Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	anger_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	45	3	9.5766	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93859	Phinehas, or, The common duty of all men, and the special duty of magistrates, to be zealous and active in the execution of laws against scandalous sins and debauchery and of that in particular, against prophane cursing and swearing.	Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.	1695 (1695)	Wing S5433A; ESTC R184628	12,740	16

real Good of the Offender of the Community and for the Honour and Service of God this is an Act of Charity and Vertue and truly Honourable This which I have said concerning the Obligations of all who have any Knowledge of any Offences against the Laws to give Information thereof to such as have Authority to correct and punish the same is no less Obligatory upon all in Authority to proceed according to their Information Nay if they through Fear or Shame which doth too often happen through the Impudence of this most wicked Generation neglect their Duty therein their Guilt is much greater they having in a manner the Law in their own hand and being so especially obliged as before is shewed And here I shall recommend one Consideration more to all such as truly and cordially desire to discharge the Duty not only of common Humanity or of a civil State but of Christians indeed they must consider farther that though this be a Christian State yet is the whole Nation in a very sinful State and hath great reason to fear some very severe Judgment of God for the Punishment and Correction thereof If we well consider the Judgments of God threatned both in the Old and the New Testament and the severe Judgments of God executed upon the Nation of the Jews which were his peculiar People and now are and have been for many Ages a Monument of his Judgments to all others upon the Seven Churches of Asia so Famous heretofore upon the former flourishing other Greek Churches now under miserable Slavery upon the Bohemian Church which was one of the first and best Reformed Churches and others and then consider the present * The O … spreading 〈◊〉 full Groth … Sin W … edness in 〈◊〉 Nation 〈◊〉 the approa … of Gods Ju … ments briefly no●… in the Ad … nition … cerning 〈◊〉 Publick F … State of this Church and Nation how little any of these have exceeded us in Wickedness and how little Effect either the Judgments or the Mercies of God have had upon us toward a Reformation We may see great reason to expect the like Judgments near approaching now and no reason to hope to escape the same without a very considerable Reformation of that horrid Wickedness which is daily committed by a great part to say nothing of the Pride and Vanity the Covetousness and Wordly-mindedness the Formality and Luke-warmness and other Decays of genuine Christian Piety and Vertue even in Professors of Religion which are things out of the reach of Humane Laws The former Considerations manifest a general Obligation upon all to use their best Endeavours for the Good of their Countrey and our selves but this a more special Obligation to be active upon Necessity for Preservation from imminent Judgment and Destruction or great Calamity that we be not surprized in it for it is very plain and evident that the greatest part of the Nation is at this time from the highest to the lowest under such a spirit of Slumber Senselesness and Carelesness as doth usually preceed such surprizing Judgments and whereof our Saviour gave great Warning as we may read Luk. 17.24 36. which is to be understood not only of his Goming at the last great Day but also of his Coming in Judgment upon particular Nations and Churches and in other places of the Gospels But in the Severest of his Judgments the Merciful and Gracious God doth always by a distinguishing Providence which is noted by our Saviour and is very observable in all the Prophetick Denunciations of Judgments and in the Execution thereof secure a Remnant of such as sincerely fear Him and seek to avert his Judgments So that there is great Encouragement for those who will take Warning and endeavour to be of that Number whatever become of the rest But if they endeavour that as they ought there is hopes that Judgment may be averted from all For to pass by other Reasons what we have seen effected by the Zeal and Activity of one Man we may well hope may much more be effected by the Zeal and concurrent Activity of many In the Sacred History we have a remarkable Instance of the Judgments of God and the fierce Anger of the Lord turned away from the Children of Israel by the Courage and Activity of one Phinehas while he was Zealous for God's Sake among them so that the Plague was stayed from them that he consumed them not in his Jealousie Because he was Zealous for God and thereby made an Attonement for the Children of Israel he at once both pacified the Wrath of God and so averted his Judgment from them and also obtained a special Glorious Promise and Blessing of God for himself and his Posterity as we may see Numb 25. There are other Duties incumbent upon all in respect of the Judgments of God which we have great Reason to fear as Repentance and Reformation of our selves and Mourning and Supplication for the Sins of the Nation and frequent and earnest Prayers for the Averting of those Judgments but that which here was to be considered is only the Promotion of a Reformation by a vigorous and steddy Execution of Laws which respects both this and all the rest of the Obligations before mentioned of this more might be said but these things well consider'd I suppose sufficient as to the Execution of the Laws in general But I must add a few things concerning one in particular which was the Occasion of this Discourse It is The Late ACT for the more effectual Suppressing Prophane CURSING and SWEARING To this Effect THat if any Person after 24 June 1695. prophanely Swear or Curse in the Presence of any Justice of the Peace or Head Officer of the Place where the Offence is committed or shall be thereof convicted by the Oath of One Witness or by his own Contession before such Justice or Officer be shall for every such Offence Pay to the Vse of the Poor of the Parish where the Offence is committed if Servant Day-Labourer Common Souldier or Common Seaman One Shilling and every other Person Two Shillings and for a Second Offence after Conviction double and for a Third treble 2. That upon Neglect or Refusal to Pay any such Justice or Officer shall send his Warrant to the Constable Tything-Man Church-Warden or Overseer of the Poor of the Parish where the Offence is committed to Levy the Sum forfeited to the Vse of the Poor of the Parish and in case no Distress can be had to set the Offender if above the Age of Sixteen in the Stocks by the space of one Hour for a single Offence and for more than one Offence at the same time two Hours but if under that Age unless he Pay forthwith to cause him to be Whip'd by the Constable or by the Parent Guardian or Master of the Offender in the Presence of the Constable 3. That if the Justice or Officer wilfully or wittingly omit the Pertormance of this Duty