Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	hand_n	lord_n	2,576	5	3.5295	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81107	A cry for a right improvement of all our mercies, and all those vvorks of wonder that God hath wrought among us: VVith some cautions touching the election of the (expected) new representative. Humbly presented by a friend to the publique.	Friend to the publique.	1651 (1651)	Wing C7448; Thomason E643_21; ESTC R206016	9,521	12

with him how happy how happy are we But if we shall either by injustice oppression or want of bowels of mercy or by prophanness or accursed self-seeking or slothfulness and non-prosecution of his ends make frustrate his Ayms in these beginnings how dreadful will our account be Hath any Nation under the whole Heaven such a price such a tallent in their hands God by furnishing us with such Instruments as the better spirited of our Souldiery and many others like to them in single-heartedness to the best Interest and single-ey'd-cleer sightedness and most heroick resolution together with the fame of Gods doings gone forth into all the world and by his mighty encouragements to our faith and confidence by the eminent evidences of his presence with us and of his purposes to go through stitch with his work and by removing the great externall impediments out of the way hath put into our hands the greatest tallent that is in the hand of any Nation under Heaven And if we improve it at home and abroad for real advantage to the interest of the Giver then blessed are we but if not then how much the more shall we be accursed Heb. 6.7 8. And take the unprofitable servant and bind him c. Cast him into outer darkness God hath once more subdued under us all that rise up against us and hath suppressed the Suppressor Take we now warning by former harms procured by Principles of division and suppression Let all that fear God and love his Name be now of one heart and maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace not setting up Vniformity against unity of spirit not Circumstantials against Essentials Let 's allow Jesus Christ to be the apportioner of the measures or proportioner of his own gifts unto persons and Societies and let us own all that are his and all that is his in them and not disown as not persons so not Communities because not of our length and breadth whether below us or above us let us rejoyce that Gods name is sanctified and Christs kingdom advanced in any measure in any Societies or Assemblies though not of our own way and let us desire pray that it may be so and that in all the dwelling places of Mount Zion and in all the Assemblies thereof he will create a cloud and smoak by day and the bright shining of a flaming fire by night and prosper his own work And in case of offences let 's apply to Christs direction and Authority and not to the Dragons power or means and let the help of Caesars sword in matters religious be craved only against such as are inconsistent with true Christianity and only when the Church hath done all it can and the delinquent is become as a heathen man Mat. 18. But let swords be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks and let none hurt or destroy in all the Mountain of his holiness And take heed of any more breaches shut the Devil out of doors Remember a Kingdom divided cannot stand hath not stood two of them have been through division utterly demollished amongst us in these last ten years true their Ruins hath been or is advantage to the interest of God in the promoting his designs and in the present peace and security to his little ones but that 's no thank to those that gave the occasion nor may we do evil that good may come thereof therefore let 's have peace amongst our selves God hath promised his special presence as the God of love and peace among his people united and not otherwise Let us now therefore with mutual imbraces in peace and love sit down under this shadow even the shadow of his saving health stretched over us in him who is his saving Arm and our Lord and SAVIOVR with great delight and let his fruit be sweet unto us and let the high praises of God be in our mouths And as breaches and division should be avoided under greatest peril among the sound principled as for others there 's no peace to the wicked and we must separate the precious from the vile the whole from the infectious sick and unsound So also must such a spirit of malitious prejudice and sensoriousness which causes Ridged and Crabbed severity towards brethren Conscientiously discenting and differing in Judgement practices yet sound in fundamentals and eminently pious by all means be avoyded Seeing Conscience pure Conscience being Gods Vice-King may not be forced nor ridgedly dealt with when it really eyes God though erroneous if not in fundamentals and things directly destructive God accepts no forced none but voluntary service from this creature wherein he hath placed this Vice-King whom he will have guided by no Rule but by the light of his own truth Iradiating the understanding and by or through it directing and regulating the Conscience And the Conscience that purely keeps to this Rule is a tender thing and is certainly one of those little ones which our heavenly father will not have to be offended Also take we heed of Pride and base self-seeking That the hearts of none be proudly lifted up above their brethren and that we seek not great things for our selves Remember we what was evidently the cause of that division bringing that totall ruine that is come both upon that Monarchical Kingdom in the house of the Stuarts And also upon that other power which after Resided in the hands of Lords and Commons united with the Scots and was eminently reputed Presbyterian and this latter of the Scots alone being but a branch of the other Was it not clearly pride causing contention and self-seeking to Monopolize the great things of the earth that they might Rule as Lords alone And that malitious ridged crabbed spirit of severity towards discenting brethren In one word was it not their balking the Interest of heaven which looks with an indifferent eye upon all that are servants to it so far as they are servants to it and setting up the Carnal interest of a party in prejudice thereunto let the Conscience of the unbyassed Spectator speak Take we heed therefore of clashing with the Interest of heaven but be we sure we advance it with all our might and with all our soul For all Revolutions and Changes whatsoever but especially in the habitations of the Church and more especially in these last dayes wherein he is causing those eminent Allelujahs to be said and sung unto his Name Are for the perfecting of his glorious work and praises for and in the Church or Churches of Christ And if any person or people impowred for this end will not bow and buckle hereunto he will break them in pieces or lay them by and take up others And in expression of our gratitude why should not annual days be assigned in thankful remembrance with command that Psalms of prayse be sung unto our God and the people stirred up to a thankful remembrance of all those never to be forgotten works of