Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	angel_n	descend_v	ladder_n	1,870	5	11.7110	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03787	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the ix. of Februarie. Anno Dom. 1583. By I. Hudson, Maister of Arte, of Oxon	Hudson, John, M.A., Oxon.	1584 (1584)	STC 13904; ESTC S116559	46,934	118

signe and manifest token of his byrth approching And so both they as the hande that appeared before and wee as the body that followe after doe all cleaue and are fastned vnto one heade whiche is Christe beleeuing in him whome they so prefigured And whatsoeuer was then darkely hid and shadowed vnder the vaile and couering vnto them is now fully accomplished made open and manifest vnto vs And whatsoeuer speciall priuiledge or prerogatiue their Temple their Priesthoode their vaile and sanctuarie with all their sacrifices and ceremonies brought to them by tipicall signes and shadowes for a season the same with all addition and supplie of incomperable perfection and trueth is Iesus the sonne of GOD vnchangeable vnto vs for euer Hee is that seconde Adam which slept as it were in the Sepulcre for a time vntill his spouse the Church were fashioned out of his side he is Abraham the Father of all faithfull whose seede is as the starres of heauen as the dust of the earth in number Hee is that eternall Priest for euer after y e order of Melchisedech the King of righteousnesse and peace without Father without Mother or kindred hauing neither beginning of dayes nor ende of life He is that patient Isaac which being borne against the course of nature was content at the will of his father to bee bound and sacrified on the Alter of the Crosse and yet remaineth safe and sounde Hee is that pitifull Ioseph who was cruellye solde of his brethren and yet after manifold afflictions beeing aduaunced to the rule of the kingdome was not ashamed to confesse them to feed them in time of dearth and in stead of reuenging y e iniuries done vnto him to aduaunce them to honour great riches in his kingdome He is that valiant Iosua leading vs into the lande of promise which Moses could not doe He is that strong and puissant Sampson who by his death ouerthroweth al his enemies He is y t chosen Dauid who in his strength subdued fearce Goliah that defied and oppressed the people of God and yet in his basenesse and humilitie vniustly persecuted of his Enemies became A worme no man A verie skorne of men and contempt of the people whose hart was as melting waxe within his bowels and his strength dryed vp as a potsherd whose handes and feete they pearsed gaue him viniger and gall to drinke and cast lottes vpon his garment who became as a dead man out of minde and like a broken vessell And yet after all these greeuaunces is setled in his kingdome and his throne established as the sonne for euer Hee is that wise and glorious Salomon who ruleth his people with all tranquilitie and peace who onely was ordeined to builde an house and acceptable Temple vnto God and vnto whom they shal come from all partes of the earth to heare his wisedome He is that miraculous Rod of Aaron deuouring the rods or Serpents of the Sorcerers of Egipt which by smiting the waters gaue passage for his people through the Sea and is alwaies greene flourishing bearing leaues blossoms and ripe fruites He is that healthfull brasen Serpent lift vp vpon the Crosse to heale the stinges and woundes of the fiery Serpents He is that spreading Cherubines ouershadowing the Arke and mercie seate of God with his winges He is that stone which Daniell sawe hewen out of the mountaine without handes of man and filled the whole earth with the compasse thereof He is that Ladder that Iacob sawe reaching betweene heauen earth with Angels ascending and descending as by whom God in mercy commeth downe vnto vs on earth and we by fayth ascende and drawe neare vnto him in heauen He is the waie the truth and the life He is Alpha and Omega the first and the last the beginning and end of al of whom through whome and for whome are all thinges and besides him there is no Sauiour who was and is and is to come the almightie for euer the holye and true who is made vnto vs of God our wisedome our sanctification our iustificatiō redemption who alone hath troden the winepresse of Gods wrath washed our soules in the blood of his Crosse who alone hath broken the yoke of our burden and the staffe of our shoulder and the rod of our oppressor as in the day of Madian Who alone hath borne our rebukes in his bosome our infirmities in his bodie hath healed our woundes with his owne stripes who made himselfe an offering for sin gaue his soule a redemtion for many that by y e grace of god he might taste of death for a● so reconcile both in one bodye vnto God by his crosse slaying hatred therby making peace both in heauen in earth y t he might abolish the hand writing y t was against vs in y e law of cōmandements that he might take away the vaile pertition wall wherby we were separated shut of and so gather together in one y t dispersed sonnes of God vnto whom he hath prepared a new lyuing way into y e holy place of grace forgiuenes of sinnes by offring vp himself and shedding of his owne most innocent and precious blood And thus is Christe become the trueth of all figures and the bodye of all shaddowes and the scoape and substaunce of all the Lawe and the Prophetes who ending at Iohn Baptist seemed visiblye to acknowledge the same in the persons of Moses Elias when talking with Christ at his transfiguration in the hearing of the Apostles Peter and Iohn God the father gaue testimonie thereto from heauen saying This is my deare sonne in whom I am well pleased heare him Teaching thereby that both the legall rites and oracles of the Prophets had now accomplished their purpose and prefixed ende in Christ whome onely they as witnesses and messengers of trueth were thence forth to preache and publish to the world And therefore both praise and glorie and honor and maiesty and powre and might be ascribed vnto him that sitteth vpon the throne and vnto the Lambe for euer more because he was killed and hath redeemed vs vnto God by his blood out of euerie Nation and kindred and tongue and people of the earth because he hath loued vs and washed vs from our sinnes in his blood and hath made vs kings and priests vnto our God and wee shall raigne with him for euer and here in haue we libertie and boldnes to enter in the holy place This is here called not simply a passage a meane or way into the holy place but a new way and a liuing way a newe way not in respect of the time of making but for the most absolute perfection and vnchaungeable continuance thereof not as though there were a time when it was not but because there neuer shall be time wherin it shal not be For although it were published and reuealed in the latter times yet was it ordeined before all times It