Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earth_n	father_n	heaven_n	17,972	5	5.2409	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88813	Annotations upon the late protestation: or, A true character of an affectionate minde to King and Parliament.	T. L.	1642 (1642)	Wing L67; Thomason E114_28; ESTC R22327	8,937	16

is blindnesse without seeing honesty Now for as much as his Majesty and the Parliament hath tyed themselves each to other in an Abraham-like Covenant not to passe the limits of their own bounds in which they have set and tyed voluntarily their own selves and hath erected to all the world in print a Protestation to that purpose and both parties interchangeably by solemn vowes and promises in the presence of Almighty God hath vowed to stand fast and to stick in honour each to other till life shall depart and that they will hold the one to the other for better for worse for richer for poorer goods and all laid down in the Covenant of their promise one for the other for the maintenance of the true Protestant Religion and both their Honours safetie and Priviledges each of other And if these two new betrothed turtle Doves by so solemn a vow made between themselves shall peck one at another as they begin too much to doe God of his mercy help them and be impatient one with another and not keep their bills out of anothers eyes they will too much wrong themselves like man and wife who quickly and too often forget themselves in their matrimoniall Contract and by their long jangling at last part and lay the key under doores and run away So if the King and Parliament shall forget their so serious Protestation vow and profession one truly taken for and in the behalf of the other in declaration of the tendernesse of honour and true affection each to other and now not bearing one with another in love nor submit in this pleasant knot of agreement in mind each with the other like Abraham and Lot this were deplorable saith the Divine and wonderfull Here the Vncle for quietnesse sake submits his honour in his hoary hairy head to his greene headed Nephew with a motion that there may be no falling out because said he we are Brethren So his Majestie and his Honourable Houses of Parliament what an easie matter were it for these two Turtle Doves sympathizing in affection say but so much as Abraham and Lot did one to the other and why because by faith surely Brethren in Christ all then would be ended if but this spirit of humilitie were in them both There was a very low submitting spirit betweene the Scots and us and shall not there be the like between his Majesty and his neerest people will his Majesty be worse to his owne and best loving people than the Scots And if we shall fall out upon earth will not the Father in Heaven be angry who hath sent his Gospel of peace amongst us teaching of us that if possible we should have peace with all men will it not then displease the Lord that we have learned no more Religion nor be no more endued with faith and patience but goe together to shed the bloud one of another to the shame of our Nation and hissing to other Kingdomes let it not be told in Gath nor published in Ashkelon These beginnings of warre on neither side are fruits of the Spirit it may be thought for the fruits of the Spirit are love patience meeknesse forgiving one another forbearing one with another And let it be remembred what Abner said to Joab shall the sword devoure for ever how long will it be ere thou call back the people from following of their Brethren knowest thou not that it will be bitternesse in the end so it is wished by the people of the Lord that bloud touch not bloud And Sir Benjamen Ruddyards speech is excellent to this purpose and worthy of note the Parliament undoubtedly will not doe amisse to hearken to those grave lines and worthy speech of his H●s first Speech was for Religion and the setling of the Church of God in the very first place of all but it is not I thinke a man may be bold to say followed Now his second Speech is against shedding of bloud the defiling of the Land To have a whole Land desiled with blood a most wonderfull and deplorable thing and Christians bloud is of a deepe dye were it amisse then if green heads would take gravitie along with them in all their actions who most resemble the Image of their maker and hoary hairs is a crown of glory being found in the way of righteousnesse and to heare a grave old religious and wise Gentleman speak and giving advice and instruction it is as it were if seriously considered God Almighty himself in a Crown of glory giving good counsell to the younger Was it not the Lord himselfe spake with the people of Israel in the mouth of Moses and was it not the Lord in Joseph spake unto his Brethren concerning his bones and was it not the Lord in Solomon which spake unto the people concerning the building of a house to his name and certainly it is the Lord that speaks from the mouth of wise and grave righteous men to the yonger sort to learne wisedome And if a Crowne of glory shall not be heard speak who can one better hear Green heads desire to be heard some for their owne ends and some for their owne applause in the world but an auncient grave man speaking questionlesse looks not either for favour or affection in the right hand or on the left but strait forward because he is going forward to God Almighty to receive his pay for the pains of his labour whose works shall follow him And so much for the hearing of gravitie Now for that we have taken a Protestation every one ought seriously to consider the burden of a vow is upon us and that vow too in which is included that we should endeavour and study the peace of the three Kingdomes and yet notwithstanding now so solemne Protestation in the sight of God and man touching amitie and peace in this our Kingdome yet there is a thousand times more rumours of wars now then before our Protestation What were we like Peter strong in the faith when we made this Protestation and now when we should stick close to it be weak like Peter not remembring we have made a Covenant with the Lord not onely to hate Idolatry and to decline from it as much as in us lyeth but also includes the undertakers thereof every one that he should study and labour for peace so much as in every one of us lyeth and seriously consider of our Protestation and be ever and alwayes now and then looking upon it and look up unto our Saviour Christ as he lookt back upon Peter and pray to him that we may keep our resolution And it is very good for the Cavaliers about the King seriously to consider of it and so to doe or otherwise any that shall attempt his Majesty to take up armes against his Parliament and aske themselves if they have not taken the Protestation if not it were good they did and not divide themselves against the body of the Kingdome by flattering of his