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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	king_n	lord_n	4,716	5	3.8323	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13512	Taylors Vrania, or His heauenly muse With a briefe narration of the thirteene sieges, and sixe sackings of the famous cittie of Ierusalem. Their miseries of warre, plague, and famine, (during their last siege by Vespasian and his son Titus.) In heroicall verse compendiously described.; Urania	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1616 (1616)	STC 23806; ESTC S118287	24,950	88

number Misvnderstanding tongues did there incumber Thus he that sits in Heau'n their plots derided And in their height of pride their tongues deuided For in this sudden vnexpected change The wife and husband Sire and sonne were strange The Brother could not vnderstand the Brother The Daughter stands amazed at hir Mother By euery one a seuerall part is acted And each vnto the other seems distracted Thus by the Iustice of the Lord of Hosts Each seuerall tongue was driu'n to seuerall coasts And GOD peculiar to himselfe did chuse His most beloued yet hard-hearted Iewes Iehouahs honor with them then did dwell His Name was only knowne in Israel Salem his habitation was of yore In Sion men his glory did adore Th' Eternall trine and trine Eternall one In Iurie then was called on alone The sonnes of Heber were th' adopted stocke Gods onely Chosen holy sacred flocke Amongst all Nations them he only lik'd And for his owne vse them he culd and pik'd Them his sin-killing sauing word he gaue T' instruct thē what condemn'd what wold saue To them he gaue his word his Couenants band His Patriarks his Prophets and his hand Did blesse defend instruct correct and guide The Iewes and no one Nation else beside For them a world of wonders hath he done To them he sent his blest begotten Sonne On them a Land he freely did bestow Where milke and honie plenteously did flow With them he was till they from him did turne And wilfully against his blessings spurne All heau'nly earthly Soules or Bodies good They lack'd no temp'rall or eternall food His Temple builded in Ierusalem Where he had daily sacrifice from them Where though their seruice was defect and lame Th' Almighties mercy did accept the same For though Mans sin is great God hath decreed To take his best endeuour for a deed And whilst they in his loue and feare abode They were his people he their gracious God But when impieties began to breed And ouergrow old Iacobs sacred seed When they from good to bad began to fall From ill to worse from worst to worst of all When GODS great mercies could not them allure And his sharp threatnings could not them procure When each ones body was vnto the soule A loathsom dungeon to a prisoner foule When sin all shameles the whole land o're spreads Then God threw dreadfull vengance on their heads And for their heynous heaping sin on sin Ierusalem hath oft assaulted bin First Shishack Egypts King with might and maine Made hauock there in Rehoboams Raigne The Citie Temple Golden vessells Shields All as a prey to the Egiptians yeelds Next Ioas came the King of Israel In Amaziahs daies with furie fell He brought Iudea to Samariaes thrall King Kingdom Princes Peeres and people all Then thirdly Rezin King of Aram came In Ahaz time with sword and furious flame Th' Assirian great Zenach'rib was the next By whom good Hezekiah was perplext But when blasphemous Pagans puft with pride Contemptuously the GOD of Gods defide The Lord of Lords whom no power can withstand Tooke his owne gracious glorious cause in hand He vsd no humane Arme or speare or sword But with his All-commanding mighty word One Angell sent to grisly Plutoes den A hundred eighty and fiue thousand men Then fiftly was Ierusalem subdude In Iudaes blood th' Assirians hands imbrude Manasses Godles glory did expire All yeeld vnto th' insulting foes desire Vsurping Conquest all did seaze vpon The King in chaines-bound sent to Babylon Till he Repenting to his GOD did call Who heard his cry and freed him out of thrall Then sixtly Pharaoh-Necho Egipts King To great distresse all Iudaes Land did bring With fell confusion all the Kingdom fill'd And with a dart good King Iosias kill'd The Shepheard for his wandring sheep was shooke The godly Prince from godles people tooke So this iust zealous and religious Prince Whose like scarce euer Raign'd before or since Th' Almighty to himselfe did take agen As knowing him too good for such bad men Nabuchadnezer next made them obay When Zedekiah did the Scepter sway King Kingdom Peeres and People all o'rethrowne All topsie-turuy spoyld and tumbled downe The curst Caldeans did the King surprise Then slew his Sons and next pluck'd out his eyes Then vnto Babilon he was conuayde In Chaines in Prison and in Darknes layde Till death his Corps did from his soule deuide He liu'd a slaue and sadly gladly dyde The Citie and the Temple burnt and spoyld With all pollution euery place was soyld The holy vessels all away were borne The sacred Garments which the Priests had worne All these the Caldies voide of all remorce Did carry vnto Babylon perforce Which seuenty yeeres in slauerie and much woe They kept and would by no meanes let them goe Till Persian Cirus did Earths glory gaine Who freede the Iewes and sent them home againe He rendred backe their vessells and their store And bad them build their Temple vp once more Which many yeeres in glorious state did stand Till Ptolomie the King of Egipts band Surprisde the Iewes and made them all obay Assaulting them vpon the Sabboth day Next after that from Rome great Pompey came And Iudaes force by force perforce did tame Then did the Caesars beare the earthly sway The vniuersall world did them obay And after that the Romane power did place The Idumean Herods graceles Grace Him they created Tetrarch demy King Gainst whom the Iewes did boldly spurne and fling For they had sworne that none but Dauids seed In the seat Royall euer should succeed But Sossius and King Herods armies strength Did ouer-run them all in breadth and length By hostile Armes they did them all prouoke To beare the burthen of their awfull yoke And lastly them the Romanes ouer-run By valiant Titus old Vespasians sonne Then fell they to an vnrecouer'd wane They all in generall were or slaine or tane Then was the extirpation of them all Their iust worst last most fatall finall fall Thus mercy being mock'd pluckd iudgmēt down Gods fauour being scorn'd prouokes his frowne Aboue all Nations he did them respect Below all Nations he did them deiect Most vnto them his fauour was addicted Most vpon them his furie was inflicted Most neere most deere they were to him in loue And farthest off his wrath did them remoue He blest he curst he gaue and then he tooke As they his word obayde or else forsooke How oft Iehouah seem'd his sword to draw To make them feare his precepts and his Law How oft he raisd them when they headlong fell How oft he pardond when they did rebell How long did Mercy shine and Iustice winke When their foule crimes before Gods face did stinke How oft Repentance like a pleasing sauour Repurchasd GODS abused gracious fauour When he did blessings vpon blessings heape Then they ingratefull held them meane cheape Their plenty made them too too much secure They their Creators yoke would not endure They