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	name_n	11,099	5	4.9414	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46777	A proposition for the safety & happiness of the King and kingdom, both in church and state, and prevention of the common enemy tendered to the consideration of His Majesty and the Parliament against their next session / by a lover of sincerity and peace.	Lover of sincerity & peace.; Humfrey, John, 1621-1719.; Jenkins, David, 1582-1663.	1667 (1667)	Wing J601; ESTC R26145	22,405	102

by his Majesties any more than by mine who do study thus if possible to set it afoot and would be content to have it rebuilt any way rather than not at all Let me hear that gracious word Thus saith Cyrus Arise and Build and when 't is builded I would have that Motto on it as my Lo. Bacon hath on his House now the worthy Master of the Roll's of Goram being a modest but fair structure In the front of it there is this written Mediocria firma If the Bishops will not yet may they at least hear a little of his Majesties or the Nation 's mind about it That they may write down in the Book of what hereafter shall befall them Moniti meltora There are I perceive many fears and hopes upon the minds of people and the presages of their hearts are many I do not know whether there be any dark Notices from some Spirits that preside over us of some great Events sometimes when they are near us But methinks the minds of some have of late aboded us some very great Evil or great Good not to be far from us For my own part as I am a Christian and born under the constitution of this State I must profess and declare that it is unlawful for any to expect Deliverance I speak it as to the Oppressed in the chiefest of their possessions their Consciences from any hands whatsoever but his only in whose are the heart of the King to turn it as the Rivers of Water The Supream Authority lies in his breast and if we go any way that is not in order to the attaining the stamp of his Will a le Roy●e Veult we go out of the way of our Constitution and consequently against the Ordinance of God in our Nation Let every soul be subject to the higher Powers for there is no Power but of God and the Powers that be are ordained of God Whosoever therefore resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation But now if it shall please Almighty God to touch that Heart he hath in his hands the Heart of his Sacred Majesty our Lord and King with the prevalent sentiments of Clemency and Mercy of Nobleness and Pitty of Righteousness and Peace so as he shall come to see that this narrow uncatholick spirit that would have the minds of all persons of every sect and condition to be of the size of theirs only is unbeseeming his Royal Grace and Influence who is not the Father only of the Circumcised but of the Uncircumcised also Then shall the Salvation of God come out of Zion and the Captivity of his People be turned back Then may those blessed Seeds that were sown in his Majesties wise and gracious Declaration so long since revive take root and spring up Then may the Ejected Ministers and other Civil Officers worthy of trust that like the Witnesses in the Revelation have lain dead for these three dayes a day for a year and half 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not a half but half three dayes more by their Civil death insomuch as others have come into their places as dead by the Act in a Street 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a certain Street of the great City The great City sayes Mr. Mede is Rome with her ten Tributary Kingdoms whereof Britain was one have a Spirit of Life enter and set them on their feet that is raise them from this condition and they ascend up in a cloud to Heaven that is with remark to preferment by the call of a Voice from thence which can be no other than that of the Supream Magistrate saying Come up hither Pardon the Allusion which seeing others are or have been too apt to make use of to the entertaining such hopes and thoughts that are perhaps of dangerous consequence I would direct unto a Hope that is lawful if at all there be any while so many distressed Consciences lie bleeding and know not whither they are to have recourse for succour May it therefore please his most excellent Majesty with the Lords and Gentlemen of both Houses to take this Motion at their Session into consideration that the matter being first duely weighed debated digested for the agreement of things ●hat seem to differ the difficulties may be cleared inconveniences prevented none displeased and so the Proposer may have pardon and the Proposition a soit fait comme il e desirè Give Indulgence stated consultedly and you remove Discontent You put an end for ever to Sedition and Rebellion You root out the seeds and foment of them You take away the very pretence You prevent the Evil you encourage the Well-meaning and Good You will establish the Church Do all good No hurt You will win our hearts You will unite us at home and for our Enemies abroad if they dare let them come Ecce quam bonum amaenum est habitare Fratre● etiàm unà VVhen Popilius came from Rome to Antiochus he declares his message that the Senate required of him to withdraw his Armies from Egypt for Ptolomy was their Friend and Confederate The King answers he will take respite and consider of it Popilius with the end of his Rod draws a Circle round about him upon the ground Before you pass this Circle sayes he resolve that I may declare you Friend or Enemy to the Romans Antiochus whether daunted at their known Power or affected with the Bravery or whether as is not unlikely out of the Native goodness that accompanies Princes which makes them receive such unexpected Actions with grace candour and generosity he seeing indeed it was best for him answered immediately He would do as the Romans would have him Great Sirs I am come to You this day from an Authority more mighty than the Senate of Rome in the Name of the Lord of Hosts the God of Israel There are a People you prosecute in your Acts that make conscience of their wayes and live peaceably Withdraw this Hostility of yours for they serve God and are his Confederates as well as you or others and he will bless those that bless such and be an Enemy to their Enemies Thus saith the Lord Be merciful as your Father in heaven is merciful Before you pass over these few Lines that are left Resolve whether you will be like him or like him not Resolve that I may declare you to be his Sons and him no Enemy but a Friend to our Sovereign and to his People And it came to pass as he was speaking Amaziah said unto him Art thou made of the Kings Counsel Forbear why shouldest thou be smitten Then the Prophet forbare June the 18th 1667. FINIS Reader By reason of the Author's absence from the Press these faults have escaped which thou art desired thus to amend with thy Pen. Page 6. line 3. for we read you p. 10 l. 2. f. these 1. those l. 4. f. those 1. their p. 11. l. 10. f. viros 1. vicos p. 17. l. 2. f. ni r. in p. 25. l. 18. f. Vestitum r. Vetitum p. 35. l. 7. f. where r. when p. 53. l. 15. f. Namquid r. Nam quod l. 17. f. stultae r. stulta p. 57. l. 17. f. amo-ares r. amours p. 62. l. 7. f. Causes 1. Cause

of Parliament There is no● Act of Grace can pass the two Houses but it will prevent the inconveniences and answer for it self against Exceptions A legall stated Toleration will not undermine but uphold Religion and be no friend either of Superstition or Confusion To return from this pursuit It hath been I see the policy of late transactions to endeavour to root out those Principles from mens minds whereby they have maintained the lawfulness of former Sedition and Rebellion and hereupon hath the renunciation of the Covenant been so pressed in our Oaths and Subscriptions But if the Policy of those first Wheels that move others had bin rather to root out the Causes from us which make men willing to entertain such Principles I do humbly suppose that Policy to have been the deeper The way to establish the Kings Throne in the hearts of his People and to do it for ever is this to make it appear that all that Good to wit substantial Good which they ever expected or can expect from a change of the Government or a Commonwealth may be had from Him or from a Prince in the Acts of his Parliament This saying I will leave upon file as digested and I will adde something though more rawly hereunto that those Good things mainly which secretly have been and lie on the hearts of the Commons may be reduced to these An Enfranchisment of Servile Tenures A● commutation of Tythes suppose by a Law enjoyning every man to buy out his own and the money be laid out in Glebe A Register of Estates A Tendernes● towards mens Consciences in matters of Religion Where there are no hopes from Inovation no body wil go about to make it But when a People have all can be had all that can come to a settlement with Judgment and Righteousness by the present Government already then will there be no hopes from ●novation Ergo When those ●ings are taken into considera●on by the Parliament or Par●aments and after mature de●ate and consultation come to ●e concluded upon ingenuously ●nd sincerely wisely and righte●usly which have been on the ●earts and in the design of the ●ore publick-spirited in these ●te times rudely and wildly ●en shall our Government of Monarchy in this Land leaving ●e persons of our successive So●ereigns unto Providence and ●heir chances be out of danger ●r future Generations I descend to what remains ●at is the last head unto which reduced my Arguments Hitherto then I have spoken to you as Men I will speak to you now as Christians and Believers of the World to come and if I differ something in my stile upon that account I hope you will bear with it O you Governours and Rulers let me address you as fellow-mortal-men who must appear before the great Tribunal one day to give an account of your Stewardships unto Jesus Christ your Prince and Lord as my self must who am not able ever to stand there but by infinite exceeding mercy in the bloud of the Lamb who was slain for the remission of ou● sins I know not any kinder office can be done you than this in all humility to advise you to let none prevent you but be your selves the Authors of that Grace and Benignity which is ●o absolutely necessary to the Nation It will make the dignity of ●our high places and the face ●f your lives past look more ●hearfull to you when Death ●all bring his Leaden Mace to ●change with your Golden●itles if you shal have the Testi●ony of your Consciences that ●ou have been content to deny ●ur selves in this thing and ●splease some men for the sake ● our Lord who was so mer●full and good to every body at he exercised Indulgence all ●s life long and then died that 〈◊〉 might obtain more for you ●d me and such as could not receive any of him while he wa● here There is a Person I hope you would do a kindness for with a● your heart and you have reason it is for your dear Lord tha● bought you and there is no● thing in the World you can d● I am perswaded that he wil tak● so kindly from you at this time as to be pittiful to his Servant who are distressed about you Acts in point of Conscience and who the more despised the are and like unto their Lord the fitter subjects they are fo● your compassion Neither w●● it hurt you in another piece 〈◊〉 tenderness towards the Peopl● to prevent Insurrection and 〈◊〉 tifie against Invasion securin● hereby both the Bad from punishment and the Good from danger It were better certainly for any one mans own part that there never had been Bishops than that he should be one condemned hereafter for taking that course in establishing of them as thereby to have sinned without repentance against the souls of many whom Jesus Christ ●s not ashamed to call his Bre●hren and so against him who ●hall be our Judge and will take whatsoever we do unto them ●s if we did it unto Himself ●f you had no need of mercy ●rom God it were tolerable then ●or you to be extream towards others But if you are ready to indulge your selves too often in many things that are not allowed by him when permitted by you methinks the way to en● gage the Lord unto pardon should be in bearing with them in these things which are disallowed only by you and permitted by him If you forgive no● your Brethren their trespasses neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses He shall have judgement without mercy that hath shewed no mercy Do you know that many o● these things which are imposed are really against mens Cons●●ences and would you indee● have any such to do them thoug● they be so Do you conside this and what it is If it b● better to be drown'd in the Sea with a Milstone than to offend ●ne of God's little ones what is it ●o offend multitudes that is so ●ffend them as to inforce them ●o sin against their Consciences which is to wound them and to ●uine them Why Sirs if one ●f these men on the sudden to ●void the penalty shall do what 〈◊〉 enjoyned unsatisfiedly his soul when he reflects on it is smitten ●nd he can hardly again ever reover it perhaps all his life I ●rofess to you it is better in this ●ase really you had taken a Po●iard and stabb'd him to the ●eart it had been less pain and ●e stroke of lesse deadly conse●uence to him If you sin against ●e Brethren and wound their weak Consciences you sin against Christ Do you believe the Gospel or that there is such a thing as sin what then is stealing and drinking and lying with women i● such damnable untenderness as this is be nothing Is it a sin to kill a man and no sin to dam● him everlastingly On my conscience you would be grieve● all your life if you had murdered any man and shall you really b● the occasion of murdering the