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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	bless_v	lord_n	zion_n	2,766	5	12.0182	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12264	The dovvnefall of Shebna together with an application to the bloudie Gowrie of Scotland. As it was deliuered in two seuerall sermons of that occasion, in S. Maries Church in Oxford. And now published for a warning to all ill-affected Ogiluiests: vt quorum exitus perhorrescunt, eorum facta non imitentur. By I.S.	Singleton, Isaac, b. 1582 or 3.	1615 (1615)	STC 22574; ESTC S117442	31,246	48

DOVVNEFALL OF SHEBNA Together with AN APPLICATION to the bloudie GOWRIE of SCOTLAND As it was deliuered in two seuerall Sermons of that occasion in S. MARIES Church IN OXFORD And now published for a warning to all ill-affected OGILVIESTS Vt quorum exitus perhorrescunt e●●●● facta non imiten●●● BY J. S. PSAL. 37.28 The Lord loueth Iudgement and forsaketh not his Saints They shall be preserued for euermore but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off LONDON Printed for John Bill 1615. TO THE RIGHT Reuerend Father in God my very especiall good Lord and Patron IOHN KING Bishop of London J. S. Wisheth all true happinesse in CHRIST IESVS May it please your Lordship I Haue according to the receiued ceremonie made bold to recommend this Treatise of SHEBNA his Downefall to your patronage as a testimonie of mine vnfained thankfulnesse for your many fauours and beneficence In accepting whereof I humbly pray you to imitate the goodnesse of Almightie God who as a learned Father saith Coronat voluntatem vbi non inuenit facultatem For otherwise had not I this strong confidence I so well vnderstand mine owne disabilitie and take so little pleasure in proclaiming the same as that this liuely representation of my many defects had neuer come to your Lordships view much lesse patronage I know it needs a Patron I dare not trust mine owne eie the obiect is too neere to be well discerned And I cannot but remember in this bookish age the complaint of Andromache Ω 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eurip. An. drom O opinion opinion thou hast made many to thinke well of themselues who were nothing indeed Right Reuerend let it haue your countenance and as for others if any man know more concerning the Subiect heere handled either Shebna or Gowrie my paines may serue to stirre vp in him a desire to profit more that so what he knoweth sciat alter If any know lesse I trust he will rather thanke me then censure me There is none I assure my selfe so rigid and deuoid of ingenuitie that will denie exiguis hunc addere rebus honorem Now the Lord that made heauen and earth blesse you out of Sion the Lord guide and prosper you in all your waies the Lord establish your house and familie that you may see your childrens children and an happy addition of many good and comfortable daies in this life and this life ended eternall happinesse in the kingdome of heauen Your Lordships Chaplaine in all humble dutie and seruice to be commanded ISAAC SINGLETON THE DOWNEFALL OF SHEBNA ISAY 22.15 Goe get thee vnto this Treasurer euen vnto Shebna which is ouer the house and say THough it be true that the Iudge of all the world must needs do right a Gen. 18.25 and that hee who is of infinite maiestie power and iustice can do no lesse then auenge himselfe of sinne and sinfull men yet such is his patience and longanimitie that now and then as the wise man saith dissimulat peccata hominum b Wisd 7. he dissembleth and seemeth not to see the sinnes of men And as S. Austin obserueth there is not alwaies apertio oculorum when as this God seeth with the open eie and takes apparant notice of the mischieuous practises of euill doers but sometime opertio when he considereth as I may so say with the eie-lid and appeares vnto the wicked as one that sleepes and winkes at their impieties Insomuch that the crie of Sodome c Gen. 18.25 came vp to the very gates of heauen ere he came downe to them the wickednesse of the Amorites d 13.16 was rotten ripe ere he began to launce and the day of trouble and time e Isai 22.15 prefixt expired ere he proceeded in iudgment with the Princes of Iuda And Shebna in my text by his many impieties and wicked machinations euen turned his patience into fury ere he sent our Prophet vnto him to threaten his ruine Till at length the sinnes of Shebna began to crie and the measure of his iniquitie waxed full and the day of his trouble came and then when hee thought himselfe most strong and flourished like the bay tree f Psal when he dwelt in the cliffes of the rocke g Ier. 49.16 and kept the height of the hilles and was to vse our Prophets words in the fiue and twentieth verse h Isai 22.25 of this Chapter as a naile fastned in a sure place loe euen then comes a fearfull mesage and most direfull prediction of his vtter ruine and destruction Goe get thee vnto this Treasurer euen vnto Shebna which is ouer the house and say Which parcell of holy Writ may very well be intituled The Downefull of Shebna Occidit vna domus sed enim domus illa perire Digna fuit For the better vnfolding wherof consider with mee I beseech you these three proposals First What this Shebna was Secondly What was his offence And thirdly How it was punished As touching the first what this Shebna was goe wee no further then to the title heere giuen him and the bare signification of the name it selfe wee shall finde that as was his name so was hee for the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which our English renders Treasurer Musculus as Musculus very well obserueth is not so much a name of office as parentage and he was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Socuite from the Citie wherein hee was borne Now the Verbe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 either signifieth to impouerish so that Shebna as it should seeme was one that was giuen to wrong and hurt others and set light hy all such as had not relation to him and fauoured his proceedings and therefore among his other vices which doubtlesse were many and great as you shall heare anon the holy Ghost i Isa 22.21 in the one and twentieth verse of this Chapter plalnly specifieth the malice and spleene which hee bare vnto good Eliachim and to regret and gall him the more it is recorded as a parcell of his punishment that whereas hee laboured to supplant Eliachim and bring him into disgrace with the Prince and State Eliachim should be aduanced and that in Shebna roome For with thy garments will I cloath him and with thy girdle will I strengthen him thy power also will I commit into his hand and he shall be a father of the Inhabitants of Ierusalem Isai 22.21 and of the house of Iudah Or else it signifies to entertaine to warme and cherish In which sense it is vsed the first of Kings the first Chapter and second verse 1 Reg. 1.2 where it is said that the seruants of Dauid perceiuing a decay of nature and that his vitall heat was well-nigh spent they brought a young Virgin vnto him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sit ei proficiens foueat cum let her cherish him Which signification of the word if we will follow in this title then wee may conceiue Shebna