , therefore men would pray for the peace and prosperity thereof , vers. keywords: christ; church; city; god; gods; good; hath; house; lord; love; man; men; peace; people; prayer; psal; things cache: A57150.xml plain text: A57150.txt item: #246 of 418 id: A57160 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: A sermon preached in St. Paul's before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor by Dr. Edward Reynolds, late Lord Bishop of Norwich. date: 1678.0 words: 11179 flesch: 76 summary: And now as the Apostle stopped the mouth of cavilling disputers with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Rom. 9. 20. O man who art thou ! and God draws Adam out of the thicket , with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Adam , where art thou , Gen. 5. 8. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , making God such a God to themselves , as Pasquilius speaks , as they had made themselves to be unto him , they would fain be unto themselves Arbitri religionis & praeceptorum , even d●●ores , as Hilarius Pictaviensis elegantly speaketh , and the Philosopher gives the reason of it in another case , keywords: doth; duties; god; gods; good; judgment; justice; law; lord; man; men; mercy; people; text; thou; thy; word cache: A57160.xml plain text: A57160.txt item: #247 of 418 id: A57166 author: Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. title: The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich. date: 1663.0 words: 18695 flesch: 82 summary: Love is the Vehiculum of all that help and service which one Christian man deriveth upon another ; hereby we x serve one another , and y edifie one another ; we bear with the infirmities , sustain the burdens , and rejoyce in the comforts , mourn in the sorrows , distribute to the necessities , pray for the souls of one another ; By this means the graces of the Church are more bright and resplendent , as the flame which ariseth out of united fewel , is much greater then that which each stick alone by it self doth render ; and hence it is that the servants of God do z love the habitation of his house , and the place where his honor dwelleth , a assembling themselves there together with one accord , because he hath promised b that in every place where he recordeth his name , he will come unto them , and bless them : and by this means there were added to the Church daily such as should be saved . 1. Light and Luster ; for as a great part of the Corporal Beauty is in the life and vigour of the eye , so of spiritual Beauty in the clarity and brightness of the mind ; when the Lord , a who commanded the Light to shine out of Darkness , shineth in our Hearts , to give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ ; as the Sun is the greatest Beauty of the visible world , so Christ , as a b Sun of Righteousness , by the c Excellency of his knowledge , is the glory and beauty of the invisible . keywords: apostle; beauty; body; christ; church; cor; god; hath; isa; joh; lord; love; man; peace; psal; rom; spirit; unto cache: A57166.xml plain text: A57166.txt item: #248 of 418 id: A57377 author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666. title: Clavis Bibliorum The key of the Bible, unlocking the richest treasury of the Holy Scriptures : whereby the 1 order, 2 names, 3 times, 4 penmen, 5 occasion, 6 scope, and 7 principall parts, containing the subject-matter of every book of Old and New Testament, are familiarly and briefly opened : for the help of the weakest capacity in the understanding of the whole Bible / by Francis Roberts ... date: 1648.0 words: 72910 flesch: 79 summary: particularly and especially proving , That Christ is true and eternall God , against Corinthians and Hebionites , c. 1. That Christ is true man , and assumed true flesh , against Cerdonians , Manichees , Priscillianists and Valentinians , ( which by a Propheticall spirit , he foresaw would follow , ) c. 4. That Iesus is the true Christ , the promised Messiah against Iew● and Nazarites , c. 2. That the Father , Word and holy Ghost , are three true distinct Persons , of one essence ; against Sabelli●ns , &c. c. 5. That they that are born of God ought not , nay , as such , cannot commit sin ; and such as do not righteousnesse are of the devill , not of God , against the Carpocratians , c. 3. 2. To stirre up all that professe to know God and believe in him , that they walk in light , not in darknesse , 1. Iohn 1.5 , 6 , 7. as Christ walked , that they keep the Commandements , especially abound in love , 1 Iohn 2.4 , 5 , 6. and all along the Epistle . The nature of the blessed God , Simple , without composition ; s Al-sufficient , without any externall addition , t immutable , without all shadow of alteration ; u Eternall , x Immense , Incomprehensible , y Omnipresent , and wholly z Infinite , without all limitation , &c. The a Vnity of essence ; The b Trinity of Persons ; The father not being the Son , nor either of them the Holy Ghost ; yet all of them the Holy God. keywords: act; acts; apostle; book; c. 1; c. 2; c. 3; c. 4; c. 5; c. 6; c. 7; c. 8; c. 9; c. c.; christ; church; churches; cor; death; doctrine; end; epistle; faith; foure; generall; god; gods; gospel; greek; hath; hebrew; himselfe; history; holy; iesus; iii; iohn; israel; kings; l. 2; law; life; love; luke; man; matter; moses; new; occasion; parts; paul; penman; people; peter; principall; prophecy; prophets; scope; scripture; second; spirit; testament; things; time; timothy; ver; viz; word; years; ▪ c. cache: A57377.xml plain text: A57377.txt item: #249 of 418 id: A57542 author: Rogers, John, b. 1647. title: A sermon preached before the corporation of Trinity-house in Deptford Strand, at the election of their master, May XXX, 1681 by John Rogers ... date: 1681.0 words: 8038 flesch: 64 summary: To call upon God in times of Danger and Distress , is natural to mankind ; but no kind of Dangers have such an aptitude in them to rouse the Spirits of men , and make them think what their condition is towards God , as those which sea-faring men are frequently exposed to . Now if these things were but once throughly considered and laid to heart , one would think it almost impossible there should be any such Monster in the World as a loose and irreligious Sea-man , and that these are they of all men who live soberly , righteously and godly in this present world , who pray continually , and call upon their God , and are least obnoxious to inconsideration and stupidity ; that these are they who live in a perpetual sense of the protecting Arm of God , and a continual dread of his Majesty , in whom , after an extraordinary manner , they live and move , and have their being , and that if this sort of warfare cannot perswade men , neither will they be perswaded though one should rise to them from the dead ; there being nothing in this World which in its own nature can tend more to the awakening of mens minds , and bring them over into the ways of Religion and Vertue , than that perillous state they live in , through the suddenness , the number and frequency of those calamities which are always incident to sea-faring men . keywords: dangers; god; hath; lord; man; men; providence; religion; sea; tcp; text; thou; world cache: A57542.xml plain text: A57542.txt item: #250 of 418 id: A57727 author: Row, James, 17th cent. title: The Red-Shankes sermon preached at Saint Giles church in Edenburgh, the last Sunday in April / by a highland minister. date: 1642.0 words: 3392 flesch: 66 summary: Lastly , she was so pure and tender as shee would not touch any thing which had been corrupted , but now she hath toucht some Popish pitch , and how can she but be defiled ? the application followes . For her smelling , I am sure she smels better then ever she did , for shee can smell a Bishoprick , ten yeares before it fall ; but it may be those that smell best shall never lay their fingers ends on it now . keywords: asse; hath; kirke; scotland; shee; text; yee cache: A57727.xml plain text: A57727.txt item: #251 of 418 id: A57979 author: Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661. title: A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1644 by Samuel Rutherfurd. date: 1644.0 words: 29050 flesch: 75 summary: 2. Consider the supreame absolute Soveraignty that hee hath over Heaven and Earth ; what created royalty is in the pieces of Clay , who carry diadems of clay on their heads , is eminently in him , Artaxerxes is but King of some Kings ; but God is absolutely the supreame Monarch , Superiour , Landlord and King of Kings , and of all Kings and Lord of Lords , Ahashuerosh sent his royall mandates through an hundred and If God be eternall and Lord of time , we must be carefull that wee say not as the people doth , Jer. 8. 20. keywords: bee; beleeve; christ; church; doe; dominion; doth; earth; eternall; faith; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; hee; king; law; life; light; lord; love; man; men; non; psal; soule; spirit; thee; things; thou; time cache: A57979.xml plain text: A57979.txt item: #252 of 418 id: A58211 author: Reading, John, 1588-1667. title: A sermon delivered in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, concerning church-musick by John Reading ... date: 1663.0 words: 6281 flesch: 73 summary: 3. As Musick was appointed by God , to praise him in his Tabernacle and Temple , to which Christ in the days of his flesh often resorted ; so was it used by Christ , as at his last Supper , and institution of that great Mystery appointed by him to represent and shew his death and passion till he come ; wherein Christ sung his pare with his Apostles , ( for we may not think , that he sat by them onely to keep time , or as an Auditor . ) Add hereto , that even under the Gospel , Musick is expresly commanded , for edification in Christ , and therefore must still be lawfull and necessary : of which the Apostle faith , Ephes. 5.19 , 20 — Be filled with the spirit ; speaking to your selves in psalms and hymns , and spiritual songs , singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord : giving thanks always for all things unto God , and the father , in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. keywords: christ; church; god; gods; holy; lord; musick; service; text; thy cache: A58211.xml plain text: A58211.txt item: #253 of 418 id: A58334 author: Reeve, John, 1608-1658. title: Spiritual hymns upon Solomons song: or, Love in the right channel Wherein that divine part of scripture is paraphras'd, and the dark places expounded; and may be vocally sung in the ordinary tunes of the singing Psalms. By John Reeve. date: 1684.0 words: 31124 flesch: 91 summary: O love my Soul , and love me more , Altho I know no reason why : Let me experience where that great Magnetick power of Love doth lye . And why not yield the heart ? when as The God of Saints , the best of Gods , And his Love is the best of Loves , And their Loves are the best , by odds ? keywords: beloved; blood; christ; day; eyes; face; fair; fire; fruit; god; grace; great; hand; hath; head; heart; hymn; jesus; king; lord; love; man; praise; saints; self; sin; soul; thee; thine; thou; thy; world cache: A58334.xml plain text: A58334.txt item: #254 of 418 id: A58499 author: A. B. title: Remarks upon a late pamphlet entituled, A brief and full account of Mr. Tate's and Mr. Brady's New version of the Psalms by a Divine of the Church of England. date: 1699.0 words: 6418 flesch: 52 summary: P. 7. — His Majesty taking the same into his Royal Consideration , is pleased to order in Council , That the said new Version of the Psalms in English Metre be , and the same is hereby Allowed and Permitted to be used , in all Churches , Chappels , and Congregations , as shall think fit to receive the same . New version of the Psalms of David. keywords: allowance; church; divine; new; psalms; royal; use; version; vindicator cache: A58499.xml plain text: A58499.txt item: #255 of 418 id: A58812 author: Scott, John, 1639-1695. title: A sermon preached before the Artillery Company of London, September 15, 1680 at St. Mary Le Bow, and at their request published by John Scott ... date: 1680.0 words: 8831 flesch: 38 summary: For when men have been trained up in excess and voluptuousness , and their minds are contempered and naturalized to it , the least hardship or difficulty will be terrible to them ; so that if ever they should be forced out of the Lap of Pleasure into the Lists of War , ill Quarters and a hard March will kill them without a Battel , and the least sense of pain , or appearance of danger will presently strike their spirits and air , and turn all their bloud into a trembling jelly . IV. Another cause which very much contributes to the making men couragious , is their having a hopeful prospect of being well seconded ; for when a man apprehends that he is left all alone in the midst of danger , or that he must encounter it with unequal Forces , that he is not back'd with sufficient Auxiliaries , or that the advantage of Strength and Power lies on the other side , it must needs be a mighty allay to his courage . keywords: cause; courage; danger; god; good; hath; hope; man; men; mind; reason; righteousness; selves; tcp; text cache: A58812.xml plain text: A58812.txt item: #256 of 418 id: A58813 author: Scott, John, 1639-1695. title: A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen, at the Guild-Hall Chappel, the 16th of December, 1683 by John Scott ... date: 1684.0 words: 9347 flesch: 26 summary: I profess to your Lordship ▪ with the same Sincerity , that I would confess my Soul to God , that my Design in this Discourse , was only to promote the Peace and Happiness of Men ; for I thank God , I know no man in the World , whom I do not heartily wish well to , and whom how widely soever he may dissent from me in Matters of Religion I would not most willingly render any good Office I am able , so far as it consists with my Duty to the Church and Government ; and had I not thought it an exceeding good Office to all , and particularly to the Dissenters and their Adherents ( whose Discontents render them of all men most obnoxious to factious impressions ) to warn them in such a Time and Juncture of Affairs as this of the manifold Mischiefs of Faction , I had not troubled your Lordship , or the World with a Discourse of this Nature . For what a nauseous Shame is it , to see Men set up for Reformers , and disturb a wise and excellent Establishment with endless Scruples about indifferent Things , whose Consciences , as they call 'em , are as tender as their Eyes on one side , and yet as hard as their Foreheads on the other ; cannot indure the weight of an innocent Ceremony when their Obedience is required ; and yet to serve the Interest of a Faction , can dance under loads of Perjury and Treason ? and yet , God help us , such as these have been the Captains of all our Factions against the Government ; Men of ill Lives and Atheistical Principles , that pretend to Grace without Morality , and to Religion without believing in God , and yet make a mighty Noise against the Government for true Religion , pure Ordinances , and a thorough Reformation , and therewithal have drawn in our discontented Sects into their Party , and listed them Voluntiers to their Revenge and Ambition : And indeed , while Men live in Dissent from the established Religion , it is impossible but their Minds should be in some measure prejudiced against the Government , especially if they are restrained from propagating their Dissents , as they must expect to be under all wise Governments ; for to be sure , this Restriction will be accounted by them an injurious Persecution , and 't will be hard for them to refrain hating their Governours , whilst they look upon them as their Persecutors ; and when once their Passions are armed against the Government , they are half way onwards to an open Rebellion : And 't will be an easy matter for any Cashier'd Grandee , or Politick Demagogue that has but Wit enough to Chafe their Discontents , and Credit enough to head their Cause , to form them into a resolute Faction against the Government ; so that it will be impossible , either for the Government to be safe , or for us to be secure from the Mischiefs of Faction , whilst we affect to dissent from the established Religion . keywords: change; faction; god; government; interest; nature; party; principles; religion; selves; text; things; world cache: A58813.xml plain text: A58813.txt item: #257 of 418 id: A58815 author: Scott, John, 1639-1695. title: A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London at St. Mary le Bow, July 26, 1685, being the day of publick thanksgiving for his Majesties late victory over the rebels by John Scott ... date: 1685.0 words: 6669 flesch: 44 summary: First , Because Rebellion is an appeal to God in a Cause that is plainly and apparently unjust . But as for Rebellion , the injustice of it is far more visible and apparent , every man knows , or might easily know , if he were not extreamly wanting to himself , that his King is the Vicegerent of his God ; and that being so , he is indispensibly obliged by all the ties of Reason and Religion to submit to his Will , and reverence his Person , and bow to his Authority ; and that he cannot lift up his hand against him , without fighting against God himself ; the truth of which is as obvious to our natural reason , and as plainly asserted in holy Scripture , as of any Proposition in Religion : so that I dare boldly affirm a Man may find as fair pretexts for any vice whatsoever , even for Drunkenness , Whoredom or Perjury , as ever were made for Rebellion . keywords: appeal; authority; cause; god; government; lord; reason; rebellion; right; text; victory cache: A58815.xml plain text: A58815.txt item: #258 of 418 id: A59276 author: Dominican fryer. title: A sermon preached on the occasion of a funeral at Gabuly in Ireland by a Dominican fryer. date: 1689.0 words: 1772 flesch: 74 summary: Thou hast poured out like Milk , and crudled me as Cheese . BEloved , you see here what Job says of himself , yea Job , that holy Man ; he compared himself to Cheese , yes , he doth you Sirs , he doth to Cheese like Cheese , Thou hast curdled me or framed me . keywords: cheese; eebo; tcp; text; thou cache: A59276.xml plain text: A59276.txt item: #259 of 418 id: A59548 author: Sharp, John, 1645-1714. title: The duty and happiness of doing good two sermons : the former, preached at the Yorkshire feast, in Bow-Church, Feb. 17, 1679 : the other, before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London, at the Spittle, Apr. 14, 1680 / by John Sharpe ... date: 1680.0 words: 19871 flesch: 62 summary: Let us so order our devotions towards God , that they may be a means of promoting our worldly business and affairs , and doing good among men . If God hath blessed us with worldly goods , let us distribute them as we see occasion in our life time , when every one may see we do it voluntarily ; and not stay till we must be forced to part with them whether we will or no , for that will blast the credit of our good deeds both with God and man. keywords: charity; doth; god; good; hath; life; love; man; men; publick; saith; selves; text; things; way; works; world cache: A59548.xml plain text: A59548.txt item: #260 of 418 id: A59552 author: Sharp, John, 1645-1714. title: A sermon about the government of the thoughts, preach'd before the King & Queen, at White-Hall, the 4th of March being the 2d Sunday in Lent, 1693/4 / by ... John, Lord Archbishop of York. date: 1694.0 words: 7693 flesch: 68 summary: Half title: The Archbishop of York's sermon about the government of thoughts, before the King & Queen, at Whitehall, March iv, 1693/4. Reproduction of original in Duke University Library. And I must needs say , that most of those I have met with , that have discours'd about the Government of Thoughts , by not enquiring into , and setling this Point , have been so far from benefiting all their Hearers , that desired to receive benefit by their good advices , that to several of them they have done harm ; Because as to them their advices have been perfectly unpracticable . keywords: business; god; government; man; minds; power; text; things; thoughts cache: A59552.xml plain text: A59552.txt item: #261 of 418 id: A59557 author: Sharp, John, 1645-1714. title: A sermon preached at the second general meeting of the gentlemen and others in and near London who were born within the County of York in the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, February 17, 1679/80 / by John Sharpe ... date: 1680.0 words: 9998 flesch: 64 summary: This question ( after an intimation of the uncertainty and perplexedness of all humane events , but withal of the exactness of the Providence of God who hath made every thing beautiful in its season , He thus resolves in the words of the Text , I know ( saith he ) that there is no good in them but for a man to rejoyce and do good in his life , that is to say , I have found by long experience that all the Happiness that is to be had in the good things of this life doth arise from these two things , Rejoycing in the enjoyment of them , and doing Good to others with them while we live . To do good is the truest way to procure to a mans self a Good name and Reputation in the World , which as it is a thing desirable upon many accounts , so it is a singular Advantage to a man for the carrying on his secular designs . keywords: god; good; hath; life; man; men; rejoycing; selves; text; things; way; world cache: A59557.xml plain text: A59557.txt item: #262 of 418 id: A59559 author: Sharp, John, 1645-1714. title: A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, in Bow-Church, on the feast of St. Michael, 1680 at the election of the Lord Mayor for the year ensuing / by John Sharpe ... date: 1680.0 words: 9013 flesch: 67 summary: As all those General Terms , whereby a mans whole Duty is exprest in Scripture , have their several respects and considerations which difference them one from the other , though they be all equally Comprehensive : So hath this term of Vprightness . That which it immediately and particularly respects , is the Goodness of a mans Principles , and the sutableness of his Actions to them . keywords: doth; evil; god; good; hath; light; man; men; text; things; times; vpright cache: A59559.xml plain text: A59559.txt item: #263 of 418 id: A59562 author: Sharp, John, 1645-1714. title: A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Wednesday the 21th of May, 1690, being the day of the monthly-fast by John Sharpe ... date: 1690.0 words: 9462 flesch: 69 summary: First , That God is seriously concerned for the good and happiness of Nations and Kingdoms , as well as that of particular Persons ; and more especially of those Nations that profess his true Religion . Secondly , That the Happiness and Prosperity of Nations is to be attained the same way that any particular Man's happiness is , that is to say , by fearing God and keeping his Commandments . keywords: day; god; good; happiness; lord; nations; people; religion; text; things; time; world cache: A59562.xml plain text: A59562.txt item: #264 of 418 id: A59570 author: Sharp, John, 1645-1714. title: A sermon preach'd before the King & Queen, at White-hall the 12th of November, 1693 : being the day appointed for a publick thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the gracious preservation of His Majesty, and his safe return / by John, Lord Archbishop of York. date: 1693.0 words: 8011 flesch: 67 summary: Take what Hypothesis you will ; either that there is no God , but that all things come to pass by Chance , or inevitable Necessity ; Or , that there is a God , but that God having once put things into this Frame , never meant to trouble himself more about them , but left them to shift for themselves , Natural Events falling out from necessary Causes , and Civil Affairs being left to Mankind , who are to shuffle and divide the World among themselves as well as they can ! I pray , what is the meaning of worshipping God , of putting up Prayers and Supplications to Him for the things we need ; of returning Thanks for the Benefits we have received ; of appointing Religious Rites and Methods for the expiation of Guilt , or the averting of impendent Calamities ( all which things have been practised in all Nations , from the beginning of the World to this day ) ? keywords: doth; god; good; hath; king; lord; mankind; reason; text; things; world cache: A59570.xml plain text: A59570.txt item: #265 of 418 id: A59874 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: A sermon preached at St. Margarets Westminster, May 29, 1685, before the Honourable House of Commons by William Sherlock ... date: 1685.0 words: 5975 flesch: 55 summary: It was not the Throngs and Crowds of People , which met their returning Prince , nor those loud and joyful Acclamations wherewith they welcomed him to his Country and Throne ; it was not the external Pomp and Splendour of the Show , though as magnificent as Art and Nature could make it ; nay , it was not meerly the transporting sight of a Prince , who was now endeared by long Absence , and by the Oppressions and Injuries of Usurpers , who after ten thousand Indignities returned with all the Expressions of a Princely Goodness and Indemnity : I say , though these were all very affecting Circumstances , and added much to raise and heighten a present Passion , yet they were not the true Glory of this day , which consisted in restoring the English Monarchy in the Royal Line : for this we bless God , and for the continuance of this we pray this day ; and if we believe King Solomon , there is great reason for both ; for it is as great a Blessing as any Nation can enjoy : Blessed art thou , O Land , when thy King is the Son of Nobles . As for that Dispute , Whether Kingly Government be by Divine Right , if by Divine Right we mean a positive Law and Institution of God , that all Nations shall be governed by Kings , I find no such thing in Scripture , which is the onely Revelation of the Divine Will ; but if by Divine Right , we mean onely such an intimation of the Will of God , as we can learn from the appearances of Nature and Providence , I dare boldly affirm , that Kingly government is by Divine Right ; that is , is most agreeable to all those notices we have of the Will of God from the original frame and constitution of Nature , and from the dispensations of Providence ; which though it be not sufficient to condemn all other Governments as unlawful , yet it advances Monarchy above all other Forms of Government , when it appears , that God himself has at least given the preference to it . keywords: god; government; king; monarchy; power; prince; right; subjects; tcp; text cache: A59874.xml plain text: A59874.txt item: #266 of 418 id: A59877 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the city of London, at Gvild-hall-Chappel, on Sunday, Nov. 4, 1688 by William Sherlock ... date: 1689.0 words: 6767 flesch: 53 summary: As to Explain this more particularly , but very briefly : There is no good Protestant but will confess , That we are Justified only by the Merits of CHRIST's Death and Sacrifice , as the only Expiation and Atonement for our sins : that no works of Righteousness which we can do , can make satisfaction to God for our sins , nor merit Eternal Life , which is the gift of God : that Christ is our only Saviour , and that he is the Saviour only of his Body or Church : that we are incorporated into the Body of Christ , and put into a state of Justification by Faith and the Christian Sacraments : that no impenitent unreformed sinner , though he do profess to believe in Christ , and be baptized , shall be saved by Him ; and therefore though Repentance and a holy life do not merit the pardon of sin , nor eternal Rewards , yet they are necessarily required in all those , who shall be forgiven and saved by Christ. This I say , all good Protestants agree in , and all this is plainly taught in Scripture ; and whoever believes this , and practises accordingly , shall certainly be saved : and what need is there then of reducing all this into artificial Schemes , wherein Mens Fancies and Conceits differ ? What necessity is there of disputing what the Office of Faith , or what the Efficacy of Works is in our Justification , when we all agree , that we are saved only by the Mercy of God , and the Merits of Christ through Faith in his Bloud , and the Exercise of Repentance and a holy Life : to understand the reason and order of things , conduces much to the beauty and perfection of Christian Knowledge ; but Men may be saved , and the Peace of the Church better secured , without such particular Determinations . keywords: christian; church; faith; god; good; jerusalem; lord; love; men; peace; unity cache: A59877.xml plain text: A59877.txt item: #267 of 418 id: A59880 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: A sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, January the xxxth, 1691/2 by William Sherlock ... date: 1692.0 words: 6710 flesch: 58 summary: THIS Psalm , as the Title tells us , and as Learned Men generally agree , is a Prayer of Moses ; penned by him , as is supposed , after God had pronounced that final Sentence against the Israelites , That none of that great Army , which came out of Egypt , from twenty years old and upwards , should enter into Canaan , but should all die in the Wilderness , excepting Caleb and Joshua . The first is implied , That sin for which God thus punished them : keywords: church; day; god; government; king; power; prince; sermon; subjects; tcp; text cache: A59880.xml plain text: A59880.txt item: #268 of 418 id: A59883 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: A sermon preached before the Queen at White-hall, June 26, 1692 by William Sherlock ... date: 1692.0 words: 5682 flesch: 62 summary: There is an inbred Greatness in human Nature , which does not care to confess its own weakness , which will not yield , or submit , or own a Conquest ; an untaught Courage , which supports the rude and illiterate part of mankind , even without Reason and Discourse ; which is improved by a sense of Honour in men of Fortune , increases by exercise and discipline , by hard labour , and difficult trials , and is lost by ease and luxury , and softness , which makes the Mind as tender as the Body , to feel all the Vicissitudes of Fortune , as a crazy and distempered body does the change of Weather . God has put a spirit into man , which can bear his Infirmity ; and if we have it not , it is our own fault . As for Instance : We must consider the state of the world , which is in a continual flux and motion , and does not long shew the same face of things ; that the various Lusts and passions of men among whom we live , will create a great deal of trouble to us ; and that our mortal bodies are liable to pain and hunger , and many Calamities . keywords: god; man; men; mind; reason; spirit; sufferings; support; things; world cache: A59883.xml plain text: A59883.txt item: #269 of 418 id: A59887 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: A sermon preach'd at the Temple-Church, December 30, 1694, upon the sad occasion of the death of our gracious Queen by William Sherlock ... date: 1694.0 words: 5177 flesch: 63 summary: But if we may say , that some things are more peculiarly the care of Providence , than others , Life and Death are certainly so ; no man can be Born or Die , without the particular Order and Appointment of God : Our Saviour tells us , not a sparrow falls to the ground without our Father , much less men ; and assures his Disciples , that all the hairs of their head are numbred ; and their Lives are more sacred than their Hairs . Our good Queen did not think so , who knew what an Earthly Crown meant , but was willing to part with it for Heaven ; who saw Death approaching without fear , and prepared to receive its Stroke with that calmness and sedateness of Mind , as nothing could give but an innocent Conscience , and much greater Hopes But as for our selves , though we must acknowledge that we have received a very great Loss , in the Death of an excellent Queen , yet we have no reason to quarrel at Providence , while God preserves our King to go in and out before us . keywords: care; church; death; god; men; providence; reason; tcp; text cache: A59887.xml plain text: A59887.txt item: #270 of 418 id: A59891 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: A sermon preach'd on the second of September being the fast for the fire of London, at the cathedral church of St. Paul's, before the right honourable the Lord-Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London / by W. Sherlock ... date: 1699.0 words: 7273 flesch: 62 summary: This they think hard , that they must part with all their Sins , to remove these Judgments ; nay , this they think can't be the Truth of the Case , because the World is always very wicked , and yet the Judgments of God are not always abroad in the World : And therefore they suppose , that when God does execute Judgments , it is not Sin in general , but some particular Sins , which so highly provoke him ; and could they learn what they are , and reform them , they might see happy Days again : And this sets men at liberty to favour what Sins they please , to reproach and accuse each other , and to charge all the Evils and Calamities they suffer upon one another , without thinking of reforming themselves . God is gracious and merciful , slow to anger , and of great kindness : He delights more to display his Glory in acts of Goodness and Bounty to his Creatures ; but Judgments are his strange work , which makes the signal Execution of them so very rare ; and the way to have them rare , is not to forget them , to learn Righteousness by the things which we have suffer'd ; to fear and tremble before that God who is so terrible in his doings towards the children of men . keywords: church; conscience; god; judgments; lord; providence; publick; rod; tcp; text; world cache: A59891.xml plain text: A59891.txt item: #271 of 418 id: A59892 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: A sermon preach'd at St. Paul's Cathedral, November 22, 1699 being the anniversary meeting of the Lovers of Musick / by W. Sherlock ... date: 1699.0 words: 6088 flesch: 61 summary: I would not have you mistake me ; I do not appear in this place at this time to decry or disparage the use of Musick in the Worship of God , which would neither become this Presence , nor my own Character ; but to persuade and direct you to turn the Delights and Charms of Musick , into the Raptures of Devotion , which would the most effectually silence all the Enemies of Church-Musick , and Cathedral-Worship , while as a Divine Poet of our own Sings , This would visibly turn Delight into a Sacrifice . Now since Musick , whatever it be , and how well soever performed , is of no Use or Value in Religion , but as it serves the true Ends of Devotion ; we must Enquire , What that Harmony and Melody is , which is so acceptable to God ; How fit External and Sensible Melody is to promote this ; And how it may and ought to be improved to that purpose . keywords: christian; church; devotion; god; musick; passions; praise; quarto; singing; worship cache: A59892.xml plain text: A59892.txt item: #272 of 418 id: A59895 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: Some seasonable reflections on the discovery of the late plot being a sermon preacht on that occasion / by William Sherlock ... date: 1683.0 words: 10018 flesch: 54 summary: It was impossible to do this , without calling to mind a great many things , which to be sure , those who are any ways concerned , are not now willing to hear of ; and that with such plainness , as is necessary to convince men of the evil nature and tendency of such practices : but God is my witness , that I did not this with the least design to upbraid or reproach any men , or party of men , but with the same honest and charitable intentions , though it may be not with the same skill , that a Chirurgeon uses in searching a wound to the very bottom ; which is very painful indeed , but absolutely necessary to a Cure. This Pious Prince , though he were immediately advanced to the Throne by God himself , could not escape the Conspiracies of his enemies both at home and abroad : for Men of Turbulent and restless Spirits , will be sure to find or make some pretences or occasions of quarrel , under the most just and equal Government . keywords: church; god; government; king; man; men; plot; popery; popish; prince; religion; things; zeal cache: A59895.xml plain text: A59895.txt item: #273 of 418 id: A60352 author: Slater, Samuel, d. 1704. title: A sermon preach'd at Crosby-Square, Jan. 8, 1692 upon the funeral of that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. John Reynolds, who died in the Lord the preceding 25 Decemb. / by Samuel Slater ... date: 1693.0 words: 14638 flesch: 68 summary: David was a good Man , a godly Man , a man after Gods own Heart , a Man of War , a man of Mettal and courage ; when but a Stripling , he did not fear Goliah an huge and mighty Gyant , before whom all Israel trembled ; yet when God was pleased to deprive him of his Friend and Brother , to take from him his Ionathan , he was distressed . David did not know how to bear the Death of Absalom , but went up and down like a Bedlam , wringing his hands , and crying , Would God I had died for thee , O Absalom , my Son , my Son , 2 Sam. 18. keywords: brother; david; father; god; good; hath; heart; ionathan; lord; love; man; self; selves; thee; things; thou; work cache: A60352.xml plain text: A60352.txt item: #274 of 418 id: A60353 author: Slater, Samuel, d. 1704. title: A sermon preached on the thanksgiving day the 27 day of October, 1692 at Crosby Square by Samuel Slater. date: 1693.0 words: 10735 flesch: 63 summary: You have been a seeking People , you have fought the Lord , his Face , and Favour , and Strength , you have been seeking frequently , earnestly ; you have been seeking the Lord on the behalf of your King and Queen ; we have done it frequently , earnestly , together and apart ; many and many a Prayer we have lifted up to Heaven for them , and God hath graciously heard us , and been found of us : Our King hath found God near to him , and round about him . THIS short , but sweet and excellent Psalm was indited by the holy Spirit of God , and penn'd by David , the sweet Singer of Israel , in the form and manner of a Prayer , for the help of the Church in their imploring Blessings and Successes upon their Kings , whom God by his Providence had set over them ; though here is also a particular Reference or Respect had unto the Lord Jesus , who is the Head of the Church , and over all things to the Church , King of Sion , and of Saints : keywords: day; doth; enemies; god; good; hath; joy; king; lord; mercy; people; prayer; salvation; text; things cache: A60353.xml plain text: A60353.txt item: #275 of 418 id: A60354 author: Slater, Samuel, d. 1704. title: A sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sir John Shorter, Knight, Lord Mayor of the city of London at Grocers-Hall by Samuel Slater ... date: 1688.0 words: 23320 flesch: 71 summary: But to the Matter before us : As God the Father hath thus honoured Christ , so must we honour the Father for doing so ; and there is great reason for it . And now , my Lord , let me address my Discourse to you and those Worshipful Aldermen your Brethren here present , whom God and the King have vested with Authority , and armed with civil Power : I do desire you , and by virtue of his Authority , who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords , in whose Name I come , I charge you to appear , and that vigorously in your several Places for Christ. keywords: christ; church; day; doth; father; god; good; hath; heart; holy; honour; king; lord; man; men; power; set; sion; son; spirit; things; world cache: A60354.xml plain text: A60354.txt item: #276 of 418 id: A60482 author: Smith, John, 1630-1679. title: Gērochomia vasilikē King Solomons portraiture of old age : wherein is contained a sacred anatomy both of soul and body, and a perfect account of the infirmities of age, incident to them both : and all those mystical and ænigmatical symptomes expressed in the six former verses of the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes, are here paraphrased upon and made plain and easie to a mean capacity / by John Smith ... date: 1666.0 words: 62951 flesch: 58 summary: And thus far of the natural faculty of man , both in reference to the preservation of the Individual , and the propagation of the Species ; from which short observations they that are better skilled in the hidden mystery of the frame of mans body and know all the wonderful alterations that are therin made may easily attain the knowledge of the full scope and intention of the Wise-man in this place . There is a learned Commentator saith upon the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 here translated pleasure : Hebraea vox non modo voluptatem , sed etiam negotium quodlibet opusve significat ; The original word , saith he , signifieth work and business , as well as pleasure . keywords: age; bloud; body; bones; daies; death; doors; doth; end; evil; eye; flesh; god; good; grinding; hath; head; heart; house; inward; job; life; light; lord; man; men; mind; motion; musick; nature; outward; parts; pass; place; reason; respect; saith; scripture; self; sense; soul; state; strength; sun; symptomes; teeth; things; thou; time; tree; understanding; use; verse; voice; way; whatsoever; word; work; years cache: A60482.xml plain text: A60482.txt item: #277 of 418 id: A60610 author: Smith, William, b. 1615 or 16. title: A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Norwich on the ninth of September, 1683 being the day of public thanksgiving for His Majesty's late deliverance / by William Smith ... date: 1683.0 words: 9029 flesch: 52 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. Dr. Sharp's Sermon before the Lord Mayor . — Sermon at Spittle and Yorkshire-Feast . — Sermon before the House of Commons , Apr. 11. 1679 — at the Election of the Lord Mayor , 1680. keywords: blood; church; conspiracy; danger; day; god; government; hath; lord; men; rebellion; sermon; tcp; text; wonders cache: A60610.xml plain text: A60610.txt item: #278 of 418 id: A60613 author: Smith, William, b. 1615 or 16. title: Two sermons preached at the Cathedral Church of Norwich the one upon the 3d of May being Wednesday in Rogation week, the other upon the 29th day of May being the solemnization of His Majesties birth and restauration / by William Smith, D.D., Preb. date: 1677.0 words: 10466 flesch: 50 summary: Now what can acquit any man to God or man , that understands his indispensable obligation of doing all the good he can , and can believe what God hath promised and done , to assure him of the success of his Prayers ; I say how can any man acquit himself to God and man , that shall refuse any offices , or neglect any of those opportunities , when Prayers are to be put up to God for either the common or the particular blessings of them that need them ? I wish the Consciences of men that have any designs for Religion ( and they are infinitely unreasonable that have none ) were sufficiently informed , and seriously affected in this case : our Assemblies would not be so thin , nor so unconcerned , when we are every day crying out for mercy , and pleading for blessings . But then secondly , by the performance of the duty of praying continually as to the Publick Prayers , I mean a constant attendance upon them in all such appointed periods , which the Governors of every Christian Church must be supposed to have determined to be performed in some publick place set apart and consecrated to that service of God ; whether they be in some certain seasons of the year , as this week of Rogation is one , or in so many days in the week , as by the frequent successions of the Lords day and other Festivals , and Fasts , or in so many divided portions of the day ; and in all other contingent occasions of Christians assembling together for the service of God. Which Periods being so set apart for God , and appointed for our duty , do so indispensably oblige the Consciences of men , that no man can make a wilful omission of them ( especially if it be habitual ) but he may be interpreted to have so far departed from God , and thrown himself off from his protection and blessing . keywords: church; day; duty; god; gods; government; king; man; mercy; offices; prayers; set; text; time; world cache: A60613.xml plain text: A60613.txt item: #279 of 418 id: A60942 author: South, Robert, 1634-1716. title: Interest deposed, and truth restored, or, A word in season, delivered in two sermons the first at St. Maryes in Oxford, on the 24th of July, 1659, being the time of the assizes : as also of the fears and groans of the nation in the threatned, and expected ruin of the lawes, ministry, and universityes : the other preached lately before the honourable Societie of Lincolns-Inn / by Robert South ... date: 1660.0 words: 22511 flesch: 62 summary: As much as God is more glorious than man , so much is it more glorious to be confessed before him , than before men : And so much glory as there is in being confessed , so much dishonour there is in being denyed . Now there is nothing more apt to induce men to a suspition of any Religion , than frequent innovation and change : For since the object of Religion , God , the subject of it , the soul of man , and the businesse of it , Truth , is alwayes one and the same : Variety and Novelty is a just presumption of Falsity : It argues sickness and distemper in the minde , as well as in the body , when a man is continually turning and tossing from one side to the other . keywords: cause; christ; church; conscience; doe; god; government; interest; judgment; man; men; ministery; nature; persons; place; practice; priests; reason; religion; self; state; text; thing; time; truth; way; words; world; worship cache: A60942.xml plain text: A60942.txt item: #280 of 418 id: A60947 author: South, Robert, 1634-1716. title: A sermon preached at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Novemb. 9, 1662 by Robert Smith. date: 1663.0 words: 8251 flesch: 65 summary: So God created man in his own Image , in the image of God created he him . But as it is reasonable to imagine that there is more of design , and consequently more of perfection , in the last work ; we have God here giving his last stroke , and summing up all into Man , the Whole into a Part , the Universe into an Individual : keywords: creation; god; image; man; nature; power; reason; self; soul; tcp; text; thing; understanding; world cache: A60947.xml plain text: A60947.txt item: #281 of 418 id: A60950 author: South, Robert, 1634-1716. title: A sermon preached before the covrt at Christchurch Chappel in Oxford by Robert South ... date: 1665.0 words: 8842 flesch: 56 summary: For such ever was , and is , and will be the Temper of the generality of mankind , that , while I send men for Pleasure , to Religion , I cannot but expect , that they will look upon me , as only having a mind to be pleasant with them my self : nor are men to be Worded into new Tempers , or Constitutions : and he that thinks , that any one can perswade , but He that made the World , will find that he does not well understand it . That Pleasure is mans chiefest good , ( because indeed it is the perception of Good that is properly pleasure ) is an assertion most certainly true , though under the common acceptance of it , not only false , but odious : for according to this , pleasure and sensuality pass for terms equivalent ; and therefore , he that takes it in this sence , alters the Subject of the discourse . keywords: conscience; man; men; mind; nature; pleasure; reason; religion; self; soul; tcp; text; thing cache: A60950.xml plain text: A60950.txt item: #282 of 418 id: A60992 author: Spalding, John, 1633?-1699. title: A sermon preached before His Grace George Earl of Melvil Their Majesties high commissioner, and the nobility, barons, and burrows, members of the high court of Parliament. In the Parliament-House, upon Sunday, May 11, 1690. By John Spalding, minister at Kirkcudbright. date: 1690.0 words: 10378 flesch: 74 summary: By times here is not meant properly that which Philosophers call the measure of Motion by first and last ; But Figuratively , the state and condition of times , or these Providences , Affairs , Changes and Vicissitudes that fall out in time , Esth. There are many other things in times , that ye ought to understand , but least I exceed the bounds of a Sermon , I forbear to mention them , and comes to the last thing I proposed in the method of this Doctrine . III. keywords: church; duty; god; hath; king; lord; people; providences; text; things; times; way cache: A60992.xml plain text: A60992.txt item: #283 of 418 id: A61112 author: Spencer, John, 1630-1693. title: The righteous ruler a sermon preached at St Maries in Cambridge, June 28, 1660 / by John Spencer, B.D., fellow of Corpus Christi Colledge in Cambridge. date: 1660.0 words: 18930 flesch: 71 summary: Now what matter of joy is this to a people to have rulers whose large hearts ingage them , to be {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , Rom. 13. 6. alway attending upon the good of their people ? He is matter of great joy to a people by his care to advance religion and the Church of God : 15. that God would vouchsafe him wisdome and understanding , which is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , a virtue peculiarly due to a Ruler , 1 King 3. 11. a prosperous reign , God owns it as his prerogative to fasten a Ruler as a nail in a sure place , Isa. 22. 23. keywords: authority; doth; god; gods; good; government; hath; honour; isa; joy; king; law; majesty; man; men; nation; non; people; persons; power; prince; prov; psal; publick; religion; sam; scripture; spirit; state; world cache: A61112.xml plain text: A61112.txt item: #284 of 418 id: A61177 author: Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy (London, England) title: A sermon preached before the Lord mayor, and the Court of Aldermen, at Guild-Hall Chappel, on the 29th of January 1681/2 by Thomas Sprat ... date: 1682.0 words: 9901 flesch: 61 summary: And this it is , By the mercy of God the Father , Christ made to us Righteousness : and that Mercy and this Righteousness made effectual to us men by the assistance , and consolations of God the Holy Ghost ; and that received , by men with a lively , efficacious Faith ; and that evidenc'd to be in men by such effects , as most resemble their Divine Original , such as respect both God , and man : Which are true Righteousness , and Mercy of men to one another , accompanied with unfeigned piety towards God. I fear , it might seem a presumption for me to discourse on this Subject , in the presence of the Reverend Iudges of the Land , the Learned Serjeants of the Law , and the wise Governors of your Great and Honorable City : An Assembly of men , from whose Wisdom and Experience such as I might better learn the Doctrine , and Practice of Righteousness , and Mercy . keywords: god; gods; good; honor; justice; life; men; mercy; religion; righteousness; self; text; things; world cache: A61177.xml plain text: A61177.txt item: #285 of 418 id: A61180 author: Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy (London, England) title: A sermon preach'd before the right honourable Sir Henry Tulse, Lord Mayor, and the Court of Aldermen, and the citizens of the city of London, on May the 29th, 1684 being the anniversary-day of His Majesty's birth ... / by Thomas Sprat ... date: 1684.0 words: 8688 flesch: 66 summary: So devoutly he cried , so passionately bewail'd his former rebellions against Heaven , never ceasing to implore pardon for them , till he had found by comfortable experience , that there is mercy , and forgiveness with God. Then , my dear Brethren , we rejoice the best way for mercy , and forgiveness received from God , and God's Representative the King ; when we embrace the forgiveness so , as to take more care of not offending in the like kind for the future : when we remember the mercies so , as not to surfeit our selves with the fruits of them ; so , as not onely to applaud the Divine Authour of them with empty words , and praises : but when we make our joy solid , and lasting ; when we mingle it not with levity , or vanity , too incident to those that are over-joy'd , but with the cheerfull gravity , the easie severity of a Christian life : And so we doe , when we temper our joy with fear , a true fear of God. keywords: day; enemies; fear; forgiveness; god; king; lord; men; mercies; mercy; new; tcp; text cache: A61180.xml plain text: A61180.txt item: #286 of 418 id: A61409 author: Stennett, Joseph, 1663-1713. title: Advice to the young, or, The reasonableness and advantages of an early conversion to God demonstrated, in three discourses on Ecclesiastes xii, I by Joseph Stennett. date: 1695.0 words: 39116 flesch: 69 summary: And this may be further collected from the charge given to Youth in the Text , to remember their Creator , not only before the Evil Days of Old Age are come ; but before those Years [ draw nigh ] while Old Age is yet at a distance ▪ Which shews that none that are capable of reflecting on their relation to God as Creator ; may excuse themselves as too Young to be concern'd in his Service . First , Then we shall take a view of the Reasons that oblige us to devote our selves to the Service of God in Youth , which arise from the Relation that is between him and us , as he is our Creator , and we are his Creatures : And this in that large and comprehensive sense we have given of the Term [ Creator , ] by which we have laid the Ground-work of our present Reasoning . keywords: age; conversion; creator; days; evil; glory; god; grace; holy; life; lord; man; men; psal; reason; self; selves; service; sin; soul; things; tho; thy; time; world; youth cache: A61409.xml plain text: A61409.txt item: #287 of 418 id: A61477 author: Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672. title: The way of God with his people in these nations opened in a thanksgiving sermon, preached on the 5th of November, 1656, before the Right Honorable the High Court of Parliament / by Peter Sterry. date: 1657.0 words: 18147 flesch: 77 summary: The Name of Christ , which is the Image of his Nature , is not only above Sun , Moon , and Starres with al the powers of these Visible Heavens , and Living men upon the Earth : but also above the Angelical world in its freshest glory , as it is that world , which is next to be unvailed , and come forth upon the stage before the Eyes of men , when the Saints shal be , as the Angels of God . If we did eate this spiritual , and Heavenly Person of Christ , which is the Book of Life , that Word comming forth from the mouth of God , on which alone man Lives ; If we did by faith , in the vnity of the spirit , take in , concoct , digest , turn into Nature , and Nourishment these Evangelical truths concerning the Person of Christ above al , given to his Church ; the Headship of Christ over al , for his Church : how certainly then , and how speedily should we be fed with Honey from the Rock ? keywords: christ; church; fire; glory; god; grace; hath; heaven; jesus; life; light; lord; love; men; new; saints; spirit; things; way; wil; world cache: A61477.xml plain text: A61477.txt item: #288 of 418 id: A61494 author: Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651. title: A brief but full vindication of the Church of England from the Romanist's charge of schism. date: 1688.0 words: 11901 flesch: 65 summary: They , like well to remove High Places and Altars , in this regard , none shall shew more Zeal than they ; nay , under pretences of such corruptions as these , if you please , remove Church and all . A Law sharp and terrible , fit indeed for Mount Sinai , and to be delivered in the voice of a Thunder : who would not tremble at that Offence , in the Revenge whereof Beasts shall be esteemed as Men ; to kill a Lamb , as to commit a Murther : that man shall be cut off from among his People ; such Devotions are no less than Capital , nor will God be satisfied for such Offences as these , till both People and Priest become a Sacrifice . keywords: church; god; good; hezekiah; judah; king; lord; man; men; people; places; reformation; schism; self; text cache: A61494.xml plain text: A61494.txt item: #289 of 418 id: A61497 author: Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651. title: The English case, exactly set down by Hezekiah's reformation in a court sermon at Paris / Dr. Steward ... date: 1687.0 words: 11850 flesch: 65 summary: They , like well to remove High Places and Altars , in this regard , none shall shew more Zeal than they ; nay , under pretences of such corruptions as these , if you please , remove Church and all . A Law sharp and terrible , fit indeed for Mount Sinai , and to be delivered in the voice of a Thunder : who would not tremble at that Offence , in the Revenge whereof Beasts shall be esteemed as Men ; to kill a Lamb , as to commit a Murther : that man shall be cut off from among his People ; such Devotions are no less than Capital , nor will God be satisfied for such Offences as these , till both People and Priest become a Sacrifice . keywords: church; god; good; hezekiah; iudah; king; lord; man; men; people; places; reformation; self; text cache: A61497.xml plain text: A61497.txt item: #290 of 418 id: A61593 author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. title: Reformation of manners the true way of honouring God with the necessity of putting the laws in execution against vice and profaneness : in a sermon preached at White-hall / by the late Right Reverend Father in God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Worcester ; and published by Their Majesties special command. date: 1700.0 words: 8273 flesch: 66 summary: The Rules and Measures whereby God bestows Honour on Mankind . But , however , none ought to be discouraged from so Excellent a Design ; which Recommends it self to all Wise and Good Men , and will never want the Assistance and Prayers of all that are so ; and God himself will in an especial Manner give Honour to Those who thus Honour him in his own Way ; by using the most Effectual Means for the Reforming the Manners of Men. keywords: god; good; honour; men; minds; people; religion; text; way; world cache: A61593.xml plain text: A61593.txt item: #291 of 418 id: A61600 author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. title: A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at St. Margarets Westminster, Octob. 10, 1666 being the fast-day appointed for the late dreadfull fire in the city of London / by Edward Stillingfleet ... date: 1666.0 words: 11307 flesch: 63 summary: For whatever arguments or reasons we can imagine , that should compose the minds of men to a sense of their own or others calamities , or excite them to an apprehension of the wrath of God as the cause of them , or quicken them to an earnest supplication to him for mercy , they do all eminently concurr in the sad occasion of this dayes solemnity . Till at last it may be in the Prophets expression for their covetousness , the stone cry out of the wall , and the beam out of the timber answer it ; i. e. provoke God to give a severe check to the exorbitant and boundless desires of men , as he hath done by this dayes calamity . keywords: city; day; fire; god; hath; men; people; severity; sins; text; time; world cache: A61600.xml plain text: A61600.txt item: #292 of 418 id: A61603 author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. title: A sermon preached before the King, March 13, 1666/7 by Edward Stillingfleet ... date: 1667.0 words: 9527 flesch: 53 summary: Such who take the measure of mans perfections downwards , and the nearer they approach to beasts , the more they think themselves to act like men . But it is with this , as it is with the other arguments they use against Religion ; there is something within , which checks and controlls them in what they say : and that inward remorse of conscience , which such men sometimes feel in their evil actions ( when conscience is forced to recoil by the foulness of them ) doth effectually confute their own hypothesis ; and makes them not believe those actions to be necessary , for which they suffer so much in themselves because they knew they did them freely . Or is it as fatall for man to believe himself free when he is not so , as it is for him to act when his choice is determined ? but what series of causes is there that doth so necessarily impose upon the common sense of all mankind ? It seems very strange , that man should have so little sense of his own interest to be still necessitated to the worst of actions , and yet torment himself with the thoughts that he did them freely . Or is it only the freedome of action , and not of choice , that men have an experience of within themselves ? But surely , however men may subtilly dispute of the difference between these two , no man would ever believe himself to be free in what he does , unless he first thought himself to be so , in what he determines ? keywords: actions; folly; god; good; man; men; mock; nature; power; reason; religion; sin; world cache: A61603.xml plain text: A61603.txt item: #293 of 418 id: A61609 author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. title: A sermon preached on the fast-day, November 13, 1678, at St. Margarets Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons by Edward Stillingfleet ... date: 1678.0 words: 14423 flesch: 66 summary: For since mankinds entring into society is both necessary and advantageous to them ; and God doth not barely permit and approve , but dispose and incline men to it ; and hath given them Laws to govern themselves by , with respect to society ; it is but reasonable to suppose that God should call men to an account in that capacity ; and to distribute rewards and punishments according to the nature of their actions : which must either be done in this world , or it cannot be done at all ; for all those bonds are dissolved by death , and men shall not answer for their sins by Kingdoms and Nations in another world , but every man shall give account of himself unto God. When men daily and insolently break the Laws of God , and bid as it were defiance both to them and to the Laws of men ; when wickedness spreads like a leprosie , and infects the whole body ; when vices become so notorious that they are a reproach and a by-word to Neighbour Nations ; these are the signs and tokens of National guilt . keywords: god; government; hath; israel; king; lord; men; nations; people; religion; samuel; sins; things; time cache: A61609.xml plain text: A61609.txt item: #294 of 418 id: A61615 author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. title: A sermon preached before the King, February the 15, 1683/4 by Edward Stillingfleet ... date: 1684.0 words: 10167 flesch: 63 summary: But when and where did this race of Mankind live , whom these designing Men first cheated into the belief of a Deity , and the practice of Religion ? The eldest Writings in the World , without all dispute , are those of the Holy Scriptures ; and among these , the Book of Job hath been thought the most antient ; for in all this Book we have not one word of the Law of Moses , or of Circumcision ; which makes it very probable to have been written before the Children of Israels coming out of Aegypt ; ( and some Arabic Writers think that Job lived before Abraham ; and others , at least in the time of Jacob ) however it be , this Book of Job gives an account of the sense of Mankind about Religion very early ; and by it we find that the great , and wise , and understanding Men of the World , such as Job and his three Friends were , ( who as far as appears by the story , were all of them independent Princes ; such as were common then , and a long time after , in those parts about Arabia ) had a mighty sense of God and Providence , and the Duties of Religion upon their minds . whether the changing his outward condition , would not alter the inward disposition of his mind , as to God and Religion . keywords: friends; god; gods; good; hath; job; mankind; men; reason; religion; text; things; world cache: A61615.xml plain text: A61615.txt item: #295 of 418 id: A61621 author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. title: A sermon preached before the King & Queen at White-hall, March 23, 1689/90 by ... Edward, Lord Bishop of Worcester. date: 1690.0 words: 8209 flesch: 62 summary: How much are such imposed upon by meer Shews and Appearances of things , which are really what God made them , but are not what we fansie them to be ! There are , no doubt , real Conveniencies of Life in Riches , and Honour , and Ease , and Plenty , or else they could never be esteemed Blessings , nor could we have reason to thank God for them ; but there is a great difference between the Fitness of things for our present use , and for our happiness ; i. e. when we make them our End , and do not employ them in order to a farther End. keywords: god; happiness; life; mankind; men; minds; nature; reason; things; world; youth cache: A61621.xml plain text: A61621.txt item: #296 of 418 id: A61623 author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. title: A sermon preached before the King & Queen at White-Hall, Novemb. 29, 1691 by the Right Reverend Father in God, Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester. date: 1692.0 words: 8186 flesch: 68 summary: The Rules and Measures whereby God bestows Honour on Mankind . But , however , none ought to be discouraged from so Excellent a Design ; which Recommends it self to all Wise and Good Men , and will never want the Assistance and Prayers of all that are so ; and God himself will in an especial Manner give Honour to Those who thus Honour him in his own Way ; by using the most Effectual Means for the Reforming the Manners of Men. keywords: god; good; honour; men; minds; people; religion; sins; text; world cache: A61623.xml plain text: A61623.txt item: #297 of 418 id: A61637 author: Sancroft, William, 1617-1693. title: A sermon preach'd to the House of Peers, Novemb. 13th, 1678 being the Fast-day appointed by the King to implore the mercies of Almighty God in the protection of His Majesties sacred person, and His Kingdoms / by William Archbishop of Canterbury. date: 1678.0 words: 9540 flesch: 71 summary: There we find the holy Man in a great streit of Affliction ; wandring like an Exile , or Bandito in the Wilderness of Engedi ; the few Men he had , stragling , and shifting for themselves upon the Rocks of the wild Goats ; implacable Saul in the mean time with five times his Number so closely pursuing him , that he is forc'd to take shelter in the Cave : And there being shut up from the Sight of Heaven , and light of the Sun , and as it were buried alive in that obscure Dungeon , surrounded with Danger on every side , and little Hope left him of escaping with his Life ; 't is then that he sighs out his Al-taschith , ( as this , and the two following Psalms are entitled ) Oh destroy me not utterly , ( so the Word signifies ) but let me live to praise thy Name ; 't is then , that by a vigorous Faith he flies to the tender Mercies of God , as to his only City of Refuge : and reposing himself in the Bosom of the Divine Goodness by Acts of Faith , and Devotion , and of perseverance in both , he doth exactl , and precisely that which We all are enjoyn'd to do this Day : he implores the Mercies of God in the Protection of himself , and in him of those that belong to him ; Be merciful unto me , O God , ( saith he ) be merciful unto me , for my Soul trusteth in thee ; yea , in the shadow of thy Wings will I make my Refuge , until these Calamities be overpast . The ( 2 d ) Is an ardent and flaming Devotion toward God , and his holy Worship , and Service in his Temple : Under the shadow of thy Wings will I make my Refuge ; 't is certainly an Allusion to the Holy of Holies , where was the Ark of the Covenant , the Symbol of God's gracious presence ; over which the Cherubim of Glory stretcht forth their VVings on high , and shadowed the Mercy-seat : Between which VVings was God's Dwelling-place , his Shekinah , or Majestatique presence . keywords: calamities; david; day; god; holy; lord; protection; refuge; saith; shadow; tcp; text; trust; wings cache: A61637.xml plain text: A61637.txt item: #298 of 418 id: A61678 author: Barwick, John, 1612-1664. title: Deceivers deceiv'd, or, The mistakes of wickedness in sundry erroneous and deceitful principles, practised in our late fatal times, and suspected still in the reasonings of unquiet spirits delivered in a sermon at St. Paul's, October 20th 1661 before the Right Honorable Sir Richard Browne Knight and Baronet, Lord Maior of the city of London, and the aldermen his brethren : being the initial also of the Reverend Dr. John Berwick, dean of the said church, at the first celebrity of divine service with the organ and choiristers, which the Lord Maior himslef solemniz'd with his personal presence from the very beginning. date: 1661.0 words: 14421 flesch: 38 summary: And he that is not of God heareth not us ; and hereby know we the Spirit of truth , and the Spirit of error ; That is , by their agreement , or disagreement unto the words preached by St. John and the rest of the Apostles , which were spoken and written for our instructions , and delivered down unto us , and now with the other books of Holy Oracle are called Scripture or the written Word of God ; The light and guidance whereof whosoever refuseth , to follow the conduct of some pretended Spirit only diverse or contrary to it ; Instead of being led by the Spirit of God , doubtlesse he is led by the Spirit of the Devill , as I make no question those late wretched publick Murtherers were ( whom the Right Honourable the present Lord Maior had the Lot under Gods grace and providence to suppresse , to his monumental honor ; the trophie whereof be his unto all posterity ) , I say , they were not led by the Spirit of God , but by the Spirit of the Devill , as indeed some said , They fought like Divells , Men had as good follow those spirits the Prophet Isa . Beloved , This is not the way to obtain Peace with God or Men ; I could wish rather that I might hear them , and all others of their Engagement , say , with Saul to David , Behold I have play'd the Fool and erred exceedingly , but blessed be then my Son David ; Behold my good Brother or Brethren , we have play'd the Fools and erred exceedingly against our King , Church and Laws , whereas you by the grace of God , have been led in Peace and Loyal Righteousness , blessed be you therein , and impact the comfort thereof unto us also , by favouring us with your Christian compassion ; or that I might hear them say , with David himself , I have gone astray like a sheep , O seek thy servant , for I do not forget thy Commandements ; then should we receive them into the Armes of our Christian and Brotherly embraces , and pray for them in the Language of our holy Letany , That it may please thee , O Lord , to bring into the way of Truth , all such as have erred and are deceived . FINIS . keywords: actions; christ; church; contrary; deceit; god; good; hath; king; law; letter; lord; man; meaning; men; saith; self; sense; sin; spirit; spiritual; text; wickedness; word cache: A61678.xml plain text: A61678.txt item: #299 of 418 id: A61837 author: Strong, James, 1618 or 19-1694. title: Balm in Gilead, or, A spur to repentance as it was lately delivered in a sermon by James Strong ... date: 1676.0 words: 8953 flesch: 75 summary: Shall God throw down such lines of love from Heaven , to draw poor sinking Souls out of the Sea of sin and misery , and we refuse to catch hold of them ? What do we mean , that by nature are but masses of sin and of corruption , that we do not sue out that pardon which God is so ready to give us ? keywords: argument; christ; doth; glory; god; gods; hath; lord; mercy; pardon; sin; sins; thou cache: A61837.xml plain text: A61837.txt item: #300 of 418 id: A61858 author: Strype, John, 1643-1737. title: David and Saul a sermon preached on the day of national thanksgiving for God's gracious deliverance of the King's Majesty from an assassination and the kingdom from a French invasion / by John Strype ... date: 1696.0 words: 5433 flesch: 72 summary: But notwithstanding all this , Saul , however deposed , rejected by God , and put by his Kingdom , and David by God's own Appointment constituted King in his room , yet had many that stuck to him ; and , even before David assumed the Kingdom , laid all the wait they could for him , to take him , to kill him , to destroy him ; as you read at large in the first Book of Samuel : He who is the great Disposer of Kingdoms ; was not David advanced by his peculiar Appointment , and wonderful Providence preserved , to sit on the Throne of Israel ? And did not the People know that it was he whom God had established to be King over Israel ? keywords: cause; david; enemies; god; good; king; saul; tcp; text cache: A61858.xml plain text: A61858.txt item: #301 of 418 id: A61862 author: Strype, John, 1643-1737. title: A sermon preached at the assizes at Hertford, Jvly viii, 1689 by John Strype ... date: 1689.0 words: 7448 flesch: 65 summary: And this is the method of Samuel's arguing with the Iews , from the Mercies of God to them ; and , no doubt , it made a very notable impression upon their Hearts : An excellent Platform and Direction this is for us to follow in our Exhortations , and when we call upon Men to consider their waies , and to amend them ; We cannot take a better course , more probable to have a good effect , than this , which the Prophet Samuel here useth ; that is , To set before Men the gracious dealings of God to them and their Fathers , what Comforts and Refreshments he hath bestowed on them ; what Deliverances and Salvations he hath wrought for them ; what visible and remarkable Tokens and Footsteps of his Grace and Goodness they have seen and felt ; and then hereupon to argue and expostulate with them . And seeing , my Christian Brethren , we of this Nation , with the Iews , have received great and eminent Mercies at the hand of God , and with the Iews also , our carriage and behaviour towards him hath been no waies correspondent , I shall therefore at this time follow the same course and method that Samuel here does ; and for this purpose , give me leave in the first place to bespeak you in Samuel's very words . And here let us reflect a little upon what God hath done for us of this Nation . keywords: english; god; good; hath; lord; men; mercies; peace; reason; religion; text cache: A61862.xml plain text: A61862.txt item: #302 of 418 id: A62101 author: Symmons, Edward. title: A militarie sermon wherein by the vvord of God, the nature and disposition of a rebell is discovered, and the Kings true souldier described and characterized : preached at Shrewsbury, May 19. 1644, to His Majesties army there under the command of the high and most illustrious Prince Rvpert / by Edw. Symmons ... date: 1644.0 words: 16963 flesch: 38 summary: And so I come to the third thing in their discription ; Their ungodly work , Rebellion , An evill man seeketh Rebellion ; for Rebellion , some read jurgia , quarrels , some read contradictiones , or contentiones , indeed all these tend unto rebellion ; some read mischiefe or evill , for evils and mischiefs only are proper to procreate and uphold rebellion ; and therefore you may observe in story , that rebellious men have alwayes heretofore ( as well as now ) allowed of all evills , Sects , and heresies , have pulled up the pales of all Lawes , have cried up Liberty , and permitted all kind of vill●ny and wickednesse , as meanes most sutable to further rebellion : the lesson shall be this , Rebellion is a worke of mischief●e Nay 't is mischiefe it self , wickednesse in the abstract , the highest wickednesse , I have call●d it * elsewhere , and not untruly , the sinke of all villany and the puddle of all sinne , 't is the breach of all Lawes , and relations both towards God and man , pride , prophanenesse , perjury , envy , wrath malice , theft , murder , cruelty , rapine , spoile , oppression , irreliligion , and unnaturallnesse , are all concentred in Rebellion ; yea , all sins by all names that sins can be named , and by all meanes that sins can bee committed do follow rebellion , and are to be found among that disordered and disobedient sort of people : I wish that experience did not teach that Rebellion were the ruine of Re●igion , Church and Commonwealth , of states , families , and men ; 't is contrary to God in every notion , Hee is the God of grace , peace , and order , but Rebellion is diametrically opposite to all these , it resists grace , it murders peace , and destroies order ; I wish ( if it were Gods will ) there were need for me to prove all these unto you ; but alas ! I answer , 't is no such severity in God , to beat men with their owne rods , to do to them according as they determined to do to others , beside 't is but equity and justice to proportionate punishment in weight and measure , according to the height or weight of sin : But there is no such sin as Rebellion , this is ingens & supremum scelus , the most huge and highest sin ; and therefore doth merit the sharpest and surest punishment : Rebellion is a sinne that strikes at Gods owne self , at the face of Majestie : there is no such expresse Image of God in the world , as a King is ; every Christian is the Image of Christ as man , every Minister of the Gospell is ( or ought to be ) the Image of Christ as Mediator , but a King is the Image of Christ as God , and to rebell against a King is to strike at the face of Christ as God ; which was more then they that crucified him durst dare to do , for had they knowne ( saies the great Apostle ) they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory : therefore no marvaile if a cruell messenger be sent against a Rebell , if severe and sharpe punishment be the proper portion of such men . keywords: cause; disposition; doth; enemies; evill; god; gods; good; hath; king; lord; man; men; owne; people; rebellion; rebells; saies; spirit; text; thou; way; word cache: A62101.xml plain text: A62101.txt item: #303 of 418 id: A62590 author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. title: A sermon preached before the King, Febr. 26th 1674/5 John Tillotson ... date: 1675.0 words: 7167 flesch: 63 summary: And this no doubt is an admirable means to improve men in virtue , a most effectual way to keep our consciences continually waking and tender , and to make us stand in awe of our selves , and afraid to sin , when we know before hand that we must give so severe an account to our selves of every action . I know that the tempers of men are very different , and therefore I do not say that tears are absolutely necessary to repentance , but they do very well become it ; and a thorough sense of sin will almost melt the most hard and obdurate disposition , and fetch water out of a very rock . keywords: consideration; course; god; life; man; men; selves; sins; text; ways cache: A62590.xml plain text: A62590.txt item: #304 of 418 id: A62591 author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. title: A sermon preached before the King, April 18th, 1675 by John Tillotson ... date: 1675.0 words: 6786 flesch: 62 summary: If a mans life lay at stake , and he had but one throw for it , with what care and with what concernment would he manage that action ? What thou art doing next may , for ought thou knowest , be for thy life , and for all eternity . Seneca expostulates excellently with this sort of men ; Who shall ensure thy life till that time ? keywords: delay; god; life; man; men; repentance; thou; time; work cache: A62591.xml plain text: A62591.txt item: #305 of 418 id: A62599 author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. title: A sermon preached at Lincolns-Inn-Chappel, on the 31th of January, 1688 being the day appointed for a publick thanksgiving to Almighty God for having made His Highness the Prince of Orange the glorious instrument of the great deliverance of this kingdom from popery & arbitrary power / by John Tillotson ... date: 1689.0 words: 9392 flesch: 68 summary: And so likewise , after he had summoned all the powers and faculties of his Soul to joyn in the praises of God , he interposeth this seasonable meditation , He hath not dealt with us after our sins , nor rewarded us according to our iniquities . First , Here is a Case supposed ; should we , after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds , and since God hath punished us less than our iniquities deserve , and hath given us such a deliverance as this ; should we again break his Commandments . keywords: deliverance; evil; god; hath; judgments; lord; mercies; nation; people; sin; sins; text; thou cache: A62599.xml plain text: A62599.txt item: #306 of 418 id: A62604 author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. title: A sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, on Wednesday the 16th of April, a day appointed by Their Majesties, for a solemn monthly fast by John Tillotson ... date: 1690.0 words: 8604 flesch: 59 summary: But then , lest men should cast off Religion , and deny the God that is above ; lest they should trust in their sword and their bowe , and say , the Lord hath not done this ; lest men should look upon themselves as the Creators and framers of their own fortune , and when they do but a little outstrip others in wisdom or power , in the skill and conduct of humane affairs , they should grow proud and presumptuous , God is pleased sometimes more remarkably to interpose , to hide pride from man , as the expression is in Job ; to check the haughtiness and insolence of mens spirits , and to keep them within the bounds of modesty and humility ; to make us to know that we are but men , and that the reins of the World are not in our hands , but that there is One above who sways and governs all things here below . For if there be a God and a Providence , it is reasonable that things should be thus : Because a Providence does suppose all things to have been at first wisely fram'd , and with a fi●ness to attain their end ; but yet it does also suppose that God hath reserved to himself a power and liberty to interpose , and to cross as he pleases , the usual course of things ; to awaken men to the consideration of him , and a continual dependance upon him ; and to teach us to ascribe those things to his wise disposal , which , if we never saw any change , we should be apt to impute to blind necessity . keywords: affairs; day; favour; god; hath; man; means; men; providence; success; text; things; world cache: A62604.xml plain text: A62604.txt item: #307 of 418 id: A62605 author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. title: A sermon preached at St Mary le Bow before the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen, & citizens of London, on Wednesday the 18th of June, a day appointed by Their Majesties, for a solemn monthly fast by John Tillotson ... date: 1690.0 words: 8748 flesch: 61 summary: Let us therefore consider a little the astonishing patience of God towards that perverse People . And here in the Text , after God had threaten'd destruction to Jerusalem , because of the over-flowing of all manner of wickedness and oppression in the midst of her , he gives her a merciful warning to prevent this ruine and desolation by repentance , vers . keywords: city; god; jerusalem; lord; nation; people; repentance; soul; text; thee; thou; time cache: A62605.xml plain text: A62605.txt item: #308 of 418 id: A62608 author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. title: A sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall, March the XXth, 1691/2 by John, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. date: 1692.0 words: 8835 flesch: 57 summary: Half title: His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury's sermon before the Queen, March 20th, 1691/2. Later published with title: God the only happiness of man. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. If a man were to chuse a happiness for himself , and were to ransack Heaven and Earth for it , after all his search and enquiry he would at last fix upon God as the chief happiness of man , and the true and only rest and center of our souls . keywords: god; good; happiness; life; man; men; providence; text; thee; things; world cache: A62608.xml plain text: A62608.txt item: #309 of 418 id: A62609 author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. title: A sermon preached before the King and Queen at White-Hall, the 27th of October being the day appointed for a publick thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the signal victory at sea, for the preservation of His Majesty's Sacred Person, and for his safe return to his people / by John, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. date: 1692.0 words: 8765 flesch: 61 summary: The goodness of God is too hard for the pride and malice of man , and will last and hold out when that has tir'd and spent it self . 2005-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-09 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-10 John Latta Sampled and proofread 2005-10 John Latta Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-01 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A SERMON Preached before the KING and QUEEN AT WHITE-HALL , The 27th of OCTOBER , Being the Day appointed for a Publick Thanksgiving to Almighty God , For the Signal Victory at SEA : keywords: earth; glory; god; hath; lord; man; man glory; men; nature; providence; riches; text; wisdom cache: A62609.xml plain text: A62609.txt item: #310 of 418 id: A62648 author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. title: The wisdom of being religious a sermon preached at St. Pauls / by John Tillotson ... date: 1664.0 words: 19777 flesch: 54 summary: Thirdly , But if neither of these be satisfactory , he hath one way more ; which although it signifie little to Men of sober and severe Reason , yet it very unhappily hits the jealous and suspicious humour of the generality of men , who from the experience they have had of themselves and others , are very apt to suspect that every body , but especially their Superiours and Governours , have a design to impose upon them for their own ends . Men do generally and without difficulty assent to Mathematical Truths , because it is no bodies interest to deny them ; but men are slow to believe Moral and Divine Truths , because the Lusts and Interests of men do prejudice them against them . keywords: account; doth; fear; god; good; hath; interest; knowledg; man; men; nature; reason; religion; things; way; wicked; wisdom; world cache: A62648.xml plain text: A62648.txt item: #311 of 418 id: A62715 author: Tanner, Thomas, 1630-1682. title: A call to the Shulamite, or to the scattered and divided members of the church delivered and published upon occasion by Thomas Tanner. date: 1674.0 words: 11962 flesch: 60 summary: We would see , and be partakers of your knowledge , and of your gifts of understanding in the Scriptures : We would see your zeal for God , and for his Sabbaths , and for his Ordinances : We would see your charity towards your neighbour , whom you would not have seen heretofore to sin ( at least to commit a sin unto death ) but you would have aided , and admonished him , howsoever you think your selves to be excused ( since ) of being your Brothers keepers : We would see the strictness of your lives , and of those of your families : We would hear your Readings , Prayers , Instructions , Catechisings , and other good Conferences that were wont to be there , fit to edifie , and to minister grace unto the hearers : We would over-hear your private prayers and devotions in your Closets , where you were wont to strive with God for the pardon of your sins , and for the obtaining of his holy Spirit , to sanctifie you throughout in body , soul , and mind : We would see your first love again ( if it be possible ) and those fruits , which you then brought forth , worthy of amendment of life . Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: body; christ; church; churches; doth; god; hath; lord; members; power; return; self; shulamite; spirit; thou; unity; way cache: A62715.xml plain text: A62715.txt item: #312 of 418 id: A64131 author: Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. title: A sermon preached at the opening of the Parliament of Ireland, May 8. 1661 before the right honourable the Lords justices, and the Lords spiritual and temporal and the commons / by Jeremy Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. date: 1661.0 words: 13166 flesch: 54 summary: If old men will dispute , let them look to it ; that 's meat for the strong indeed , though it be not very nutritive : but the Laws and the Counsels , the Exhortations and the Doctrines of our Spiritual Rulers , are the measures by which God hath appointed Babes in Christ to become Men , and the weak to become strong ; and they that are not to be received to doubtful disputations , are to be received with the arms of love into the imbraces of a certain and regular Obedience . Thus every man snuffes up the wind , like the wild asses in the wilderness , and thinks that Authority is an incroachment upon a mans birth-right ; and in the mean time never considers that Christ took upon him our Nature that he might learn us Obedience , and in that also make us become like unto God. keywords: authority; conscience; doe; duty; god; good; government; hath; laws; man; men; obedience; opinion; peace; publick; religion; spirit; thing cache: A64131.xml plain text: A64131.txt item: #313 of 418 id: A64242 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1669 or 70-1735. title: A sermon preach'd in the parish church of Burcester in the county of Oxford, on the second day of December, 1697 being the day appointed for a thanksgiving to Almighty God, for His Majesty's safe return, and for the happy and honourable peace, of which God has made him the glorious instrument. date: 1697.0 words: 8874 flesch: 52 summary: A sermon preach'd in the parish church of Burcester in the county of Oxford, on the second day of December, 1697 being the day appointed for a thanksgiving to Almighty God, for His Majesty's safe return, and for the happy and honourable peace, of which God has made him the glorious instrument. A sermon preach'd in the parish church of Burcester in the county of Oxford, on the second day of December, 1697 being the day appointed for a thanksgiving to Almighty God, for His Majesty's safe return, and for the happy and honourable peace, of which God has made him the glorious instrument. keywords: church; day; god; lord; man; men; nature; peace; people; power; providence; text; wisdom; world cache: A64242.xml plain text: A64242.txt item: #314 of 418 id: A64351 author: Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. title: Concerning doing good to posterity a sermon preach'd before Their Majesties at White-Hall, on February the 16th, 1689-90 / by Thomas Tenison ... date: 1695.0 words: 5508 flesch: 65 summary: Wherefore by the Reasons and Proportions of Good , a man is requir'd , according to his ability , to look beyond the term of his own few and uncertain days , known only to God how few they are . God established a Testimony in Iacob , and appointed a Law in Israel , which he commanded our Fore-fathers ; that they should make them known to their Children . keywords: age; children; god; good; men; posterity; tcp; text; time; world cache: A64351.xml plain text: A64351.txt item: #315 of 418 id: A64367 author: Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. title: A sermon concerning discretion in giving alms preached at St. Sepulchres Church in London, instead of the Spittle, upon Wednesday in Easter-week, April vi, MDCLXXXI / by Tho. Tenison ... date: 1681.0 words: 11326 flesch: 67 summary: And all this , to the intent that they whom God hath prosper'd , may be perswaded both to communicate , and to do it in such prudent and profitable manner ; that the Providence of God may be glorify'd by mans wise and good management of its liberality to him ; that the publick needs may be the more conveniently supply'd ; and that men of equal discretion and Charity may lay up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come , and , at length , lay hold of eternal life . For it is with the soul of man as it is with the parts of matter , which , the lesser they are , they are always the harder , and the more inflexible . keywords: alms; charity; church; discretion; god; good; hath; man; men; needs; persons; place; prudence; publick; self; tcp; text; time; use; world cache: A64367.xml plain text: A64367.txt item: #316 of 418 id: A64369 author: Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. title: A sermon concerning doing good to posterity preach'd before Their Majesties at White-Hall, on February 16, 1689/90 / by Thomas Tenison ... date: 1690.0 words: 6341 flesch: 66 summary: Wherefore by the Reasons and Proportions of Good , a man is requir'd , according to his ability , to look beyond the term of his own few and uncertain days , known only to God how few they are . God establish'd a Testimony in Iacob , and appointed a Law in Israel , which he commanded our Fore-fathers , That they should make them known to their children . keywords: age; charity; english; god; good; men; posterity; sermon; tcp; text; time; world cache: A64369.xml plain text: A64369.txt item: #317 of 418 id: A64370 author: Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. title: A sermon concerning holy resolution preached before the King at Kensington, December 30th, 1694 / by ... Thomas Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Elect. date: 1695.0 words: 5357 flesch: 71 summary: When he came to the Throne , he understood ( no doubt ) from the Book of God , to which he was no Stranger , that it was his Duty to write out a Copy of God's Law , and to keep it by him , and to read in it , at convenient Seasons , all the days of his life , in order to his better observing the Contents of it . First , Herein is taken for granted a possibility of keeping the Law of God. keywords: god; good; lord; men; mind; nature; purposes; resolution; tcp; text cache: A64370.xml plain text: A64370.txt item: #318 of 418 id: A64373 author: Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. title: A sermon concerning the folly of atheism preached before the Queen at White-Hall, February 22, 1690/91 / by Tho. Tenison ... date: 1691.0 words: 5589 flesch: 67 summary: But the Fear which hath Torment , cannot otherwise be wholly prevented , than either by Innocence , or Repentance , and Application to God ; and for the Expedient of the Epicureans , it brings into the bosom that Anxiety which it pretends to expel ; for men having had experience of their own impotence and imperfection , and of the weakness and deceitfulness of others , and observing the daily changes and chances of this world , can by no means be secur'd against them , but by the belief of an over-ruling Providence , and the performance of such things as may secure to them the Protection of it . If Men had in them a principle of Probity , and were inclin'd to seek necessary Truths , and the Rules of Goodness , with impartiality , they would certainly find them ; but having some Lusts or other earthly Interests to gratifie , the corrupt Heart , biasseth the judgment ; and they will not understand nor seek after God. keywords: atheism; folly; god; good; man; men; tcp; text; things; want; wisdom cache: A64373.xml plain text: A64373.txt item: #319 of 418 id: A64566 author: Thomas, William, 1613-1689. title: The regulating of law-suits, evidences, and pleadings an assize-sermon preach't at Carmarthen, March the 16th, 1656 / by William Thomas ... date: 1657.0 words: 12486 flesch: 73 summary: 19. read {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} . read {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} . keywords: cause; evidence; evil; god; gods; guilt; hath; injustice; judgement; law; nature; non; pleading; roman; rule; shall; soul; suits; text; thou; witnesse cache: A64566.xml plain text: A64566.txt item: #320 of 418 id: A64904 author: Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652. title: Unholsome henbane between two fragrant roses, or, Reasons and grounds proving the unlawfull and sinfull inserting of the corrupt and most erronious Apocrypha between the two most pure and sacred testaments together with a most humble vote and serious desire to our most reverend and religious assembly of divines, to be a means to the high and honorable Court of Parliament for the utter expunging of it out of the Holy-Bible. date: 1645.0 words: 4714 flesch: 56 summary: O , therfore , I say , that it might please the Lord to put into the hearts of our most grave and godly Assembly ( to whom , I humbly conceive it most properly , now , appertains ) seriously to see unto ( if , alreadie , they have not ) a most exact and accurate Reforma●●●● both of the particular great and grosse vitiosities and also the g●nerall foul abuses offered to the whole Kingdom in and about this sacred Book of God , the Bible , both as touching the constant defect of exact correction of the Orthographie of it from the Printers-Presses , wherby the sense is in very many places , feully corrupted and falsly mistaken ; as also the constant and generall printing of our Bibles in very course and extreme thin and bad sinking-paper , and a dull and blunt letter , yet setting a high and inhaunced price upon them ; a most foul shame to them , and an intolerable abuse to the whole-Kingdom , that such a most preciously usefull , and daily vendible Book should be so ill used : Also the adding unto ( heertofore by constra●nt , & on pain of H●gh-Commission penalties and forfeitures of their Bibles , through the horrible pride , tyranny and Popish-superstion of the Bishops , and by the base aymes and ends of some London-Stationers and others , who for filthy lucre , got Patents for ) the adding unto ( I say ) and binding with our Bibles divers humane patches and peices of mens inventions ; to be , as it were of necessity ( by reason of their Patents ) bound with every B●ble , making them , therby , to swell out to a bigger bulk , and so the more unconveniently portable , principally to raise the prices of Bibles , and to vent every mans inventions , if , I say , they could but procure the B●shops Papall authority therunto , as namely , the superstitious and idolized Book of Common-Prayers , the Genealogies , the Concordance , the Doctrine of the Bible , the Historie of the Bible , and such like . O , therfore , that among the many most excellent and eminent work of Reformation , in the Church of God now lately thought upon , and in much measure fairly ( already ) effected ( to the perpetuall praise and glorie of our good God , the just honour of his pious Instruments Both Houses of Parl●ament , and the most learned , Reverend and religious Assembly of D●vines , and to the ineffable soul ●●●●ring joy and comfort of all true Engl●sh-hearted Saints and Servants of the Lord , who have ( together with mine unworthy-self , the meanest of them all ) long time longed for , and from the root of their hearts desired to see those holy happie Halcyon-dayes of K●ng Jesus , sitting solely upon his throne of powerfull and pure Ordinances ) keywords: book; canonicall; god; gods; holy; lord; sacred; scriptures; text cache: A64904.xml plain text: A64904.txt item: #321 of 418 id: A64987 author: Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678. title: Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah formerly, II. Concerning the burning of Æetna, or Mount Gibel more lately, III. Concerning the burning of the wicked eternally, with fire and brimstone / by Thomas Vincent ... date: 1670.0 words: 40943 flesch: 56 summary: I might here further reprove the Ungodly of this generation , for some Sins which the Sodomits did fall short in ; namely , the hideous Oaths and blasphemy of some profane wretches , who hereby b●…lch out their professed enmity against the God of Heaven , and offer so open indignity unto him , that we may wonder he is not provoked to rain down Fire and Brimstone upon them , or to cause the Earth to open its mouth to devour them , unto which I might add the aggravation , which the Sins of nominal Christians receive from the Gospel light , which shineth about them , beyond what the Sodomits Sins were capable of , which rendereth their Sins the more inexcusable and abominable in the sight of God : but I hasten II. God will either keep you from the judgement it self which befalleth others , or else he will keep you in it , and from that fiery indignation , which is mingled with it ; be sure you shall be kept from the horrible Tempest of Fire and Brimstone , which shall beat upon the head of the wicked at last , when the Heavens shall be on Fire , and pass away with a great noise , and the Elements shall be on Fire , and melt with fervent h●…at , and the Earth shall be on Fire , and all things here below in flames ; when the wrath of the Sin-revenging God shall break forth like a Deluge upon the Ungodly World , and they shall be cast together into the Lake , which burneth with Fire and Brimstone ; Heaven shall be you●… Ark , your Zoar , where you shall be in safety , and made happy in the full enjoyment of God unto 〈◊〉 eternity . keywords: aetna; body; brimstone; burning; cities; city; day; death; doth; dreadful; earth; fire; flames; forth; god; gods; gomorrah; hath; heaven; hell; hell fire; houses; judgement; lord; lot; mountain; persons; place; sin; sins; sodom; sodomits; things; time; way; wicked; world; wrath cache: A64987.xml plain text: A64987.txt item: #322 of 418 id: A65225 author: Washbourne, Thomas, 1606-1687. title: The repairer of the breach a sermon preached at the cathedral church of Glocester, May 29, 1660, being the anniversary of His Maiesty's birth-day, and happy entrance into his emperial city of London / by Thomas Washbourn. date: 1660.0 words: 12291 flesch: 67 summary: Experience tells us 't is so with men , and so with God too , who is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , the great Master-builder , the {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , or chief Husbandman , Joh. 15. Recal your courages , lay aside your fears ; both I and you shall have cause to give God thanks for this deliverance ; which we remember this day with all joy and thankfulnesse This is that single Person whom Rebels abjured and devoted to destruction , but the Lord separated and set apart from the womb to be the Repairer of all our breaches in Church and State , the Restorer of paths to dwell in . keywords: breach; breaches; church; foundations; god; great; hand; hath; king; lord; maiesty; man; non; places; repairer; text; thou; time; vers; waste; work; zerubbabel cache: A65225.xml plain text: A65225.txt item: #323 of 418 id: A65301 author: Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. title: Light in darkness, or, Deliverance proclaimed unto the church in the midst of all her despondencies and discouragements in a sermon / preached by Thomas Watson. date: 1679.0 words: 7076 flesch: 83 summary: When 't is Darkest , when there 's Midnight , God will cause Light some way or other , to break forth to the Upright in Heart . Before I come to the Application , here 's a Question arises , — Why does God make Light to arise to his People , in an hour of Darkness ? I answer : for three Reasons , — 1. That God may hereby fulfil his Promise : He has said it , that he will enlighten his People In Isa. 42. keywords: cause; darkness; god; heaven; light; lord; mercy; people; text; upright cache: A65301.xml plain text: A65301.txt item: #324 of 418 id: A65309 author: Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. title: Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the sixteen, seventeen and eighteen verses : seasonable for the times / by Thomas Watson ... date: 1682.0 words: 46086 flesch: 88 summary: Christs blood is not only 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : not only a Sacrifice to appease God , but a Propitiation to ingratiate us into Gods favour , † and make him look upon us with a smiling aspect . Indeed such as have no Fear of God do sometimes hope , but it is not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Good hope through Grace , 2 Thessa. 2.16 . keywords: away; book; branch; children; christ; day; death; doth; doth god; father; fear; fear god; god; god saith; godly; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; hell; holy; jewels; life; lord; love; man; men; people; psalm; religion; saints; set; sin; sins; son; soul; things; think; thoughts; thy; time; vse; wicked; world cache: A65309.xml plain text: A65309.txt item: #325 of 418 id: A65311 author: Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. title: The righteous mans vveal and the vvicked mans vvoe by Thomas Watson. date: 1662.0 words: 7379 flesch: 77 summary: God is the righteous mans portion , and can God give a greater gift ●nto us than himselfe ? God is a rich portion , for he is the Angels riches ; God is a safe and sure portion , for his name is a strong Tower ; he is a portion that can never be spent , for he is infiniteness ; he is a portion can never be lost , for he is eternity : Thou art my portion for ever , Psal. 72. 26. and surely it iswell with the righteous that hath God for his portion ; is it not well with that man that is happy ? why , if God be our portion , we are happy , Psal. 144. 15. We see a Godly mans misery , but we do not see his comfort : we see his prison-grates , but we do not hear the Musick that is within in his conscience ; God doth sweeten to his people outward trouble with inward peace ; it is the title that is given to God , 2 Cor. 6. 7. God that comforteth them that are cast down : the Bee can gather honey aswell from the thistle and from the bitter herb , as from the sweet flower ; a child of God can gather joy out of his sorrow : out of the very carkass sometimes the Lord gives honey : when the body is in pain , the soul may be at ease ; as when a mans head akes , yet his heart may be well , thus it is well with the righteous : God gives him that inward comfort ; that revives and sweetens his outward pain . keywords: death; fire; god; gods; hell; man; saith; sin; text; things; thou; wicked cache: A65311.xml plain text: A65311.txt item: #326 of 418 id: A65466 author: Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735. title: A sermon concerning reformation of manners preach'd at St. Jame's Church, Westminster, Feb. 13, and afterwards at St. Brides, to one of the religious societies / by Samuel Wesley ... date: 1698.0 words: 9479 flesch: 52 summary: We know that the Wages of Sin is Death , both temporal and eternal we know 't is an acceptable Service to God to oppose and resist it , that he himself has told us — Those who Honour him he will Honour ; and that our blessed Saviour has assured us , That those who confess him before Men , he will also confess them before his Father which is in Heaven . II. Is not the punishment of Evil-doers a thing highly acceptable to Almighty God , and were not Magistrates instituted by him , as for other great Ends , so to execute Wrath on those that do Evil ; or have not those whose proper business 't is to do so and yet neglect it , just reason to fear lest God should execute his Wrath against them , and that their Lives should go for the Life of the Offender ? Or is there not still something very bad at the bottom of such a general Negligence , and if Men were really virtuous themselves , would they not heartily encourage Virtue , and discourage and punish Vice in others , and even root out all Evil-doers from the City of our God ? keywords: evil; god; gods; good; lord; man; men; tcp; text; vice; world; zeal cache: A65466.xml plain text: A65466.txt item: #327 of 418 id: A65808 author: White, Thomas, 1593-1676. title: A sermon preach'd to the natives of the county of Warwick and city of Coventry in the church of St. Mary le Bow, London, November 14th, 1695 by Tho. White, preacher at Stratford Le Bow in Middlesex and Prebendary of Litchfield. date: 1695.0 words: 5489 flesch: 66 summary: But bless'd be God , we have had both Place and Conversation to form our Manners aright , and conduct our Lives : Now if the Jews gloried in their great Towns and Cities , because they had Synagogues and Places of Sacrifice there , we have this ground of boasting all the Nation over : Every Parish amongst us in this Sense may be call'd a * Bethshemesh , the City of a Priest ; and every Country Village hath its Synagogue , the House of Prayer and Sacrifice ; Glorious things are spoken of thee , thou City of God. keywords: birth; city; country; god; good; honour; man; men; place; tcp; text cache: A65808.xml plain text: A65808.txt item: #328 of 418 id: A66057 author: Wilkins, John, 1614-1672. title: A sermon preached before the king, upon the seventh of March, 1668/9 by John, Lord Bishop of Chester. date: 1669.0 words: 6113 flesch: 60 summary: For Men of no real worth to expect the esteem and affection of others , as it is very unequal on their parts , requiring Brick without Straw ; So neither is it Lawful nor Possible for others to allow it them : Not Lawful , because it is as well a mans duty to contemn a vile Person , as to Honor those that fear the Lord. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: doth; esteem; honor; man; men; religion; tcp; text; things; world cache: A66057.xml plain text: A66057.txt item: #329 of 418 id: A66354 author: Societies for the Reformation of Manners. title: A sermon preach'd before the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in Dublin July the 18th, 1700 / by Daniel Williams ; published at the desire of the said Societies. date: 1700.0 words: 10154 flesch: 66 summary: If I be your Master , shew it by pleading my Cause against Transgressors ; by that Service shew I am indeed your Lord , and you my Servants ; the time is hastening when all disguises will be taken off , and God shall make an apparent Difference between such as serve him in Reality , and such as put him off with meer pretence ; therefore be now willing to endure such Convictions from his Word as he will fasten by his Sentence when he comes to Judge your State by this as the Rule of Judgment ; Let no Soul guilty as to this very matter of reforming others , vainly support his pretence to God's Service ; for if you live in a stated neglect of resisting Sin , and endeavours to reform the Wicked , you are not a Servant of God's : If you omit this , whatever you call your selves , you do want the great Essentials which constitute the Temper , Disposition and Behaviour of those who are God's Servants in reality : This is part of that Divine Law , which the Servants of God are obliged to keep : He hath set this upon your Consciences as part of your Duty : Thou shalt not suffer Sin on thy Brother , but thou shalt rebuke him . keywords: god; good; law; love; men; reformation; servants; sin; sins; text; thou; thy; wicked; work cache: A66354.xml plain text: A66354.txt item: #330 of 418 id: A66382 author: Wake, William, 1657-1737. title: A sermon preach'd before the Lord-Mayor and court of Aldermen in the church of St. Mary le Bow, on Thursday the 26th of November, being the day of the publick thanksgiving William Wake ... date: 1691.0 words: 13004 flesch: 78 summary: 9. I will sing a new Song unto Thee O God ; upon a Psaltery and Instrument of Ten Strings will I sing Praises unto Thee . IT is but a very little while since we were wont to meet together in this Place , to implore the favour of God in the Preservation of their Majesties Persons , and for the Good Success of their Arms in those Great Enterprizes they were pleased so generously to undertake , for the necessary Defence of our Country ; the Preservation of our Religion and Liberties ; and to put a quicker End to those unhappy Confusions , we have been so long and dangerously exposed to . keywords: david; enemies; god; hand; kings; manner; providence; religion; right; text; thanksgiving; world cache: A66382.xml plain text: A66382.txt item: #331 of 418 id: A66392 author: Wake, William, 1657-1737. title: A sermon preached in the parish church of St. James, Westminster, April xvith, 1696 being the day of the publick thanksgiving for the preservation of His Majesty's person from the late horrid and barbarous conspiracy and for delivering this kingdom from the danger and miseries of a French invasion / by William Wake. date: 1696.0 words: 8966 flesch: 68 summary: For not to say any thing of those many Deliverances we have heretofore assembled to bless God for : How great was the Mercy that Saved us from our present danger ? How evident was the hand of God , in every Circumstance of it ? That Men , neither the most Religious , nor Compassionate of Any in the World ; Enemies to our Religion , and ( if it were possible ) somewhat worse than Enemies to our present Government ; should yet be so strook with the Regret of an Enterprize , which alone could give them any just Hopes of succeeding in their designs against us , as to become Themselves the Discoverers of their Own Wicked Undertakings ; is certainly very Strange : And what can hardly be accounted for , without Acknowledging some Extraordinary Impulse of Conscience in it . will I Praise Him. THO' it be difficult to say what the particular Occasion was which moved the Royal Psalmist to Compose this Psalm ; yet there is more than enough , in the very Subject of it , to shew , how suitable it is to that Great Deliverance which we are now Assembled to Offer up our Thanksgivings unto God for . keywords: david; deliverance; enemies; god; king; lord; religion; tcp; text; tho; trust cache: A66392.xml plain text: A66392.txt item: #332 of 418 id: A66416 author: Williams, John, 1636?-1709. title: A sermon preached upon the fifth of November, 1678. By a Protestant divine date: 1678.0 words: 9584 flesch: 62 summary: Could that Church do no more than others , and had it no such thing as a treasure of Merits and Superarogaions , no publick and general stock from whence such may be relieved as having made little conscience of Religion whilst they lived , have no other claim to the priviledges of it when they come to dye ; where would be the profit that doth daily accrue to it by the issuing out of Indulgences ? Were there nothing in the Reliques that are shewed by them , and no more in that Blood of Christ which they expose to the view and veneration of the people , than that of a Duck ( as my Lord Herbert in his History of Henry the 8 th . Upon which of these occasions this Psalm was penned , it is not so fit to determine , as it is to observe the lively representation that is here made of the enmity which the wicked do bear to the Church and people of God ; and of the need which the Church hath of , and of the protection it finds by the Divine Providence . keywords: church; doth; god; hath; men; people; power; religion; success; tcp; text; time; way; world cache: A66416.xml plain text: A66416.txt item: #333 of 418 id: A66555 author: Wilson, John, ca. 1654-ca. 1719. title: David's distress and deliverance a sermon on I Samuel 30. 6. preached at Edinburgh March 22nd. 1696. By J:W: minster of the gospel. date: 1696.0 words: 5091 flesch: 72 summary: HEnce we may learn , first what it is , that obstructs our Comfort ; It is true , sometime indeed , and very often in melanchollie persons , and unexperienced Souls , either the dark and duskie fumes of melanchollie thoughts , or mistakes about the Nature of GOD , unwarrantable conceits about Decrees , or excess in passionate expressions of sorrow , or mistaking the Nature of Faith and Repentance , or doubts about their perseverance , or expecting perfection , where GOD expects only Sincerity with the Merits of JESUS to make the Soul compleat ; These often discourage , but it is as certain , that there are Spiritual Derelictions for a time , when the Influences from Heaven are denyed , and then Tilling and Sowing are still Duties ; tho fruitless . And why art thou disquieted within me ? Hope thou in GOD : keywords: comfort; david; distress; encouragement; fear; god; heart; lord; men; power; soul; tcp; text cache: A66555.xml plain text: A66555.txt item: #334 of 418 id: A66596 author: Wilson, Thomas, 1601-1653. title: Davids zeale for Zion a sermon preached before sundry of the honourable House of Commons : at St. Margarets at Westminster, April 4 / by Tho. Wilson ... date: 1641.0 words: 14232 flesch: 71 summary: Hee swept the house , Verse 15. moved with the great care and zeale of his fathers house , Verse 16. Persons to bee removed , as enemies to Christ , men of false callings , not warranted of God , pretending divine right , which cannot bee demonstrated out of his Word : Men to be dealt withall as polluted priests ; these sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogie , but they were not found , therfore were they as polluted , put from the priesthood , Ezra 2. 62. 7. Lovers of good men , sober , just , holy , temperate , 1. 8. Members , to be men sanctisied to performe duties , and to partake of what is holy : Men should be sanctified , and that sufficiently ; for they could not keep the Passeover , because they had not sanctified themselves sufficiently , 2 Chron. keywords: christ; church; fire; god; gods; good; hath; heart; house; lord; man; men; people; spirit; things; thy; truth; word; worship; zeale; zion cache: A66596.xml plain text: A66596.txt item: #335 of 418 id: A66822 author: Wollaston, William, 1660-1724. title: The design of part of the book of Ecclesiastes, or, The unreasonableness of mens restless contentions for the present enjoyments represented in an English poem. date: 1691.0 words: 34733 flesch: 72 summary: 3. It is most probable , that the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is misplaced , and that it should be not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . This Parenth●sis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rabbi S. Iarchi expounds thus , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tho my body was extended with wine , yet my mind as it were rolled it self about , i. e. exercised it s●lf in wisdom , &c. keywords: bear; book; death; design; e're; end; english; god; good; hath; heart; knowledge; labour; life; man; men; nature; place; pleasure; poem; present; reason; satyr; self; sense; solomon; spirit; state; sun; text; things; tho; thought; time; use; vanity; way; words; work; world cache: A66822.xml plain text: A66822.txt item: #336 of 418 id: A67068 author: Walker, George, 1581?-1651. title: God made visible in his workes, or, A treatise of the externall workes of God first, in generall, out of the words of the Psalmist, Psalm 35, 6 : secondly, in particular of the Creation, out of the words of Moses, Genesis, Chap. 1 and 2 : thirdly, of Gods actuall Providence / by George Walker ... date: 1641.0 words: 7133 flesch: 64 summary: THE externall outward workes of God which follow in the next place after his internall workes , are indeed nothing but his actuall execution of his eternall counsell , purpose and decree . If his will or pleasure could be resisted or any thing prevented which he willeth to worke , surely the Divell who is so cunning , watchfull and malitious would in some things have defeated God , or this either by himselfe or some of his instruments : keywords: creation; doth; god; gods; hath; lord; text; things; workes; world cache: A67068.xml plain text: A67068.txt item: #337 of 418 id: A67194 author: Walker, Henry, Ironmonger. title: Bereshit, the creation of the world being an exposition on the Hebrew in the first chapter of Genesis, as it was delivered at Sir Balthazar Gerbiers academy in White Fryers : the first oration, concerning the first dayes work / by Henry Walker ... date: 1649.0 words: 8217 flesch: 65 summary: She that was afterwards so stately adorned by the divine workings after the expiration of six dayes , had ( even in the first day of her barrennesse ) a substance , a forme , a being , for so the root {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} haja signifies , to have being . For as the Prophet I say , saith {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} ( lo tohu ber aahh ) the Lord did not create it to be ( {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} tohu that was not Gods end to have it remaine so ) vaine , but afterwards formed it to be inhabited , Isa. 45.18 . keywords: creation; darknesse; day; earth; forme; god; hath; heavens; hebrew; light; spirit; waters; work cache: A67194.xml plain text: A67194.txt item: #338 of 418 id: A67232 author: Wyvill, Christopher, 1651?-1711. title: An assize-sermon preached in the cathedral-church of St. Peter in York, March the 8th, 1685/6, before the Right Honourable Sir Edward Nevill and Sir Henry Bedingfield ... by Christopher Wyvill ... date: 1686.0 words: 9449 flesch: 56 summary: We cannot but take notice , that it is mention'd in Scripture as a special mark of God's love and delight in the prosperity of a People , when he gives them a wise and a good King to reign over them ▪ in consideration of which it was , that the Queen of Sheba pronounced the Subjects of King Solomon happy , Happy ( saith she ) are thy men , happy are these thy Servants which stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom : and blessed be the Lord thy God which delighted in thee , to set thee on the Throne of Israel , because the Lord loved Israel for ever , therefore made he thee King to do judgment and justice : And if we should not be sensible of such love of God towards us , if we should not bless the Lord our God for thus providing for our good , the Queen of Sheba will rise up in judgment against us . There being therefore no publick Person that had the s●le power over the whole Community , then it was that every man did that which was right in his own eyes ; by which manner of speech may be understood whatsoever disorder in the worship of God , whatsoever misdemeanour in common conversation a rude multitude without an Head to guide and govern them , might be guilty of whatsoever distraction and confusion either in Church or State , a Nation not having a lawful Governour to support and protect it may be liable unto . keywords: church; days; god; good; government; king; man; nation; people; power; publick; right; text; things cache: A67232.xml plain text: A67232.txt item: #339 of 418 id: A67234 author: Wyvill, Christopher, 1651?-1711. title: The duty and obligations of serving God a sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-hall, July xxix, 1694 / by Christopher Wyvill ... date: 1694.0 words: 7424 flesch: 53 summary: He therefore whom God hath raised to an higher degree in Wealth and Honour than other Men , is infinitely bound for the plentiful accommodations and comforts of his Life , to be more diligent and faithful in serving God , and to employ all the Advantages of his State to advance the Honour of his munificent Benefactour , to whose good Providence alone he doth owe them , from whose Goodness only he receives them . These we should never prophane , speak ill of , or misuse ; it doth not become those who make profession of Serving God , to use these things any otherwise than with very great Esteem and Veneration , because the Honour of God is very much concerned in the right , or ill Use of them . keywords: doth; god; good; hath; honour; lord; men; servants; service; world cache: A67234.xml plain text: A67234.txt item: #340 of 418 id: A67238 author: Wyvill, Christopher, 1651?-1711. title: A sermon preach'd in the Collegiate-Church of Ripon, on Sunday the 22d of September, 1695 being the day appointed for a publick thanksgiving for the reduction of the town and castle of Namur ... / by Christopher Wyvill ... date: 1695.0 words: 7653 flesch: 55 summary: That we should pay a just deference , and an honourable respect to the memory of those worthy Persons whom the hand of the Enemy hath unfortunately slain in this War , particularly in the Reduction of that City and Castle for which we now give thanks ; that we should speak well of them and thank God for them ; for that they spent their Blood in the defence of their Country , lost their Lives in a just Cause , and dyed upon the Bed of Honour . But that which Crowns our Success , and is the glory of our Triumphs , and the chief cause of this Days-Thanksgiving , is that it hath pleased God to preserve our King from the many dangers to which his Royal Person was expos'd , during the late Siege , and in all his publick Expeditions for our Safety , and for the deliverance of our Suffering Brethren ; that he hath kept him under the shadow of his Wings , from falling into the hands of his Enemies , that he hath covered his Head in the Day of Battle , and been a Wall of Defence to him on every side . keywords: cause; church; enemies; god; good; life; nation; success; tcp; text; war cache: A67238.xml plain text: A67238.txt item: #341 of 418 id: A67397 author: Wallis, John, 1616-1703. title: The life of faith in two sermons to the university of Oxford, at St. Mary's Church there, on the 6th of January 1683/4 and June the 29th following / by John Wallis ... date: 1684.0 words: 15917 flesch: 79 summary: Who were Justified ( he tells us ) not , by Works ; but , by Faith : To whom God imputed Righteousness , with works . For it is not every Faith , ( or every thing which a presumptuous wicked person shall call Faith , ) that will Justifie us in the sight of God : But , such a Faith as works by Love ; and By Works is Faith made perfect . keywords: beleeve; christ; doth; faith; god; gods; good; hath; justification; life; lord; man; things; ver; works cache: A67397.xml plain text: A67397.txt item: #342 of 418 id: A67488 author: Wanley, Nathaniel, 1634-1680. title: Peace and rest for the upright being a sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Dr. John Bryan, sometime minister of Trinity in Coventry / by that worthy preacher of Gods Word, Mr. Nath. Wanley ... date: 1681.0 words: 5610 flesch: 76 summary: 4. Death giveth them peace and rest from the violence of men . The time of life is so inconsiderable , that Solomon the wisest of men would grant him none at all . keywords: death; god; hath; life; man; men; peace; rest; text; time cache: A67488.xml plain text: A67488.txt item: #343 of 418 id: A67563 author: Ward, Seth, 1617-1689. title: The case of Joram a sermon preached before the House of Peers in the Abby-church at Westminster, January 30, 1673/4 / by Seth, Lord Bishop of Sarum. date: 1674.0 words: 9362 flesch: 65 summary: I shall not need to spend time to prove , that our threatning and growing Famine , our present Murrein , or late Pestilence have proceeded from the hand of God : Such plagues as these are so plainly and confessedly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that David being left to his choice betwixt the Sword , the Famine , and the Pestilence , thought it a plain expression of his mind , when he only desired he might fall into the hand of God. To take the full meaning of that word ; which is here rendred by waiting , I must entreat you to observe , that the question is in the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Quid expectabo ? Chaldee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : Cur patienter me geram ? keywords: case; god; hand; hath; joram; judgments; king; lord; reason; tcp; text; way; wickedness cache: A67563.xml plain text: A67563.txt item: #344 of 418 id: A67572 author: Ward, Seth, 1617-1689. title: A sermon preached before the peers, in the abby-church at Westminster October 10, MDCLXVI / by Seth Lord Bishop of Exon. date: 1666.0 words: 11414 flesch: 65 summary: If we find our selves confounded and swallowed up into inextricable Labyrinths , when we set our selves to consider of his immanent Attributes , of his eternal duration , his unbounded Essence , his unconfined Presence : With what disposition can we entertain the terror of his Judgment , the search of his Omniscience , the stroke of his Omnipotence ? If the best and choicest of the Saints of God , have been afraid and trembled at the thoughts of Judgment , if they have been surprized with horror and confusion at the meer imagination of that Dreadful voyce , Arise and come to Judgment , What shall the worst and most obdurate sinners , when they shall be stript of this cloud of flesh and error , and cited before the great tribunal , there to render an account of our Creation , Preservation , and Redemption ? What fear , what horror , what agony will possess thee O sinful soul , when thou shalt be brought into a perfect apprehension of thy Judge , and of thy self , and he shall be gin to order out before thee the things which he hath done ; when the whole Trinity shall begin to unfold its common work , and that sacred Person blessed for ever , upon whose shoulders the Judgment is laid , shall unfold to thee his peculiar , and thou must render a severe account of thy returns ? When the mystery of thy Creation shall be unveiled to thee : When thou shalt apprehend throughly , what it is to have been fetcht out of the dark and barren shade of an eternal privation to be put in a capacity of glory . Wherefore , if it be sure that God is in Heaven , and that Man hath an understanding soul , then it is also sure that for all these things God will bring thee to Judgment , that God shall bring to judgment every secret thing . keywords: coming; day; god; hand; hath; judgment; lord; man; self; selves; tcp; text; thee; thine; things; thou; time cache: A67572.xml plain text: A67572.txt item: #345 of 418 id: A67821 author: Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705. title: The great advertisement, that a religious life is the best way to present happiness in two sermons preach'd at White-hall, the 1st on Sunday, April the 15th, the 2d on Sunday, Apr. 22, 1694 / by E. Young ... date: 1694.0 words: 12707 flesch: 56 summary: Now since God has given Man such a Desire , and withal put no capacity in things here below to answer it , and yet has certainly made nothing in vain ; It is a Demonstration , That He intended himself to fill up the measure of our Desires , and to be Himself that Delight which we long for . But , Secondly , Sensuality sets Men at a greater distance from delighting in God ; in that State they cannot do it ; And the Reason is , Because that when the Soul once comes to serve under a Complacency in things of Sense , it necessarily becomes gross and fleshly , and loses all its spiritual Tast : And thus the Wisdom of God has made it a natural Effect , That none shall be able to enjoy Him , who set up his Creatures in competition with Him ; It being made above the capacity of our hearts , as well as it is beneath the Honour of God , to receive the Commerce of his Love in any other than in our largest Room . keywords: delight; desire; god; good; heart; life; man; nature; reason; state; things cache: A67821.xml plain text: A67821.txt item: #346 of 418 id: A67824 author: Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705. title: A sermon concerning the wisdom of fearing God preach'd at Salisbury, on Sunday, July XXX, 1693 : being the time of the assizes / by E. Young ... date: 1693.0 words: 5910 flesch: 60 summary: Fear of God -- Sermons. As therefore in a Town alarm'd by an Enemy , a Sentinel is set to watch their Approaches , and to prevent the danger of a surprize ; so , in regard of those many Evils and Dangers to which we are obnoxious in this Life , God has set Fear in our Soul for a Sentinel , to watch when and which way they come , and to give us Caution that we may avoid them . keywords: fear; god; life; man; men; set; tcp; text; time; wisdom cache: A67824.xml plain text: A67824.txt item: #347 of 418 id: A67826 author: Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705. title: A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the lord mayor and aldermen of the city of London at Guild-Hall Chapell, February the 17th, 1677/8 / by Edw. Young. date: 1678.0 words: 7289 flesch: 59 summary: The first of these Opinions wrongs Nature in defect by allowing her no strength , which in consequence most make men desperate : The second wrongs Nature in excess by imputing too much strength , which in effect must make men confident : And both of them do equally destroy the Reason of our application to God for strength . As for the Malignity of Matter , it was a Notion more tolerable among the Heathens , because their errours about the Eternity and Original Qualities of Matter were perhaps Invincible : but for Christians to impute the same effects to the Corruption of our Nature by the Fall , as though we had thereby contracted such a Complexional Necessity of sinning , as neither precept nor caution , nor all the remedies that God has provided ; could rescue us from that Necessity : This is a great Calumny to Nature , and affront to God's goodness , and a meer crude apology of such as were first resolved for a lazy indulgence to Vice. And yet this pretence is not unusual ; it is not unusual to hear men confess their sins in such a subtle form , as though they were drawing schemes of Sophistry against the day of Judgement . keywords: desire; english; god; good; man; nature; reason; riches; self; sin; strength; tcp; text; things cache: A67826.xml plain text: A67826.txt item: #348 of 418 id: A67833 author: Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705. title: Two assize sermons preached at Winchester the first Feb. 26, 1694, James Hunt of Popham, Esq. being sheriff of the county of Southampton : the second July 14, 1686, Charles Wither of Hall, Esq. being sheriff, &c. / by E. Young ... date: 1695.0 words: 13102 flesch: 61 summary: We may therefore look upon it as one Certain Consequence from the Omniscience of God , that all human Actions shall be exposed to publick View and Censure ; That a Light shall be struck into all the Works of Darkness , through all the Recesses of Subtlety , through all the Disguises of Hypocrisie : That then the Masque shall be pull'd off from all dissembled Virtues , and every Vice shall appear in its proper Colour , and every Secret Injury shall proclaim its Author : That there shall be no summary Absolutions , no Pardons in Gross without Enquiry into the Retail , as the slight Repentances of Men do seem to require ; but that Repentances shall be weighed as well as Sins ; and Mercy dispensed upon Rational Terms , and the Pardon of Sinners justified by the Measures of their Contrition . In respect of such I shall add One Reflection more , ( viz. ) That Although the Knowledge of Men may not have the power of working Shame in a hardy Sinner ; yet the Omniscience of God , when it comes to manifest it self , shall bring even the Shameless to Shame ; and make it appear that , As Shame for sin can be escaped no more than Death , so it can be defy'd no more than Hell. keywords: god; gods; good; judge; judgment; justice; man; power; reason; self; shame; sin; sins; text; things cache: A67833.xml plain text: A67833.txt item: #349 of 418 id: A68150 author: Hayne, Thomas, 1582-1645, attributed name. aut title: A briefe discourse of the scriptures Declaring the seuerall stories, liues, and deaths, of the fathers, from the Creation of Adam, vnto the death of Ioseph: very necessarie to be read and practised, for easie vnderstanding of the Scriptures in a short time. date: 1614.0 words: 38817 flesch: 81 summary: The Heathen neuer receiued comfort by this ; for being told before , of thinges afterward to come to passe , they could not know the reason , but thought that the actions of men were gouerned by the motions of Starres , and the course of Nature , and not by the decree or fore-purpose of God ; who worketh euery thing according to the counsell of his owne will , & not according to our reason . Then some will say , if God decreeth euery thing , why punisheth he any thing ? It is answered , that punishment commeth from God , by the iust desert of the rancor of mans minde . keywords: abraham; adam; borne; canaan; christ; creation; dayes; death; doe; earth; egipt; fall; father; flood; gen; god; hath; haue; hee; holy; iacob; iewes; isaacke; king; land; life; lord; man; men; moses; noah; number; page; sayth; sem; seuen; signifieth; sonne; storie; time; true; vnto; vpon; wee; wicked; world; yeares cache: A68150.xml plain text: A68150.txt item: #350 of 418 id: A68204 author: Greenham, Richard. title: Spirituall preseruatiues against the pestilence. Or Seuen lectures on the 91. Psalme First printed in Anno. 1593. And now reuised, corrected, and published, as generally for the instruction of ignorant people: so specially for the confirmation of the weake seruants of Iesus Christ; descibing the most diuine and most soueraigne preseruatiues against the pestilence. By H. Holland. Hereunto is added a sweete prayer of M. R. Greenhams, neuer before published. date: 1603.0 words: 43262 flesch: 80 summary: Now my humble request vnto your Honor and Worships is , that as you be wise , prouident and circumspect , and verie carefull to remoue all naturall causes which seeme to breede , and do indeede give strength vnto this venemous contagion , by obser●…ation of politicke orders in all the parts of this Honorable citie , so you would also be as vigilant , & striue with strong hand to remoue the spiritual causes of the same ; I mean●… that you should pare away all the rotten proud sinnes of this citie ( which are corrigible by good lawes ) as much as in you lieth with the sword of instice . Thirdly they haue with vs one Gospel of com●…ort : for the Angels saith Peter , desire to ●…ehold the mysteries therein contained , ●…or their confirmation : and our conuersion and euerlasting saluation . keywords: againe; almightie; angels; bee; cause; children; christ; church; comfort; conscience; dauid; day; death; doth; euill; faith; faithfull; feare; giue; god; gods; good; hath; haue; heart; hee; holy; iesus; life; like; lord; loue; man; meanes; men; naturall; owne; peace; people; pestilence; plague; psal; sathan; sinnes; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; time; verse; vnto; vpon; wee; wicked; word cache: A68204.xml plain text: A68204.txt item: #351 of 418 id: A69577 author: Woodford, Samuel, 1636-1700. title: A paraphrase upon the Canticles, and some select hymns of the New and Old Testament with other occasional compositions in English verse / by Samuel Woodford ... date: 1679.0 words: 71628 flesch: 79 summary: Sin came , and first conceal'd my right in Thee , And then usurpt what e're was mine , But let Redemption clear Thy Right to me , And then both shall again be Thine , Both Thine and mine , tho they have bin , Offered before to Sin , Instead of First-fruits , Lord , I bring to Thee , Th' whole Harvest , which yet is not mine , Thou in return shalt give Thy self to me And make it so , because 't is Thine : Both Thine and mine , as if 't had bin , Neve'r offered up to Sin. Pity directed Thee that Choice to make , And ( having in Thy Pious Brest design'd , To shew how rude the Jews , Thy Self how kind ) His Pale and Lifeless Form resolve to take , 'T was nobly done ; for hadst Thou made him breathe , Ever in Torment he had seem'd to live , And from Thy Hands a greater Wound receive . keywords: age; arms; art; bear; blest; blood; come; day; dead; death; design'd; didst; die; divine; dost; e're; earth; eyes; fair; fear; find; fire; flame; glory; god; good; grace; great; hand; happy; hast; head; heart; heav'n; high; holy; iii; israel; kind; king; know; land; late; lay; lie; life; light; look; lord; love; man; mind; new; o're; ode; past; place; power; praise; rest; rise; sacred; saw; sea; self; shall; sing; song; soul; sponsa; tell; thee; thine; things; thou; thought; thy; time; vain; verse; voice; way; words; world cache: A69577.xml plain text: A69577.txt item: #352 of 418 id: A70011 author: Ellis, John, 1606?-1681. title: The sole path to a sound peace recommended to the honourable House of Commons in a sermon at their publike fast, Feb. 22 / by John Ellis, Jun. ... date: 1643.0 words: 27317 flesch: 77 summary: though ●Moses and Samuel ( persons that had great prevalency with him ) should never so earnestly intercede ; yet his heart could not be toward them , b and in another , c he saith though Noah , Da●iel , and lob , yet they should save neither sonne nor daughter , so this comming in of the Assyrian was peremptorily concluded notwithstanding Hezekiahs reformation , d and that of the Chaldees notwithstanding Ios●●s , e & the Babylonish captivity came , because the Lord would not pardon f and the Corinthians g were struck with mortality and no discovery of the sinne till many were taken away , or if it were discovered , yet the evill , though no doubt they repented , not removed , till by experience they had found that 't was a fearefull thing to provoke the Lord to anger , and to fall into his hands for contumacy . Thirdly , Vniversall The incurable mound had not onely laid the land waste , Cap. 7. 13. but was come up unto Iudah even to the g●●e of Ierusalem , Cap. 1.9 . keywords: adversary; assyrian; bee; cap; captivity; christ; church; cor; covenant; day; esay; evill; god; gods; hath; house; king; land; law; lord; man; men; non; peace; people; prophet; publike; reason; set; sinne; text; things; thy; time; way; word; ● ● cache: A70011.xml plain text: A70011.txt item: #353 of 418 id: A70111 author: Filleau de la Chaise, Jean, 1631-1688. title: An excellent discourse proving the divine original and authority of the five books of Moses written originally in French by Monsieur Du Bois de la Cour, and approved by six doctors of the Sorbon ; to which is added a second part, or an examination of a considerable part of Pere Simon's critical history of the Old Testament ... by W.L. date: 1682.0 words: 44790 flesch: 60 summary: 2. The Law of Moses which that Nation was to be ruled by , had so full evidence of Divine Authority , that it was scarce possible for the Jews of that Age to doubt of it : The ten Plagues of Egypt , the opening of the Red Sea , and the Raining of Quails , and the forty years feeding them with Manna , the Flaming Mount , the terrible Sight and Voices , the Glory of God and the Cloud before the Tabernacle , the swallowing up of Thousands by the opened Earth , with other such signs , must needs convince the Nations of Gods Revelation : IF thou weighest things in the Ballance of right Reason , thou can'st not but see , That Moses being the first Man by whose Ministry Almighty God thought fit to give a Body of Laws unto a whole Nation , and to as many of the World besides , as should join in communion with that Nation ; it was necessary God should enable him to make it evidently appear unto all rational Men , that he was sent and authorized by God to give Laws unto that Nation : and if thou read'st the Books of Moses , and what thou wilt find in the following Discourse concerning him and them , thou can'st not but likewise see , that the infinitely Wise and Powerful God did in effect enable him evidently and certainly to prove his Mission and Commission to be from Heaven . keywords: aegypt; answer; author; books; faith; god; hath; hebron; history; jacob; jews; land; law; lord; man; men; miracles; moses; pentateuch; people; place; simon; spirit; things; time; truth; words; world; years cache: A70111.xml plain text: A70111.txt item: #354 of 418 id: A70130 author: Gouge, William, 1578-1653. title: Mercies memorial set out in a sermon preached in Paul's church, Novemb. 17, 1644, in memoriall of the great deliverance which England had from antichristian bondage by Queen Elizabeths attaining the crowne/ by William Gouge ... date: 1645.0 words: 11724 flesch: 77 summary: * {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} The face of God seen . Israels abode in and passage out of Egypt typicall . 2 Cor. 10.1 . &c. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} . keywords: day; dayes; deliverance; egypt; egyptians; exod; god; gods; israelites; land; lord; people; psal; set; text; time; yea cache: A70130.xml plain text: A70130.txt item: #355 of 418 id: A70256 author: Hooke, William, 1600 or 1601-1678. title: The priveledge of the saints on earth beyond those in heaven in respect of gifts and graces exercised, duties and services performed, sufferings and tryals undergone by them which the glorified are not capable of : being the sum of a discourse upon a part of Hezekiah's Song of thanksgiving ... : to which is added A short discourse of the nature and extent of the Gospel-day : reaching from the destruction of the old to the erection of the new Jerusalem out of Zech. 14, 6, 7 / by William Hooke. date: 1673.0 words: 34391 flesch: 81 summary: Herein do we communicate with Angels , whose glory it is that they are Ministring Spirits , always beholding the face of God our Father for this very purpose . The Son of God hath given us a glorious pattern herein , I must work the work of him that hath sent me , &c. Christ Jesus our Master improved all opportunities , went up and down doing good , filling all places where he came with the favour of his Doctrine and Miracles , because he knew his time was short , and the recompence of reward at hand . keywords: children; christ; church; darkness; day; earth; evening; glory; god; good; gospel; hath; heaven; life; light; lord; love; men; saints; saith; time; truth; way; work; world cache: A70256.xml plain text: A70256.txt item: #356 of 418 id: A70378 author: Jackson, John. title: The true euangelical temper wherein divinity and ecclesiastical history are interwoven, and mixed, both to the profit and delight of the Christian reader, and moderately, and soberly fitted to the present grand concernments of this state, and church / preached in three sermons at St. Martins in the Strand ... by Jo. Jackson. date: 1641.0 words: 25273 flesch: 71 summary: {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} . LEt this one thing declare how famous and notorious this Text is ; that two of the Sibyls , in their Oracles , have not onely pointed at it , but even translated it a almost word for word . He is militantly triumphant in these dayes , that would not be {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , some great one . keywords: beare; beasts; bee; blood; calfe; children; christ; christians; church; day; death; doe; doth; dwell; esay; god; gods; good; hath; hee; holy; kid; king; lamb; law; leopard; lord; lyon; martyr; men; non; owne; oxe; peace; persecution; point; religion; roman; saith; second; text; use; wolfe; wolves; word; yea cache: A70378.xml plain text: A70378.txt item: #357 of 418 id: A70569 author: Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638. title: Daniels weekes an interpretation of part of the prophecy of Daniel / by Joseph Mede ... date: 1643.0 words: 10956 flesch: 70 summary: ] If this therefore may be admitted , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} in our Text of Daniel will sound per Ellipsin conjunctionis Hebdomades & Hebdomas , Weeks and a Week , the sense being all one with the former , saving that one Week is implied as singular from the rest , which may be that which the Angel afterward mentions ver. 27. weeks ] The numerall word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} I have here translated distributively , understanding by {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Hebdomadae septenae , that is , many seven Weeks , or as our English handsomly expresseth , Sevens of Weeks : the sense to be as if the Angel had said , keywords: anno; artaxerxes; christ; city; end; jerusalem; messiah; non; people; time; weeks; year cache: A70569.xml plain text: A70569.txt item: #358 of 418 id: A70654 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: Threnodia, the churches lamentation for the good man his losse delivered in a sermon to the Right Honourable the two Houses of Parliament and the reverend Assembly of Divines at the funerall of that excellent man John Pym, Esquire, late a Member of the Honourable House of Commons : preached in the Abbey-Church of Westminster / by Stephen Marshall ... date: 1644.0 words: 14415 flesch: 61 summary: There were Princes that were oppressours , Iudges who received bribes , great men uttering their mischievous desires , a world of people who lay in wait for bloud , who could hunt every man his brother with a net , that could doe evill with both hands earnestly , the best of them as a briar , the most upright sharper then a thorne hedge ; but such a thin scattering of men willing and fit for the service of God and his Church , that if one searched as diligently as Diogenes did in Athens at noon day for an honest man , hee was hardly to be found . Other Kings and Princes are compelled to preserve their chief Instruments , because when they are gone they know not where to find a supplie , but God ( as he needs none so ) when he pleaseth to use any , can raise up stones to be children , and children to doe the worke of men , and yet all these empty Pipes , further then he fills them , bubbles , easily broken , further then he supports them . keywords: bee; cause; church; death; doe; god; good; hath; heart; life; lord; man; men; owne; people; thee; things; thou; time; world cache: A70654.xml plain text: A70654.txt item: #359 of 418 id: A70812 author: Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647. title: The glasse of Gods providence towards his faithfvll ones held forth in a sermon preached to the two Houses of Parliament at Margarets Westminster, Aug. 13, 1644, being an extraordinary day of humiliation : wherein is discovered the great failings that the best are liable unto, upon which God is provoked sometimes to take vengeance : the whole is applyed specially to a more carefull observation of our late covenant, and particularly against the ungodly toleration pleaded for under pretence of liberty of conscience / by Herbert Palmer ... date: 1644.0 words: 32074 flesch: 69 summary: THe Records of Holy Scripture , whether they concerne the Actions of GOD or Men , are not onely Stories of things done in that Age , but Prophesies also of future events in succeeding Generations . BEhold an Apostrophe to GOD , in the midst of an Exhortation to Men ! keywords: againe; covenant; day; doe; doth; faithfull; feare; god; gods; hath; himselfe; humiliation; lord; man; men; moses; people; selves; servants; sins; specially; text; things; thou; vengeance; word cache: A70812.xml plain text: A70812.txt item: #360 of 418 id: A70828 author: Palmer, Thomas, b. ca. 1620. title: The saints support in these sad times delivered in a sermon at Tiverton in Devonshire, in the time his excellencies army raised for King and Parliament quartered there / by Tho. Palmer ... date: 1644.0 words: 28354 flesch: 71 summary: The Church , the Spou●e of Christ hath been all blacke with suffe●●ng● , but now God will cloath her with the garments of joy and gladnesse . He that dourteth is damned if he eat , because he careth not of faith , f●r whatsoever is not of f●ith is sinne● , that is , looke to your rule , see and know a warrant for what you doe , or else you will transgresse , you will sinne ; these tran●gressions are soule weights , soul burdens , and therefore David prayed for deliverance from them in these termes , deliver me from all my transgressions , Psal. 39.8 . keywords: christ; david; deliverance; doe; doth; god; gods; goe; good; hath; iesus christ; jesus; king; lord; love; man; men; people; promise; right; saints; soule; thee; thing; thou; thy; time; vers; wicked; word; ● e; ● ● cache: A70828.xml plain text: A70828.txt item: #361 of 418 id: A71091 author: Symmons, Edward. title: Scripture vindicated from the mis-apprehensions, mis-interpretations, and mis-applications of Mr Stephen Marshall, [in] his sermon preached before the Commons House of Parliament, Feb. 23. 1641. and published by order of that House. : Also a militarie sermon, wherein [b]y the VVord of God, the nature and disposition of a rebell is discovered, and the kings true souldier described and characterized. / [B]y Edward Symmons ... date: 1645.0 words: 41485 flesch: 45 summary: And let not any object that these Evangelicall precepts , doe onely concerne our carriages towards our owne personall Enemies , and not towards those that are the Enemies of Christ , and his Church ; for I conceive that Persecutors of Christians , raylers , and those that offer wrong , or render evill to others , are no friends of Christ ; and besides as our Saviour told us ( in the place before quoted ) 't is the condition of God our Heavenly Father ( whom we must endeavour to be like , to doe good to the unthankefull , and to the Evill ; and such sure are his Enemies , whom he doth not looke , we should use worse then himselfe doth : we must not thinke to be more righteous , or zealous then he ; nor must we begin our vomit , or Execrations , before God begins his : for indeed the Church her selfe ( as M. Perkins inferreth ) hath onely power to pronounce him accursed , whom God first accurseth : and the Apostle , Gal. 1.8 , 9. tells us twise over , for our better observance , and remembrance , what kind of man that is , who is under the Anathema of the Lord : even he that preacheth another Gospell , or any other Doctrine for Gospell contrary to that , of Peace , and Love , and Patience and Obedience , which himselfe had Preached : whence that phrase is borrowed by Mr Marshall , gives no such warrant ; but rather if we marke him doth teach men , to mind their owne things lesse , and the things of Christ more , by laying downe before them the example of Christs great love to mankind ; his Humility and sufferings in their behalfe ; by shewing how he denyed himselfe and his owne glory , to procure their advancement ; and from hence he provokes men to be like him , in discovering the same mind , and affection to be in themselves towards him , and v. 14. & 15. he exhorts them , to doe all things without murmurings and disputings , surely then without Cursings , and he gives this reason , that you may be blamelesse and harmelesse , the Sons of God without rebuke , in the midst of a froward and perverse Generation ; for the gaining and winning of them , inferring that if they should doe otherwise , if they should curse those that were not of their owne side , and temper ; they being of a perverse and crooked disposition , would returne like for like , yea and speake evill of God whose Children they professed themselves to be , and so there would be nothing but disputings and quarrellings , fightings and shedding of one anothers bloud , even as there is now in this Land amongst us . keywords: babilon; bloud; cause; children; christ; church; curse; day; doctrine; doe; doth; enemies; god; gods; good; hath; himselfe; king; lord; man; marshall; master; men; owne; parliament; people; saies; scripture; sermon; spirit; text; things; thou; thy; time; way; word; worke; yea cache: A71091.xml plain text: A71091.txt item: #362 of 418 id: A71251 author: Wake, William, 1657-1737. title: A sermon preached upon the XXXth of January S.V. 1684/5, at Paris in the chappel of the Right Honourable the Lord Vicount Preston, His Majestie's envoy extraordinary in the court of France date: 1685.0 words: 9397 flesch: 64 summary: How did our Cities become Solitary , that were full of people ? Our Country , Once great among the Nations , How did she become Tributary , even to her own Vassals ? Our King , the Anointed of the Lord , fell by their hand ; Our Princes were led into Captivity ; Our Churches , the Places of our Assemblies , were profaned ; The solemn Feasts and days , were forgotten in our Zion , and God in the Indignation of his anger , despised both the King and the Priest. Let us no more give our Enemies this advantage against us , to force the Almighty to withdraw his presence from amongst us , and leave us again to engage them upon equal Terms : But let our lives and our prayers both join in the Request , to save and to defend us , Spare thy People , O Lord , and give not thine Heritage to reproach ; that the Heathen should rule over them : wherefore should they say among the People , Where is there God ? keywords: church; day; fast; god; heaven; lord; men; people; prophet; reproach; sanctifie; sins; solemn; tcp; text cache: A71251.xml plain text: A71251.txt item: #363 of 418 id: A71286 author: Walker, George, 1581?-1651. title: A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at their late solemne monethly fast Januarie 29th, 1644 wherein these foure necessary considerations are plainly proved and demonstrated out of the holy Scriptures, viz ... / by George Walker ... date: 1645.0 words: 20634 flesch: 59 summary: The Law which God gave to Noah and his sons , that whosoever sheds mans bloud , by man shall his bloud be shed , is also a proofe of this assertion ; besides many examples in Scripture . And first , in that here the Band of wicked Counsellours , unjust Iudges , corrupt Officers , and violent oppressors , and persecutors of Gods Church and people , is resembled to a Bramble , and is by the Spirit of God , which spake by David , called by the name of the Dog-bramble , which is the worst , and most hurtfull of all Briars and Thornes , which God layd as a curse upon the earth for mans sinne , Gen. 3.18 . keywords: bands; bramble; church; curse; destruction; doctrine; doe; enemies; evill; god; gods; great; land; like; lord; men; mischiefe; people; plague; pricks; set; text; thornes; wicked; words cache: A71286.xml plain text: A71286.txt item: #364 of 418 id: A71301 author: Ward, Seth, 1617-1689. title: A sermon against the anti-Scripturists also another concerning the sinfulness, danger, and remedies of infidelity, preached at White-Hall / by Seth Lord Bishop of Sarum. date: 1670.0 words: 21651 flesch: 73 summary: S. John declares that he had c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with the Father and the Son ; as for his other writings , that they contained the things d which he had heard and seen with his eyes , which he had looked on , and his hands had handled of the Word of life . On the other side S. Peter , in that very place , where he may seem to complain of the d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of S. Paul , yet even there he owns him as his beloved Brother , acknowledges his Wisdom to have been given him of God , and numbers all his Epistles , inter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , amongst the other Scriptures . keywords: apostles; authority; books; christ; faith; god; gospel; hath; history; infidelity; joh; mat; miracles; new; scriptures; spirit; testament; things; time; truth; world cache: A71301.xml plain text: A71301.txt item: #365 of 418 id: A72996 author: Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. title: Dauids musick: or Psalmes of that royall prophet, once the sweete singer of that Israel vnfolded logically, expounded paraphrastically, and then followeth a more particular explanation of the words, with manifold doctrines and vses briefly obserued out of the same. By R.B. and R.A. preachers of Gods word in Somersetshire. date: 1616.0 words: 48635 flesch: 93 summary: In this our present trauell , wee haue followed the manner of such Traders , making proofe with these new wares , what hope there will be of venting abroad more of the same kind , which we are very ready to doe , and that with speed , if we may know them for the profit saleable ; but if otherwise , as we may saue further labor in this course , so our losse shall not be much by so little : yea heereby we shall gaine somewhat to our selues , euen a comfortable answere to make at that day of account , that whatsoeuer our successe is , yet such haue our endeuours beene , heereby to doe the best good we can to the Church of God , and with the conscience of this wee haue hardened our foreheads against the many censures of men , and set it as a brazen wall against them ; choosing rather to be accounted of such , foolish , vaineglorious , affecting bookishnes , or any thing else , as pleaseth them in their salt humour to vtter , then that not doing the good wee might , our owne consciences should condemne vs , yea , God himselfe , for euill and vnprofitable seruants . Now we haue entred vpon the book of the Psalms , drawn on hitherto by the great variety of documents and instructions , sutable to all estates of men most plentifully contained heerein , so that wee may boldly say , there is no condition of any in prosperity or aduersity , peace or warres , health or sicknes , inward or outward distresse , with many particular cases in all these kinds , but he shall finde some Psalmes , which he may thinke almost to haue beene composed vpon his owne occasion , wherin he may praise God , pray vnto him , complaine and open his particular griefes . keywords: bee; blessed; christ; dauid; doct; doe; doth; enemies; esa; explanation; god; godly; gods; good; hath; haue; hee; heere; holy; ioh; king; learne; lord; man; mat; men; people; psal; psalme; sam; themselues; thy; vers; vnto; vpon; vse; vse 1; way; wee; wicked; word cache: A72996.xml plain text: A72996.txt item: #366 of 418 id: A76066 author: Barton, William, 1598?-1678. title: A view of many errors and som gross absurdities in the old translation of the Psalms in English metre; as also in som other translations lately published: shewing how the Psalms ought to be translated, to be acceptable and edifying. Together with sundry epigramms and suffrages of many godly and learned men in behalf of the author's translation, and reasons for publishing the same. / By W.B. M.A. and minister of the Gospel. date: None words: 6943 flesch: 86 summary: A view of many errors and som gross absurdities in the old translation of the Psalms in English metre; as also in som other translations lately published: shewing how the Psalms ought to be translated, to be acceptable and edifying. A view of many errors and som gross absurdities in the old translation of the Psalms in English metre; as also in som other translations lately published: shewing how the Psalms ought to be translated, to be acceptable and edifying. keywords: barton; bee; book; god; john; lines; lord; mee; men; psal; psalms; sense; som; text; thou; translation; william; words cache: A76066.xml plain text: A76066.txt item: #367 of 418 id: A76561 author: Church of Scotland. title: The Psalms of David in meeter: newly translated, and diligently compared with the originall text, and former translations, more plaine, smooth, and agreeable to the text, then any heretofore. ; Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in congregations and families. date: 1650.0 words: 54574 flesch: 90 summary: DAvid , and his afflictions all , Lord , do thou think upon : How unto God he sware , and vow'd to Jacobs mightie One. Because of those mine enemies , Lord , in thy righteousnesse Do thou me lead ; do thou thy way make straight before my face . keywords: chief; david; day; doth; earth; ev'n; fear; god; god doth; gods; good; great; hand; hast; hath; heart; holy; land; lord doth; lord god; lord thy; man; men; mercy; mouth; o lord; page; people; praise; psalm; right; set; shall; sing; soul; strength; thee; thine; thou; thy; thy god; way; wicked; word; works; yea cache: A76561.xml plain text: A76561.txt item: #368 of 418 id: A76624 author: Phillips, John, Mr. title: Daveidos: or, a specimen of some of David's psalms in English metre With remarks upon the late translators, by Mr. John Phillips. date: None words: 9890 flesch: 79 summary: Notes for div A76624-e2910 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Segregavit sibi Benignum seu potius sanctum ; for the word signifies both . And make the angry Sea comply — Let all the World , O Lord , combine , to praise , &c. keywords: david; earth; english; god; holy; like; lord; men; people; poor; power; praise; psalm; soul; tcp; text; thee; thou; wicked; words cache: A76624.xml plain text: A76624.txt item: #369 of 418 id: A77506 author: Brinsley, John, 1600-1665. title: A parlie with the sword about a cessation, as it was delivered in a sermon at a publick fast in the church of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, Decemb. 28. 1642. / By Iohn Brinsley, minister of the Word, and pastour of an adjacent congregation. Published for common use. date: 1643.0 words: 10831 flesch: 82 summary: It is the Sword of the Lord ▪ O then , let us feare and tremble before this Sword ; knowing that it is no carnall way or means , w●●ther Power or Policie , that shall divert , or hinder this Sword from doing that execution , which God hath given it in charge . Hee is the chiefe of the wayes of God , ( the chiefest amongst the Bruit Creatures ) yet , Hee that made him can make his Sword approach unto him . keywords: charge; doe; god; hand; hath; hee; lord; man; people; prophet; saith; sword; text; thou; wee cache: A77506.xml plain text: A77506.txt item: #370 of 418 id: A77856 author: Burges, Cornelius, 1589?-1665. title: The first sermon, preached to the Honourable House of Commons now assembled in Parliament at their publique fast. Novemb. 17. 1640. / By Cornelius Burges Doctor of Divinitie. Published by order of that House. date: 1641.0 words: 28672 flesch: 74 summary: To strike a Covenant , is not , in a private or publique prayer only , to goe to God and say , Lord I will be thine , I here enter into a Covenant with thee , be thou a witnesse of it , &c. but it is , to stand and make it publiquely before the Lord , by some speciall solemnitie that may witnesse it to all the world , as Iosiah * , Asa , and all the Godly ever did ; ( even as in ●n entring into bonds , or as in solemnizing of matrimony , men use to doe ) Whether by the Sacrament of the Lords Supper , by fasting , or by ought else , whereby they may become so firmely and arctly joyned to the Lord , that they may not only be no longer sui jurls , to depart away from the Living God ; but , not so much as to sit loose from God , or to stand in any terme● of indifferency , which might leave them at libertie to serve , or not to serve God in any dutie , how difficult , or dangerous soever . As they soone forgot his workes , so it was not long ere they forgot God their Saviour himselfe too ; and then no marvaile , if , at the next bo●t , they forgot his Covenant also , Psal. 106. keywords: babylon; church; covenant; day; deliverance; doe; exhortation; fast; god; hath; heart; israel; lord; man; men; non; people; reformation; selves; set; solemne; text; time; vers; vse; way; zion; ● ● cache: A77856.xml plain text: A77856.txt item: #371 of 418 id: A79474 author: Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665. title: The man of honour, described in a sermon, preached before the Lords of Parliament, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, March 26. 1645. The solemn day of the publique monethly-fast. / By Francis Cheynell, minister of Gods Word. Die Jovis, 27. Martii, 1645. It is this day ordered by the Lords in Parliament, that this House doth hereby give thanks to Master Cheynell for his great pains, taken in the sermon, he preached on the 26. of this instant March, in the Abbey Church Westminster, before the Lords of Parliament, it being the day of the publique fast. John Brown, Cler. Parliament. date: 1645.0 words: 31225 flesch: 70 summary: Keep your selves in the Love of God , verse 21. I. Mir● simplicit●s est ●…cire qu●…●…das ●…onym . Capt. Frustra sunt qui Religionis specie in ambitionem del●bunt●● , Tacit. keywords: beasts; beleeve; blood; body; christ; christian; conscience; day; death; doth; est; faith; glory; god; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; hell; honour; jesus; kings; leave; lib; life; lords; love; man; men; nay; non; parliament; power; reason; self; selves; service; shew; sin; sins; soul; text; thee; things; thou; time; true; wealth; world; ● ● cache: A79474.xml plain text: A79474.txt item: #372 of 418 id: A79475 author: Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665. title: A plot for the good of posterity. Communicated in a sermon to the Honorable House of Commons for the sanctifying of the monthly fast. March 25. 1646. / By Francis Cheynell. date: 1646.0 words: 22583 flesch: 65 summary: Poeniend●s peccatis tres esse debere causas ●aist : matumest , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , cùm dignitas au●●ori●● asque , ejus in quem est peccatum tuenda est . Secondly , If you looke upon the matter of the Text : it is in one word , Abrahams Testimoniall subscribed by God himselfe ; a Divine Testimoni●ll indeed , which did not onely certifie what Abraham was for the present , but what he should be for the future : This is the Testimoniall of a God . keywords: abraham; children; christ; church; command; doth; faith; family; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; house; jehovah; liberty; lord; love; man; men; non; owne; power; religion; saints; secrets; selfe; set; spirit; text; things; thou; thy; time; way; word cache: A79475.xml plain text: A79475.txt item: #373 of 418 id: A79477 author: Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665. title: Sions memento, and Gods alarum. In a sermon at VVestminster, before the Honorable House of Commons, on the 31. of May 1643. the solemne day of their monethly fast. By Francis Cheynell late Fellow of Merton College in Oxford. Printed and published by order of the House of Commons. date: 1643.0 words: 24939 flesch: 70 summary: ●t super ●…nes qu● in ●uti swit vestibus alients — ●…mplentes templu●● e●us impietate & dolo-induite Christum , induite viscera misericordia — pro mise●●cordi●●ndui●…ur ●…ta●e , pro v●●tutibus vit●u , ( i. ) pro Christo Anti-christo . Archbishop of C●●● . keywords: antichristian; babylon; beast; christ; christian; church; covenant; day; doth; earth; england; est; faction; faith; god; good; hand; hath; hearts; heaven; holinesse; house; iohn; king; lord; men; nay; non; people; place; pope; power; prophet; reason; roman; rome; self; sion; spirit; strength; text; thy; time; truth; verse; whore; zion; ● o; ● t; ● ● cache: A79477.xml plain text: A79477.txt item: #374 of 418 id: A81897 author: Durham, James, 1622-1658. title: The Parliaments commission: delivered in a sermon, upon Nehemiah chap. 2 vers. 19, 20. / By J. Durham. date: 1643.0 words: 5504 flesch: 69 summary: Worldly masters will not cast a way their faithfull servants , but maintaine them as they may , and thinkest thou that God will forsake his servants ? Thinkest thou a mortall wretched man to be more loving to thee then the eternall God and mercifull father that made thee , feedeth thee , and defendeth thee , when man cannot help thee ? yea loveth the better then thou lovest thy selfe , and stayeth thee from running from him , when thou wouldest willingly seek thine own destruction wilfully . Gods people are knit together with two bonds , the one is Christ their head , who giveth life to all members of the body , the other is brotherly love among themselves : but neither of these can be found in Idolaters ; for they neither take Christ for their head and live by him , nor they love not Christians as their brethren , but dissemble with God and man . keywords: building; christ; god; gods; good; king; men; people; saith cache: A81897.xml plain text: A81897.txt item: #375 of 418 id: A82313 author: Dell, William, d. 1664. title: The building and glory of the truely Christian and spiritual church. Represented in an exposition on Isai. 54, from vers. 11. to the 17. Preached to His Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax and the general officers of the army, with divers other officers, and souldiers, and people, at Marston, being the head-quarter at the leaguer before Oxford, June. 7. 1646. / By William Dell, minister of the Gospel, attending on His Excellencie Sir Thomas Fairfax in the Army. Together with a faithful testimony touching that valiant and victorious army, in the epistle to the reader. Published by authority. date: 1646.0 words: 15813 flesch: 63 summary: I told him , I was far from thinking any such thing ; for I knew some of them very godly Christians , and did acknowledge the grace of God in them ; and that for mine own part , I did not allow any such distinction of Christians , as Presbyterians and Independents , this being onely a distinction of mans making , tending to the division of the Church ; and added , that as in Christs kingdom neither Circumcision availeth any thing , nor uncircumcision , but a new creature ; so in this same kingdom of Christ , neither Presbytery availeth any thing , nor Independency , but a new creature : and that the kingdom of God stands not in Presbytery or Independency , but in righteousnesse , and peace , and joy in the holy Ghost ; and that , if I saw any thing of God or Christ , or the Spirit in any one , I reckoned him as a brother , not taking any such opinion into consideration ; and that the unity of spirit , and not of opinion , is the bond of Peace in Christs kingdom . Men that have estates in money or land , depend on those things for their maintenance ; but a Christian may have little or nothing of these in the world , but he hath a Promise , which is a thousand times better , and makes his life more comfortable : I am God All-sufficient ; and , I will not fail thee nor forsake thee : whereupon he comes to this resolution , The Lord is my portion , saith my soul , I will trust in him . keywords: christ; church; glory; god; hath; lord; man; men; righteousnesse; saints; spirit; stones; thee; thou; truth; world cache: A82313.xml plain text: A82313.txt item: #376 of 418 id: A85371 author: Goode, William, b. 1599 or 1600. title: Jacob raised: or, The means of making a nation happy both in spiritual and temporal priviledges. Presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honorable House of Peeres in the Abby Church at Westminster, at the late solemne monthly fast, Decemb. 30. 1646. / By Willam [sic] Goode, B.D. and Pastor of Denton in Norfolk. Published by order of the House of Peeres. date: 1647.0 words: 14347 flesch: 79 summary: Fourthly , Improve your opportunities : God hath now made you so great , and brought your adversaries so low , as there is nothing to be done for the House of God but you may do it . 1. Let God arise , and let his enemies be scattered . keywords: god; gods; gospel; hath; house; isa; israel; judgements; land; lord; nation; non; people; power; saith; sins; text; truth; world cache: A85371.xml plain text: A85371.txt item: #377 of 418 id: A85411 author: Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665. title: A post-script, or appendix to a treatise lately published by authority, intituled, Hagio-Mastix, or the scourge of the saints displaid in his colours of ignorance and blood. Being an explication of the third verse of the thirteenth chapter of the prophecie of Zacharie; (the tenour whereof is this: and it shall come to passe, that when any shall yet prophecie, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, thou shalt not live, for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him, shall thrust him through when he prophecieth.) According to the analogie of the Sriptures [sic], the scope and exigency of the context, and the sence of the best expositors upon the place. / By John Goodwin a servant of God and men, in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. date: 1647.0 words: 14627 flesch: 62 summary: And that he may [ not , and he shall , as our English yet again mis-translateth , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} ] send Jesus Christ , which before was preached unto you , whom the heavens must receive , untill the times of restitution of all things , which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began . So that the Repentance and conversion of this people unto God , when , or how soon soever it shall take place , shall be immediatly , or soon after , rewarded by him , with the sending of his Son Jesus Christ , their long expected Messiah unto them , * {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , i. ( as the word properly imports ) to restore , or , re-constitute all things , keywords: authority; children; christ; church; cum; death; est; god; gospel; hand; hath; jews; lord; man; men; nation; non; place; qui; quod; saith; scriptures; self; spirit; text; truth; unto; viz; words; world; yea; zeal cache: A85411.xml plain text: A85411.txt item: #378 of 418 id: A85443 author: England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. title: Zerubbabels encouragement to finish the temple. A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at their late solemne fast, Apr. 27. 1642. By Tho. Goodwin, B.D. Published by order from that House. date: 1642.0 words: 17774 flesch: 73 summary: And thus in the New Testament , in the representation of the Church on earth as worshipping him , Rev. 4. 8 , 9 , and 10. verses : This Church hath a Throne in the midst of it , and God sits thereon , ver. 5 , 6 , 7. Yet neverthelesse , We ( sayes he ) made our prayer to God , and set a watch day and night ; they doubled their care and paines , and wrought both night and day , and did not put off their clothes , ver. 21. keywords: building; church; doe; god; gods; house; king; lord; power; set; spirit; temple; thee; ver; way; work; worship cache: A85443.xml plain text: A85443.txt item: #379 of 418 id: A85485 author: Gouge, William, 1578-1653. title: The progresse of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey Church of Westminster before the house of Peers, on the 24th of September, 1645. being the day of their monethly fast. / By William Gouge, one of the members of the Assembly. date: 1645.0 words: 15021 flesch: 76 summary: 3. God put off his best things to the last times , because in his unsearchable wisdom he ordained , that his Sonne should be sent into the world in the later age thereof ; that thereby he might be known to be the best of Gods gifts , and to excell all other gifts , that were before conferred upon the Church . Hereby therefore it i● intended , that we who live in these later times , and enjoy the better things which God hath provided for his Church , should more abound in knowledge , be more strengthened in faith , be more established in hope , be more enlarged in our hearts with a zeal of Gods glory , be more conformable in our lives to his holy will , be more charitable to such as stand in need , be more diligent and faithfull in imploying and improving our talent , more patient under crosses , more ready and forward to suffer for the name of Christ , and to seale up our holy profession , even with our blood , if we be called thereunto . keywords: christ; church; day; doe; god; gods; good; gospel; hath; heb; light; lord; non; providence; set; text; things; times cache: A85485.xml plain text: A85485.txt item: #380 of 418 id: A85505 author: Gower, Stanley. title: Things now-a-doing: or, The chvrches travaile of the child of reformation now-a-bearing. In a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at their solemne fast, Iuly 31. 1644. By Stanley Gower, sometimes Rector of Brompton-Brian in the County of Hereford, now Preacher of Gods Word at Martins Ludgate, London: and one of the Reverend Assembly of Divines. Published by order of the said House. date: 1644.0 words: 12055 flesch: 81 summary: Their project was by oppression to keepe them downe , the oppressours now are oppressed ; they would keepe off Parliaments , or breake them if they could not serve themselves of them ; there is now a standing Parliament to plague them , they would bring in first Rebels to helpe them , and imploy bloudy Papists , now three Kingdomes are in one Covenant , and their ships are broken at Ezi●●-G●ber ; the Lord hath every where said to them ; Associate your selves , and ye shall be broken in pieces : and give eare , O ye of farre Countries : gird your selves , and ye shall be broken in pieces : gird your selves , and ye shall be broken in pieces , Take counsell together , and it shall come to nought : speake the word , and it shall not stand . And this our Daniel , eminent with men , whose wisedome grew into a proverbe : — Thou art wiser then Daniel : ) powerfull for men , and greatly beloved of God , writes the history of the Iewish Church ( then the only people of God , and as yet beloved for their fathers sa●e ) in the six first Chapters , and their prophesie in the six latter Chapters , as some have made the distribution of this Booke : or ( as others , ) their troubles under the foure great Monarchies , to this twelfth Chapter ; and their deliverance under the fifth perpetuall Monarchy which the stone cut out without hands shall set up ( as Christ is called in this booke ) in this twelfth Chapter . keywords: christ; doe; god; godly; lord; men; people; shall; text; things; time; white; wicked; ● ● cache: A85505.xml plain text: A85505.txt item: #381 of 418 id: A85529 author: Grant, John, d. 1653. title: Gods deliverance of man by prayer. And mans thankefulnesse to God in prayses. In a sermon by reason of the lecturers absence in the Church of Saint Bartholmewes Exchange, on Ash-Wendesday [sic], at the generall fast, proposed. But at that time by a company of church intruders very rudely opposed. And now at this time, for the publike satisfaction of all men faithfully in print exposed. by I. G. D.D. Rector there. date: 1642.0 words: 9293 flesch: 64 summary: That prayer is a most important part of our Religious service to God ward , appeares in this most clearely , that the sacred booke of God under those appellations of prayer , and Invocation comprehendeth even the whole service of God : Let that among the rest be deepely weighed , and pondred in our hearts , Whosoever shall call on the Name of the Lord shall be saved , Acts 2. 21. Gods whole worship is contained under this one phrase , to call upon God , no duty of godlinesse is to him more acceptable , no sacrifice in better part taken , then is that : the calling on the name of the Lord is , the open profession of him without dantednesse , Gen. 4. 26. Where ever Abraham , the Father , and patterne of the faithfull , where ever he came , there erected he an Altar , and called upon the Name of the Lord , Gen. 12. 7 , 8. The house of prayer is the name of Gods house , and God gave it that name by his Prophet Isaiah , and our blessed Iesus ratifies it ; Preaching we have here , and Sacraments we have here ; but prayer gives it the denomination , as the major service of God , and both implying , and including all the rest , needs must we all if there bee any ingenuity of Christianity in us , needs must wee acknowledge prayer to bee a matter of the greatest consequence even upon this consideration deeply volved , and revolved in our hearts , that every soule to heaven-ward setled makes the recommendation of his spirit into the hands of God , his practice uncessant , as being in no hands late but his ; that of Davids is by frequency made his . Of prayers effectualnesse memorable are the examples we have in the booke of God , and recorded they are for our close imitation and encouragement to that weighty and most usefull duty . keywords: bee; church; day; doe; glory; god; gods; hearts; life; lord; men; prayer; text; thee; thou; troubles; wee cache: A85529.xml plain text: A85529.txt item: #382 of 418 id: A85785 author: Gurnall, William, 1617-1679. title: The magistrates pourtraiture drawn from the Word, and preached in a sermon at Stowe-Market in Suffolk, upon August, the 20. 1656. before the election of Parliament-men for the same county. / By William Gurnall, M.A. of Eman. Coll. now pastor of the Church of Christ in Lavenham. Suffolk. date: 1656.0 words: 12954 flesch: 67 summary: {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , not as if it were mans invention : for all Powers are of God , but because 't is discharged by men , and intended for mans good . No , He is the Minister of God to them for good ; and he tells them they must needs be subject , ( though then the Magistrate was no friend to the Church ) and that not only for wrath , to save his skin from mans wrath , but for conscience sake , to save their soules from God , Rom. 13.4 , 5. They cannot father their brat upon the Scripture ; keywords: god; gods; good; government; hand; hath; judges; magistracy; magistrates; man; men; nation; people; place; text; thou; time cache: A85785.xml plain text: A85785.txt item: #383 of 418 id: A85979 author: Gibson, Samuel. title: The ruine of the authors and fomentors of civill vvarres. As it was deliver'd in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons in Margarets-Church Westminster, Sept. 24. being the monethly fast day, set apart for publick humiliation. / By Sam: Gibson, pastor of Burleigh in Rutland; now minister of Gods Word at Margarets Westminster, pro tempore; and one of the Assembly of Divines. date: 1645.0 words: 12139 flesch: 72 summary: The other error touching free will , tendeth to lift up nature and the vain heart of man , as if it were in the power of men to repent , and beleeve , and speake and doe as they see good , pro libero arbitrie , whereas Paul may plant and Apollo water , but it is God that giveth the increase : this is the work of God , saith Christ , that yee beleeve ; the thought is the least part of the worke , and yet the Apostle saith , that wee are not sufficient of our selves to think ; and , God giveth both the well and the deed . And the King of Aegypt said , Come on , let us deale wisely with them , lest they multiply , but the more they afflicted them , the more they multiplied and grew ; and that Daniels enemies plotted against him , proved against themselves , and for him ; and no marvell , for the wisdome of God is infinitely beyond the wit of man , and it is for his glory , to defeat the counsell of the wisest of men , and to establish his owne : and the rather , because though they have nothing but what they have received from him , and that they have is little in comparison of that which he hath , and they have not , yet cōmonly they are proud of that little , and trust to it ; specially if they prosper , they are puffed up , and assume to themselves the glory that properly belongeth to God , and they seek themselves , and not him , and many times worke against God and his servants and people , and therefore they are infatuated and confounded by the hand of Heaven . Which first may serve for admonition to all that are destitute of the feare of God , and yet are wise in their own eyes , and superciliously disdain others ; Let not the wise man glory in his wisdome ; and let him that thinketh he standeth , take heed lest he fall . keywords: absalom; ahithophel; church; counsell; david; doe; evill; god; good; king; lord; man; men; non; way; wee; wicked cache: A85979.xml plain text: A85979.txt item: #384 of 418 id: A86310 author: Heyrick, Richard, 1600-1667. title: Queen Esthers resolves: or, A princely pattern of heaven-born resolution, for all the lovers of God and their country: opened in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at the monethly fast, May 27, 1646. / By Richard Heyricke, Warden of Christs Colledge in Manchester in Lancashire, and one of the Assembly of Divines. date: 1646.0 words: 11764 flesch: 52 summary: After a short silence , one arose from his seat and said , Lord wilt thou destroy England , England for whom thou hast done so great things , amongst whom thou hast magnified thy Name , hast done Wonders , What Nation is there so great , who hath God so nigh unto them , as the Lord their God is , in all things they have called upon him for ? and what Nation is there so great , that have Statutes and judgements so righteous ? 2ly , From the circumstances which accompany it , they are Religious , Honest , and Seasonable ; the means proclaims her Piety to God , the circumstances her policy to man . keywords: blood; christ; country; esther; glory; god; hath; heart; heaven; king; law; lord; man; men; people; religion; resolution; sin; thou cache: A86310.xml plain text: A86310.txt item: #385 of 418 id: A86356 author: Hill, Thomas, d. 1653. title: The good old vvay, Gods vvay, to sovle-refreshing rest: discovered in a sermon preached to the Right Honorable the Lord Maior and court of aldermen of the citie of London, at their anniversary meeting on Wednesday in Easter weeke at Christ-Church, Apr. 24. 1644 being the day of the monethly publike fast. By Thomas Hill B.D. Pastor of Tychmersh in Northampton shire. Imprimatur, Charles Herle. date: 1644.0 words: 26493 flesch: 70 summary: We in England are now engaged in counsels of Reformation , that w●e may remove further from Babylon towards Jerusalem . In the second generall part , Judahs uncivill rejecting of Gods wholesome counse●l ; you may perceive the rebellious humour of self-will ( the worst of Tyrants ) working very strongly . keywords: bee; christ; church; conscience; day; doe; god; gods; goe; good; hath; heaven; hee; himselfe; lord; man; non; owne; people; religion; rest; soule; stand; thee; things; thou; thy; walke; walking; way; wayes; wee; ● ● cache: A86356.xml plain text: A86356.txt item: #386 of 418 id: A86360 author: Hill, Thomas, d. 1653. title: The trade of truth advanced. In a sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons, at their solemne fast, Iuly 27. 1642. By Thomas Hill, B.D. Pastor of the Church at Tychmersh in the countie of Northampton. Published by order of that House. date: 1642.0 words: 18551 flesch: 73 summary: Not a pillar to uphold , but to hold forth Truth , not so much {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , the seate of Truth ; every pure Church being a depository of Truth , where it is to be found , as the candle in the Candlesticke . First , That you will not sell Truth out of carnall feares ; you have a good 〈…〉 it , Rev. 21. 7 , 8. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , he that is over-comming , not he that hath overcome , shall inherit all things , and I will be his God , and he shall be my sonne , But the fearefull and unbeleeving shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone . keywords: christ; church; churches; day; doe; england; faith; god; gods; good; hath; house; king; kingdome; libertie; lord; men; non; owne; parliament; people; power; publique; reason; religion; selves; set; spirit; text; things; trade; truth; vers; wisdome; word; yea cache: A86360.xml plain text: A86360.txt item: #387 of 418 id: A86708 author: Hall, George, 1612?-1668. title: Gods appearing for the tribe of Levi: improved in a sermon preached at St. Paul's, Nov. 8. to the sons of ministers, then solemnly assembled. / By Geo: Hall, minster at St. Botolph Aldersgate. date: 1655.0 words: 10184 flesch: 60 summary: If with right Ordination ( and the continued practice of the Church determines what that is ) there be fruitfulnesse in their Ministry , if there be on their part laboriousnesse , watchfulnesse , desire to approve themselves to the consciences of men , endeavour to gaine soules unto God ; if they be Doctrinall men ( as Doctor Donns word was ) {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , Living Lawes , their lives , sound Commentaries upon their Doctrine , these be evidences enough , here be Almonds upon Aarons Rod . 2. Aarons Rod doth not only bud , but blossome , putting forth it self , and giving proof of its germination ; Nature is slow , and leasurely in its productions , the most lively branches which continue in the Tree , cannot make Buds and Blossomes at once , how much lesse a twig cut off from the sap that nourished it ; We must therfore conclude , the finger of God was here , there was something more then ordinary in Aarons Blossoming Rod : It was of an Almond Tree , according to that in the Prophet Jeremies Vision , I see the Rod of an Almond Tree ; The Originall word comes from {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Vigilare and Festinare , to a wake , and to make hast , because the Almond Tree is the first in the Spring , that awakes and hastens to put forth it self : And most elegantly doth the Royall Preacher set forth the gray haires of venerable old Age , by the Blossomes of the Almond Tree , The Almond Tree shall flourish , the Blossomes of that being white , and coming out soonest : keywords: aarons; apostle; fathers; god; gods; good; hand; hath; levi; lord; men; ministers; office; priesthood; rod; text; times; tribe cache: A86708.xml plain text: A86708.txt item: #388 of 418 id: A86986 author: Hall, William, d. 1662. title: A sermon preached at St. Bartholomevvs the lesse in London, on the xxvii. day of March 1642; being the day of the inauguration of our soveraigne lord King Charles. By William Hall. Minister of that parish, and now thought fit to be published. date: 1642.0 words: 8460 flesch: 56 summary: It is not the idolization by mens vaine opinion , that defies Judges and Rulers nor such an {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , or ridiculous deification as the Romans used to their dead Emperours , nor their own arrogant assuming the title of God to themselves ( as did Alexander , and also many of the Romane Tyrants ) that makes them to be called Gods ; but Gods own appellation in his Word , he honours some of the sons of men with that title which is his owne , and calls them Gods who are but mortall men . Nutricij , Nurses by the Prophet Esay , because they are to tender , and educate the Church of God ; in Ezekiels language they are {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Shepheards , to feed and rule over the people ; in S. Pauls {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Ministers of God , Rom. 13.6 but this in my Text transcends them all , they are Elohim , Gods themselves . keywords: day; god; gods; himselfe; king; law; magistrates; men; non; people; power; roman; rulers; set; text; thou cache: A86986.xml plain text: A86986.txt item: #389 of 418 id: A86987 author: Halley, George, 1655 or 6-1708. title: A sermon preached in the Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of St. Peter in York, on Sunday, Novemb. 17. 1695 by George Halley ... date: 1695.0 words: 7123 flesch: 61 summary: Our feet shall stand in thy gates , O Jerusalem , v. 1 , 2. and here in the Text he passionately excites and calls upon his subjects , upon all good men , to express an ardent love , a sincere affection for Jerusalem , to pray to God for its happiness , for a continuance of the great blessings , of the many precious advantages which it then enjoy'd : and as an argument to influence and perswade them so to do , he assures them that it tended to their own inexpressible interest and advantage , to their temporal and eternal felicity , that in the peace thereof they should have peace : that upon the peace of Jerusalem depended the peace and prosperity of the whole Kingdom . We have liberty and ease , justice and judgment , plenty and abundance , peace and tranquillity in a great measure here at home , and the Almighty hath lately made us victorious and triumphant abroad , thro the incomparable conduct and heroic valour of our Glorious Prince , whose hands God hath taught to war , and his fingers to fight . keywords: church; god; good; happiness; hath; jerusalem; lord; man; peace; religion; tcp; text; trust cache: A86987.xml plain text: A86987.txt item: #390 of 418 id: A87086 author: Hardwick, Humphrey, b. 1601 or 2. title: The difficvlty of sions deliverance and reformation: together with the activitie which her friends should manifest during the time that her cause is in agitation. Delivered in a sermon at Margarets Westminster, before the honourable House of Commons on Wednesday morning, the twenty-sixt day of Iune. 1644. / By Humphrey Hardwick, Minister of the Word at Hadam Magna in the County of Hertfard, and one of the Assembly of Divines. date: 1644.0 words: 11904 flesch: 61 summary: C●● I Appoint CHRISTOPHER MERIDITH to print my Sermon . HUMPHRHY HARDVVICK . If Israel talk of going out of Egypt to serve God better , Pharaoh will be stirre , himself and his instruments , to sink them into a deeper degree of bondage . That Pharaoh lives still in the Prince of darknesse , and when ever there 's any speech of weakning his Kingdom , by reducing a people from superstitions vanities , corrupt and polluted courses , he playes the Devill indeed , summons all the Furies musters his black Forces , sets on his Instruments quickens their activitie , sharpens their wi● , whets their inventions , keywords: cause; church; deliverance; god; gods; good; hath; lord; men; people; reformation; sions; text; things; time; work; ● ● cache: A87086.xml plain text: A87086.txt item: #391 of 418 id: A87103 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: A sermon, preached at St. Gregories church by St. Paul's on Sunday the 13th. day of Iune, 1658. Intended for the funeral solemnization of Iohn Hewit, Dr. of divinity, and late minister there date: 1658.0 words: 6902 flesch: 61 summary: When the sinfull neglect of any known duty , being judgement , as soon as the doing of a known sin , I say it is the not doing of our known duty makes us culpable , and that sin here charged on us is not the rejoycing , and triumphing when the godly are taken away , but the not laying it to heart that argues a man to be in the depth of wickedness , to come to sit in the seat of the scorners , to deride at the calamities of the godly , and make their tears his drink , and their ruins his play and sport , this is the depth of wickednesse when men rejoyce at the miseries and ruins of the righteous , but it is not considering , or laying to heart the miseries of the servants of God that is here onely meant , though you will find that a great sin , the not laying to heart their being taken away . Thus they are righteous because justified , and not onely so , but also because their natures are renewed after the Image of God , that is cretaed in righteousnesse and true holinesse , in which respect they are partakers of the Divine nature : and also righteous in ordering their lives according to the rule of the word , which all Gods servants sets before them , and seek to live according thereunto , that they may give God his due , and men their due ; and thus it is true of the servant ▪ of God , they are righteous really . keywords: evil; god; heart; man; men; mercifull; mercy; perish; wicked cache: A87103.xml plain text: A87103.txt item: #392 of 418 id: A87104 author: Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. title: Thankfulness in grain: or a good life the best return. Delivered in another sermon on the same occasion in St. Dionis, Back-Church, Aug. 14. 1653. By Nath. Hardy, Master of Arts, and preacher to that parish. date: None words: 25522 flesch: 74 summary: The Philosopher could say , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , Prosperity engageth a Man to love God ; supposing Men to have so much humanity in them as to love him from whom they have received so many curtesies ; and the Poet 's reasoning was very valid , had it been pitched upon a right object , to wit , Jehovah , not Caesar . It is a meere delusion to think that an holy heart can consist with a prophane life , nay to allude to Saint Johns expression , if any may say he love God , and walketh not before him , he is a lyar : Since his practise giveth the lye to his pros●ssion , and the dissonancie of his life proclaimeth a no to what he saith with his lips . keywords: david; day; death; dei; desire; doth; end; est; eye; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; land; life; living; lord; love; man; marg; men; mercy; non; psal; return; saint; saith; self; selves; sense; text; thee; thou; thy; time; truth; walk; walking; way; wit; words; world; yea cache: A87104.xml plain text: A87104.txt item: #393 of 418 id: A87607 author: Johnson, Robert, d. 1670. title: Lux & lex, or The light and the lavv of Jacobs house: held forth in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons at St Margarets Westminster March 31. 1647. being the day of publike humiliation. / By Robert Johnson, Eboraicus, one of the Assembly of Divines. date: 1647.0 words: 19484 flesch: 73 summary: in Synt. & in Dan 5. 4 , 5. Isa. 50. 4. Qui causam 〈◊〉 ipsum dam●●n d●●isse vid●●ur Io●●ph●● . de beno ●u●aic●o Gen 47. 2● , Pu●●herri ●us igitur his tex●s est ed nos non sequ●mur nec a ●●ittim●s in Germania , &c Phara b Rex aegypti conju●get in judicio prox i●o & contra priacipes & magistra●us Germanie , propterea quod ille suos sacerdo●es coluit alu●t & abstieu it a ho●is 〈…〉 ea ●u●●ssino contracta in su 19 ● . Peculium Abules in locu●● , as the . keywords: children; christ; church; doe; family; god; gods; good; hath; heb; holy; house; jacobs; king; land; law; light; lord; man; men; non; people; qui; reformation; saith; shew; text; things; thou; thy; time; truth; walk; word; yea; ● ● cache: A87607.xml plain text: A87607.txt item: #394 of 418 id: A88142 author: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675. title: A few, and new observations, vpon the booke of Genesis. The most of them certaine, the rest probable, all harmelesse, strange, and rarely heard off before. By Iohn Lightfoote Staffordiens. date: 1642.0 words: 7257 flesch: 78 summary: 2. The earth lay covered with waters , and had not received as yet its perfection beauty and deckage : and that vast vacuity that was betweene the convex of those waters , and the concave of the clouds , was filled as it were with a grosse and great darknesse , and the Spirit of God moved the Heavens from the first moment of their creation in a circular motion , abo●e and about the earth and waters , for the cherishing and preservation of them in their new be●un being , and verse 3. Twelve hou●es did she heavens thus move in darkenesse , and then God commanded and there appeared light to this upper Horizon , namely to that where Eden should be planted [ for fo● that place especially is the story calculated ] and th●re did it shine other twelve houres , declining by degrees with the motion of the heavens to the other Hemisphere , where it inlightned other twelve houres also , and so the first naturall day to that part of the world was six and thirty houres long , s●l●●ng wa●Ioshuaes day , Iosh 10. And so long was our S●v●our clo●ded under death . keywords: abraham; chap; day; earth; god; iacob; ioseph; land; promise; text; time; vers; words cache: A88142.xml plain text: A88142.txt item: #395 of 418 id: A88149 author: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675. title: A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons: at their publique fast, holden in Margarets Westminster. Febr. 24. 1646./47. / By John Lightfoot, Staffordiens. a Member of the Assembly of Divines. date: 1647.0 words: 14294 flesch: 65 summary: Secondly , propose this question to every one of your hearts ; heart what wilt thou do ? or , Heart what dost think wil become of thee and me ? It is not every speaking in the heart that the Psalmist here ingageth to ; For the Foole speaks in heart , and saith in his heart , there is no God , Psalme 14. 1. keywords: bee; commune; conscience; doe; duty; god; hath; heart; men; owne; owne hearts; roman; selfe; selves; soule; text; things; time cache: A88149.xml plain text: A88149.txt item: #396 of 418 id: A88993 author: Maynard, John, 1600-1665. title: A sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, at their late solemne fast, Wednesday, Feb. 26. 1644. / By John Maynard, minister of the Word of God at Mayfield in Sussex, and a member of the Assembly of Divines. date: 1645.0 words: 17689 flesch: 70 summary: Secondly , There is Veritas scientiae , or veritas in cognoscendo , Truth of knowledge , and that in the creature is twofold , 1. Speculative , which is a conformity of the understanding to the nature of things , when the understanding of man so judgeth of things as they are , and the notions or conceptions of his minde are the very images of those things , this Conformity of his understanding to the nature of things apprehended by him , is truth . 2. Then yee must buy truth though it cost yee never so much of your treasures , either to procure the meanes , or to maintaine the cause , or to retaine the profession and practice of Truth . keywords: bee; cause; christ; god; hath; heart; himselfe; knowledge; light; lord; man; men; power; purchase; selves; spirit; text; things; thou; time; truth; way; word cache: A88993.xml plain text: A88993.txt item: #397 of 418 id: A89280 author: More, Henry, 1614-1687. title: Conjectura cabbalistica or, a conjectural essay of interpreting the minde of Moses, according to a threefold cabbala: viz. literal, philosophical, mystical, or, divinely moral. By Henry More fellow of Christs College in Cambridge. date: 1653.0 words: 75110 flesch: 66 summary: And this sense or interpretation of the Law or Pentateuch , as it is a doctrine received by Moses first , and then from him by Joshua , and from Joshua by the seventy Elders , and so on , it was called Cabbala from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 kibbel to receive : Diodorus has placed him in the head of his Catalogue of the most famous Law-givers under the name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , if Iustin Martin be not mistaken , or if he be , at least he bears them company that are reputed the best , reserv'd for the last and most notable instance of those that entituled their Laws divine , and made themselves spokesmen betwixt God and the People . keywords: adam; body; cabbala; christ; creation; day; days; divine; earth; faculties; god; good; heaven; holy; knowledge; life; light; lord; man; matter; men; minde; moses; nature; number; paradise; philosophy; place; plato; power; principle; reason; rest; self; sense; serpent; set; soul; spirit; sun; text; things; tree; truth; ver; waters; wisdome; work; world cache: A89280.xml plain text: A89280.txt item: #398 of 418 id: A89500 author: Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677. title: Meate out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and distracted times. Discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable house of Commons at Margarets Westminster on their solemne day of fast, June 30. 1647. / By Tho: Manton Minister of Stoke-Newington. date: 1647.0 words: 19012 flesch: 61 summary: But ( I thank God ) I am learning to passe through a good report and evil report , and to disvalue censure , when it seizeth upon me in the way of duty , I have dealt freely and impartially against the miscarriages of both parties , & happily my liberty may displease some , others may look upon the things offered here as too low and trivial , & not weighty enough to reach the end of the design ; let them remember , the intent of these proposalls is only to ingage to a further consultation about the matter , the entire discourse were fitter for a Treatise then a Sermon ; and yet something is offered , which by the blessing of God may be serviceable to reduce men from their violences & extremities to some better temper and moderation . I know that as 't is hard to be moderate without danger , so also without sin , men of middle interests do alwayes displeasemen , and they should be carefull they do not displease God , there are many counterfeits of Christian moderation , a cold or at best a tepid indifferency ; lukewarm Christians may easily middle it ; Carnally-wise neutrality , it 's no wonder to see men that observe the times , neither hot nor cold . keywords: christ; church; churches; day; dayes; differences; doe; doth; glory; god; goe; good; hath; lord; love; man; matter; men; non; owne; peace; people; religion; spirit; things; times; truth; unity; way; wee; world cache: A89500.xml plain text: A89500.txt item: #399 of 418 id: A89564 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: A divine project to save a kingdome: Opened in a sermon to the Right Honorable the Lord Maior and court of aldermen, of the citie of London, at their anniversary meeting on Easter Munday, Apr. 22. 1644. at Christ-Church. By Stephen Marshall, B.D. Minister of Gods word at Finchingfield in Essex. Imprimatur, Charles Herle. date: 1644.0 words: 17910 flesch: 66 summary: I confesse the Lord hath not onely by a mightie hand upheld us in the midst of all our tryalls these two or three last yeares , but hath of late since wee have owned him in a Covenant and sworne for reformation of Religion , and the Councells of such as seeke our ruine have more apparently owned Idolatry by joyning with the bloody Rebels of Ireland that are setting up popery , and rooting out our Religion in Ireland , and indeavouring the like against us , since that day I say the Lord hath most admirably gone on and owned us , and beene with our Armies , and hardly ( unlesse it were once ) given us any check , but all hath gone on very prosperously and through the goodnesse of God , to mans eye wee are in a better posture now then ever wee were since the beginning of our publike troubles . why , They locked to the armour of the House of the Forest , they repaired the breaches of the Citie of David , gathered the waters of the lower poole , they made a ditch between the two walls , they pulled down some houses to fortifie the wall , made all warlike preparation , and this God chid them for , what was their errour I pray you ? why , they begun at the wrong end , their maine worke lay with God against whom they had sinned , and hee expected weeping and mourning before him to regaine his favour , and that they neglected , and for that hee was more incensed against them ; and truely thus deale many of us , our worke lieth with God , and we looke to men , wee looke to Armies and associations , and in the meane time let the wrath of God kindled by our sinnes grow more hot against us ; but Oh that wee could now set upon this which is our most needfull and safest worke , to pacifie his indignation and prevaile with him to cause his face to shine upon us , and wee should soone bee safe : keywords: bee; cause; doe; doth; fire; god; gods; good; hath; heart; hee; like; lord; man; men; owne; people; plague; things; wee; wrath; zeale cache: A89564.xml plain text: A89564.txt item: #400 of 418 id: A89565 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: Emmanuel: a thanksgiving-sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons upon their solemn day of praising God for the victory obtained by the Parliaments forces in Southvvales. In the church of Margarets Westminster, May 17. 1648. / By Stephen Marshall B.D. minister of Gods Word at Finchingfield in Essex. date: 1648.0 words: 12946 flesch: 50 summary: This turning of his speech to Christ seems to be an indignity to Christ , that his land , under the notion of his land should be wasted by such a wicked King , but this appears to be added for two ends , one to signifie the certainty of the judgement , all that could possibly be pleaded , why there should be any hope of keeping off the judgement was Emmanuels title to this land , but it shall come though it be Emmanuels land ; secondly , this is added as a secret ground of comfort of deliverance , because it was the land of Emmanuel , the land and people where Emmanuel was to be borne , and where he was to reign , where he had and would have his fire and furnace , his seat ●nd habitation , therefore their faith may expect deliverance : these are the two first parts of the Chapter ; now my Text containes the third , which is the deliverance which the Lord would give them notwithstanding their great unworthinesse ; but before I come to that , let me name this one lesson , from the other two parts , namely , That it is ordinary with God , when his people doe forsake his promises , and trust to an arme of flesh , he makes that arme of flesh to bee their scourge , which they expected to be their helper ; they had nothing that they would trust to against these two neighbouring Kingdomes , but the power of the King of Assyria , and this King of Assyria shoud be their scourge to beat and almost to breake them in pieces : which is notably expressed 2 Chron. The true ground is onely that inbred enmity and opposition that is in the heart of all the seed of the Serpent against the seed of the woman , though no good reason at all , can be given why it should be so , yet non amote , nec possum dicere quare ; they doe not love them , they hate them , they must endevour to destroy them ; there is an enmity against them : but yet because no hatred found amongst rationall creatures , is without ( at least ) some pretence of Reason , know yee that the Reason of their hatred , is grounded upon such things as these ; the one is , That the Church of Christ , is a terrible plague and vexation to all the rest of the World ; I say , there is not such a plague to all the people of the world , as the Church of Christ is , and as Gods people are , because the lawes and rules by which they walke , doe threaten nothing but ruine and destruction , to all those that walke in other wayes ; other people in the severall wayes they walke in , if you let them alone in their wayes , they will allow you to promise your selfe what you will in your wayes , their religions , and courses are good fellowes one to another , they can beare with them in their principles ; but the people of God doe hold out that , which must bee the onely rule , and they tell all the world , that if they walke not according to their rule onely , they will be damned , and destroyed eternally , and so they vex them ; and therefore one notes well , that when Tiberius the Emperour of Rome , having heard of the miracles of Christ , did propound to the Senate of Rome , that Christ might bee worshipped as a God , as well as their other Gods were , the Senate upon serious consultation rejected it , because ( they said ) if they entertain'd him , they must cast out all the rest , hee would suffer none to bee God but himself ; and therefore in stead of owning him to bee one of theirs , they persecuted him , and owned all the rest : So it is , the two witnesses you read of , Revel. 11. vexed all the men that lived upon the earth , by their Prophesies , all the servants of God by their rules , their faith , their lives , their worship , &c. Throw fire and brimstone in the faces of others , and therefore no wonder though they bee so bitterly hated and opposed Againe , another ground is , That which Jesus Christ expresses , hee hath chosen his people out of the World , as out of a base , vile , and uncleane company , and upon his thus choosing , and calling , they in their whole conversation and garbe , doe leave the rest of the world , as unclean , vile and base ; and there can be nothing so odious to a people as to bee so left : If there were some amongst our selves whose whole worke and endeavour should bee to leave England , and carry away all that they have out of it , as from a base people , and unworthy to bee loved or dwels withall , and should seek their welfare in another Country , it were enough to turne the heart of all the Nation against them : this is the way of all Gods people , they cry down the glory of the world ; the pleasures of the world , the riches of the world , the honour and pompe of the world , they cry all down as a base thing , and they profesle , to lay up all their treasure elsewhere , and therefore the world cannot beare it : then add in the last place , That all that is excellent in the Church , is invisible and undiscernible by a carn all eye ; they have in them many things that will challenge respect and reverence , but they are not seen ; all the outside is poore , and base , and mean , and contemptible , unattended , unhonoured ; and for such a poore low sort of people to take so much upon them , who have no worth in them , that others can discern , is intolerable , no marvaile that the world bee against them ; this made the two Witnesses so hated , Revel. 11. that though they were but two , and they also cloathed in sackcloth , yet they durst undertake to throw fire in the faces of all men , who lived upon earth . keywords: bee; cause; christ; church; doe; enemies; god; gods; hath; hee; immanuel; jesus; lord; men; people; text; world cache: A89565.xml plain text: A89565.txt item: #401 of 418 id: A89567 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: Gods master-piece. A sermon tending to manifest Gods glorious appearing in the building up of Zion: preached to the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in the Abbey Church of Westminster, March 26. 1645. Being the day of the monthly publike fast, / by Stephen Marshall, B.D. minister of Gods Word, at Finching-field in Essex. Published by order of the House of Peeres. date: 1645.0 words: 18709 flesch: 66 summary: And truely their Tooles wherewith they work are no more promising then the Work-men ; The great Engine whereby Satan must be fetched from his strong hold , and made to fall like lightning downe from heaven , whereby captived souls shall be delivered from his power and snares , whereby the dead in sinne shall be raised , the prison doores opened , the blind made to see , the deafe to heare , the food whereby the Saints shall be nourished , the Rod whereby they shall be guided and ordered ; what are all these ? even the Foolishnesse of preaching shall doe all this , and washing with water , in name of the Father , Sonne , and holy Ghost ; Eating of Bread and drinking Wine in a Sacrament ; Praying to God : such kind of Tooles as these are , are the instruments wherewith these unlikely Work-men are furnished ; far more ludibrious things in reference to this work , then a Shepheards boy with his sling and his bag were to the Philistian Giant . Doth the Lord appeare in his glory when he builds up Zion ? then I beseech you all give God the glory of his worke : you can never grieve a man more , then to neglect him in that which he makes his glory ; to sleight or throw aside a Work-mans master-peece , as if it were a toy , is taken very heinously among men ; now I tell you , that although every work of God is excellent , and his praise may be found in it , the works of the Lord are all great , and worthy to be had in remembrance , yet this work of building the Church is his Master-peece , every pin , every stone , from the foundation to the cap-stone , is so enameld , and checkerd , with Rubies , Saphires , Emeralds , Chrysolites , Carbuncles , with all manner of precious stones , such admirable , curious workman-ship , that Ahabs Ivory Palace , and Solomons Cedar house , the Pyramids of Egypt , all humane Artifices , yea all the rarities and secrets of nature , have no glory , when compared with the glory of this one work , of Christs gathering , building , protecting , and beautifying of Zion ; this you would soon acknowledge , if you could look upon it with spirituall discerning eyes : get therefore your Bibles , and the Stories of the Church , and read them , and in reading labour to the utmost to understand this peece of Gods work ; consider , how ever since he hath had a Church upon earth , what a strange way he hath took to governe it , from what small beginnings he hath multiplied it , from what dead low ebbes he hath brought it , by what unlikely instruments he hath built it , what potent enemies he hath subdued before it , with what rare priviledges he hath enriched it , by what unthought of wayes and providences he hath done good it ; ponder these things , and you can hardly read one Paragraph of the Story of Gods Church , but you must with admiration cry out , This is the Lords doing , and it is wonderfull in my eyes ; O that there were in us such a heart , that could be thus raised up , thus inlightned , as to see nothing excellent , but onely Gods going in the Sanctuary ! they have seen the goings of my God and King in the Sanctuary : such an heart would be according to Gods own heart , a spirit which the Lord would delight in : more especially study and behold the glory of this last peece of his work , this new edition of the Church which he is now about to set forth , wherein I hope he will vouchsafe to make his Churches , even amongst us , a praise in the earth . keywords: appeare; building; christ; church; day; doe; doth; esa; glory; god; gods; hath; hee; house; lord; men; people; power; things; time; work; zion cache: A89567.xml plain text: A89567.txt item: #402 of 418 id: A89577 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: A sacred panegyrick, or A sermon of thanks-giving, preached to the two Houses of Parliament, His Excellency the Earl of Essex, the Lord Major, court of alderman, and common councell of the city of London, the reverend Assembly of Divines, and commissioners from the Church of Scotland. Vpon occasion of their solemn feasting, to testifie their thankfullnes to God, and union and concord one with another, after so many designes to divide them, and thereby ruine the Kingdome, Ianuary 18. 1643. By Stephen Marshall, B.D. minister of Gods Word at Finching-field in Essex. Published by order of the Lords and Commons. date: 1644.0 words: 16428 flesch: 59 summary: So that if Gold , or Silver , or Wealth , or ease . or pleasure , or liberty , or any of these things bee good for them the Subjects of Christ must needs injoy it from their beloved King : but these are scarce worth the naming ; The Glory of Christs Government to his People stands in this , that the maketh their souls their best part , their Spirituall-part , their Eternall part ; he maketh their soules I say , infinitly happy in being a King over them , which no other Government reacheth to , no not in any degree , further then it is in subordination to Christ , and endeth in him ; but now where Christ is set up to be King , he giveth his Subjects such things as these : The pardon and forgivenesse of all their sinnes ; the blood of Jesus Christ their King , wherein they are all washed cleanseth them from all their sinnes , so that not a man of them shall ever be called to an account before God for any thing they have done against him , He maketh all of them righteous , the Lord saith to him , thy people shall be all righteous He doth adopt them all to be His children ; all His subjects are His children , yea coheires ; yea they are all His brethren , they may all enjoy communion with his Father , and with himselfe , and with his holy Spirit ; all his Kingdome is his Court , all his subjects his Courtiers , they may all as his Favourites stand before him , and see his face , they may all present their supplications to him for themselves and others , with assurance to be heard and answered in all things according to his will : in one word , he is such a King who maketh all his Subjects to be Kings ; there is not one of all those where he is set up to be Lord and King over ; but he maketh them all to be Kings and Priests to God his Father : It is in fiers , in beginning and degree here in this world , but afterwards shall to all eternity bee manifested and made good of them all in the highest heavens ; where when they have overcome , they shall fit down with him on his throne , as hee hath sat down upon his Fathers Throne . oh the times are miserable ! what glorious times had we three or four yeares , or five or seaven yeares agoe , for then they had trading , plenty , and ease , and every one could sit vnder his owne vine , and his figge tree , no adversary nor evill occurrent , and now they heare of nothing but warres , and blood , and exhausting of treasure , and losse of their children and kinred , and plundering their goods every where , so that there is nothing but complaining amongst a world of people , as if our dayes were most miserable : Now Beloved , give me leave to speake my thoughts freely , I will set aside my Text , and the matter I am in hand with , and yet I will cofidently affirme , that our dayes now are better then they were seaven yeares agoe : Because it is better to see the Lord executing Judgment , then to see men working wickednesse , and to behold a people lye wallowing in their blood , rather then apostating from God , and embracing of Idolatry , and superstition , and banishing of the Lord Christ from amongst them : Set the worke of this Text aside , and the dayes are not so miserable now , as they were then , but take this in , which I am handling , and I will here ( in the wisest and greatest Auditory that any man in this Age hath preached unto ) not feare to say , that since England was England , since any Booke was written concerning England , never was their that cause of joy and rejoyceing as there is this very day in England : Was there ever a Parliament in England knowne , which laid the cause of Christ and Religion so to heart as this Parliament hath done ; Did ever any Parliament till now with David , sware as in the 132. Psalm , That they will never give rest to their eyes , nor slumber to their eye-lids , till they have found out a place to set the Ark of Christ upon , to set up Christ for their King , Did ever Parliament call such an Assembly of Divines and make them by solemne Vow , or Oath ingage themselves to present nothing to them , but what should be ( to their best understanding ) the very will of the Lord God ; was there ever Parliament and Nobilitie , and Ministers , and Citizens , and so many ten thousands of all sorts in England till now , who did joyne in such a Covenant , yea , the two Nations together , that they will to their uttermost , indeavour the Reformation of Religion , in the purity of it , and preservation of it according to Gods Word ; Did ever ( when heretofore England hath been engaged in warre and blood ) the City of London , the rest of the Tribes , the Godly Party throughout England , so willingly exhaust themselves , only that Christ might be set up , and willingly , saying every day to the Lord God , Lord take all , so Christ may be but King ; Did ever any of you reade it to be thus with England till now ? keywords: bee; christ; church; concurrence; david; day; god; good; heart; joy; king; lord; men; people; prince; set; text; things cache: A89577.xml plain text: A89577.txt item: #403 of 418 id: A89578 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: A sacred record to be made of Gods mercies to Zion: a thanksgiving sermon preached to the two Houses of Parliament, the Lord Major, Court of Aldermen, and Common-Councell of the city of London, at Christ-Church, June 19. 1645. Being the day of their publike thanksgiving to almighty God for the great and glorious victory obtained by the Parliaments army under the conduct of Sir Thomas Fairfax in Naseby-field. / date: 1645.0 words: 12905 flesch: 67 summary: They have then nothing else to doe , but to make it the work of their life , to give praise , and glory to him ; This paying of the Rent-penny of praise to our God , this worke of Thankesgiving , which is the end God aimes at in all his workes ; which is the end why Man at first was created ; why the Church was redeemed ; why the Saints are called : This , that is the onely heavenly work that can bee done upon earth ; this , which is the onely joyfull imployment , that shall last to all Eternity in another life : This work which should ever waite for God in Zion , Praise waiteth for thee O God in Zion : This whereof the Church should bee the Magazine , the Store-house and Treasury , Unto him be Glory in the Church by Christ Jesus , throughout all ages , and the Church is therefore called his Glory , Israel my Glory : Not onely because hee glories in it ; but because it glorifies him : This Duty ( I say ) of Gods redeemed ones To praise him , can never be handled often enough , never pressed enough on Gods people . Another is , That when the Lord would engage his Servants to give him his praise and glory for their deliverance , hee chuses to call them by this Name , A people created : that is , reduced out of nothing , brought to a blessed state , from a low and meane condition , from a people whom God calls by this Name , hee promiseth himself his glory and praise ; whoever forget him , yet the people who shall thus bee Created will praise him : keywords: bee; church; doe; glory; god; gods; hath; hee; lord; people; praise; things; time; wee; work; world cache: A89578.xml plain text: A89578.txt item: #404 of 418 id: A89580 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament, at their publike fast, November 17. 1640. Upon 2 Chron. 15. 2. The Lord is with you, while yee bee with him: and if yee seek him, he will be found of you: but if yee forsake him, he will forsake you. / By Stephen Marshall, Batchelour in Divinity, minister of Finchingfield in Essex. Published by order of the said House. date: 1641.0 words: 16278 flesch: 77 summary: A worke wherein not onely all mans happinesse lyes , and whence it flowes ; but wherein all Gods Attributes are glorified to the highest ; and for which the Church Triumphant shall thinke Eternity short enough to prayse God . Now this is the greatest happinesse , nothing can exceed it : It hath bin often questioned , what was the greatest favour that ever Almighty God did for man ? Some preferre Creation wherein man received his being , and excellent endowments : some Redemption , wherein man is recovered to a better and surer estate than hee injoyed in Creation : but out of question to be a Iedediah , beloved of God , to be neare to God as his Children , as his Spouse , is the comprehension of all that can be said or thought of the happinesse of a people . keywords: bee; cause; church; covenant; day; doe; glory; god; gods; hath; hee; lord; man; men; owne; people; presence; saith; things; wee; yee cache: A89580.xml plain text: A89580.txt item: #405 of 418 id: A89582 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: A sermon preached to the two Houses of Parliament, at their solemn meeting to praise God for his infinite mercy in the restoring of the said Houses of Parliament to their honor and freedome with so little effusion of blood: at the Abbey-Church in Westminster, Aug. 12. 1647. / By Stephen Marshall, B.D. Minister of Finchingfield in Essex. date: 1647.0 words: 10167 flesch: 52 summary: But secondly , Looke upon civill wars , and you will judge them a greater judgement , when brethrens Swords come to bee drawne against their brethren ; when a mans deadly enemies must prove those that were his old companions , when Cities are divided among themselves , and Countries among themselves , and all the miseries of Warre come to bee inflicted by them that have beene acquaintance and deare to us , when safety and shelter may as soon be expected among enemies as old friends ; let all men that have understanding say whether this doth not double , or treble the miseries of warre ; had it been an enemy that had done mee this displeasure , I could have borne it , but tu Brute , thou my friend and companion , that these things should come from thy hand ! all men know how deepe this sinkes ; this teares the heart of man in peeces ; Solomon saith , that a brother offended is harder to bee wonne then a strong City , and they are like the barres of a strong Castle ; it 's hard breaking of them , but when once they are divided they are more hardly joyned : as wee say of a strong Cord made up of a great many threds , it is hard to bee broken , but when it is broken , you 'le hard ever sew it againe to make it strong ; by how many arguments any did perswade their hearts , that they should not receive plunder , or spoile , or mischiefe from such a man , or family , from so many arguments ariseth a difficulty , if not impossibility to be reconciled ; and hence arise lasting grounds of animositie , enmitie and hatred scarce ever to bee worne out , when upon every meeting this thought is suggested , This is the man who as an enemy entred my habitation and spoyled my wealth , it may bee murdered my children or parents , ravished my wife or daughter ; adde further , that frequently in these civill broyles the victory ends not the occasion or ground of the quarrell , nor takes away but increaseth the former misery , the conqueror commonly proving insolent , inhumane , cruell , and more grievous to the Common-wealth , then the thing or persons were against whom men have fought , that I may boldly set downe for a certaine the conclusion of a wise man , that civill warres are not onely a Malady , but a fiery sicknesse , even a Frenzie to a State ; and how ever God sometimes brings good out of them , ( as sometimes men have better health after a deadly sicknesse ) My Lords and Gentlemen , I Am not ignorant of the truth and weight of that speech of Pliny , Aliud est scribere uni , aliud omnibus : the same holds of Preaching , it 's one thing to Preach a Sermon to a Congregation , another thing to Preach it to all the world in Print ; especially upon such an occasion as this , and such a season as this , when the spirit of jealousie and mis-understanding is let loose , and mens hearts as tinder ready to catch and kindle at every sparke ; yet since you are pleased to conceive that this plaine Sermon may bee usefull to others , and thereupon to order my publication of it , I humbly obey your Order , desiring the Lords blessing to accompany it so farre as to make men wisely consider the wonderfull works of God , and returne to him the glory due unto his name ; The same Lord watch over you , sanctifie you and guide all your consultations , that you may bee his blessed instrustruments to make this Land a quiet habitation for his people , and a place which himselfe may delight in : This is the daily prayer Of your humble servant in the Lords work S. M. A THANKSGIVING-SERMON PREACHED To the Two Houses of Parliament , August 12. 1647. keywords: bee; blood; brethren; day; god; gods; hath; lord; mercy; parliament; peace; people; text; things; warre cache: A89582.xml plain text: A89582.txt item: #406 of 418 id: A89587 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: The strong helper or, The interest, and power of the prayers of the destitute, for the building up of Sion. Opened in a sermon before the Honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament, upon the solemn day of their monethly fast, April 30. 1645. / By Stephen Marshall, B.D. minister of Gods Word, at Finching-field in Essex. date: 1645.0 words: 20328 flesch: 64 summary: Moses , Elias , our Saviour , the great builders and repairers of the Church , are every one of them recorded to have fasted forty daies and nights , when they were upon that Worke , it much commends Prayer and Fasting to all who are at any time ingaged in a like service ; that was your businesse , when this Sermon was Preached , which , if either in the delivery it did any whit help your Spirits then in prayer , or in the publishing , it may now or hereafter , ingage you , when you most diligently look to your Work , more earnestly to look up to God in it , it will bee the joy , as it is the prayer of Your Servant in this great Work , STEPHEN MARSHALL . Which gracious promise of God , to regard the prayers of his people , hath in this place a threefold aspect ; First , Wee are to consider it in relation to the persons , whose prayers shall bee regarded , and that you have in this word , hee will regard the prayer of the destitute ; And Secondly , This regarding of prayer doth respect the Time , when hee will regard it ; When the Lord doth build up Zion , hee will regard the prayers of the destitute ; And Thirdly , This regarding of the prayers of his people , hath an aspect upon the matter , wherein hee will regard them ; when hee builds up Zion , hee will regard their prayer , that is , ( as God willing you shall heare anon ) that their prayers shall be the means of building Zion , he will build Zion , as that which their prayers have been the means of , and have drawn from him ; when the Lord shall build up Zion , hee will regard the prayers of the destitute ; I begin with the first of them : The persons , they are here called the destitute ; hee will regard the prayer of the destitute : the Hebrew word , which is here translated destitute , doth properly signifie Myrica , a low shrub , humilesque Myricae , low shrubs that grow in Wildernesses , some think they were Juniper shrubs , some a kinde of wilde Tamyris , but a base low shrub , that grew no where but in a desolate forlorn place ; and sometimes the word in the Text is used , to signifie the Deserts of Arabia , the sandy desert place of Arabia , which was a miserable wildernesse ; Now when this word is applyed to men , it always means , such as were forsaken men , despised men ; such men as are stripped of all that is comfortable to them , either they never had children , or else all their children are taken away from them , and all comforts banished , and themselves left utterly forlorne , like the barren heath in a desolate howling Wildernesse ; these are the people of whom my Text speaks , that the Lord will regard the prayer of the destitute : and this was now the state of the Church of God , when they offer'd up this prayer , and yet by faith did foretell that God would grant such a gratious answer . keywords: answer; building; church; day; doe; doth; god; gods; hath; hee; lord; people; prayers; psal; regard; thou; thy; time; work; zion cache: A89587.xml plain text: A89587.txt item: #407 of 418 id: A89591 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: A tvvo-edged svvord out of the mouth of babes, to execute vengeance upon the enemy and avenger. Presented in a sermon to the Right Honourable the House of Lords assembled in Parliament, in the Abbey-Church at Westminster, Octob. 28. 1646. the solemn day of their monthly fast. / By Stephen Marshall B.D. minister of Gods Word at Finchingfield in Essex. date: 1646.0 words: 14907 flesch: 60 summary: And it fully manifests , that the whole scope of this Psalme is to glorifie God for the singular dignity that God hath put upon Man above all other Creatures ; and this dignity or glory of man is exemplified in Two particulars . The other Branch is , That God hath chosen this creature Man to be his Viceroy , his Deputy , to rule and govern all the workes of his hands : God hath trusted him so farre , as to put all that hee hath made under Mans feet ; and having done these two things for him , made him his Champion to conquer his enemies , and the Master of his house for the governing of his friends ; what remaines more to bee done for him , this is to bee a little inferiour to God himselfe ; Lord , what is man , that thou art thus mindfull of him ? or the sonne of man , that thou shouldest thus visit him ? keywords: babes; bee; christ; doe; enemies; god; hath; hee; lord; man; men; mouth; power; strength; sucklings; things; thou; wee cache: A89591.xml plain text: A89591.txt item: #408 of 418 id: A90266 author: Owen, John, 1616-1683. title: Eben-ezer a memoriall of the deliverance of Essex, county, and committee, being an exposition on the first ten verses of the third chapter of the prophesie of Habakkuk in two sermons. The first preached at Colchester before his Excellency on a day of thanksgiving for the surrender thereof. The other at Rumford unto the committee who were imprisoned by the enemy Sep. 28. a day set apart unto thanksgiving for their deliverance. / By John Ovven pastor of the church of God which is at Coggeshall. date: 1648.0 words: 27861 flesch: 79 summary: By John Ovven pastor of the church of God which is at Coggeshall. By John Ovven pastor of the church of God which is at Coggeshall. keywords: bow; christ; church; day; deliverance; earth; enemies; faith; god; gods; good; hand; hath; land; light; lord; love; men; mercies; mercy; nations; non; people; power; psal; rivers; season; shall; things; thou; time; vse; way; word; work cache: A90266.xml plain text: A90266.txt item: #409 of 418 id: A90268 author: Owen, John, 1616-1683. title: God's presence with a people, the spring of their prosperity; with their speciall interest in abiding with Him. A sermon, preached to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, at Westminster, Octob. 30. 1656. A day of solemn humiliation. / By John Owen, D.D. a servant of Jesus Christ, in the work of the Gospel. Printed by Order of Parliament. date: 1656.0 words: 13186 flesch: 70 summary: Secondly , Observe the nature of this dependance of Gods presence on our abiding with him : it doth not depend upon it , as the Effect upon its proper cause , as though it were procured by it , merited by it ; we enjoy not the least morsel of bread on any such account , much less such eminent priviledges as attend Gods special providential presence ; we deserve nothing at the hand of God , and therefore if he should take us in the middest of the choysest obedience , and fill us with the fiercest of miseries , he did us no wrong ; and therefore the Lord does so deal sometimes with his ; and that not only with particular persons , as in the case of Job , but also with his people in general , as Psal , 44. These things I have spoken to in general before ; besides your own dependance on God , and comportment with his providence , the things incumbent on you , are such as respect either persons , or things . keywords: christ; cloud; covenant; day; glory; god; gods; good; hath; hearts; lord; men; people; presence; present; text; things; way cache: A90268.xml plain text: A90268.txt item: #410 of 418 id: A90269 author: Owen, John, 1616-1683. title: God's work in founding Zion, and his peoples duty thereupon. A sermon preached in the Abby Church at Westminster, at the opening of the Parliament Septemb. 17th 1656. / By John Owen: a servant of Jesus Christ in the work of the Gospell. date: 1656.0 words: 14462 flesch: 66 summary: you that have praied under persecution for Reformation , you that have fought in the high places of the field for Reformation , you that have covenanted and sworne for Reformation , goe now , reforme your selves ; you Ministers , preach as often as you will , as frely as you please , no man shall controll you , live as holily as you can , pray as often , fast as often as you will ; be full of bounty and good workes , giving examples to your flock , none shall trouble you ; be instant in season , out of season , preach the whole counsell of God without controll ; you people be holy , serve God in holinesse , keep close to his worship and ordinances , love them , delight in them , bring forth such fruits as men may glorify God on your account , condemne the world , justifie the cause of God , by a Gospell Conversation ; Take seaven yeares peace and plenty , and see what you can doe . Is it not then evident that setting aside prejudicate affections , and such determinations , as may reasonably be supposed to arise from them , laying away all private animosities , and desire of Rule and preheminence , with other worldly and selfish designes ; the universality of the people of God , doe answer to them that enquire , that in the last perswasion lies the ayme , and work of God in our generation . keywords: account; answer; god; gods; hath; interest; lord; men; messengers; nations; people; sion; text; things; work; world cache: A90269.xml plain text: A90269.txt item: #411 of 418 id: A91808 author: Rainolds, John, 1549-1607. title: The prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons by the famous and judicious divine, John Rainolds, D.D. Never before printed, beeing very usefull for these times. date: 1649.0 words: 77691 flesch: 61 summary: saith turn unto me saith the Lord , and I will turne unto you , yet it may not so be understood as though man had power as in himselfe to turne unto the Lord , but it must be God that must first convert ; and therefore we must say with the Prophet Jeremy , Convert thou me and I shall be converted for thou art my Lord and my God , and as it is in the Lamentations , turne thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned , renew our dayes as of old , So that it appeareth manifestly , that the grace of God must worke in our hearts before we can doe any thing , it is of his grace both to will and to do . So that by the name of Lord of Majesty , which the Prophet useth in his language , betokening him that was from everlasting that is and is to come , the same for ever , who is most true in his word , most constant in his promises , God which cannot lye , The prophet would stirr them up to be carefull to receive the message delivered with faith to his promise , adjoyned to the precept and obedience to the precept established by the promise , and this is the holy preparation which wee also have need of , that the message delivered from God may with faith and obedience be received of us , as of them . keywords: apostle; bee; bring; building; cause; christ; church; come; cor; day; dead; doe; doth; earth; end; example; feare; foundation; glory; god; gods; gold; good; grace; haggai; hath; hearts; heb; hee; himselfe; holy; house; jerusalem; jewes; law; life; like; lord; man; men; message; owne; paul; people; place; promise; prophet; saith; saviour; selves; set; sinne; speake; spirit; temple; things; thou; thy; time; wee; word; worke; ● ● cache: A91808.xml plain text: A91808.txt item: #412 of 418 id: A91855 author: Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675. title: A broken spirit, God's sacrifices. Or, The gratefulnesse of a broken spirit unto God. Represented in a sermon, before the right Honourable House of Peeres, in K. Henry the Seventh's chappell in the Abbey Westminster, upon Wednesday Decemb. 9. 1646. Being a day of publike humiliation for removing of the great judgment of rain and waters then upon the kingdome, &c. / By Fran. Roberts M. A. Minister of Christ, at Austins, London. date: None words: 19876 flesch: 76 summary: Mocking and mi●-using the messengers of God , and despising Gods word by them , 2 Chro. Petition for himself who by Murder and Adultery had off●…ed , Verse 1. to 18. And Supplication for the Church of God , which by his fal might be scandalized and endangered , V●●se 18 , 19. keywords: brokennesse; christ; chron; est; ezek; flesh; god; gods; grace; great; hardnesse; hath; heart; isai; jer; king; lord; luk; man; men; non; people; psal; rom; sacrifices; self; sin; sins; spirit; thee; things; thou; viz; word; ● ● cache: A91855.xml plain text: A91855.txt item: #413 of 418 id: A93248 author: Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635. title: The glorious feast of the Gospel. Or, Christs gracious invitation and royall entertainment of believers. Wherein amongst other things these comfortable doctrines are spiritually handled: Viz. 1. The marriage feast between Christ and his Church. 2. The vaile of ignorance and unbeliefe removed. 3. Christs conquest over death. 4. The wiping away of teares from the faces of Gods people. 5. The taking away of their reproaches. 6. The precious promises of God, and their certaine performance. 7. The divine authority of the holy scriptures. 8. The duty and comfort of waiting upon God. / Delivered in divers sermons upon Isai.25 chap.6,7,8,9 verses, by the late reverend, learned and faithfull minister of the Gospell, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Master of Katharine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher at Grayes-Inne, London. Perused by those that were instructed to revise his writings. date: 1650.0 words: 58984 flesch: 77 summary: An admirable Feast indeed , wherein Jesus Christ the eternall Sonne of God is the Bridegroome , where every Beleever that hath put on the Lord Jesus , ( the wedding garment ) is not onely the Guest , but the Spouse of Christ , and the Bride at this Wedding-supper . And because a Christian here hath more in hope than in hand , more in reversion than in possession , walkes by faith rather than sense , and lives by the Word of God , and not by bread alone , Thou shalt have here ( Christian Reader ) a sweet Discourse of the precious promises of Christ which hee hath left us here to stay the stomack of the soule , till wee come to that feast of feasts in heaven ; that by this glimpse , wee might in part know the greatnesse of that glory which shall be revealed , that the first fruits might be a pawne of the Harvest , and the earnest of the Spirit a pledge of that full reward wee shall have in heaven , where we shall be brim-full of those pleasures that are at Gods right hand for ever . keywords: bee; christ; christian; church; comfort; day; death; doe; faith; feast; glory; god; gods; good; grace; great; hath; heart; heaven; hee; joy; life; light; lord; love; man; men; people; promises; sinne; soule; spirit; spirituall; teares; things; time; vaile; waiting; wee; world cache: A93248.xml plain text: A93248.txt item: #414 of 418 id: A95657 author: Terry, Edward, 1590-1660. title: Pseudeleutheria. Or Lawlesse liberty. Set forth in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Major of London, &c. in Pauls, Aug. 16. 1646. / By Edvvard Terry, Minister of the Word, and pastor of the church at Great-Greenford in the country of Middlesex. Sept. 11. 1646. Imprimatur. John Downame. date: 1646.0 words: 19850 flesch: 64 summary: But these Lawes of God thus written , and commended , and commanded unto man , where slighted , and neglected , and forsaken by him , and therefore Irenaus well observes in his first booke against heresies , that therefore God appointed Kingdomes and men to rule in them , because man forsaking God , did wax feirce , lawlesse , masterlesse , and being not sufficiently awed by the feare of the Lord , God therefore put upon them the feare of man , that fearing humane Lawes , they should not devoure , destroy , consume one another as the fishes of the Sea , and the beasts of the wildernesse , and the fowles of the aire doe . Isaiah 5. 20. 21. because wisedome presumed on , and drawne from the broken cisterne of a mans owne braine , is in the reputation of God , and hath as great an woe before it in that Chapter , as the sins of Covetousnesse , or Oppression , or Drunkennesse . keywords: body; church; doe; evill; god; good; government; hath; himselfe; lawes; liberty; lord; love; men; non; owne; people; religion; roman; sin; spirits; text; thing; thou; truth; word cache: A95657.xml plain text: A95657.txt item: #415 of 418 id: A95730 author: Thomas, William, 1593-1667. title: Scriptures opened and sundry cases of conscience resolved, in plain and practical answers to several questions, upon the proverbs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel / by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ, William Thomas ... date: 1675.0 words: 84528 flesch: 82 summary: 56. 9 , 10. — Famine is the worst of Judgments , Lam. 4. 9. a Famine not of Bread but of the Word of God , is the worst of Famines ▪ Amos 8. 11 , 13. because the Soul is the best of Man , Jam. 4. 9. ) and God hath not appointed Duties to kill Men ; therefore his Comforts are at hand to take away the extremity of the grief , 2 Sam. 12. 13. keywords: act; cause; christ; chron; church; cor; covenant; faith; fear; gen; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; heb; isa; jer; john; king; law; life; lord; man; mat; men; peace; people; prov; psal; reason; regard; rom; sam; sin; spirit; testament; things; thou; thy; time; use; vow; way; word; yea cache: A95730.xml plain text: A95730.txt item: #416 of 418 id: A97125 author: Ward, John, d. 1665. title: God iudging among the gods. Opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament, upon the solemn day of monethly fast, March 26. 1645. / By Iohn Ward, minister of the gospel in Ipswich, and a member of the Assembly of Divines. date: 1645.0 words: 24070 flesch: 67 summary: Secondly , we must consider that God and man may concurre in the same actions , and neither his holinesse have fellowship with their wickednesse , nor their injustice be excused by his righteousnesse : God and man work upon different principles , in divers wayes to severall ends each his own , and in such a case every mans reason will tell him the same action receives not the same censure or judgement . Before the sin and fall of man , while there was no breach between God and our first parents , there was a quiet uniformity in all the world like the glory of Heaven shadowed in the serenity of the upper region of the Air ; and if men had continued in their innocency , there would have been in all the World as there was in Paradise , a very heaven upon earth ; but now since the curse , the whole Creation being subjected to vanity , and travailing in pain together , till it be delivered from the bondage of corruption , no wonder if it be ill with men , and they be made to groane under much misery , when all the disorder that is in the World is for their sinne and for their judgement . keywords: church; day; doe; doth; earth; god; gods; good; government; hand; hath; heart; judgement; land; law; lord; man; men; non; order; owne; people; power; psal; selves; spirit; text; things; time; word cache: A97125.xml plain text: A97125.txt item: #417 of 418 id: A97126 author: Ward, John, d. 1665. title: The good-vvill of Him that dwelt in the bush: or, The extraordinary happinesse of living under an extraordinary providence. A sermon preached before the Right Honourable, the House of Lords, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, on Tuesday, Iuly 22. 1645. At their publike thanksgiving for the good successe given to the Parliaments forces, under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax in the west. / date: 1645.0 words: 17347 flesch: 62 summary: The books of Ezra and Nehemiah will informe you ; or if it be too much to read the story , the Psalme will tell us , Their captivity was turned , yet so , as they needed to pray still , turne again our captivity , O Lord : they were not restored to that from which they were fallen , either for number of people , abundance of wealth , or liberty , or beauty , of order in the Civil or Ecclesiasticall state ; more persons had fallen in some one battell before the captivity , then were inrolled at their returne from Babylon ; David alone of his own proper good , had contributed more to the building of the first Temple , then the whole Congregation together were able to offer towards the reedifying of the second : Possibly one man had been owner of more cattell then all of them could number , when they were come up into their own land , they did not enjoy the liberty of an Israelitish subject , but were under the arbitrary power of a Tyrant , who bare rule over them at their pleasure ; They were servants in their own land , and it yeelded much increase to the Kings , whom God had set over them because of their sinnes : The power and the wisedome of God , who is wonderfull in counsell , and excellent in working ▪ hath been very glorious in a world of providences in favour of us every where ; we may behold with open face the glory of the Lord in a world of wonders ; oh Lord , how manifold are thy works ! keywords: bush; church; deliverance; glory; god; good; hand; hath; lord; men; moses; non; people; praise; providence; psal; text; things; time cache: A97126.xml plain text: A97126.txt item: #418 of 418 id: B01589 author: Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653 title: The psalms of David in meeter: by Mr. Zachary Boyd, preacher of God's word. date: 1646.0 words: 72115 flesch: 86 summary: verse 10 And they that know thy blesse nam● will put their trust in thee , verse 5 There were they alwaies h great fea● for GOD who is most hie : Is in the generation still , of those that righteous be . keywords: alwayes; come; day; dear; doth; earth; ev'n; fear; god; gods; good; great; hand; hast; hath; heart; hie; high; holy; house; ill; land; lord doth; lord god; lord thy; love; man; men; mercy; mighty; mouth; o god; o lord; o thou; people; praise; psal; rejoice; right; righteousnesse; salvation; save; set; shall; sing; soul; strength; thee; thine; thou; thou lord; thy; trust; verse; voice; wicked; word; wrath; yea; ● nd; ● o; ● ● cache: B01589.xml plain text: B01589.txt