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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	body_n	part_n	vital_a	2,464	5	10.5045	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02675	Brittaines hallelujah or A sermon of thanksgiving for the happy pacification in Brittaine preached in the English church at Hamburch before his excellency the right honorable Sir Thomas Rovve Lord Ambassador Extraordinary for his Mayesty of Greate Brittaine in Germany, &c. And to the vvorshipfull & famous Society of Merchant Adventurers & some cavelliers of Scotland By Ma. Harris Batchelour in Divinity, fellovv of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge & chaplaine to his excellency.	Harris, Malachi, 1606 or 7-1684.	1639 (1639)	STC 12807; ESTC S119822	18,712	32

then an Hallelujah due to the Deliverance for the matter nature of it that it vvas a Returne from captivity that it vvas from such a Captivity 2. And 2ly an Hallelujah againe vvill be noe lesse due for the Manner of the Deliverance The next Inquiry Hovv vvas it done 1. It vvas done so vnexpectedly that they vvere like them that dreame As dreames vve knovv come vpon men vnlook'd for vnthought of 2ly It vvas done so vvithout any labour or seeking of theirs that they vvere like them that dreamed againe fast a sleepe perhaps vvhilest it vvas doing Or rather like them that dreamed not for they never once dreamed of it it vvas done so suddainly 3ly It vvas done so graciously that at the first hearing of the good nevvs they vvere so amazed vvith Joy that they knevv not vvhether they vvere in a. Dreame or noe vvhether they might trust their senses vvhen they both heard and savv it 4ly It vvas done so miraculously that it manifestly appeared to be the Lords doing and so became marveilous not only in their eyes but in the eyes of the very Heathen They among the Heathen could say The Lord hath done c. v. 2. And shall the Heathen say it and shall not Sion sing it yes I vvarrant you vvith their heart-strings tuned to the highest pitch vvith their voices elevated to the highest note The Lord hath done c. v. 3. Thus farre their Hallelujah or prayses the first part of the Psalme The Second vvas their Hosanna or prayer v. 4. Turne againe our Captivity That is Either Continue to turne it confirme and ratifie vvhat thou hast allready done Or turne is hereafter if not praeveniendo that the like Calamity befalls vs noe more yet at the least Subveniendo that vve may have a like tast of such goodnes in such an happy enlargement as this vvas Turne vs like the streames in the south And this shall be as vvellcome to vs as the vvater streames to those desarts perhaps of Arabia in the dry Southerne Clymates as Vatablus vvill have it Or turne vs in a facile melting vvay as novv they did'st by Cyrus even as those vvaterbrooks in the South are caused by the melting of the snovv upon the neighbour mountaines as that greate Bishop of ours Then shall it fare vvith us as it doth vvith Husband men in a greate dearth hovvsoever they may sovve in teares vvhether for the deare price of the seede corne or the small hopes of a Crop yet a plentifull harvest makes them a good amends for all so though vve may goe into Captivity vvith teares by vveeping crosse yet shall our Returne be vvith greare Joy like the joy in a greare Harvest after a greate Dearth And thus you have the Psalme analysed and para phrased But vve have made choice only of one verse the third Which as for its Situation in the middle of the Psalme it may be called Cor Psalmi the Heart of the Psalme so for its Nature like the Heart in the Body it is the seate of all those vitall Spirits and strong Affections that are diffused in the vvhole body of the Psalme You heare hovv liuely and pathetically it renders it selfe The Lord hath done c. The Division And this Versicle vvill be sett in tvvo parts 1. Magnalia Dei greate things the Lord hath done for his Church 2. Magnificat Ecclesiae the Church her Magnificat or thankfull acknovvledgment of these greate things thus done by the Lord. 1. Magnalia Dei In the former three things are in sight 1. The Benefit Greate things 2. The Benefactor the Greate God Jehovah 3. The Beneficed so to speake the Church We beginne vvith the Benefit because that is first in Nature 1. The Benefit being the fundamentū relationis bevvene the Benefactor and the Receiver of the Benefit The Benefit is expressed by Greate things greate things interpreted a greate Deliverance v. 1. and every Deliverance allvvays so much the greater by hovv much the greater the Evill is from vvhich vve are delivered and by hovv much the greater providence vvas seene in the manner of the deliverance So that this Deliverance of Sion here layes claime to its greatenes vpon a double title first in regard of the Substance of it secondly in respect of the Circumstances 1. For its Substance First it is greate for the Substance and this againe in a double degree First as it vvas a Returne from captivity that is greate Secondly as it vvas a Returne from Babylonish Captivity this is yet greater 1. A Returne from Cape First it vvas a Returne from Captivity Novv to our Rule The measure of the Mercy must be the misery escaped Is not captivity a greate misery Doth any man doubt it Let him aske Jerem in Lament 4.9 They that fell by the svvord vvere in better case then they that vvent into Captivity And yet David in that his greate streight chose rather the Pestilence then the svvord Must not that then be a greate evill that is greater then that vvich is greater then the Pestilence But vvhy doe I name but one place in the Lamentations The vvhole booke is but one intire proofe of the miserys of Captivity Captivity a greate Evill Doth any man question it Let him aske him selfe Is it nat a greate evill to be plundered spoiled of all one 's goods at once And yet a man may be bereaved of his vvhole estate and yet have that vvhich he may have that hath nothing in goods his Liberty Well then is Restraint a greate evill The bird in the cage vvill tell you it is And yet a man may be in hold vpon very good termes and among good freinds Is it a greate evill then to be taken Prisoner by an Enemy a cruel feirce enemy vvhose mercys are cruelty Say Are bitter taunts insulting reproches cruell oppressions remote Banishment the extreamity of all manner of hatdship are these greate evills vvhat then shall vve make of Captivity that hath so many legions of greate evills vvithin it But vvhat speake I of Banishment Restraint Poverty these are but the afflictions of the Body and so are but the bodys and carkasses of afflictions There are afflictions of the Soule and they are the Soules of afflictions And this vvas their case Not only in Captivity 2. from Babylon Capt. But 2ly in Babylonish Captivity that is a degree higher of their misery They vvere Captives in Babylon In Babylon vvhere true Religion is scoffed and gybe dat Come and sing vs one of the songs of Sion Psalm 137.4 This alone vvas enough to set open sluices to their teares as they sate by the Rivers of Babylon In Babylon vvhere the grossest Idolatry is vrged vvith all madnes of violence Either fall dovvne and vvorship this Image or vvhat noe more a doe but into the fiery furnace vvith them Dan. 3. Was it not enough for them to leade their Bodys captive but vvould they leade avvay their soules