Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	death_n	hell_n	key_n	2,731	5	10.4414	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47095	Zion in distress, or, The sad and lamentable complaint of Zion and her children wherein are demonstrated the causes of her miserable calamities, and her faith in God ... : also shewing the dreadful controversie God hath with the beast of Rome ...	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1666 (1666)	Wing K108; ESTC R18256	24,479	62

Earth were there ten thousand more For thou hast found a Sal●e for eve●y Sore By thee I ravish'd am O thou most High O how my Spirit and my Soul doth cry To thee O Lord by whose enlarged Grace My Heart's enlarg'd to run the blessed Race Thou shalt me lead unto thy living Springs From thence I 'll mount up as with Eagle's Wings Unto the Heavenly Mount of Faith's Desire Where I thy glory great may much admire And then will I descend down from above To be imbraced in the Arms of Love I 'll hold thee fast and never let thee go For by the loss of thee what grievous wo Did I sustain O what great misery Thou hidst thy face and troubled sore was I. Thee having though nought else what have I not Without thee though all else what have I got Lord having all things and not thee what have I Let me enjoy but thee what further crave I Without thee Lord things be not what they be All things are nothing when compar'd with thee I am thy portion Lord though didst me chuse And thou my po●tion art I 'll ●e'er refuse But thou O God shalt be my Heritage Thou art a God of Grace from age to age And therefore evermore I 'll dwell with thee For thou O God my hiding place shalt be In time of trouble and of fury great I will unto thy holy Name retreat Which is a Tower strong to all that fly With care and speed from their iniquity Thou light in darkness art and joy in grief Though I in trouble am thou send'st relief When I am down thou lift'st me up on high And I thy Name O God will magnifie And with much patience I will undergo Thy indignation Lord for well I know That I have sinn'd against thy holy Name And therefore 't is that I do suffer shame And though this day I am but low and mean Poor and despis'd and so long time have been Yet for my good I know that thou wilt make it And with content I therefore now will take it And will wait on thee till thou dost arise To break in pieces all our Enemies My precious Cause then I will leave with thee Which thou O Lord wilt doubtless plead for me Thy Voice great God is to my Soul so sweet I am reviv'd and set upon my feet O I can sing in hopes of what I see Thou hast O Lo●d laid Blessings up for me And now O Whore that art my bitter Foe My day is near I would have thee to know My God han't me forsook for he will now Set me on high and make thee for to bow And shalt with shame cover thy filthy Head Whilst I in triumph shall upon thee tread Because so long thou hast upon me ●rod And in contempt hast said Where is thy God He will therefore in right retaliate And bring just Judgements down upon thy pate BABYLON Zion thy self mistake thou dost The Day will still be mine Wherefore then dost thou proudly boast As if it would be thine I for my Wounds have got a Cure At ease I am and well I very safe am and secure And so I know shall dwell My Glory is return'd to me Which I had lost indeed No Widowhood more shall I see From sorrow I am freed A Queen I am so shall remain And have my Pleasures still For so long as my Lord doth raign I can do what I will For he doth me most dearly love And mighty strength has he All other Lords he is above They all his servants be He is the chief in all the Earth And sits in Peter 's Chair The Keys of Hell and Death he hath And is past all compare The Dragon from whence did derive His power strength and seat Thee to the Wildernesse did drive There for to seek thy meat And they have got the same pow'r still Who da●es make wa● with them To spoil them is beyond the skill Of all that them condemn One Emperor and also Kings Love me as doth appear My name in every Court so rings Ruine I do not fear My Sons likewise are Noble men For Dukes and Lords they be They will secure me alwayes when Great dangers they do see Their Honours and their Riches too From me they have them all They know they should them lose also If ever I should fall The Lawyers too and Priests I know Dear Children to me are To keep me from an overthrow Their lives they will not spare The Merchants yea and thousands more Will all lend me their hand Ce●tain I am from hence therefore Secure I long shall stand And thus thou clearly may'st behold What strength is on my side And although I am now grown old With glory I shall ride And as for God the Lord most high He hath spar'd me so long He doth love me assuredly And will do me no wrong Falsly accus'd am I therefore As if God did mean me When he speaks of the wicked Whore That shall destroyed be 'T is some one else that God doth mean His Church in truth am I And from all sin I am wash'd clean Thy speech I do defie ZION Leave off leave off 't is thou O bloody Whore Do not thou think thou shalt for evermore Thus dominere in pomp and wicked pride For God ere long thy Rulers will divide Those mighty ones in whom are all thy trust Long shall not hold but into pieces must Be surely broken this thou soon shalt see Here here begins thy bitter misery Those that did love thee most will hate thee so That they will seek thy utter overthrow As was their love their hatred now will be And to destroy thee they will all agree For thou hast them inslav'd unto thy lust Whilst they like simp●e ones in no wise durst Offend or cross thy vile and bloody mind For they have been bewitch't they now will find By thy alluring Voice and lustful Eye To joyn with thee in all iniquity Thy flatteries sha●l them no more deceive Nor thy base Whoredoms thousands more bereave Of inward Good and outward Riches so As they have been to their eternal wo. They then shall see thy vile and ill intent In setting them against the Innocent To sati●fie thy lust and base desire Their sinful Hearts alas were set on fire And through the provocation of the Devil Have yeilded to commit such horrid Evil That there 's no Pen can write no Tongue declare What things were acted almost every where For throughout Europe either more or less There hath been wrought indeed such wickedness Which surely would cause Hearts of Stone to melt When they consider what my Children felt And did indure from savage Tyrants great Who cruelly those tender Lambs did treat More then did ever the blood-thirsty Turk Which Tyrants thou didst always set on work Some hints of which here briefly doth insue Which I shall now present unto your view And what at this time I lay to thy Charge