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A68214 An ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas: made, and vttered before the kynges maiestie, and his moost honorable councell, by Ihon Hoper in lent last past. Comprehended in seue[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L. Hooper, John, d. 1555. 1550 (1550) STC 13763; ESTC S104203 88,435 388

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that Ionas was neuer better knowen to be the occasion of thys tempeste in the sea then I knowe these foure sortes of people to be the trouble and wyll be the dystruccion of thys commune wealth if they be not found out by lotte and wysdome be tyme. But a man myghte aske what should the kynges magestie do in suche a case wyth all these foure sortes of Ionasses Let hys maiestie learne of these mariners then shall he do wel and as they dyd with Ionas so the kynges magestie must do with these four sorts of people What they dyd the Prophet shall tell hys owne tale and declare the third daunger he fell into whiche is the examinaciō of Ionas in thys forme Thei said vnto him shewe vs I praye the how thys trouble happeneth vnto vs What is thyne occupacion whence commest thou what countrie man art thou Of what nacion art thou In these Ethnicall Mariners we se a singuler discrecion wit humanitie What if our Mariners Christiās had suffered the lyke daunger and detriment for any mānes sake with in their shyppe Doubtles they would haue sworne and out of hande wythoute examinacion haue cast him into the sea But these men be wyse that they do not onelye serch to knowe his faulte by lottes but diligently seketh to knowe all the circumstances howe he fell into thys daunger lest Ionas should accompt him selfe vniustlye condemned Ot thys doyng of the Mariners we learne two thinges one humanitie towardes the aflicted persons The other that all kynges and magistrates oughte to condemne thys lawe as a thynge pestiferous and damned by gods lawes to execute sentence agaynste anye man before his cause and matter be heard for it is contrarye to the lawe of god the lawe of nature and the law of mā Yea God commaundeth that nomā shoulde be condemned with the testimony of one mā deu xvii Here is for the kynges magestye and hys coūsel one more doctrine to be learned of these Mariners I sayde that foure sortes of people were the occasion of the trouble of hys Magisties shyppe thys Realme of Englande but I sayd not that euerye man of these foure sorts was giltye of the tempest therfore there muste be lottes and examinacion of euerye deorce and of eche person in hys degree that the innocente be not punyshed neither the transgressoure fauored And these muste be examined by the mayster hys shyppemen that is to oure purpose of the Kynges magestye and hys Counsel So that in case the godlye wythout respect of persons seeke to know and vpon truthe and knoweledge punyshe as they knowe the shyppe of thys commune wealthe shall rest in peace and quyetnes if it be not serched for and amended the shyppe of the commune wealthe shall at laste be burste in pieces whyche the Lorde defend Amen ¶ The thyrd Sermon vpon Ionas made by Iohn Hoper the .v. of Marche ☞ The Preface WE neuer rede in anye wryters whether they be holy or prophāe of anye kyngedome or comune wealth that continually endured without tumultes sedicion or warre eyther by foreyn and outwarde enemies eyther amonge it selfe by conspiracye treason disobedience of subiectes of the same realme and the same euyll not beynge in tyme taken hede of and redressed brought alwayes the kingdom or commune wealth from trouble and sedicion vnto vtter ruyne and confusion We wyll omitte and passe ouer to speake of the kyngdome of the Assirians the Persians Grekes Romaynes althoughe of theyr originall continuaūce and distruccion the holye Byble maketh in Daniell the prophet and other places of the Scripture muche mencion of we wil speake but of two kingdomes of Iuda and Israell What troublers contencion warres sedicion and rebellion they suffred and at laste came cleane to noughte the bookes of the Kyngs and Chronicles doth recorde and the Prophet Ieremye What the causes of these troubles and dystruccion were the godlye readers of the scriptures he not ignoraunte But the men of that tyme the Princes the kynges neyther the priestes would vnderstād but assigned false causes the preachynge of goddes worde .iii. Regum xviii For thus sayeth Ahab vnto Elias the prophet arte not thou he that trobleth Israel and so sayeth the people Hiere xiiii The worde of god y t thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the lorde we wyll not receyue it but we will do whatsoeuer seme vnto vs good y t we may do sacrifice vnto the Quene of heauē and offer oure offerynges vnto her as we haue done and oure fathers our kinges our princes in the cities of Iuda and in the stretes of Ierusalē Thē had we aboūdaunce of al thinges and wel was it wyth vs we felte no yuell Assone as we lefte offerynge to the Quene of heauen and sacrificed no more sacrifyce vnto her we lacked al thynges and be consumed wyth warre and hungre But the true Prophetes of GOD shewed the true causes of these euils to be the contempt of goddes word as Elias saide vnto Ahab I trouble not Israell but thou and thy fathers house troubleth it For ye haue forsaken the commaūdemente of the Lorde and thou goest after Baalim But the princes and the people cōtinually defēded y e falle causes accōpted y e prophetes of god y t wold haue corrected theyr error to be sedicious trayterus persons and euen so persecuted and kylled them for there true preachynge Till at the last they perished and theyr realme wyth theym as ye maye rede .iiii. Regu xvii and in the last booke of the Cronicles in the last Chapiter Unto the lessō of those two Chapters I exhorte the wyse and godly hearer For ye shal gather of those places that the contempte of goddes worde was the occasion of the losse of these realmes The same euyll vexeth vs at thys presente daye The ship of thys commune wealthe of Englande is tossed vpsyde downe and the occacion thereof is imputed and layed vnto Christe and hys holye worde though falsly for Christes nature is to apeace and quiet all troubles and tempestes wyth hys presence Iohn .vi. Therefore thys false and preposterous cause of trouble muste be taken hede of if we wyshe the shyp of this kyngdom to come to rest We shal neuer bryng it to passe vntyll suche tyme as we agree and confesse that Ionas is the occasion whye the realme is thus vnquieted that is to saye as manye as be in this realme that neglect or peruerte theyr appoynted vocacyon I sayde O Kynge that Ionas myght be founde amonge foure sortes of people wyth in youre maiestyes Realme amonge the priestes noble men lawers and the commune people But lest anye man shulde thynke I condempned euerye man within the shippe of your commune wealthe we wyll folowe the wisdome and comendable doinges of these shippemen which were not only content to haue found out Ionas the cause of theyr trouble by Lottes but also diligētly they examin him So y e same thing most gracious kyng we
where as goddes word is preached hys holye sacramentes vsed and commune prayer made vnto God but alowe the same and sorye it is no more frequented and haunted but thys I woulde wyshe that the magistrates shoulde put bothe the preacher minister the people in one place and shut vp the particion called the chauncell that separateth the congregatiō of Christ one from the other as thoughe the vele and particion of the tēple in the olde lawe yet shulde remayne in the churche where in deade al fygures and tipes ended in Chryste And incase thys were done it shoulde not onlye expresse the dignitie and grace of the newe testamente but also cause y ● people the better to vnderstande the thinges red there by the mynyster and also prouoke the minyster to a more study of the thinges that he readeth leste he shoulde be found bi the iudgemēt of the cōgregatiō not worthye neyther to reade nor to minister in the churche farther that suche as wold receiue the holie cōmuniō of the precious body bloud of Christ myght bothe heare and se playnely what is done as it was vsed in the prymatyue churche when as the abhomynation done vpō aulters was not knowen nor y ● sacryfyce of Christes precious bloud so cōculcated and trodē vnder fote The thyrde thynge in thys praier is to be noted lest in the porte it selfe we make shyppewracke offende God in praying to whome we pray Unto hym that onlye seeth the cogitacions of out herte and can and wyl do al thynges for vs accordyngly helpe at neede punish in due seasō which onli god cā do vnto him shuld we direct and make our praier after the examples of the Patryarckes Prophetes the Apostels who called alwaies vpon their God for such as direct otherwise theyr praiers thei fail and erre al the heauens wyde Agaynste whome speaketh Esay lxiii Iere. ii.xv. Eche xiiii And the Lorde is angry wyth hys people as Esaye sayeth Chap. ix because they turned not vnto hym that strake thē nor vnto the God of armoure And in the Prophet Ose. Chap vii They called not to me sayeth the Lorde in theire hartes And in the same place a litle after sayeth the Prophet they be retourned but not vnto y e highest So lykewyse are they no lesse to be blamed that deuyde their hartes parte vnto God and parte vnto creatures of whome speaketh Osee in the x. Chapter If these thre thynges y t Ionas vsed in y e whales bellye were vsed of the people that professe Chrystes name in oure temples blessed were we But it is al to the contrary we knowe not what prayer is nor yet wyl take the paynes to lern it The more is the petye and the more is God stirred to vengeaunce and punishement and the more cruell shal the payne be when it is executed by God As we knowe by the texte he prayed so may we know by the same how he prayed and what was the forme and manner of hys prayer That is verye requisite to be knowen marked and borne awaye The effecte and sūme thereof consysteth in thre poyntes In two of y ● first verses he putteth forthe bryefly the abridgement Epitome of hys prayer Then declareth he the greatenes of his daūger and ieopardy Thyrdly he setteth forthe the pitye and mercie of God The firste parte From my troubles I haue called vpon the Lord and he herd me from the depnes of the depest I cryed thou herdest my voyce ☞ Out of thys fyrst parte we learne two doctrines the one that we shuld not dispaire nor cleane caste of God in aduersitie The other that in aduersitie we shulde not flye nor seeke any forbydden or vnlawefull meanes of help And these two thynges obserued Ionas in this his trouble and we shuld do the same accordynge to the commaundemente of God Psalme rcix Call vpon me in the day of thy troubles and I shall heare the as he dyd at all tymes Psal. xcix And thys cry of Ionas to the Lord was rather the crye of hys herte then the noyse or sounde of his mouth as Moses was Exod. xiiii and the good womans i. Samuel i. The circumstances of true prayer obserued the Lord heareth thys faythfull prayer accordynge to hys promises Whereof all Idololatricall Byshoppes and priestes may learne if they wil forsake their Idololatrye and call vnto the Lord mercy is ready for them And if the lasciuious auaricious or couetouse gentleman or lawyer wyll acknowledge hys faulte and aske remission for it it wyll be forgeuen him And so shall it be to the commen sorte of people if they acknowledge their disobedience rebelliō treasō pride contēpte of the superiour powers and aske mercy for it The second part of his prayer conteyneth a descripcion of his daungers that he was in after thys sorte Thou hast caste me downe depe in the middest of the sea and the fludde compassed me about yea al the waues rolles of water went ouer me I thought I had ben cast away out of thi sight but I wyll yet again loke toward thi holy tēple The waters cōpassed me euen to my verye lyfe the depe lay about me and the wedes wer wrapt about my head I wēt doune to the botom of the hils was barred in wyth earth for euer It is the cōmen sort of al holy men for the moste parte in the holy scripture to make mēcion in their prayers of theyr daūgers to amplify thē that their greatnes may be the vetter marked knowē and thys is done for thre causes The one because wyth the numbrynge and rehearsall of their great daūgers they may the more inflame them selues to ardente and earnest prayer For the more a man feleth hys owne griefe the more diligente he wyll be to seeke a remedye The other is to brynge a man the more to a contempte hatred of him selfe for the greatnes of the payne declareth the enormitie and filthines of the transgression and synne The thyrde is to sette forth the power and good wyll of God that can and wyll helpe in extreme and desperate euylles and saue wyth sup●rabundaunt mercye where as he findeth iniquitye and synne to abounde Romaines .v. and so manye tymes the slauery and miserable state of the afflicted setteth forthe the maiestie and rychenesse of Goddes mercye Math. viii ix Ihon. iiii ix Thys manne of God noted and knewe the dyspleasure of God agaynste synne but oure Ionasses slepe quietly in both eares and feleth not the paine of synne And thys securitie insensiblenes vnder the wrath of God commeth by the ignorauncie that the whole worlde is lapte in almooste as touchynge the daunger of their vocations If the cleargye the Byshoppes and pryestes woulde thynke vpon thys payne annexed vnto theire vocacyon if they do it not truelye faythfully and as they be commaūded of God Sanguinem illorum de manu tua requirā That is to say I wyll requiere their bloud at thy hande