Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	earth_n	lord_n	psal_n	11,426	5	7.3571	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53755	New England freemen warned and warmed to be free indeed, having an eye to God in their elections in a sermon preached before the Court of Election at Boston on the last day of May, 1671 [by] J.O., pastour of the first church in Boston.	Oxenbridge, John, 1609-1674.	1673 (1673)	Wing O837; ESTC R28765	22,868	54

despise the other If the interest of God and the publick interest in this Land call you to make one choice and some worldly interest call you to another if ye hold to the worldly ye despise God in this however in other occasions ye pretend to retain to him your choice will discover whose indeed you are your choice of a calling your choice of a companion yours especially in Marriage for your self or yours and your choice of a Magistrates and others in Authority when it is in your power will shew whether ye are resolved to serve God in your Generation or not what say ye now ye Freemen of New-England is the Lord your God or no if he be then as one man ye must say Exod. 15.2 He is my God I will prepare him an Habitation I will endeavour such a frame of things as he may delight to dwell amongst us He is my Fathers God and I will exalt him he hath wonderfully owned and exalted you and your Fathers therefore ye must own and exalt him and believe it Brethren if ye talk of God and his Covenant and walk not in the main concerns of your publick or private standing with a chief regard to him ye go about to mock him that will not be mocked Reas 2. Magistracy and Government is mercifully ordered and maintained by God and therefore as it falls into the hands of men should be ordered according to him what is of him and through him should also be to him that there should be Government among men it is an order that God hath set Rom. 13.1 The Powers that be are ordained of God Government is not on●y by general providence ordered and governed by him as are all Wars Pestilence and Famine but ordained God gives out a command and a confinement or bound to it All Nations by instinct of nature do desire a power and authority for Rule and commission is given as Gen. 7. God appointed a power awong men for revenge of Murder and this when all Nations were contracted into one Family but God did more expresly enjoyn his own people to set up Magistrates Deut. 16.18 Iudges and Officers shalt thou make thee in all thy Gates which the Lord giveth thee It is not arbitrary whether they will have Judges Pharaoh calls Government ' 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a sacred thing and it is a mercy and so made over to men through Christ Prov. 8.15 By me Kings reign Mat. 28.15 All power is given to me in Heaven and Earth Christ dispenseth it for carrying on the welfare of men therefore the enjoyment of Government according to him is matter of praise Psal 122.4 Whether the Tribes go up to give thanks to the name of the Lord for there are set Thrones of Iudgement The setting up of Government is a mercy thankfully to be owned as the want is a judgement and desolation and the portion of bloody Esau Isa 34.12 They shall call the Nobles thereof to the Kingdome but none shall be there and all her Princes shall be nothing and this is sorely lamented Hab. 1.14 and makest men as the fishes of the Sea as creeping things that have not ruler over them now God being the merciful founder of Magistracy it is meet in the manage thereof we should look to him as Isai 22.11 when they used skill and diligence in fortifying of Jerusalem there was one neglect that threatens the frustrating of all that is not having the principal eye and regard to the Lord that founded Jerusalem as the seat of the Kingdome and his most solemn worship It may be as usually is objected against this reason from 1 Pet. 2.13 Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man Ans It is for the Lords sake who hath ordered there should be Government and so it is of the Lord but in this and that particular form it is of man as to the Common-wealth though in the Churches even the form we conceive is fixed by the Lord Civil Government is also called Humane because its end is the good of man in outwards nextly and the matter it is conversant about is properly and immediately humane not divine In divine the Magistrate hath not power according to his minde to put or appoint any Worship upon God which never came into his minde Jer. 9.5 Which I commanded not nor speak it neither came it into my minde and what came not into Gods minde to appoint may not come into the Magistrates minde to enjoyn It is the liberty and honour of a Magistrate to protect and promote what Christ hath appointed in his house and in this the Christian Magistrate hath not more power though more light to manage that power the help of the Magistrate is not of absolute necessity to the being of Christs true Religion for he did bring forth and maintain it when the edge of the Magistrate was sharp against it for 300 years the purer age but this support is necessary for the false Ier. 10.5 an Image which is created by man cannot subsist without his providence the Idol must needs be borne it cannot go and Babylon whether East or West the way of Arius Mahomet or the Pope must have a Beast to carry her Rev. 17.7 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith Meade but that this is the abuse of civil power will appear in the Doctrines third Reason Reas 3. Magistratical Power makes a man Gods near and special Servant and Deputy in the World therefore it is fit that in the giving and using this power there should be a respect had to God Iob. 10.34 35. I said ye are Gods if he called them Gods to whom the Word of God came Gods saying and Commission purteth them in his stead and by his impresse upon the Magistracy and by that onely one man is able to rule so great numbers when ye chuse a Magistrate or Deputy ye put such a man upon God and therefore should consider what will please him Rom. 13.4 the Magistrate is called Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his Deacon as we may say his Minister so 2 Chron. 9 8. Blessed be the Lord saith heba's Queen to Solomon wh●ch delight●d in thee to set thee upon his Throne to be K●ng for the Lord God It is the Lords Throne and for the Lord and so inferiour Magistrates 2 Chro. 19.6 ●e judge for the Lord Rev. 12.5 Constantin● is said to be caught up to Gods Throne now God useth men in Gover●ment not out of necessity but bounty for Ps ●l 89.18 He is the Shield of his people yet he hath the shields of his people P●al 47. ult the Magistrate represents Christ the Judge of all the Ea●th and we may not put upon him a man that manifestly bears the Image of the Devil neither may any dare in Gods Livery to do the Devils work nay who of you dares to take in any to Gods service but to do Gods work and not to serve your own particular turn