Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	david_n	israel_n	king_n	20,093	5	4.5589	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05066	A short apologie for Christian souldiours wherein is conteined, how that we ought both to propagate, and also if neede require, to defende by force of armes, the Catholike Church of Christ, against the tyrannie of Antichrist and his adherentes: penned by Stephanus Iunius Brutus, and translated into English by H.P. for the benefite of the resolution of the Church of England, in the defence of the gospel.; Vindiciae contra tyrannos. Part 4. English	Languet, Hubert, 1518-1581.; H. P., fl. 1588.; Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623, attributed name.	1588 (1588)	STC 15207; ESTC S105564	11,591	32

in the sight of God to deliuer their soules from the slauerie of Sathan to place them in the cleare light of the Gospel and these so many examples of godly Princes may be vnto vs instéede of a lawe But nowe let vs here what God by the mouth of his Prophets doth denounce against those which either do not promote the instauration of his church or make no account of the great affliction thereof The Gadits and the Rubenites and the halfe tribe of Manasses do demaunde of Moses Num. 32. Iosu 4.7.12 Deut. 3. that hée would giue vnto them and their family their portion on this side of Iordan and Moses gaue it them but vpon this condition that they should not onely helpe their brethren the Israelites in obteining of the lande of Chanaan but also because they had first receiued their portion they should go before them and place them selues in the first ray but if they would not then he would curse them and compare them vnto those which were iudged rebels at Cadesbarnea For saith he shall your brethren make warre and shall you lye at peace nay rather ye shall come ouer Iordane neither shall you go backe to your children before the Lord hath driuen out his enemies before his face and haue giuen rest vnto your brethren as vnto you then shall ye be founde innocent before the Lord and before Israel and those to whome the Lord hath giuen such a benefite as to haue their portion first those he wil laye great punishment vpon vnlesse they helpe their brethren vnlesse they be partakers of their labours and go before them into the land of Chanaan Likewise when the men of Nepthali and the men of Zabulon Debora being their Captain did take armes against Iaben Iud. 5. being a tyraunt and the tribe of Ruben did sport and delight him selfe with his pipe among the heards of cattle which should haue béene foremost and first haue armed him selfe Galead thought him selfe safe the riuer béeing betwéene him and his enemies Dan boasted that he was master of the sea Asher put his trust in the ruggednesse of the rocke the spirit of the Lord speaking by the mouth of the Prophetesse condemned them all curse ye Meroz saith the Angel of the Lord curse the inhabitantes thereof because they came not to help the Lord against the mightie Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite shall bee blessed aboue other women blessed shall she be aboue women dwelling in Tents Notably it is saide of Vrias vnto Dauid the Arcke of Israel and Iuda dwell in tents and my Lord Ioab 2. Sam. 11. and the seruants of my Lord abide in the open fields and shall I then goe into my house to eate and drinke and companie with my wife by thy life and by the life of thy soule I will not do this thing Most wicked is that of the people of Israel which taking their ease in Sion trusting in the mountaines of Samaria lye vppon beds of Iuorie Amos. 6. and stretch them selues vpon their beddes and eate the lambes of the flocke and calues out of the stall they sing to the sound of the viole they drinke wine in bowls and anoynte them selues with the chiefe oyntments but no man is sorrie for the affliction of Ioseph Therfore the Lord God hath sworne I abhorre the excellencie of Iacob and hate his palaces I will deliuer vp the citie with all that is therein therefore nowe shall they goe captiue with the first that goe captiue ●ud 8.12 Most wickedly did the Ephraimites which did not only reioyce with Gedon and Iepthe hauing gotten the victorie but also did enuie them and when they were in daungers did forsake them Wickedly did the Israelites which cried out to Dauid when he had the victorie behold we are thy bones and thy flesh which before when he was driuen into narrow streights said we haue no part with Dauid ● Sam. 5. nor in the sonne of Ishaie Wickedly do all those which being Christians only in shewe and profession are content to bee present at the spirituall banket but refuse to taste of the cuppe of bitternesse together with their brethren which content to séeke for their saluation in the church not withstanding they haue no regarde of the safetie and welfare either of the Church or of the members thereof And farther also they are content to acknowledge one God for their father one Christ for their redéemer one holy ghost for their sanctifier and preseruer one house and familie of the faithfull one misticall bodie in Iesus Christ neuerthelesse they do not bring their ayde vnto Christ being afflicted in his members nor sende their succour to their poore brethrē in their extremities This vngodlinesse is great and what punishment is necessarie for such as offende in this point Num. 32. Moses compareth those which forsake their brethren in their daungers to those rebels of Cade●barnea whereof not one entred into the lande of Chanaan according to the coūsell of God And let those men séeke for no place in the heauenly Chanaan which are not desirous to succour Christ him selfe béeing both miserably afflicted and also slaine againe euerie day almost a thousand times Christ him selfe vtterly codemned those which did not receiue him when hée was a straunger which did not cherish him when he was colde and did not clothe him when he was naked which did not succour him when he was poore and lastly which did not endeuour to set him frée when he was a captiue Therefore those cannot thinke but that eternall fire is prepared for them which euery day both sée heare these things with their eyes and eares and are not moued so that we may say iustly it wil be easier for any Infidell at the day of iudgement then for them For let vs reason thus did the Iewes only crucifie Christ and the Scribes and Pharisies Did the Ethniks only persecute Christ and the Turkes and certaine Christians in his members The Iewes did beléeue and professe that he was a deceiuer the Ethnickes that he was an euill person the Turkes that he was an infidell all other that he was an heretick And therfore if we respect their minde and intent whereby al offences are to be measured they persecuting those whome they thought to be wicked impious and vngodly it doth appeare that in the proper sense they did not slay Christ the sonne of God August in Psalm 82. Ambro. li. ● de Offic. Gratian. in decretis But those do truely persecute Christ and those do trulie slaye him which willingly suffer him to be afflicted in his members whome they surely know and beléeue to be the sonne of God the Messias and Sauiour of the world Finally he that doth not deliuer a man from daunger when it lieth in his power to doe it he is guiltie of his death as much as he which murthered him Quia enim noluit opē ferre voluit occidi for because he would

is the dutie of euerie priuate man with most earnest prayer to desire at Gods hand so it is the dutie of Magistrats by their powers by their assistance by all meanes they can to raise her vp being fallen to set her in the prosperitie she was before There is not one church of the Ephesians and another of the Colossians and of the rest but all these are parts of the vniuersall church and the vniuersal church is the kingdome of Christ which kings and princes and magistrates ought to enlarge propagate amplifie against all enemies and aduersaries of the same and for this cause was there one onely temple among the Iewes built by Salomon which did represent the vnitie of the Church that builder might be called a foolish builder which making one part of his house windtight watertight doth suffer an other to let in the rayne and the winter So likewise all Christian kings when they are admitted to the crowne they receiue the sworde expressely vpon this condition that they shall defende and mainteine the Catholike and vniuersall Church the which sworde when they haue taken into their handes they shake it to the East and to the West and to the North and to the South and to all quarters and climates of the worlde Nowe when they take vpon them the patronage and protection of the church they vnderstand no doubt the true and not the false church and in her defence they ought to imploy all their industrie force and strength Of this we haue examples in godly princes that it hath alwayes béen obserued In the time of Ezechias the king of Iuda 2. Chro. 31 the kingdome of Israel was in seruitude to the king of the Assyrians euen from the time of Osea the king Wherefore if that onely church of God which was in the kingdome of Iuda and not the vniuersall Church was committed to Ezechias and that he had authoritie to defend the Church no farther than he had to commande tribute surely Ezechias especially in those times in which the Assyriās were masters ouer the whole worlde woulde haue kept him selfe within the limittes of the kingdome of Iuda But we reade that he did inuite by messengers the whole people of Israel the subiects of the king of Assyria to celebrate the passeouer in Ierusalē and that he did ayde the godly men in Israel in breaking downe the highe places and spoyling the powers of Ephraim and Manasses 2. Reg. 22. 2. Chr. 34. others which were in subiection to the Assyrians We reade also of Iosias the godly king that he did purge not onely his owne kingdome but also the kingdome of Israel subiect to the king of Assyria from the worshipping of Idols So that where the cause of the glorie of God and of the kingdome of Christ is touched no limits and bounds ought to abate and quench the zeale of good and godlie princes But if the force of their enemies be great let them vnderstand by the examples of these kings which did truly serue the Lorde that they may not or néede not feare any These examples of godly Princes many Christian kings haue followed whereby the Church which was onely within the limits of the lande Palestine hath béen and is spredde throughout the whole worlde Constantine and Licinius were both Emperours the one of the East the other of the West they were fellowes of like and equall authoritie It is a prouerbe that those which are equall haue no iurisdiction the one ouer the other Neuerthelesse Constantine when he sawe Licinius vnder the pretence of religion vexing killing the Christians he proclaimeth warre against him We must ●eade this aduisedly because we may not by ●he worde of God rest our own ●rince if he ●e wicked and by force of armes setteth vp the frée seruice of God to the Christians and in the ende Licinius breaking his league which he had made with him and returning to his former crueltie he caused him to be put to death at Thessalonica This did Constantine the great whose godlinesse is so much celebrated and set out by the Christians in those times that they said it might very well agree to him which was prophesied by Esaie the Prophet that kings should be nursing fathers and Queenes nursing mothers to the church When he was dead the Romaine Empire was deuided among his sonnes that they should all rule equally among which Constans did fauour the Christians and Constantius the Arrians which also droue out of Alexandria Athanasius an enemy to the Arrians If there were any account to be made of limits and bounds it were most especially betwéene brothers neuerthelesse Constans threatneth his brother that vnlesse he restore Athanasius into his place againe hee woulde come with force of armes against him If Constans doubted not to do this only for restoring of one Bishop may it not more rightly be done when a great part of the people is oppressed when they humbly require ayde and desire that they may kéepe their religion among them the nobles of their countrey being chiefe authours in this request Sozom. li. 7. ca. 18. So Theodosius being persuaded by a Bishop of Asia tooke vp armes against Chesroem king of the Persians that thereby he might rescue the Christians being all priuate men which were vexed in the cause of religiō The which thing those godly Princes which made so many lawes and had such speciall care of Iustice and equitie would neuer haue done if they had thought or iudged that they had entred into the limits or gone about to breake the lawes of their Princes in so doing To what end were so many expeditions of Christian Princes into Syria against the Saracens to what ende were so many taxes reared summes of money leuied such warre proclaimed against the Turkes and so many forces erected against them if it had not béen lawful for all Christian Princes euen for those which dwell farthest off to deliuer the church of God from tyrannie and from the yoke of seruitude And by what arguments and reasons were they vrged and stirred to take this warre in hande but onely because the church of Christ is one because Christ him selfe had cited all able men to take weapon because that common daungers were to be cut off by common ayde all which do verie well agrée to this cause wée haue in hande So that if it were lawfull for them against Mahomet and not onely lawfull but also that rewards were giuen to them which did willingly take armes and punishment to those which did detract the same why may we not do the like against the enemies of Christ And if we may do it against the Grecians besieging of Troy why may we not do it against Sinon which by setting cities and houses on fyre doth rob and spoyle To conclude if it be a godly acte to deliuer the Christians from bodily seruitude for the Turkes compell no man is it not much more acceptable