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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	effect_n	evil_a	good_a	4,841	5	4.5571	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65741	Thysia 'aineseōs, or A thank-offering to the Lord for the happy recal of our dread soveraign Charles, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. to his kingdoms and people. God save King Charles the II.	White, Henry, 1593 or 4-1661.	1660 (1660)	Wing W1771A; ESTC R219453	15,508	23

more enthroned in the hearts of his People holding as strong residence in their affection as presidence over the Nations Not to speak of the way and means the happy instruments a small army from the North the scattering of an opposite army without a stroke striking the forwardness of Englands Metropolis the noble City of London the suddain concurrence of the whole Nation in the several parts of it and by the principal men remonstrating and declaring for a free Parliament their countenancing and encouragement from the Lord General such a Parliament called assembled and unanimously assenting and avowing to recal their King the dispatch of their Proclamations to declare His Right to protest their loyalty and subjection to perswade all to entertain Him as their Soveraign to the exceeding joy and super-abounding gladness of the People which hath rung through the Nation mounted up in multiplied flames like the Stars in number the air rent with acclamations and all these persued with publike thankfulness to God every good heart being a prepared altar for such an offering These considered not felt with the hand but poised in the ballance of a devout estimation we cannot doubt of the convenience of the Textual instance to our gracious King and dread Soveraign the same stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner 2. I can stay no longer in the Instance the fore-wind of my Text filleth the sailes of affection and drive on to the Inference which is a part of application This is the Lords doing and it is marvellous in our eyes Two things here offer themselves unto us 1. An Adscription to the worker This is the Lords doing 2. The Admiration of the work And it is marvellous in our eyes 1. An Adscription to the worker This is the Lords doing 1. God is owned in it and he hath owned his servants whose prayers went up for a memorial unto him who hath returned a gratious answer never to be forgotten He hath signed their petitions with the broad Seal of his mercy which must be engraven upon our hearts with the indeleble characters of love and gratitude 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost in Psal 117. That which was done was not by man or men What hands soever were in it there was an hand above all which produced the blessed effect We exclude not the means though God needs them not Where the cooperation of second causes is allowed the main work is attributed to the first cause Let me be understood of what is truely and properly good The Lord is of purer eyes then to behold that which is evil and certain I am that he looketh not favorably on them that entitle him to it This work was great and good greatly good such as became the great God to do and with all willingness we acknowledge him the doer of it Non humanis viribus sed Dei potentia Hiero. in loc Psal 44.3 Done it was not by humane force but by Divine power so St. Herome They gat not the land in possession by their own sword neither did their own arm save them but thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favor unto them Their arms were not idle nor their swords useless we may well think that their hearts set their hands on work yet there was something above all these without the concurse whereof the victory had not been attained Let us leave mens sins upon their own score but give the Lord his due in all that is good What good is done by man be the instruments who you will it is the Lord that by them doth the good that is done This denieth not an acknowledgement to the hand by which the benefit is conveyed we may kiss the cup out of which we drink but our thanks must be carried to another The widow of Sarepta's kindness was gratefully received by the Prophet so was his entertainment by the Shunamite All the help we receive by the hands of others ought to reside with us and be requited if in our power Let them wear the robe that won the fleece let the Crown be ever set upon the right head let God have the glory 2. When the Lord hath done his work his great work he hath determined all ought to acquiesce in it Yet let me have leave to think that in works of this kinde all have not resented his goodness nor thankfully approved the operation of his hands The Critical humorists want not a black tooth to bite nor a bitter tongue to inveigh against the best performances Gods deliverance of Israel out of Egypt was not attested with thankfulness from the Egyptians but persued by hatred to his people so far were they from resting in it that they armed against it When God had chosen Saul to be King 1 Sam. 10.27 there were children of Belial who said How shall this man save us and they despised him and brought him no presents Homines nequam so Tremellius and Junius turn it men of perverse spirits who dislike that with which all others are pleased who adore no images but those of their own imaginations who arragate all to themselves but derogate from all others even from them whom God will have honored 1 King 1.40 When Solomon was advanced to the kingdom the people piped with pipes and rejoyced with great joy so that the earth rent with the sound of them This was harsh musick in the eares of Adonijak and his followers extremely disrelished the bit they gaped for fell into anothers mouth they were distasted because deprived of their expected sweetness Let the Lords doing be never so great or glorious male-contents self-seekers such as are sharp set upon their own emolument full of hope to have their turns served in their own way have still in them a contrary humor to the Lords doing They which see the hand of the Lord in it his right hand and that reaching forth a rich blessing to his Church and people are otherwise affected they magnifie the Lord their souls bless him for the benefit Psal 5.11 they rejoyce in it and shout for joy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost in Psal 117. St. Chrysostome hath four words to express the joy of the people for the exaltation of the stone refused to rejoyce to leap for joy to be affected with chearfulness to entertain with delight or pleasure These he would have spiritual of the mind and heart That is ever best and without that all other joy is but froth and scum Yet it may not be denied but the inward joy of the soul may have it out-lets the full heart will finde a vent it cannot forbear the discovery of it self David danced before the Ark. Moses sung his thankfulness to the Lord. Psal 68.25 The singers went before the players on instruments followed after amongst them were the damosels playing with timbrels Where there is an impression of a great