Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	offer_v	sacrifice_n	shed_v	6,837	5	9.8568	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38376	Englands apology for its late change, or, A sober persvvasive of all disaffected or dissenting persons to a seasonable engagement for the settlement of this common-vvealth drawne from the workings of providence, the state of affaires, the danger of division.		1651 (1651)	Wing E2942; ESTC R20286	29,201	44

and_o be_v still_o those_o that_o lie_v in_o christ_n way_n to_o his_o royal_a throne_n and_o the_o glorious_a exercise_n of_o his_o kingly_a power_n shall_v be_v first_o on_o the_o power_n of_o this_o world_n who_o have_v combine_v together_o against_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o anoint_v and_o have_v be_v the_o most_o undermine_a and_o profess_a enemy_n that_o christ_n and_o his_o saint_n have_v have_v in_o the_o world_n and_o all_o those_o that_o seek_v to_o underprop_v that_o totter_a state_n must_v expect_v to_o fall_v with_o it_o for_o god_n have_v either_o lay_v aside_o or_o destroy_v the_o best_a sort_n of_o man_n who_o though_o with_o never_o so_o much_o tenderness_n or_o zeal_n put_v forth_o a_o hand_n to_o uphold_v this_o monarchy_n and_o if_o ever_o haman_n begin_v ●o_o fall_v before_o mordecai_n he_o never_o rise_v more_o but_o to_o h●s_n utter_a ruin_n what_o be_v it_o that_o lie_v so_o weighty_a on_o our_o spirit_n that_o no_o providence_n no_o argument_n can_v balance_v i_o wish_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v fear_v of_o many_o they_o have_v make_v snare_n for_o their_o conscience_n and_o then_o catch_v themselves_o willing_o in_o they_o be_v not_o the_o day_n of_o mourn_v for_o the_o late_a king_n yet_o expire_v and_o our_o heart_n refresh_v by_o what_o god_n have_v act_v since_o in_o these_o three_o nation_n it_o be_v now_o high_a time_n for_o we_o to_o wean_v our_o heart_n from_o the_o flashy_a ravishment_n of_o name_n and_o title_n when_o we_o have_v so_o long_o suffer_v for_o our_o affection_n sure_o if_o we_o be_v impartial_a judge_n of_o that_o act_n which_o i_o may_v call_v the_o first_o clear_a and_o thorough_a act_n of_o justice_n that_o ever_o be_v execute_v in_o the_o western_a world_n and_o if_o we_o do_v like_o good_a and_o wise_a man_n observe_v the_o nature_n and_o fruit_n of_o act_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o as_o never_o a_o act_n of_o justice_n be_v accompany_v with_o more_o remarkable_a observation_n and_o blessed_v with_o more_o happy_a testimony_n of_o approbation_n than_o the_o behead_v the_o la●_n king_n beside_o the_o righteous_a ground_n upon_o which_o they_o give_v sentence_n of_o death_n against_o he_o which_o when_o look_v into_o we_o have_v rather_o need_v to_o wonder_v such_o a_o head_n shall_v stand_v on_o his_o shoulder_n the●_n that_o it_o be_v solemn_o sever_v from_o it_o be_v one_o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o shed_n so_o much_o blood_n in_o three_o popolous_a nation_n mere_o for_o his_o prerogative_n tyranny_n for_o all_o other_o thing_n he_o may_v have_v have_v and_o much_o of_o that_o also_o with_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o good_a subject_n but_o the_o circumstance_n if_o they_o do_v not_o deserve_v a_o better_a name_n in_o his_o execution_n may_v inform_v we_o something_o more_o than_o ordinary_a if_o we_o shut_v not_o our_o eye_n first_o that_o god_n shall_v so_o order_v it_o to_o bring_v he_o to_o his_o death_n and_o shed_v his_o blood_n before_o that_o very_a place_n where_o the_o first_o blood_n in_o this_o war_n be_v shed_v while_o he_o look_v out_o through_o that_o window_n with_o sport_n god_n do_v sometime_o write_v man_n sin_n in_o their_o punishment_n second_o that_o in_o so_o populous_a and_o vast_a a_o city_n among_o million_o of_o his_o most_o entire_a and_o desperate_a friend_n there_o shall_v not_o be_v find_v the_o least_o tumult_n or_o motion_n or_o insurrection_n for_o to_o res●ue_v he_o all_o man_n be_v under_o a_o divine_a restraint_n and_o awe_v by_o the_o dreadfulness_n of_o god_n justice_n in_o such_o a_o act_n what_o be_v that_o poor_a army_n who_o be_v disperse_v up_o and_o down_o the_o city_n to_o the_o legion_n of_o enemy_n that_o be_v against_o they_o who_o may_v have_v destroy_v they_o in_o a_o moment_n and_o eat_v they_o up_o at_o one_o morsel_n i_o be_o loath_a to_o strain_v these_o thing_n too_o far_o but_o only_o to_o name_v they_o to_o make_v we_o consider_v that_o they_o be_v not_o ordinary_a it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a circumstance_n name_v in_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n that_o not_o a_o dog_n do_v bark_n at_o they_o but_o doubtless_o never_o be_v such_o a_o act_n of_o such_o concerment_n do●e_n since_o that_o time_n in_o the_o world_n with_o less_o noise_n and_o silence_n then_o that_o which_o argue_v that_o something_o more_o than_o humane_a be_v at_o the_o do_v of_o it_o and_o which_o may_v not_o be_v omit_v god_n have_v not_o suffer_v the_o least_o hair_n of_o the_o head_n of_o any_o of_o the_o prime_a instrument_n in_o that_o glorious_a piece_n of_o service_n to_o be_v touch_v by_o any_o assassinate_n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o threaten_n and_o bloody_a malice_n that_o work_v strong_o in_o dissolute_a and_o desperate_a spirit_n and_o if_o we_o have_v have_v but_o any_o eye_n to_o view_v the_o consequence_n and_o issue_n of_o it_o we_o can_v say_v but_o that_o there_o be_v at_o least_o occasion_n of_o seriousness_n and_o ponderousness_n of_o spirit_n ere_o we_o have_v a_o think_v a_o miss_n concern_v the_o lawfulness_n and_o justness_n of_o it_o for_o as_o until_o that_o time_n we_o do_v but_o trifle_n and_o dally_v with_o the_o sword_n and_o be_v but_o off_o and_o on_o up_o and_o down_o mo●e_n in_o hazard_n than_o hope_n so_o from_o that_o day_n have_v god_n blessed_v we_o and_o without_o intermission_n or_o halt_n free_o fight_v our_o ●attels_n and_o entire_o engage_v himself_o in_o england_n ireland_n and_o scotland_n and_o which_o be_v more_o hardly_o a_o drop_n of_o blood_n have_v be_v spill_v in_o england_n on_o that_o quarrel_n ever_o since_o as_o if_o god_n shall_v say_v the_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v up_o the_o achan_n be_v destroy_v my_o wrath_n be_v appease_v all_o the_o blood_n you_o shed_v before_o be_v a_o aggravation_n of_o your_o sin_n while_o that_o person_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o and_o the_o common_a person_n and_o head_n to_o give_v life_n and_o motion_n to_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v untouched_a in_o such_o a_o dialect_n god_n seem_v to_o speak_v to_o open_v and_o attentive_a ear_n by_o all_o his_o act_n since_o i_o leave_v these_o as_o consideration_n to_o employ_v second_o and_o more_o se●ene_a thought_n upon_o yet_o if_o any_o be_v of_o so_o tender_a conscience_n in_o that_o particular_a that_o they_o still_o scruple_n let_v they_o not_o judge_v other_o who_o be_v clear_o satisfy_v they_o have_v their_o liberty_n of_o dissent_n yet_o let_v they_o know_v they_o be_v bind_v to_o present_a duty_n which_o if_o we_o have_v but_o a_o faculty_n of_o argue_v how_o easy_a may_v we_o draw_v the_o necessity_n of_o cut_v of_o the_o late_a king_n commune_v with_o your_o own_o thought_n be_v not_o he_o guilty_a of_o all_o the_o blood_n which_o have_v be_v so_o prodigal_o spill_v among_o we_o it_o must_v either_o lie_v on_o he_o or_o the_o parliament_n if_o on_o the_o parliament_n we_o condemn_v ourselves_o for_o join_v with_o they_o and_o we_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o same_o murder_n if_o it_o lay_v on_o the_o king_n what_o way_n have_v we_o to_o free_v this_o nation_n of_o the_o guilt_n but_o let_v he_o bear_v his_o own_o punishment_n all_o other_o act_n of_o friendship_n will_v be_v but_o contract_n of_o his_o guilt_n on_o we_o for_o as_o there_o be_v two_o way_n of_o make_v a_o man_n guilty_a either_o by_o his_o own_o personal_a act_n or_o by_o compliance_n with_o another_o which_o be_v do_v by_o countenance_v the_o malefactor_n as_o by_o coact_v with_o he_o as_o he_o that_o keep_v a_o murderer_n in_o his_o house_n and_o give_v he_o any_o countenance_n be_v in_o law_n make_v equal_o guilty_a with_o he_o it_o will_v have_v be_v thus_o with_o our_o parliament_n have_v they_o go_v on_o in_o any_o other_o way_n then_o to_o preserve_v this_o nation_n but_o by_o revenge_a blood_n with_o blood_n for_o how_o ever_o public_a war_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v a_o excuse_n and_o mitigation_n of_o guilt_n of_o kill_v of_o man_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o give_v the_o advantage_n of_o innocency_n and_o righteousness_n in_o these_o act_n &_o the_o wrong_a cause_n make_v all_o the_o rest_n murderer_n in_o god_n sight_n and_o he_o will_v prosecute_v they_o as_o murderer_n especial_o the_o prime_a agent_n in_o such_o affair_n yet_o all_o mean_n be_v use_v to_o the_o utmost_a until_o we_o have_v almost_o lose_v ourselves_o and_o the_o sense_n of_o our_o cause_n again_o let_v we_o serious_o contemplate_v what_o good_a we_o can_v have_v of_o such_o a_o person_n after_o all_o his_o high_a and_o bloody_a act_n against_o this_o nation_n when_o he_o refuse_v to_o grant_v the_o proposition_n of_o the_o parliament_n so_o necessary_a for_o this_o nation_n and_o only_o show_v a_o willingness_n to_o grant_v some_o