Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	able_a	peace_n	zion_n	32	3	8.6463	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61197	The royal and happy poverty or, a meditation on the felicities of an innocent and happy poverty: grounded on the fifth of Matthew, the third verse. And addressed to the late and present sufferers of the times.	Sprigg, William, fl. 1657.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5081; ESTC R221805	40,412	115

the world time was when they were the only Sons of Light and when Palestine or the Land of Canaan was the only Goshan on which God caus'd the light of his Countenance to shine when as all the rest of the World all the rest of the Nations of the Earth sate in darkness in Egyptian darkness and as in the vale and shadow of death when as all the rest of mankind lay under an eclipse and dark night of ignorance But now blessed be God the Scene of things are changed the Partition Wall of Separation is now broken down the Vale of the Temple is now rent and its door set open to all the Nations and Kindreds of the Earth The borders of the Church are now inlarg'd and God hath given to his Son the Heathen for his Inheritance and the uttermost parts of the Earth for his Possession the Bread of Life is now dealt to all The King as it is in the parable hath now sent his servants into the midst of the streets to invite all to the Marriage Feast Time was when Canaan was the Land flowing with milk and hone but now every one is invited to buy Wine and Milk and Honey without money and without price time was when only the Iewes were admitted to the Table of Gods Ordinance but now there is a Feast prepared of fat things of Wine well refined from the Lees and Proclamation made That every one that hungreth after righteousness may come eat and be satisfied and every one that thirsteth is invited to drink of the Waters of Life freely For God is pleas'd now under the Gospel to keep open House as I may so say and to give entertainment to all comers to make welcome all that come unto him and puts none by refuses none that offer themselves by Faith unto him The time is now come in which the Son of Righteousness is to arise with healing under his wings and shine upon the whole earth and enlighten all the dark corners thereof that the whole world may become a Goshan a Land of Light in which the Saints are to be gathered from the four Corners and the four Winds in which the fear of the Lord is to fall on all hearts and the knowledge of his Name to abound and cover the face of the Earth as the waters cover the Sea God hath now set open the door of his Mercy and holds forth the Golden Scepter of his love to all He doth now open wide and stretch forth the Arms of his Love that he may receive the whole World into his Imbraces He hath now as it were pull'd up the Sluces and open'd as I may so say the Flood-gates of his Mercy that every one may drink thereof and taste that the Lord is gracious that he may bathe and refresh every dry and parched Soul He doth now open the Treasures of his Grace and bring forth the riches the exceeding great riches of his Mercy In brief the Gospel is now tender'd to both Iew and Gentile and the doors of the Sanctuary stand open unto all so that they are inexcusable that neglect despise or contemn the means of so great Salvation the offers and tenders of so great Love and Mercy So much for the Auditory I now come to 4 The place and that was a Mountain not Mount Sinai on which God appear'd cloath'd with Thunder and incompass'd with flames of fire and Clouds of smoak the Mountain on which God appear'd in the Majesty of a great Dictator giving Laws to the Children of Israel the Mountain which trembled with the presence of the Lord and before which the hearts of the people of Israel quak'd fearing they should be consum'd from before the presence of the great Iehovah This was not the Mountain on which God gave the Law in a voice of thunder when the Sons of Iacob desir'd the Lord might not speak unto them but by his servant Moses No this was Mount Sion the Mount of Olives the Mount of Peace When Moses had been awhile with God in the Mount his Face had so great a lustre that the Israelites were not able to behold it and therefore desir'd him to put a vail thereon And when Paul was caught up into the third Heavens he was transported beyond himself Whether in the body or out of the body he could not tell He then saw Visions and had Revelations which were unutterable So likewise our Saviour so soon as he came into the Mount began to preach and bless the people his lips began then to melt and drop sweetness to let fall blessings on the people Whence by the way we may observe that they only are fit to preach who have seen God in the Mount who have had some rapture and extasie of spirit who have had their hearts elevated and lifted up to God whose affections have taken flight beyond the Region of earthly enjoyments and had some experience of the goodness of God upon their Spirits then they will be able to speak feelingly then they will speak experimentally and say not the things we have heard that we have received from the hand of Fame but what we have seen handled of the Word of Life declare we unto you Then they will be able with our Saviour to say Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdome of Heaven and so we are at length arriv'd at the subject of our Discourse am sorry we have been so long detain'd in the Porch viewing the coherence and structure of the context but I hope we have not much wandered from the road of our Text or at least kept within view thereof The text is the first words of our Saviours Sermon on the Mount whose mouth was no sooner opened but his lips drop'd like the honey-comb This is not the language of the Law Do this and live This is not the Dialect spoken on Mount Sinai but this is the Language of the Lamb the sweet and still voice of the Gospel The Law was given by Moses but Grace and Truth came by Iesus Christ Oh! how beautiful should his feet be in our eyes that hath brought these glad tydings of the Gospel Blessed are the poor in spirit Oh! these are comfortable words these are refreshing words these speak Peace these speak Life to a poor soul these drop oyl and gladness into a wounded spirit these are words able to rebuke an inraged Sea and calm the billows of a troubled Conscience to restore brightness and serenity to a clouded spirit to a soul full of storms clouds and tempests Blessed are the poor Oh! how much doth Christs Dialect differ from that of the World we say Blessed are the rich blessed are the full blessed are those who know no want whose Barns are full of corn whose houses are full of wealth that can say with the rich glutton in the Gospel Soul eat and drink and take thy case for thou hast much goods laid up in store We say Blessed are