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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	grace_n	holy_a	lord_n	14,167	5	3.6878	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74677	Eugenius Theodidactus. The prophetical trumpeter sounding an allarum to England illustrating the fate of Great Britain, past, present, and to come. Such wonderful things to happen these seven yeers following, as have not been heard of heretofore. A celestial vision. VVith a description of heaven and heavenly things, motives to pacifie Gods threatned wrath: of a bloody, fiery way of the day of judgment, and of saints and angels. / Sung in a most heavenly hymn, to the great comfort of all good Christians, by the Muses most unworthy, John Heydon, gent. philomat.	Heydon, John, b. 1629.	1655 (1655)	Thomason E1671_3; ESTC R208414	82,593	168

from future moan and plaints Yea with such grace and forcible perswasion He seems to countermand all frail evasion Of doubting or demurring in this kind As if he should have said Man be not blind Let it not seem an intricate hard thing That I the Lord these things to pass should bring I which of nothing all things did create I which but breath'd and made each animate I the arch-mover of what ere did move Shall ought to me so difficult then prove As not my beck and how stre●ght to obey O no be wise do not my power gainsay Be not incredulous to fear or doubt For I the Lord this thing wil bring about Not only for my power but Promise sake And the great care which ore my Saints I take To crown them all with promised salvation Their foes to fel to hel with dire damnation That true believers then may find me true Athiests their Infidelity may rue Yea with a tripple firm ingemination Hath heaven confirm'd this faithful Protestation And what so scornfully scoff●ing Cham so bold VVhat impious athiest dares it untrue hold What fearfull faultfull or unfaithfull Cain Doth dare this truth deride doubt or disdain Doubtless the simplest peevish Grammatist The rudest rustick who yet never wist What t is to sound heav'ns depth of prudencie Would soon condemn them of absurditie O the great wisdome and indulgent Grace Of heav'ns great King himselfe so to debase Precept on Precept thus to us to teach His wil so oft t'inculeate and to preach Line after line yea now and then a little Our faith more soundly to confirm and settle Us to inform in his pure veritie Us to reform from infidelity Therefore such faithless and incredulous Such graceless godless irreligious As do deny or wil bely this truth Shall be rejected to their endless ruth Shall ne're have part nor portion in this joy But he obtruded unto ●i● annoy And their too-light too-late beliefe shal rue When they receive their meed and merit due When with the damned sin-co-operators They shal of wo and horror be partakers Read then with faith and what thou readst desire And that thou canst not comprehend admire But here as at a stand I stand amazed That I a dust-born babe poor weak and crazed Of stammering tongue a child an understanding Of heart oft subject unto sins commanding Should undertake worm that I am to pried Into the depth of so great mysterie That to describe which asks an angells skil As Souls which of that sight hath had its fil And yet all to● too little to declare The beauty infinite the splendor fair Of great Jehovahs Palace Chrystaline All full of hev'nly glory all divine Which to admire the more I do contend I more admire and less do comprehend And whose rare fabrique and coelestial sight I rather could stand wondring at than write Pardon oh therefore pardon Lord I pray My great presumption let thy grace alway Illuminate my sin-caecated heart And to my layes thy sacred help impart That nought may be mis-done mis-thought mis-said O Lord I crave thy sacred soveraigne ayde Give me a voice now O Voice all divine With heav'nly fire inspire this brest of mine And since thou Lord art able to declare By th mouthes of babes which weak and tender are Thy might and power Lord though unworthy I Into my heart infuse aboundantly The so soveraigne graces of thy holy sprite That my weak Pen thy wondrous praise may write That thy Enthusiasme of Prophetick skil May on my layes like honey sweet distil That by divine divine Iohns godly guide I from the truth may not once step aside But by his true Propheticall direction May methodize Jerusalems perfection That all that read it may enflamed be Wth hearts desire therein to reign with thee To make great hast and speedy properation To this blest Citie with due preparation As God th' ereliving all good giving King The first that moves of every moving thing When unto Moses he vouchsaft to show The Land of Canaan which didoverflo With Milk and honey which he vow'd to give To Iacobs off-spring wherein they should live On top of Pisgah Mountain did him place That Moses might from thence behold the grace The pleasure wealth and riches of that land Which they should have by power of his right hand Even so the Darling of Christ Jesus Iohn Rapt in the Spirit was also plac't upon A high-topt Mount in Pathmos whence he might Contemplate this great Cities glorious sight A sight more glorious far than that the Devil That subtil Serpent fire-brand of evil Shew'd to our Saviour in his great temptation When he with Satan fought for our Salvation Thou wel-beloved of thy Saviour deer Saith a blest angel unto Iohn draw neer With joy come hither stand a while by me And thou the heavenly Canaan shalt see The Churches glorifi'd spirituall State Thou shalt behold and sweetly contemplate The spotless Spouse th' immaculate chast Bride With which the Lamb Christ Jesus wil abide The joy in God and godly consolation Th' elected Saints most holy habitation Prepared for them by the Trinitie Where they shall reign remain eternally Call'd the great Citie Holy Canaan Great whose inhabitants none number can Holy because no putrifacting Sin Nor least impuritie can there creep in Call'd Canaan or new Jerusalem A place of peace Saints rest Souls Diadem Now this most holy heavn●ly Habitacle Was most magnificent Saints receptacle VVith glorie which did from the Lord proceed VVhose most refulgent splendour did exceed The lustre of all precious stones most bright They all come short of this most glorious Light Yea as faire transparent Iasper Green So shall his Saints felicitie be seen For ere to was most fresh and alwaies flourish Because Gods power and prudence shall it nourish It being pure as any Crystall clear VVhereby not blot not spot can there appear No stains of foul terrestriall uncleanness No gross pollutions or impure obsceanness Shall this their joy obnub●late make dim Or once eclipse their beauty fram'd by him Gods gracious presence and great Majestie Shall it so deck decore and glorifie Here t is no triviall question why the Light Of this blest Cities lustre equisite Is to a precious Jasper Stone compared Tnd why 't might not have been as wel declared By th' Sun or Moon or Stars most excellent Or artificiall Lights which men invent All these are Lights true but too light they be Compar'd with Light it self i' th' highest degree First in regard the Suns far piercing rayes VVith its bright beams the eye-sight much decayes If the beholder thereon fixtly look Nor can his sight the brightness thereof brook But precious stones have no obnoxious might But with their splendour rarely do delight The eyes of their beholders so that they The more on them they look the more they may VVhereby egregiously they intimate And to us point the sweet and delicate Delight we shal in heav'nly knowledge finde

stil residing with his Saints Elect Continually doth guide and them direct Exhibiting to all by his tuition Easie partaking and a ful fruition Of all the Benefits and heav'nly Graces Which in and 'bout this River he thus places Whereon they all shall spiritually feed Alwaies desiring yet ne'ere stand in need Which Tree of Life twelve sorts of fruite doth beare Whereby the Holy Spirit doth declare First that the Lord who is the God of Order Doth much detest confusion or disorder In stil retaining as he first begun The number twelve which hitherto is done And also to express that there shal be In number and measure full sufficiencie To saturate the longing appecites Of all the twelve spirituall Israelites Even of all those that so have run their race The twelve apostles doctrine to imbrace T' observe and keep Maugre the rage and spight Of pope and pagan foes to Truths pure light Thus then we see the angell here observing An exquisite decorum thence not swerving Who since the City Entries Romes Foundations And Symmetry of these blest habitations To th' number twelve have been accommodated And orderly thus stil continuated Therefore with decent correspondencie The angel to this number doth apply The spiritual food and furniture most meet Making a consort most harmonious sweet Conformably agreeing thus in one With those whence they had their comparison Now as twelve sorts of fruit grow on this tree The Saints to satisfie so shall they be For delicacie sweet content and pleasure As every Saint shall have aboundant measure So shall this pleasant Plenitude of grace No Nauseous Surset cause in any case For as Christ Jesus is that drink and meat Whereof each Sainted soul shal tast and eat So is he sweet pleasant and delicate Whereon they feed their fil yet moderate Taking sufficient for their contentation And their beatitudes firm conservation Which truth is farther illustrated here In that t is said this tree of life doth bear Doth every month bear fruit green ripe and fair Which with delights their apperites repair Not that the times shall then alternate be By years months dayes as now-a-dayes we see For then the seasons cease time 's termined Sun Moon and Stars are then quite vanished As formerly was toucht but here is meant That all things then shal give such rare content Shal be so ful of rich variety Shall yeild such cordial sweet society And with such fulness all the Saints shall feed As that to store and hoord up shall not need In that the harvest there shall ever last Their pleasant spring-time then shall nere be past Also the Leaves of this most blessed tree Shal Salutiferous and most Soveraign be To help to heal to cure all Maladies Which 'mongst the Gentile Nations do arise So that this tree not only makes them live But to the Elect a healthful life doth give Yet here 's not meant the Churches final state But that when antichrist is ruinate When God shal th' unbelieving Nations call And faithless Jews who once from Grace did fall But by these leaves is chiefly intimated That all the smallest gifts accommodated By th Lamb Christ Jesus to the Saints elect Shal serve some way their Souls with joy t' affect T' exhilerate and cheer their sacred mind In 's meanest blessings they shall comfort find But now behold now follow him indeeed That which doth all the former joyes exceed The absolute accomplishment of all The accessary blessings which befall The Citizens of this rare Domicil Th' inhabitants of Gods great Sion-hill Namely that in it there no curse shall be It shal be from destruction firmly free It shall be subject to no execration But strongly stand fearless of alteration Which is a symbole and a certainty Of this blest Cities perpetuity A most infallible strong argument That t is eternall and most permanent A three-fold reason hereof may be given First that as is foresaid this seat of heaven This holy habitacle shal contain No unclean thing which may its beauty stain Again the glorious throne and sacred seat Whereon omnipotent Jehovah great Whereon the blessed trinity wil raign Shall here abide and evermore remain Lastly in that all these his servants shall With sincere Love and Zeal angelicall For ever invocate his sacred name And his due praises constantly proclaim Serving the Lord in singleness of heart Not once to wil from 's worship to depart But Curses are we know for gross transgressors For disobedient stubborn Male-factors Not for th' obedient faithful and sincere Thus then is their perennity most clear Moreover all the Saints of this blest race Shal see th' all-beautious light-bright shining face Of that arch essence of eternity To walk and talk with him familiarly And with inexplicable sweet delight Have ful fruition of this sacred sight Not as he is immense and infinite For so even angels see not his bright light Who are described covering their face With their angelike wings in any case Not able to behold his glorious sight He infinite they being definite Yet that we shall have his ful contemplation Is certain but with this just limitation First in respect of us we shal possess A perfect sight of Gods great holiness The Lord in us and we in him shal dwel In such ful measure as no tongue can tel He wil replenish every faculty Of soul and body most aboundantly With his most precious presence by his sight He 'le fil our Mines from darkness freed quite Our hearts he 'le quicken there shal be no deadness Our whole affections freed from gloomie sadness What man is capable to comprehend Even so great glory God wil then extend Again of that blest sight which we shall have No inter-mediums shal our sight deprave Here we as in a vision do him see By mediate Revelation then shall we Of him immediate perfect sight possess Which none but those that have it can express A measure running over heapt and p●est Wll Christ bestow upon his Saints most blest His name shal also in their fore-heads be That is they shal with such bold constancie And un-revolting zeal profess his name That nothing shal obliterate the same Or cause them once neglect their pure profession By least relapse or undiscreet transgression They shal be so conform'd confirm'd therein To persevere as they did first begin Constant couragious evermore the same Professing stil Jehovahs glorious name Again his name is said as here we see Upon their Fore-heads charactred to be Because the Lord wil publikely agnize Them by this cognizance and Patronize By his all-seeing and all-soveraign power Them and their states as in a fenced tower And in this City there shal be no night No need of candle Sun or Stars most bright That is there shal be no obscurity Or darkness of adverse calamity No night of obumbratick cloudy Error No frighting Fear nor no heart daunting terror No sly bie-fronted close hypocrisie Shall viriate their intact integrity No need

not com neer me That so these blasts though blow may not so fe●r me Thou being my un-rocking rock my shield My fortress strong which to no force can yeild Most skilful Pilot so my stern direct My weather beaten boat so safe protect That it these dangers infinite may sh●n And to my harbour may the right way run Commiserate compassionate my case And in thine arms O Christ my soul embrace Though I with Ionas seamen lose my wares My goods my life worlds pleasures best affairs Though persecution Rocks my Bark may batter My danger driven boat may split may shatter Yet grant O Lord I may not shipwrack make Of my sure faith in thee but as the Snake Is said t' expose his body to the blow Of him that smites to save his head Even so I willingly may undergo all crosses And with content may bear the greatest losses That I may hold fast faith in Christ my head So I may live by faith to sin be dead With this conclusion should my soul be cherisht I had been undone had I thus not perisht Yea with those Argo-Nautae willingly My ship through straightest passages shal flye So that in th' end I may with joy possess The Golden fleece of endless happiness Lord though the puddle of impurity Hath my poor soul polluted loathsomely The Ocean of iniquities foul flood Hath me beimeard in stinking mire and mud O yet sweet Christ with Hylap of thy merit Clense and make clean my sin-polluted spirit Wash me o Christ with thy most precious blood None nought but thou can do my soul this good My wel-nigh-shipwrackt soul O Lord assist VVhich too too-long the way to thee hath mist Contemn me not condemn me not for sin But let my Soul to thy sweet rest go in Remit O Lord what I have il-omitted Remove O Lord what I have mis-committeed And though I be to pass by th' Gates of hel Grant power to pass them and with thee to dwel To dwel I say with thee i th' Land of Living Where to thy saints thy joyes thou stil art giving O thou my souls sweet soul my Harts dear Hart In this distress do not from me depart Be to my soul as a bright-morning-star Which I may clearly see though somwhat far And be as th' art indeed the sun most bright Of righteousness that my flesh-dimmed sight Being with Faiths Collyrium made more cleer I speedily may see the way appear To my heart-chearing long desired port Whereto my soul hath longed to resort I may in time see and fore-see sins charms And so prevent th' event of Sins great harms That on the shore I may perceive thee stand Giving me aym with thy most sacred hand To keep the right way to thine habitation The heaven of happiness and sure salvation That passing thus this Danger-obvious Ocean By thee the strong Arch-mover of each motion I may go forward with such circumspection And be so guided by thy good direction And with thy grace be so corroborated And with Rock-founded faith so animated That as 'twixt Scylla's and Charib●is fear My Bark in passage doth a ful sail bear I mean proud Pharisaical Self-station And graceless Diffident Cains desperation By th' justified Publicans example I may the right regenerate paths trample Of that true penitent good Prodical To thee O Lord for mercy cry and call That by thy gracious guide and safe tuition I may escape despairs and prides perdition And so with joy with joy unut●erable Approaching to the shore most amiable Casting the anchor of a constant hope On Christ my Saviour fastned with faiths rope I may my Merchandizes bring a-Land And put them into my sweet Saviours hand Even all the gains which I poor soul had made Of this good Talent lent to me to trade To whom although I bring but one for five Yet will he not my soul of heaven deprive And though that one through mine infirmitie Hath been much blemish't with impurity Hath been disgrac't defac't and much abused Yet by my Christ it wil not be refused But graciously hee 'l take my wil for deed Wil hold me by the hand and thus proceed VVell done good Servant worthy of my trust Wel done I say thy service hath been just Since thou in little matters hast done well Thou shalt be Lord of things which far excel Since thou to do my Will hast done thy best Come come with me into thy masters rest Even so Lord Iesus come I humbly pray For thine Elects sake hast that happy day I look I long that I might once deserie That happy Day my soul to happyfie That I with thee my Saviour may rejoyce That with heart-cheering musick and sweet voice In that blest Chorus sweet Angelical Society of Saints celestial I Halleluiah Halleluiah may Sing cheerfully to God the Lord alway To God the Father Son and Holy Ghost Unto the Trine-One Lord of Host To this great God be given all thanks and praise For his sweet succour in these sacred Layes Amen FINIS Omnis Gloria solus est Domini Thrice happy Vision more thrice happy zeal Thus flames us with God Saints Heav'ns Commonweal To the good godly and ingenuous Reader GEntlemen This Book was written for you for none ●ut you any that are malicious wicked and corrupted with any deadly sin in no wise let him presume with Uzza to touch the Ark lest he die It is inchanted with white Magick the Angel of righteousness doth and wil protect it the spirit of the air his seal plannet Sachiel his s●irit and Zebul his Region the Mild south Winde bloweth peace and concord to those I mean such as it is dedicated to and none but honest good moral discreet men may read it whose lives are devoted to the service of God and in whose hearts there is no guile to such this book is given Excuse my absence from the Press Which causeth me thus to express Reader If you with any errors meet In this or that or the other sheet You must therefore the Printer blame For he did all these errors frame