Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	judge_n	king_n	law_n	5,155	5	5.2571	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02906	[A tragedye or enterlude manyfestyng the chefe promyses of God unto man by all ages in the olde lawe from the fall of Adam to the incarnacyon of the lorde Iesus Christ. Compyled by Johan Bale ...]; Chief promises of God unto man	Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1547 (1547)	STC 1305; ESTC S109167	18,224	40

happye kyngedome of faythe shall perysh neuer Of heauen and of earthe he was autor pryncypall And wyll contynue though they do perysh all Thys sygne shalt thu haue for a token specyall That thu mayst beleue my wordes vnfaynedlye Where thu hast mynded for my memoryall To buylde a temple thu shalt not fynysh it trulye But Salomon thy sonne shall do that accyon worthye In token that Christ must fynysh euery thynge That I haue begunne to my prayse euerlastynge Dauid rex pius Immortall glorye to the most heauenlye kynge For that thu hast geuen contynuall vyctorye To me thy seruaunt euer sens my anoyntynge And also before by manye conquestes worthye A beare and lyon I slewe through thy strength onlye I slewe Golias whych was vj. cubites longe Agaynst thy enemyes thu madest me euer stronge My fleshlye fraylenesse made me do deadlye wronge And cleane to forget thy lawes of ryghteousnesse And thouh thu vysytedest my synnefulnesse amonge With pestylent plages and other vnquyetnesse Yet neuer tokest thu from me the plenteousnesse Of thy godly sprete whych thu in me dedyst plant I hauynge remorce thy grace coulde neuer want For in conclusyon thy euerlastynge couenaunt Thu gauest vnto me for all my wycked synne And hast promysed here by protestacyon constaunt That one of my sede shall soch hygh fortune wynne As neuer ded man sens thys worlde ded begynne By hys power he shall put Sathan from hys holde In reioyce wherof to synge wyll I be bolde Canora uoce tunc incipit Antiphonam O Adonai Quam ut prius prosequetur chorus cum organis Velsic Anglice O lorde God Adonai gyde of the faylhfull howse of Israel whych sumtyme aperedest in the flamynge bushe to Moses and to hym dedest geue a lawe in mounte Syna come now forto redeme vs in the strengthe of thy ryght hande Finit actus Quintus Incipit actus sextus Pater coelestis I Brought vp chyldren from their first infancye Whych now despyseth my godlye instytucyons An oxe knoweth hys lorde an asse hys masters dewtye But Israel wyll not knowe me nor my condycyons Oh frowarde people geuen all to superstycyons Vnnaturall chyldren expert in blasphemyes Prouoketh me to bate by their ydolatryes Take hede to my wordes ye tyrauntes of Sodoma In vayne ye offer your sacryfyce to me Dyscontent I am with yow beastes of Gomorra And haue no pleasure whan I your offerynges se. I abhorre your fastes and your solempnyte For your tradycyons my wayes ye set a part Your workes are in vayne I hate them from the hart Esaias propheta Thy cytie swete lorde is now become vnfaythfull And her condycyons are turned vp so downe Her lyfe is vnchast her actes be very hurtefull Her murther and theft hath darkened her renowne Couetouse rewardes doth so their conscyence drowne That the fatherlesse they wyll not helpe to ryght The poore wydowes cause come not afore their syght Thy peceable pathes seke they neyther daye nor nyght But walke wycked wayes after their fantasye Conuert their hartes lorde and geue them thy true lyght That they maye perceyue their customable folye Leaue them not helpelesse in so depe myserye But call them from it of thy most specyall grace By thy true prophetes to their sowles helthe and solace Pater coelestis First they had fathers than had they patryarkes Than dukes than iudges to their gydes and monarkes Now haue they stowte kynges yet are they wycked styll And wyll in no wyse my plesaunt lawes fulfyll Alwayes they applye to ydolles worshyppynge From the vyle begger to the anoynted kynge Esaias Propheta For that cause thu hast in two deuyded them In Samaria the one the other in Hierusalem The kynge of Iuda in Hierusalem ded dwell And in Samaria the kynge of Israel Ten of the twelue trybes bycame Samarytanes And the other two were Hierosolymytanes In both these cuntreyes accordynge to their doynges Thu permyttedest them to haue most cruell kynges The first of Iuda was wycked kynge Roboam Of Israel the first was that cruell Hieroboam Abia than folowed and in the other Nadab Then Basa then Hela then Zambri Ioram and Achab. Then Ochosias then Athalia then Ioas On the other part was Ioathan and Achas To rehearce them all that haue done wretchydlye In the syght of the it were longe verelye Pater coelestis For the wycked synne of fylthye ydolatrye Whych the x trybes ded in the lande of Samarye In space of one daye fifty thousand men I slewe Thre of their cyties also I ouerthrewe And left the people in soch captyuyte That in all the worlde they wyst not whyther tefle The other ij trybes whan they from me went back To ydolatrye I left in the hande of Sesack The kynge of Egipt whych toke awaye their treasure Conuayed their cattel and slewe them without measure In tyme of Achas an hondred thousand and twentye Were slayne at one tyme for their ydolatrye Two hondred thousande from thens were captyue led Their goodes dyspersed and they with penurye fed Seldom they fayle it but eyther the Egipcyanes Haue them in bondage or els the Assyreanes And alone they maye thanke their ydolatrye Esaias Propheta Wele yet blessed lorde releue them with thy mercye Though they haue bene yll by other prynces dayes ▪ Yet good Ezechias hath taugh them godlye wayes Whan the prynce is good the people are the better And as he is nought their vyces are the greatter Heauenlye lorde therfor sende them the consolacyon Whych thu hast couenaunted with euery generacyon Open thu the heauens and lete the lambe come hyther Whych wyll delyuer thy people all togyther Ye planetes and cloudes cast downe your dewes and rayne That the earth maye beare out helthfull sauer playne Pater coelestis Maye the wyfe forget the chylde of her owne bodye Esaias Propheta Naye that she can not in anye wyse verelye Pater coelestis No more can I them whych wyll do my cōmaundementes But must preserue them from all inconuenyentes Esaias Propheta Blessed art thu lorde in all thy actes and iudgementes Pater coelestis Wele Esaias for thys thy fydelyte A couenaunt of helthe thu shalt haue also of me For Syons sake now I wyll not holde my peace And for Hierusalem to speake wyll I not cease Tyll that ryghteouse lorde be come as a sūne beame bryght And their iust sauer as a lampe extende hys lyght A rodde shall shut fourth from the olde stocke of Iesse And a bryght blossome from that rote wyll aryse Vpon whom alwayes the sprete of the lorde shall be The sprete of wysdome the sprete of heauenly practyse And the sprete that wyll all godlynesse deuyse Take thys for a sygne A mayde of Israel Shall conceyue and beare that lorde Emanuel Esaias Propheta Thy prayses condygne no mortall tunge can tell Most worthye maker and kynge of heauenlye glorye For all capacytees thy goodnesse doth excell Thy plenteouse graces no brayne can cumpas trulye No wyt can conceyue the greatnesse of thy mercye