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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	holy_a	word_n	13,850	5	4.2657	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82014	The humble petition or remonstrance of Rich: Day of Eton neer Windsor, to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. I. For the repairing of the decay of wood and timber. II. For the planting of an able preaching ministry throughout the land. III. For the working of the works of mercy and charitie: and for an act against the pride of apparell.	Day, Richard, of Eton.	1652 (1652)	Wing D470; Thomason E668_4; ESTC R206968	8,683	14

in Chrysostome but somewhat pertinent as I suppose to these proud licentious and luxurious times in which we live It is not so hard to refute Heretiques as to reforme vices Religion will decay and dye where dissolutenes of manners is not repressed and kept downe It is not any singular censorious conceit of mine but a common complaint that the pride of this Land was never so great as now I am sure it is such and so great that it cryeth for Judgement True it is we enjoy great peace and quietnesse at this day being farre above and contrary to our desert Neverthelesse I hould it a cleare case and undeniable that by reason of those great and strange alterations which have lately happened in our Land we doe live as yet but in a controverted divided State And it is impossible to secure and stablish it by any other way save onely by repenting without hypocrisie for the fore-passed time and now hence forward walking humbly with God holding close with him and working the workes of piety and charity and so advancing his glory Because his loving kindnes and goodnes towards us and our late Ancestors and Predecessors hath been exceeding great but we all have been unfaithfull and unthankfull abusing our long peace neglecting his glory and our owne and others Salvation resolutely provoking his wrath Wherefore God also hath as resolutely revenged his own cause by drawing out money and bloud in abundance as it is written I set every man against his neighbour And he the same God can and will yet further by one meanes or other avenge himselfe and will doe it like a God indeed if we deale stoutly perversly or deceitfully with him Who ever waxed feirce against him and prospered So saith the Scripture And againe it bringth in God thus speaking of himselfe I the Lord am he that searcheth the reines and the heart There is no State in the world but is subject to alteration not any people more apish more ridiculous more fickle and inconstant then a sort of the English There is no stability to be found in the world nor in the minds of men It is onely found and founded in God who alone is immovable immutable worthy to be honoured and magnified throughout the world having freely reconciled it to himselfe in a wonderfull ineffable way by the death of his onely begotten Sonne In whose hands is our life and our breath who is blessed for ever As long as I live I will seeke the honour of his Name though others blaspheme it and will endeavour my selfe to shew forth his praise For his loving kindnes is better then the life it selfe even as David saith Consider we then on the contrary part what his anger and displeasure is And let not mortall and wretched creatures poore silly wormes and vermin be presumptuous out of measure least their breath be suddenly stopt and then they rue it to all eternity For there is somewhat to be feared that is worse then the fire of Hell if a true Saint and Servant of God were not infinitely deceived in so saying who yet without question knew very well and throughly considered what he spake and said in that point Multi gehennam credunt esse extremum omnium malorum at ego è contrà ● hoc semper praedicabo multò tolerabilius esse gehennam pati quam offendere Christum Chrysost. in Matheum Thus did he esteeme of the sin and guilt of offending Christ counting it much more intolerable then the very flames of the fire of Hell Woe unto those soules that shall one day experience it in themselves The mercifull and gratious Lord preserve this our State from being deepe in that condemnation of offending Christ and provoking that most holy One either by words or deeds FINIS