Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
england_n bishop_n henry_n lord_n 3,804 5 3.9631 3 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A41438 The interest of divine providence in the government of the world a sermon preached at Guild-Hall-Chappel, before the right honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the city of London, Febr. xi. 1682 / by J. Goodman ... Goodman, John, 1625 or 6-1690. 1683 (1683) Wing G1109; ESTC R20428 16,326 48

There is 1 snippet containing the selected quad. | View lemmatised text

condition is worse than that of inferiour Beings he is doubly miserable and that without remedy Shall then a trifling Epicurean objection nay shall a Sceptical surmise or a flash of Wit and Drollery baffle us out of that wherein the honour of our natures consists and upon which all our comfort depends Laugh at and scorn them that laugh at a Providence poor pitiful wretches that worship blind fortune or a manacled and fettered Deity bound hand and foot by fatal necessity Our God is a wise and good and free Agent restrained limited by nothing but his own Wisdom He sees all things without difficulty or deception manages all things without fatigue or weariness governs all things with just order judges without partiality pities in all adversity can relieve in all necessity and with unspeakable glory rewards those that faithfully serve him And pursuant of this belief let us in the Second place raise our affections to the highest pitch of triumph let us make a shout as in the Text The Lord reigneth let the earth rejoice let the multitude of the Isles be glad thereof Or as you have it in the 10. Verse of the Psalm immediately foregoing Tell it out amongst the heathen that the Lord reigneth Let all foreign Nations and all foreign Churches all that have good will and all that have ill will to our Religion or to our Country know that the Lord is King and that we trust not to the number of our Forces or the Wisdom of our Counsels our Seas or our Rocks our Courage or Conduct but to our King to that Divine Providence which watches over us Let our Prince and our Magistrates take courage against the rage or the follies the numbers or combinations of evil men in consideration that they are the instruments of Divine Providence the Lieutenants of Gods Government and he that set them in office under himself will stand by them and bear them out in discharge of their trust and duty Let the People be quiet not listen to noise and rumours but be sure to banish all disloyal thoughts of resorting to irregular means for the asserting their pretensions Is not God in the World hath any one wrested the Scepter out of his hand why then should we not trust in him When Philip Melancthon otherwise a very wise and peaceable and mild-spirited person began to be out of humour with the then state of the World Luther addresses to him in these words Exorandus est Philippus ut desinat esse rector Mundi q. d. Good Brother Philip let God alone to govern the World Let the Oppressed the Widow the Fatherless and Friendless take comfort for he that sitteth in the Throne will judge righteous judgment and first or last avenge the cause of his meanest Subject Nay let the man that is tempted and assaulted by the Devil hold his ground and fear nothing for God is above the Devil To conclude let us all lay aside our fears and our jealousies our sighs and complaints our melancholy and despondency Is there not a balm in Gilead is there no Physician there Jer. 8. 22. Have we not a Wise and a Powerful a Glorious and a good Prince why then should we murmur why accuse his Reign why reproach his Government Novum seditionis genus otium silentium said the Historian A sullen uncomfortableness and dislike of our condition our discontent with the state of affairs is a kind of Sedition against Heaven our murmuring is no better than a libelling of Gods Government Wherefore to say no more let us stick close to this God this mighty Potentate let us hope trust and rejoice in him and he shall bless our King our Church our Magistrates and all our Concerns Now to this Universal Monarch of the World this King of Kings and Lord of Lords be all Glory and Praise Worship and Adoration World without End THE END ERRATA PAG. 12. l. 2. r. are as p. 21. l. 14. r. all-seeing eye of p. 24. l. 19. r. great Saint Books written by the Reverend Doctor Goodman and sold by R. Royston at the Angel in Amen-Corner THE Penitent Pardoned Or A Discourse of the Nature of Sin and the Efficacy of Repentance under the Parable of the Prodigal Son The Second Edition Corrected and Enlarged A Sermon preached at Bishops-Stortford August 29. 1677. before the Right Reverend Father in God Henry Lord Bishop of London at his Lordship 's Primary Visitation A Serious and Compassionate Enquiry into the Causes of the present Neglect and Contempt of the Protestant Religion and Church of England A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sir Robert Clayton Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of the City of London at the Guild-Hall-Chapel Jan. xxv 1679. A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sir John Moore Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of the City of London at the Guild-Hall-Chapel Decemb. 18. 1681. The Interest of Divine Providence in the Government of the World A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sir William Pritchard Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of the City of London at the Guild-Hall-Chapel February the 11th 1682.