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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	israel_n	lord_n	pharaoh_n	1,941	5	10.2752	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46638	Rebellio debellata et Scotia rediviva, or, The downfall of rebellion and Scotlands resurrection, as it was represented in two sermons the one at Eccles last of May, the other preached at Jedburgh June 27, 1660, being both dayes set apart for solemn rejoycing and publike thanksgiving for the happy restauration of the king's most excellent Majesty to the exereise [sic] of his royall power / by Jo. Jameson minister at Eccles.	Jameson, John, minister of Eccles.	1661 (1661)	Wing J442; ESTC R31158	40,896	102

and attaine unto Vse 2. It is al 's little wonder to see them fall trimbling down like Phaeton in the fable kicked out of the Chair of that Chariot they were driving and made a ludibry and mocking-stock to all the world about For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee and thou shalt be cut off for ever Obad. 10. Vse 3. Beware of medling with things too high for thee Solomons counsel is good medle not with these that are given to change These will be Gods on earth and while they are climbing to taste of this forbidden fruit they are falling down to the society of the devils in hell they are externally ascending but spiritually descending they must have esteem among men and in the mean while they losse their esteem with God This climbing to their small satisfaction maketh them climb another ladder where they reap neither the fruit of honour nor profit Prop. 2. Invaders and Usurpers of Magistracy are unprofitable for the Commonwealth no better then drosse and time to the Goldsmith of which he can make no Jewel nor precious Vessel whither these be both without Title and Parts or have Parts and want Title a Gold-ring can never be made of tinne more nor of drosse What profit had Shechem by Abimelech Judg. 9.57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal no they are so far from being profitable that they are a very burden proving like an unfaithful steward to his master squizing his tennants without pity or compassion or like to Pharaohs Task-masters whose oppression imbittered the lives of the children of Israel yea more they are a very plague and one of these terrible plagues the Lord smote Egypt with Psal 105.34 He sent locusts and caterpillers that destroyed all the hearbs and eat up all the fruits of the land Indeed such are locusts to that Kingdom they bring under their power they and their supporters destroying all the fruits of the land their purses being as empty of Money as their persons are of worth the people to make them up must pull themselves down and is not this to be unprofitable in a singular manner The reasons of this are First These are men utterly void of a publike spirit having their own greatnesse not the peoples good before their eyes and it is impossible that it can be otherwise when this is made the mark at which all their endeavours are levelled Secondly Such are without all sympathic and fellow-feeling of peoples distresse and miseries not being the kindly parent Pater Patriae but like the unnatural Mother in Solomons time cruel as Tigars and so their administrations cannot not but be very far from bringing in any profit to a Kingdom Thirdly It cometh to passe on this account because they are void of conscience for they resolve to throw this aside as the main remora to great atchievments and least their impiety should become palpable they do it neatly even under the pretence of a most tender conscience Fourthly They are thus unprofitable because they are men void of all honour he that maketh proprium commodum supremam legem his own advantage the Supream Law can never be a man of honourable principles and one that acts not from such will never be instrumental to do good to a Kingdom Lastly All their supporters are of the same stamp for it may be said of them as God said of the makers and worshippers of Idols That they who make them be like unto them and so are all they that trust in them Hence both great and small of them become birds of prey Vse 1. Here is a true character of these that ravish Magistracy and as by a glasse their complexion is represented however they promise great things to the deluded people and flatters them with a hope of heaven upon earth under the shaddow of their power yet they are like Joah to Amasa kissing and imbracing that they may the more covertly cut them off doing as those who mannage young horses soberly and wisely handle them till once they be in the sadle and then they ride them as they please and make them give obedience to their cruel commands or else to resolve to be overwhelmed in utter ruine Vse 2. How good reason have we to blesse God Psal 14. ver last who hath freed us of this woful generation that as we read of some Cats who have been found standing over children with their mouths to theirs souking thence their breath were standing over all degrees of people in this Land and if God had not in time prevented them they had made us a most miserable people no they had cut us off from having a Name among the Nations and so much the higher should our rejoyceing arise that we see in their filthy advantage and unjust gain they have met with signal disappointment it proving as the airly dew and the sweetnes and contentment which they found in our ruines nothing but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a false sweetnesse many of them vomiting up their morsels which cruelly and greedily they had devoured 3. Let us pray to God to blesse him and them who were the instruments in Gods hand of this happy Revolution that man of Valour who lately commanded in this Land and those of our Nobles Gentry and Pastors that animated and encouraged him unto the work being unto him under many sad discouragements he met with as Aaron and Hur to Moses holding up his heart as those did Moses his hands The good will of him that dwelt in the Bush be toward them all for they have sweeped to the door of these Kingdomes the drosse and tinne of Usurpers it was God that guided them in every step for they walked in the midst of hazards The Jewish Rabbins have a fancy that the misreading one letter in the words Ein Kadosh Caihovah Beth to wit for Caph in JEHOVAH destroyeth the world Truely the misplacing one step of him and them had destroyed the whole world of our comfort that Lord who guided them then guide them all still till as they have brought these Lands to the enjoying of peace and prosperity they themselves may be brought to the enjoying of eternal felicity The second thing in the words is The remover He who purgeth out the drosse and the tinne from among them Its I that is God it is He that layeth the Axe of Judgement to the root of the Bramble no lesse 〈…〉 Omnipotency and there is no let to the doing thereof when Omnipotency is streached out The third thing is The manner how this is done that is expressed in the words purely purge and because the word Tsarash translated to purge signifieth to melt or burn out I encline to think that the Allusion here is made to the purging by fire it being a word proper to Goldsmiths and that the Nown is included in the