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
A95851	Mercies memorial: or, Israel's thankful remembrance of God in their high estate, for his mercifull remembring of them in their low estate. In a sermon before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Right Worshipful the Aldermen, and the Companies of the city London, on the 5th. of November, 1656. / By Ralph Venning.	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1656 (1656)	Wing V204; Thomason E899_1; ESTC R5095	21,499	40

MERCIES MEMORIAL OR Israel's thankful Remembrance of God in their high estate for his mercifull remembring of them in their low estate In a Sermon before the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR the Right Worshipful the ALDERMEN and the COMPANIES of the City LONDON on the 5th of November 1656. BY RALPH VENNING Psal 107.8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodnesse and for his wonderful works to the children of men LONDON Printed for John Rothwell at the Fountain in Goldsmiths-row in Cheapside 1657. TICHBORN Mayor Tuesday the 11th of November 1656. IT is ordered that Mr. Venning be desired from this Court to Print his late Sermon at Pauls Sadler To the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT TICHBORN LORD MAYOR And the Right Worshipful The ALDERMEN of the City of LONDON Honourable and Honoured WHen I had received your Order for the Printing of this Sermon I procured the best Copy I could by which and the best memory I had of what I delivered I have endeavoured to present it to your view not without a little addition to some heads which then I could not enlarge The rest of this addresse My Lord and Gentlemen is not to complement and flatter you but earnestly yet humbly to beseech you that you would as Mordecai said to Hester seriously and studiously consider wherefore God hath brought you to this high estate hear the place and as the Prophet said of the rod him that hath appointed it Be pleased to Know and account that the doing your duty in your Place is the greatest honour of your place whereas else it will be said that your Places honoured you but you honoured not your Places Indeed 't is the fashion of this World to seek great things for themselves 't is their devotion to sacrifice to their own nets 't is their ambition to Lord it they are passionately enamoured with the Delights and Delicacies of this life which the heavenly St. John calls the lust of the eye the lust of the flesh and the pride of life 'T is all but lust and the lust of the World which World and which lust saith he passeth away and which the Wise Solomon on sad and dear bought experience calls vanity of vanities and vexation of spirit yet after all these things do the Gentiles seek But saith our blessed Lord and Saviour it shall not be so with you you are not your own and therefore shall not seek your own but are Christ's and therefore seek the things of Christ and endeavour to doe great things for God Oh be not led away with the error and example of this World's admirers to be fond of a poor and miserable because but temporary and perishing greatness 'T is a meer Pageant which is but a shew and a shew that passeth away as you know 'T was David's praise and 't will be yours if you tread in his steps that he served not onely his generation but the will of God in his generation or his generation according to the will of God Consider then what is the good and perfect and acceptable will of God that you may be in readinesse to every good word and work walking worthy of God to all well-pleasing Indeed to speak as the thing is you have none to please none to serve but God you may not be the servants of Men and you must not be the servants of Sin onely sanctifie the Lord in your hearts love him serve him let him be your fear and your dread Fear to displease the God you love and love to please the God you fear lest you be found which God forbid among them that had a name to live but were dead that had been professors of Christ but practitioners for selfe and for the World If the World frown and accuse you for non-conformity let it be to you a small thing as it was to the good as well as great Apostle to be judged by mans day seeing your judgement is with the Lord and give me leave to tell you let the World look as big and as sowre as it can you may safely and honourably avow it that the best way to please all or displease any with least danger is to please him who is all in all Remember with all that you must one day give an account of your Stewardship to the great God of Heaven and Earth who will not judge according to appearance but he searching hearts will judge righteous judgement and give to every man according to his works Now I wish with my soul that you may doe so well in this your day as that in that great and terrible day of the Lord you may hear the joyful sound of Well done good and faithful servants enter ye into your masters joy I shall add no more but my desire to God for a blessing on this Sermon that as your ears by what you heard so your eyes by what you see may affect your heart to live for that is to give thanks to God in your high estate who remembred us in our low estate So prayes Right Honourable And Right Worshipful Your humble Servant in the service of Christ Jesus RALPH VENNING Decemb. 1656. MERCIES MEMORIAL OR Israels thankfull remembrance of God in their high estate for his mercifull remembring of them in their low estate From PSAL. 136.23 Who remembred us in our low estate for his mercy endureth for ever FOr the compleating of the sense you are to reade it thus O give thanks unto the Lord who remembred us in our low estate for his mercy endureth for ever I presume it cannot I am sure it ought not to be said of us this day as it was said of them in Acts 19. ver 32. Some therefore cried one thing and some another for the assembly was confused and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together Who is such a stranger in this our English Israel as not to have heard of the Gunpowder Treason is there either Popish enemy or Protestant friend that knows not what a just Right and lawfull Title the fifth of November hath to this Observation and Solemnity If David would not have his soul forget all that is not any of all the benefits of God much less such as have a remark upon them for being signall and transcendent If Personall mercies deserve their memoriall surely Nationall mercies deserve a memorable celebration Of this then I may say as in the twelfth of Exod. ver 42. only turning night into day and Israel into England It is a day much to be observed unto the Lord for bringing them out of the Land of Egypt this is that day of the Lord to be observed of all the children of England in their generations But not to Preface away any more of your time in a case so cleer as this is not only known by us but acknowledged by our enemies we need not ask Is there any cause for they themselves have confest the cause This Psalm may be intitled