Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	iniquity_n	lord_n	transgression_n	3,081	5	9.7813	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15344	[A short, yet a true and faithfull narration of the fearefull fire that fell in the towne of Wooburne, in the countie of Bedford, on Saturday the 13. of September last, Anno. 1595 Together with a Christian admonition as to the particular people of that place]	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1595 (1595)	STC 25629; ESTC S113059	30,731	79

not contented therewith you delight to drawe others from townes and places abroad and rounde about you to be partakers with you of the selfe same iniquitie and that not onely vpon your market and fayre daies and times of resort but euen vpon other daies of the weeke yea vpon the Lords day it selfe wherein you are so farre off from withstanding euill that not one of you yet for ought I knowe hath been found either to represse this foule vice of quaffing and drunkennes in your selues or to shut your doores against them that fall into riot and excesse that way Adde vnto these the adulteries whoredomes and fearefull filthinesses that haue heretofore and daylie doe fall out amongst you and then you shall see also whether God haue causeleslie stricken you with this and other iudgements or whether you haue not indeede good cause for the same vnfeinedly and speedily to humble your selues least otherwise the wrath begun proceede and breake forth to an vtter wasting of you and yours For your secret sinnes that way I will say nothing but leaue them to God to whome they are best knowne and to your owne hearts which should bee touched with a godly sorrow for them and for your other iniquities likewise Consider a little I pray you of your open transgressions and waigh them for amendment of life Diuers of your daughters and maidseruants haue beene in former time and of late shamefully defiled Your sonnes and other of your families haue been the authors and the actors of this grieuous villanie wherein also sundry of them haue growne to this shamelesnesse in their sinne that they haue gone with out stretched necks and brasen foreheads as though they had done none iniquitie at all Your towne by this mernes too much impouerished alreadie hath beene charged with the keeping of a bastardlye broode beside other foule inconueniences that haue followed flowen from this grieuous transgression To reckon vp the rest of your iniquities would bee to too tedious by these labour to learne to loth and to leaue them and all the other whatsoeuer soundly and speedily to turne vnto the Lorde and no doubt but you shall find fauor for yet with the Lord there is mercie that he may bee feared Otherwise know and assure your selues that if thorowe the pleasures of sinne which indure but for a while your hearts shall bee hardened and you either put the euill day farre from you or do not with speede turne vnto God in a holy conuersation and amendment of life you and yours shall both feele the hande of God pursuing you in this life and eternally perish in that which is to come Good and bad are this day propounded vnto you and the way of life and death set before your eyes Looke well to it and beware that the Lord haue not iust occasion thorow your carelesesse and contempt of his trueth to say Thy destructon O Israell is of thy selfe I knowe that the waies and the workes of a mans life are not in his owne hands or power but that it is God that worketh in vs both the will and the deed according to his own good pleasure Notwithstanding sith 〈◊〉 hath beene so gracious to offer let not 〈◊〉 〈…〉 least otherwise 〈…〉 harde against 〈…〉 we shall 〈…〉 And that which i● the Angle●es of 〈…〉 in ●●me particular hand 〈◊〉 to you 〈◊〉 doe in the largenes of my 〈◊〉 speake and wish vnto the whole land whose peace and prosperitie I will pray for to my utter most God assisting me procure al the daies of my life FINIS