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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	endure_v	zion_n	94	3	9.0903	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16505	The rainebow, or, A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the tenth day of Iune, 1617 by Immanuel Bourne ...	Bourne, Immanuel, 1590-1672.	1617 (1617)	STC 3418; ESTC S725	61,782	73

this famous Auditorie God did looke vpon you with an angrie countenance whipping you with a rod of correction for your sinnes when of late dayes there died in one yeare aboue thirtie thousand amongst you in that great and generall plague But now he looketh vpon you with a fauourable eye and hath freed you from that fearefull iudgement which freedome God of his infinite mercie long preserue amongst you And I may say of all these mercies to the whole world The grace of God the cause of all graces toward vs. to this land and to this citie that Gratia Dei est causa author ●ffector omnis gratiae the grace of God figured in this gracious colour of the Bowe is the cause authour and effect of all grace fauour and mercy towards vs. For if we demaund the question what is the cause that God did create all things for our good before hee created vs The Answere must bee Gratia Dei the free grace and mercie of God What is the cause that hee hath not spared his owne Sonne but giuen him to the death for our redemption Gratia Dei the free grace and mercy of God What is the cause that hee hath giuen vs a gracious King vnder whom we enioy the peace of the Gospell the meanes of our saluation Gratia Dei the free grace and mercie of God In a word goe throughout all the graces that God hath bestowed vpon vs and demaund the question of euery one why hath God done thus And the answere must bee Quia bonus Thankfulnes that which God requires for h●s blessings Because he is good and gracious and because his mercie endureth for euer Quid retribuemus Domino What then shal we render vnto the Lord for his this vnspeakeable mercie and most infinite grace Wherewith shall wee come before the Lord and bow our selues before the most high God Shall wee come before him with thousands of rammes or with tenne thousand riuers of oyle Shall wee giue our first borne for our transgressions the fruite of our bodies for the sinnes of our soules to pay for our ingratitude and to recompence that loue which God in his mercy hath shewed vnto vs No no Beloued this is not that which God requireth at our handes it is Thankefulnesse to loue mercie to doe iustly and to humble our selues to walke with our God Micah 6.6 7.8 we should take the cup of saluation and call vpon the Name of the Lord wee should pay our vowes now in the presence of all his people wee should offer vnto him the sacrifice of thanksgiuing and tell out his workes with gladnesse Diuinely saith S. Bernard Happie is that man S. Bern. Serm. contra ingratitudinem Foelix quid ad singula dona gratiae redit ad ad eum in quo est plentitudo omnium gratiarum who for euery gift of grace returneth vnto God in whom is the fulnesse of all graces whatsoeuer O then let vs giue thankes vnto the Lord because hee is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse that hee is gracious and that his mercie endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercie endureth for euer Let the people of England now confesse that his mercie endureth for euer And last of all let all they that feare the Lord continually confesse that his mercie endureth for euer This thankfulnesse God requireth at our hands and this we are bound to render vnto him But doe we thus Surely the vineyard of the Lord of hostes Isaiah 5.1 2 3 c. is the house of England and the men of England are his pleasant plant he hath manifested his loue vnto them hee hath taken care for them he hath fenced them with a wall of peace he hath gathered the stones from them so that nothing might hinder their fruitfulnesse he hath planted them with the choicest vine the vine of his word hee hath built a tower in the middest of them the tower of his graces hee hath made a winepresse therein prepared all things for their good what could he haue done more vnto his vineyard that he hath not done vnto it now he looked that we should bring forth grapes but haue we not brought forth wilde grapes he looked for thankfulnesse may I not say behold ingratitude he looked for iudgement may I not say behold oppression he looked for righteousnesse may I not say behold a crye If I should say it of all I should condemne the innocent but I may say it soone of too many and iustly reprooue the nocent There is a crie that is heard in our land but it is not a crye of those that shout for the mastery nor of those that lament for being ouercome nor of those that sing and make melody these might bee passed ouer but it is a crye of sinne a cry of iniquity that ascendeth vp into the eares of the Lord from the seuerall and secret corners of the land The crying tinnes of our sime Should I bring you a Catalogue of these sinnes it would weary mee to speake them and weary you to heare them or at least to heare of them I will therefore but touch some of the principall I know not where to begin but Pride steps forth and challengeth the first place 1. Pride There is a crye of Pride of horrible Pride men are transformed into women and women into men such is their strange Metamorphosis and preposterous order that one striueth to goe before the other in Pride It seemeth some of them haue searched the Scripture be it but to search out sinnes that they may immitate them for whereas the Lord by the Prophet reprooueth the abhominable pride of the daughters of Sion Isaiah 3. their haughtinesse their stretched out neckes Esay 3.16 their wanton eyes their walking and mincing as they goe making a tinckling with their feete their tinckling ornaments their caules the round tyres like the Moone and the like the sonnes and daughters of our Sion haue learned to goe beyond them and to outstrip them in pride painting their faces and painting their cloaths in such a deformed manner defacing their naturall formes that at the day of iudgement God will not know them to be his But against these the Lord threatneth a fearefull punishment Isaiah 3.24 It shall come to passe that in stead of sweet smell there shall be stinke in stead of a girdle a rent in stead of well set hayre baldnesse and burning in stead of beauty And I would to God this City were free from this sinne that it might be free from this punishment After this a second iniquitie rideth post and now whoredome walketh hand in hand with pride and sometimes iustles for the wall there is a crye of whoredome 2. Whordome yea it is growne to such a height that now many of our gallants account it but recreation 3. Drunkennesse Isaiah ●8 1 3. Mothers 3. Daughters 4 Oppression