Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	bring_v	good_a	tiding_n	2,863	5	11.4428	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52388	Delay of reformation provoking Gods further indignation represented in a sermon preached at Westminster to the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament at their late solemn monethly fast, April 29, 1646 / by James Nalton.	Nalton, James, 1600-1662.	1646 (1646)	Wing N122; ESTC R30736	35,648	50

of the oppressed enter into the ears of the Lord of Hosts Yet how many poore oppressed ones cry and cry againe but are not heard nor remembred nor relieved They have debts due unto them but are ready to strave for non-payment they are distressed but have no helper Nay are there not some that make no conscience of paying debts because they are under protection O that God had no cause to utter that complaint which he doth by the Prophet Isaiah w Isa 59.14 15. Judgement is turned away backward and Justice standeth a far off Truth is fallen in the streets and Equity cannot enter and the Lord saw it and it displeased him that there was no judgement Where the course of Justice is stopt it is not for me to enquire look YEE to that to whom it belongs for God looks for it at YOUR hands whom he hath called x Psal 82.6 Gods and he will one day call ye to an account and say y 58.1 Doe ye indeed speak righteousnesse O Congregation Doe yee judge uprightly O ye sons of men Only this I say Stop the course of Justice and ye stop the course of a River that will overflow all Bounds and Bankes and drowne the Countrey round about If the cryes of the oppressed be not heard our prayers and humiliations will not be heard so saith the Lord expresly z Amos 5.21 24. compared I despise your FAST dayes and I will not smell in your solemne Assemblies unlesse Judgement run downe as waters and righteousnesse as a mighty streame Abomina ∣ tion 5 Fiftly have we not our Wildernesse-provocations So much murmuring and repining at the passages of Gods providence in these dayes of trouble that God might justly swear a Num. 14.29 30. Your carcases shall fall in the Wildernesse and yee shall never see the Land of Canaan Are we not extreamly unthankfull in receiving mercies and shamefully barren in improving mercies May not it be said of us as it was said of the ingratefull Israraelites b Psal 106 21 22. They forgat God their Saviour which had done great things in Egypt wondrous works in the Land of Ham and terrible things by the red Sea Even so is it with us we have in a manner forgotten the mervailous things that God did for us at Edge-hill at Newbery at Marston-moore at Nazeby famous Nazeby never to be forgotten while we have a tongue to speak the praises of our God for THERE c Psal 76.3 did God break the Arrows of the Bow the shield and the sword and the battell Selah There did God so break the power and pride and rage of the enemies that he dealt with them as he dealt with Pharaob d Ezek. 30.21 Sonne of man I have broken the Arme of Pharoh King of Egypt and loe it shall not be bound up to be healed to put a rowler to bind it to make it strong to hold the sword Yet all these mercies miracles of mercies and glorious Victories have been made scarce nine dayes wonder Nay worse then this We have provoked him at the Sea even at the red Sea e Psal 106.7 that is In the sense and under the fruition of speciall mercies and extraordinary deliverances vouchsafed to us We have not been better'd but rather made worse by Mercies and Victories bestowed on us Gods gracious favours have been fuell to feed our pride and covetousnesse and contention c. Showres of mercy have made the weeds of corruption grow the faster Such dunghilly hearts have we that the more God shines on us with his mercies the more we putrifie the better he hath been to us the worse have we been to him and the more he hath loved us the lesse hath he been beloved of us and doe ye thus requite the Lord O foolish people and unwise f Deut. 32.6 What an intollerable provocacion must this needs be This unthankfulnesse and unanswerablenesse of heart to Gods gracious dealings and dispensations it is Obex infernalis as one cals it a hellish stop or bar to future favours A man that is about to poure in some precious oyle into a glasse if he see the glasse crackt he stayes his hand and saith I will poure no oyle into this glasse An unthankfull heart is a broken glasse Abomina ∣ tion 6 Sixtly is there not a notorious contempt of Ministers and Ministry among us at this day Heretofore yee could say of Ministers that were faithfull g Rom. 10.15 How beautifull are the feet of them that preach the Gospell of peace and bring glad tydings of good things But now they grow out of credit and esteem Yea our very calling begins to be questioned and brought to the bar and say some Ye take too much upon ye ye Sons of Levi h Num. 16.3 Too much state and power too much honour and holinesse in appropriating these administrations to your selves wherein all the people might partake with you I dare boldly say never was there in any age or Nation under Heaven a greater contempt cast upon this Ordinance then there is at this day especially by subtle and undermining Sectaries and Seducers who cast dirt upon the very paps which they have sucked villifying those Ministers and that Ministry whereby they were first enlightned To whom I say in the words of the Apostle i Acts 13.41 Take heed ye despisers and wonder and perish Ye read of a Damosell possessed with a devill that cryed out concerning Paul and Silas who were Ministers of Christ k Acts 16.17 These men are the servants of the most high God which shew unto us the way of salvation The Devill himselfe durst not speak irreverently or contemptuously of the Ministers of the Gospell Contempt of the Ministry therefore is a grievous provocation which God will not put up at our hands For when they mocked the messengers of God and despised his words and misused his Prophets THEN the wrath of the Lord arose against his people till there was no remedy l 2 Cor. 36.16 Now doth not God see all these sinnes and provocations and if he see will he not censure I know the uncovering of this sink of our abominations is unpleasing to you Every unwelcome truth though it proceed from the Father of lights is looked on as a bastard no man will owne it till it be laid at his owne doore But when God comes to charge these or any of these abominations upon the conscience then ye will begin to entertaine those sad and serious thoughts that holy Job did m Job 34.14 What then shall I doe when God riseth up and when he visiteth what shall I answer him It is a small matter for me a poore mortall man like your selves to reprove you but when God reproves you and sets these things in order before your eyes how will ye hold up your heads before your Judge Vse 3 Exhortation Let a word of exhortation therefore be