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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	law_n	prerogative_n	9,741	5	10.5060	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47528	God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for publick prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1696 (1696)	Wing K67; ESTC R18483	36,478	50

the Shields of the Earth belong to the Lord Psal. 47. 9. 'T is by me Kings Reign and Princes decree Judgment he sets up and pulleth down at his Pleasure 2. All Military Actions of Nations are ordered by the Almighty War and Peace are from him if he take Peace from the Earth in vain do all Counsellors and great Statesmen meet and consult about Peace hence God is called The Lord of Hosts and a Man of VVar or The great General of Armies He hath opened his Armoury and has brought forth his VVeapons of Indignation Saith David Heteaches my Hands to VVar and my Fingers to Fight He is a God of Influence and Authority he Commands all and none can stand before him at his Command Frogs invade Pharoah from hence it appears that a Martial Imployment is very Honourable viz. when the Cause is good when 't is for his Glory and for the Honour and Safety of a King and People God being called the Lord of Hosts the God of the Armies of Israel puts a Lustre and Dignity upon a General of an Army engaged in a Just Cause 3. In all Ecclesiastical Affairs or Matters respecting the Church of God he ought to be acknowledged nay in this matter before all things we ought to seek unto him who is in a peculiar Sense stiled The King of Saint and God of Israel He that is the Head of the Church is the Absolute Governour thereof the Spiritual Rights of his People and the Rule of Men's Consciences is only under his Power and Influences and his Laws only are the Bond and Limits of his Government no altering adding to nor diminishing from his holy Precepts the Power to Rule the Church is Christ's Prerogative alone as he is God it is essentially and absolutely in his Hand and as Mediator this Power is given to him by the Father All Power is given to me in Heaven and in Earth go ye therefore teach all Nations Mat. 28. 19 20. Moreover the Peace and Prosperity of God's Church and People as also all their Trouble and Adversity is from him VVho gave Jacob to the Spoil and Israel to the Robbers Did not the Lord against whom they had sinned Whosoever are the Instruments in either case God is in a special manner the great Agent in it it was he that brought again the Captivity of Sion it was God that stirred up Cyrus to proclaim Liberty for the Jews to Build their City and Temple And when he comes to build up Sion in these last days he will appear in his Glory and will undo all that have afflicted his People for they that touch them touch the Apple of his Eye Let the French Tyrant Pope and Turk look to it their day is near for God will plead the Controversie of Sion and come upon Princes as upon Mortar and as the Potter treadeth the Clay Isa. 41. 25. His Sword is bathed in Heaven God will come with vengeance even God with a recempence he will come and save you Isa. 35 4 It will not be long before you will hear the voice of them that flee and escap'd out of Babylon to declare in Sion the vengeance of the Lord our God the vengeance of his Temple Jer. 50. 28. O! therefore let us look to him acknowledge him for these things are very near Again as all Affairs both Civil Military and Ecclesiastical are in the Hand of God and ordered by his wise Counsel so are all Creatures likewise 1. The good Angels are under his Authority and Influence they all wait for his Word and obey his Command either to protect his own People or execute his Wrath upon their Enemies 2. The evil Angels are also under his Power Satan is limited by him he is in Chains God sets Bounds to him he can go no further than his Chains will suffer him 't is not who he will but who he may devour he could not touch Job nor any thing he had till God gave him liberty the Devils could not go into the Herd of Swine till Christ said go 3. All men also are subjected to his Authority he can at his Pleasure restrain the wrath of wicked Men or make it tend to his own Praise Thou hast no Power except it be given thee of my Father saith Christ to Pilate 4. All Irrational Creatures are at his Command he can stop the Months of hungry Lyons so that they could do Daniel no hurt Nay and he can give David power to destroy both the Lyon and the Bear The Lord opened the Mouth of the Ass to speak with Man's Voice to rebuke the madness of the Prophet Moreover He caused two She Bears to tare 42 Children for their reproaching of Elisha and who was it but the Lord that sent the Lyon to slay the young Prophet who transgressed against him Moreover Remarkable is the passage of his causing a Raven to feed Elisha when distressed He hath also Power over and ruleth and disposeth of all Inanimate Creatures the Winds and Sea obey him and are at his Command he can make the Sun stand still or go back if he please 't is He that makes the Grass to grow the Sun to shine and the Rain to fall 't is He that gives Rain and fruitful Seasons and who sometimes sinites and brings a Blast and Mildew upon the Fruits the Earth therefore all ought to acknowledge him Fifthly We ought to acknowledge God because as all Judgments and Plagues are from him so he can at his Pleasure remove them I Form the Light and create Darkness I make Peace and create Evil I the Lord do all these things Isa. 45. 7. and if he giveth quietness who then can make trouble and when he hideth his face who can behold him whether it be done against a Nation or against a Man only Job 34. 29. If God will give those Nations Quietness where it is not or continue it where it is there is no Power on Earth or Hell can hinder or prevent it Who can Curse them that God will Bless or Bless such that God doth Curse There is no inchantment against Jacob neither is there any divination against Israel Numb 23. 23. but Woe to that Nation or Person God hideth his Face from for then he withdraws his gracious Care and Protection and then he will not hear their Prayers also then he will not give them Counsel nay but will do more he will leave them to their own Counsel as he did Israel Psal. 81. 12. Sixthly We would acknowledge God in all things because he can make use of unlikely ways means or persons to do his own Work by the blowing of Rams Horns he made the Walls of Jericho to fall down Josh. 7. 5. He spoiled Pharaoh and the Egyptians by an Army of Frogs Locusts Lice Flies c. What wonders did he do with 300 Men God as one observes can strike a strait Blow with a crooked Stick 't is not for the worthiness of the