Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	great_a	sir_n	william_n	15,285	5	7.6538	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31287	A catalogue of remarkable mercies conferred upon the seven associated counties viz. Cambridge, Essex, Hartford, Huntingdon, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincoln. Printed by the command of the Right Honourable Edvvard, Earl of Manchester, the Major Generall thereof, and the committee now residing in Cambridge: and appointed to be published in the severall parish-churches of the aforenamed counties, upon the fourteenth of April, that almighty God may by solemne thanksgiving have the glorie due unto his name. Hereunto is annexed an order for the more solemne keeping of the publick fast.		1644 (1644)	Wing C1365A; ESTC R224048	4,195	11

nor to your forces but that by commemorating particulars your hearts may be enlarged and quickned in sincerity to give God the glory due alone to him Let your confidence be ever more placed in God and when we again go out we desire your prayers to the Lord professing our trust to be in his Name and our rejoycing in hope we shall have his presence to go along with us in this we rest And therefore let the Name of God alone be glorified by all through Christ for evermore A Postscript THis Commemoration of mercies conferred upon these Associated Counties being printed and ready to be published according to the purpose expressed in the Preface the defeat given to the Forces before Newark did disfwade the dispersing of the copyes upon these considerations First because the hearts of people being oppressed by this sad providence were judged unfit to undertake the joyfull exercise of Thanksgiving Secondly lest Malignants should have any seeming occasion administred to blaspheme the wayes of Christ upon our performance of a duty so unseasonable and unsuitable to our present condition giving it out also that this course of ours is but a colourable cover of our great losse lately sustained by their prevailing power But now through some happy change of providence the Lord of Hosts having cheared up again the hearts of them who love Sion by the good successe graciously given to the forces commanded by Sir William Waller and Sir William Belfore the high imployment of praysing his Blessed Majestie will be seasonable And therefore though we desire to be sensibly humbled under the remembrance of our sufferings before Newark wishing that such especially may Christianly reflect upon themselves who have most to answer for in the miscarrying of that businesse yet we account not Gods former favours to be lessened by our late losse nor our selves discharged from the debt of Thankfulnesse because now under some cloud of affliction And if our enemies whose custome it is to judge others according to their own actions imagine that we have any low unworthy designe in this our practise we would have them know that our hearts abhorre the abusing the abasing of any holy ordinance to serve sinfull ends and withall we professe to the world that we do hopefully designe the future speeding of our undertakings for the good both of Church and Common-wealth by giving unto the God of our salvations the God of our victories the honour due unto his Blessed Name Manchester An Order for the more solemn keeping of the Publick Fast WHereas the Lords and Commons in Parliament have made an Ordinance for the more strict and solemn keeping of the dayes of publick Fast which are not by all persons duely observed even in these times of publick calamitie to the great dishonour of God and the contempt of the Authority of both Houses of Parliament Now that more particular notice may be given unto all such as shall offend herein before any exemplary punishment be inflicted upon them it is Ordered by the Commons now assembled in Parliament that all Constables or their deputies shall the day before every publick Fast repair unto every house within their severall and respective liberties and charge all persons that they strictly observe the Fast according to the directions in the said Ordinance And they shall upon the said dayes of publick Fast walk through their said liberties diligently searching for and taking notice of all persons who either by following the works of their callings or sitting in Taverns Victualling and Alehouses or any other wayes shall not duely observe the same and they are hereby required to return the names of all such persons as they shall find so offending as also such informations as they shall receive against any other persons within their liberties guilty of the least offence unto the Committee for Examinations that so they may be proceeded against for the contempt of the said Ordinance And all Constables are to observe these directions from time to time so long as the publick Fast shall be kept without expecting any further Order Hen. Elsinge Cler. Parl. D. Com. FINIS Constables I Do hereby charge and command all and every one of you to use your best endeavour that the monethly fast may be solemnely observed according to the Order of Parliament hereto adjoyned and also that the prophanation of the Lords day may be prevented according to another Order of Parliament for that end heretofore published And if any person or persons shall wilfully transgresse either of the aforesaid orders by Gaming tipling in alehouses or following their servile employments either on the Sabbath or Fast day you shall forthwith return their names unto me or the Committee now sitting in your County that they may receive such punishment as their severall offences shall deserve And you shall enquire out all unlicensed alehouse-keepers within your parish and give speedy notice of them unto the next Justices of peace that they may be suppressed You shall also return to the said Justices the names of all them who being licensed do yet suffer any disorders in their houses that they may be punished Hereof fail you not as you will answer the contrary at your utmost peril Given under my hand at Cambridge this first of April 1644. Manchester