Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	adversary_n	lord_n	zion_n	25	3	8.9270	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33531	English-law, or, A summary survey of the houshold of God on earth and that both before and under the law, and that both of Moses and the Lord Jesus : historically opening the purity and apostacy of believers in the successions of ages, to this present : together with an essay of Christian government under the regiment of our Lord and King, the one immortal, invisible, infinite, eternal, universal prince, the Prince of Peace, Emmanuel.	Cock, Charles George.	1651 (1651)	Wing C4789; ESTC R37185	322,702	228

English-Law OR A Summary Survey of the Houshold of God on Earth And that both before and under the Law And that both of Moses and the Lord Jesus Historically opening the Purity and Apostacy of Believers in the Successions of Ages to this present Together with an Essay of Christian Government Under the Regiment of our Lord and King the one Immortal Invisible Infinite Eternal Universal Prince the Prince of Peace Emmanuel Isaiah 1. 24 25 26 27 28. Ah I will ease me of my enemies and avenge me of mine Adversaries I will turn my hand upon thee and purge thy dross and take away thy Tinne And I will restore thy Judges as at the first and thy Councellors as at the beginning afterwards thou shalt be called the City of Righteousness the faithful City Zion shall be redeemed with Judgement they that return of her with Righteousness The destruction of the Transgressors and of the sinners shall be together and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed Isai 2. 3. and 5. Come ye let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord c. and 5. Come let us walk in the light of the Lord. Only by faith ● G. sculp London Printed by Robert White for T. G. and Francis Tyton and are to be sold at the Three Daggers neer the Inner-Temple-Gate 1651. To the Family of God over the whole Earth but more especially to them of the Houshold of Faith in the Commonwealth of England ALL who hold the Christian Faith do beleeve that as the world had a beginning and was a created substance so it shall perish and come to an end or be changed we seem not only to be on the last foot of time in this our Generation but having stood 1650. years upon it we have many thoughts of heart-longings for the glorious appearing of the Son of God Many expect him visibly to raign here on Earth in person and that he shall be glorified even where he was crucified Others look for a Kingdome of Righteousness a wonderful light of Truth to be manifested glorious out-breaking glympses and appearances of the infinite wisdom the brightness and evidence of which shall scatter all those clouds and dispell all those Exhalations which have mis-led us in the walkings of Christianity the false Prophets Clouds without rain and Fires without heat which have appeared amongst us A people in this Nation hath had as great testimonies of this as any people extant on the Earth The Power of the Almighty hath visibly appeared here these many years scattering of Truths and revealing hard sayings and giving to understand things that were hid for many Generations though according to the wisdom of the Father he hath dispensed divers gifts and that there is much of controversie among us yet if all be really for Christ and the increase of his Kingdom what matters it Let but all this move and incourage each in his place faithfully to labour in the Vineyard of the Lord. The Master is expected how he will come le ts not wrangle about nor with whom Let 's all high and low as we profess to expect his coming so prepare for it Assuredly he will then come to us in his glory or take us to his glory Therefore all you that in sincerity profess Christianity rowze up your selves listen to the call of the Lord He hath call'd afar off in Germany he hath call'd at home both here and in England and Scotland hear his voyce prepare to meet the Lord your glory Hitherto Christians have been the shame of Christianity and Gospellers the scandal of the Gospel There was a fatall and general Apostacy faln upon her who called her self the Spouse of Christ she as Aholah Aholibah played the Harlot and though she here with us in England promised to return yet she kept her Darlings still if she parted with the Assyrian Adulterer she kept the Syrian God will have no mixture with Idols England hath long desired a thorow Reformation Let no man boggle at the work if another desires more then as some of you did 20. or 30. years since why may not God have revealed this to him and closed thine eyes now as well as he revealed his will formerly to thee and shut the eyes of others Heretofore God put mean men only upon the work here and there one now he hath put many and great men upon the work and what ever spurs they have yet Christian if they drive on Gods design lay thy hand on thy mouth and only admire how God brings things to pass what he intends Some men are so rational they can see nothing of providence reason devours Religion and they are afraid lest they should happily find or be found of God in a way they expected not they wholly trust to reason and will see and feel or they will not beleeve Others are meerly sensual and in the muddiness of their temper follow sense only because reason is so various as many opinions as men even in things not above us This is the main basis of Atheisme shun this Scylla and that Charybdis and understand All Gods wayes are not only prudential but providential and God assuredly speaks both ways He that improves providence to Lust Error and Transgression against the evident revealed will of God is like him that because he hears of Election sins at liberty which is a mark of Rejection He that in doubtful things in streights for God his glory his Truth and Laws the purity of Righteousness in simplicity eyes God with constant and fervent prayers walking humbly and watchfully over himself and all that partake with him spying what leads and misleads and searching all interests casts all away all but that of the Lord and his Righteousness Surely he is like him that hearing of Election and not knowing who it is yet beleeving not only the truth of it but blessings appertaining to it saith I will seek if happily I may find I will knock because of the promise and such are assured to enter life eternal Now all you that have in your eye the expectation of the glorious appearance of the Lord Christ in your several stations Parliament Princes and Nobles Army Judges Officers Magistrates Rich men Citizens high and low Rich and poor one with another despise not my weakness inability unworthiness eye not my life past or present but look to what I say and as you find it bearing the mark and character of fervent truth accept it if you doubt labor satisfaction privately if you spy an error rebuke or inform me with Christian wisdom and sobriety my zeal for Gods cause not self-confidence hath put me forth to the work and I shall willingly learn and bless-God that makes me know his will yea though by my failings so it may work to the encrease of his glory and propagation of truth Amen So be it And first give me leave to speak a word to you that have at present the Supremacy of Power