Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	great_a	lord_n	5,583	4	3.6442	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77549	A certaine warning from a naked heart before the Lord, to the earthly, wise, great, and honourable men, and inhabitants of the earth, and to all among them, without respect of persons, that know not the rocke of ages, the light, the higher power, the sure foundation, the truth, the way, the life, which is the grace that brings salvation that appeares to all men, as saith the Scripture, Titus 2.11. : With a quick loud thundring alarum, sounded in the holy mountaine, of the Lords house of holinesse that the inhabitants and great men of the earth might be awakened, and tremble, and cease from idolitry, and prepare to meet the mighty God, the everlasting light and life of men, who sheweth to man what is his secret thoughts, Amos 4.12,13. : Given forth from the hand of a freind [sic] to the whole creation, and of precious soules (of the sons and daughters of men without respect of persons) that lyeth under the bondage of corruption, a freind [sic] and servant to him that's arising to smite the earth with the rod of his mouth. / Daniel Baker.	D. B. (Daniel Baker), fl. 1650-1660.	1659 (1659)	Wing B481; ESTC R39860	9,420	8

scripture and this eye the higher power g●veth to the faithfull the willing and obedient a true discerning between the precious and the vile within and without blessed are and shall they be that do and shall witnesse such a t●ue separation And friends it will redown more to your honor and will become more noble then that which scorners and fools count honor and nobility to ride upon pransing fatted horses a figure of them that forget the Lord and his work or Pharaoh and his host that was and is to be overturned and swallowed up because of the oppression of the poore suffering seed I say a figure of them who as fatted horses are fatted for the day of slaughter the horses and their riders the Armor the gorgeous apparell and Chariots in wicked vain glory pransing and glittering proudly trampling through the streets of the wicked Citty filled with hipocrysy and deceit and unfaithfullness and so to be laught at by scorners wicked men and fools even those yee count your enemies and so admired by fools and this I am certa●n is not the honor that comes from the Lord of hosts and the Lords wrath and vengance will meet with and overtake you and all that go on in this way greedily satisfying their ungodly lusts and this with somewhat else from my hand is and may be a sure and certain warn●ng to you O yee Mountains before honor is humility in the light of the holy Citty and the Kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it Rev. 21 2● 24. The time is come and comming that all the Sons and Daughters of fallen Adam is to be turned to the light from the darknesse to Gods spirit within them from which they have erred that 's given even to the rebellious to instruct them then of necessity they must be turned to that from which they have erred which they are to believe in in which they are to worship the father in truth and in spirit and away with all false worship and idols and hipocrisy and speak every man the truth from the heart to his neighbour and c●me to know your rebellious nature changed that yee may become just men of truth meek and mercifull f●aring God and hating covetousnesse and every evill way word and action where ever it appeares or is brought forth And down with all cursed abominations that 's acted in and through the open streets of this great wicked Citty London and all other Cittyes and Market-Townes in and throughout this Nation and her Dominions by the cursed power of darknesse The shews the Lord Mayors shews so called and such like crying abominations as is acted in Cittyes Fairs Towns and Markets in and throughout Englands Dominions and behold I tell yee that the Lord even the everlasting God abhors these things and the power by which they are acted which feeds the light vain rebellious defiled wicked minds of people both of young and old and the Lords vengance is pouring forth upon the heads of the Priesthood of England for lewdnesse as in the days of old is gone and go●th out from th●m into all the earth Oh what a crying open shame is' t for such who are called Magistrates which should be just men of truth a terror to every evill doer and for them to give up their strength and means and precious time to uphold exalt and keep up in their course and time these hainous and most abominable crying horrible wicked abominations stuft with pride hipocrisy and vain glory by which the creatures are devoured and consumed upon the ungodly lusts that war against your souls for which end they were not created and the whole creation is burthened and groans under all this filth And the terrible dreadfull everlasting God will plead with vengance and fury poured forth in his fiers wrath because of these things and many of your dillicate beds of ease will be a place of torment when the skilfull physicians shall be of no vallue and yee would not receive warning nor instruction of life notwithstanding the Lord God the powerfull God sent his servants and faithfull messengers to cry aloud the sound and signes hereof from time to time hath been heard and seen in and through the streets and entred into the secret chambers of your immagary and so you have made light of the visitation of the most high and rather chuse the ways practises and customes of the heathen to which end a petition from the wise men of London to the late Parliament whom the hand of the Lord overturned and shattered to pieces that their heathenish ancient customs might be continued or kept up Wherefore O London this is the cry that is to passe through the streets of and in thy lewd light vain filthy polluted inhabitants of the Land behold a swo●d a sword a glittering sword a bright sharp sword it s drawn it s furbushed that it m●ght glitter pierce and be bathed into the bowels of the unstable double-minded hipocrites and scornfull much flesh most assuredly by it with fire shall be devoured as in the ancient days for behold a mighty strong hand is lifted up with this bright sharp sword which will slay and spare neither on the right hand nor on the left till the fiery z●al of the eternall God hath performed what in his heart he hath determined Wherefore wo wo wo to the earth with her inhabitants horror and amazement astonishment terrors with destruction upon destruction is comming over the heads of the priesthood of England the Lord God with his dreadfull hand will make you a fierce terror to your selves O ye greedy devouring wolves that have made the herritage of the most high your pray but behold the hammer is put into the hand that will smite and break and shatter the rocks to peices and race the h●gh mountains so as there shall be none to hide or cover you O yee brutish pastors and ravennous beasts of the Forrest where the bryars and thorns are so plentifully brought forth strong and terrible is the everlasting powerful God the holy one of Israel the eternall light and life of the house of Jacob that will by his hand in his chosen perform these things Wherefore tremble yee Mountains and shake terribly yee lofty Hills turn aside yee strong Oakes get ye hence into darknesse ye devouring Wolvish unprofitable Servants O ye Priests and greivous oppressing Lawyers of England and bow down O ye heads gather together ye fatted Bulls and Haifers and come up to the Battell ye pransing fatted Horses with your haughty proud and scornfull R●ders for a loud quick and terrible Alarum is sounded in the holy Mountain of the everlasting holy hill of Zion a fire a consuming fire shall be kindled in the bowels of the Earth which will scortch w●th burning heat all hypocrites unstable double-minded workers of iniquity tog●ther with all children of errogansy and pride the seed of falshood of the whore that well favored harlot