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	time_n	9,883	5	3.3059	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03403	Two remarkable and true histories, which hapned this present yeare, 1619 The one relating how God most miraculously restored to health Elizabeth Goossens Taets, dwelling in the Long street neere St. Georges Church in Amers-ford by Vtrecht in the Low-countries, the 29. of August last, after fiue and twenty yeares great inabilitie and weaknesse of body. The other shewing how a maruellous deformed monster was found in the belly of a cow which was killed by Iohn Vandel malt-man of Amers-ford aforesaid, the first day of October last. 1619. Both which may serue to inuite vs to serious repentance and vnfained amendment of life, in this wicked and decaying age.		1620 (1620)	STC 13525; ESTC S118818	3,336	14

TWO Most remarkable and true Histories which hapned this present yeare 1619. The one relating how God most miraculously restored to health Elizabeth Goossens Taets dwelling in the Long street neere St. Georges Church in Amers-ford by Vtrecht in the Low-Countries the 29. of August last after fiue and twenty yeares great inabilitie and weaknesse of body The other shewing how a maruellous deformed Monster was found in the belly of a Cow which was killed by Iohn Vandel Malt-man of Amersford aforesaid the first day of October last 1619. Both which may serue to inuite vs to serious repentance and vnfained amendment of life in this wicked and decaying age Printed at London by G. E. for DANIEL SPEEDE 1620. A strange and wonderfull Relation of Elizabeth Goossens Taets dwelling in the long Street by Saint Georges Church in the Towne of Amers-foord by Vtrecht in the Low-Countries who after 25. years inhability and weakenesse of her members was miraculously restored to her former health the 29. of August last 1619. OVr Sauiour Iesus Christ by the mouth of his holy Seruants hath now long agoe foretold that in these latter dayes many signes should appeare in the Sunne Moone Starres and Creatures aboue and also before his second comming many Miracles should heere be seene on earth below Haue we not felt famine and pestilence in those yeares by-past And doe wee not heare rumors of Warres euery day and the rising of Nation against Nation throughout all Europe How many Sects of Religion doe daily breake vp to the ouerthrow of the simplicity and sincerity of the Gospell and offence of weake ones to stumble at The Wicked in this respect may iustly tremble and quake who neuer intend to breake off their sinnes by repentance but putting off the euill day from them lie wallowing in the puddle of their filthie pleasures being past all feeling are frozen in the dregges of the vnfruitfull workes of darkenesse as contrarily the Elect haue matter to reioyce and lift vp their heads for the day of their Redemption draweth neere For doth not daylie experience teach vs the accomplishment of all the tokens which should precede the great day of the Lord And now of late what a great blazing Starre looked downe vpon the Earth out of the Firmament portending no doubt some great alteration of state and punishment by the Lords vsuall weapons of fire sword and plague of the stubborne and obstinate rebellion of the wicked in so great a light of the Gospell The Lord hath called of late sundry Princes and great Personages to their rest from these troublesome times The rising of it inclining in the South-east ouer the House of Austria and other partes vnder that Climate hath brought such effusion of blood murthering robbing ransacking of Citties Townes and Countries with it which are ominous presages of greater and more fearefull euills to come For all these things wee cease not to prouoke the holy One of Israel to wrath yet God who is rich in mercy spreadeth forth the large beames of his fatherly bountifulnesse and goodnesse on the penitent that either the vngodly may turne away from their euill waies or then to make them inexcusable Christ in the daies of his flesh wrought many Miracles in healing vncurable diseases whereof the Lords recordes in the new Testament maketh mention aboundantly for the which the godly and well disposed glorifieth the Lord but others wickedly affected doe misconstrue the action imputing it to the work of Sathan or else mocke and calumniate the same The hand of the Lord is not shortned now among vs vpon whom the ends of the world is come In this Amers-ford in the Low-Countries three miles distant from Vtrecht an extraordinary forme of visitation miraculously befell a young Maiden named Elizabeth Goossens dwelling neere by the principall Church Saint George whose father and mother are both yet aliue honest and wel esteemed persons of good name and credit in the citie his name is Goossen Cornelison Taets The said Maiden in her infancy was stricken with lamenesse that the Lord questionlesse might manifest his power and goodnesse in her and continued a criple 25. yeares so that she could neyther goe sit nor stand but was carryed hither and thither by the helpe of others wheresoeuer her businesse was which all the inhabitants of the Citie can faithfully witnesse wherefore towards the end of the foresaid yeares shee could not for the space of 28. weekes eate or taste any thing to any purpose but continued in prayers and supplications night and day repeating these words Thou Sonne of Dauid Creator of heauen and earth receiue mee into thy Kingdome or else giue me patience and comfort in this my heauy and pittifull disease Wherefore behold what an vnexpected reliefe was sent vnto her For this present yeare 1619 the 28. of August last at night betweene eleauen and twelue a clocke according to her accustomed maner she poured out earnest prayers vnto God her hands stretched out vnto heauen for shee had no vse of her knees saying as her selfe afterwards confessed before great multitudes Thou God all-sufficient that both canst and wilt deliuer thine owne according to thy pleasure loose me from this earthly tabernacle Lying thus lifting vp her hart vnto God in effectuall prayer loe sodainly the chamber shined as bright within as if it had beene sun-shine and shee thought shee saw before her bed a yongman in a long white robe who tooke her by the right hand lifted her vp kindly vp and spake vnto her with a soft and sweet voyce saying Arise in the name of God and placed her on a chayre hard by taking her with his right hand by the pulse of her right arme looking alwayes smilingly vpon her whose long shining robe hung very low and couered the ground and the more shee looked vpon him the more beautifull faire and comely he seemed to bee yet within a quarter of an houre the chamber lost all the brightnesse and the yongman vanished away from her Wherefore the Mayd after a loud shrike fell in a sound which noyse when her mother heard she came out her bed greatly agast and finding her daughter lying vpon the ground was exceedingly amazed and after her daughter had recouered her spirits asked how shee came to that place who with all reuerence told her parents what had hapned vnto her Wherfore the next day after being the 29. of August last shee who could neither stirre nor stand nor goe for the space of 25. yeares went lustily vp and downe the house without any staffe and the third day after walked apace into her mothers garden without any supply and helpe of staffe at all for which the Maid with her Parents and whole congregation with as many in the Citie as did know her for great was the number of them who did frequent her company after the miraculous recouery of her health did prayse giue thankes and magnifie Gods great power and goodnesse who had looked of his vnspeakable fauour vpon the low estate and grieuous sicknesse of this his poore handmaid The true Relation of a strange deformed Monster found in the belly of a Cow which was killed in the aforesaid Towne of Amers-ford the first day of October last 1619. IN this present yeare of our Lord 1619. the first of October in the prouince of Vtrecht in the aforementioned Amersford dwelleth a man very wealthy and of good reputation among his neighbours named Iohn Vandael by trade a Malt-man who for his owne prouision caused a Cow to be killed in whose intrailes this most deformed and fearefull Monster was found and the same was laid without the gates of the Citie vpon a dung-hill to which wonderfull and fearefull spectacle the whole Citie both young and old rich and poore came to behold for it was in shape as followeth The head was like an Otters head but rounder it had the nose and mouth of a man but eares like vnto a Dogge yet the shape of the eyes resembled much a mans the colour of it was a fleshy colour and about the body a scarfe of flesh the shoulders were like vnto a mans to the elbow and the priuy members not vnlike The foreside was such as hath beene spoken but behinde it had a crooked tayle out of the mouth also did hang a huge long tongue like vnto a Cow or some other beast of that kinde The feet thereof very like vnto a hogges and the mouth was all growne about with hayre Moreouer the knees were like two Pompions fine and round And now because I thought it very fit the world should take notice of this vnnaturall and extraordinary worke I haue set here before your eies as perfect a deliniation thereof as possibly vpon such a sodaine I could The Lord make vs feruent in wel-doing watching and praying striuing to go in at the narrow gate that wee may set our affections on things that are aboue and not on things below for these terrible spectacles if there were no other thing may be sufficient to driue vs away from the loue of this earthly and transitory pilgrimage and hee giue vs grace to abhorre monstrous sinnes which procure these monstrous spectacles and will bring vpon vs more fearefull iudgments vnlesse we repent betimes Englished according to the Copy printed at Vtrecht by Iohn Amelison at the signe of the golden ABC 1619 Confirmed by the testimony of Cornelius Garrets of London and Cornelius Iohnson of London Mr. Iaques Hunscot of Amers-ford Mr. Ioel de Towers of Amers-ford Martin Copeman of Amers-ford Iohn Smeires of Amers-ford Vtramque historiam Belgicè extare mibique fuisse exhibitam testor Simeon Rutingius FINIS