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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	church_n	earth_n	militant_a	5,036	5	12.4963	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92843	Englands condition parralelld with Iacobs for [brace] troubles. Salvations. Hopes. Laid open in two sermons, lately preached at Marlborough in Wilts. By Iohn Sedgwick, Batchelour in Divinity and Pastor of the Church at Alphage neere Cripplegate, London.	Sedgwick, John, 1600 or 1601-1643.	1642 (1642)	Wing S2360; Thomason E115_23; ESTC R18288	48,093	63

the wrath of God let fall upon them and his displeasure conceived against them when God is angry his Churches are troubled Thou hid●st thy face and I was troubled and againe by Psal 30. 7. thy wrath are we troubled This you know that a little fire causeth 90 7. a great deale of trouble say that there bee but a finger burned or an House on fire doth it not occasion a great deale of trouble and unquietnesse how much more shall Churches and people bee disquieted through the angry countenance of God Reason 4 Fourthly finally Churches have their troublous times for these ends and purposes 1. For tryall and manifestation both of soundnesse and of graces 3. Ends of the Churches troubles troublous times are trying times it is not times of peace ●ut times of Warre which trieth the mettle of a Souldier all the while the Ship lies on the shoare or is in its harbour its strength to beare its burden is not knowne but when it s put out into the Sea meetes with blustering stormes and is tossed and tumbled if it now hold out then its strength is manifested wee have many Trees with faire tops and make a goodly shew in calme seasons which topple downe in blustring weather for want of firm rooting in the earth the case is the same with men in the profession of Religion Multitudes seeme to be Religious own the Gospell and goe for Christians in dayes of peace who in more troublous dayes will quit their ground and forsake their Captaine whereas now well ●ooted and throughly sanctified Christians will keepe their standing and rather die then dem Jesus Christ grace in truth will be grace in tryall here is the faith and patience of the 〈…〉 Sain●s q. d. if men have faith and patience indeed troublous times will manifest it 2. For the manifestation of wickedmen their madnesse and malignity of spirit would not appeare and be evideat unto men and they would not shew themselves in their colours if there were no troublous times in peacefull dayes enemies seem to be friends and with the Viper they hide their teeth in their gummes but when troubles appeare then they will spit out their venome making that the opportunitie for their dealing cruelly with Gods Saints 3. For the correction of abused peace when Christians do not well use their peacefull times God doth punish them with troublous times Vse 1 In the first place we may informe our selves that outward durable peace is no infallible note of a true visible Church the Church of God in Heaven is beyond all troubles in Heaven there is full and lasting peace but on earth her condition is fluctuant with the Arke of Noah and Militant as an Army that is in the field beset with an enemy having so many malicious enemies she cannot be long quiet and shee may better be discerned by lasting tryalls and troubles then by constant peace Gregory the great speaking of the Church saith Ecclesiaest haeres orucis the Church is heire to the Crosse and I would demand of papists what outward peace had the Church in Aegypt under Pharaohs oppressio●s what peace had she in her forty yeares travell thorough the Wildernesse which was a place of temptations journeyings Warre and many other straites and inconveniencies tell me sadly had shee not many encounters by enemies in the Land of Canaan where was her outward durable peace whilst she was under 70. yeares captivity in Babilon and whilst Antiochus Epiphanes did waste and spoile her in her Ordinances and members what meaneth the three hundred yeares persecution by the heathenish Emperors could these things happen to her and yet is the true Church discernable by out ward and durable peace by this very note we can disprove Rome from being the true Church for when Rome was burnt by the Goth●s sackt by Charles Duke of Burbon in the dayes of Pope Clement the seventh nay when their Popes were glad to flie and hide themselves yea were banished and imprisoned where was the outward peace of that Church Wee deny not but sometimes outward peace may bee the portion of visible Churches but that alwayes they have the same only ignorance and impudencie must affirme Vse 2 Secondly weeare not to wonder when we see the Churches of God cast into troublous times we have this day this Scripture Times are and will be troublous upon foure occasions fulfilled the times are troublous the Lord in mercy looke upon us yet let us not think it strange no new thing is hapned to us let me tell you th●t upon foure occasions times will be troublous When Dagon is to goe downe 1. When Dagon and Baal is to goe downe no great and prevailing evill can be hindred or cast down without much trouble and tumult if Gideon cast downe the Altar of Baal and cut downe the grove by it the men of the City keep a mighty stirre about it the man they must have that did it and die he must for it or it shall cost bloud reade the History lud 6. 28 29. if the Goddesse Diana be in danger what a noise and uproare is there in the City they shout and make a hubbub Acts 19. 28 34. I conceive thus much that England hath many bad tennants who having gotten possession and can plead prescr●ption though no Scripture title for themselves are resolved not to goe out without blowes and bloud neither can it be imagined unlesse a miracle be wrought by God as was in the case of the Scots that so many proud Prelates so many idle scandalous Non Residents and so much Rubbish of humane invention crept into Gods worship will ever bee cast downe or carried out without troubles can you conceive tha● Satan will loose a Kingdom and never wag his taile believe it brethren there are many thousands in the Kingdom so set upon Idolatry Superstition and the wayes of formality that they cannot bee quiet if these things be taken from them When the Temple is to goe up 2. when the temple is to bee reedified No great and good worke can be carried on to perfection without much trouble this is certaine that God hath brought us to Church reforming times and these alwayes have beene troublous times The Angell said to Daniel the streete and the Wall shall bee built in troublous 〈…〉 times Out of which Text I note these two things 1. That when the Church begins to goe up then troubles begin to come on 2. That though troubles come on the Church shall goe up The 〈◊〉 was 〈…〉 the Temple was 〈…〉 I conceive that the times were very troublous when the City and the Temple was in building upon these eleven reasons First They were mocking and scorning times to the Iewes as is plaine in these words But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite and Gesh●m the Arabian heard it they langhed us to scorne Neh. 2. 19. These fellowes fell a jearing