Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	word_n	worldly_a	year_n	44	3	4.1421	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02908	A maruell, deciphered	Helwys, Edward.	1589 (1589)	STC 13050; ESTC S119782	11,856	26

and her vehement desire made knowen by lawes aduertisments and proclamations to all nations farre beyonde the reach of all crying discouering hir paine and readines to haue the same deliuered and published to all creatures That God may be glorified effectually Such a woman effecteth this prophesie Text. And the dragon stoode before the woman which was readie to bee deliuered to deuoure hir childe when shee had brought it forth If there be any woman of such worthines wbose holy indeuors in deuine procreation of the child Iesus with hir zeale in true religion aduauncement of his holie word the verie Image of himselfe with readie power and strength for in the assistance comfort and mightie defence of all persons and countries that professe the same which from the first time shee began to bring foorth this childe hath beene mightilie resisted withstoode by the Dragon and his assistances in all notable apparance to destroy this childe namely the worde of God and in the first birth of the professours of the same to pull them vp by the rootes This and such a wowan may seeme and be said to effect this prophecie Text. And shee brought forth a man childe which should rule all Nations with a rodde of yron This man childe is Christ Iesus our Sauiour which by his hypocriticall aduersarie Antichrist hath beene obscured after a manner buried and made vnknowen many hundred yeres from the knowledge of the worldly multitude So as if there be any woman to whom God hath giuen speciall grace not onely to bringe to light but also to defende the sacred worde and glorious Gospel of the childe and Lord Iesus so as in apparance shee hath brought foorth with great care and industry and shal to the no small griefe of hir enemies deliuer the same to the Nations of the earth For this man childe Iesus with his rodde of yron namely by his absolute power shal grinde his enimies to powder and breake them in pieces like a Potters vessel an assured comfort to all faithfull in Christ that their redeemer ruleth with such speciall power to protect them as also to chastise their enemies Such a woman may effectually be said to effect this prophecie Text. And hir sonne was taken vp vnto God and to his throne Not to be doubted but that when the red Dragon described in the said Chapter with his seuen heads tenne hornes and vpon his heade seuen Crownes hath disgorged all his venome with most bloudie crueltie with his seuen heades practised all their subtil deuises in wicked inuentions his ten hornes their force and violence to performe slaughter shedding of bloud his seauen Crowned heades enlarged all their aucthoritie to accomplish these euils aforesaide yet it shall no further preuaile then earthly and sinfull power may preuaile against the mightie and infinite power of God which from heauen doth scorne and deride all their proceedings for so much as he is taken vp vnto God and his power is from aboue And by confusion of this saide bloudie beast God hath determined to glorie in his holy name And as the Virgin Marie iustlie and rightlie reioiced for that by election she before all women naturally did bring forth the Lord and Sauiour of the worlde euen so that woman which aboue all women hath to this daie since the first publication of this prophecie beene adopted by Gods mercie to reuiue his honour and glorie and thereby doth accept to saie to be hir Sonne in hir portion hath iusi cause to saie Magnificat anima mea Deus And to reioice aboue all other women liuing and none like vnto such a woman to effect this prophecie Text. And the woman fled into the wildernes where she hath a place prepared of God that they shoulde feede hir there a thousand two hundreth and three score daies As Christe sundrie times frequented the wildernes to bee deliuered from his enemies as also to commit his temptations to God by contemplatiō and praier so God himselfe as the Text saith hath prepared a place for this woman in the wildernes a solitarie a rare haunt of persons where by appointment she shall flie and nestle hirselfe by hir reposed confidence in the bosome of the highest a place of assured quietnes as also farre in the vtter parts of the world vnder the North Pole where it is said by the mightie multitude of men dwelling on the heart heart of the earth That the inhabitants of that wildernes are grosse wilde and barbarous but it hath pleased the highest that there she shall bee fed and securelie prouided and defended a time fixed and set downe which shall not be remoued by anie power of enemies whatsoeuer so as if there be anie woman that appeareth so placed and securelie defended That same woman in all resemblance most properly seemeth to fulfill this prophecie Text. And when the Dragon sawe that hee was cast into the earth he persecuted the woman which had brought foorth the man childe That is when the Dragon the Diuell saw himselfe and his Angels which is Antichrist his reprobates by the almightie Michael Christ his Angels the godlie Magistrates professors of his Gospell to be cast into the earth that is to saie all his drosse of superstition idolatrie and all his other filthines of religion deciphered made knowne to all persons thonly reprobates excepted into whose earthlie hearts he is cast as it were into the earth for that he is depriued of all habitation in heauenlie mindes so as if there be anie woman that by a receiued grace hath or nowe liueth since the first publishing of this prophesie which with a manifest zeale cost and danger hath trauailed to bringe foorth this man childe Christ Iesus notoriouslie in the sight of the worlde which is to saie confessed published and aduaunced his holie lawes his sacred worde and most glorious Gospel hir onelie beautie and saluation To the great and most discomfortable griefe of Antichrist who forced therewith hath nowe according to the second Psalme of King Dauid Text. Conuented the Kings and Rulers of the earth against the Lorde and his annointed but hee that dwelleth in heauen shall laugh them to scorne and then he shall speake to them in his wrath and vexe them in his sore displeasure because they are not learned to serue the Lord in feare and shall be forced to kisse the sonne left in his anger they perish from the right waie if his wrath bee kindled for to him shall bee giuen the Heathen for inheritaunce and the vttermost parts of the earth for his possession and blessed are all they that put their trust in him Which misterie at this instant beginneth to worke and from henceforth bee accomplished by which feminine instrument this foresaid Dragon and his Antichrist with all their adherents are and must be throwne downe confounded and are now entered into so great a fume and pelting chafe as at this daie