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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	heart_n	lord_n	sincerity_n	1,662	5	9.7763	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85659	Nehemiah's teares and prayers for Judah's affliction, and the ruines and repaire of Jerusalem. Delivered in a sermon in the Church of Magarets Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons upon the day of their monethly humiliation, April 24. 1644. By John Greene Master of Arts, late pastour of Pencomb in the countie of Hereford.	Greene, John, Master of Arts.	1644 (1644)	Wing G1822; Thomason E48_7; ESTC R14498	37,819	46

violent waters so the verbe comming of this in the New 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 morus violentus impetuosus St ph 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Psal 29. 10. Testament is translated running or rushing violently Matth. 8. 32. Act. 19. 29. implying that let the Kings heart be set never so violently on this or that resolution yet the Lord that sitteth and ruleth on the flouds that can calme the greatest tempest is able at his pleasure to quiet the most violent spirits of Princes and some from hence referre it to the ebbing and flowing of the sea to assure that God who hath set barres and doores to the sea and said Hitherto Job 38. 10 11. shalt thou come and no further and here shall thy proud waves be stayed or as the Psalmist Thou rulest the raging of the Psal 89. 9. sea and when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them the same God hath set the counsels and power of Kings their bounds and limits which they shall not passe and can easily and if he please suddenly calme their rage what a full and comfortable evidence hereof is that of Nebuchadnezzars rage and fury against Shadrach Dan. 3. 13 14 19 20. Meshach and Abednego ver 13. full of fury 19. yet see how quickly God calm'd him ver 26 27 28 29. the place is worth your reading and observation you shall see how suddenly Nebuchadnezzars blaspheming God ver 15. turned into his blessing God ver 28. his decree for worshipping the golden image ver 10. changed into a decree for the honour of the true God ver 29. his rage and furie against Shadrach Meshach and Abednego ver 15. converted into his promoting them ver 30. The vulgar Latine reads divisiones aquarum the divisions of waters referring this either to the clouds those waters above the bottles of Heaven which the Lord is pleased to emptie on this Job 38. 37. Amos 4. 7. place and not on that as in the Prophet Or to the river Nilus whose overflowings sometimes fruitfull sometimes hurtfull so the Lord one while inclines the hearts of Kings to the good of his people according to that of the Psalmist of a good King He shall come Psal 72. 6. downe like raine upon the mowen grasse as showres that water the Exod. 15. 23. earth another time to the hurt of their people suffering them to be like the waters of Marah full of bitternesse and which is worse 7 ●0 21. like the waters in the rivers of Egypt turn'd into bloud insomuch as there was bloud throughout all the land of Egypt Others following the vulgar referre these divisions of water to the Lords dividing the red sea that when Pharaoh and his servants repenting of that libertie they had given to Israel for their passage out of Egypt pursued them with their whole strength as the Lord in that great strait of his people made a division of the waters in the sea for their safe passage but caused them to returne upon and drowne Pharaoh and all his forces so the Lord can turne the counsels and pursuits of such Kings as set themselves against God and his people as to the good of his people so to the ruine of themselves and their adherenes but in this the Lord be mercifull to our Soveraigne for his safetie and if nothing will calme the rage of the sons of Belial that then all the stormes and waves which their malice and furie hath raised may returne upon their own heads and overwhelme themselves Vse 1 To close all with some short Application give me leave to expresse my thoughts what is the best and likeliest way to have that mercie which Nehemiah here sought that we might at the length find favour in the sight of our King You have heard that the heart of the King is in the Lords hand and if ever we have it to out comfort we must have it from thence Now a prevailing way for this Neh ● 3 5 7 8 with God is Let the Lord in our Prayers for the Kings heart see in us Nehemiah's spirit he was all for the publike as will appeare in severall verses of the second Chapter not one word for his owne particular let the Lord then see that our desires for the return of our King are for the generall good of Church and State that Gods cause Reformation may be advanced that we may behold Jerusalem Prov 29. 26. in its beautie Religion in its Power and Puritie Many saith Salomon seek the rulers favour but for what surely most for 1 Sam. 22. ● that of Saul He will give every one of you fields and vineyards and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds Are not too many of our hearts too much after such as these so we may sit under our owne vine we little care what becomes of Gods vineyard let the wilde boare make what spoile and havock he will in this it little troubles us so we can keep him out of our own Jerome reports of Nebridius the Empresse sisters sonne a great Hieron ad Salvinam de viduitate servanda Courtier and in speciall favour with Princes that he never put up any suit but for others chiefly the poore and such as were in distresse insomuch as Princes usually granted his petitions upon this ground what we give unto him we give to many certainly it would much work with God to give us our Kings favour if he did see that we would improve it for the common good especially for Religion when we much care not how it goes with us in our particular so that may be safe and prosper David an excellent pattern 2 Sam. 15. 1● 14 2● when things were at the worst as in severall Verses yet what was the chiefest of Davids care for himselfe or his own safetie No he so much lookt to the publique the safetie of the Arke which was Israels glorie as he overlooks himselfe saying in that 1 Sam 4. ●2 1 Sam. 15. 25 ●6 extremitie of his to Zadok Carry back the Arke of God into the Citie let that be safe and for my selfe and mine own safetie I leave that to God If I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord he will bring me againe and shew me both it and his habitation But if he say I have no delight in thee behold here am I let him doe to me as seemeth good unto him Vse 2 That God may be pleased to give us our Kings heart let us in truth and sinceritie give God our hearts be cordiall in his cause look chiefly at his glorie many in these times may be for the common good but it is for such things as if we have them by meanes of our Kings favour and presence we cannot truly say it is that favour which God gives And I am perswaded the Lord hath justly with-held our King from us because in our desires for his returne we have too little

lookt to God to Religion too much unto other things What 's the common voice had we the Court amongst us our full Parliament our usuall termes how would all professions begainers our former trading goe forward and profits come in I must in this leave every one to the scrutinie of his owne heart and to that God who is the searcher of all hearts he knoweth in this what our desires are and at what we look in our desires certainely had the Lord and his cause more realitie in our hearts we should finde more interest in the heart of our King Vse 3 Must we goe to God for all favour that we would have from our King such indeed as will bring comfort with it and that because the Kings heart is in Gods hand let us not seeke to take it thence by any indirect or unwarrantable way let us be sure that what is given us by our King is given in Gods way and by such meanes as we know the Lord will owne let us not desire that favour from our King which we cannot truly say we received from Gods hand and which we know cannot stand with Gods honour to give Let then I beseech you in the Name of our God whom this concernes be carefull That no Propositions for Peace be tendered to our King but such as first in your serious thoughts Isai 9. 6. have beene presented to Christ the Prince of Peace finde out first the minde of Christ before your minds made known to the King for undoubtedly there can be no comfortable assurance of establishing that peace on earth which hath not also its sanction in Heaven We are all for Peace we daily pray for it our Armies fight for it yet not for Peace upon any termes not a Peace dishonourable to God but for such a peace as may best further and keepe our peace with God and I doubt not but the desires of all our worthy Patriots soules are for this And here give me leave to minde you Plutarch Pyrrhus of Appius Claudius his carriage in the Treatie for Peace betwixt Pyrrhus and the Romanes Pyrrhus fought three battles against the Romanes in the two first he got the victorie but with such great losse of his men in both that it was said of him for the first he might gloriari non gaudere brag of his victorie not rejoyce for the second himselfe was heard to say that if he got such another victorie he was undone after the first Overtures were made by Cine●● Pyrrhus his Ambassadour in the Senate for Peace and many were apt to incline unto it as disheartened by Pyrrhus his late victorie and feare of a speedie second attempt whereof Appius Claudius having notice being blind very aged and who had devoted himselfe wholly unto privacie yet the noise of peace with Pyrrhus so wrought with him as he caused himselfe to be carried in his Couch unto the Senate house and presently breakes out Worthy and noble Patriots and Senatours of Rome I have hitherto with some griefe indured the losse of my sight but now that I heare your consultations and inclinations to decree a Peace so unworthy and dishonourable to the glorie and renowne of this Citie of Rome with Pyrrhus your professed enemie it now most troubles me that I am only blind and not also deafe that mine eares might not heare so great an infamie and reproch to Rome I know unto whom in this I speake I shall leave the application to their own thoughts Vse 4 Lastly will not the Lord be pleased to give us the favour of our King in a lawfull and warrantable way cannot we yet obtaine that from him which we may with confidence and comfort say the Lord hath given let this be the supporting cordiall of Gods people that though they cannot have the Kings heart yet God hath it in his hand and why should we seeke to take it out of the Lords hand otherwise then he will give it can it be any where better hath any more wisdome then God to guide and steere it can it be with any that beares more truth and tendernesse of affection to the Church then God doth shall it not satisfie that there is not a thought in the heart of any King but what is disposed of by the Lord doth not that of Salomon hold true even of Kings The preparations of the heart of man and the answer Prov. 16. 1. of the tongue is from the Lord as also that in a following Chapter There are many devices in a mans heart neverthelesse 1● 21. the counsell of the Lord that shall stand assuredly we may say of all the Kings on earth as Balaam once of himselfe they cannot doe either good or bad of their owne mind Numb 24. 1● but what the Lord puts into their hearts and hands It will give us a great deale of satisfaction when we heare of a powerfull man one that may doe us much hurt and that wee know beareth us no great good will yet wee are assured that we have a fast friend which hath his heart and hands in his power and can turne and winde it as wee say at his pleasure and we are confident that he neither will nor can doe any thing against us but what our trustie faithfull friend will give way unto This is the Churches condition and in this its happinesse and may keep up the spirits of Gods people that how ever sonnes of Belial and of violence have had and still keep our Kings person and it may be sometimes obtaine his hand yet God still keeps his heart in the power of his hands to dispose of it as his love and wisdome seeth expedient and there let us be content it may rest till the Lord is pleased in his owne way and his owne time to give it unto the prayers of his people and those other meanes which the Lord shall please to owne and further I dare lead you no farther then to the Throne of Grace to crave a Blessing upon what the Lord hath given you attention and patience to heare and unto my weaknesse strength to deliver Amen FINIS Errata DEdication page line 11. read jussu vestro page 7. li. 10 in the margent put Vse 1. p. 8. li. 2. read m●rior p. 11. marg r alii p ibid. after Ezra 3. 8. in marg Chap. ● 15. pa. 19. l. 13. r. May-pole p. 2● l. 4. r. coynes ibid. marg Psal 59. 7. p. 32. l. 25. r. abilitie p. 34. l. 13 17 24. r. Benjamin pa. 38. l. 12. r. I beseech you then