Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	alexander_n	great_a	king_n	2,448	5	3.9725	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42051	Omilia eiréniké, or, A thanksgiving sermon for peace abroad with motives to unity at home, especially in matters of religion : preach'd at Hambleden in the county of Bucks on Thursday the second day of December, 1697 / by Francis Gregory ...	Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.	1697 (1697)	Wing G1897; ESTC R39481	9,967	28

quiet at Home the Tradesman may safely mind his Shop and the Husbandman his Plow In times of Peace our Flocks and Herds are wont to Multiply our Corn comes safe into the Barn our Markets are full our Courts are open our Laws retain their Force and Justice betwixt Man and Man may freely be administred In times of Peace every Man may sit under his own Fig-tree under his own Vine and quietly eat the Fruit of his own Labour And when we are at Peace abroad with other Nations how cheerfully may our Merchants Transport their Goods beyond the Seas and bring back their Ships richly laden with Silks Silver Gold and Diamonds In short when we have Peace both at Home and Abroad we of this Nation can want for nothing that tends to make a Kingdom happy But the best way to understand and value the Benefits of Peace is to consider the Calamities of War methinks Drums and Trumpets Carbines and Pistols Muskets and Canons are Names which sound like to dreadful Claps of Thunder and Ten thousand glittering Swords seem as terrible as so many flashes of Lightning for where War is raised Trade decayeth Merchants break Taxes grow High Mony grows Scarce Treasures are Exhausted Laws are Interrupted Houses are Plundered Towns and Cities are burnt to Ashes Corn-fields are Devoured abundance of Blood is shed and whole Countries are often laid Wast and Desolate Now then if the Benefits of Peace and the Miseries of War be indeed so exceeding great we may well conclude that Peace is a Blessing very desirable by all Mankind unless perhaps it be by some proud Tyrannical and Ambitious Princes or such Soldiers of Fortune as know not how to live without Rapine Plunder and Wages to destroy the Lives and Fortunes of other Men. Now to apply this 1. Consider we the great Reason we have to keep a solemn Day of Thanksgiving with all expressions of Gratitude for that welcome Peace which after a tedious War is now setled betwixt us and our Neighbour Nations For by this happy Peace we are for time to come secured from those Calamities which we have suffered by the late War for so many Years together I need not here again enumerate the Miseries of War nor mind you that it hath drained our Purses that it hath cost a World of Treasure and which is a great deal worse that the Sword hath drunk whole Barrels of English Blood And if the Miseries of War be so exceeding dreadful our Deliverance from them must needs deserve our Thanks and those Thanks are due both to our God and to our King First Our Thanks for Peace are due to our God for he who is our God is the God of Peace the great Author of it so doth the Psalmist tell us He maketh Wars to cease to the end of the Earth he breaketh the Bow and cutteth the Spear in sunder he burneth the Chariot in the Fire When it is his good Pleasure so to do he can and doth incline the Hearts of Men to Peace and in order to that they shall lay aside the usual Engines of War so the Prophet tells us they shall beat their Swords into Plowshares and their Spears into pruning Hooks Nation shall not lift up Sword against Nation neither shall they learn War any more The doing of this is a peculiar Prerogative which the Glorious Majesty of Heaven doth most justly claim to himself I make Peace and create Evil I the Lord do all these things 'T is he that raiseth War in his Wrath and 't is he who puts an end to War and creates Peace in his Mercy and if so since by him we now enjoy the Blessing of Peace can we do less than bless him for it Secondly Our Thanks for Peace are also due to our King as being the great Instrument in God's hand to procure it for us We have now a King well qualified with Prudence and Policy to manage our civil Affairs in times of Peace and we have a Prince of wise Conduct and most excellent Courage to lead our Armies in a time of War a King who for his Conduct and Courage doth deserve a greater Renown than Hannibal Scipio Julius Cesar Alexander the Great or any other General mentioned in the Greek and Roman Stories To this King of ours not only England Scotland and Ireland but the States of Holland the King of Spain the Princes of Germany and the Emperour himself does under God owe their Preservation for had not our King interposed the French King who is so Ambitious and so Strong easily might and certainly would have overcome them all And in that case the only Favour which England could have expected would have been this namely to have been devoured last But thanks be to God and to our King that Danger is now quite over for the French King found his Kingdom reduced to such Extremities that he was forced to desire a Cessation of Arms but that being deny'd him he saw himself constrained to conclude a Peace that Peace which no man could have hoped for had not our King disabled France to continue the War And what Returns shall we make to our King for this Let our Hearts be with him and our Prayers for him and if any just Occasion shall once more so require let him have our Hands and our Purses too Secondly Since we have now a setled Peace betwixt us and other Nations beyond the Seas let us endeavour to restore and settle a lasting Peace amongst our selves here at Home I do not mean Civil Peace only but a Peace Ecclesiastical and Sacred 'T is said of the Primitive Christians the Multitude of them that believed were all of one Heart and one Soul 't is said again all that believed were together and continued daily with one accord in the Temple Were it thus in England we might hope to see golden Days yet once again But alas as it was said of Old for the Divisions of Reuben there were great Thoughts of Heart so may I now justly say for the Divisions of England there are sad Thoughts of Hearts Fears and Jealousies lest whilst we contend about the Circumstances of our Religion we lose it 's very Substance but would our Dissenters act like Men and hearken to right Reason would they act like Christians and laying aside all Prejudice consult their Bibles and make that their Rule I am well Satisfied that they could find no just Ground to withdraw themselves from the Church of England that Church in whose way of Divine Worship there is nothing Prescribed nothing Practised but what the Scriptures do either Command or at least Allow The Substantial parts of God's Worship are all Commanded by himself but it 's necessary Circumstances are not so the Minister who is to Read Preach and Administer the Sacraments must wear some Garment or other but whether it shall be of Linnen or Woollen of Stuff or Silk a Cloak or a Gown of