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	lord_n	see_v	5,118	5	3.3465	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02193	Causes of a solemne fast and humiliation to be keeped, by ordinance of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly, in all the kirks of this kingdom, and in our armies at home and abroad, upon the last Lords day of October, and the Wednesday following.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; Ker, A.	1644 (1644)	Wing C4201CB; ESTC R173928	1,728	6

Causes of a solemne Fast and Humiliation to be keeped by Ordinance of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly in all the Kirks of this Kingdom and in our Armies at home and abroad upon the last Lords Day of October and the Wednesday following WE have great cause to be humbled in solemne manner by Fasting and Prayer because we see the anger of God is kindled against us in an unwonted and extraordinary way as is evidently seen and felt 1. By the slow progresse of the much-wished and desired Work of Reformation and intended Uniformitie in Publike Worship and Church government in all his Majesties Dominions 2. By the long continuance of these bloody and unnaturall Warres within these Kingdomes 3. By this unhappy Division betwixt the King and his Subjects fomented by the Popish and Praelaticall Faction with their adherents Malignants and Delinquents And 4. By the breach already made by a contemptible crew naked and unarmed upon our dear Brethren in Stratherne Fyfe Aberdeen and other parts in the North with effusion of much Christian blood forcing of women and spoiling of goods whereby many honest women are made desolate Widows many children Fatherlesse and whole Families brought to extreame povertie I. It is to be lamented that notwithstanding these judgements while the Lord is thus sharply chastising us yet we look more to the immediate and second Causes of these evils than to the Supreme Gods Providence and Permission in his justice correcting us II. There is no Reformation of our lives notwithstanding of our solemne Vowes made by our Covenants and promises of amendment in our frequent Humiliations by Fasting and Prayer Family Exercises being neglected and by many mocked The Lords Sabbaths profaned and Fornications Adulteries Incests Drunkennesse and other hainous sins still abounding III. The great and fearfull sinnes of our Armies abroad as we are informed meeting with our sinnes at home ●as uncleannesse blasphemy spoyle and rapine indifferently of our friends aswell as of these who are disaffected whereas before their piety and devotion was admired and so they were the more formidable to their enemies now little diffe●ence twixt ours and the Malignant Armies save in the formality of Worship IIII 〈…〉 〈…〉 nor of their carriage afterward nor of Judges and other Members of Civill Courts ●●d Judicatories as this present Reformation requires V. Impunitie or slight censure or punishment of known Incendiaries and Malignants wherein both Ecclesiasticall and Civill Judicatories are faultie and thereby themselves made guilty likewise of the cruelty villany and other mischiefs committed by these un-naturall Countrey-men and their Followers VI. Perjurie in not discovering and delating Incendiaries and Malignants conforme to our vow and promise in our late solemne League and Covenant for Malignant Ministers are not delated for wresting the good intentions of the chief Instruments of this Work of Reformation for carping at the equitie and lawfulnesse of our Covenants and of our defensive Warres or for their silence in not informing and confirming from time to time the people therein Neither are Professors whereof there are a great number delated for their Malignancie in taxing our Covenants and the proceedings of Persons and Judicatories in the publick Cause 〈…〉 VII Perjurie for not assisting our Brethren joyned with us in Covenant in person or by our meanes and moyen in this present Cause according to our promise in our Covenants VIII Confidence in our Armies at home and abroad and their Commanders and an arrogant conceit of our own valour and zeale to the puritie of Religion for at first when we were naked men without Arms without experience of the Discipline of Warre without the mutuall help of our Neighbour Nation we did depend on God who fought for us and made us see his salvation But now presuming upon our power number of Men and Arms skill in Warre and of our confederacy with England and puft up with our former successe and Victories we have fallen off from God leaned to the Arme of Flesh pleasing our selves in the name of courage to which our late punishment by Gods just judgement is made suteable for being left to our selves albeit armed and carrying Bows with Ephraim we turned back in the Day of Battel and fled as the Israelites before Ai so we fled before a base un-armed and inconsiderable Enemy IX Thanksgivings for any victories the Lord hath given us either coldly performed or soon forgotten X. The great and deep security we are into not being wakened by the noise of Gods judgements on the Churches of Germany England and Ireland neither yet being sensible of the judgements hanging over this Land yea begun to fall already the bloody Sword which heretofore threatned us at our Borders being come even to the heart of our Kingdome Nor have we that fellow-feeling of the pitifull estate of our afflicted Brethren farre from Uriah and Nehemiahs zeale who sympathized in their Brethrens crosses yet who is moved amongst us or layes to heart A. Ker. Printed at Edinburgh by Evan Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie 1644.