Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	ghost_n	holy_a	redeemer_n	2,615	5	10.3339	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03713	A sermon vpon the parable of the King that taketh an accompt of his seruants Math. 18. 23. Wherein is declared, the iustice, mercy, and seueritie of God: the crueltie of man, and his reward for the same. Rising vpon St. Peters question to Christ, viz. How oft shall I forgiue my brother? seauen times? 21. vers. [...] By Iohn Hoskin, minister of Gods holy word, student in Diuinitie.	Hoskin, John, minister of Gods holy word.	1609 (1609)	STC 13838; ESTC S121139	21,695	60

banquet and feast and let them statue in the stréetes nay vexe and trouble whip punish and cast them in prison and there to let them pine and perish shall not the very Heathen that neuer heard of God rise vp in iudgement at the last day before that iust Iudge to accuse and condemne vs as théeues Church-robbers and murderers but especially such as maintaine their vaine delights and filthy pleasures with the goods of the poore and patrimonie of Christ towards whome the distribution of our owne wealth ought to be exionded both by the law of God and man shall not our owne consciences also accuse vs and be as mille testes a thousand witnesses against vs when it shall be sayd vnto vs Luc. 16.2 redde rationem come giue an accompt for our selues Adam vbi es where art thou Cen 3.9 and how hast thou walked in my commandements an accompt for our bodyes if they haue beene kept as the temples of the holy Ghost 1. Cor. 6.19 an accompt of our soules 1. Pet. 2.25 Reu. 22.12 Mat. 12.36 Wisd 1.9 if they bee fit to appeare in the sight and presence of the great sheepheard an accompt for our workes words and thoughts and also an accompt how we haue vsed our brethren Cain vbi est frater tuus Abel Gen. 4.9 where is thy brother if there be à discite ex me learne of me by the riche glutton that fared diliciouslie euery day Lu. 16.25 neglecting the miserable estate of poore Lazarus what are all oppressors of their poore brethren to expect at the dreadfull day of iudgement but euen with most sorrowfull sobbing sighes and mournefull moanes fall a wishing that they had neuer vsed such hard dealings and cruell oppression towards their poore brethren and fellow seruants but alas now it is too late Therefore when a man hath had forgiuenesse at Gods hands for his sinnes to forgiue our brother and fellow seruant in like sort is not a matter of guift but of dutie non opportuit oughtest thou not vers 33. Yes surely hauing receiued mercy thou art bound to shew mercy if thou haue ten thousand talents forgiuen thée oughtest not thou to forgiue an hundred pence Couetousnesse and Crueltie alwayes companions yes certainly but here wee may plainly sée that couetousnesse and crueltie are alwayes companions for if the King that cannot offend thée but thou him shall forgive thée oughtest not thou to forgiue thy fellow seruant whom thou maist offend and so stand in néede of his mercy In as much therefore as thou hast not done as thou oughtest to haue done Ex are tuo te iudico Lu. 19.22 I iudge thee out of thineowne mouth for as Salomon saith hee that findeth friendship ought to shew himselfe friendly againe towards others Pro. 18.24 Now for the conclusion the last verse 35. as I sayd is the key for the opening of this parable and it lays vs all in this dutie God is our King and we his subiects we become his debtors by our sinnes and as we looke to haue forgiuenesse at his hands so wee must forgiue one an other For as Saint Paul saith this was not written for Abraham onely Rom. 4.23 that hee was iustified but also for all the faithfull so likewise this parable we must apply vnto our selues For the point of forgiuing 1. First wee must know it is simile regi like a King Pro. 20.21 God our heauenly Father and King commandeth this dutie as an honorable thing that we be ready to forgiue as wee would haue GOD forgiue vs and doth accept it as done vnto himselfe Mat. 25.40 whatsoeuer wee doe vnto his poore members whom he calleth his little ones and his brethren 2. Secondly as I forgaue you is a matter of dutie and equitie and not of equitie onely but also of Iustice non oportuit oughtest thou not séeing thou hast receiued mercy yes verily thou art bound to shew mercy 3. Thirdly in respect of the reward for hee that sheweth mercy shall be rewarded with mercy Yea in the kingdome of heauen as our Sauiour saith Mat. 9.41 For God is not vnrighteous that hee will forget your workes of mercy therefore bee mercifull after they power Heb. 6.10 Tob 4.8 Luc. 6.13 for in so dooing thou shalt not onely obteine forbearance but also an acquittance of thy debt 4 Fourthly for the punishment of beeing mercilesse for whereas before God was milde 〈…〉 hee will bee wrothe whereas before hee was condemned to be solde onely now hée shall bee grieuously tormented vntill hee haue the whole due verse 34. a most heause and 〈…〉 horrible sentence for mercilesse men to thinke vpon The Prophet Ps 118.12 his enemies shall come about him like Bees not waspes because hes gathered hony from them so there is profit to bée reaped from our enemies but the profit that we shall reape by this Christian charitie is wee shall as it were make God bound vnto vs by forgiuing It is that which some note vpon the words of the Psalmist where ●e saith re●●mber mee according to thy word Ps 119.49 wherein thou hast caused mee to put my trust that is wee conuent thée O Lord vpon thy promise to forgiue vs our trespasses because wee haue forgiuen our brethren their offences Now therefore if the reward will not serue to stirre vs vp vnto this dutie of mercy towards our poore bretheren then the punishment must which neuer faileth viz. sic faciat vobis so hee shall doe vnto you And if some perhaps vnderstand it not quando adductus erit when hee shall be brought hee shall vnderstand that hee hath not onely lost the reward but also incurred the punishment from the which the Lord and Father of all mercy vouchsafe to deliuer vs for his sonne Iesus Christ his sake our onely Sauiour and redéemer To whom with the holy Ghost thrée persons and one God be all powre and glory praise and dominion now and for euer world without end Amen