Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	drink_v	eat_v	let_v	15,915	5	5.9494	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46909	Balsamum Britannicum, Brittains balm: or, The means of recovery for a languishing kingdom Preached in a sermon before the honourable judges for the Northern Circuite, at the generall assizes holden in the Citie of Yorke, 21. March, 1647. By John Johnson Mr. of A. and minister of Methley in Yorkeshire, [sic]	Johnson, John, minister of Methley.	1648 (1648)	Wing J781A; ESTC R219111	20,947	65

it beastly beasts will not bee beaten into excesse I may rather say as Bernard Ebrietas manifestissimus damon for it casts some into the fire and some into the water Augustine thought in his time that drunkenness was grown to that hight that nothing could cure it but a generall Counsell but O unto what hight is this inundation of drunkennesse grown to now that it overtops all the mountains of power raised against it growne to such a Gyantlike greatnesse that though wee have law upon law precept upon precept Parliament upon Parliament yet it still reels and staggers in our streets the Island swimms in drunkennesse as it doth in water it s a wonder that a land so full of drink doth not spue us out O that you would put down the supernumerary nests of these Vipers 3. Conjure the roaring swearer into silence it loosed the tongue of Craesus his son before dumb to see his fathers life in danger can our fathers blood bee in our veines and hear Gods name torn worse than one would do their old shoos and yet neither have our hearts loosed to grieve nor our tongues to reprove nor our hands to punish or restrain One cries blood another cries wounds another cries heart thus they crucifie againe the Lord of glory in some companies you shall have vollies of oathes oaths by whole-sale by the dozen by the grose men swearing before they can pray children swearing by Gods name before they can tell their owne It s a wonder the Sun shrinks not up into heaven and covers it self with darknesse as at the passion of Christ to see such monsters 4. Vindicate the Lords dayes fastdayes from contempt Is there never a zealous Nehemiah to shut the gates of Hierusalem that there should not bee such walking such riding such carrying of packs such driving of Cattle shall the Lords day be no way known but by shut-shops and finer clothes if there be laws against these things and others for I cannot instance in all why not executiō in these as wel as in others if not but that every one may doe as he list then write A Lord have mercy upon our Englands Head Conclusion Honourable and Worshipfull of all sorts upon whose shoulders the government either of Kingdom Countrey or Citie lyeth consider what is the good and acceptable will of God towards you from these words if my zeale hath transported me into more boldnesse then you think convenient know that as you judge so we preach not for men but for the Lord Let this Text therefore bee as a phylacterie on the garments of your honour write it on the table of your hearts let it bee ever in your eyes in your ears in your hearts let it eat with you and drinke with you let it sleepe with you and wake with you let it sit with you and judge with you let conscience which is the cud of the soul preach this over again to you when my voyce shall be buried in silence I adjure you by the love of God by the honour of names by the judgment of the last day when you that now sit in judgment shal also stand at the Bar by your loyatie love to the Commonwealth think of what hath been said accordingly execute the judgement of truth and ●eace in your gates Now the God of truth and peace grant you to be thus minded Amen FINIS Weemes Synagog pag. 170. Amos 5. Ezra 5. 1. Exod. 22. 27. Mich. 2. 7 Zach. 2. 6. Psa. 103. 6. Zach. 1. 21. Zach. 12. 3. 2. Peace underminers ● The Schismatick 2 Pet. 2. 1. 2 Kin. 9. 22 Isa. 35. 1. Isa. 67. 7. and 2. 2. Zach. 8. 23 Deut. 11. 20. Iob 29. 3. Iob 29. 6. Psa. 23. 3. Psa. 98. 13. Deut. 33. 16. Ps. 32. 10. Ier. 24. 6. Eze 28. 13 Eze. 54. 11 I. 1 Tim. 2. 2 Pro. 23. 23 Psa. 82. 6. Pro. 29. 25 Act. 18. 14.