Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	day_n	lord_n	terrible_a	1,748	5	9.3439	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86651	A lamentation for the scattered tribes, who are exiled into captivity, and are now mingled among the heathen, and are joyned to the oppressor, and refuses to return. Presented unto all the separated congregations, under what name or form soever, in love to the lost. Shewing, the difference betwixt them that were separated by the word of faith, and them who have separated themselves, in imitation from the letter: ... / By a servant of truth, and a friend to righteousness, who suffers with the seed, which is held in oppression, waiting and labouring for its return; called Francis Howgill.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1656 (1656)	Wing H3170; Thomason E885_1; ESTC R204835	28,211	39

cheated and oppressed and defrauded your brethren and are grown rich then you say God hath given you all this when as ye have stolen it and got it in Usurie and oppression and deceipt and when you have it Spends it upon your lusts and by your greatness grinds the face of the poor when you are become strong in the earth and have spread out your boughs so broad that nothing can grow that is neer your shaddow and yet talk of God at a distance but you know him not but live in carlesness and ease and liberty of the flesh and pleasing the carnal mind the Mighty day of the Lord is at hand which shall come as a theife upon you and require all your souls at your hands and take them away and then whose shall all these things be And all you poor blind people of the world of all sorts who followes the blind guides and teachers of the world who know not the path of righteousness themselves but live in covetousness pride oppression seeking for their gaine from their Quarters in the steps of their fore-fathers the false Prophets which the Lord declared against by Ieremiah Isaiah Ezekiel Hosea and Christ cryed out against such blind guids as led the blind and the Apostles declared against such whose hearts was exercised with coveteous practises and them you set up for your teachers who are not taught of the Lord and they walk in the broad way and you follow their example and yet you have a green tree to worship under which seems beautiful in your eyes you talk of a God and Christ and of his Gospel and ordinances but knows him not nor his will nor how he will be Worshipped but according to the customs and fashions of the Nations as the Heathen doe and follows the traditions of men and lives in pride and fulness and at ease lust and envie in covetousness and double-mindedness in drunkenness and riotousness Sports Pastimes Pleasures gaming playing nourishing your hearts as in a day of slaughter wanton wilde in swearing lying cursed speaking in foolish jesting in filthy communication in laughter and folly which is madness The dreadful God of Heaven and Earth is arising in his power and his day is coming upon you that shall rip up your hearts and you shall see that you are Heathens and knows not God although your Idol-Shepherds and hirelings have told you you were Christians because you came one day in seven and heard a few words spoken from the Imagination of their own braine and all the week long and year long live in carlesness and in all the abominations before mentioned and many more and yet you hate to be reproved and hate to be reformed Dreadfull is the day that is coming upon you all sorts of carnal professors and vain talkers and busie minds which talkes of that you cannot witness Terror terror dread and wrath Vengeance in flames of fire will God raine upon the ungodly and snares and turn them into Hell with all them that forget God Think on this Oh all you careless wanton earthly minded people whose God is your bellie who glory in your shame who minde earthly things and turnes his grace into wantonness and sport your selves as in the day-time and never consider your latter end and sleights the day of your visitation and so dies in your sin and will lie downe in everlasting misery except you repent Terrible and dreadful is the day that is coming upon all the world and all you who make mention of the name of the Lord but not in righteousness in the many Sects and Opinions and judgments in Babylon Confusion and error the Lion hath roared who will not fear the Lord hath spoken who can but Prophesie the Lord hath roared out of Sion and uttered his voice from Jerusalem he will send a fire in the gardens that you have made and consume all the thickets round about it and you shall be a shamed of the Oakes that you have chosen and of the trees you have worshiped under and the groves where ye have committed fornication with other lovers and hath forsaken the Lord and joyned your selves unto Idols and now your hearts is become hard and you will have none of the wayes of the Lord nor will that Christ should reigne over you for you hate his light which shews you sin and evil and would turne you from it and out of blindness and ignorance but your wills leads you and the crooked ways of the Serpent you follow but now is the time neer finished all your joy shall be at an end and all your lovers shall forsake you and you shall mourn and howl ye careless people who live in deceit and are wise to do evil and mighty to work wickedness but to doe good hath no understanding Awake awake Arise arise and stand all up to judgment let the heathen be awakened for the Lord shall roare out of Sion and utter his voice as a whirlwind and the heavens and the earth shall shake and the mountains shall melt at his presence and all the hills shall melt before him and all the Isles shall flie away at his presence who is risen to take Vengeance upon all the ungodly and all shall be slain before him Assemble your selves and come all ye heathen and gather your selves together round about for the Lord will plead with you as in the valley of Jehoshaphat and there will he sit as Judge to give every one their portion according to their work Awake all you that are asleep and stand up to Judgement the Angell of the Covenant is come and the time of harvest draws neer the reaper is come with his sharp Sickle and is come for the press is full and the fats overflow for their wickedness is great Multitudes multitudes shall be slain and bound in bundles and cast into the lake and into the valley of decision the Sun and the Moon shall withdraw their shining and the stars shall fall and lose their light yet a little while and time shall be no longer but you will be swept into the pit where shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth and overturned as Sodom and Gomorrha and you shall know there is a God who is pure and holy who will judge you not according to your words and feigned deceitfull hearts but in righteousness And so all dread his name and fear him and tremble before him and bow your selves and submit unto him least you perish for ever from his presence and be tormented with the devil and his angels in the lake of everlasting fire And all you ungodly think on this for this shall be the portion of your cup for ever who sleight the day of Gods love and visitation and turnes his grace into wantonness his long-suffering shall come to an end and his Spirit will not always strive with you and then he will arise in his wrath and take vengeance upon his enemies and bind the tares