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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	acknowledge_v	lord_n	zion_n	36	3	8.9248	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02297	A comforting farewel-word, to the Lords trembling-hearted peoples, at the removal of the cloud of His glory from the sanctuary, applyed as a present cordiall, against their heart-faintings.		1664 (1664)	Wing C5538A; ESTC R174126	27,781	60

snell and stormy blasts is the most joyfull and dancing dayes of his people This we find clear from many Scriptures when this glorious Sun shineth after a dark Ecclipse in the Firmament of his Church all the Sons and Daughters of Zion are made to rejoyce and no wonder for she hath many bruises and he comes with healing under hir Wings And in the text ye have now sorrow but I will see you again and your hearts shall rejoyce We shall give you some Scripture considerations to cleare the point a little further passing by what we said formerly as to their seeing him pacified when he returns whereas his going away prognosticates anger and as to their being freed of much misery for his going away is the most cronning misery Wo also unto them when I depart from them Hos and so it may be turned over yea and all blessings unto them when I return unto them which must make them as joyful dayes but further the point will be clear if ye consider Cons 1. Consider first her geting on her new apparel Zion hath her mourning garments in mourning dayes when she lyes in the dust O but when the Lord returns again unto her she gets on Garments of Gladness shake thy self from the dust O Zion and put on thy beautiful Garments O Jerusalem Isa 52. 1 2. therefore seeing she gets on brave Apparel must she not be made very glad and so have not reason in this respect to say that the time of Christs return after such blasts is the joyous dayes of his people Cons 2. Oftentimes Zion gets the intimation of her pardon ere she come out of the Furnace Isa 40. 2. Tell her that her iniquities are pardoned And therefore in this respect the time of Christs returning must be the most joyous dayes to his people Cons 3. Zious stoutest enemies who ranted her down in the dayes of her affliction are made to submit themselves to her when the Lord sees her again Isai 60. 14. The Sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet and shall call thee the City of the Lord the Zion of the holy oue of Israel Though they repreached you in the day of your low condition yet they shall be forced to acknowledge you to be my people when they shall see my goodness to you at my seeing you again must not that be very comfortable to the people of God when they see those who formerly in their affliction domineered over them treading on their necks coming and submitting themselves unto them and confessing them whom formerly they persecuted to be the Lords people and so there is ground in this respect to say that the time of the Lords returning after cold and stormy blasts is the joyous and dancing days of his people Cons 4. Consider 4. when the Lord returns for delivering his people he both surprize them with unexpected deliverance and also maketh much of his glory appear 126 Psal When the Lord brought back our captivity we were like them that dream we were so amazed with such an unexpected deliverance that we were like folks speaking in their sleep for joy then was our mouth filled with laughter and so our dancing dayes began Psal 102. 16. When the Lord builds up Zion he appears in his glory he maketh the bright rayes of his glory glance upon his Church making it evident that he regards the prayer of the destitute which formerly he seemed to despise howbeit he did not so indeed and so setteth their hearts a dancing again Consider 5. Zion hath then her spring time of flourishing and heareth his most sweet voice and is invited to communion with him of whom she could not get a blink formerly Cant. 2. 10. Arise my love my fair one and come away for the winter is past wrath and anger is now departed the rain is over and gone thy stormy dayes are by thy hand and the flowers appear on the earth and the time of the singing of birds is come Heartless Zion must now have her Songs again for the winter is over the fig-tree puts forth her young figs and the vines with their tender grapes give a good smell there is a brave spring time of all Zions graces and the sweet smelling of her ointments when the Lord of whom she had been deserted sees her again and so have we not reason in all these respects to say that the time of the Lords returning is the joyous and dancing dayes of his people But while we are speaking of the joyous dancing and merry dayes the people of God have when he sees them again we would give you advertisement that the point whereupon we are is a large and noble dish of the glorious marriage feast of the Gospel and therefore before we go any further to make application hereof we do in the name and by the authority of our dreadful Lord and Master Jesus Christ excommunicate and debarre from this blessed part of the Gospel feast first all those that have been active in carrying on our de●●ctions from God and his way that they take ●ut upon them to meddle with this joy the people of God shall have at his return being strangers to all the toyl his people are put unto in labouring to keep their garments clean Secondly we do excommunicate from this blessed part of the Gospel feast all casters off of the yoke of God in the holy band of our Covenant Thirdly all those that have not heart-sympathy with Zion in this day of her low condition fourthly We do excommunicate and debarr from this part of the Gospel Feast all those in whose heart it is at present to do any thing to the hightening of the affliction of any of the people of God in relation to his new controverted but glorious work in this present distress whether by false accusation of them or false witness bearing against them surely such shall not tast of this blessed part of the marriage supper and Gospel feast fifthly All those who are not willing to adventure their whole Estate I and Life and Geir in the same broken Ship with Zion to die and live sink and swim with her in all her afflictions and all such as upon the greatest hazards will not as they are called in their stations do all way tend to her instruction and incouragement And lastly we excommunicate and debar from this noble dish of the Gospel feast viz. the joy the Lords people have at his return all such as willingly without remorse or endeavour to amend are wallowing in the same sins wherein they did lie before the Lord began to smite us especi-O you four hours professers who think ye love Zion and do approve the things that are best yet are not leaving off your four hour-companions be it known to all of you whom we have named it is not for your sakes that our