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	see_v	5,633	4	3.5188	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86310	Queen Esthers resolves: or, A princely pattern of heaven-born resolution, for all the lovers of God and their country: opened in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at the monethly fast, May 27, 1646. / By Richard Heyricke, Warden of Christs Colledge in Manchester in Lancashire, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Heyrick, Richard, 1600-1667.	1646 (1646)	Wing H1748; Thomason E338_11; ESTC R200845	22,360	35

sides waiting for Gods determination at last God in his glorious Majesty raysed himself from his Throne and effectually cryed out How shall I give thee up England how shall I give thee up and so without Conclusion and finall determination dissolved the Session to the admiration and astonishment of both parties Beloved the truth is we are yet in an uncertain and doubtfull condition none knows what the sentence shall be at last what God will do with us God hath already done as much above our hopes as our deserts God hath lengthned out our tranquillity he hath given us a breathing time great Salvation he hath wrought for us he hath given us Liberty and opportunity to work our salvation with fear and trembling beleeve it the Lord waits for something from us O yee that are the Lords remembrancers ye Senators ye Ministers ye people speak often in his ears give the Lord no rest ye Israel of God ye mighty Princes of the Lord ye men and women of Prayer O all ye that are before the Lord this day this Fasting day open your mouthes wide unto the Lord ask great things of God ye Noahs ye Daniels ye Iobs ye Moses ye Aarons ye Jeremiahs ye Ba●u●hs plead Englands cause with God and let not God go till he hath left the blessing behind him O pray pray pray with strong cryes and groans pray away what ever it is whether person or things that keeps God from us Esther Mordecai they of Shusan they prayed Haman and all the Conspirators dead together Haman and his wise Counsellors they for twelve Moneths together used Divination and Inchantment Esther in three dayes praying overthrew what they were contriving twelve Moneths nothing can stand against Prayer Prayer is omnipotent it is a Commander of the Heavens a Controuler of the Elements it commands God himselfe one prayerfull Christian may do more then ten thousand beside let not then God go lay hands upon him pray the sentence on your side You that are the Parliament of England act strongly for God act like your selves according to the trust reposed in you Did Publius Scipio a private man kill Tyberius Gracohus that did but lightly weaken the Common-wealth and shall we that are Consuls saith the Consul of Rome let Cataline alone to work a common-destruction let not Malignants rest quiet amongst you there can be no safety to our Country to our Religion whiles such misereants lurk in our dwelling little know we what Gun-powder Plots are now in hatching and how neer they are to the Birth whilst the Pope remains at Rome and the Devill in Hell and their Agents in England the sons of darknesse will be still working in the vault of Darknesse to ruine the children of light shew not the least countenance to the detestable Neutrality that is practised by many God writes in his books write you in yours all Neuters Enemies all that are not for you against you The Hedgehog the Hierogliphick of the Newter hath two holes the one towards the South the other toward the North when the South wind blows she stops that hole that is toward the North when the North wind blows she stops that towards the South such urchins are all Temporizers that halt betwixt two opinions And as for Apostates that are fals to their Covenant and to your State let not your eye pitty them let not your hand spare them execute justice to the enemies of the Common-wealth shew mercy with favour to your friends You my Beloved in the Ministery be zealous for God if God bids us prophecy nullus consultandi locus no choise is then best that Roman Magnanimity must then take place necesse ut eas non ut vivas Silvanus and Timotheus peremptorily told the Emperor Power thou hast O Emperor to punish us but never to drive us from the Tenets of our forefathers Eusebius refused to deliver Constantius the Emperor the Decree made by the Councell against the Arians though he threatned to cut off his hand yet he refused it Theodosius reports that the King of Scythia slew Anacharsis the Philosopher for worshiping the mother of the gods after the Athenian manner and the Evangelist records that twice our Saviour purged the Temple he that was the mirrour of Patience see how he looseth the Reines in an holy Indignation in Sacrilegious abuses in Religious quarrels The Multitude of the Offenders the might and malice of the Observers the danger of the Action nor the perill of the consequence stayes his hands but he scourgeth out the buyers and sellers out of the Temple Truly Phineas Zeal Iehu's March Iosiahs Resolution Luthers Heroicall Spirit are necessary for these times It is all one to deny the faith and not to maintain it silence strengthneth Error and they that through fear or negligence hold their peace like sleepy watchmen they betray the City when a truth in Religion is questioned when error is preferred he that to his power doth not resist de suo damnabitur silentio shall be condemned for his silence Courage the Lord is with you And ye people of the land come forth and helpe the Lord against the mighty Curse ye Meroz saith the Angel of the Lord Curse ye bitterly the Inhabitants thereof because they came not to the helpe of the Lord to the helpe of the Lord against the mighty These are not the words of an angry passionate Prophet but of the Angell of the Lord not rashly thundered out from the Pulpit but zealously from Heaven not with meeknesse and calmnesse of Spirit but in bitternesse and fervency of Spirit Here is not a single Curse but a double a multiplyed Curse not against the professed open Enemies but against the lukewarm the feigned friends not against the Cities of the Cananites but against Meroz a City now in the Confines of Israel All Israel was against Achan and all Israel must be for the publike safety If any man draw back Gods Soul shall have no pleasure in that man they are no Israelites indeed that will sit still on this side Iordan whilst their brethren are in the field Be all active in your way for encouragement I will onely say this you shall see your desire of your Enemy your soul shall be filled with the goodnesse of the Lord for the first see Isaiah 60.14 The sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending Unto thee and all they that despised thee shall bow down themselves at the soales of thy feet and they shall call thee the City of the Lord the Zion of the Holy One of Israel God will make the sons of Princes bow down unto you the greatest that have afflicted you and despised you shall lie at your feet For the second see the successe of this Resolution Esther 9.29 30 31 32. Your Fasts shall be turned into Feasts your dayes of mourning into dayes of rejoycing your good ones shall be made great the Esthers the Mordicais shall be advanced the Hamans the common Enemies shall be destroyed Religion shall be established the Peace and safety of the Country shall be secured Gods glory shal be exalted and you your selves highly Honoured God shall have the glory you the happinesse posterity the blessednesse of this desired Work FINIS Pro. 24.6 Doct. Exod. 32.26 Luke 14.26 1 Cor. 16.22 Eph. 6.24 Acts 21.13 Rom. 9.3 Exod. 32.31 32. 1 Joh. 3.16 Reason 1 Exod. 5.2 Dan. 4.30 1 Chro. 29 14. Heb. 10.5 Cant. 2.16 1 Sam. 2.30 Mat. 26.13 Luke 17.33 Mat. 10.1 Mal. 1.10 Prov. 19.17 Esth. 4.13.14 2 Esdr. 9. 40. to c. 16 27. Ezec. 9.4 Vse 1. Ezec. 37. Isa. 7.11 12. Isai. 53. Esth. 9. c. 10. v. 16. 2 Sam. 21.3 4 5 6. Exod. 21.30 Jer. 41.8 Revel. 18.6 Psa. 137.8.9 Lam. 3.64.65 66. Isa. 26.11 Mat. 23.35 Esth. 1.16 17 18. Ezra 7.26 2 Sam. 9.3 Esth. 6.1.3 1 King 22 19 20. Deu. 4.32 33 34. Judg. 5.23 Isa. 60.14