Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	bless_a	plague_n	29	3	9.6899	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34420	Monarchy, no creature of Gods making, &c. wherein is proved by Scripture and reason, that monarchicall government is against the minde of God, and that the execution of the late king was one of the fattest sacrifices that ever Queen Iustice had ... / by Iohn Cooke ...	Cook, John, d. 1660.	1651 (1651)	Wing C6019; ESTC R20620	90,353	192

and humanity are inseperable it was in too much neglecting himselfe for like a candle hee wasted his vitalls to give light to others seldome thinking it time to eat till he had done the worke of the day at nine or ten at night and then will sit up as long as any man had busines with him indeed he was every thing from a foot Souldier to a Generall and thought nothing done whilst any thing was undone his last tedious and wet march into Conaught for the reducing of Clare and other Castles after the rendition of Lymericke cost him deere as I understand occasioning the fever his heavenly Father would not suffer him to dye by the hand of the enemy nor of the Pestilence whereby many of his deere servants have beene called home he was a most exact Iusticiarie in all matters of morall righteousnes and with strength of sollid reason had a most piercing Iudgement and a large understanding heart to discerne betweene good and evill truth and error hee was one of those good Magistrates prophesied of in Rom. 13. and his conversation was a true interpretation of that Text being so intent to Gods honor that he never thought himself served or be friended in any Action unles God was therein served and honored let us minde our duty sayes hee and what Scripture have you to warrant it I believe few men knew more of the Art of Policy and selfe interessed prudentialls but never man so little practized them he is and shall be most deere to my remembrance and of all the Saints that ever I knew I desire to make him my President for uprightednes singleheartednes and sincerity he exercised it to his enemies Oh sayes he deale platnely with them let them know what they must trust too and though hee was very sparing in his promises to the Rebells yet he was most liberall in performances he had a very cleere divine light of truthes supernaturall and being strong in faith and of a most humble and meeke spirit gave God the glory of all successe upon the least losse we received by the Irish or any disappointment Oh sayes he is not our God angry with us let us be fervent in prayer to know his minde in every checke or chastisement as upon the losse in attempting the Island by Lymericke where gallant Major Walker lost his life He wrote to Colonell Lawrence and others of us here by the name of his Christian friends and brethren to be earnest with the Lord to know his minde what he would have his poore servants in the Army to doe I doe verily thinke that since the Apostles dayes there was never more Divine breathing of the Spirit of Christ in any Letter then in that He had a most noble propertie that if any man was questioned or censured behind his backe he would be his Counsell and argue for him every thing that could be rationally alledged never did man in the owning of his Authority more disowne himselfe hee was a most exemplary Christian in duties of piety and Religion alwayes beginning and ending Conferences Councells with prayer seeking wisedom advise and strength from God upon all occasions he had constantly when in Garison an exercise before supper and though he satt in Councell till eight or nine at night yet by his good will the discourse should not be the shorter but when Mr. Pacient a man of great experience in heavenly things or any other seemed to be strained in time he would say let us not thinke that time too long in Gods immediate service and when others had spoken to any disputable and usefull question hee would speake with that depth of Iudgement ever tending to unity and unanimity in opinions and affections that to my slender apprehensions I doe not know that ever I heard him maintaine any error and was willing to heare truth from the Souldier when the sicknes encreased the last yeare he appointed not onely one or two dayes to seeke the Lord to revoke that Comission but every fourth day of the weeke for six weeks together and sure it is a blessed thing when Moses speaks to Aaron the Magistrate to all Gods people to be servent in prayer when wrath is gone out from the Lord and the Plague begin Num. the 16. 46. his estimat or character of a godly man was not principally that he was of such a sorme opinion judgement or attainement but where he found the maine bent and resolution of his scule to be to know God in the face of Iesus Christ and to promote his glory to serve the Saints to begin or second a good motion with all his might to doe good to every visible object to love the first appearances and cherish the least sparks of grace and Image of Christ in whom soever existing and to renounce the honors profits and pleasures of this life for Christs sake who became of no reputation for us he greatly delighted in the Communion of Saints and made union with Christ and not any other opinion the ground of it which is the onely foundation of that Church against which the gates of hell shall never prevaile as that sweet spirited Christian Mr. Iesse hath unanswerably evinced he would often say to this effect that there was no honor like to the service of Iesus Christ and let our ambition be who shall be most instrumentall for God in his generation and having done our worke with all diligence let us trust God for our wages but halfe worke is not pleasing to God I know the want of some distinguishing ordinances was a burden to him and I am afraid that our heavenly Father hath a controversie with many of us in Ireland for severall deficiencies or redundancies as first our undervallueing the Lords Supper I am afraid sometimes that God will make the lesse account of our bloods and of our children because we so little esteeme if not trample under-foot the blood of his Son in that Ordinance if a Christian cannot conveniently enjoy it yet he should mourne for the want of it Secondly for not Sanctifying the Lords Day the morallity whereof too many deny and such as hold it yet upon every triviall and slight busines which might have been done the day before or deferred till the day after forget to keep it holy I agree that works of necessity and mercy may be done upon that day where it is really so of Gods sending and for publique utillity but a culpable necessity of our owne making will not excuse the breach of that holy Law Thirdly that when the honest interest is strugling for life some should be striving for estates or rather when Iesus Christ is daily Crucified in his members by the bloody Tories there should be emulations and contentions amongst us for superiority or prudencie as was amongst the Apostles that whereas S. Paul only commands to render honor to whom honor is due Rom. 13. 7. wee are too ready to assume titles of honor which are