Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	earth_n	heaven_n	lord_n	2,528	5	3.5705	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86703	A sharp, but short noise of warr, or, The ruine of Antichrist by the sword of temporall warr, hinted. Written, by Francis Lin,	Line, Francis, 1595-1675.	1650 (1650)	Wing H333; Thomason E622_2; Thomason E595_2; ESTC R206422	18,276	32

departing first and that that man of sin be disclosed or revealed even the sonne of perdition which is an adversary and exalteth himselfe against all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he doth sit as God in the Temple of God shewing himselfe that he is God and then shall the wicked man be revealed he shall have a visible being in and upon this Earth Who is this the Pope and Popes of Rome which is that Antichrist whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall abolish with the brightnesse of his comming I conceive this is meant of the faithfull sincere powerfull preaching of the Gospell of Jesus Christ King of Saints who appeares by his spirit in the preaching of his word and by this glorious mean es both hath and will consume and abolish the spirituall power of that mistery of iniquity held forth by that man of sin the Popes of Rome whose comming is by the working of Satan with all power and signes and lying wonders that this is so see Luke 10.17.18 And the seaventh returned againe with joy saying Lord even the Devills are subdued to us through thy name and he said unto them I saw Satan like lightning fall downe from Heaven See Isa 14.12 How art thou fa●●en from Heaven O Lucifer sonne of the morning and cut downe to the ground which didst cast lots upon the Nations yet thou saydst in thine heart I will ascend into Heaven and exalt my Throne above beside the Starrs of God I will fit also upon the Mount of the Congregation in the sides of the North. What should this meane but the Church of God upon Earth to this purpose see Rev. 18.20 Yet further I will ascend above the height of the Clouds and I will be like the most high alas poor Pope but thou shalt be brought downe to the Grave to the sides of the pit and they that see thee shall looke upon thee and consider thee saying is this the man that made the Earth to tremble and that did shake the Kingdomes if this 14. of Isa doe as happily it may relate to some perticular King of the Nations yet surely withall it doth relate to a succession of Popes concerning whom it may be said the Lord hath broken the rod of the wicked and the Scepter of the Rulers Observe according to this account that a succession of Antichrists are held forth sometimes in Scripture under the notion or forme of a man Observe that this man is very like to and is compared with Satan the Devill observe that this Devill-like-man or manlike Devill Antichrist the Popes of Rome who did not onely aspire but did get into high places and did attaine so great preferment in the Church of God upon Earth and in the Church did take it upon him as if he had beene God and in this respect had built his nest as high as Heaven in his owne vayne conceite from whence the Lord God will fetch him downe with a VVitnesse his spirituall power by spirituall meanes and his civill and temporall power by civill and temporall meanes to this purpose see Hab. 2.6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him and a tanting Proverbe against him and say Ho he that encreaseth that which is not his how long and he that ladeth himselfe with the thick Clay shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee and awake that shall stirre thee and thou shalt be their prey because thou hast spoyled many Nations all the remnant of the people shall spoyle thee because of mens blood and for the wrong done in the Land in the Citty and unto all that dwell therein woe unto the Popedome of Rome who hath built Townes with blood and erected a Citty by iniquity Call up the Archers against Babell all ye that bend the bowes besiege it round about let none thereof escape recompence her according to her worke and according to all that shee hath done doe unto her for shee hath beene proud against the Lord Jer. 50.29 Even against the holy one of Israel here and in Rev. 17.6 Antichrist is set sorth under the notion of a Woman And I saw the Woman drunken with the blood of Saints and the blood of the Martyrs of Jesus Christ and when I saw her I wondered with great marvaile therefore shall her young men fall in the Streets and all her men of Warr shall be destroyed in that day saith the Lord. Now Antichrist is spoken unto as a man Behold I come unto thee O proud man sayth the Lord God of Hosts for thy day is come even the time that I will visit thee now that we may take notice that the Lord God doth not confine his meaning to the person of any one particuler man or woman 't is thus recorded and the proud shall stumble and fall and none shall raise him up and I will kindle a fire in his Citties and it shall devoure all round about him 't is Citties and Nations which God doth threaten with dessolation but to the next Verse Thus saith the Lord of Hosts the Children of Israe and the Children of Judah were oppressed together and all that took them Captives held them and would not let them goe Litterally I beleeve they shall be let goe in a short time spiritually there be Children of Ifrael now in England and in many other places and parts of the World the People of God true Christians are the Israel of God in all ages and to such as doe truely feare and sincerely serve the true and the living God the maker of Heaven and Earth in this present time wherein we now live it may be said to them that their Redeemer is strong whose Name is the Lord of Hosts he shall maintaine their cause that he may give rest to the Land and disquiet the Inhabitants of Babell the which are such where ever they dwell as doe in spirit judgement and practice professedly declare themselves to be either Heathens or Papists or notoriously wicked let the generallity of such know that now in this very instant of time wherein we live that the Sword of the Lord God of Hosts is now upon such Chaldaeans as these a Sword is upon the Chaldaeans sayth the Lord and upon the Inhabitants of Babel and upon her Princes and upon her wise men a Sword is upon the soothsayers and they shall dote Romenish and Malignant Priests they shall prove fooles a Sword is upon her strong men and they shall be afraid a Sword is upon their Horses and upon their Charets and upon all the Multitude that are in the midst of her and they shall be like VVomen a Sword is upon her treasures and they shall be spoyled Babell is suddenly fallen and destroyed howle for her bring Balme for her Soare if shee may be healed we would have cured Babell may all the faith full Ministers of the Gospell of all Countreys say but Babell neyther would