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cause_n	great_a	let_v	lord_n	2,934	5	3.6705	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54054	Some considerations proposed to the City of London, and the Nation of England to calm their spirits and prepare them to wait for what the Lord is bringing about, that they may not run readily into their own ruin and destruction, and by this extraordinary heat of their spirits kindle that fire, which will soon devour them. With a short exhortation to them, relating to their true settlement, and the removal of that which hinders it.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1659 (1659)	Wing P1190; ESTC R218737	2,134	1

Some Considerations proposed to the City of London and the Nation of England to calm their spirits and prepare them to Wait for what the Lord is bringing about that they may not run headily into their own ruin and destruction and by this extraordinary heat of their spirits kindle that fire which will soon deuour them With a short Exhortation to them relating to their true Settlement and the Removal of that which hinders it 1. THE Lord God Almighty who made Heaven and Earthly who upholds them by the word of his Power whose they are with all their Inhabitants he ruleth in the Kindomes of men establishing or overturning Laws Governments and Governours at his pleasure Psal. 75. 5. c. Don. 4. 25 35. 2. That the Lord hath had an especial hand in the shakings and changes of this Nation and hath some great thing to bring about which he ordereth all unto And though many of the transactions and passages as relating to men have been very ●lamable yet the Lord hath been just and good in them all and can in his own good time recover the ground which he hath seemed to lose and advantage both the good of his People and of the Nation by all their Sufferings Losses discouragements and disadvantages 3. In this late Revolution there may be more of God than man is a ware of God in his infinite wisdome might see that this Parliament was not fit for the Work and so might suffer such a thing to fall out between them and the Army heightning their spirits on both sides as might occasion the Removal of them out of the way Yea and this present change may be but a passage to another unless the Lord find these very faithful and diligent in his Service and not minding themselves and their own Interests 4. If this late Revolution was of God and he saw it good to bring it about for the further carrying on of his Work he will be able to maintain it and those that oppose him therein shall not be able to stand before him They may bring Ruin upon the Nation and themselves but they cannot set up what God throws down nor raise up any thing else in the stead of it according to their wills but that which he by his Providence and disposing hand appointeth to succeed must have the time of Trial which he allotteth it Therefore let men fear the Lord God whose eye is upon us and whose power is over us and let us take heed of being found fighters against him The Cause hath long lain a bleeding yet there is at length a true reviving of it and those whose hearts the Lord hath stirred up to seek it faithfully the Lord will be with them and he is ready to pardon their former miscarriages But oh that they could lay themselves low and forget their own interests that the Cause might rise up clear and manifest above them Remember this saying O ye great Ones The Lord did not throw down the former greatness of the Nobility for you to rise up in their places but ye should have lain low and remained little and have let the Lord been great and it is your true interest to descend and become little again And if it were once manifest that ye did not seek yourselves but the Cause of God the good of his People and of the Nation that every part and sort of men might feel their oppressions broken and their just Rights and Liberties recovered and preserved for them this would draw the hearts of all the honest haerted People to you as one man and those which have been scattered would be again united and our very enemies seeing our integrity and righteousness and true reformation by the wisdome and guidance of God would magnifie that Work of God which as yet cannot but be a reproach Therefore O England fear before the Lord and wait upon him and let thine eye be taken off from man for he is very vanity Neither thy good nor thy harm ariseth this way but out of thine own bowels What have all these afflictions done towards the refining of thee Art not thou yet what thou wast O England wilt thou not be made clean when shall it once be Murmur not against the Rods wherewith the Lord seeth good to chastise thee but mourn over thy wickedness thy pride thy deceit thy excess thy cruelty thy oppression thy false Worship and Idolatries c. and over thy enmity against that which is of God where ever it appears At the beginning of these troubles thou couldst bear with no Form of Worship but thine own Now thou art come thus far that thou canst almost bear with any Form Nay but that will not serve The Lord will have room for the power of Godliness and he will not alwayes suffer thee to smite his Servants for their obedience to his Spirit This is his controversie with thee and the cause of all thy misery when misery distress and ruin have opened thine eyes thou wilt see it Oh that thy day of calamity might pass over thee If thou couldst indeed humble thy self before the Lord and not walk any longer thus contrary to him in the Work which he is resolved to bring about the Lord might pity and spare thee for he delighteth in mercy but if thou continue to walk contrary to him and wilt be setled afore his time and in a way and by such means as he approves not the steps of his power against thee will overturn thee Therefore fear and be humble and meek before him for therein lies the wisdome which can preserve thee but strive not to withstand his footsteps least he trample down thy crown thy strengh thy hopes thy peace and all that is desirable in thine eyes This is in tender Love as a gentle Warning to you that you may take heed of giving way to that fierce spirit which is the forerunner of misery and desolation From him who is a dear Lover of this City and of his native Country Isaac Penington the Younger