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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
A90978	Englands golden legacy: or, A brief description of the manifold mercies and blessings which the Lord hath bestowed upon our sinful nation. Set forth to the end that all people that reads or hears it, may repent them of their sins, and be thankful to the Lord for his benefits. Here is also a brief description of Jerusalems sorrows and tronbles, [sic] which is worthy to be kept in memory. / Written by Laurence Price. 1656.	L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680?	1657 (1657)	Wing P3359; Thomason E1648_3; ESTC R209101	4,715	16

in the middest of all their pleasure they beheld most strange and wonderfull Visions and Apparitions in the A●re one while there seemed to be a mighty Host of warlike Souldiers a fighting one against the other Some times there appeared a strange prodigeous blazing Star shining more bright then the Sun in his full glory for a long time together there was every day seene a fierce fiery flaming Sword hanging right over the stately City of Jerusalem with the point downwards which brought such amazement through all parts of the City and Countrey round about that the People were many of them at their wits end not knowing what were best for them to do And in these sad destracted times some hanged themselves some drowned themselves some cut their owne throats all which was done for want of serving of God as many have lately done in the City of London and in other parts of England the more is the pitty But to goe forward with my Discourse it is not one Swallow that makes a Summer neither does one evill goe alone by it selfe for as the waves of the Sea in a tempestious Storme drives and beats one upon another along with the voiolence of the wind even so doth vexations crosses and troubles one come on the neck of another when men have offended God For in the time that the Iews were in this sad destraction then came a Messenger of sorrow into the City to bring them tidings of Titus Vespatians approach with a mighty great Army of valiant Souldiers which had vowed to scale the stately walls of Jerusalem and make their buildings level with the ground Whereupon the Governors of the Iews took courage upon them and made this Reply Let not that proud Emperour Vespatian think but that we scorn to be subject to or bow our necks to his yoke We have quoth they an hundred thousand lusty fighting men we have plenty of corn and other provision enough to serve us for twenty yeers We have above a thousand stately Towers of defence to save us from the slaughter of our enemies if need require Why then quoth they should we be danuted or stand in fear of any power that can come against us Thus while the Iews slattered themselves within the walls of the City thinking themselves secure the valiant Emperour Titus incamped and besieged the City round about where they lay so long doing spoil and cutting up the water pipes and many other such like mischiefs that is t●o tedious here to be told But to be brief this it was That the Iews that were within the City fell out amongst themselves and divided themselves into three parts where they made more havock and slaughter one of another then all the enemies that ever came against them could do God grant that the like may never be done in England for there were people all together by the ears One neighbor killing and murdering one another The Son had no compassion on the Father and the daughter ripping up the bowels of the mother Souldiers from place to place with drawn swords in their hands run up and down not caring who they killed for they neither spared old nor young friend nor enemy insomuch the channels run down with blood as if it had been water besides all this the dead corps of the People lay in heaps about the streets that they stun●e above the ground for want of buriall and with the noysumnes thereof there bred such an Infection amongst them that hundreds of thousands were quite eaten up and destroyed with the grievious Plague of pestilence but the last punishment they had was the worst of all as you shall presantly heare There was two seditious Captains amongst the Iews who in one night set on fire and burned up all the Provision which was in the City whereupon there came such a great Famine in the City that they were at last inforc'd to féed upon Dogs and Cats or any other stinking carion nay worse then that some were glad to eat their own excrements some Mothers Rosted eat the flesh of their own children when it was too late they that were left alive delivered up the City and themselves to the mercy of the enemy who dealt with them according as Christ had foretold● for they left not one stone upon another that would doe them any good Thus much have I spoken for a truth conserning the destruction of the Iews and their City having a testemony for the same bo●h from the Scriptures other sufficient Authors And I pray to God to give a blessing to all them that hears and reads the word of God so that they make better use of their wayes and actions then the Iews did To which let all true Christians say Amen And now before I conclude I desire you all that are in presence to take good heed and beare in mind this last chapter of my Booke which is called Englands Golden Legacy The Legacies and Blessings that the Lord hath bestowed are so many that they cannot all be unmbred but those which we every day minute make use off we may best remember as namely the light of the Gospell to eluminate our soules Gods holy word spirit to assist us in our wayes actions the Scriptures interpreted and made plaine unto us and Expounded in our Language these things if we pursue and make good use off wee can never doe amiss Besides this we have praised be God all manner of bodily sustenance in great plenty and at a cheap sate as food for the body and rayment for the back only Trading is something dead and money hard to come by for this present but I would desire every one to wait with patience till better times come and let us not in any case murmur against the Lord nor provoke him to anger least the sweet and happy Legacy and blessing which we now enjoy should be turned into a Curse as the Iews was and since we bare and have the name of Christians I would have all men and women to carry themselves li●e Christians laying a part all hatred spight envy and malice all drunkenesse wh●ring swearing and cursing all lying backbiting and saithfully to learn and labour and to ma●e use of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ his new Commanbment which is to love one another L. P. FINIS