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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	abel_n	blood_n	cry_v	2,397	5	9.4770	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62099	Foure sermons vvherein is made a foure-fold discovery viz. of ecclesiasticall selfe-seeking, a wisemans carriage in evill times, the benefit of Christian patience, the right nature and temper of the spirit of the Gospel / by Edvvard Symons ...; Sermons. Selections	Symmons, Edward.	1642 (1642)	Wing S6343; ESTC R23479	123,513	204

of death caused trembling Elias lived in those times and had a spirit sutable unto them a fiery and a destructive spirit which haply then was not amisse but by the comming of Christ the times were altered into times of comfort of the Gospel which is the ministration of life and peace it was prophesied long before his birth that in his time abundance of peace should flourish and at his birth the Angels sang peace with heaven and God that before with earthly men had warres and difference And further yet the times before Christ were times of Justice and revenge Adam sinned and he was presently cast out of Paradise Sodome and Gomorrah sinned and they were suddainely consumed with fire Corah and his companions sinned and vengeance speedily laid hold upon them and so forth in o●hers for Gods name by which he was knowne in those dayes was Deus ultionum the God of Revenge and as such a one he was pleased often to approve himselfe but by Christs comming the times were turned to be times of mercy and favour times of grace of patience and forbearance acceptable times dayes of Salvation for the Samaritans sinned here yet they were spared Paul then Saul went breathing out threatnings against Gods Saints yet mercy reached him before Judgement overtooke him Mary Magdalen and the thiefe on the crosse were great sinners yet vengeance did not overwhelme them yea many of them that crucifyed Christ were not taken away in that their sinne as they deserved but were afterward taken into savour and tasted mercy being converted by Peters Sermon Act. 2. for by Christs comming God was pleased to leave his old name and be called by another not usuall before namely Pater misericordiarum the father of mercies then Deus ultionum a revenging God but now Deus consolationum the God of Consolation 2 Cor. 1. 3. And thus you see Christs comming made a great difference in the times and so ought it to doe in men in their thoughts words and carriages in all which they must conformeto the times Are the times of the Gospell times of light then men in them must walk as children of the light Ye were once darknesse but now are light in the Lord walke therefore as children of the light Are they times of peace then men must be men of peace Rom. 12. 18. If it be possible have peace w●th all men Are they times of mercy patience and forbearance then men that live in them must be mercifull and patient not rendring evill for evill unto any man 1 Thess. 5. 15. Doth God in these times discover himselfe to be a friend and a Father even to such as were his enemies then men must shew themselves to be his children right bred by manifesting his spirit Love your enemies blesse them that curse you doe good to them that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you that you may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven that is that you may approve your selves to be his children Mat. 5. 44 45. Men that live under the Gospel must beleeve that many of those things that were tolerable before are insufferable now the revenger of blood was permitted to pursue and kill the man-slayer if he found him out of the City of refuge but now the date of that permission is expired So the Prophets of old as may seeme might pray for revenge O God to whom vengeance belongeth shew thy selfe And O Lord God that tryest the reines let me see thy vengeance upon them and might curse them that abused them as Elisha did the children that mocked him and might call for fi●e from heaven to fall on them that intended their hurt as Elias did but now they must doe the cleane contrary the times are altered and the spirits of Gods Ministers must be sutable to the times We must pray for our Enemies as Stephen did we must beseech them to be reconciled 2 Cor. 5. 20. and we must instruct them with meeknesse so long as they are contrary-minded unto us 2 Tim. 2. 25. Paul that lived under the Gospell did not doe as Elias did that lived under the Law pray against Israel but his hearts desire to God for Israel was that they might be saved Rom. 10. 1. Yea though they sought to take away his life yet he could have wished to have beene accursed himselfe for their sakes to have done them good Rom. 9. 3. David was a right good man in his time and had this title from the Lord himselfe that he was a man after Gods owne heart but he lived in those dayes when God was called Deus ultionum and therefore David is no fit patterne for us now to imitate in some of his wayes wee must never deale so cruelly with our enemies if we have them under our power as he did with the Ammonites 2 Sam. 13-31 He put them under Sawes and Harrowes of Iron and made them passe through the Brickekill No the Spirit of the Gospell is a Noble Spirit and scornes to set a foote upon the necke of a falne foe it takes advantage of his downfall to discover it selfe to have proceeded from Christ and indevours at such a time to cause an enemy to distaste and dis-relish his owne spirit by giving him to taste of its sweetnesse it labours to gaine an adversary by unexpected compassion even as God and Christ did to gaine us when we were in our blood cast out to the loathing of our persons we must be people of Christs spirit and not of Davids It is worth our noting by the way nor is it from the purpose the difference betweene Davids manner of dying and Christs David dyed as we may say with revenge in his mouth not onely against Shimei that had abused him but also against Joab that had faithfully served him Let not his hoary head sayes he goe downe to the grave in peace but Christ dyed with mercy and pardon in his mo●th and prayer for his enemies Father forgive them sayes he His Fathe● was now the Father of mercies and he well approved himselfe his Sonne and after the same sort must we approve our selves his servants Concerning David I doe confesse his manne● of dying might well have scandalized us in that he commands to take away mens lives when as it had beene fitter for him to have beene begging pardon for his owne sinnes but it is to be thought he had consulted with God about the businesse and God was then Deus ulti●num as I said before and David was a good Magistrate and so just like God as well as a good man but I am sure Christs manner of dying can scandalize or offend none in this kinde his death spake better things than the death of David as it is said his blood spake better things then the blood of Abel Abel dyed in old time and his blood cryed Justice Christ dyed in these later dayes and his blood cryed mercy Now