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	sinner_n	7,089	5	9.1918	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14191	The true remedie against famine and warres Fiue sermons vpon the firste chapter of the prophesie of Ioel, wherein the councell that the holy Ghoste gaue the Israelites to redresse the famine which they felt and preuent the warres that were threatened to come vpon them; is applied in particular vnto our present time: Preached in the time of the dearth. 1586. By Iohn Vdall, preacher of the worde of God at Kingston vpon Thames.	Udall, John, 1560?-1592.	1588 (1588)	STC 24507; ESTC S100743	79,508	182

further and make hym returne the more effectually vnto GOD or hee passeth it ouer as a matter of course perswading hymselfe that there is no further matter in it So then heere is the triall of thy selfe GOD punisheth that we might amende and wee doe not then surelye wee are such as profite not in his schoole on the other side GOD layeth his crosse vppon mee I feele it I acknowledge it his rodde for mine offences and I am brought to a more carefulnesse and heede-taking vnto my wayes then may I conceiue comfort vnto mine own hart in that I profit by the Lords correction The second sermon Vers. 3. Tell you your children of it and let your children shewe it to their children their children to another generation TEl it vnto your children Hauing shewed how strange a thing it is that hee is to speake least they should think that it were but for the time present or for themselues alone he sheweth in these words that they must so learne and marke it that they may from time to time recount it and teach it their children with charge to haue it propagated vnto the generations that shoulde come after whereby wee learne first that wee are not to heare or make vse of the words of God for the time present or consider of his workes in mercie or iudgemēt while they are fresh and newe and no longer but to vse his word as we do the foode of our bodies that is to eate it that we may digest it be norished by it and made more able in the strength of it to walke in the course of this life Againe wee see that it is enioyned them not onely to knowe and consider those thynges themselues but also to make them knowne and teach the right vse of them to their children which being spoken to them in one particular is also enioyned vnto vs in regard of y e whole worde of God in generall that is that we haue a care to instruct and bring vp our children in the knowledge and feare of God that the honour of God may bee retained among men and to their posteritie as also that wee may leaue behinde vs a godlie seede the which albeit it was enioyned vnto them vnder the lawe and confirmed vnto vs in the time of the gospell that it might appeare to be a duty for euer required of the people of God yet we see how litle it is almost euery where regarded in so much that for lacke of godly education the parents letting them run at randon the youth of this land doth seem already to haue receiued vnto themselues the profession of Atheisme and al impietie which if parents thought it their duetie to instruct them otherwise should among vs be redressed But lette all that feare GOD and make a conscience to obey his will looke vnto their dueties in this behalfe and take heede that they passe not ouer with carelesnesse the education of their children as is the manner of the wicked among whom they doe dwell Besides this we see that the Prophet willeth this to be made knowne to the generations folowing and so from one to an other and yet it is a particular action the force whereof they onely felt which teacheth vnto vs that the workes of God that hee bringeth to passe in extraordinarie maner vppon the face of the earth are in regard of the vse and end of them to be considered and regarded in all generations For if they bee the workes of hys wrath in the punishementes of hys foes or sharpe and bitter afflictions vppon hys people falling from obedience to hys truth or yet of his mercie shewed vnto penitent sinners or reuenge for the iniuries doone vnto his saints the Lorde being alwayes the same they are to be looked for vppon the like occasions and especiallye those that it hath pleased the holie-holie-ghost to register in the holie Scriptures which are therefore set downe that we might learne by them the punishments that wee sin not as they did that felte them least wee feele them also and the mercies that wee may take the same course which they did that in the loue of God wee may finde the like fauour and so make the worde of GOD both in the preceptes and also examples therof a continuall direction for the course of our whole life That which is left of the palmer-worme c. This is the thing that hee hath made so much preparation for the summe whereof is thus much that the hand of God was so vppon them with punishment by famine and dearth that not their superfluitie or a part of their necessarye foode was kepte from them but the LORD hadde sent his seuerall punishementes vppon them one after an other that among them they had deuoured all and left nothing Now if wee looke into this that the Prophet speaketh according to the action don there was none of the people that needed to be so prepared that they might vnderstand it for it was apparant euen before their eies so that the prophet seemeth after so great speeches afore hande at the end to say in effect nothing for if a man should come among vs and call men in the market-place to drawe neere and calling for attention to a solemne proclamation shoulde in the end tell the people that corne is deare and so depart a number would condemne him of follie and yet hee should say as much in effect as the wordes of this prophet do expresse but wee must vnderstand and that it is not simplie the thing that the prophet nameth them to consider of and no more but it is their sencelessenesse and securitie in that they beeing thus smitten of the Lord were not yet mooued with repentance nor cared any whit to seek reconciliation with his maiestie so that the meaning of the holie ghoost beeing euident it remaineth that wee obserue those thinges out of the words that are to be noted for our instructiō first these so diuers and present punishmentes one after another to execute that part of the Lordes determination which y e former had left vndone doth cōmend to vs y e power that God is of to punish y e sinners transgressors of his law to y e end that we may learne to take heed beware that we cast not behind our backs as many mē do y e consideration of Gods high hand against iniquity but rather cōsidering his power to plague his foes to haue all watchfulnes ouer our own affections regard to his cōmandements to do thē least we procure against our selues y e force of that his power which taking hold on vs must needs throw vs into a most forlorne wretched cōditiō Besides this we may behold y e readines of the lords wil to put this his power in executiō which also is to be obserued for euery one of vs is easly drawn to acknowlege gods power abilitie to do what he