Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	fall_v	young_a	youth_n	20	3	7.4785	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55570	Tsofer bepaḥ, or, The bird in the cage, chirping four distinct notes to his consorts abroad I. of consideration, counsel and consolation, II. some experiences and observations gathered in affliction ..., III. the lamentations of Jeremiah ..., IV. a true Christians spiritual pilgrimage setting forth his afflicted and consolatory state in another metre : and as a preface hereto, an epistle to the Welsh churches, and a brief narrative of the former propagation and late restriction of the Gospel ... in Wales ... / by Vava. Powell.	Powell, Vavasor, 1617-1670.	1661 (1661)	Wing P3078; ESTC R19436	71,339	204

* So Isa 3.4 babes ask bread and no man doth break it to them though sought 5 They that delicately did feed in the streets are des'late They that in scarlet were brought up dung-hils embrace of late 6 For the punishment of the sin and of th' iniquity Of the daughter of my People is greater in degree Then the punishment of the sin of Sodom that 's orethrown As in a moment and no hand staid on her falling down 7 Her Naz'rits were purer than snow than milk they were whiter Their bodies ruddier than rubies their † Polishing decking of Saphir 8 Their visage blacker is than cole not known in th' streets of some Their withered skin cleaves to their bones like a stick it 's become 9 The slain with the sword are better than those by hunger kill'd For these flow out struck through † So Hebr. with want of the fruits of the field 10 The pittiful womens own hands sod their own children dear They were their meat in the slaughter of my Peoples daughter 11 The Lord accomplish'd his fury his fierce wrath out he pour'd He kindled fire in Zion and her foundations devour'd 12 The kings of the earth and all the inhabitants below Would not have believed that the adversary or foe And that the crule enemy should prevail over them Have forcibly entred into the gates of Jerus'lem 13 For the sins of her Prophets and her Priests iniquities That have shed the blood of the just in midd'st her is this 14 They † Heb. the same mov'd as blind men in the streets they have polluted much Themselves with blood so that men could not once their garments touch 15 They cry'd unto them depart ye for it is polluted Depart ye depart ye touch not when away they had fled And wandred they said among the heathen every where They shall no longer inhabit nor sojourn with us here 16 The Lord's anger divided them hee 'l them no more esteem The Priests persons they did not † favour prize nor th' Elders highly deem 17 As for us our eyes as yet fail'd for our vain help we have Watch'd in watching for a Nation which yet could us not save 18 They hunt our steps that we cannot go in our streets safely Our end is near our days fulfil'd for our end 's come quickly 19 Our persecutors swifter are than th' Eagles of Heaven They pursu'd and laid wait for us on hills in desart then 20 The breath of our nostrils is gone which refresh'd our spirits The annointed of † Heb. Jehovah was taken in their pits Of whom we said and surely hop'd that under his shadow Among the heathen we shall live which hope is vanish'd now 21 Rejoyce and be exceeding glad O daughter of Edom That dwellest in the land of Vz the cup also shall come And likewise pass through unto thee and thou drunken shalt be And make thy self naked because of thine iniquity 22 The punishment accomplish'd is of thine iniquity O thou sad daughter of Zion he will no more carry Thee away to captivity thy sins he will visit O daughter of Edom he will thy sins discover yet CHAP. V. O Lord † Heb. signifies to remember or mind mind what is come on us think on and see our shame Our portion is turn'd to strangers our houses aliants claim We are orphans and fatherless our mothers as widdows We drank our water for money our wood is sold to us Our necks are under grievous and sore Persecution Whe labour and we have no rest our state Lord think upon We have through want given the hand to the Egyptians And to be satisfi'd with bread to the Assyrians Our father 's sin'd and they are not and their † Iniquities sins born have we Servants rul'd or'e us ther 's none that from their hand doth us free We gat our bread with the peril of our lives and no less Because of the devouring sword of the dry wilderness Our skin was black like an oven through sore famine likewise They ravish'd th' women in Zion and maids in Judah's Cities Princes once powerful are now by their hand up hanged The faces of our grave Elders were no whit honoured They took the beautiful young men to grind to make them food And the children through their weakness did fall under the wood The Elders have ceas'd from the gates the youths from their † ●sick playing The joy of our heart is now ceas'd our dance turn'd to mourning The Crown is fallen from our heads wo to us we did sin For this our heart is faint for these things our eyes now are dim Because the mountain of Zion which is now desolate The cunning foxes upon it do boldly walk of late Thou O Lord for ever remain'st like to thee there is none Thy throne from generation to generation Wherefore dost thou forget us Lord and that for evermore And us forsake † So Heb. in the Margin for length of days this makes our suffering sore Turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned Renew our days as thou of old did'st and hast promised But thou O Lord hast utterly we fear rejected us Against us thou art very wroth yet justly thou deal'st thus A true CHRISTIANS PILGRIMAGE Or AFFLICTED-STATE Setting forth Pathetically and Mystically a Saints Night and Day or Sorrow and Joy Most of it being A Vision seen in Affliction and profitable for Edification and Consolation The flying Sun the fading Shaddow The dismal Night the welcom Morrow O Glorious Sun that run'st with joy thy race And daily shewst the world thy goodly face Shine forth upon my Dyal tho but clay That I may rightly know the time of Day I thought it was scarce Noon but now I see The shadows of the Evening covering me Alas where have I been what have I done Had I my back all this while on the Sun Or did I sleep or dream that all my year A Summer without Winter would appear Alas my † Those six Words signifie the Conscience Watch Alarm and my Clock My mourning Dove my Sentinel and Cock. Slept all at once until that audibly One said the King and all his Train past by Then startling out of slumber I look'd out And saw his whirling Chariots fly about Ah thought I then I must lurk in the shade Until the Worlds great light doth Retrograde Where am I now on what ground do I stand I cannot see my right from my left hand Is this a Hill or Plain is' t Land or Water Oh! whither shall I step or flee for shelter I am soon doted and quite at a loss Already turn'd into my first Chaos Is there no hope of Light Oh I see none Where are the [a] Angels Pleiades and Orion Are all God's sparkling [b] Scriptures Diamonds divine So clad with clouds that none of them do shine I see not one about this Canopy Sad soul how fast comes on thy misery But where art thou fair [c] Church Moon wilt thou appear O [d] True Christian hearb of Grace lo here but ne'r the near Where is thy light O help if ever now Ah I cannot for the * Which is the cause of the Moons Eclipse earths thick shadow Hath interposed so between me and thee I am eclips'd look for no light from me