Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	body_n	jesus_n	soul_n	15,629	5	4.9058	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11561	A straunge and wonderfull example of the iudgement of almighty God shewed vpon two adulterous persons in London, in the parish of S. Brydes, in Fleetestreete, this thurde of Februarie. 1583. Set forth for a memorable example before our eyes, both to make vs remember the frailty of this life, and to call vs vnto repentance. By Samuel Saxey, student in diuinitie.; Straunge and wonderfull example of the judgement of almighty God.	Saxey, Samuel.	1583 (1583)	STC 21805; ESTC S105767	10,506	42

A straunge and Wonderfull Example of the Iudgement of almighty God shewed vpon two adulterous persons in London in the parish of S. Brydes in Fleetestreete this thirde of Februarie 1583. Set forth for a memorable Example before our eyes both to make vs remember the frailty of this life and to call vs vnto repentance By Samuel Saxey Student in Diuinitie ¶ Imprinted at London in Fleetestreate beneath the Conduite at the signe of S. Iohn Euangelist by H. Iackson The Epistle of Samuel Saxey to his louing Countrymen the Citizens of London concerning the straunge and wonderfull Iudgement of almightye God giuen vpon two adulterous persons the thirde of February being Sunday 1583. DEarely beloued Country-men both you I meane which loue and imbrace righteousnesse wyth your whole hartes and soules and you also which open your eares and lift vp your eyes to vanities and seeke after leasings I beseeche you in Gods cause and your owne behalf to worship the holye one of Israell with a true zealous and syncere worshippe and to repent you speedily and hartily of all your vyle and abhominable transgressions committed before the face of that onely wise God who most cleerely seeth al things And then wil I say vnto you Londoners as S. Paule wryteth to the Romaynes the Corinthians and other nations Grace to you and peace from God our father the Lord Iesus Christ. You know wel ynough good Countrymen wyth what notable and singular and thrice happy blessings the father of heauen hath blessed and endowed you his adopted children and inheritours you knowe what great riches and treasures of bodye soule he hath bestowed freely and bountifully vppon you he it is which graunteth and giueth you so ioyful so prosperous peaceable a realme he it is which preserueth our moste vertuous and renowmed Prince Elizabeth he it is which continuneth his careful regard and kindnes daylie and hourely towardes you and he it is which will not the destruction and death of a sinner but wysheth him to become a new and regenerate man and so consequently liue Wherfore lift vp your heads and harts O ye good Citizens of London remember what good cōmandementes your godly and religious Prophetes and Preachers haue deliuered you remēber what they haue told you of the ouerthrow of proude Babylon of wicked Niniue of lasciuious Sodoma and other famous Cities of infamous Asia and then too learne this lesson or rather prouiso of me your poore brother in Christ that vnlesse you cast away your iniquities far from you and bannish your cankred and corrupt imaginations and circumcise the sensuall appetites and vnreasonable perturbations of your mortall bodies you shalbe looke for it euen like one of them then without all doubt immortall confusion will ouerrunne and lay waste your most stately and goodly buyldings What slug and dromedarie is there amongst you that will not prepare himselfe lustily to the battaile when he heareth the drum or trumpet sounde alarum and proclaime open war and shall y e Lord of Hostes thunder aloude from his euerlasting throne of Maiestie and will you or dare you yet lie fast asleepe in the filthy puddle of cursed Adam your forefather and neyther awake nor arise If the Lion roareth terribly in the wylde forrest can the little beastes chuse but be afraide And shall the mighty and inuincible Lyon of the tribe of Iuda roare ouer his chosen children and subiects and shall not this same vile dust and ashes of ours fal in peeces with a sorrowfull contrition God is your good king therefore trust in hym wyth a true faythfull and duetifull obedience God is your graund captaine vnder his banner you shall easily vanquishe and captiuate the monstrous armies of Satan God is your louing father take heede and beware least other neighbour Countries steale awaye your blessings frō you whilest you hunt after wandering flesh in this worldly forrest God is your wise schoolemaister and one whyle hee teacheth you with gentle instructions and soft precepts sweeter than honny and the honny combe another time he intreateth you sharply and correcteth you for your manifold offences He is both mercifull seuere he is both patient angrye nowe hee appeareth vnto you in white garments and his saints reioyce about him with Oliue braunches in their handes and anone he descendeth from aboue in a boisterous and fierce whirlewind and in a tempest mingled with lightnings and coales of fyre What shoulde I say more He selleth you all goods without siluer or golde and yet you wil not harken vnto my voyce saith the Lord of Hostes. How long will you flee when I follow you howe long will you stop your eares when I call you saith the Lord of hostes O London London Londō heare what the Angell of God hath written in the iudgement seate of the Lambe I haue made Thamesis like vnto the Riuers of Paradise Euphrates and Tigris are not to bee compared with it her streames are of siluer and her sandes of gold her springs are water of life and who so drinketh of them shall not be adry her bathings make the blinde to see the lame to goe the dumbe to speake the deafe to heare I haue remoued all hinderaunces which woulde stay hir pipes conduites the venemous poyson of the great Dragon could not infect it nor the hotteissuinges of any Serpentes could defyle it my Rulers delighted to rowe in her with Barges my Seers builded their houses neere vnto her she hath beene Queene of all Riuers because her vertues and effectes are incomparable Wherefore my Ministers and seruauntes haue I sent in to her to cast their nettes and catch of her fish I longed to eate of that broode and to be serued with her young fishes at my Table but they laboured all night and tooke nothing For Thamesis is made a dwelling place for water Snakes shee is full of infectious woormes shee shall no more be called the Queene of waters if I send once agayne and receiue no fish of her she shall bee made like the deadly waters of Gomorrha sayeth the Lorde of hostes Nowe my good Countrymen can you heare thys Embassage and Reuelation and not marke it Or can you marke it and not remember it Then laye it closely vp in your breastes Goe to for Gods sake and your owne sake let vs laye our heades and ioyne handes together let vs sende our humble supplication and letters of submission vnto our mercifull God and craue a pardon of his Grace least he come sodaynly in his wrath and vexe vs in his sore displeasure Hee hath sent manye myracles among you my beloued brethren to chastē your vnchast misdemeanors Do you not remember that horrible punishment wherewith he punished a sister of yours in Woodstreet who very desperately forsweared her selfe in bargaynyng For as her periurye stincked in the nostrels of the Lord so her periured tongue became as her fundament A great example and notable Admonition for all buyers and