Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	blood_n	life_n	shed_v	3,592	5	9.2305	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83023	An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. Being an exhortation to all His Majesties good subjects in the kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales, to the duty of repentance and humiliation, with an earnest confession of particular and nationall sinnes For the obtaining a firme and happy peace, now in agitation. To be used privately in families, but especially publikely in congregations.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1645 (1645)	Wing E1810; Thomason 669.f.9[20]; ESTC R212210	2,110	1

AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament BEING An Exhortation to all His MAJESTIES good Subjects in the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales to the duty of Repentance and Humiliation with an earnest confession of particular and Nationall sinnes For the obtaining a firme and happy Peace now in agitation To be used privately in Families but especially publikely in Congregations THat flourishing Kingdoms have bin ruin'd by Impenitent going on in a course of Sinning the Sacred Story doth plainly tell us and how neere to such a Ruine our sinful Nation now is the present lamentable Face of it doth too apparently shew And though we should feele the heavy stroakes of God yet seven times more It is our duty to accept the punishment of our Iniquity and to say Righteous art thou O Lord and just are thy Judgements Yet because the Lord who is just is also Mercifull and in his infinite Mercy hath left the excellent and successefull remedy of Repentance to Nations brought neere to the Gates of destruction and despaire O let not England be negligent in the application of it Humble addresses of a penitent People to a mercifull God have prevailed with Him They prevailed for Nineveh when the sentence seemed to be gon out against her and may also prevaile for England It is therfore thought most necessary by the Lords Commons in Parliament that all his Majesties Subjects in this Kingdom of England be excited and stirred up speedily to lay hold upon this only and unfailing Remedy of Repentance freely acknowledging and heartily bewailing even with the deepest humiliation godly sorrow and detestation secretly and in Families but especially publikely in Congregations both their owne personall sins and chiefly those sins that are and have bin the sins of this Nation A confession of Nationall Sins being most agreeable to the Nationall Iudgments under which the Land Groanes and most likely to be effectual for the removing of them Neither ought this confession to sleight or light when there is so heavy a weight of Sins infinite in number and hainous in nature that lies upon this Nation Such are the high Contempt of Gods holy Ordinances and of Holinesse it selfe Grosse and affected Ignorance under the glorious light of the Gospell cleerely shining among us unfruitfulnesse under the precious meanes of Grace Ingratitude for Mercies Incorrigiblenes under Iudgments multitudes of Oathes and Blasphemies wicked Prophanations of the Lords Day by Sports and Gaming 's formerly encouraged even by Authority All sorts of uncleannesse Luxury and Excesse in Eating and Drinking Vanity Pride and Prodigality in Apparell Envy Contention unnaturall Divisions Oppression Fraud and Violence From diverse of which Sins many other not one Person throughout the whole Nation can say that he is wholy free but all must confesse that they have contributed toward the great Stock of Nationall Sins And so have increased the Treasure of Wrath against these daies of Wrath and therefore since according to the Language of the Holy Ghost we are a sinfull Nation a People laden with Iniquity and that from the sole of the Foot to the Head there is no soundnesse in Vs we may justly expect the desolations that are denounced against so great and generall a corruption And as it is our duty to humble our selves and to give glory to God the searcher of all Hearts by confessing all Sins So ought we to be affected and humbled with deepest sence of sorrow for those most crying Sins which now we find by too sad Experience to have a more immediate Influence upon the Destruction of a Kingdome some of which are Idolatry and Bloodshed That of Idolatry as it was the Sin of our Ancestors so it is the spreading Sin of these latter times while by a generall connivence and almost Tolleration it hath beene severall wayes Fomented and encouraged The grievous Effects whereof this Kingdome of England now begins to feele from multitudes of Armed Papists and their Abettors and the Kingdome of Ireland far more heavily hath felt being brought almost to utter Ruine by the Intestine Warres of Romish Idolaters And for that other crying and cruell Sin of Bloodshed that cals aloud for Vengeance besides many Murders not expiated and the blood-guilty pardoned did it not goe hand in hand with that abhominable Idoll of the Masse in the dayes of Queene Mary and some of her Predecessors when many hundreds of the deere Martirs and Saints of God lost their precious Lives in flames and prisons And though severall Acts by which that Innocent blood was shed have beene repealed by Parliament yet to this very day was never ordeined such a solemn Publique and Nationall acknowledgment of this Sin as might appease the wrath of that Iealous God against whom and against whose People with so high a hand it was committed Now that all the Sin and Misery of this Polluted and Afficted Nation may be bitterly sorrowed for with such griefe of heart and preparednesse for a thorow Reformation as God may be pleased graciously to accept It is required and Ordeined by the Lords and Commons in Parliament That every Minister and Preacher of Gods Word in the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales in their severall Auditories and Congregations especially upon the Fast daies shall most earnestly perswade and Inculcate the constant practice of this publique acknowledgement and deepe humiliation for these and all our Nationall and crying sinnes and likewise the necessity of a Personall and Nationall Reformation and shall publish this Ordinance concerning the same That so at length we may obtaine a firme and happy Peace both with God and man That Glory may dwell in our Land and the prosperity of the Gospell with all the priviledges accompanying it may Crown this Nation unto all succeeding Ages ORdered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament that this Ordinance shall bee forthwith Printed and published and read in all Parish Churches and Chappels throughout the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales by the Parsons Vicars and Curates of the same John Brown Cler. Parliamentorum London Printed for John Wright in the Old-baily Febr. 11. 1644.