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	soul_n	trust_n	2,559	5	9.6245	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31082	A sermon preached on the fifth of November, MDCLXXIII by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, John, 1650 or 51-1684.	1679 (1679)	Wing B953; ESTC R37070	25,860	39

have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation I have not concealed thy Loving-kindness and thy Truth from the great Congregation So his conscience testified of his Practice Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men that they would offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving and declare his works with gladness So doth he pour forth his Desire O clap your hands all ye people shout unto God with the voice of triumph Sing unto the Lord bless his Name shew forth his salvation from day to day Declare his glory among the Heathen his wonders among all people Come and see the works of God Sing forth the honour of his Name make his Praise glorious O give thanks unto the Lord call upon his Name make known his deeds among the people So doth he summon so doth he urge us to this practice and in his deportment we may see our Duty IV. It is peculiarly the Duty and practice of good men upon such occasions to feel and to express religious Joy The righteous shall be glad in the Lord. Good men indeed then have great matter and much cause on many accounts to be glad It becometh them to rejoyce as having an universal complacence in God's proceedings as gratefully relishing all dispensations of Providence They as pious are disposed to bless and praise God for all things incident and cannot therefore but rejoyce Joy being an inseparable companion of Gratitude and Praise Hence Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart Hence The voice of salvation and rejoycing is in the tabernacles of the righteous Hence Rejoyce in the Lord O ye righteous for praise is comely for the upright is an exhortation backed with a very good reason They cannot but find satisfaction in observing God's Providence notably discovered to the confirmation of their faith and cherishing their hopes together with the conviction of infidelity and confusion of profaneness Our heart saith the Psalmist shall rejoyce in him because we have trusted in his Holy Name I have trusted in thy mercy my heart shall rejoyce in thy salvation The righteous shall see it and rejoyce and all iniquity shall stop her mouth It is to them no small pleasure to behold God's holy Perfections illustriously shining forth and the Glory of him who is the principal object of their love their reverence their hope and confidence to be conspicuously advanced Rejoyce saith the Psalmist O ye righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness Zion heard and was glad and the daughters of Judah rejoyced because of thy judgments O Lord. For thou Lord art high above all the Earth It is to them ground of exceeding comfort to receive so clear pledges of God's Love and Favour his Truth and Fidelity his Bounty and Munificence toward them expressed in such watchful care over them such protection in dangers such aid in needs such deliverance from mischiefs vouchsafed to them Such Benefits they cannot receive from God's hand without that chearfulness which always doth adhere to gratitude I will saith David sing unto the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with me Because thou hast been my helper therefore in the shadow of thy wings I will rejoyce My lips shall greatly rejoyce in thee and my Soul which thou hast redeemed I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my Soul in adversities The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoyce let them ever shout for joy because thou defendest them They are also greatly refreshed with apprehension of the happy fruits sprouting from such dispensations of Providence such as are the Benefit of mankind the Peace and prosperity of the Civil State the Preservation settlement enlargement advancement of God's Church the support of Right the succour of Innocence the maintenance of Truth the encouragement and furtherance of Piety the restraint of Violence the discountenance of Errour the correction of Vice and Impiety In these things they as faithful servants of God and real friends of Goodness as bearing hearty good will and compassion to mankind as true lovers of their Country as living and sensible members of the Church cannot but rejoyce Seeing by these things their own best interest which is no other then the advantage of Goodness their chief honour which consists in the promotion of Divine Glory their truest content which is placed in the prosperity of Sion are highly furthered how can they look on them springing up without great delight and complacence O saith the Psalmist sing unto the Lord for he hath done marvellous things He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God And Sing O heavens cryeth the Prophet and be joyful O earth and break forth into singing O ye mountains for the Lord hath comforted his people and will have mercy on his afflicted And When saith he ye shall see this the comfort of God's people your heart shall rejoyce and your bones shall flourish like an herb and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants and his indignation toward his enemies Even in the frustration of wicked designs attended with severe execution of Vengeance on the Contrivers and Abettours of them they may have a pleasant satisfaction they must then yeild a chearful applause to Divine Justice The righteous saith the Psalmist shall rejoyce when he seeth the Vengeance and Let the wicked saith he perish at the presence of God but let the righteous be glad let them rejoyce before God yea let them exceedingly rejoyce Whence at God's infliction of Judgement upon Babylon it is said in Jeremy Then the heaven and the earth and all that is therein shall sing for Babylon and at the fall of Mystical Babylon in the Apocalyps 't is likewise said Rejoye over her thou heaven and ye holy Apostles and Prophets for God hath avenged you on her Farther V. The next Duty prescribed to good men in such cases is to trust in God that is to have their affiance in God upon all such like occasions in all urgencies of need settled improved and corroborated thereby This indeed is the proper end immediately regarding us of God's special Providence disclosing it self in any miraculous or in any remarkable way to nourish in wel-disposed minds that Faith in God which is the root of all Piety and ground of Devotion Such experiments are sound arguments to persuade good men that God doth govern and order things for their best advantage they are powerful incentives driving them in all exigencies to seek God's help they are most convincing evidences that God is abundantly able very willing and ever ready to succour