Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	lord_n	psal_n	trust_v	3,209	5	9.2539	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90971	A spirituall snapsacke for the Parliament souldiers. Containing cordiall encouragements, effectuall perswasions, and hopefull directions, unto the successefull prosecution of this present cause. by J. P.	Price, John, Citizen of London.	1643 (1643)	Wing P3348; Thomason E103_13; ESTC R17482	16,838	20

fulfilled and the face of things doe looke as if they were now in fulfilling and they must bee fulfilled in and about that very cause which you have in hand and why may we not believe but that even now the day of vengeance is in Gods hand and the yeare of his redeemed is come 4. You have a guard of prayers round about you millions of prayers like a Cloud of incense Lev. 16.13 doe alwaies hang over you and hover about you the Prayers of many generations that went before you you shall reap in joy what they have sowen in Teares little doe you know the many thousands of prayers night and day in your behalfe when you happily have not opportunity nor company nor place of conveniency to poure out your hearts before the Lord. What are these great Victories and wonderfull deliverances vouchsafed unto you but the returne of prayers in your behalfe that you so often prosper fighting in the valley is because so many Mosesses and Hurs are praying in the Mount Lastly consider you have a guard of providences for your defence all transactions of all passages shall still be loaded with your security the Sunne is willing to stand still in Gideon and the Moone in the Valley of Dialon The Sea will as gladly run backward as forward for your deliverance The Creatures delight to doe you service if God doth at any time bring you to straights it is for nothing but to shew his power and love for your defence if hee brings you to such a posture as that you can doe nothing but stand still it is onely to shew you and the whole World the salvation of God Thus you have a good first cause and Secondly a sure life Guard you have God his Angells his Promises the Prayers of the Saints and all providences for your incouragement Thirdly Consider the many infallible intimations as so many predictions from heaven of your successe which are a thousand times more promising then Elijahs Cloud 1 Kin. 18.44 of great Raine or an Evening red and lowring Skie of a succeeding faire day Mat. 16.3 First the Spirit of Prayer and Supplication is abundantly poured forth upon all the Saints in your behalfe An infallible signe of your successe The Cloud of Incense Leviticus the 16.13 which are the prayers of the Saints as will appeare by comparing that place 141. Psal 2. is the Cloud of his presence and a little cloud of that nature though but so big as Elijahs hand presageth a plentifull shoure of heavenly blessings upon your heads When God prepareth Daniels heart to pray Sions captivity is at an end Dam. 9.4 Hee that prepareth the heart to pray will cause his eare to heare Psal 10.17 such prayers and teares such sighs and groanes such surrounding the Throne of grace in publique in private in season out of season was never knowne since Adams daies as are now in your behalfe How many thousand lies in the gap in your behalfe every Jacob is become an Israell in your cause can you thinke you shall miscarry Secondly The Spirit of Faith and confidence of your successe in this cause is poured forth upon all the Saints and this also is a certaine Omen of your prosperity when God doth draw out the hearts of men to believe and to hope in his mercy it is a ground of strengthening their hearts for then will he preserve the faithfull and plentifully reward the proud doer Psal 31.23 the Lord shall help deliver and save his people because they trust in him Psal 37.40 should God enable men to hope and trust in him and that upon Evangelicall and Divine grounds and faile them how would he dishonour his son prejudice his faithfullnesse and discourage his people nor certainly as the unbeliefe of the Israelites was a provoking cause of Gods displeasure against them so the confidence of his people in this cause is most acceptable in his sight and a certaine signe of good successe Thirdly Consider God hath slirred up the heart of the State of the Kingdome viz the Parliament and to lo●ke out and endeavour after a Reformation of all things that they can find displeasing unto God another most infallible and promising token of your successe we shall most commonly find that humiliation repentance and Reformation in a people have bin signes of mercy towards a people It is true we have an instance in Scripture of a most sweet and glorious Reformation in matters of Idolatry and prophanesse viz the Reformation of Iosiah 2 Chron. 35. and yet notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fearcenesse of his great wrath wherewith he was angry against Iudah c. 2 Kin. 23.26 but yet there was a great deale of difference between that Reformation and ours For first that Reformation was began by the King and so he compelled the people by his Regall power hereunto but this Reformation is from the people taking the first lawfull and best advantage from the constitution of the Kingdome to take up Armes in and under the Kings power and authority setled in Parliament and consequently by his command virtuall though not personall so that that Reformation of Iosiab was by compulsion upon the people whereunto they yeelded for feare but this Reformation is even from the people out of love though with the hazard even of the Kings displeasure Secondly when GOD doth afflict a people from his former displeasure yet there is commonly some new sin which comes in as a mediation and so provoketh God to remember the old score thus when Gods anger was stirred up against Israell the Devill moved David to number the people 1 Chron. 21.1 But heare we find no such thing as any new Nationall sin viz any act of the State authorizing sin and the good Lord keep our Parliament from such a thing we see rather that it is not because we have sinned that our enemies quarrell with us but because wee will not sinne our enemies quarrell against us is not because we have bin or are prophane in our lives Idolatrous in our Worship but because we will not be so for if we would joyn with them in these abominations we should quickly be at peace with them so that the very sourse and rise of the wars is the glory of God and blessed be his Name that the cause is the Lords and that wee can plead that before him otherwise we might give our selves for lost Thirdly the Affliction and judgement upon Iudah the fruit of old displeasure against them for the blood of the Saints spilt in Manassah his daies was the taking away of good Josiah from them by Pharoah Neco King of Egypt who slew him at Megidde 2 King 23.29 so that God tooke away the Reformer from them and so way is made for judgement upon them But now God increaseth the number of Reformers and hath so graciously opened the eyes of our VVorthies in matters offensive unto GOD as that they have done that which I am perswaded they