Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	lord_n	word_n	3,120	5	3.8733	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08158	Verbum sempiternum	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1616 (1616)	STC 23811; ESTC S123181	8,541	284

VERBVM SEMPITERNVM Printed at London by JO BEALY for John Hamman 1616. TO ANNA Queene of Great Britaine The Epistle GReat Queene the summe of this great little book If your high Grace will grace to euerlooke I know your goodnesse puts disdaine to flight And though detraction barke shee dares not bite IO. TAYLOR To the Reader THou that this little booke dost take in hand Before thou iudge bee sure to vnderstand And as thy kindnesse thou extend'st to me At any time I le doe as much for thee Thine IO. TAYLOR Genesis IEhouah heere of nothing all things makes And man before all things his God forsakes Yet by th' almighties mercy t was decreed Heau'ns Heire should satisfie for mans misdeed Mans age is long and all are great not good And all saue eight are drowned in the floud Old Noah second Sire to worst and best Of C ham the curst Japhet and Sem the blest Of Abrams starre-like numberlesse encrease Of of-springs of-springs and his rest in peace Of Israels going into Egypt and Of their abode and liuing in that land Of I●sephs brethren faithlesse and vnkinde Of his firme faith and euer constant minde He pardons thē that did his death deuise Hes●es his childrens children and he dies Exodus Th' encrease of Iacobs stocke is grown past nūber And feare of them th' Egyptian king doth cumber Who giuing credit to th'inchanters tales Commands to kill all infant Hebrew males But Moses is preserued in the riuer To be a Captaine Israel to deliuer Sterne Pharaohs Ciuel adamantine heart Will not permit Gods People to depart Ten plagues frō heau'n are on th Egyptians powrde Bloud frogs lice flies beasts scabs haile thundring showrd Grashopers darknesse death of first borne men These were th' Egyptian plagues in number ten The Isr'alites are freed and Pharohs host In chasing them are in the Red sea lost A clowde doth shrowd them from the burning day By night a firie piller guides their way The murm'ring people fearing famine railes God raines down Manna from the heau'n quailes The Law is writ in stone to Moses giuen By Gods owne hand to guid men vnto heau'n The Ceremoniall sacrifice is taught As ripes of whō our brest redemption's wrought Leuiticus Heere man is shewd it is the almighties will To guard the good and to correct the ill The truest seruice of the highest stands In no mans fancie but as he commands And cause men are so apt from grace to swerue He shewes them here their maker how to serue The Leuite are appointed by the Lord To preach vnto his chosen flocke the word Numbers Old Iacobs blessed ofspring numbred are Their valient captaines their men of warre Curst Korah with his kinsman desp'rate Dathan And bold Abiram three sworne sonnes of Sathan Rebell gainst Moses with their tongs vnhalowed And by the earth by heau'ns iust vengance swallowed The Isralites to fell confusion brings Great Og and Sibon misbeleeuing kings Where Balaam thought to curse of force he blest And by his Asse was told how hee transgrest Fiue Midian Monarchs Iudaes host doth slay And all their spoile diuided at a pray The land of Canaan measur'd is and found That in it all things plenteous doth abound Deuteronomy This booke againe the Law of God repeates With blessings cursings techings and with threats Meeke Moses dies lies in an vnknown toome And Nunns son Iosuah doth supply his roome Joshua Great captaine Joshua great in faith and courage Through greatest dangers valiantly doth forrage He passeth Iorden with his mightie host And to the Tribes diuideth coast from coast The harlot Rabab doth preserue the spies Shee knowes the Lord that raignes aboue the skies They all passe Iorden which is parted drie Whilst they securely march inuasiuely The feare of Cananites doth much encrease Iericoes rane Manna here doth cease Vise Achan closly steales the cursed prey And Isr'els beaten from the wals of Ai. Fiue Kings are hangd and Phebus standeth still At Iosuah's prai'r whilst hee his foes did kill Iust one thirtie mighty kings were slaine Ere Is●●el could in peace the land attaine Which beeing done the bloody warres doth cease Their faithfull captaine Ioshua dies in peace Iudges Iuda is captaine Anaks sonnes are slaine The Cananite as vassais doth remaine The Israelites rebell and serue strange gods And are al plagu'd with heauens correcting rods The men of M●dea Is●●el much doth greeue Stout Gideon comes their sorrowes to releeue And as Gods spirit doth his seruant moue He ouerthrows Baals altar and his groue A womans hand King Iabins hoste doth quaile And ki●de his Captaine Si●'ra with a naile Ahimel●ch by wrong the kinglome gaines A woman dasht out his ambitious braines Victorious Iphtah rashly sweares not good And endes his conquest in his daughters blood Great Samson's borne whose euer matchles strēgth Orethrowes the Philistims in breadth length Faire flattering Delilah her Lord deceiues Hee 's tane himselfe himselfe of life bereaues The Beniamites abusde a Leuites wife For which all but six hundred lost their life Ruth According to the flesh this woman Ruth Was ancient Grandam to th' eternall truth And though she from the Moabites doth come It shewes th' almighty in al lands hathsome 1 Samuel The Prophet Samuel's borne Elies sonnes To sinne and flat confusion headlong runnes The Isralites are by the Lord forsaken And by the Philistines the Arke is taken The figur'd presence of this All in All Doth make the Diu●is inuention Dagon fall God takes his people to his loue againe The Ark's broght backe the Philistines are slaine The sons of Sam'uel wrong their Fathers trust By partial iudgements and with bribes vniust Saul seeking straying Asses findes a crowne And is anoin●ed King in Raman towne The fel Philistines Is'rel doth oppresse King Saul doth proudly gainst the Lord transgresse God bids kill Agag Saul will haue him spar'd His will more then his Gods hee doth regard Goliah armed leades an host from Gath Defies the Lord of Hosts prouoks his wrath Young Dauid comes and in his hand a fling And with a stone the giant downe doth ding Old Ishay son before the king's preferd And Dauid hath Sauls daughter for reward Th' ingratefull king seekes Dauids causelesse death True hearted Jonathan preserus his breath Saul leaues his God and to a Witch doth goe And so himselfe himselfe doth ouerthroe The Philistines his childrens blud did spill And with his sword king Saul king Saul did kill 2 Samuel King Dauids roiall heart is fild with woe For Ionathan Saul his friend and foe In Regall state he liues and flourisheth And loues Sauls Grandchild ●ame Mephibosheth Affection blinds him on Vrias wife T' accomplish which her husband lost his life The king's reprou'd by Nathan and repents And by repenting heau'ns high wrath preuents Incestuous Amnen Absolon doth kill For forcing Ta mar gainst her virgin will Hee 's recōcilde vnto his louing fire And pr●udly to the kingdome doth aspire The