Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	heart_n	love_v	see_v	14,118	5	3.5935	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76122	New observations dedicated to the Kings most excellent Majestie, from all his loving subjects concerning peace. And humbly presented to the Honorable House of Commons for their incouragement to the perfection of that good worke of peace and union in the church and state. By J.B. Ca.Pe.	J. B., Ca. Pe.	1642 (1642)	Wing B116; Thomason E108_11; ESTC R5642	5,152	8

entrance to the Crowne and because you could not swear by no greater swore by the Eternall God that you would defend me and at the first of one contract we made but one your power and all that you had was mine to defend me and to do me good but there have been some of late that have set your Majestie against me I speak it in the name of many and have perswaded you to beat me and to force to obedience though of my self willing to obey being of a nature sooner wonne than compelled and this is that which hath sore troubled me yet this is not all but when an oath with an c. was put upon me it wounded me for by the oath that I had taken already I was bound fast enough but the truth is when these things befell me I was afraid that some evill minded men like Potiphers wife seeing mine innocency and more faithfull to you my husband than themselves had complained against me without cause and this I could hardly bear for by this means our great Adversaries Devill and Pope have laboured to sow contentions and jealousies between us and this is that which will be a means to undo us both when your Majestie which is become my head and husband speaks kindly unto me and is ruled by those that love us both my heart is inflamed with a love unto you but when your Ministers abuse your Majesties kindnesse and become tyrants to their fellow servants yea when they shall go about to justifie themselves and men like themselves and lay all their villany upon your Majestie this I can hardly bear for by this means I am deprived of my marriage-bed and of my wonted society and am troubled in my self when I see your Majestie which is become my head and husband strange unto me but I hope every former breach will unite love the stronger knowing that a little shaking of the tree will preferre the growth of it wherefore being now reconciled to your Commons feast live love and die together and be more firme in your neare union than ever divided in your hearty unkindnesse so shall you meet in the end and never part But be like Rachell and Leah which two built up the house of Israel You are now in the way and it is said Gen. 24.27 That whilest the servant of Abraham was in the way God blessed him the same God blesse you and for your comfort and incouragement know by so much shal you grow to perfection by how much you draw neer to unity I confesse had the Balaacks Balaams of our times bin so evil as they would have bin intended to have bin the world had bin overrun with evill but such is the wisdom of God that oft-times he hides from evill men those times and seasons that might prove prejudiciall to his people so when Saul sought for David It is true the good God might have destroyed the Balaams and wicked Sauls of our times but many times he will not for God hath something more for them to do and it is not so much glory to God to take away wicked men as to use their evill to his own holy purposes and gaineth many times more glory by working good by evill instruments than by destroying of them presently in their wicked purposes and this use I make of it that it sufficeth a good man that he resisteth the evil actions of the wicked whilst they love their persons I confesse our Balaams and our Sauls had gone very farre but in some things God permits in indignation not for that he gives leave to the act but that he gives a man over to the sin in the act and yet this sufferance implyes not favour but judgement and God is contented the devill should winne himself credit sometimes where he means to judge I confesse our Sauls and our Balaams like Sisera trusted in their strength but like Sisera many of them run away yet in spight of them all the Lord hath made a seasonable and hopefull provision for his people and to that purpose the wise God in spight of our Sauls have brought your Majestie and Commons together It is too true by the means of our Sauls your Majestie became to your Commons as the Angel was to Gideon and so made them afraid but like the Angel that made Gideon afraid your Majestie hath returned to their comfort and as God as he useth where he loves he imployes like Christ himself you are now willing to enjoy them by a willing contract and not by a ravishment and by this means you appear now to your people like Moses who had more glory by his vale than by his face and I do not doubt but when all things shall be made manifest but that one faithfull David will be in more account with your Majestie than either the Sauls or Balaams whatsoever It is true by the means of our Sauls the Crowne is become full of cares and your Majestie having been almost even wearied by them would faine now take some rest and that your Majestie may rest I will take unto me that large promise Isa 45.11 and with Jacob will give God no rest untill he have blessed you Thus saith the Lord the holy One of Israel and his Maker Aske me of things to come concerning my sonnes and concerning the work of my hands command ye me nay that is not all that I will do for you but I will commend you to the Honourable House of Commons and tell them Right Wise Right Worthy you see with Abraham his Majestie is willing to resigne to winne the affectons of his people by his justice in his government the thing that I shall desire of you for his Majestie is but this that your Soveraigne which is become your head being full of care and troubles that you would make his bed easie for him that notwithstanding your care in removing some that are about him if there should still remain any about him that should go about to trouble him again the thoughts of you when he wakes may make him lye down again and take another nap And the the doing of this for him will bring him from Marah to Elim and you will become as sweet and pleasant to the Church and the three Kingdoms as the tree that God shewed to Moses which when he cast into the waters the waters were made sweet which formerly were bitter and then shall the Church of God sing the song of Moses Exod. 15. I know that thankfulnesse and love can do more with good men than merit or necessitie and me thinks I see you like our Saviour who thirsted after the salvation of mankinde and I beleeve it was not so much out of drinesse as out of love Go you and do so likewise knowing that modest beginnings and hopefull proceedings makes happy endings And for your comfort know that God whose battels you fight will provide a due reward of your patience and for my own part I shall do with you as Jeptha did with his sword and whilst he used it trusted to God and with Job will be willing to wait the appointed time for the accomplishing of those things that concernes both the good of Church and Common-wealth and so I commend the saving of Salomon unto you Eccle. 9.10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it with thy might for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest FINIS