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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	child_n	lord_n	praise_v	2,690	5	9.7618	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36452	A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at St. Margarets Westminster, November 5, 1680 / by Henry Dove ...	Dove, Henry, 1640-1695.	1680 (1680)	Wing D2048; ESTC R1352	13,195	34

deep as Hell and black as utter darkness in the maliciousness of their calumnies and imbitter'd slanders in the insolence of their insurrection and bold-fac'd Rebellion and in their industrious sedulity to carry on their Treason and an unquenchable thirst after blood and ruine to all which they wanted only success to make 'em the most matchless villains that perhaps ever trod on the earths surface But he that sits in Heaven laugh'd 'em to scorn the Lord had them in derision What David foresaw God himself reveal'd by discovering the Treason and confounding the Traytors which happy discovery gave birth to this days joyful gratulations to praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doth for us the children of men To which as the proper matter of this days duty I hasten when I have first briefly evinc'd that this was also Gods own doing which will be more evident from the same arguments wherewith David manifested the destruction of his enemies to be Gods own work 1. From the suddenness of their destruction When there was but one night between us and ruine and e're the next Sun had set the whole body of this flourishing Kingdom had either bled its last or fainted with the loss of its best blood when the Treason was ripe for action and nothing wanting to the execution but only stretching out an hand to fire the fatal train when the Traytors grew big with hopes and altogether fearless of disappointment God shoots at 'em with a swift arrow and suddenly they are wounded They had posted themselves in several quarters of the Kingdom looking for destruction and it came so effectually on themselves that as they did not suspect it so they could not possibly avoid it Their designs were so near the issue that their Confederates at a distance believ'd 'em done and so nigh was our danger that we might truly say with David 1 Sam. 20. 3. As the Lord liveth there was but a step between us and death But God who rescued Isaac from the knife and the fiery pile withheld That terrible Blow and made them the sacrifice to their own merciless cruelty delivered us from the fire and made them the offering consuming 'em in a moment by their own wickedness For 't is no new observation that several of those rebellious accomplices who had prepared the fatal Pile were first scorch'd and afterwards slain by the direful effects of that very element which they had chosen as an instrument of our ruine And when we see such notorious offenders corrected by their own sins when they are punish'd by the same thing wherein they have offended and made to drink as it were out of their own cup we may easily discern who administers the potion and how just the retaliation is And 't is oft the case of the wicked that Gods hand may be manifest and his providence glorified by the resemblance of the punishment to the sin The Psalmist hath noted it Ps 109. 27. Hereby shall they know that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it and how 's that ver 29. in that they are cloathed with their own shame and covered with their own confusion as with a mantle That they fall as fast as they rise are still confounded by their own devices and still thy servants rejoyce 2. In the manner of the discovery and prevention of the danger That the Traytors should be made their own Betrayers and one of them by endeavouring to save a Friend should destroy all the rest of his accomplices That darkness should bring their deeds to light and one night discover what ten months had conceal'd That the obscurity of a Letter should prove the best comment to find out its meaning and the darkness of the Text give light to its interpretation That the Actors should be apprehended on the Stage when they were just ready to begin the Tragedy and all the danger blown over in a moment That the intended Massacre should be the means to our greater safety and the ruine threatned to our Church should prove its establishment These are all undeniably such effects as carry on 'em the Signacula Dei the print of Gods finger the legible characters of infinite Wisdom and Omnipotence So that we may boldly appeal with David to all that see it O come hither and behold the work of God how wonderful he is in his doing Psal 66. 5. And what 's that that such as are rebellious are not able to exalt themselves ver 7. but are snared in the work of their own hands for it was this day done the ungodly were caught in their own snare and trapped in the pit they had digged for others even without a figure They said among themselves Come and let us make havock of 'em all together by undermining 'em in that very place where they have made such Laws against us They sought deep to hide their counsel and their works were in the dark and they said Who seeth it and who knoweth it They took an Oath of Secresie nay they received the Sacrament upon it Blessed Lord that thy most Holy Ordinance should be thus prophaned that men should call upon thy Name while they deliberately blaspheme thine Honour The Seal of Confession must not be violated to save the King and Kingdom but the Seal of our Eternal Redemption is made the Bond of Iniquity without any scruple Such is the Piety of those who make Religion a cloak for Treason and turn Rebels out of Conscience They stuck you see at nothing to lodge the Secret safe but God aveng'd their prophaneness by infatuating their Counsels He darts a scruple into one of their minds Lest the righteous should perish with the wicked and makes his own Conscience tell him more than seven Confessors He reveals the Treachery by the hand of a Confident and makes the mischief betray it self that he might protect the Innocent and make himself known by the execution of his Judgments upon the wicked especially on such as delight in Treason and Blood and so horribly dishonour Christ as to call it His Religion So the Plot was discovered and the crafty confounded whereby it is evident it was Gods own doing That 's the first general the work of God II. But when God makes bare his arm and stretcheth out his hand to work wonders sure the world must be awakned into an observance of them and that 's next to be considered Its Effect upon men in general and here 's a threefold Effect mention'd 1. All men shall fear 2. Shall declare the work of God 3. Shall wisely consider of his doing 1. The first effect is Fear which naturally arises in mens minds upon the apprehensions of Gods irresistible power and greatness For who has an arm like God or who can thunder with a voice like him yea who can hear his voice and not tremble or see his hand stretched out and not be afraid Thou didst cause thy judgment to