Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	6,232	5	10.0779	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63767	A trumpet blown in Sion, sounding an alarm in Gods holy mountain: or, A voice lifted up as a trumpet crying aloud, and not sparing, to shew the Lords people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. By a poor worm, that through the Lords great grace, hath found great blessings among the Presbyterian ministry, and by conversing with some of the Lords upright ones of the Presbyterian way; and also choice blessings among the ministry of the Independant and Baptized congregations, and some of the faithful with them.	Poor worm.	1666 (1666)	Wing T3142C; ESTC R220929	125,364	105

thing done in a Corner but was such a Publick and Solemn Act as was made manifest to all the Nations in Europe whose eyes were then gazing upon us and observing of us and the entering into that Covenant was greatly cryed up as a most worthy Act that might conduce much to the happiness of those Nations had it been inviolably kept to the utmost of every mans capacity But when a Nation shall solemnly enter into a Covenant with hands lifted up to God as if they desired his Blessings and Favours no otherwise then as they performed and faithfully kept it to the utmost of their capacitie and then per●idiously in a few years shall wittingly willingly and resolvedly break some great and considerable parts of it in the fight of God Angels and Men and yet profess to be the People of the Lord and the Children of God How greatly do they dishonour his Glorious Name whose People ought to be Children that will not lie much less break a Solemn Covenant of whose Servant it is said Psal 15. 4. That he sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not And it well becomes him so to do for it were better for him to chuse affliction rather then sin to suffer prejudice and loss and great disadvantage then in any measure to break his Promise much less his Oath For what if he lose outward things God is ab●e to make up that ●hundred f●ll to him again But if he sin against the Lord Who shall intreat for him But this Sin of false Swearing or breach of an Oath is a great and horrible s●n which as it greatly dishonours the Name of the Lord doth greatly provoke the Eyes of his Glory as appears Because it is evident in Scripture that the Lord doth very severely punish his people for that sin that have been guilty of it bringing dreadful judgments upon them for that sin in particular as is evident in Ezek. 17. The King of Babylon having come up against Jerusalem and taken away the King thereof and carried him to Babyl●n he being one of the Sons of Josiah and having set up a Brother of his to be King of Judah in the stead of him that he carried away to Babylon he made him whom he set up to be King to en●er into a Covenant of Subjection unto him But in●●ead of keeping his Co●enant he rebelled against the King of Babylon as you have the History 2 Chron. 36. 10 11 12 13. 2 Kings 24. 17 18 19. Jer. 37. the whole Chapter And sent to Egypt for help But saith the Lord Ezek. 17. 15 16. Shall he escape that doth such things or shall he break the Covenant and be delivered As I live saith the Lord God surely in the place where the King dwelleth that made him King whose Oath he despised and whose Covenant ●e brake even with him in the midst of Babylon shall he die Neither shall Pharoah with his mighty Army make for him in the War Seeing he despised the Oath by breaking the Covenant when loe he had given his hand and hath done all these things he shall not escape Therefore thus saith the Lord God As I live surely my Oath that he hath despised and my Covenant that he hath broken even it will I recompence upon his own head and I will spread my Net upon him and he shall be taken in my snare and I will bring him to Babylon and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me and all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword and they that remain shall be scattered toward all Winds And ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it Here we see when the King of Judah had sworn to the King of Babylon though it may be he might think himself not bound to keep Covenant with him being a Heathen and an Idolater and though it may be when he took the Covenant he took it unwillingly yet having taken it he was indispensibly bound to perform and keep it For if the consideration of the quality of the Persons whether Heatheus or Turks or Atheists should null the Covenants or Promises that are made by the People of the Lord to them then the Name of the Lord would be greatly blasphemed amongst the Heathen by such Deeds for it would justly open the mouths of such to say That there is no Truth no● Righ●eousness amongst such as profess to be the Lords Servants For among all sorts of men in the World Truth and Faithfulness in Promises and Covenants and Just and Righteous Dealings among Men is highly esteemed and the contrary condemned much more among the People of the God of Truth for Just and Right is He therefore if any such do Deut. 32. 4. break a Covenant a solemn Oath God is more dishonoured by them then by others and he will not bear with it in them but usually doth severely punish it as in this King Therefore saith the Lord Shall he escape that doth such things Shall ●e break the Covenant and be delivered He shall not escape 2 Kin 25. 7. Jer. 39 6 7. he shall be carried captive and he shall die in Babylon seeing he despised the Oath by breaking the Covenant And accordingly he was carried to Babylon and all his Sons were there slain before his Eyes and then his Eyes were put ou● and he was blind to the day of his death And it is much to be observed That the Lord calls the Covenant that this King entered into HIS Oath and HIS Covenant Thus saith the Lord God As I live surely MY Oath that he hath despised and MY Convenant that he hath broken even it will I recompence upon his own Head For we find in Scripture that the entering into a Covenant or Oath is a great and solemn Appointment of the Lord for the ending of Controversie and for the confirming Heb. 6. 16 of Truth and therefore it is called in Scripture The Oath of the LORD as Exod. 22. 10. 11. If a man deliver unto his Neighbour an Ass or an Ox or a Sheep or any Beast to keep and it die or be hurt or driven away no man seeing it then shall an OATH OF THE LORD be between them both that ●e ●ath not put his hand unto his Neighbours Goods and the Owner of it shall accept thereof c. And 2 Sam. 21. 7. But the King spared Mephibesheth the Son of Jonathan the Son of Saul because of the LORDS OATH that was between them between David and Jonathan the Son of Saul The like Eccles 8. 2. And so here As I live saith the Lord surely MY Oath that he hath despised and MY Covenant that he hath broken even it will I recompence upon his own head And it is plain that in an Oath or Covenant the Party doth in word or gesture call the Lord to witness to the Truth of it either by Hands lifted up to Heaven or by kissing the