Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	holy_a	jesus_n	name_n	15,644	5	5.0555	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90980	A famous city turned into stone. Or, A fearfull example for England to take warning by: in which is contained all the full and whole description of a famous city in Barbary, that was for their rebellion against God (in the twinkling of an eye) both men, women, and children, with all the cattle, houses, and materials therein turned to stone. The manner how shall in this little booke be faithfully and truely related according to very good authors, which have since this great and miraculous wonder happened, been at the place where it was done, and have seene (with much teror) those things which shall be presantly spoken of. / Writen by Laurence Price.	L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680?	1656 (1656)	Wing P3360; Thomason E1638_2; ESTC R209054	4,394	16

his Sins nor had the Drunkard the space to aske God forgivenésse furthermore all the Horses Oxen Shéepe and Cattell and feathered fowls as Cocks Hens Géese and Turkeys Trées wood Timber Gold Silver Brass and all other sorts of Minerals and Mettals became to be stone which may stand for a monument and be known for a wonder from one Generation to another so long as the Sun and Moone gives light and the Earth and the firmament doth indure and I am verily perswaded and so are many thousands more beside that these Signes these Tokens and these wonders the pleasure of the Lord was to send upon them that have little or no relation to the holy Gospell of the Lord Iesus Christ because we that are accounted for Christians may consider with our selves and learn to beare a better conscience both to God and Man and this is my desire that all sorts of People that would willingly be called by the name of Christians may shew themselves to walke like Christians with spéed every on to amend their sinfull lives for fear that the Lord in his anger should lay the like or as bad a punishment upon our Sinfull Nation which God in his Mercy grant may never come to passe HEre followeth directions drawn both from the Scriptures and from humane reason whereby to advise all Sinners in time to fly unto the Lord for Mercy and so to prevent Gods heavy Iudgments before it come upon us Adam when he had lived but a little while in the Garden of Eden which is called Paradise for his disobedience and breaking of Gods Commandement was driven out and quite excluded for his rebellion Gen. 3.14 The great and generall deluge and drowning of the World which is called Noahs flood was for provoking God to anger in so much that God repented himselfe that ever he made Man Gen. 6. v. 6. and when the Lord rained downe Fire Btimstone upon Sodom and Gomorah it was done for the wickednesse of the People Gen. 19.24 The curse of the Lord sell upon Egypt whereby their Land became unfruitfull the Caterpillars devoured their Herbs their rivers of water were turned into Blood and Frogs Lice and Grashopers brought the People to ruine Exod. 8.2 all which was brought to passe for their ungratefulnesse towards God The Chileren of Israel for murmuring against God and his Prophet Moses were bitten and stung to death with fiery Serpents Numb 25.6 And the destruction of Jerusalem was because they harkened not to the voice of the Lord but Stoned and Murdered the Prophets when they were sent unto them Mat. 23.37 Corath Dathan and Abiram ware swallowed up alive into the Earth for their blaspemous Sinus and the prodigall Son was faine to féed upon the empty husks long of his abominable Pride and voluptuous living Luke 1516. Judas Jscariot had never have come to have hanged himselfe if it had not béen for his false dissimulation and trechery Nor had the glutton Dives béen tormented in the flames of Hell if it had not béen for his covetovsnesse and despising of the Poore Luke 16.20 A many more such sad strange examples may be proved by the Scriptures which is the word of the living God to shew to the World wherefore God made us and what in duty we are bound to doe and now let us once more thinke upon the famous Citty which was turned into stone their punishment was more then ours our Sinns are greater then theirs for had they had so many good and Godly Ministers in that Citty and Countrey that are both able and willing to preach and to teach them the word of the living God as praised be the name of the Lord we have here in England no doubt but they would have repented them of their sins before that heavy vengeanc of the Lord lighted upon them And now let every Man and Woman in England and else where turn from their wicked ways and amend their sinfull lives and as the Loord hath béen more mercifull to our sinfull Nation then unto others let us endeavour our selves to be more thankfull unto his Holy name for the great and manifold Blessings which our good God have bestowed upon us and let us henceforth lay a part all pride of heart and covetousnesse of mind all hypocrisy dissimulation all vaine glorious and blasphemous opinions all hatred malice spight and envy all cursing and swearing sedition and mischeif making all conspiracy and trechery one towards another and to love and obey the commandements of the Lord above all Earthly pleasure and to kéepe a good conscience and doe unto all Men as we would have them to do unto us and withall to pray unto the Lord to take away from us our stony hearts and give us hearts of flesh and then if our fine were as red as Scarlet the Lord will make them as white as Snow and though they were like Purple they shall he made as white as Wooll Esay 1. v. 18. And to conclude in a word we were better all to repent with Ninivy then to be burnt with Sodom and take warning and learn by the fall of others to lead our lives in the time to come in a better manner then here to fore we have done which that we may let us every one with dilligence call upon God early and late at our up rising and lying downe at our going forth and our comming in that he will be our defender and kéeper all the days of our lives and that for the sake of Iesus Christ our Lord Amen FINIS