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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bless_a	life_n	lord_n	4,841	5	3.6009	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05281	Great Britaines, great deliuerance, from the great danger of Popish powder by way of meditation, vpon the late intended treason against the Kings most excellent Maiestie, the Queene, the Prince, and all their royall issue: with the high court of Parliament at Westminster, there to haue been blowne vp by the Popish faction, the fift of Nouember, 1605. If God of his great mercy had not preuented the mischiefe.; Great Britaines, great deliverance, from the great danger of Popish powder.	Leigh, William, 1550-1639.	1606 (1606)	STC 15425; ESTC S103613	18,263	36

was yet euen then and in the rage of all this fury the Lord said Staie thy bloudie hand the sacrifice is not pleasing For what hath England done to deserue so heauie a iudgement I am their God they are my people and for my great name sake I will be propitious and make them glorious by deliuerance The Sun-shine is theirs and the gloomie day is yours your designes are vpon your owne heads your Daggers are turned vpon your selues and sheathed in your owne bowels ye haue bene fighters against God ye will not be warned that ye might be armed Wherfore now Discite iustitiam mouiti non temere diuos Your owne Letters shall discouer the treason and the writing of your owne hands shall betray the mischiefe of your owne hearts I will fight against you with your owne weapons and I wil weary you in your owne waies The old Florentines had a Bell which they called their Martynella and they rung it euer before the siedge of any Citie to warne the besieged either to yeeld or die It was a mercy to preuent a miserie But your Martynella hath giuen no such warning to vs and therein were you lesse mercifull then the Florentines How be it so it is that your Bell hath rung your passing Peale and the Lord hath turned your owne writings to be death to you and life to vs blessed be his name therefore One saith well Vbicun que fuerit prouidentia frustrantur Vniuersa contraria Where the Lord hath a prouidence all other encounters are defeated If his prouidence be vpon the fire it burneth not If vpon the seas they swell not If vpon the winds they blow not If vpon the aire it infecteth not If vpon the Lions they deuoure not If vpon the Sun it goeth not but standeth stil in Gibeon and the Moone in the valley of Agelon If I say his prouidence be vpon the graues they detaine not but yeeld to deliuer their dead and Lazarus must come forth How then should any creature stirre to the subuersion of so blessed a state whilest the prouidence of God houered ouer it like the wings of the Cherubims ouer the mercie seate yea his prouidence it was to preuent vs with mercy and louing kindnesse and ere euer we praied to be propitious to thinke vppon vs ere wee thought vppon him to deliuer vs from the blow before we saw the danger And to conclude it was his mercifull prouidence to turne your praiers into our bosome a crosse to that you ment it ominous to you but giorious to vs. I hope saith the Writer God will giue you the grace to make good vse of it and what better vse could euer haue bene made either to Gods glory the good of his Church the safetie of the King Queene and Prince with all their Royall issue I say what better vse could euer the receiuer haue made to shewe his loyaltie to his Prince and loue to his Country then by dealing as he did for which he shall be honourable in this generation well reported of in his time and be of them that haue left their name behinde them so as his praise shall be spoken of I may conclude with Zachary and make good the Lords prouidence ouer this English Nation to the great comfort of all the godly and the astonishment of the wicked elsewhere in the world Cease your attempts against the Truth for the handes of Zorobabel haue laide the foundation of this house his hands shall also finish it who seeing the stone of Tinne in the hands of Zorobabel shall despise the daie of the small thing The house is the church of God here in England Zorobabel is our Christ here in England he hath laid the foundation in England hee will also finish it in England And who seeing the line in his hand to build by which is his word in England the stone of Tinne to build vp which is his people of Englād dares euer despise the ●ay of the small things small to the ●e●ly and sensuall eye of flesh and bloud despicable to the worldly monarchies of small beginnings yet precious to God and now made glorious by deliuerance His prouidēce is ouer all And as the Prophet saith these seuen are the eyes of the Lord that goe through the whole world his graces still abound and are a continuall current in his Church like the two Oliue branches emptying themselues through the golden pipes into the gold Golden Prince golden Peere golden Prophet golden people fined from the drosse of sin superstition to be pure mettall and as it were spangles of gold in the holy Sanctuary of your God Emptie ô emptie your praises pipe by pipe from the highest Maiestie euen to the lowest of the people and giue God the glory And thou virgin daughter London write vpō thy walles Peniel and say the face of God was towards me Thou Princely Pallace Westminster write vpō thy seates of Iustice and high Court of Parliament write vpon thy Vaults Cells and Sepulchers write vpon thy doores posts and passages Beer-lahai-roy● and say Thou God lookest on me thou Emperiall seate of great Brittaine fragrant for thy flowers and for thy Coller of Mirtles twisted with the Roses of both houses dignified with the Diadem of Rubies wreathed with the Armes and supporters of both kingdomes I say thou great Brittaine famous as at the first for thy olde name honourable now for thy new birth and euer blessed for thy happie and so desired an vnion whereby our former ruines are repaired streames of bloud are stopped old mallice is worne out and deadly fude is forgotten for all which abundant great mercy as also for this thy late deliuerance write Ruhamah Ruhamah Mercy mercy Write vpon thy Ports Holds Castles Mercy Write vpon thy Towers Townes Temples Mercy Write vpon thy fields waies wastes Mercy Write vpon thy Corne Coine and Cattle Mercy Say the Lord hath had mercy vpon vs he hath had pleasure in his people and hath made the meeke glorious by deliuerance For all which Mercies say God is my King of old the helpe that is done vpon the earth he doth it himselfe Say with Elephus Iob his friend but Great Brittains Prophet when others are cast down then shalt thou say I am lifted vp and God shall saue the humble person for the innocent shall deliuer the Iland and it shall be preserued by the purenes of thine hands Innocent King innocent Queene innocent Prince Peere Prophet and people If not for fiftie sake yet for fortie If not for fortie yet for thirtie If not for thirtie yet for twentie If not for twentie yet for ten iust persons the Lorde hath put by this terrible blowe of these wicked Shebaes For should not the God of all the world do according to right Pleade thou our cause O Lord with them that striue with vs and fight thou against them that fight