Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	beast_n	earth_n	fowl_n	2,016	5	9.9276	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13742	The ioiefull and blessed reuniting the two mighty & famous kingdomes, England & Scotland into their ancient name of great Brittaine. By John Bristoll	Thornborough, John, 1551-1641.	1605 (1605)	STC 24036; ESTC S118409	39,081	92

former name and government al into one againe for which our King Iames may challendge more glory by vniting al into one thē Brutus or Constantine dividing it from one and though Constantine the great was counted the glory of Brittaine as being borne and made Emperour here yet may that commendation better fit our King Iames then Constantine Tu nobiles fecisti Britanias quod illic ortus factusquees imperator The Platan tree hath many goodly Branches and boughes and leaues in one body and therefore Xerxes in Herodotus crowned him with a golden Garlande doubtlesse there is a deserued glorious garland due to the name of great Brittaine bringing forth many goodly boughes and branches like to the faire and wel spred Platan tree or rather for the height of his honor like the tall and goodly Cedar in whom the dreame of Nabuchodonoser hath beene verified for he saw a tree in the middest of the earth great strong whose height reached vnto the heaven and the sight therof to the end of the earth whose leaues were faire and the fruit thereof much in which was meate for al yea the beasts of the field had Dan. 4. shaddow vnder it the fowles of the aire dwelt in the boughes thereof and al flesh fed of it But Nabuchodonosor heard also a watch crying out mightily hew downe this tree breake of his brāches shake of his leaues scatter his fruit that both beasts and fowles may be put from him neverthelesse leaue the stumpe of his rootes stil in the earth So was the ancient honor and glory of great Brittaine great and mighty high to heaven faire and fruitful of power over the whole Land from one end to the other but the highest who hath power over al did for the sin of the inhabitants hew downe this goodly tree yet left the Stumpe of the rootes in the earth And out of it the tree is growne vp againe to former beautie that we might learne to magnifie the King of heaven as did Nabuchodonosor restored to the honor of his kingdome to his glory and beautie againe to his Counsailours and Princes and to the establishment of his Throne with augmented glorie And here let vs now consecrate to al eternitie the ancient name of famous great Brittaine as a Pantheon of al blessings in peace prosperitie and honor for as Pantheon was a Temple at Rome rounde and like to the capacitie of heaven wherin were put al the images of their Gods So I say in the name and stile of great Brittaine as in a Pantheon are placed al worldly blessings like stars shining from heaven and having their influence into the whole body of common weale euē perfection of beautie in Sion Superstitious antiquity framed false Gods one indued with this vertue and another with that this a wise that a warlike and another a iust God yea for so many vertues they framed so manie Goddesses where one Temple might not be consecrated to two Goddesses but distinct vertues must be worshipped with distinct worship So Val. Max. 1 as Marcellus dedicating one and the same Temple to honor and vertue was thought to offende against religion But our happy and better instructed age reducing al to one as it teacheth vs in religion both nations to be one truely to worship one true and only God so in civil things government it offereth only one aboue and for all that whatsoeuer is seperate and distracted frō it may be counted as anathema excommunicate divorced or as a barren handmaide to be sold to the vsurer vnprofitable imperfit or as it were not at all And now as vniō into the name of great Brittaine is like a Pantheon and bringeth manifolde abundant blessings meeting togither concurring in one so let vs account our selues most blessed in our soveraigne vnitor in whose Royal person and princely Succession is laide vp al our obedience and dwelleth al our happynes even as that worthy Scipio is said therefore to be borne that there might be one in whō al vertue should shew it selfe effectually and absolutely perfect hic est Scipio quē dij immortales nasci voluerunt Val. Max. 6 9. vt esset in quo se virtus per omnes numeros efficaciter ostenderet This is the voice of trueth it selfe England and Scotland are so naturally vnited in the name of great Brittaine that the one neerely alyed to the other can no longer be an alian or stranger one to the other except it may be said that Quia meus est non est meus ipsaque damno est mihi proximitas So this natural coniunction should be no vnion because it is both natural in the Soile and real in the Subiect But albeit the Romanes put into the Temple called Pantheon that precious Macrob. 3. gemme named Vnio divided and cut in two yet we with al our goods and geare ought willingly be borne into the bosome of great Brittaine quae fundit in omnes imperium not distributing vnion into parts but knitting vp al parts into one as Ciceroes orator had al sciences and Aristotles good man al vertues as Cato was counted like perfect in al vertues or as the divine Plato sealed vp in man the lesser world whatsoever vertue was in the whole world or rather as Eden the plentifull Ezech. 28. garden of God sealing vp the summe of all perfection and glorie was fraight and deckt with all manner of precious stones the Rubie the Topaze and the Diamond the Chrysolice the Onix the Iasper the Saphir the Emeraude and the Carbuncle and gold Even now may it be said of this vniversal name of Brittaine as it was saide of Rome Imperij virtutumque omnium lar and virtutum omnium latissimum templum In ancient time it was counted ominous if a stone fell or a dogge came among brethren And Cic. Off. 3. Socrates was wont to curse those who by selfe cōceipts and head-strong opinion attempted to set a sunder those things which nature coupled togither And now if any factious Tribune of the people interpose himselfe to divide vs and to disturbe the peace of Israel thinking there is good fishing in troubled waters and that the honours and benefits they hunt after are attained in perturbata Republica whereof they vtterly dispaire in a peaceable State quia in concordia ordinum nullos se vsquam esse vident verily such are not vnlike Medea who so dispersed her brothers limmes that they could not be gathered againe cuius etiam vultu laeditu pietas as the Mariners at Sea wel obserue in the two stars Castor and Pollux that if one without the other appeare they foresee a troubled Sea but peaceable and quiet without storme and without danger in the sight of both togither The principality of Wales shall witnesse this truth which never receaved any thing more beneficial for the people there then vniting that Country to the crowne kingdom of England For whilest it was alone without his