Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	afford_v	contain_v	great_a	54	3	2.1696	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40656	A collection of sermons ... together with Notes upon Jonah / by Thomas Fuller.; Sermons. Selections	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1655 (1655)	Wing F2418; ESTC R21301	51,193	163

come_v within_o the_o hear_n of_o a_o sermon_n no_o church_n but_o a_o chimney-corner_n or_o a_o bed_n be_v the_o place_n of_o their_o abode_n who_o candle_n be_v in_o the_o socket_n and_o lamp_n ready_a to_o go_v out_o for_o want_n of_o oil_n to_o feed_v they_o to_o all_o these_o several_a size_n i_o mean_v to_o so_o many_o of_o they_o as_o be_v capable_a of_o understanding_n god_n in_o solomon_n speak_v eccles_n 12._o 1._o remember_v now_o thy_o creator_n i_o say_v now_o now_o be_v a_o atom_n it_o will_v puzzle_v the_o skill_n of_o a_o angel_n to_o divide_v now_o be_v a_o monosyllable_n in_o all_o learned_a and_o many_o other_o language_n best_a otherwise_o the_o name_n shall_v be_v long_o in_o pronounce_v than_o the_o thing_n in_o continue_v god_n grant_v that_o what_o size_n soever_o the_o candle_n of_o our_o life_n be_v we_o may_v instant_o remember_v our_o creator_n amen_n finis_fw-la note_n upon_o jonah_n by_o thomas_n fuller_n london_n print_v for_o john_n stafford_n in_o george-yard_n near_o fleet-bridge_n 1656._o note_n upon_o jonah_n chap._n 1._o ver_fw-la 1._o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v also_o unto_o jonah_n the_o son_n of_o amittai_n say_v some_o thing_n must_v be_v premise_v of_o the_o name_n parentage_n time_n and_o place_n of_o this_o prophet_n his_o name_n jonah_n signify_v a_o dove_n in_o hebrew_n but_o he_o answer_v his_o name_n rather_o in_o fly_v so_o fast_o away_o than_o in_o want_n of_o gall_n wherewith_o he_o abound_v parentage_n son_n of_o amittai_n man_n be_v difference_v in_o the_o bible_n 1._o by_o their_o father_n as_o benaiah_n son_n of_o jehoida_o 2._o mother_n as_o joab_n son_n of_o zerviah_n 3._o husband_n as_o mary_n the_o wife_n of_o cleophas_n 4._o brother_n as_o judas_n the_o brother_n of_o james_n 5._o son_n as_o simon_n of_o cyrene_n the_o father_n of_o alexander_n and_o rufus_n but_o that_o this_o prophet_n be_v son_n to_o the_o widow_n of_o sarepta_n i_o believe_v no_o more_o than_o that_o dinah_n jacob_n daughter_n be_v wife_n to_o job_n or_o that_o ruth_n be_v daughter_n to_o eglon_n king_n of_o moab_n both_o which_o be_v as_o fond_o fable_v by_o jew_n as_o just_o reject_v by_o christian_n as_o for_o the_o time_n and_o place_n of_o this_o prophet_n when_o and_o where_o he_o live_v though_o here_o omit_v be_v supply_v 2_o king_n 14._o 25._o he_o be_v of_o gath_n hepher_n a_o city_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o zebulon_n and_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o joash_n king_n of_o israel_n the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v all_o prophet_n and_o preacher_n ought_v to_o have_v their_o patent_n and_o commission_n from_o god_n how_o can_v they_o preach_v except_o they_o be_v send_v rom._n 10._o 15._o that_o be_v how_o can_v they_o preach_v lawful_o and_o profitable_o though_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la they_o preach_v to_o their_o own_o great_a harm_n and_o other_o little_a good_a but_o as_o long_o as_o there_o be_v currant_n coin_n there_o will_v be_v counterfeit_a ieroboam_n priest_n under_o the_o law_n and_o sheva_n son_n in_o the_o gospel_n and_o at_o this_o day_n some_o who_o leap_v from_o the_o loom_n to_o the_o pulpit_n i_o must_v confess_v a_o ass_n head_n be_v good_a food_n in_o a_o famine_n course_n meat_n be_v dainty_a when_o no_o better_a can_v be_v have_v but_o now_o thanks_o be_v to_o god_n great_a be_v the_o company_n of_o preacher_n able_a and_o learned_a and_o for_o aught_o i_o see_v the_o university_n afford_v more_o vinedresser_n than_o the_o country_n can_v yield_v they_o vineyard_n no_o necessity_n therefore_o that_o such_o blind_a guide_n shall_v be_v admit_v verse_n 2._o arise_v and_o go_v to_o niniveh_n that_o great_a city_n and_o cry_v against_o it_o for_o their_o wickedness_n be_v come_v up_o before_o i_o the_o word_n contain_v ionah_n commission_n the_o place_n whither_o he_o be_v send_v what_o he_o shall_v do_v there_o the_o commission_n arise_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v thou_o have_v long_o preach_v in_o israel_n to_o little_a purpose_n great_a the_o pain_n small_a the_o profit_n of_o thy_o ministry_n i_o will_v therefore_o transplant_v thy_o preach_n to_o see_v if_o it_o will_v bring_v more_o fruit_n in_o another_o soil_n it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o a_o ruin_n of_o a_o church_n when_o their_o pastor_n be_v call_v from_o their_o flock_n to_o go_v to_o foreigner_n as_o jonah_n who_o be_v here_o make_v nonresident_a against_o his_o will_n when_o the_o eyestring_n be_v break_v the_o heartstring_n hold_v out_o not_o long_o after_o the_o prophet_n be_v call_v seer_n their_o departure_n presage_v that_o their_o parish_n soon_o after_o will_v die_v and_o decay_v for_o sure_a the_o child_n of_o israel_n prosper_v not_o long_o after_o that_o jonah_n a_o star_n of_o the_o first_o bigness_n be_v fall_v from_o that_o firmament_n to_o arise_v into_o the_o horizon_n of_o nineveh_n go_v to_o nineveh_n that_o great_a city_n it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o this_o city_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o assyria_n be_v not_o a_o little_a proud_a of_o the_o greatness_n of_o it_o as_o able_a thereby_o to_o outface_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n and_o to_o blunt_v the_o edge_n of_o his_o revenge_a sword_n with_o the_o populousnesse_n of_o her_o inhabitant_n before_o it_o can_v cut_v clean_o through_o they_o but_o let_v no_o city_n though_o never_o so_o great_a thus_o presume_v upon_o her_o multitude_n the_o great_a the_o fair_a mark_n she_o be_v for_o the_o arrow_n of_o god_n judgement_n though_o indeed_o nothing_o seem_v great_a in_o his_o eye_n save_o that_o man_n that_o seem_v little_a in_o his_o own_o and_o god_n can_v quick_o subtract_v in_o a_o day_n by_o sword_n plague_n and_o famine_n what_o health_n peace_n and_o plenty_n have_v multiply_v in_o seven_o year_n this_o island_n since_o the_o end_n of_o two_o kingdom_n be_v make_v the_o middle_n of_o one_o monarchy_n have_v get_v the_o addition_n of_o great_a britain_n yet_o if_o compare_v to_o the_o continent_n we_o may_v say_v of_o it_o as_o lot_z of_o zoar_n be_v it_o not_o a_o little_a one_o isa_n 40._o 15._o behold_v the_o nation_n be_v as_o the_o drop_n of_o a_o bucket_n and_o be_v count_v as_o the_o small_a dust_n of_o a_o balance_n he_o take_v up_o the_o isle_n as_o a_o very_a little_a thing_n let_v we_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o not_o be_v proud_a of_o the_o greatness_n of_o it_o which_o probable_o puff_v up_o niniveh_n the_o great_a city_n and_o cry_v against_o it_o minister_n must_v not_o mutter_v but_o public_o and_o strong_o cry_v against_o sinner_n first_o because_o sinner_n be_v afar_o off_o isa_n 59_o 2._o but_o your_o iniquity_n have_v separate_v betwixt_o you_o and_o your_o god_n mat._n 15._o 8._o their_o heart_n be_v far_o from_o i_o ephes_n 2._o 13._o you_o who_o sometime_o be_v afar_o off_o second_o because_o they_o be_v deaf_a three_o asleep_o four_o dead_a if_o any_o object_n why_o then_o it_o be_v lose_v labour_n to_o cry_v against_o sinner_n preach_v to_o the_o dead_a be_v as_o unprofitable_a as_o pray_v for_o they_o i_o answer_v not_o so_o for_o it_o be_v say_v john_n 5._o 25._o the_o hour_n be_v come_v and_o now_o be_v when_o the_o dead_a shall_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o hear_v shall_v live_v too_o blame_v then_o be_v those_o that_o be_v cruel_o kind_a unto_o their_o people_n in_o sow_v pillow_n under_o their_o elbow_n honey-dewe_n though_o they_o be_v sweet_a in_o taste_n do_v blast_n and_o black_a the_o corn_n and_o smooth_v of_o people_n in_o their_o sin_n though_o pleasant_a to_o the_o palate_n of_o flesh_n damn_v and_o destroy_v the_o soul_n and_o yet_o this_o command_n to_o cry_v no_o whit_n favour_v their_o practice_n who_o change_v the_o strength_n of_o matter_n into_o stentoriousnesse_n of_o voice_n such_o piece_n make_v a_o great_a report_n with_o powder_n but_o be_v charge_v with_o no_o shot_n and_o be_v useless_a to_o the_o beat_n down_o of_o sin_n and_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o their_o cry_n that_o they_o do_v but_o whisper_v whilst_o they_o hollow_a for_o their_o wickedness_n be_v come_v up_o before_o i_o what_o the_o particular_a sin_n of_o nineveh_n be_v be_v not_o express_v some_o think_v have_v that_o city_n be_v arraign_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o sodom_n it_o will_v have_v be_v find_v guilty_a and_o no_o doubt_n sorcery_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o east_n be_v no_o stranger_n in_o she_o own_o country_n and_o therefore_o the_o ninevite_n thereto_o much_o addict_v but_o that_o oppression_n be_v certain_o their_o predominant_a sin_n may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o the_o three_o of_o nahum_n ver_fw-la 1._o o_o bloody_a city_n it_o be_v full_a of_o lie_n and_o robbery_n the_o prey_n depart_v not_o not_o content_a to_o be_v a_o queen_n of_o those_o country_n she_o have_v

subdue_v she_o be_v a_o tyrant_n so_o then_o we_o see_v all_o sin_n but_o oppression_n especial_o though_o natural_o they_o tend_v downward_o to_o their_o centre_n and_o with_o their_o weight_n press_v sinner_n to_o hell_n yet_o they_o do_v mount_v upward_o by_o their_o cry_n and_o clamour_n gen._n 4._o 10._o &_o 18._o 20._o it_o be_v then_o a_o advise_a way_n for_o we_o to_o make_v some_o counter-sound_n to_o drown_v the_o noise_n of_o our_o sin_n that_o god_n may_v not_o hear_v they_o first_o by_o send_v up_o sigh_n from_o a_o penitent_a heart_n second_o prayer_n and_o alm_n act_n 10._o 41._o cornelius_n thy_o prayer_n be_v hear_v and_o thy_o alm_n be_v have_v in_o remembrance_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n three_o by_o plead_v christ_n his_o merit_n that_o the_o loud_a language_n of_o his_o blood_n may_v out-noise_n and_o silence_n the_o cry_n of_o our_o sin_n heb._n 12._o 24._o yet_o let_v oppressor_n take_v notice_n that_o they_o being_n the_o sin_n of_o nineveh_n as_o it_o be_v of_o a_o high_a nature_n so_o be_v it_o of_o a_o high_a cry_n than_o other_o sin_n and_o let_v the_o remorseless_a extortioner_n take_v this_o into_o his_o consideration_n hand-mill_n though_o they_o grind_v not_o so_o much_o yet_o they_o grind_v as_o much_o to_o powder_v as_o either_o winde-mill_n or_o water-mill_n which_o be_v far_o great_a though_o these_o oppressor_n do_v not_o mischief_n to_o so_o many_o as_o nineveh_n do_v yet_o to_o so_o many_o as_o come_v within_o their_o clutch_n they_o show_v as_o merciless_a cruelty_n and_o this_o be_v a_o sin_n will_v come_v up_o before_o god_n verse_n 3._o but_o jonah_n rise_v up_o to_o flee_v into_o tarshish_n from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o go_v down_o to_o japho_n for_o he_o find_v a_o ship_n go_v to_o tarshish_n so_o he_o pay_v the_o fare_n thereof_o and_o go_v down_o into_o it_o that_o he_o may_v go_v with_o they_o into_o tarshish_n from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o jonah_n rise_v up_o who_o superscription_n do_v this_o book_n bear_v ionah_n why_o do_v he_o not_o like_o alexander_n when_o he_o be_v paint_v lie_v his_o finger_n on_o his_o wart_n why_o do_v he_o not_o conceal_v in_o silence_n his_o own_o fault_n and_o infirmity_n why_o do_v he_o paint_v his_o own_o deformity_n with_o his_o own_o pencil_n because_o the_o penman_n of_o the_o holy_a word_n be_v unpartial_a relator_n of_o their_o own_o fault_n and_o of_o they_o who_o be_v dear_a and_o near_a unto_o they_o who_o speak_v more_o against_o david_n than_o david_n so_o ignorant_a be_v i_o and_o foolish_a even_o as_o a_o beast_n before_o thou_o who_o accuse_v s._n paul_n more_o than_o s._n paul_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 13._o i_o be_v a_o blasphemer_n and_o a_o persecuter_n and_o a_o oppressor_n we_o learn_v from_o s._n stephen_n act_v 7._o 22._o that_o moses_n be_v learn_v in_o all_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n but_o in_o moses_n in_o his_o own_o write_n we_o find_v no_o mention_n or_o commendation_n of_o this_o his_o learning_n he_o spare_v not_o himself_o in_o register_n his_o passion_n in_o smite_v of_o the_o rock_n neither_o spare_v he_o to_o record_v the_o cruelty_n of_o levi_n his_o grandfather_n the_o shrewishness_n of_o zippora_n his_o wife_n the_o idolatry-promoting_a of_o aaron_n his_o brother_n the_o murmur_a of_o miriam_n his_o sister_n the_o profaneness_n of_o nadab_n and_o abihu_n his_o nephew_n this_o among_o other_o reason_n may_v be_v one_o to_o prove_v that_o no_o scripture_n be_v of_o private_a interpretation_n but_o that_o holy_a man_n of_o god_n write_v it_o as_o they_o be_v inspire_v by_o god_n holy_a spirit_n whereas_o the_o book_n of_o heathen_a writer_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o inventory_n of_o their_o own_o virtue_n what_o be_v caesar_n commentary_n but_o commentary_n on_o the_o text_n of_o his_o own_o valour_n but_o for_o a_o man_n thus_o far_o to_o be_v unman_v as_o to_o banish_v self-love_n from_o himself_o and_o with_o jonah_n to_o put_v his_o own_o flight_n and_o fault_n into_o the_o calendar_n of_o eternity_n who_o see_v not_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n in_o ionah_n hand_n write_v this_o prophecy_n sundry_a carnal_a reason_n may_v be_v allege_v for_o ionah_n flight_n first_o fear_v of_o extreme_a and_o cruel_a usage_n from_o the_o wicked_a ninevite_n second_o despair_v that_o his_o preach_v barren_a in_o israel_n shall_v be_v fruitful_a in_o ashur_n three_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o message_n distasteful_a to_o a_o jewish_a palate_n to_o be_v send_v to_o the_o gentile_n four_o a_o zeal_n to_o his_o country_n he_o may_v perceive_v that_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o gentile_n will_v be_v the_o eversion_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v loath_a to_o be_v accessary_a to_o the_o destruction_n of_o his_o own_o nation_n five_o that_o reason_n allege_v by_o himself_o in_o the_o four_o chap._n and_o ver_fw-la 2._o he_o fear_v to_o be_v disprove_v because_o god_n be_v so_o merciful_a but_o let_v his_o reason_n though_o never_o so_o many_o and_o weighty_a be_v put_v into_o one_o scale_n and_o god_n absolute_a command_n weigh_v against_o they_o in_o the_o other_o tekel_n they_o be_v weigh_v in_o the_o balance_n and_o find_v too_o light_a prosper_n obedientia_fw-la non_fw-la discutit_fw-la dei_fw-la mandata_fw-la sed_fw-la facit_fw-la the_o popish_a tenant_n of_o blind_a obedience_n be_v true_a doctrine_n in_o this_o case_n what_o god_n command_v let_v we_o put_v in_o speedy_a execution_n without_o deny_v or_o delay_v or_o dispute_v the_o difficulty_n that_o attend_v it_o to_o flee_v god_n bid_v jonah_n go_v and_o he_o fly_v he_o supererogate_v but_o in_o a_o wrong_a work_n in_o he_o the_o proverb_n find_v truth_n the_o more_o haste_n the_o worse_a speed_n we_o see_v then_o those_o that_o want_v leg_n to_o go_v in_o goodness_n can_v find_v wing_n to_o fly_v in_o wickedness_n the_o elder_n of_o the_o jew_n probable_o age_a grandsire_n how_o late_o be_v they_o up_o that_o night_n our_o saviour_n be_v betray_v how_o early_o do_v they_o rise_v that_o morning_n he_o be_v condemn_v how_o due_o do_v they_o attend_v the_o whole_a day_n he_o be_v crucify_v who_o otherwise_o no_o doubt_n will_v have_v be_v in_o their_o bed_n as_o drowsy_a as_o dormouse_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o stride_n nor_o the_o swiftness_n of_o the_o pace_n but_o the_o rightnesse_n of_o the_o way_n which_o make_v our_o go_v please_a unto_o god_n 1_o cor._n 9_o 24._o so_o run_v that_o you_o may_v obtain_v and_o if_o with_o david_n we_o can_v run_v the_o way_n of_o god_n commandment_n let_v we_o go_v they_o if_o not_o go_v let_v we_o creep_v and_o this_o may_v comfort_v we_o that_o tho_o we_o go_v not_o so_o swift_a in_o our_o calling_n as_o we_o can_v desire_v yet_o we_o go_v in_o our_o call_n our_o pace_n though_o not_o fast_o be_v firm_a and_o still_o by_o degree_n we_o draw_v near_o and_o near_o to_o that_o niniveh_n to_o which_o god_n have_v send_v we_o to_o tarshish_n what_o and_o where_o this_o tarshish_n be_v author_n only_o agree_v in_o disagree_v let_v this_o suffice_v be_v this_o tarshish_n in_o asia_n be_v it_o in_o africa_n be_v it_o city_n be_v it_o country_n be_v it_o sea_n be_v it_o continent_n this_o sure_a i_o be_o it_o be_v not_o that_o nineveh_n to_o which_o jonah_n be_v send_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n it_o be_v great_a ignorance_n in_o we_o to_o charge_n jonah_n with_o such_o ignorance_n as_o if_o he_o think_v it_o absolute_o possible_a to_o fly_v from_o god_n presence_n and_o if_o he_o have_v be_v so_o erroneous_a he_o make_v the_o most_o unadvised_a choice_n to_o fly_v to_o the_o sea_n where_o there_o appear_v the_o most_o evident_a demonstration_n of_o god_n powerful_a presence_n psal_n 107._o 23._o they_o that_o go_v down_o into_o the_o sea_n in_o ship_n etc._n etc._n the_o sight_n of_o the_o sea_n may_v have_v be_v a_o remembrancer_n to_o a_o atheist_n and_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o a_o god_n esau_n go_v to_o kill_v his_o brother_n jacob_n but_o when_o he_o meet_v he_o his_o mind_n be_v alter_v he_o fall_v a_o kiss_v he_o and_o so_o depart_v thus_o the_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n march_v against_o the_o shore_n as_o if_o they_o will_v eat_v it_o up_o but_o when_o they_o have_v kiss_v the_o utmost_a brink_n of_o the_o sand_n they_o melt_v themselves_o away_o to_o nothing_o and_o this_o spectacle_n must_v needs_o make_v a_o man_n acknowledge_v a_o deity_n so_o then_o these_o word_n to_o fly_v away_o from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o simple_o to_o be_v understand_v there_o be_v no_o fly_n from_o god_n but_o thus_o from_o god_n a_o angry_a judge_n for_o our_o sin_n to_o god_n a_o merciful_a father_n in_o our_o saviour_n by_o