Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	eye_n	heart_n	see_v	15,348	5	3.6260	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12479	A misticall deuise of the spirituall and godly loue betwene Christ the spouse, and the church or congregation Firste made by the wise Prince Salomon, and now newly set forth in verse by Iud Smith. Wherunto is annexed certeine other briefe stories. And also a treatise of prodigalitie, most fit and necessarie to be read [and] marked of all estates. 1575.; Bible. O.T. English. Paraphrases.	Smith, Jude.; Wharton, John, schoolmaster.; Carr, John, citezein of London. Ruinous fal of prodigalitie. aut	1575 (1575)	STC 22805; ESTC S119808	7,574	40

and plaine it shal be tolde That they be vaine the very worke of men vpon the moulde They cannot set a gouernour to raine within the lande They cannot geue no sentenes when a matter should be scande They are not able to compare sure with the sillie crowe that slyes betwene the heauē earth as euery man doth knowe For when a fyer do chaunce to come where all these Gods they bene The priests do flye but thei thēselues do burne as balkes within T is better sure to be a doore to kepe eche thing in safetie Then to be counted such a God that vayne is vylde and naughtie The Sunne the Moone al the stars obedient do appeare And when that lightning glistreth forth then all things seemeth cleare The wind doth blowe in euery coast he seemeth not to spare And so the clowds about the worlde go when they bidden are These heathenish Gods may not cōpare with any one of these Because in be wtie in strength they passe them all degrees wherefore men should not thinke nor Iudge that they be Gods at all Because they neither see nor saye nor harken to your call No tokens can they surely showe by any meanes in heauen For those that be their worshippers that is thimruly heathen The beastes deuoyde of reason quite in sence are surely better For vnderneth the roofe they wende to kepe them selnes from wether I like them to a frayboggarde where Cocumbers do growe which cānot kepe such be their gods Experience this doth showe And as a white thorne which doth grow in orchards heare theare which euery Byrde doth sit vpon and forceth not to feare And as a carkas that is dead being cast into the darke Euen so be they both dead dum this euery man may marke And as the Skarlet which vpon them they do vse to lay Doth not endure but in the ende doth seeme to vade a waye Euen so do they them selues also whereby do vnderstande They shall consume and it wil be confusion of the lande Blessed be the godly man which doth not God depraue Of honour through those Images which still the heathen haue For farre he shal be from reproofe the Holy ghost doth saye To whome with God Christ his sonne be honour euery day ¶ The ende of the Prophesie of Baruch Finis Iud Smyth Babes beware of Images The commaundements of God our Creator geuen by Moyses Exod. xx Lift vp your hearts open your eyes you people obstinate and yll To heare Gods voice you exercise And seeke his precepts to fulfill I am saith he thy God and Lorde Which frō Bondage did set thee free Therefore see that thou do accorde to serue no Gods but onely mee Similitude none make thou shall Of any thing in heauen on hye Nor in the earth theron to call For suche sinne sharpely plage will I. The name of God take not in vayne Abuse it not after thy will For if thou do I tell thee plaine In his wrathe soone he will thee spil In sixe dayes God his worke did end and the seuenth day did sanctifie So thou and thine that day pretend To serue thy Lord and God only To thy Parents due honor geue as Gods precepts do thee comaunde That the long dayes good maist liue where God hath plaste thee in that land With murther be not thou infect All filthie fornication feare With theft see thou be not detect False witnes against no man beare Thy neyghbours house do not desire his wife man maid seeke not to haue His Oxe his Asse do not require of his seeke him not to depryue Our sinnes heareby we do descrye wherefore forgeuenes Lord we pray strength our faith by grace heauēly That we may serue the lord alwaye Deut. 6. These woordes which I comaund thee this day shal be in thine hearte thou shalt teache them thy chyldren and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thyne house c. Deut. 12. No man shall do that whiche seemeth good vnto him selfe but onelye that whiche God comaundeth and put nothing to it nor take any thinge from it Apo. 2. Deut. 27. Cursed are they whiche abydeth not in all that is written in the booke of the lawe and do not the same Psalm 19. The lawe of the Lorde is a perfect lawe it quickeneth the soule The Testimonie of the Lorde is true and geeueth wisedome euen vnto Babes The statutes of the Lorde are ryght and reioyceth the heart The commaundements of the Lorde are pure and geeueth lyght vnto the eyes Esai 40. The worde of the Lorde endureth for euer The commaundements of Sathan put in practise dayly by the Pope ATtende my people and listen well heare what precepts I you geue For they are such as doth excell The which of force you must beleue I am your earthly God alone You neede none other but onely mee Beleue this and other seeke none For this is my will and decree Set vp Idols abundantly This is my will let this be done If them to ador any denye Myne yre he shall feele right soone My name highly you shal esteeme And honor if ye do loue mee And if Gods name you do blasphem By me absolued you shal bee Of workedaies holy daies I made that thou thine frō work may cease Obserue them as before is sayde come heare my chapleins Masse Father mother do refuse and seeke the spirituall occupacion This is the first precept I vse To teach among my shorlings natiō If in whoredom or theft thou fall Or in any other greuous foyle I will absolue thee of them all If I may haue parte of the spoyle If any manset his delyght His neighbours wife goods to get For monye I wil him acquite And free from sinne I will him sett Haue not my lawes a goodly grace No man of them afentd may be and al those which follow their trace Shall haue their saluation with me ¶ This is also that which God speaketh by his holy Prophet Zacharias 11. I will raise vp a sheparde in the lande which shall not seeke after the thinges that be lost nor care for suche as go astraye He shall not heale the wounded He shall not norishe the thing that is whole But he shal eat the fleshe of such as be fatt and teare their clawes in peeces O Idle sheperde that leaueth the flocke the Sworde shall come vpon his arme and vpon his right eye his arme shal be cleane dryed vp and hys ryght eye shal be sore blynded ¶ The warnyng whiche S. Paule geueth to the Thessalonians how they should learne to know Antychrist 2. Thes 2. Let no man deceaue you by anye meanes for the Lorde commeth not except there come a departing firste and that that sinfull man be opened the sonne of perdicion whiche is an aduersarie and exalteth him selfe aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped So that he shall sit as God and shewe him selfe as God. Finis Imprinted at London by Henry Kirckham and are to be solde at his Shoppe at the little northe doore of Paules at the signe of the black Boie 1575.

mount Thy ●●eth are lyke a flock of sheepe in fruite which do surmount And looke how frō that washing place they go as it is seene And euery one hath their ii twinnes so art thou as I weene In them is no vnfruitefulnes not one doth barren byde And so art thou my best beloued whome I loue tyme and tyde Thy checkes are like a peece of pure Pomegranat very fyue beside that which there lyes within so sweete by course of lyne There are three score Queenes and iiii score Concubines I trowe And many youthfull weomento as I full well do know But one there is that is my loue my darling and my deere who of her mother is beloued with louing louely cheere When as the daughters saw her face they sayde shee blessed was The Queenes all the Concubines did praise her fot to passe The voice of the Sinagog What and is shee this in deede that peepes as Morning free who is as faire as is the Moone in euery one degree And excellent as is the Sunne and glorious to besyde As is an Armie that displayes their Banners tyme and tyde Christe to the Sinagog Into the Nut garden went I to see what there did growe All by the brooks that were so braue which brauely sure did showe For to beholde the Uinyarde if that it did florish well And see the Pomgranats shot forth whose bewtie did excell The voice of the Sinagog Then did the Charrets of the prince who was my peoples head make me afrayde so sodeinly that I amazed fledd ¶ The Church calling againe the Sinagog Do turne againe thou Sulamite thou shalt not turne in vaine That we may looke vpon thēe well and therefore turne againe ¶ The ende of the v. vi chapters of Canticum Canticorum Finis ❧ A coppie of the Epistle that Ieremye sent vnto the Iewes which were led away Prisoners by the king of Babilon wherein he certifyeth them of the thinges which was commaunded him of god BEcause ye haue committed sinne against the myghtie God Ye may be certein to possesse his scourging Whip and Rod Nabuchodonosor the king shall lead you captiues all Unto the Babilonians soyle and there remaine ye shall Long season yea and many dayes for God hath so decreede That seuen generations shall there be spent in deede But afterwarde with peace rest from thence I will you bring In safetie and in saue garde sure as vnderneath my wing But yet whyist that in Babilon ye do as Captiues byde There shall you see the Gods of gold and Siluer tyme and tyde And eke their Gods of wood stone which they on shoulders beare Which tendeth vnto nothing but the heathen for to feare But when you see the multitude which geueth honor due Unto these flattering fained Gods then do remember you O Lorde it is thy Maiestie that oughtest for to haue the adoration whereof nowe the heathen thee depraue This being done my Angel shall be with you as you are And I my selfe will surely seeme for all your soules to care As for the timber of those Gods the Carpenter you see Hath polyshed and yet besyde they gaily gilted be Yet are they thinges of vanitie and neuer seeme to speake and therfore they that worship them do my cominaundement breake And as a wenche that paramours doth loue bothe nyght and daye Is trimly deckt with golden geare euen surely so are they Crownes of Golde vpon their heads they dayly seeme to weare So that their priestes when they see good do not them selues forbeare To teke the Gold from of their gods to be at harlots call And from their harlots yet againe do decke their Gods withall Yet cannot these same sayned Gods preserue them selues from rust But they which stil do worship them must kepe them cleane from dust One hath aceptar in his hand as he weare Judge elected Yet hath not power to slaye that wight who hath his hestes neglected Another hath a sworde in hand or els an axe in deede Yet can he not defend himselfe from battaile that 's decreed By this ye may deserne the name of Gods they ought not beare wherfore in no cas worship them nor seeme not them to feare For as a vessell which we vse when it in peeces lyes we do accompt it nothing worth but do the same despise euen so t is with their gorgious gods for why beholde and see Through feete of men their eyes with dust for aye encombred be And as the doores are shut on him that hath the king offended So are the doores vpon their Gods from Robbers daily tended They set vp candels burning still before them lyght to showe Yet can they not deserne the lyght but byde as blockes you knowe The worms that creap from out the earth constime thē as they stand Yet haue not they the sence to feele nor cannot moue a hande Their faces are bedewed blacke the Owles and Swalloes still do flye vpon them and the Cattes run ouer them at will. By this you may perceaue and see no Gods they are reputed Then feare them not for if you do you shal be quite confuted They are bedect you see with Golde yet needes of force there must attentiue heade be to them geuen to dight away their rust For money they are daily bought no lyfe they haue to showe But on the shoulders still of men are caryed to and fro Confounded are their worshippers because they are so vayne That if they fall vnto the grounde They cannot ryse againe Yet note though helpers with their hādes do set them right to tread yet must they haue ther props beneth as men that now be dead The priests do ●el their offred gifts their wines therafter liue But to the poore and impotent they nothing seeme to giue Frō whence procedeth then the names of Gods which they obtaine S●●h that their priests with opē mouths do roare to them in vaine The priests bereue thē of their robes their children for to deck And yet these gods cannot perceue nor nothing do they reck They neyther may geue riches reward the euill spight And though men frustrat make their vowes yet do they not requight They nothing can auaile the blinde nor help a man at neede Nor to the widowes ought extend nor yet do good in deede Their idols carued forth of stone if trueth should be exprest Are as the other in the rockes that lye among the rest Then wherfore dare mē cal thē gods which are their onely woorke Wherby they know that neither lyfe nor breath in them doth lurke Vaine therefore are all these thinges and shame it is to see That they behind them seme to leaue to their posteritie For when there cometh any warres or plagues that they possesse their priests wil hyde thē selues with ●●ē immagining no lesse They neither can defend them selues from broyling battels doome Nor yet from no misfortune els which seemeth for to come And kinges shal wel hereafter know