Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	cast_v	devil_n	divide_v	3,310	5	9.5405	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07542	Poems occasioned by a melancholy vision or A melancholy vision vpon diuers theames enlarged which by seuerall arguments ensuinge is showed ByH. Mill.	Mill, Humphrey, fl. 1646.; Droeshout, John, d. 1652, engraver.	1639 (1639)	STC 17922; ESTC S112789	74,869	272

shame would bring so bold He is that he doth claime a due and right To all the world dispose it by his might He would if God did not subdue his power All men he would by treason soone devoure And now he 's vext that sin and death is cast By Jurie and God hath the sentence past Vpon them hoth and now he comes to sue For a reprieve as to his Kingdome due The Devill sueth for a reprieve for Sinne and Death and useth sundry Argumsnts Lord am not I thy creature thou didst make Me glorious when with Angels I did take Delight to doe what thou didst me command And pleasure tooke to waite then at thy hand I sinn'd but once yet by that sinne I fell From heavens glory to the pit of hell Thy creature man on which thou sett'st thy love Still sinneth and his sinning doth not move Thee to reject him but in favour still He doth receive the fruits of thy good will Seeing it is so that I no hope have ever To be restor'd though I should use indeavour I set my selfe to stablish me a throne Except thy selfe I le be controul'd by none Now sinne and death are servants unto me They doe my worke and alwayes willing be To bring me honour profit they converse And trade with men I have a rich commerce By both their meanes the pillars of my state I them esteeme and I at any rate Would not them lose they both do know my bents I cannot worke without such instruments Why dost thou me before the time torment Condemning them to hinder my intent Thou know'st my time is very short to stay Here I am bound unto the Judgement day In chaines of darknesse then I must abide Thy burning wrath to recompence my pride That is as much as Justice can desire Now I of thee this onething doe require If I may have this favour at thy hand As devils are I le be at thy command That sin and death may both their freedome have By a reprieve this is the thing I crave And doe my worke as they were wont to doe it Give liberty for they are willing to it Thou didst at first permit me for to enter Into the serpent I to tempt did venter The woman first then in the second place Ore man prevail'd and bronght on both disgrace The King that was according to thy heart Thou gav'st me leave to tempt too but the smart He quickly felt the people were incumbred With plagues destroy'd soone after they were nūbred Thou didst permit me for to try that King Who wicked was by lying him to bring To an untimely and a fearfull end That sold himselfe and ne're did good intend That man that great was dwelling in the East Approv'd by thee to be of men the best Thou didst permit me for to trie him so That he almost did count thee for his foe Thou didst permit me for to try with fan Th'Apostles faith so I did man by man And by that meanes they blessed on record Doe still remaine with all that kept thy word Nay when I was from him that was possest Cast when I askt thou granted'st my request Into the Swine to enter thou said'st goe Without thy leave I could not have done so Now art not thou as kinde as heretofore To all thy favours adde this favour more To free my servants Kingdomes if divided Long cannot stand this was by thee decided By me thy justice shall the more appeare And mercie too in freeing some from feare Though I am bad it best he comes a devill But thou art good so render good for evill Let sin and death be quit that they may still Rejoyce with me and execute my will Sathan is sharply rebuked in sundry particulars by the Lord. Why dost thou claime a priviledge that thou My creature art thou art a devill now Thou tri'st all meanes to make all like to thee For desperation and for miserie Thou wast in heaven where no sinne did dwell Yet thou through pride against me didst rebell Thou wast not tempted man by thee was tempted Why should not he by mercy be exempted From wrath which is for evermore thy due With all that fell which are a cursed crue For man I have redeem'd him by my Sonne Which paid a price else had he been undone No price nor means can serve to helpe thee out Of thy curs'd state if thou should'st goe about It were in vaine though thou a Kingdome hast And men cannot yet I will lay thee wast Though Sinne and Death he still at thy command What canst thou doe when they are by my hand Supprest why dost thou now so much desire To have reprieve for them because hell fire Reserv'd for thee is to that judgement day Me thinks these thoughts thy malice might allay That still the more thou art to sinne inclin'd The more in hell of torment thou shalt find The more of men thou drawest to thy will The more with wrath I will thy spirit fill Though I in justice did some time permit thee Dost thinke that for such sinnes I doe acquit thee T' intice the good or make the bad grow worse To make me powre on them the greater curse Thou dost accuse my Saints and mak'st me try them I nothing finde but that thou dost belye them If I command thee not to use thy power 'Gainst man then thou wilt the beasts devoure If what thou would'st thou canst not bring about Thou 'lt play at small game rather than sit out Not parted but ore throwne thy Kingdome shall Ere long be then with cursed great and small If sinne become thee comely thou shalt be Enough shalt thou have with sins miserie Thou monster vile should I thee good reward When none for sinne with thee can be compar'd If sinne and death repriev'd are this thy choise How much how long would'st thou with them rejoyce A Reprieve is granted that Gods justice might the more appeare Now though I grant thee this thy vile request Of all thy evils this is not the least My justice shall on thee the more appeare In sinne and sinners horrour guilt and feare Shall waite and death shall be by me restrain'd So sin and death together shall be chain'd Accurst from me they shall be men shall know It s but the fruit of raging flames below And as they band against men so their hire Shall be the more in hels tormenting fire They shall not hatch the mischiefe they intend I le crush their force and crosse their cursed end But for my foes that side with sin against me They earnest give for death and miserie Repriev'd they shall be but on these conditions That never they orepasse these strict commissions Sinne and Death prohibited in sundry particulars remaine both under sentence till the time of execution Sinne shall not raigne in any of my owne Redeem'd then he shall soone be overthrowne Death shall not strike the just before their time When they are