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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	bring_v	lord_n	milk_n	1,453	5	9.6655	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01077	The bitter vvaters of Babylon, or The miserable estate of the citizens of Sion considered by the confusion of all things in this world.	Forsyth, James, fl. 1615-1619.	1615 (1615)	STC 11191; ESTC S121939	26,614	42

like manner earthly melody not being tempered with a meditation of death or a consideration of a better life it will drowne the affecter with a greedie desire thereafter and ouerwhelme him with an obliuion of his Creator wherefore our Sauiour tooke vp a mournfull song in the midst of the peoples melodie in his iourney to Ierusalem and herefore it is that I haue chosen a dolefull ditty which I am by Gods assistance to read vnto your godly audience which may restraine our too much pleasure in worldly vanity PSALME 137. 1. By the riuers of Babylon we sate and wept when we remembred Syon ABrahams seruant receiuing a message from his Master to go into his fathers house and chuse a wife of his owne kindred for his sonne Isaacke did walke along diligently and sta●ed no where vntill he came vnto the Well whereout the women came to draw water and there taken vp his rest found in that place his iourney prosperous to his Masters great comfort and Isaac●● great profit as afterward did appeare Euen so I receiuing a commission from the Diocesan of this Sea to come to this place did passe along by the sweete waters of holy write willing to finde out a fit place to bathe your soules in tooke vp my rest no where vntill I came to the bitter waters of Babylon and there finding the children of God mourning vnder captiuitie for a remembrance of their former happinesse I haue addressed my selfe to finde out the cause of their great miserie in their mournefull behauiour that thereout I may draw some matter for our great comfort and consolation Nunquid fily sponsi lugerepossunt quamdiuest cum illis sponsus saith our Sauiour Christ in an other case can the children of the bride chamber mourne as long as the bride-groome is with them how can this text fit these times wherein we liue may some say seeing we haue peace within our borders there is no leading into captiuitie nor no complaining in our strectes can this text set forth the iniquities of the time wherein sinne doth abound euery where yes verely and that very fitly for although now we haue peace and tranquillitie yet it was the counsell of wise Ioseph vnto the King of Aegypt that in time of plentie he should prouide for the famine to come wee read of the Syrens that in faire weather they weepe and in storme they reioice thinking that after faire weather there wil be a turbulent tempest but after a full storme a still caline sic ut turgidum tran quillum mare sic pacem bellum sequitur as a boisterous sea followeth a smooth water so warre commonly succeedeth a long peace wherefore the Apostle Saint Peter warneth euery one that stands to take heede least he fall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And it is the opinion of some diuines that the Prophet Dauid doth write this Psalme many yeares before their captiuitie to giue them a sight of their future miserie Propheta enimres futuras praeteritas saepissime tanquam presentes narrat for a Prophet many times doth shew thinges past and to come as though they were present Againe wickednesse being the cause of their wretchednesse and sinae an occasion of their captiuity the consideration whereof will moue no doubt euery Christian mans heart with a Remorse for his former lewde led life least his impious and wicked behauiour draw vpon him a greater miserie And lastly if we will beleeue the auncient writers and some of the Moderne there is more mystically meant then is literally vnderstood Frange osliterae inuenies medullam intelligent●● break the bone of the letter and within thou shall finde a marrow of spirituall matter Puta lamentationem Ecclesiae militant is in hac terra namely the lamentation of the Church militant afflicted in this world which mourning may be well specified by their reall weeping Super flumina Babilonis ●llic sedimus fl●uimus c. By the riuers of Babylon we sate and wept when we remembred Sion The people of Israel being deliuered from vnder the bondage of Egipt and tyrannie of Pharaoh with a mighty hand led along by a safe conduct thorough the wildernes and at last by the prouidence of God brought into that blessed land that did flow with milke and honnie where being in rest they built vnto themselues strong holdes forts and citties for their safegard and habitation for the which benefits the Lord doth desire onely that they obserue his lawes and marke his statutes to keepe them that they might inherit that good land otherwise if by their negligence therein they did moue his wrath against them then would he vtterly destroy them as afterward came to passe and at this day doth appeare for being placed in prosperitie and hauing all things according to their hearts desire they following the perswa●ion of their wicked rulers such as Ieroboam Ahab Ieho●akim Z●dechi● and others spent their daies in van●ie in working wickednesse and worshipping the workes of their owne hand their hearts being fat and grosse with ●atnesse forgot God that made them and the strong God of their saluation Wherefore the Lord did giue them ouer into the hands of their enemies many times to be ouercome of them Many times were they beset and some of their tribes taken as of Ephraim and Nepthalin the Citie of Samaria being by them inhabited was of the King of Syria enuironed and brought to a great famine the City of Ierusalem often besieged as once of Antiochus who did ransacke the Citie spoile the temple of her ornaments and brought many of the inhabitants to great miserie But for all this they did still continue in their crooked waies in working wickednesse following the steppes of Manasses and doing according to all that he did wherefore at last the Lord did suffer Nebuk●d●noser the King of Babell with a great army of the Caldaeans to come vpon them and carrie them away captiues into Babylon where they did remaine for the space of seuentie yeares so that it is the opinion of the most Diuines that this Psalme was composed after their returning from captiuitie to put them in minde of their former miserie which they then did suffer although some are of the opinion that it was made long before as before hath been said In the Hebrew text wee haue no tide prefixed vnto his Psalme but in the Greeke copies there is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And in the old Latine Psalma● Dauid proper ●…remiam Theodoret doth reiect this as too audacious to bee prefixed the reason he giues is because sere●… was neuer in Babylon but if yee marke the title aright you shall not finde any thing wherby he doth allo word ●a●low his being in Babylon but only in that this Psalme doth agree with the lam●●nations which Ieremie made of their exp●iuit●e by the spirit of prophesie therefore not to be so much reiected There is something found