Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	great_a	holy_a	12,790	5	4.8317	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91942	A letter, discovering the cause of Gods continuing wrath against the nation, notwithstanding the present endeavors of reformation: directing to the meanes of appeasing that wrath; and encouraging to constancy in those endeavours: / written with much judgement and pious affection, by Mr Nathaniel Rogers, a godly and learned Divine now in New-England, to a worthy member of the Honourable House of Commons, bearing date, Decemb. 17, 1643. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.	Rogers, Nathaniel, 1598-1655.	1644 (1644)	Wing R1821; Thomason E53_20; ESTC R23205	8,921	12

shutting out the Ordinances of Christ and polluting Gods service with mens superstitions Ezra began that zealous divorcement of strange wives which Shecaniah advised him to attempt with his deepe abasement for that great trespasse which in a most humble and affectionate confession he acknowledged they had been in so long unto the just bringing and continuing all those evils that lay upon them That amendment that is without confession and conviction hath not depth and bottome enough for the Lord to say much upon If they be ashamed of their wayes then shew them the wayes of my house Ezek 43.11 God knowes not what to doe with Israel unlesse by stripping themselves of their ornaments they shew they were ashamed of what they had done Exod. 33. God leaves Ephraim to his troubles till he should become guilty Hos 5.15 Is that Reformation pleasing to God that is not of evill condemned by God if so the guilt should first be yeelded before the practise removed It 's the deceit of many a soule in his personall estate to be zealous in casting off such corrupt customes as his soule never abhorred it selfe for former defilements thereby and the truth is the deceit lies in imperfection of conviction humiliation yea of mortification and that evill which a man leaves without acknowledgement and sense of his former offensivenesse in such way doth but reserve to himselfe a liberty in case of more easie taking up that which he laid downe Were that Truth duly stated by which Episcopacy Ceremonies c. are condemned then should God be duly justified the sinfulnesse of former aberrations perceived yeelded censured and condemned and a sure standard and inflexible rule be laid for a perfect repairing and regulating future worke It was alledged by a learned man in the Councell of Trent when they were disallowing some things as I remember that there is nothing false but because it erres from somewhat that is true If it were no offence to God to worship him and dispense the things of his house as they were and yet it is good to remove them and have them otherwise then the government of his Church and the manner of his worship is a matter indifferent and indeterminate and then Christ hath gained nothing but the royall prerogative of his Kingdome is as much abased as it was before and then he will say Obedience is better then sacrifice But perhaps what I write is needlesse however my boldnesse comming from sincere desire of your best successe and honour and speciall confidence of your pious candor will be pardoned My desire and prayer is that the Lord will rebuke Satan and take away any defiled garments from Ioshuah and Zerubbabel that should hinder acceptance or successe yea so I write as one that acknowledge my selfe to have had a share in those provocations and pollutions and want yet an heart to be meetly sensible of the wrong done to the Lord Jesus therein though the Scripture sheweth example and argument plentifull in that kind Wherefore Honoured Sir if all be not right therein improve I beseech you that zeale which God hath enkindled in your breast and that interest that so long experience of your fidelity to the Cause of God hath bred you in the hearts of those Noble spirits whom I hope God hath raised up to be the repairers of breaches the restorers of pathes to dwell in to draw as many as you may unto such a due humiliation before the Lord not for other abominations and crying wickednesses of the Land alone but this which was the cause of the rest and of higher nature then the rest that the Lord Jesus hath not been set up in his throne but iniquity established therein by a Law and that so as scarce any reformed Church hath done besides and contrary to the testimony of many most able worthy Confessors Cartwrights Brightmans c. by their pens and sufferings prevailing against that precious blood of holy Bates and others in prisons the impoverishing families and obscuring of men of choice abilities in learning preaching writing cast aside for rotten trash the starving of many Congregations robbed of their profitable and painefull pastors and infinite wrong to soules bodies estates of Saints and dishonour to Christ and that though by Bb. yet through either power conferred or not taken away by Parliaments the very Religion of the greatest part of England being but formality and blind devotion standing with grosse profanenesse the best Congregations forced to prostrate themselves to the tyranny of men over their consciences and the most sacred parts of his worship corrupted with superstitious mixtures Oh what Repentance and what publike testimonies of self-condemning Repentance doth the holy God expect when as England hath beene a scandall to other Churches for these things which being meetly performed I hope the Lord would not be long absent from counsels and endeavours for his own honour David himselfe that was fetching up the Arke with so much zeale met with a terrible check and though he was displeased at the breach yet he was faine to confesse the sinne of not seeking God after the right manner before he could prosper in his most pious attempt How many of the Bethshemittes fell that yet went to bid the Arke welcome among them Well perhaps this Perizuzza and this slaughter of the Bethshemites was to prepare David and the people to sanctifie the Lord in their hearts and say who is able to stand before this holy Lord God Truly Sir our eyes are looking up waiting and hoping that the Lord is doing some great work by you in these dayes It 's no small joy to think how many now look upon that truth with patience inquisition that thought it a note of pride or hypocrisie to be medling withall and that now pens and tongues doe justifie that which erewhile it was scarce tolerable to be practised here you know what great things are expected of a long time from the Revelation and I hope some of them are at the doore But then what manner of persons ought we to be not only that shall 〈◊〉 but shall bring forth such things unto the world Truly God is to be feared for his mercies and if fearfull in praises when Christ came to redeeme as a Son of Righteousnesse yet who might abide the day of his comming When the Lord appeared to Moses in a vision portending deliverance and preparing him to be the deliverer of Israel out of Egyptian bondage he bad Moses put off his shooes for the place where he stood was holy ground Exod 3. When Ioshuah saw a man with his sword drawne and understood that he was the Angell of the Lords host for them not against them he fell on his face and worshipped and was told that ground was holy and bidden to put off his shooe Now the Lord that hath chosen England to save it help his Moseses and his Ioshuahs to such a peculiar holinesse that he requires of those whom