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id: A77124
author: Boulbie, Judith.
title: A few words to the rulers of this natio[n]
date: 1673.0
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words: 1169
sentence: 54
flesch: 68
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summary:
  Is it a Time to solace thy self in Musick and ●●●cing ? Is not the Time exceeding Precious ? and wilt 〈◊〉 spend thy Pretious Time in Pleasure and Vanity ? O 〈◊〉 many wicked Societies that are gathered together in thee , O Na●●●●… some to Carding and Dicing , others to Drinking and Feasting , 〈◊〉 upon the Stages , many to the May-Games , Horse-Matches , F 〈…〉 Matches , Ringing o● Bells , Musick going up and down thy Stre●●●… When alas , O Nation , for ought thou knowest , the Vials of 〈◊〉 Wrath may even be ready to be poured out without Mixture ; 〈◊〉 Wo !


id: A28898
author: Bourne, Edward, d. 1708.
date: 1661.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 1515
sentence: 58
flesch: 68
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title:
  A warning from the Lord God to the inhabitants of the town and county of Warwick that they may repent and turn to the Lord with their whole hearts before it be too late.

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). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 45966)


id: A81422
author: J. J.
date: 1700.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 1523
sentence: 129
flesch: 86
cache: cache/A81422.xml
txt: txt/A81422.txt
title:
  A Dialogue between Satan and a young man, or, Satan's temptations to delay repentance answered by J.J., a pious young divine, for the benefit of young persons.

summary:
  ●●●'ve Time enough , be grave , Fifty Years hence : Young Man. 〈◊〉 ●ou'll believe such Stuff , 't will make you Mad ; Young Man.


id: A39790
author: Fletcher, Elizabeth, 17th cent.
date: 1660.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 2055
sentence: 37
flesch: 46
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txt: txt/A39790.txt
title:
  A few words in season to all the inhabitants of Earth being a call unto them to leave off their wickedness, and to turn to the Lord before it be too late.

summary:
  This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A39790 of text R6744 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing F1328). no A few words in season to all the inhabitants of the Earth; being a call unto them to leave off their wickedness, and to turn to the Lord bef Fletcher, Elizabeth 1660 1815 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 B The rate of 6 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words.


id: A30900
author: Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690.
date: 1672.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 3041
sentence: 95
flesch: 60
cache: cache/A30900.xml
txt: txt/A30900.txt
title:
  A seasonable warning and serious exhortation to, and expostulation with, the inhabitants of Aberdene concerning this present dispensation and day of Gods living visitation towards them.

summary:
  He hath sent forth , and is daily sending forth his Servants and Messengers , to invite you to come and partake with Him of the Supper , of the Feast which he hath prepared ; and among many others , whom at sundrie times he hath caused to sound sorth His Testimony : I also have in the Name and Power and Authority of God , proclaimed his everlasting Gospel among you , and preached , and held forth the glade tydings of this glorious dispensation , which is Christ manifesting and revealing himself in and by his Light and Spirit in the hearts of all men , to lead them out of all unrighteousness , and filtheness , both of Flesh and Spirit ; unto all righteousness , truth , holyness , peace and joy in the Holy Ghost . GReat , unutterably great , O ye Inhabitants , is the Love of God which flowes in my heart towards you , and in bowels of unspeakable compassion , am I opened , am I enlarged unto you , in the sight and sense of your conditions , which the Lord hath discovered and revealed unto Me.


id: A86010
author: Gilman, Anne, d. 1686.
title: To the inhabitants of the earth.
date: 1663.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 3350
sentence: 65
flesch: 49
cache: cache/A86010.xml
txt: txt/A86010.txt
summary:
  And be it known unto you , O ye rebellious Children , that God's Controversie is with you , and with you will he plead in Justice and Righteousness , concerning your Destruction which you bring upon your selves ; for , this is the Cry that is gone through the Land , Why will you die , why will you die you sinners , and why will you not come to him who is Life ? therefore is your destruction of your selves , for our God is clear of every man's blood , their blood shall be upon their own heads ; for God in his infinite Wisdom hath chosen us , who are as a poor despised people amongst you , to walk in a blameless life before you faithfully ; who , as we have received of the Lord , so have our Lights shined before you ; and as we have been kept in our measures , so have we cleared our selves concerning this wicked and adultrous generation ; for long furrows have been plowed on our backs , because with your evils we could not joyn ; but the rod of the wicked shall not alwayes rest upon the backs of the Righteous : Therefore you Saints , lift up your heads and rejoyce in the Lord , who hath chosen you out of this present evil world , and hath redeemed you to be a Peculiar People to himself ; who in time past did run with them into the same excess of riot , but now are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb ; so that there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus , who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit ; for the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus , hath made us free from the Law of Sin and Death ; and here he helpeth our infirmities , and doth work all our works in us and for us through the Cross , which by us is taken up and followed : And here we can leave all behind us , and nothing is too dear for us to lay down for the Testimony of a good Conscience ; and our Faith hath been tryed amongst you concerning these things , and this hath been and is the Lord 's large Love to us , who hath not left us in our tryals , but hath delivered us , and hath been with us in six troubles , and in seven hath he given us courage and boldness , that under his Banner we should be Noble Warriors , against all that arises contrary to the Lord , against whom ( you will be made to say ) it is in vain to strive ; OH Earth , Earth , Earth , hear , fear , dread and tremble before the Lord God of Power ; for with Strength is he risen to make inquisition after his Seed which is sown amongst you ; and now turn in and see what an account you can give : for of a truth every one of you in particular have received a talent of the Lord ; wherefore stand in awe , and commune with your own hearts , and see what use you have made of your Lord's money , who are found beating and imprisoning of your fellow-servants , and are found in Pride , Drunkenness , Gluttony , Strife , Envyings , Murmuring , Cursing , Swearing and Lying ; Weep , howl , and roar all you , who are found lovers of Pleasures more than lovers of God , and have put the Day of the Lord afar off ; who hath visited you dayes without number , and would often have gathered you , even as a Hen gathereth her Chickens under her wings , but ye would not ; therefore , behold , Desolation is near unto all the unprofitable servants : for utter darkness must be their portion , and weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth ; because , when I called none did answer , and when I spake none would hear , saith the Lord ; therefore is the Day hastening which shall burn as an oven , and all the evil-doers shall be cast therein .


id: A60623
author: Smith, William, d. 1673.
date: 1661.0
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mime: application/xml
words: 3413
sentence: 66
flesch: 45
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txt: txt/A60623.txt
title:
  Christendoms call to repentance who is adulterated and gone out from the life of her maker, and gone into the spiritual whoredoms, from the life which was among the apostles, which, with the light, is seen and made manifest, which now shineth, that comes from the VVord which was in the beginning, before whom all things are bare and naked and nothing can be hid / by W.S.

summary:
  So that the Name of the Holy Child Jesus hath suffered by thee which thou hast blasphemed , who never commanded to Wrack , Torture , Burn , Imprison , nor make Inquisitions , but bid love Enemies ; Neither did his Ministers , Messengers , or Servants give forth any such command , but said overcome evil with good ; And so hast thou kicked against reproof and hatest to be reformed , but the Lords judgments will pursue thee , who is just , and overtake thee , to recompence thee who is mighty , and the stroak of his hand thou canst not escape , nor withhold the fury of his indignation ( except thou repent ) which will presse thee down into the Lake , where the Beast , false Prophet , and them that have committed lewdnesse with thee are to be taken and cast in alive together ; and thou the great whore judged , that have stood up against the true Prophet , and rejected the Light and Life of men Christ Jesus , at whose Name every knee must bow and Tongue confesse , through whom the sons of Adam driven out from God , must have their redemption up to God again , who is the way , and there is not another ; who took not upon him the nature of Angels , but the seed of Abraham , whom the Angels are to worship , the Anointed of God , the Saviour of mankind , the true Light of the World , that lighteth every man that cometh into the World , that all men through him might believe and be saved ; For he that believeth is not condemned , but he that believeth not is condemned already , the Light is his condemnation ; and who comes to the light , obtains life , that life which hath been Apostatized and Estranged from since the Apostles daies , which also is the salvation , to be led out of darknesse , out of sin and transgression , which hath long reigned in thee , thou Christendom , adulterated from the pure life the righteous life , and holy life , that hast revolted and gone backward into the uncleannesse , filthinesse , deceit and unrighteousnesse , so that even the life of Righteousnesse , Purity and Uprightnesse , is slighted by thee and set at nought , and not accounted of ; to do truth or speak truth , is accounted but a small thing among the highest professors or people ; to come to yea and nay in their communications , or to the plain and proper language of the Scriptures of Truth , And Sion shall arise and shake her self out of the dust , and put on her beautiful Garments which long hath lain in the dust mourning , yea , thou Daughter of Sion shall rejoyce and break forth into singing , and the daies of thy Widdow-hood shall be ended , though thou be yet but small , and little , for great is the Holy One in the midst of thee ; thy gates shall no more be shut , neither shall there be any night where thou inhab●●est , the Lord shall be thy sure defence , and thy God thy glory .


id: A41980
author: Greene, William, 17th cent.
date: 1663.0
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mime: application/xml
words: 4046
sentence: 80
flesch: 48
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title:
  The sound of a voyce uttered forth from the mountaine of the Lord of host (which he hath exalted and set on the top of all the hills and mountains that have been exalted above it) to awaken the inhabitants of the earth out of the deep sleep of security, which hath by their rejecting the light, fell upon them in this dark night of apostacy, wherein thick darkness hath covered the earth as the waters cover the sea, and gross darkness the people, by the which they have been kept in slavery and bondage by the power of darkness in their own particulars, and by the yielding themselves servants thereunto are held in captivity : and also a warning to them from the Lord for to repent, and speedily to return, before his indignation, and the vials of his fierce wrath break forth, & there be no remedy / by ... William Greene.

summary:
  By one that is passed from death to life , from under the power of darkness , which ruled over life , in the time of barrenness , and in the land of drought : With a few words of his passage and travel in and through the work of Regeneration ; and also the falsity and deceipt of the deceivers of this present Age and Generation : with a Call unto them that are followers of them and their abominations , to return and be separated from them , in words , wayes and works : For the Lords controversie is with them and all that take their part . For he made me to possess the sins of my youth ; but when I in measure came to depart from them as they was made manifest , then I to my companions became a taunt and a by-word , and was called a Quaker , and at me they set their mouths away .


id: A75336
author: Andrews, John, b. 1582 or 3.
date: 1673.0
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mime: application/xml
words: 6568
sentence: 279
flesch: 77
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title:
  Andrews resolution to return unto God by repentance Directed unto all the elect children of God which truly repent, perfectly guiding them in the right way therein. Right godly to read, as delightful to hear, but most profitable to be practised. Newly published by John Andrews minister and preacher of Gods Word. Being first seen and allowed.

summary:
  O Gracious and most high God a , most holy b , most strong c , most mighty d most merciful e , most righteous f , and most beautiful Saviour g , I the Son of thy handmaid h , whom thou hast created , and redeemed k , ●a●e in all dutifull affection assigned my , ●elf , and my dearest love into thine hands 〈◊〉 my humble Petition , which I dedi●red unto thee , O sweet J●su , th●u light ●f my soul m , and to the uttermost of my ; ●ower ( by thine assistance ) have made it ●y daily prayer , and true copy of my ●ya●est aff●ction unto thee , O Lord my God n , in the which , through my conti●●ul exercising thereof , I know my sigh●g for my sins is not hid from thee o , nor ●●y tears , which cry from the bottom of My ●eart , for thy crimson priceless drops of ●ood , that trickled down thy azure veins p , 〈◊〉 wash away my scarlet sins q , unknown to ●ee , And now again , O my soveraign delight r , in token of my humblest devotion , and dearest Love , which I owe unto thy most sacred self , I am here imboldned ( although far u●worthy ) to dedicate this other Mite unto thee ( entitu●ed Andrews Resolution ) which I cast into thy treasury ſ , not of superfluity , but meer penury , desiring thee , O my Saviour t , from the tender bowels of my heart , that through the multitude of thy mercies u , thou wilt guide me therein . REpenta●ce is libera donatio , a gift absoluts , without consideration ; and it comes freely from God , who is the very efficient and principal Author or Donor thereof k .


id: A83023
author: England and Wales. Parliament.
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 1602
sentence: 57
flesch: 57
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title:
  An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. Being an exhortation to all His Majesties good subjects in the kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales, to the duty of repentance and humiliation, with an earnest confession of particular and nationall sinnes For the obtaining a firme and happy peace, now in agitation. To be used privately in families, but especially publikely in congregations.

summary:
  That of Idolatry , as it was the Sin of our Ancestors , so it is the spreading Sin of these latter times , while by a generall connivence , and almost Tolleration , it hath beene severall wayes Fomented and encouraged : The grievous Effects whereof this Kingdome of England now begins to feele , from multitudes of Armed Papists and their Abettors , and the Kingdome of Ireland far more heavily hath felt , being brought almost to utter Ruine , by the Intestine Warres of Romish Idolaters . Neither ought this confession to sleight or light , when there is so heavy a weight of Sins , infinite in number , and hainous in nature , that lies upon this Nation .


id: A77959
author: Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.
date: 1657.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 7065
sentence: 117
flesch: 41
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title:
  The testimony of the Lord concerning London. Witnessed in truth and faithfulnesse, to the consciences of all people in it, that they may returne to the Lord, and repent. Also, the great abominations discovered of this people, who draws near God with their mouths, and professes self-separation, when as their hearts be far from the Lord. With a warning to all sorts of people in it, what the Lord requires of them. By a lover of all your soules, E.B.

summary:
  Thou hast been warned , and thy people , and the day of a glorious Visitation hath passed over thee , the Lord hath reached unto many , and striked many who have not grieved , but carelesly walked , and slighted the day of their visitation , and have not hearkned to the Lords call , unto thousands hath the word of the Lord been declared , and the Kingdome of God preached nigh at hand , and the very way of life and death hath been set before you , for the Lord hath sent unto thee to warne thee , and to shew unto thee what the Counsell of the Lord is ; and thousands have been reached with the power of God , and convinced of the way of life & peace , who yet continues in hardnes of heart , and disobedience , following the counsell of their own heart , and the desire of their own minds , which are wholly evil continually , and the condemnation of such will be just in the day of the Lord , and greater then theirs to whom the way of the Lord hath not been known . Ignorance abounds in thy old men , and rudenesse , and wildnesse in thy youths , and thy people are without the knowledge of God , and perishes for lack of knowledge ; thou art even as a wild untilled garden , which bringeth forth no pleasant fruit , thy vines are as the vines of Sodem , and thy fruit is loathsome to the Lords tast , wild grapes , and soure grapes is brought forth in thee , which the Lord hath no pleasure in , ye bring forth fruit unto your selves , and not unto the Lord , ye kindle a fire , and warmes your selves with your own sparks , ye sacrafice to your own net , and ye think to be heard for your much babling , and your many performances :


id: A19467
author: Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.
date: 1623.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 4561
sentence: 284
flesch: 87
cache: cache/A19467.xml
txt: txt/A19467.txt
title:
  Andrewes humble petition vnto almighty God, declaring his repentance Newly made in a right zealous and most godly prayer, out of the pure fountaine of holy scripture, in the autumne or declining of his age. Very necessary for all the children of God to vse in their daily praiers. Wherein is contained an alarum for old age: a watch-word for youth, and a caueat for all Christians.

summary:
  And with the woman of Canaan , O Iesu thou son of Dauid , haue mercy on me u , O Iesu of Nazareth x , O fountaine of mercy z , receiue thou my spirit a , O my life take my soule b , enter therein , O my ioy c , that it may alwaies ioy in thee d and giue me an heart to thinke on thée e , a minde that may loue thée f , a soule that may remember thée g , and a reason that may alwayes stick fast vnto thée h , that then ( O Christ ) maist dwell in my heart i , and be the very life of my soule k , whereby I may beheld the faire beauty of thée O Lord l , and make thée my chiefest delight m , my sweet solace n , my Lord God & the very glory of my soule o . O bid mee not farewell b .


id: A30736
author: Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.
date: 1657.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 5575
sentence: 213
flesch: 74
cache: cache/A30736.xml
txt: txt/A30736.txt
title:
  A Serious advice to the citizens of London by some ministers of the Gospel in the said city upon occasion of the horrid murder and dreadful death of Nathaniel Butler, an high malefactor.

summary:
  And should God leave you to the baseness of your own hellish hearts , would not you also run to all Excess of sin , and that with Greediness too ? What a Chaos ? what a Wilderness of wild Beasts should we be , if Malefactors were not punished ? What Confusion , Cruelty , Barbarousness , would overspread all , if by wholsome Laws , and the care of good Magistrates in the Execution of them , we had not some Boundaries set to the Lusts of men ? whether would the heart of man run , if there were not some reins upon it ? T is sad the Law of God will not keep men from sin , but seeing it will not , t is mercy we have the Laws of Man .


id: A36932
author: Duppa, Brian, 1588-1662.
title: A guide for the penitent, or, A modell drawn up for the help of a devout soul wounded with sin
date: 1664.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 9158
sentence: 358
flesch: 73
cache: cache/A36932.xml
txt: txt/A36932.txt
summary:
  Wo , Wo unto me , O God , that being endowed with Memory to serve as a Magazine to treasure up thy Precepts and holy Counsels in , I have stuft it so miserably full with the Ideas of former Vanities and Sin , that I have left no room for thee at all . Wo , Wo unto me , O God , that I have not resolved , with thy servant David , to take care of my waies , that I offend not in my Tongue , but have many times vainly and inconsiderately let it loose , and , either to please the Company or my self , I have spoken words which might unhappily prove occasions of sin both to them and me , without regard , or remembring how great Flames such little Sparks might kindle .


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
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 8953
sentence: 383
flesch: 75
cache: cache/A61837.xml
txt: txt/A61837.txt
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 ?


id: A44674
author: Howe, John, 1630-1705.
date: 1700.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 10192
sentence: 508
flesch: 79
cache: cache/A44674.xml
txt: txt/A44674.txt
title:
  A discourse of an unconverted man's enmity, against God Preached to a country congregation, by J.H. And publish'd by one who wrote it from his mouth.

summary:
  Men in their unconverted state are strangers to God. Men in their unconverted state , are not only strangers to God , but enemies against God , and that in their minds .


id: A16325
author: Bolton, Robert, 1572-1631.
title: Helpes to humiliation
date: 1630.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 10258
sentence: 431
flesch: 76
cache: cache/A16325.xml
txt: txt/A16325.txt
summary:
  Thou drawest wife and children , neighbors and all thou canst to hell , by thy ill example , &c : The creatures thou art mercilesse vnto , for thy sinne adds to their misery which they groane vnder ; and thou yet addest to their burden by thy siune . And wilt thou now pollute thy selfe againe , as it were to haue him kill'd afresh to wash away thy sinne ? Consider , the ancient Martyrs and Worthies chose rather to burne at a stake , than they would sinne ; and thou so easily bee drawne to it or rather run to it ? Anselme said , if the flames of hell were on the one side , and sinne on the other side , I would rather lye in those flames than sinne .


id: A41108
author: Fenner, William, 1600-1640.
date: 1654.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 10278
sentence: 309
flesch: 71
cache: cache/A41108.xml
txt: txt/A41108.txt
title:
  The danger of deferring repentance discovered by that reverend and faithfull minister of the word, William Fenner.

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 .


id: A30433
author: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
date: 1690.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 12335
sentence: 325
flesch: 59
cache: cache/A30433.xml
txt: txt/A30433.txt
title:
  A sermon preached at Bow-Church, before the court of aldermen, on March 12, 1689/90 being the fast-day appointed by Their Majesties / by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.

summary:
  Great Zeal has appeared against the Idolatry of the Church of Rome , with a constancy in the Matters of Religion , that has amazed all the World : the steps made towards that , alarmed the Nation , and this City in particular : and it appeared that you could not bear those who called themselves the Church of God , but that are the Synagogue of Satan . We cannot make any Reflections on our Condition with relation to God , without observing that he has been offended in a most eminent manner ; while Religion has been so visibly neglected by those who have pretended the most to it ; while not only Vices of all Sorts have abounded among us , and have been acted with so high a Hand , as if the Actors had equally despised the Judgments of God and the Reproaches of Men ; but what do I say , Reproaches !


id: A30522
author: Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.
title: The everlasting gospel of repentance and remission of sins ... by ... Edward Burrough.
date: 1660.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 13424
sentence: 154
flesch: 13
cache: cache/A30522.xml
txt: txt/A30522.txt
summary:
  Wherefore , Repeat , Repent all sorts of People , all Sinners and Transgressors , tremble before the Lord ye stout-hearted and rebellious Children ; Wo unto ye unjust Rulers and Judges , that have exercised unjust Judgment in the Land , that have judged for Gifts and Rewards , and that have turned aside just Judgement , Mercy and Truth , and that have persecuted the Innocent without just cause ; Wo unto you that have been Oppressors of the Poor and Needy , ye that have not judged for the Lord as ye ought to have done , but have been ambitious and vain-glorious , and puffed up in the flesh by high Titles and Places of Honour , ye that have exalted your selves above your Brethren , and sought Honour of Men , and loved the Honour of this World more than the Honour of God , Wo unto you ; for the day of the Lords Judgment is at hand , and an account of your Stewardship must you give : Wo unto you Carnal minds , all the treasures of them are corruptible , your Lands , Gold and Silver are fading treasures ; the day of the Lords Judgments are at hand upon you , and the Rod of his Wrath will smite you , and ye shall have Poverty and Want instead of Fulness and Excess , and ye shall have Leanness and Barrenness , and God will plead with you in the way of have sinned against him ; The time of your Visitation draws near .


id: A51033
author: Mitchell, John, fl. 1697.
date: 1697.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 12743
sentence: 528
flesch: 74
cache: cache/A51033.xml
txt: txt/A51033.txt
title:
  The way to true honour and happiness A friendly address to all parents, masters of families, and landlords, the persons most capable to honour ... , and to gain honour to themselves, by beginning and carrying on a rational reformation. To which is added, [A] memorandum for mothers. By John Mitchell, M.A.

summary:
  whereas now by 〈◊〉 neg●●ct , their Labour is lost , and their P●ins unprofitable . There is nothing can hinder your minding 〈…〉 spiritual concerns of your selves and Fami 〈…〉 , but the Vanities of the VVorld , or the Lusts of the Flesh ; and these ye have renounced in your Baptism , and vowed a perpetual VVar against them ; so that you are perjured if you suffer your selves to be entangled an● hindred by them , Mat. 16.


id: A19458
author: Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.
date: 1631.0
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title:
  Andrewes caueat to win sinners A true and perfect way to win carelesse sinners (if there be but the least sparke of grace in them) vnto speedy repentance, that in the end they may obtaine eternall life. Directed vnto all the elect children of God, which truly repent. Newly published by Iohn Andrewes preacher of Gods Word. Being first seene and allowed.

summary:
  Heare , oh therefore , heare all you that walke after the lusts of your owne hearts , and depart from Bethel x the house of God , to starue your soules in Bethauen the den of y iniquity : It is sinne , oh ! Oh! if you did féele the smart of sinne but prick in your wounded conscience , it were b forcible enough to draw streames of teares out of the dryest eye that euer was in the head of man ; and to excite a multitude of sorrowfull groanes out of the hardest heart that euer God made :


id: A19475
author: Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.
date: 1621.0
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sentence: 296
flesch: 74
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title:
  Andrewes resolution To returne vnto God by repentance. Directed vnto all the elect children of God, which truly repent, perfectly guiding them in the right way therein. Right godly to reade, as delightfull to heare, but most profitable to be practised. Newly published by Iohn Andrews, minister and preacher of the word.

summary:
  Esay 4. 4. The true Essence or nature of thy Repentance , onely consisteth in turning from all thy sinnes vnto God : and therefore it is not altogether deriued of the word Poenitentia , because the Diuines say , it doth not comprehend Totum Terminum a quo et ad quem , from what , and to whom thou must returne . For bee thou well assured , that thy soule is a reall thing , and cannot passe but by liuery ; therefore if thou wilt deliuer the whole possessō of thy soule vnto God by Repentance vnfeignedly , thou must needes driue the Diuell out of all the corners of thy heart by amendmēt of thy life wholly .


id: A91865
author: Robeson, A. (Andrew)
title: A word of pitty to the prophane and to the unruly rulers in this generation.
date: 1662.0
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sentence: 62
flesch: 68
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summary:
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id: A54452
author: J. P. (John Perrot), d. 1671?
date: 1660.0
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flesch: 44
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title:
  A visitation of love, and gentle greeting of the Turk and tender tryal of his thoughts for God, and proof of the hearts of his court, and the spirits of the people round about him, in his own dominion, and the inhabitants of the earth that are borderers upon his skirts, in their declared religious wayes : and is a warning to all men that are in the corrupted wayes of sin and iniquity, to repent and turn to the living God ... : to which is annexed a book, intituled, Immanuel, the salvation of Israel / written in the will and countenance of God, by ... John Perrot.

summary:
  I say therefore unto all flesh living , Keep silence , and listen to the word of the Lord God in silence , ( mark ) listen to hear the word of the Lord in spirit , in silence , when all reason and earthly consultations and disputings , and questionings in the mind , is cast out , in the bed , in the vineyards , in the secret closet , in the fields , and then it shall come to pass to your remembrance , that there is something in man which convinceth a man of the evil of his wayes , and that will shew a man the iniquities of his youth and the sinnes of his riper years , and bring all unto his remembrance in the fight of the Lord ; and then it will be seen , that not any Sacrifice or Oblation hath blotted out any one sin out of the remembrance of God , when as man in his own Conscience is accused for all ; yea , then is the sacrifice short of blotting out iniquity , and his prayers short of removing his transgressions : nay further , If a man should offer ten thousand Rivers of Oyl , and the blood of a thousand Bulls and He-Goats , and as many Rams , and were it the Fruit of his body for the sinne of his soul , it cannot purge the heart , or cleanse the spirit , and therefore not clear the conscience from the just accusation of God in the hidden parts of a mans mind , and secret meditations of his spirit ; and if in this state a man perisheth , where is the refuge which he shall flie unto in the last hour ? and in what standeth the hope of life everlasting ? all sober hearts in this may read the danger of ignorance and peril of blindness in the lust of sinne and unrighteousnesse , out of the true understanding of the true worship and service of God. And forasmuch as wisdom removeth the vails of darknesse , and openeth the path of iniquity , and leadeth to the Fountain of righteousnesse , and bringeth to the Well-spring of truth , I hereby hold forth the ground thereof , and from whence it springs , and how it comes to be received and stood in , to the honour of the living God , and beautifying the Face of the just , and renown of the upright . Therefore I cease not to cry , Fear , fear , dread and tremble , tremble before the Lord God of Hosts ye Sons and Daughters of Adam , be ye shaken as in a tempest , ye strong Oaks and tall Cedars , bow down ye lofty Hills and exalted Mountains ; let the Rocks , and stony places of the Nations be rent , let al be made as a smooth place for the Lord God to execute his judgments in righteousnesse , that the Lord God alone may be exalted in majesty in every heart ; let all knees bow , & every tongue confess his Dread and infinite Power , that under the Fountain , the Nations and People may stand , that the streams may issue and run down upon every head , and make glad every heart , with the oyl of annointing , the living , and pouring wisdome down as Floods , making way in the hearts of the sons of men , in counsel and prudence , to receive the Oracles of God as a portion of a plenteous Treasure , thereby to encrease in the vertue thereof , which shall cause a mans brightnesse to glimmer in the eye of his enemies , & make the Heathen wonder at the appearance thereof , & make the fool roar out when he feels his back smitten with the Rod of Prudence , which his younger in years bears in his right hand , ruling the heart in uprightnesse .


id: A65481
author: West, Thomas, of Hertford.
date: 1664.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
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sentence: 87
flesch: 49
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title:
  The word of the Lord God Almighty that liveth for ever, and ever, to all persecutors, who are dead, though yet alive, upon the face of the whole earth: that so they may hear, fear, and repent, before it be too late.

summary:
  For I have seen a dreadful day near to come upon all Persecutors ; yea verily , a terrible stormy day , a day of fire and smoak , a day of Thundering and Lightning , a day of blackness and darkness , a day of storms and tempests , a day of earth-quakes , a day of battelings , of shakings and quakings , a day of trembling and howling , a day of distress of Nations , a day of dread and terrour , and all faces shall be pale and wan ; yea verily , a day of the sound of the Trumpet , and an Alarm to the Battel : And this is a certain sound from the last Trump , that ever shall be sounded in your ears , before your destruction come upon you , and it shall be louder and louder , with more dreadful and terrible afrightments , until the hearts of men shall fail them for fear , for the Mountains shall be covered with fire and smoak , and all the whole world shall tremble ; and then shall God most wonderfully appear , and in the Majesty of his Power shall he go before us , who is our General and Living Commander for evermore ; Yea verily , and all the Chariots and Horse-men of Israel , are on our side already : Wherefore now , thus saith the High and Lofty One , that inhabiteth Eternity , whose dwelling is on High , far above all the Sons of men , Yea verily , I dwell high above , and in the Sanctuary , whose Name is Holy , Pure , Living , and Eternal , and will be exalted over all ; I have a secret service to do , for my own oppressed Precious Seed sake , which shall be fulfilled in your sight ; and certainly , I can never forget my faithful Promise made to it ; but I must come and perform it when my Purpose is accomplished , and my Will fulfilled , concerning its Sufferings , even as I did for my People Israel , in the dayes of old , when they were under hard-hearted Pharaoh , and his wicked Task-masters ; And then , Wo , wo , wo , to all you wicked rebellious Persecutors , who are found fighting against God , in persecuting his dearly beloved People and Children , that have , and do believe in his Name : Sure I am , the Lord is bringing and preparing a sharp scourge to whip you all , who have so highly provoked him , with so often transgressing against his Righteous Law , in not doing to every man , as ye would all men should do unto you :


id: A66437
author: Williams, John, 1664-1729.
date: 1699.0
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words: 15595
sentence: 661
flesch: 76
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title:
  Warnings to the unclean in a discourse from Rev. XXI. 8. Preacht at Springfield lecture, August 25th. 1698. At the execution of Sarah Smith. By Mr. John Williams pastor of the Church at Deerfield.

summary:
  Among which may be reckoned those which are not only violations of positive Precepts , but of the very dictates and law of nature ; in such sins there is both a contempt of the Divine Authority , and a great deal of violence offered to Conscience , which would restrain from the commission of them , and is a plain demonstration of prevailing Atheism of the heart , and mighty power and love of sin in it , to over-bear the light they have ; but that such sins should be committed under the clear light of the Gospel , shews men to be wholly without excuse : It therefore is , and ought to be for a lamentation , that though we live in such an Age of the World , wherein the Light of the Gospel shines with greater clearness probably then it ever did since the first revelation of it ; yea , in days too , wherein the Wrath of God is revealed from heaven against the unrighteousness of men . To conclude therefore , let me perswade all to consider , the heinous nature , and dreadful effects of these sins ; the Apostle gives a particular account hereof , 1 Cor. 6.9 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17. It s a sin against a mans own body , it is a defiling of that which should be the temple of God ; it is a Sin loathsome in it self , and makes those who are guilty of it , loathsome to God , and to men too , when it is discovered ; it is a sin that is ordinarily the punishment of other sins , Prov. 23.27 .


id: A28134
author: Biddle, Ester.
date: 1660.0
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words: 10646
sentence: 133
flesch: 23
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title:
  A warning from the Lord God of life and power unto thee o city of London, and to the suburbs round about thee : to call thee and them to repentance & amendment of life, without which you cannot see God : be ye separated from your priests, and from your idolatrous worship, and touch not the unclean thing, that the Lord may receive you ... and something also to the scattered seed of God, which hath been held in bondage under Pharaoh the Task-master : who am hated by the unwise, and foolish in heart, and am reproachfully call'd a Quaker / Ester Biddle.

summary:
  what wouldst thou give for peace with God , when thy day shall be turned into darness , & thy table shall be made a snare unto thee , and thou shalt be like the hearth in the Wildernesse , which seeth not when good cometh , thy lovers shall pass away , & trouble shall compass thee round about ; then if thou hadst the whole world thou wouldst give it for peace with God , but then will thy day be sealed up , and there will be no place found for repentance ; therefore I desire thee in the dreadful power of God , put not the day of the Lord afar off , but let the Sword of the Lord cut down , and the fire burn up all that is contrary to God ; and away with thy Idols , down with thy Images , pluck down thy high places , for the Lord will be avenged of thy Groves , thy strong Okes , and tall Cedars , and he will ride upon thy high hills , and thy fenced City will he lay waste ; and he will ease the innocent , and deliver the oppressed , thy prison doors shall be broke up , and the bonds of iniquity burst asunder , the agreement made with hell and death will be disannulled ; and though many of us have been halled out of your Mass-houses , and have been halled before Magistrates , both by Papists and Protestants ; yet know this , that our God in whom we trust , he lives for ever , and he sits as Judge amongst the Gods . remember how the Lord overtook the old world in their evil deeds , he came upon them as a thief in the night , when they little thought of him , he took them eating and drinking , Marrying , and giving in marriage , and he repented that ever he made man upon the Earth , and he overtu●ned them in his fiery wrath , and in his fiery indignation , he spared not Jerusalem , wherein his Temple was built ; and dost thou think that the Lord will spare thee ? I am afraid the Lord will overturn thee in flames of fire , as he did them in their gain-sayings : Therefore amend thy life while it is to day , and prize the short moment of time which thou hast yet to spend , least God cast thee into Hell , which is prepared for the wicked and abominable .


id: A65480
author: West, Thomas, of Hertford.
date: 1664.0
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flesch: 50
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title:
  The word of God to all the elect number with a few words in a deep lamentation over the seed of life, to its tender father concerning them that have transgressed in Israel.

summary:
  The word of God to all the elect number with a few words in a deep lamentation over the seed of life, to its tender father concerning them that have transgressed in Israel. The word of God to all the elect number with a few words in a deep lamentation over the seed of life, to its tender father concerning them that have transgressed in Israel.


id: A60666
author: Smith, William, d. 1673.
date: 1663.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 8165
sentence: 112
flesch: 28
cache: cache/A60666.xml
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title:
  The work of Gods power in man with something that the spirit of truth leads to practise, and what it leads to deny ... / W.S.

summary:
  1. There is a time in which God visiteth the sons and daughters of men ; for he beholds all people in the fall , out of the right way , and his tender compassion moveth , and his love openeth , and with the Light of his Life he lets man see the evil of his doings ; for it is a certain truth , that the love of God is tendered unto man in the Light , which doth discover his sin , and that is the day of his Visitation , wherein God willing to make known his loving-kindness unto man , he sends his only begotten Son , who is the true Light , that all in him might belive and all by him might come to life ; and seeing that man ennot hide any thing so secretly , but that something in him doth find it out , then let him believe that it is of God which so discovers his secret intents ; for it is God that searcheth the heart , and there is not another way that leadeth unto life , but the Light which from the Life is made manifest ; for Christ is the Light , the Way , the Truth and the Life ; and all other ways lead from the Truth and from the Life ; and whosoever rejects the Light , they reject the Love of God , the way to God , and the Truth of God , and so rejects Christ by whom they should come to God ; for Christ is the way to God , and there is ●ot another ; and his Light is manifest from the Love and Life ●o● God , to convince every man that in sin abideth . Now as this Work is wrought in man by the power of God , he comes to enjoy the fulnesse of Truth which is in God , for God is Truth in fulnesse ; and the Spirit by which the Truth is measured forth and manifested , it is the Spirit of Truth ; and as the Truth is received in the Spirit 's manifestation , so the mind is constrained into obedience ; and the Spirit being answered in obedience , it leadeth up into a larger measure of the fulnesse , and by degrees it bringeth into the fulnesse ; for the Spirit of truth leadeth into all truth , ( mark ) into all truth ; and being all , there is nothing wanting , which being attained in the leadings of the Spirit , the soul comes into everlasting rest in God : And so by the leadings of the Spirit there is a growth in the truth , and a passing on from one degree to another , until the fulnesse be enjoyed , and all are to mind the measure of truth in which they stand , and to answer the movings and leadings of the Spirit , that in the truth they may grow and prosper ; for as the truth is lived in according to measure , there is a growth to be felt and witnessed in it , a growth in understanding , growing up from children to young men , and from young men to ancients , and so in understanding come to be men , not by apprehension and conceiving , but by revelation and possessing ; and as the growth comes to be felt in the truth , so there is a decay of all that which is out of the truth ; and that which hath been manifested by any practise out of the truth , that comes to dye ; for as the root is destroyed , so doth the branches dye , and then the Truth brancheth forth in its own nature , and manifests it self according to its nature , and that is the principal of all good works ; and the good works which are wrought and manifested by it , they are of God , and being of God they are truth ; for there is not any thing besides him true : And all good works that are wrought in him , and manifested from him , they are approved by him ; and so they that have true faith , they have good works also , yea such good works as may be seen of men :


id: A27042
author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
date: 1660.0
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mime: application/xml
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sentence: 432
flesch: 65
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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.

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 .


id: A85193
author: Fell, Leonard, 1624-1700 or 1701.
title: A warning to England in general. And the cities of London and Bristoll in particular.
date: 1693.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 1163
sentence: 63
flesch: 69
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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). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).


id: A19455
author: Courtney, Charles, d. 1612.
date: 1612.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 8154
sentence: 176
flesch: 53
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title:
  The life, apprehensio[n,] arraignement, and execution of Char[les] Covrtney, alias Hollice, alias Worsley, and Clement Slie fencer with their escapes and breaking of prison: As also the true and hearty repentance of Charles Courtney w[ith] other passages, worthy the note and reading.

summary:
  God for his mercie grant vnto at other offenders the like vnfained contrition , and true féeling of his benefits , and vnto me life euerlasting , A men . Abate presumption , sinne is not a I est , Though God forbeare , yet he will strike at length , God made thee man , make not thy selfe a beast , But seeke to loue thy God , with soule and strength , Ill gotte , Ill spent , your hopes ( in theft ) pretended , Are griefe and shame , and life in sorrowes ended .


id: A29096
author: Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.
date: 1652.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 18266
sentence: 553
flesch: 68
cache: cache/A29096.xml
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title:
  The good old way, or, An excellent and profitable treatise of repentance made by John Bradford in the yeare 1553. Now published with two prefaces relating the life of the author, and the excellencey of the worke.

summary:
  For in as much as hell fire , and the punishment of the Divels , is a just punishment for sinne : In as much as in all sinne , there is a contempt of God , which is all goodnesse , and therefore there is a desert of all ilnesse : alas ; who can beare or feele this just sorrow , this full sorrow for our sinnes , this their contrition , which they doe so discerne from their attrition ? shall not man by this doctrine rather despaire , then come to repentance ? And therefore he is called the Lambe slaine from the beginning of the World , because , there was never sinne forgiven of God , nor shall be from the beginning untill the end of the World , but onely through Christs death : Prate the Pope and his Prelates as please them , with their Pardons , Purgatory , Purgations , Trentalls , Diriges , workes of supererogation , superabomination , &c.


id: A76695
author: Biddle, Ester.
title: Wo to thee city of Oxford ...
date: 1655.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 2537
sentence: 44
flesch: 45
cache: cache/A76695.xml
txt: txt/A76695.txt
summary:
  This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A76695 of text R212296 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B2867). [London : 1655] Title begins first line of text.


id: A45380
author: Hammond, Charles, 17th cent.
date: 1652.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 3874
sentence: 101
flesch: 66
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txt: txt/A45380.txt
title:
  Englnads [sic] alarum-bell to be rung in the eares of all true Christians, to awaken them out of dead sleep of sin and securitie, that they may arme themselves by prayer and repentance, and seek the Lord while he may be found, before the evill day commeth / written by Charles Hammond.

summary:
  Was sin ever at a greater height then it is now at this time in our Land ? and the more God strives to humble us by his judgments & afflictions , ye more do we presume in sin : what sins is there in ye Scriptures to be pronounc'd against , but we are guilty of ? what Nation under ye sun doth more abound in iniquity thē we do , & especially now of late times ? and briefly , these foure sins which I shall name , are like four Load-stones , to draw down ye heavy wrath of God upon us ; that is , Pride , Coveteousnes , Blasphemy , and Drūkēnes ; & indéed Pride & Coveteousnes are ring-leaders of most sins under ye sun : Pride was one of the chief sins of Sodom . The last sin which I have to name : for indéed 't is not for me to number , nor to reckon all the severall sins of this Nation , for I think we exceed Sodom & Gomorrah in our wickednes ; only I have toucht these four sins , as namely , Pride , Covetousnes , Blasphemy , & Drunkennes , which is the foure crying sins of this Nation : my Alarum-Bell rings loud in the ears of all those that loves ye sin of Drunkennesse : sée what ye Lord saith by the mouth of his Prophet Joel , 1.5 .


id: A02641
author: Bartox, Martin. aut
date: 1610.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 22078
sentence: 853
flesch: 71
cache: cache/A02641.xml
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title:
  The repentance of Iohn Haren priest and his returne to the Church of God; publickly by him recited in the French Church at Wezell, in the presence of the senate, conposed of the ministers and the people assembled togeather vpon the 7. day of March, Anno. 1610. Likewise, the recantation of Martine Bartox, at Rochell, sometimes Doctor of Diuinitie in Spaine, vicar prouinciall and visitor of the order of the holy Trinitie for the redemption of prisoners in the Kingdomes and Crowne of Arragon. Translated out of the Latine and French, into English.

summary:
  There fore besides that diuine wisedome which Christ had from the beginning , he had also a humane knowledge ( notwithstanding the position ofsuch as deny , that there be two sorts of wisdomes in Christ , which in the sixth Synode is held a thing damnable : ) for as S. Ambrose saith , God did assume the perfection of humane nature in the flesh , tooke vppon him the sence of man , but not the pride of carnall sensualitie . Further , what is more proper vnto Faith , then to assure our selues that God is our benigne and louing Father ; when Christ is acknowledged to be our Brother and Mediatour , then to expect all good and prosperitie from him , whose loue and fauour is so much shewed & extended vnto vs , that he spared not his Sonne , but exposed him vnto death for vs : then to rest in a certaine assurance and hope of saluation , and of life eternall , when we know that Christ hath been giuen vs by the Father ; in whom such treasures are hidden ?


id: A09417
author: Perkins, William, 1558-1602.
date: 1609.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 22313
sentence: 522
flesch: 57
cache: cache/A09417.xml
txt: txt/A09417.txt
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.

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 :


id: A19155
author: Collins, Thomas, fl. 1610-1615.
date: 1610.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 10902
sentence: 458
flesch: 79
summary: But thou ( oh Lord ) As Christ to her ( oh Lord ) do thou to mee .
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txt: txt/A19155.txt
title:
  The penitent publican his confession of mouth. Contrition of heart. Vnfained repentance. An feruent prayer vnto God, for mercie and forgiuenesse.


id: A33721
author: Cole, Thomas, 1627?-1697.
title: A discourse of faith in two points, viz ... / by Thomas Cole ...
date: 1689.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 26684
sentence: 637
flesch: 55
cache: cache/A33721.xml
txt: txt/A33721.txt
summary:
  he purchased this and all other graces for us , by dying for us , he not only obtained pardon of Sin in our Justification , but all inherent Graces in the Saints come from Christ , he procured them for us , he works them in us , his sufferings being not only satisfactory for sin , but meritorious of grace to be bestowed upon us , though the Law can't sanctify a sinner yet Christ can , and 't is an act of special grace towards us when he doth , but he will first satisfie the Law and Justice of God , that being brought under grace by our free Justification , we may answer to the Law of grace in our sanctification , denying all Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts , living soberly and righteously here below as the redeemed of the Lord ought to do ; the Law commands perfect Obedience , but in case of Failure , the Gospel Promises Faith and Repentance , Zach. 12. 10. Our first Faith wrought in us upon the general proposal of Gospel Grace , contains in it a saving Conviction of Sin , 't is impossible to receive grace without it , grace is nothing to us , of no signification to us , but as it gives relief against sin , which we must have some sense of , before we apply our selves to the grace of God for Pardon , we must see something in our selves that wants a pardon , and which we are willing to repent of and forsake in Case of a pardon , Repentance is as true an effect of Faith , as Pardon and Comfort , Faith first brings a sinner to Christ under some hope of Pardon , and then busies it self in working Repentance , in order to a comfortable sense of Pardon .


id: A26064
author: Assheton, William, 1641-1711.
title: A discourse concerning a death-bed repentance by William Assheton ...
date: 1696.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 12462
sentence: 561
flesch: 73
cache: cache/A26064.xml
txt: txt/A26064.txt
summary:
  By shewing , 1. What is meant by true Repentance ? 2. I shall enquire , How far , and in what manner a Sick and Dying Sinner can be able to Repent ? 3. I shall desire such Persons sadly to consider , What small hope there is , that such kind of Repentance should find acceptance with God. 1. A finishing that great Work of Repentance which we begun in our Healths , and took some care to carry on amidst the Business and Diversions of this World ; But do now more solemnly compleat at our Deaths , by reviewing the State of our Souls , and perfecting our Accounts with God.


id: A45428
author: Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
date: 1646.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 31074
sentence: 595
flesch: 43
cache: cache/A45428.xml
txt: txt/A45428.txt
title:
  Of sinnes of vveaknesse, vvilfulnesse and appendant to it, a paraphrasticall explication of two difficult texts, Heb. 6 and Heb. 10 / by Henry Hammond.

summary:
  We have enjoyed a long day of God's mercifull and gratious calls to repentance , and many solemne admonitions at the doore as it were of every Church , at the beginning of our daily service , [ To day if you will heare his voice , harden not your hearts ] and it is most sadly evident by our present punishments , that we have not heard the voice in that day of peace and prosperity , but hardened the heart ; The judgments being now faln most formidably on the Land , and no part of it now remaining which hath not had its sympathy in this shaking , falling fit , some sorrow , and humiliation , and withall some acts perhaps of confession have beene extorted from us ; Were there to these an addition of that other part of repentance , that of a sincere change & thorough-reformation , no doubt there would be mercy ; God would returne upon our returning ; Nay were the resolutions of amendment , ( which perhaps may be observed in many ) sincere resolutions , such as that all-seeing eye doth discerne , would hold out against all the temptations of peace againe , there were yet hope that for that sincere change of those many , the judgment ( of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at least , that finall totall excision , that seemes to be threatned ) might be reverst , ( according to the purport of the treaty that was about Sodom , betwixt God and Abraham ) But if the case be set of some innocent accident which causes this alteration , then it will be pertinent to the thing which I now affirme , ( to wit the evidencing the difficulty of such particular defining 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) as we know a man in time of sadnesse will be able to reject some jolly proposalls , which yet in time of mirth ( supposing that moderate and harmelesse , and as perfectly sinlesse in it selfe , as that contrary sadnesse ) he will not perhaps be able , nay , as Hippocrates affirmes in his tract 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , one aire or place may strongly incline a man to one whether virtue or sinne , which another doth not , & where the inclinations are stronger or weaker , there we know the strength being in degree supposed the same must prove unproportionable to the one though not the other , able and sufficient to resist the weaker , though unsufficient to subdue the stronger inclination .


id: A31080
author: Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677.
date: 1694.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 31172
sentence: 941
flesch: 61
cache: cache/A31080.xml
txt: txt/A31080.txt
title:
  Practical discourses upon the consideration of our latter end, and the danger and mischief of delaying repentance by Isaac Barrow ...

summary:
  On the contrary there we have Esau condemned and stigmatized for a profane and a vain person , who ( 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) for one little eating-bout ; one meis of Pottage ( for a little present satisfaction of sense , or for the sustenance of this srail life ) did withgo his birthright , that embleme of spiritual blessings and priviledges . I might add to the precedent discourses , that Philosophy it self hath commended this consideration as a proper and powerfull instrument of vertue ; reckoning the practice thereof a main part of wisedom ; the greatest proficient therein in common esteem , Socrates , having desined Philosophy ( or the study of wisedom ) to be nothing else , but ( 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) the study of death ; intimating also ( in Plato's Phoedon ) that this study , the meditation of death and preparation of his mind to leave this World , had been the constant and chief employment of his life .


id: A05590
author: Lithgow, William, 1582-1645?
date: 1640.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 24394
sentence: 1068
flesch: 80
cache: cache/A05590.xml
txt: txt/A05590.txt
title:
  The gushing teares of godly sorrovv Containing the causes, conditions, and remedies of sinne, depending mainly upon contrition and confession. And they seconded, with sacred and comfortable passages, under the mourning cannopie of teares, and repentance. By William Lithgovv.

summary:
  Thus God , and Man , conjoynd in one we feele , Life of our life , and soule of our souls w●le . ●inne is the cause , which makes such judgements fall On Land-lords now , who still oppresse the poore ; They taxe and raxe them , keep them under thrall , That most are forcd , to leave both hold and doore : Whose grounds in end is sold , or else ly waste , Both Tyrants , and th' opprest , such changings taste .


id: A07537
author: Donne, John, 1572-1631. aut
date: 1639.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 35900
sentence: 1128
flesch: 61
cache: cache/A07537.xml
txt: txt/A07537.txt
title:
  Wisdome crying out to sinners to returne from their evill wayes contained in three pious and learned treatises, viz. I. Of Christs fervent love to bloudy Jerusalem. II. Of Gods just hardening of Pharaoh, when he had filled up the measure of his iniquity. III. Of mans timely remembering of his creator. Heretofore communicated to some friends in written copies: but now published for the generall good.

summary:
  For men as they ar● the sonnes of Adam are carnall ; and Gods words are all spirituall , and alwayes leave some print or touch behinde them , ●hereby the soule , in some de●ree or other , is presently hard●ed , or presently mollified ; or ●● least disposed to mollifica●ion or induration . Remember in this day too , that God can suff●r even thy humi●litie to strive and degenerate into an uncomely dejection , stupiditie , and s●nselesnesse of the tru● dignitie , and the true libertie of a Christian : and hee can suffer thy retiring of thy selfe from the world , to degenerate into a contempt and despising of others , and an over-valuing of thine owne perfections , thine owne puritie and imaginarie righteousnesse .


id: A30118
author: Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
date: 1689.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 36366
sentence: 1511
flesch: 82
cache: cache/A30118.xml
txt: txt/A30118.txt
title:
  The acceptable sacrifice, or, The excellency of a broken heart shewing the nature, signs and proper effects of a contrite spirit / being the last works of that eminent preacher and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Bunyan of Bedford ; with a preface ... by a eminent minister of the Gospel in London.

summary:
  Many workings of Heart , as this Psalm sheweth , this poor man had , so soon as Conviction did fall upon his Spirit ; one while he cries for Mercy , then he confesses his heinous Offences , then he bewails the depravity of his Nature ; sometimes he cries out , to be Washed and Sanctified , and then again , he is affraid that God will cast him away from his Presence , and take his Holy Spirit utterly from him : And thus he goes on till he comes to the Text , and there he stayeth his mind , finding in himself that Heart and Spirit which God did not dislike : The Sacrifices of God , says he , are a broken Spirit ; as if he should say , I thank God I have that ▪ A Broken and a Contrite Heart , saith he , O God thou wilt not despise . The demonstration of this is plain , for that Heart , God will not despise it ; A Broken and a Contrite Heart , O God thou wilt not despise .


id: A86127
author: Hayward, John, D.D.
date: 1696.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 25928
sentence: 732
flesch: 66
cache: cache/A86127.xml
txt: txt/A86127.txt
title:
  Hell's everlasting flames avoided, and heaven's eternal felicities injoyed containing the penitent sinner's sad lamentation for the deplorableness of his impious life ... : also holy preparations to a worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper ... / by John Hayward, D.D.

summary:
  And , most merciful Father ; favourably govern , help , instruct , guide , and teach me by thy Wisdom to magnifie thy Name , and preserve me in all my Ways and Work● and all about me . Remember thy po● Flock ; build up thy Church in the mo● holy Faith ; Comfort Sion ; govern an● assist all painful Pastors and Teachers ▪ teach them and us rightly to know thee ▪ and truly to follow thee in all the Paths o● Righteousness and true Holiness . O Glorious Lord God and everlastin● Father , I a wretched and an u●done Sinner without thy Mercy , a● come before thee to beg favour of thee fo● all my Offences ; begging , praying , de●ring , and beseeching thy heavenly Majest● that thou would'st in Mercy look dow● upon me ; I cannot but confess , were not for the hope I have of thy Mercy a● the hold of thy Comfort , and the rene●ing Graces I sometimes receive from th● and that sweet rellish I have of thy goo● Gifts , and thy Heavenly Word , I sink in●● Despair , for my sins are continually b●fore me ; if I go , they follow me ; if run , they fly after ; if I look back , the sta●e upon me ; if I go forward , they me me ; if I turn to the right-hand , they terifie me ; if to the left-hand , they torme● me : If I look down into the Earth , H● is ready to devour me : Now I have ● way but to look up to thee ; help me , good God , save me dear Father ; succour me ●weet Redeemer ; assist me , merciful Crea●or , that my Prayers may be so servent , so ●ealous , so affectionate towards thee , that ●hey may draw down thy Mercies upon me : Power down thy Blessings , showre ●own thy Graces , open thy hand of Mer●y , and restore joy and consolation to my ●eavy-laden Soul ; wash away my Sins ; ●ipe away my Iniquities , heal my Infir●ities ; purge my wicked Mind of all ill ●houghts ; pardon all my Damnable Deeds ●nd detestable Dealings ; take all hardness ●● heart from me , and according to thy ●ood promise , renew a right Spirit within ●e ; send the Joys of thy holy Comforts ●●on me : O Lord let me have some taste ●●d some sense of thy most glorious and ●ost comfortable Presence ; let me be re●ewed by thy Grace , and established in ●y Service , that I may never back-slide ●om thee : But grant , O most merciful ●ther , that my whole dependance may be ●on thee , so that in all my Thoughts , ●ords and Actions , I may rejoyce in ser●●g , fearing and obeying of thee , that I ●y spend the residue of my Days in thy ●vice , seeking thy Honour and Glory .


id: A66765
author: Wither, George, 1588-1667.
date: 1662.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 40700
sentence: 630
flesch: 24
cache: cache/A66765.xml
txt: txt/A66765.txt
title:
  Paralellogrammation an epistle to the three nations of England, Scotland, and Ireland, whereby their sins being parallel'd with those of Judah and Israel, they are forewarned, and exhorted to a timely repentance, lest they incur the like condempation : to render it the more effectual, some considerable notions are therein expressed touching ceremonies, and things indifferent, the Lords supper, the civil government, the taking of oaths, the mark of the beast, the library of conscience, the great Sabbath, and the two witnesses, with other particulars of concernment interwoven / written by Geo. Wither.

summary:
  Therefore , being a Freeman in the Spirit , though in corporeal Bands for discharging my Conscience , and obeying GOD rather than Men ; ( and left at large in respect of other obligations ) I conceive my self bound to bestow the little remainder of my life in some National Services , whereby GOD may be glorified , my Brethren edified , and my Country preserved from Destruction . During five or six eminent Publick Changes for about sixty years together , I have had place , means and opportunity ( otherwhile as a private , and sometimes as a publick person ) to be an occular or an ear-witness of many of the most signal transactions in these three Nations , relating to their general well or ill being ; and was also a diligent Observer ( somewhat sooner than most other men of my years ) of the Peoples Manners in private , aswell concerning GOD as Men , even in persons of all Degrees and Professions from the highest to the lowest inclusively ; as may partly appear , by those Observations , Oriations , and Reproofs , which I have heretofore published from time to time ; and for which I began to suffer , as I now do , nigh fifty years past .


id: A65293
author: Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.
title: The doctrine of repentance, useful for these times by Tho. Watson ...
date: 1668.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 40291
sentence: 2734
flesch: 86
cache: cache/A65293.xml
txt: txt/A65293.txt
summary:
  2. This sorrow is to drive out sin : Sin breeds sorrow , and sorrow kills sin : Holy sorrow is the Ruberb to purge out the ill humours of the soul. Adam never blushed in the time of Innocency ; while he kept the whiteness of the Lilly , he had not the blushing of the Rose ; but when he had defloured his soul by sin , then he was ashamed : Sin hath tainted our blood , we are guilty of High-treason against the Crown of Heaven .


id: A39261
author: Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700.
date: 1691.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 50761
sentence: 1395
flesch: 65
cache: cache/A39261.xml
txt: txt/A39261.txt
title:
  The necessity of serious consideration, and speedy repentance, as the only way to be safe both living and dying. By Clement Elis, M.A. Rector of Kirkby in Nottinghamshire

summary:
  Hence the concerns of the Soul are more to be thought on than the concerns of the Body ; Publick concerns more than Private , relating to this World only ; Spiritual and Heavenly things more than things Carnal and Earthly ; Eternal concerns more than Temporary ; and God , who is infinitely above all , and whose both Honour and Favour is of nearer concernment to us than all things , is to be thought on more than all things . Had God made us for this World only , and if there were nothing for us to enjoy , or to suffer , but in this short Life ; the use of our Reason might well be confined to things of this present World and Life .


id: A03339
author: Hildersam, Arthur, 1563-1632.
date: 1633.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 56111
sentence: 2489
flesch: 81
cache: cache/A03339.xml
txt: txt/A03339.txt
title:
  The doctrine of fasting and praier, and humiliation for sinne Delivered in sundry sermons at the fast appointed by publique authority, in the yeere 1625. By that late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ. Arth. Hildersam.

summary:
  Yea even towards the wickedest men that live upon ●arth : See how importunate Abraham was with God for the beastly Sodomites , Gen. 18. 32. 3. This duty is to be performed specially for s●ch as are Gods people , though it be but in outward profession . When God threatned He would destroy Israel , Moses st●od before Him in the breach , ( by maine force to keepe Him out ) to turne away His wrath , Psal. 106. 23. How stood he in the breach ? How did he turne away Gods wrath from them ?


id: A33349
author: Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.
date: 1699.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 58509
sentence: 1575
flesch: 54
cache: cache/A33349.xml
txt: txt/A33349.txt
title:
  Three practical essays ... containing instructions for a holy life, with earnest exhortations, especially to young persons, drawn from the consideration of the severity of the discipline of the primitive church / by Samuel Clark ...

summary:
  Thus as certain as is our Knowledge of the Being of God and of the Constitution of Things , so certain may we be of the Obligation of Religion , and of the Reward of Vertue . And thus , to come to the subject of our present Discourses , in the great Business of Repentance and Conversion , the reason why some Men have attributed the whole of Mans Conversion to such an extraordinary and uncertain Grace of God , as has given Men occasion to sit still in their Sins , in expectation of the time when this extraordinary Grace should be poured down upon them ; is because they have fixed that Assistance of God's Grace to an uncertain Period , which God himself has constantly annexed to his Ordinances , and which he certainly bestows upon Men at their Baptism , or at their solemn taking upon themselves the Profession of Religion .


id: A85476
author: Gotherson, Daniel.
date: 1660.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 51349
sentence: 964
flesch: 50
cache: cache/A85476.xml
txt: txt/A85476.txt
title:
  An alarm to all priests, judges, magistrates, souldiers, and all people; inviting them to repentance and amendment of life : for the great day of the Lord is neer at hand / the substrance of most of this disourse was by several revelations from the spirit of the Lord, given unto the author to be proclaimed: who is known unto many by the name of Daniel Gotherson. : Wherein Tho. Danson, a priest in Sandwich, is proved a deceiver of souls.

summary:
  The man Christ Jesus told the woman of Samaria , Woman , the time is coming and now is , that neither in Jerusalem nor in this mountain shall men worship the Father ; but they that worship him , shall worship him in spirit & in truth , for the Father seeks such to worship him : by these words as also , Luk. 17. 21. Joh. 4. 45. the son of man declares that both outward forms , customs , and types of Moses worship under that ministration at Jerusalem , likewise all forms , and customs , and types of this ministration of himself , as the Lamb held forth at a distance to be our Mediator , should all cease , and give way to the spiritual worship of the Father in the latter days , or to the spreading of the Divine power in men ; the one Law of righteousness being the Teacher of all : so that upon the rising up of Christ in sons and daughters , which is his second coming , the ministration of Christ in one single person is to be silent and draw back , and set the spreading power of righteousness and wisdom in the chair , of whose kingdom there shall be no end : so as all things were gone out from the Spirit , and were gone astray , and corrupted : the Spirit in this great mystery of truth being manifested in the flesh , burns up that dross out of the Creation , and draws in all things again back into himself , and declares himself to be the alone wisdom and power of righteousness , that rules , dwells , that governs and preserves both in and over the whole Creation , 2 Cor. 5. 19. 1 Cor. 5. 24. and now the Son delivers up the Kingdom to God the Father ; and he that is the spreading power , not one single person , become all in all in every person , that is the one King of righteousness in every one . And therefore , dear Friends and People , all be kept lovv in the fear of God at all times , and learn of Christ to be meek and lovvly , that you may find rest unto your souls ; and consider , that the onely thing is to fear God , and keep his Commandments ; for they that hath the Commandments , and keepeth them , dvvelleth in Christ , and Christ in them : and much reading is a vveariness to the flesh : here the end of all is , To fear God , and keep his Commandments ; this is the vvhole duty of man : for he that manifests his faith by being obedient , he shall live for ever : for the Kingdome of God consisteth not in vvords , but in life and povver , vvhich is righteousness ; and that procureth true peace , such peace as men and Devils can never take from you : and so vvalking in this peace , the God of love and peace vvill be vvith you to the end .


id: A73023
author: Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.
date: 1605.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 62242
sentence: 1798
flesch: 64
cache: cache/A73023.xml
txt: txt/A73023.txt
title:
  M. Perkins, his Exhortation to repentance, out of Zephaniah preached in 2. sermons in Sturbridge Faire. Together with two treatises of the duties and dignitie of the ministrie: deliuered publiquely in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. With a preface præfixed touching the publishing of all such workes of his as are to be expected: with a catalogue of all the perticulers [sic] of them, diligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word.

summary:
  And if God did not thus moderate & restraine the natures of men , but suffer them to breake out to the full : there would then be no order , but all confusion in the world : therefore , ( as especially for his Churches quietnesse , so also for the preseruatiō of publike peace , and the vpholding of societie in the world betweene man and man ) the Lord holdes a hand ouer euery mans nature , and keepes euery one in a certaine compasse limitted by the wisdom of his power , which restraining hand of his , if the Lord should take away : all societies and common wealths would be turned vpside downe , because euery 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 especially of the best and holiest men , of whom I would aske this question , whether they find not in their natures an inclination , euen to the foulest sinnes in the world ; if shame , or feare , or else the grace of God restrained them not ? A common sinne euery where , and yet so great a sinne , that where it raignes , in that Country , congregation , family , man or woman , there is noe feare of God , nor any true grace in them : for the keeping of the saboath , is the maintaining , increasing , and publishing of religion .


id: A45885
author: Ingelo, Nathaniel, 1621?-1683.
title: A discourse concerning repentance by N. Ingelo ...
date: 1677.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 65429
sentence: 1678
flesch: 56
cache: cache/A45885.xml
txt: txt/A45885.txt
summary:
  He which sins at first breaks the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the Oath which is interwoven with our being , of which the Philosopher spoke ; God making no Creature but of which he takes an Oath , by the Law of its Nature , that it shall be obedient to him : But he is perfidious also , because he breaks those voluntary Promises which the sense of Obligations laid upon him , engaged him to make to God. For when he says of the Word of God , that it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , he says it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , quick and powerful in working .


id: A33723
author: Cole, Thomas, 1627?-1697.
date: 1692.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 64345
sentence: 1709
flesch: 59
cache: cache/A33723.xml
txt: txt/A33723.txt
title:
  A discourse of regeneration, faith and repentance preached at the Merchants-Lecture in Broad-Street by Thomas Cole ...

summary:
  Did you come in expectation of these mighty works of God in and upon your Hearts , no place would be large enough to contain the comers to the word , that they might have some experience of his mighty saving Power passing upon their Souls : As Moses lifted up the Serpent in the Wilderness , so we lift up Christ that you may look unto him , and be healed : You look unto men , you judg how much of Mans Wisdom , Reason , and Understanding there is in a Sermon ; but there is not that earnest looking for the power of God unto salvation , as there ought to be . — Many come with itching ears to hear some new Notion set off with the enticing words of Man's Wisdom , as if the strength of Human Reason , by a Natural Operation upon the minds of men , could lead them into the belief of any thing that is said in the Pulpit , without any inward efficiency of the Spirit ; but if this be all you look for , 't is not worth your coming hither ; we don't pretend to any such Rhetorical Charms , to any such prevailing Influence over you ; you may excel us in Acuteness of Wit , Quickness of Apprehension ; you may be greater Masters of Reason than we are ; but let me tell you , the right understanding of what we preach to you , depends neither upon your Reason nor ours , but upon the bare Testimony of God ; we tell you , Thus and thus says the Lord ; that 's Reason enough for you to believe , and 't is the highest Reason we can give for your belief ; when you have once received any Gospel-Truth by Faith , you will easily in the light of that Faith , allow of every thing that may be rationally deduced from that Truth , as included in it , and belonging to it , though not discerned when you first believed ; here lies your Edification , to know the extent of those Gospel-Principles which you first took in by Faith ; this Faith is the Gift of God ; Ministers perswade you to come to Christ , to repent and believe the Gospel , but 't is God that turns the Heart to what we perswade you to : we call upon blind , dead , dark sinners to look unto Christ , but 't is God must give them eyes to see him ; all the perswasions in the world , won't cause a blind man to see . The general Object of Faith is the whole Doctrine of God laid down in the Scriptures ; the special object of Saving Faith , is the Free-promise of Grace in Christ Jesus , this supports the former , we must believe the Divine Narrative of the whole Will of God revealed in the Bible , before we can pitch our Faith in any suitable actings upon any part of it , 't is one thing to assent to the Truth of the Word in General , a further and indeed another thing to apply the Promises ; he believes a Promise who do's fiducially rely upon it , this is properly Trusting , we believe something in reference to our selves , living in a comfortable Hope and Expectation of it , respecting not only the Truth of the thing , but also the Goodness of it in reference to our selves under that possibility , probability or certainty of obtaining it , which our Faith , according to its various Degrees may represent unto us , Faith in the Righteousness of Christ for justification is here principally intended .


id: A62638
author: Barker, Ralph, 1648-1708.
date: 1700.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 86472
sentence: 2397
flesch: 59
cache: cache/A62638.xml
txt: txt/A62638.txt
title:
  Several discourses of repentance by John Tillotson ; being the eighth volume published from the originals by Ralph Barker.

summary:
  Is it not then better to remember our ways now , and to be ashamed and repent of them , than to bring everlasting Shame and Confusion upon our selves , before God , and Angels , and Men ? This is the Argument which St. John useth , to take men off from sin , and to engage them to Holiness and Righteousness of Life . There are so many other Arguments , that are more Humane and Natural , and more proper to work upon the Reason and Ingenuity of Men ; as the great Love and Kindness of God to us ; the grievous Sufferings of his Son for us ; the Unreasonableness and Shamefulness of sin ; the present Benefit and Advantage , the Peace and Pleasure of an Holy and Virtuous Life ; and the mighty Rewards promised to it in another World , that one would think these should be abundantly sufficient to prevail with men to gain them to goodness , and that they need not be frighted into it , and to have the Law laid to them , as it was once given to the People of Israel , in thunder and lightning , in blackness , in darkness and tempest , so as to make them exceedinly to fear and tremble .


