Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	endure_v	king_n	mighty_a	2,972	5	10.7808	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03694	The Christian gouernour, in the common-wealth, and priuate families described by Dauid, in his 101. Psalme. Guiding all men in a right course to heauen. Herewith also a part of the parable of the lost sonne. Luke 15. Both expounded and opened by Robert Horn. With the doctrines and vses thence arising. The more particular contents see on the page following.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.	1614 (1614)	STC 13821; ESTC S121133	164,903	442

and hee sayth that God so commaunded Samuel a good man yet hewed Ag●g in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal 1 Sam. 15.33 and Dauid himselfe a good King did put the enemies of God vnder Sawes and vnder iron-harrowes and vnder axes of iron 2 Sam. 12.31 And is not the God of mercie incomparably mercifull of whom yet it is sayd Hee smote great Kings for his mercy endureth for euer and slew mighty Kings for his mercy endureth for euer Psal. 136.17.18 The Reasons First the Magistrates sword should be defensiue to the good and offensiue to the euill for he beareth not the sword in vaine Rom. 13.4 and it is iust that they who offend the Law should be offended by the Law Secondly it is the Lords commandement that euill doers should bee rooted out Now if it be crueltie in the Ministers of Iustice to roote them out how can it be but hee must be cruell who comma●nds them to be rooted out Thirdly due and well seasoned seueritie toward grose offendours is many wayes profitable it may bee a medicine to the offendour to heale his soule by repentance it may bee a bridle to those who would offend in like manner to pull them from sinne And it is the onely meanes to discharge the Magistrate and to cleare the Countrie from the guilt of enormious facts Vses A reproofe to those who interpose themselues for the sparing of desperate Malefactors or who exclaime if they be duely executed as doe Papists who in their infamous Bookes charge the highest Soueraigntie with wading in the bloud of Recusants where yet nothing hath beene more familiar to the same then to breathe mildnesse and fauour toward them if any grace could supple them Which maketh also against those who commonly vse such arguments as these are for the impuni●y of such as haue made themselues by their horrible errours Men of death as that hee is a proper man a personable man a man of a high wit and good parentage and is it not pitie to cast away a Man but is it not pitty that a proper man should vndoe a profitable man that a witty man should kill an honest man and hee who hath good parentage spoyle him that hath good graces Also to take away a bloody person by the stroke of Law is not to cast away a man but to preserue mankinde An encouragement to good Magistrates who seuerely proceede against hainous offendors and trespasses of an horrible kinde For such shall haue the Lord to ●eare them out against all vile speeches complaints and murmurings of wicked tongues Hee hath commanded them to doe Iustice and if they loue Iustice he will take part with them against all their accusers Such as desire and cast to liue dissolutely may open against them and they that would being themselues great without the controlement of an authoritie greater riot and ride Poste into all impeachment of higher gouernement that they only may raigne will not sticke perhaps to put in lying and scandalous Billes against them in Courts aboue but God who commanded their seruice will backe it and those who shall execute it for his glory This doth concerne you Christian Lord and may much incourage● you and your reuerend associates and helpers when euill men and vnruly taxe your iust and for matter obiected faultlesse and most indifferent I speake my conscience proceedings heere What matters worthy blame may be done by some corrupt persons about you vnknowen vnto you I know not I will not defend them neither you I perswade my selfe if you knew them But for your owne persons I doubt not but I may say that euen in matters distastefully apprehended by some you haue had cleane hands and a pure heart I speake this to incourage you to goe on and no way as knoweth the searcher of all hearts to insinuate by courting of authoritie For though I desire to exercise my vveake gifts in the Ministerie that is committed vnto me with your ayd and countenance for the repulsing of oppositions that may be made against it by persons of corrupt hearts and life yet I would not buy your credit so deare as for it to bring my person out of credit with the Lord by a lye So much for the punishment the persons follow whom the Prophet will punish All the wicked of the Land that I may c. VVEE haue heard of the punishment now the Prophet speaketh of the persons whom hee vvill punish namely all the wicked without exception whom by way of exposition hee calleth workers of iniquitie And these hee promiseth to cut off by death and all of these without respect of kindred or persons to execute impartially and indifferently if their sinne so require From whence vvee learne that no sinne ought to bee spared or sinner fauoured by partiall Iustice. But this point was spoken of before and the reasons further to enforce it are First God is no accepter of persons Acts 10.34 and Christian Rulers are forbidden to accept the persons of men Secondly God can see no euill that is cannot abide to see it Habac. 1.13 therefore religious Magistrates who in the Scripture are called Gods should not suffer it Vse Now may no sinne bee spared not offender boren with then Drunkenner may not nor Drunkards neither idlenesse nor persons that liue idlely and in no honest Trade or are these no sins and they who are guiltie of them no offendors I name these two aboue others because they swar●n● so in Towne and Countrie and because they doe so much hurt and because the Magistrates eye i● so seldome vpon them to punish them By Drunkennesse and by Drunkards I meane that drinking in excesse which the Scripture calleth a ●itting at the Wine or a following of strong drinke Esa. 5.11.22 till Wit goe out and Grace flie out or an insatiable desire in Captaine-drinkers to change vessell after vessell Host. 1.7 whose trauels abroad are to Tauernes and Tippling-houses and exercises at home if they be men of wealth are to drinke healths and to shew their manhood or rather worse then beast-hood in subduing their fellowes with the force of the Flagon and in offering the sacrifice of filthy excesse to Bacchus in their cellars But so many healths this way or after this manner so many damnations without repentance These are vngodly challenges and it is no shame but prayse to a Christian to refuse them for if another will drinke sicknes vnto me should not I tender mine owne health and besides with what comfort can he looke vpon Iesus Christ who daily or at any time hurts soule and body with the abuse of that creature that otherwaies would be comfortable to many of his thirstie members who lacke that which makes him to sp●●● and cast like a beast This is Drunkennesse and they are Drunkards who are mightie to drink● wine and strong to ●owre in strong drinke though their heads can carry it and legges carry them I know the Scripture and