Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	let_v	lord_n	magnify_v	2,538	5	10.8447	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30058	The church's request to all her faithful sons and children that they would now pray for her, and stand by her, and help her what they can, and not forsake her in her desolate condition, and the dark time of popery that is coming upon her / written by Digby Bull ...	Bull, Digby.	1695 (1695)	Wing B5409; ESTC R37486	34,998	41

of the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand of our God That as a young man marrieth a Virgin so her Sons might marry her and as a Bridegroom rejoyceth over the Bride so her God might rejoyce over her That God would create our Jerusalem a rejoycing and her people a joy Is 65.18 That he would rejoyce in our Jerusalem and joy in his People that the voice of weeping may no more be heard in her nor the voice of crying That ver 25. the Wolf and the Lamb may feed together and the Lion eat straw like the Bullock and dust may be the Serpent's meat that they may not hurt nor destroy in all this holy Mountain That such universal Peace and Love may every where prevail that men of the most perverse spirits may be overcome by them and lay aside all their malignity That the Lord of Hosts Zac. 1.14 would be jealous for our Jerusalem and for our Zion with a great jealousie That God would be gracious to our Land and cause the Gospel to flourish amongst us and to take deep rooting in our hearts That God would cloath the Priests of our Zion with Salvation Psal 132.16 and make her Saints to shout aloud for joy That the mountain of the Lords house Is 2.2 might be established in the top of the mountains and be exalted above the hills and that all nations may flow unto it That there may be such an universal willingness and readiness in all to know and practise their duty that they shall say Come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord and to the house of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his paths That our Ministers and Pastors may be orthodox and sound in the Faith true and faithful in the discharge of their offices and of an upright life and conversation and so adorn the Gospel of the blessed Jesus and that holy Religion which we profess That God would abundantly bless the provision of our Zion Psal 132.15 and would satisfy her poor w●●h bread and give us all kind of plenty and store in our Land That there may enter in by the gates of our City Kings sitting upon the throne of their Ancestors Jer. 17.25 and riding in Chariots and on Horses and Ruling in justice righteousness and mercy That he would fill our hearts with food and gladness and grant us health and prosperity in our Land That God would make our Zion an eternal excellency Is 60.15 a joy of many generations That our People also ver 21. might be all righteous and inherit the Land for ever and that in all Peace and Quiet That there may be heard in our Land Jer. 33.11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride the voice of them that shall say praise the Lord of Hosts for the Lord is good for his mercy endureth for ever and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord That our Land may be blessed with all manner of blessings and that we may not be unmindful to return Almighty God his due Laud and Praise for the same Such promises have been made to and such petitions have been put up for Jerusalem and by such may we be instructed how we are at all times to address our selves to Almighty God in prayer for our Jerusalem for the Church of Christ in general and more particularly for our own Church and Kingdom But at this time we have great reason to make our earnest prayers to Almighty God for the Protestant Church especially that part of it with us and for our own Nation that they may be preserved from such judgments and miseries as now threaten them and us and we have justly deserved for our great wickedness and abuse of mercies Sixthly We are to rejoyce and to take great pleasure in the Peace and Prosperity of our Jerusalem when there is just cause for it and to praise and magnify Almighty God for the mercies and benefits that he hath granted to her The good and welfare of the whole Church and especially of our own Church and Kingdom should be matter of great joy and gladness of heart to us and stir us up to return God his due Laud and Praise for the same And this is the Prophets exhortation Is 66.10 Rejoyce ye with Jerusalem and be glad with her all ye that love her rejoyce for joy with her all ye that mourned for her That ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations that ye may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory And with our Jerusalem the true Protestant Church should we rejoyce when she hath cause to do so which when the days of darkness are over I hope she will have And saith the Psalmist Psal 106.4 Remember me O Lord with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people O visit me with thy salvation That I may see the good of thy chosen that I may rejoyce in the gladness of thy nation that I may glory with thine inheritance Like fellow-feeling members are we both to suffer and to rejoyce with the Church and all the true and faithful Members thereof And saith the Psalmist Psal 126.1 When the Lord turned again the Captivity of Zion were like them t●at dream Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing And Psal 137.6 saith the Psalmist there If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy And at every thing that tended toward the good of Jerusalem and the pure worship and service of Almighty God did the Royal Psalmist King David greatly rejoyce as he sheweth here Psal 122.1 I was glad when they sa d unto me let us go into the house of the Lord. Every advancement of God's Church and Worship did much delight and please him and so it should do us And for all the Mercies and Blessings that Almighty God shall at any time vouchsafe to our Church and Nation are we to be truely thankful and to make our hearty return of praise to him for the same This the Psalmist doth most passionately wish and sheweth that men are too negligent herein Psal 107.8 O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness saith he and for his wonderful works to the children of men And this the Psalmist exhorteth Jerusalem to do to make a due return of praise for the Blessings that she had received Psal 147.12 Praise the Lord O Jerusalem saith he praise thy God O Zion For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates he hath blessed thy children within thee He maketh Peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat And this St. John sheweth in that vision of the Elders that we are to praise and magnify Almighty God for all the

in the sacred Scriptures Evil was like to befal all such as were enemies to the antient Jerusalem of the Jews as we may see A heavy imprecation doth the Psalmist utter against such Psal 129.5 Let them all be confounded and turned back saith he that hate Zion Let them be as the grass upon the house tops which withereth before it groweth up And such imprecations are not to be looked upon as private wishes only but as dictates of the Spirit of God And saith the Psalmist Ps 137.7 Remember O Lord the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem who said Rase rase it even to the foundation thereof O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones Destruction was like to be to them though God suffered them a while to afflict his people for their sins and wickedness And saith the Prophet Isaiah 29.8 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth and behold he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty or as when a thirsty man dreameth and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint and his soul hath appetite So shall the multitude of all Nations be that fight against mount Zion And saith God by the Prophet Zechariah 12.9 And it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the Nations that came against Jerusalem And Zec. 14.12 And this shall be the plague saith the Prophet wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet and their eyes shall consume away in their holes and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth Such destruction and misery was like to come upon the enemies of Jerusalem And from these places we may be assured that Wo and Misery is like to befal all such as do any injury and wrong to the Christian Jerusalem And we read in the Revelation of fire coming down from God and devouring those that compassed the Camp of the Saints and the beloved City about Rev. 20.8 9. And shall go out that is Satan shall go out to deceive the Nations which are in the four quarters of the earth Gog and Magog to gather them together to battel the number of whom is as the sand of the sea And they went up on the breadth of the earth and compassed the Camp of the Saints about and the beloved city and fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them Destruction is like to be the reward of all such as seek to destroy the beloved City and Church of God And our blessed Saviour told St. Paul that in persecuting the Church he persecuted him and let him know that in so doing he should meet with sharp service and has let us know what a heavy doom is like to light upon such as offend and wrong any of his little ones that believe in him as I have shewed before And from these and such places we may fully conclude that wo and misery is like to be their reward now that do any injury and wrong to the Church of Christ or to any of his true and faithful Servants A most blessed thing it is to love and to do good to the christian Jerusalem the true Church of Christ and will be sure to be well taken and well rewarded But the contrary to do wrong and injury thereto is very offensive to Almighty God and is like to be most severely punished by him And now to draw to a conclusion Seeing it will be such accepable Service to God to seek the Good and Welfare of the Church and to pray for it and to do what good we can thereto and he will be sure abundantly to recompence all such service But that he will be highly displeased with all such as do any injury and harm to his Church and Servants and doth shew that he will most severely punish them Let us from hence be warned not to offend herein and have a great care that we help not to pull down and destroy the Protestant Church for those that do so must expect the Curse of God to come upon them and that the dreadful Wo which is at hand will sweep them away Let us have a care that we put not our hand nor our heart to any thing that shall be prejudicial thereto That we no ways disturb the Peace of our Church and do no hurt thereto nor to any of the true Servants of God But let us shew all the acts of love and kindness thereto that we can Let us now shew our selves faithful Children of the Protestant Church and resolve by God's blessed help to live and dy with her though it should be at the Stake Let us now make earnest supplication to Almighty God for the Peace and Good of our Jerusalem the Protestant Church that it may now and at all times be defended from the Enemies thereof and that they may not now so far prevail over it as to root it out and destroy it but that his watchful Providence and the Light of his Countenance may now in an extraordinary manner attend our Church and all the faithful Members thereof in this sad and dark time that is coming upon them And as the Prophet exhorteth the faithful Is 62.7 let us g●ve ●im no rest till he establish and till he make our Jerusalem a praise in the earth Let us do all the good offices thereto that we can and give all the assistance and help to it in a righteous way that may be and think all our care and pains well bestowed about it and to our own advantage too And let us not be unmindful to pray for all the distressed Members of the Church of Christ whensoever and wheresoever we understand that they are in any afflicted and suffering condition That he who is the Father of Mercies would be gracious to them and send them help and comfort and make his face to shine upon them It is the Apostle's exhortation Eph. 6.18 that we should make supplication for all Saints and especially then should we make supplication for all such as shall at any time be in distress And according to our ability we are to communicate to and relieve all the distressed Members of the Church at all times especially of Persecution and when their needs call the most of all for our help and it is in our power to succour and help them This is abundantly shewed in the new Testament and those that do so shall be highly rewarded as I have shewed before And we may see that good Obadiah took an hundred of the Lord's Prophets and fed them by fifty in a cave where he had hid them that Jezebel might not put them to death when she sought the Life of the true Servants of God and persecuted them 1 Kings 18.13 And hereby are we taught to do all such like pious acts to any of the Members of Christ's Church and of the true Servants of God and let us not be wanting herein whensoever we shall see any such opportunities of doing good to any distressed Members of the Church of God Let us have our hearts bent towards the Christian Jerusalem and the Protestant Church among us and do all the pious acts for it that we can and then we may hope that the blessing of God will come upon us and that we shall be well rewarded for so doing Then we may call upon God with good Nehemiah 5.19 and say as he doth Think upon me my God for good according to all that I have done for this people and then we may confidently expect that he will hear our voice and grant our desires and abundantly recompence all that we shall have done herein FINIS