Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	work_n	write_v	zion_n	17	3	9.4848	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47095	Zion in distress, or, The sad and lamentable complaint of Zion and her children wherein are demonstrated the causes of her miserable calamities, and her faith in God ... : also shewing the dreadful controversie God hath with the beast of Rome ...	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1666 (1666)	Wing K108; ESTC R18256	24,479	62

desire These things below God will o'erthrow With his consuming fire XX. Alas poor Souls Be not such fools To labour for the Wind The Wealth you heap You shall not keep 'T is true ere long you 'l find XXI Do you not rest On self-int'rest But wholly for the Lord For he 'l at last You surely blast According to his Word XXII There are some men Cry Lord When when Wilt thou in Glory come Who will repent And then relent They pray'd for his Kingdom XXIII For it will be They then shall see As when on scapes a Bear That being gone Comes a Lyon Doth him in pieces tear XXIV Subdue your sin For it hath bin Your chiefest Enemy I say again Let it not reign Throughly it crucifie XXV For in this Land There 's none shall stand And happy be indeed But onely those Whom God hath chose Who on Christ Jesus feed XXVI Continually O therefore cry For Christ and precious Grace That with his blest You all may rest When you have run your race XXVII And the Bridegroom When he doth come He will you entertain And you shall then Be happy men And with him ever reign XXVIII Yea gloriously In majesty Your honour shall excel Here will I end Who am your Friend And bid you all farewell A POSTSCRIPT Or an After-Word to ENGLAND TO thee O Land this after-word I write Which doth love darkness and abhor the light I finish can't this Work until that I Against thy wickedness do testifie And do pronounce the Righteous Gods decree Which will with vengeance executed be In a short time and that because thou hast Let Zion like a barren Field lie waste She hath bin trod upon in great disdain And yet from thee no comfort could obtain Thou hast not succour'd her in great distress Nor helped her though in the Wilderness She as a stranger fain would so●ourn here But thou not willing art as doth appear Her to imbrace no nor the Gospel neither But fain thou would'st be rid of them together Alas thou sinful Nation most unwise That hates thy friends and loves thy enemies What wilt thou do over a little space I much lament thy sad and heavy case Thy sins more vile then Sodoms doth abound Some Righteous ones indeed in thee are found Or else before this time I fully know God had like Sodom wrought thy overthrow God hath with great compassion born with thee But yet thou art as vile this I do see Judgements therefore already are begun And God will make thee bow ere he has done He 'l break thy heart and make thee for to cry Lord I have sin'd thy Name I glorifie God hath begun to make thy people few And made them know that they are like the dew Which early passeth when the Sun doth rise Or like the Shadow which so swiftly flies The glory of thy City God hath stain'd Which like a Queen so long a time hath reign'd But yet the worst O England is behind Alas these judgements I do clearly find Have made thee worser then thou wert before Instead of healing they have made thy sore Appear so dangerous that I do see There is no help nor cure now for thee Wo wo unto all people high and low My Soul doth mourn and bleed because I know The day of vengeance doth draw very near Wherein all people shall cry out with fear They then will weep and bitterly will mourn And curse the day that ever they were born To see such dayes the which will surely come Which will be like though not the day of doom Thou wilt repent that ere thou didst provoke The Righteous God for why his dreadful stroke Will be so sore that some will seek to die But Death alas from them away will fly While others they their bitter dayes shall end A just reward from God whom they offend Some now there be alive which shall behold The dreadful things which to thee have bin told With Nineveh therefore with speed repent If happily thou mayst Gods Wrath prevent Which otherwise will come on thee O Land Before which Wrath alas no flesh can stand Cease to do evil I do thee advise Learn to do well I do thee advertise Break of all yoaks set the oppressed free And labour for a Christian Liberty The Pope that Hellish Beast do thou withstand And all who ready are at his command To yeeld unto that wicked bloody Whore Who thinks to have the day again once more Do thou in time their purpose frusterate Who enemies are both to Prince and State Yeeld thou obedience unto God and King Rebellion is a vile and cursed thing which I exhort thee to defie and hate And utterly for to alominate For like the sin of witch-craft 't is I know And those that guilty are God will o'erthrow If thou this counsel take I dare not say But God may turn his furious wrath away And thou mayst notwithstanding at the length Shine forth in glory and in perfect strength FINIS