Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	egypt_n	hand_n	stretch_v	1,308	5	10.4202	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72181	[A commentarye vpon the prophet Malaky. M.D.LIII]	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1553 (1553)	STC 11885.5; ESTC S125398	35,692	100

was a murtherer before the beginning of the world lyke as hys chyldren hath bene also euer syth the begynnynge of the worlde and therfore must of necessity be hated of the most mercyfull Lorde who is compelled by the order of hys woorkes to vse these wycked roddes and cruell scourges for the chastysement of hys chyldren doyng manye tymes the woorke straunge from hys nature that he maye do hys woorke of marcye peculyer vnto his nature And than vtterly breake hate reiect and cast away into euerlastyng fyre and vtter destruction thys rodde and scourge lyke a most marcyfull father fauouryng hys chyldren and hating the rodde Lyke as he sayeth by hys Prophet Woo vnto Assur the rodde of my fury and the staffe of my indingnation and after promyseth to breake the staffe and caste awaye the rodde Psa x. Suffering in the meane season yet theese instrumentes of hys wrathe prepared vnto destructyon with greate pacyence for thys ende that hee maye vtter the ryches of hys glorye towardes the vessayles of glory which he hathe prepared vnto glorye Thus was Pharao the manifest scourge and rodde of God to correcte to chastyse and to exercyse the Israelites and to spreade the power of God through al the world Therefore was Moyses sente vnto hym wyth the rodde of God hys myghtye mercy to breake in sondre this rodde of chastisemente And the Lorde sayed vnto Moyses I haue appoynted the to be the God of Pharao and Aaron thy brother shall be thy Prophet thou shall speake vnto hym all that I commaunde the. And hee shall speake vnto Pharao to let go the chyldren of Israell for the of hys lande But I wyl harden hys hearte saythe the Lorde and I wyll multiplye my signes and wonders in Egypte and he shall not heare you And I wyll laye my hand vppon Egipt and I wyll brynge myne army and people forthe of the lande of Egypte by mooste greate iudgementes and the Egiptians shall know that I am the lord Exodus .vii. Agayne the Lord sayth Now shall I stretche my hande to stryke the and thy people wyth a plage and thou shalt peryshe from the earthe for therfore haue I caused the to stande for so is the Hebrue word that I maye shewe in the my strength and that my name maye be renowmed through al the earth Exod. ix Then the lorde sendeth a greate hayle so that fealynge the hande of God the tenthe tyme Pharao was compelled to crye the Lord is iust and I and my people are synners as foloweth in the same chapter Yet for all thys the Lord hardneth hys hearte that he pursueth the chyldrē of Israel to hys owne destruccion Exodus xiiii So that resystyng the power of god he perisheth in this world and in the world to come he is appoynted to the euerlastynge fyre prepared for the deuyll and hys aungelles by the iust iudgment of the almyghtye Lorde who being refused and so openly resisted iustly dothe geue ouer the wycked to theyr owne reprobate myndes wyth greadynes to fulfyll theyr fleshlye desyres and obstynat purpose to prosecute that whiche the Deuyll and the worlde wylleth them to do and so causeth them to hepe vpon their own heades their own damnation treasuryng storing vp al their life long workes deseruynge the wrath of god agaynst the day of hys wrath and vengeaunce as the Apostle sayth to the Romaynes Thys reprobacion then is the declaracion of god hys seuere Iustyce and iust iudgement agaynst the serpent and hys seede whom by the worde of hys eternal wysdome he hath accurssed from the begynnyng and appoynted to euerlastyng torment The whych woorke necessarye for the procedyng of god hys holy prouidence eternal and neuer ceassynge regymēt gouernāce because it is the worke of the wyll of the myghtye god whyche is the very law equitie and iustice it selfe free from all affectyons farre from all faulte cryme or synne It oughte to be knowen vnto vs al that all fleshe maye tremble and consyder before whome it standeth euen before that greate Lorde and myghty god who hath power bothe ouer the body and soule to cast into hell fyre To whom no man may saye what doest thou Being like the clay in the poters hand or the staffe or axe in the hand of the smiter Who offendeth against no lawe because hys godly wyl is the lawe it selfe and to knowe his pleasure is to knowe the lawe to follow his will is to do the lawe so that of necessitie this great Lorde is so farre and free from al sinne that nothing is good but that whiche is wrought by hym nothyng can be euyll that he worcketh in hys creatures No the fall of Lucifer the father of the reprobate dothe vtter hys Maiestye dothe shewe hys Iustyce whyche olde Sathan and father Deuil was woorthelye cast downe into the bothome of hell and eternallye condempned to euerlastynge paine and tormente because he dyd so ambiciously and proudly clymbe vp aboue his appointed place in the heauēs And where the malyce of thys old serpente caused Adam the firste manne to mounte aboue hys estate to desyre to knowe good and euyll lyke a God the maruelous mercye of God and inestimable loue towardes mankynde caused and compelled this wycked woorcke of the Serpent to serue hys glorye and to tourne to oure greate commodytye and profytte in that he rayseth of the seede of man a nother Adam most innocent and holye agaynst whome no deuil nether any helly power maye preuayle by whome we are not onlye reconcyled vnto God and do obteyne pardon for thys offence but we are borne a newe and as it were againe created into greater glorye by farre then we were at the first for the first man had only a promesse to liue in the earthly gardine so long as he dyd not eate of the forbidden frute we haue the promyse of the heauenlye paradyse and euerlasting pleasures He had earthly meate and fruit we haue the heauenly Manna whych feedeth into life euerlasting He was created to woorke in the gardyne workes natural we are renewed vnto workes supernatural aboue nature heauenly and celestiall He was ouer come by the serpent we do ouercome and triumphe ouer the serpent Synne Deuyl Death and Hell He had the gift of reason and vnderstandynge we haue the rytche wysedome of God hys holye spirite wherby we dyscerne our own infirmitie and weakenes and hys almightye power mercye and goodnesse To be shorte where he dyd renne frō God hyd hym and sewe figge leaues to couer his shame folowynge hys fonde fantasye We do boldly beholde the course of god hys woorkyng in our nakednes synne and infyrmitie and magnifie renowme and prayse our Lorde god whyche sheweth hys grace by our synne whych vttereth hys power by oure weakenesse hys wysdome by out foolyshnes whych setteth foorth hys electe vessels his chosen Abels by Caynites the vessayles of hys wrath In wych Cain the fyrst murthetherar therefore manifestly of the serpentes seede appeareth euydentlye