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	heart_n	soul_n	10,548	5	4.6528	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04801	A wonder vvorth the reading, or, A true and faithfull relation of a woman, now dwelling in Kentstreet who, vpon Thursday, being the 21 of August last, was deliuered of a prodigious and monstrous child, in the presence of diuers honest, and religious women to their wonderfull feare and astonishment.		1617 (1617)	STC 14935; ESTC S106531	4,251	12

consider the sinnes of the land in a holy consideration then shall he clearely discerne this monstrous production to be a mercifull message sent from the Almightie for our further admonition and instrustion And thou O London that art intituled the beauty of the world the blazing beacon of Europe That in the midst of iudgements God hath allwaies remembred mercy and hath not suffered of a long time his wrath to lie hard and heauie vpō thee and further that thou shouldst not reach foorth thy hand to iniquitie he hath indowed thee with many great and infinite fauours turning thy ficknesse into health thy penury into plentie thy mourning into mirth and most aboundantly out of his gratious goodnesse hath dispersed the glourious light of his word both in the publike Ministrie and priuate excercises thereof whose all-spreading lustrie breakes foorth like the swallowing of the Sea in euery street yet still thou hatest to be reformed Thus hath he led thee with the lines of his loue to walke more vprightly with him who is the God of thy life libertie health wealth and peace and yet for all this O London art thou misted by the malice of Sathan and thyne owne corruption miserably deceiued with the pleasures of sinne which last but for a moment and still doest thou lift vp thy heeles hands against God and steelest thy heart face against his wayes workes iudgement and mercie No man takes heed to his paths he that was filthie is become more filthie and the crew of the abominations vnder whose burden the earth groanes and men should mourne if they were not sencelesse and gracelesse are so farre from diminishing that they infinitly increase and get head ouer thee What need I poynt out vnto thee thy pride extortion oppression briberie vsurie with the rest of those crying sinnes giue me leaue to be silent why the very stones in thy streets beasts in the fielde all dumbe insensible Creatures doe in their kinde ioyntly crye out against thee as the prophet did in his daies Iustice is turned into gall wormewood the poore are sould for siluer and the needy for shooes why should I capitulate thy great pride and excesse in apparell for backe with attyres for head thy whoredome luxurie drunkennesse sinnes dayly committed in the presence both of God and man as though the Magistraite had no law to punish them nor the Minister courage to reproue them for feare of offending a great man in his parish or loosing part of his pention Thus doth the Snake deuour the Toad and the Toad the snake thus one wicked man striues to Canopie the wickednesse of another lest his owne should be vnmasked and laid bare As for that fearefull sinne of prophaning the Saboth that is slighted off with the title of Recreation O where should one find that man womā or child who with care and conscience sanctifies the Saboth day either by their religious and reuerent preparing of themselues to come to the publike assemblies or being come to demeane themselues as beseemeth such heauenly exercises as prayer and preaching who regards to spend the holy Saboth in meditation and conference of instructions publickly taught in singing of Psalmes Prayer in visiting the sicke in doing workes of charitie and Christian loue Or who rather doth not publikely prophane it priuatly abuse it some holding it to be but a day of bodily rest therfore betake themselues to their pillow and sleepe longer then on any day of the weeke some accounting of the Church assemblies and the religious excercises therein no better then of commō meetings for sports nor receiue the word with no more reuerence attention then a prophane Stageplay or winters tale some sitting idly at their doores gaping and gasing suffering nay commanding their seruants and children to prophaine it by dancing stoole-ball playing with the like vnlawfull and wicked recreatiōs some also poasting ouer their worldly affaires casting vp their accounts telling of money in Sermon time reparing to Iustices for execution of Law banquetting their kinsfolkes with a thousand such like abominations fearefully committed vpō the Lords day For these O London may not I with the Prophet cry out in the bitternesse of my soule Shall not the Land tremble for this and shall not euery one mourne that dwelleth within thee The which to preuent then O let my admonishmēt beate vpon the Anuile of thy heart and force thee to fall low vpon the knee of submission repent thee betimes while it is called to day cease to prouoke thy Maker with obstinate ambition thy sinnes are at full height and with open mouthes call for vengance and destruction to consume thee O send out thy prayers repentance to stop the violence of the Lords iust anger breaking foorth against thee which as a starued Lyon waites at thy dores and watches in thy highest streets to deuoure thee to ouercloude thy beautie in darke comfortlesse and wofull desolation The which God of his gracious mercie and fauourable goodnesse towards thee preuent in his due time FINIS Iudicious Reader IVdge mildly what faults thou meetst with mend For in two houres this had both birth and end Asse for the foule-toung'd speller I not feare him Let him scoule scoffe and scold I scorne to heare him