Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	life_n	lord_n	soul_n	13,842	5	4.8651	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26340	A warning to the inhabitants of England, and London in particular for so it rise often in my heart to write, even a warning that the inhabitants might hear and fear the judgments of the Lord, that are ready to fall upon this nation speedily, unless they repent of the evil of their doings, and return from their iniquities, that God may yet shew mercy upon this poor nation. By M.A.	Adams, Mary, fl. 1652-1676.	1676 (1676)	Wing A489; ESTC R222548	2,662	8

A WARNING TO THE INHABITANTS OF ENGLAND AND LONDON In particular For so it rise often in my Heart to write even a WARNING that the Inhabitants might hear and fear the Judgments of the Lord that are ready to fall upon this Nation speedily unless they Repent of the Evil of their Doings and Return from their Iniquities that God may yet shew Mercy upon this poor Nation By M. A Printed in the Year 1676. A WARNING to the Inhabitants of England London in particular OH consider I beseech you how long the Lord hath waited upon you in his Tender Mercy because he would not have you perish in your Sins and so your Souls come to perish eternally Consider how many Warnings he hath sent and yet you have not taken Warning but run on in Sin Drunkenness Whoredoms Swearing Cursing Lying and all manner of Sports Playes and spending your precious Time in Vanity not considering your End and the Preciousness of your Never dying Souls that must live to all Eternity either in eternal Bliss and Happiness or in Eternal Wo and Misery Oh! how hath the Lord signified his sore Displeasure against this Nation and London in sending forth his Plagues and Pestilence Sword Fire and Famine hath been also threatned in which Judgments Thousands were cut off Oh! what little notice is taken of these things so as to amend your Lives Oh! consider what will be the End of this if you do not Repent with Speed Do you not know your Lives are compared to very small things even a Bubble in the Water which is soon up and soon down and to a Weaver's Shuttle that soon is shut to a Thred that is soon snapped assunder When the Sense of the Shortness of Man and Woman's Life have been set before me it hath made me tremble and with Pity have I beheld what a great Busle Men make to get a little perishing Things in this World when all is done it is but Vanity and a Lye even all your Pride Pomp and Vain-glory and your Souls in this state stand in Danger of Everlasting Ruin Oh! that you would consider it well before the Thred of your Lives be snapt assunder and consider the many Sins that are committed in one day and such as are of a scarlet dye as grievous Oaths Blasphemies and Lying is very frequent with many people in their Buying and Selling which none can do who abide in the true Fear of God and it is plainly said in the Scriptures of Truth Those who love and make a Lye shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Then what do you think will become of your poor Immortal Souls when this Life is ended and all your Jollatry is at an End Oh! that you would but enter into a serious Consideration and think within your selves If God should take away my Life this Night or this Hour what will become of my Soul We see daily how that many pass away and do not return again so it must be with us and we cannot resist the Messenger of the Lord. Therefore hearken to the Voice of the Lord for thus saith the Lord of Hosts Consider your Wayes ask and you shall have seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you for every one that seeks truly and sincerely findeth he that asketh receiveth and him that knocketh it shall be opened unto him for the Lord giveth liberally and upbraideth not if thou wilt but Repent and forsake thy Sins that would ruin thy Soul Therefore good is the Lord who would not have any to perish but would have all to come unto him and be saved For this End he hath sent forth his Servants to preach the Everlasting Gospel which is the Power of God to preserve thee from Sin if thou wilt obey the Motions of his Grace even in thy Heart which shews thee thou shouldst not be drunk Swear Lye nor Defraud any but do to all as thou wouldst they should do to thee So this is the Will of the Lord even our Sanctification to be washed in the Water of Regeneration and he hath promised They who Repent and forsake Sin shall find Mercy And the Blood of Christ cleanseth from all Sin those who do obey his spiritual Light which shi●es in their Hearts and reproves them for Sin for without him we can do nothing So Life and Death is set before all people that they may chuse Life and forsake vain Pleasures and Death and my Soul's Desire is that People may chuse Holiness and live For without Holiness none can see the Lord and if we cannot see him how shall we live with him forever for No Unclean thing can enter into the Kingdom of Heaven And so as we turn to the Lord he will turn his Judgments from this Nation which otherwise he hath determined to bring upon this Nation and London by reason of Sin For often I have been waked out of Sleep with Sorrow and Pain upon my Heart my Spirit being under a Sense and Burden because of these things it lay upon me to declare the Judgments of the Lord as it hath been signified to me by Visions and it hath laid with very much weight upon my Spirit Night and Day concerning these things That unless you Repent the Lord will send yet more Plagues Suddain Deaths and other Miseries and Great Mortalities When Jonah warned the King and People of Nineveh they did not Beat him and put him in Prison but they Repented and the Lord beheld it and he had Mercy and turned away his Judgments And so he will do to this Nation if you will Repent and Turn from your Sins and do the things that be Just for the Lord is an All seeing God you cannot do any Sin in the secret place but he sees it whether it be in Thought Word or Deed. And thus in Mercy he first sends his Warnings before his Judgments and if ye will take Warning he will send Mercy and not Judgment for to that End he sent forth his Servants to turn People from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan to the Power of the Living God This by one who hath felt great Affliction but now hath obtained Mercy as I am brought into the Obedience of the Will of God M. A. OH LONDON I once more to thee do speak Because thy Pride has made my Heart to ake To see thy Pride and eke Abomination Which causeth the Lord to send such Visitations As Plague and Pestilence Fire and Sword Because thou wilt not hearken to his Word Which cut off Thousands in a little time Methinks it should not so soon be out of mind Also the great Fire which raged up and down Throughout the City till 't was almost consum'd That Thousands were left without Habitations Oh! do not forget the Lord in such great Visitations I must confess the Judgments were very great But to what End I to you must relate That you should see by those his Visitations Your horrid Sins and great Abominations What Pride and Pleasures are found in this great City With Oaths and other great Abominations which make me pity To see the Sad and Deplorable State thou art in Which will cause the Lord more Plagues on thee to send What Sins were found in Sodom and Gomorrah Also the Great Cruelty of Pharaoh That is not found in this Wicked Generation Therefore Repent with speed lest it prove your Damnation M. A.