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	sabbath_n	sanctify_v	17,219	5	10.7267	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95952	Brittish lightning or suddaine tumults, in England, Scotland and Ireland; to warne the united Provinces to understand the dangers, and the causes thereof: to defend those amongest us, from being partakers of their plagues. Cujus aures clausæ sunt veritati, ut ab amico verum audire nequeat, hujus salus desperanda est. The safety of that man, is hopelesse, we, may feare, that stopps his eares against his friend, and will the truth not heare. Mors est servitute potior. Grim-death's fierce pangs, are rather to be sought; than that we should to Babels-yoke, be brought. VVritten first in lowe-dutch by G. L. V. and translated for the benefit of Brittaine.; Britannischen blixem. English	G. L. V.	1643 (1643)	Wing V5; Thomason E96_21; ESTC R20598	42,972	73

water at the brim then God takes most pleasure to manifest his power But tell me I pray more particulerly what wayes the Bishops have further proceeded in to bring the papish Religion into England E. Besides that spoiling the Kingdom in all places of their faithfullest Preachers and thrusting in others according to their own humour in their places or leaving the church unprovided giving them onely a reader that read their Injunction in the church out of the service book so that great circuites of land of 30 or 40 miles in compasse had scarce two or three sermons in a whole year to the unspeakable spoil of the people who neverthelesse must bear the burden of Gods worship and pay out of their Parrishes two three or foure hundred pounds sterling per annum according to the quantity of the Parish unto such lasie and idle bellies that had the name to be their preachers Besides this wicked practise I say they have used many other meās to bannish wholy all saving knowledge of the truth out of the Kingdom that so they might the better draw the people unto poperie N. Loving friend what do I hear have they so took care for sowls as to feed them onely with humane Traditions without the preaching of the word of God the hey and grasse and yet were so shamelesse as to take such great wages of the people God will revenge it But proceed to shew me what have been their further practises E. They had a thousand tricks to blow out that zeal and practise of Godlines which had been exceedingly inflamed by so many excellent preachers for an example to the world and to set up in the place thereof an Athiestical liberty and worldlinesse to which end they have with-stood the means of salvation and set the contrarie readie for the people as when they brought into contempt the sanctifying of the Sabboth by exceeding ungodly practises for they knew so far to abuse the power of the King that they have stirred him up to give out a Proclamation in the year 1633. wherein he required that all his subjects should have libertie servants against the will of their masters and children against the will of their parents to spend the Sabbath after service in all manner of recreations and danceing men and women going to playes in running shooting bowling stool-ball and all to this porpose that they might change the repeating of sermons and other Spirituall exercises into such idle wanton sports and that by Proclamation as if men were not sufficiently of themselves inclined to profane the day of the Lord by such vanities N. Is it possible knew they so far to mislead the king as that he should give out a Commandement directly contrary to the Command of God wherein he willeth that the Sabbath should be sanctified and set a part to all such exercises which tend to the prosperity not only of the bodie but of the soul of man You must surely have given strange attention when you heard such things proclaimed for I have alwayes heard that the English make great conscience of the Sabbath yea when they went in the streets of the City they saw not the least work done or any wātonnesse vsed but that in all houses the Sermons were repeated psalms sung and profitable questions propounded So that all understanding men did judge that the sanctifying of the Sabbath was the principall reason of Gods blessing and mercie over England There is great profanation of the Sabboth in our land by working playing riding stool-ball diceing drinking wrestling and runing but God be thanked they are not done by vertue of any command of our Govervours but contrary thereunto so there be many excellent Proclamations against the prophanation of the Sabboth in many Provinces come forth ô that God would graunt they might be well mainteyned E. Yea so is it come to passe amongst us and yet the Bishops are so shamelesse that whereas they ought to have stood for Gods right and to have informed the King better they have caused all preachers to read the same Proclamation out of the pulpit to all the people and to exhort them to observe the same against the fourth Commandement those that have refused have been deposed to more then an hundred in number not with standing that the Dean which was sent by the Bishops to see this executed in all churches a little without London fell dead from his horse for a warning yet they could there by be brought to no remorse but went foreward with the busines N. O how inst are Gods judgments and how sottish are the hearts of men if God mould them not It was never heard that preachers were commanded to deliver from the pulpit that which cleerly and evidently opposeth the command of God those that have refused to do it have done like Christians But what more practices had they E. They have also forbidden to preach twise on the Sabbath under the pretence of Catechising which was then ordeined appointed and directed to instruct the children and teach them the traditions of the Pope or Bishops They have to their power forbidden the printing of all good books and contrarily suffered to be printed all Arminianish Papish vaine books of Amadis de Gaule and of Commedies to 40 thousand in a yeare They have also suffered Reliques to be solde openly yea they have been sent from the Pope to the Arch-Bishop himself who knew well how to make his profit by them N. Well! those were great wickednesses which God will seeke and finde How soever it goeth also very bad amongst us in those things for there is here in our land also great libertie to print all unfeemlie hurtfull hereticall bookes yet the honourable Magistrates of Amsterdam have exceeding worthilie caused to be burned certaine Socinian books and have hindered the players and dancers on the ropes which follow fayres and Markets from playing oh that it were in all places imitated yet 't is so that here in our land there bee some papish booke-sellers that openly sell nothing but papish bookes of Breviaries Masses Rosaries Legends and publikly hang out Idolatrous Images Crucifixes Beads Paternosters Agnus Deis c. without hinderance which is to be feared wil bring Gods judgments on us nd although by Gods blessing it is not so yet ordered amongst us that good bookes are forbidden yet there are few printed because there is so little vent while all hands are full of vain unfit uncivil venemous works that hinder thē from reading good ones But tell me what are the deceipts the Bishops have used to bring in the Popish Religion E. As it appeareth from that which hath been said that the Bishops and papists understood one the other in all things well enough so have they given them great libertie in all places not executing the Proclamations and orders against them but have connived at their assemblings Idolatrous exercises absence from sermons in all places so that England became full of Iesuits