Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	king_n	lamb_n	overcome_v	2,182	5	10.6840	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30152	The holy citie, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and the manner of their standing, are expounded : also, her length and breadth, together with the golden measuring-reed, explained, and the glory of all unfolded : as also, the numerousness of its inhabitants, and what the tree and water of life are, by which they are sustained / by John Bunyan ...	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1669 (1669)	Wing B5536; ESTC R36063	132,664	312

wonderfully For in thee have they set light by father and mother in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger in thee have they vexed the fatherless and widdow in thee men carry tales to shed blood in thee they eat upon the Mountains and in thee they commit lewdness God hath smitten his hands at thy dishonest gain and all the blood which hath been in the midst of thee God will be avenged of thee but will not meet thee as a man You have cast lots for my People saith God you have given a Boy for a Harlot and a Girl for Wine that you may drink You have made havock of my young Converts to satisfy your lusts therefore What have you to do with me O Tyre and Sidon and all the Coasts of Palestina will ye render me a recompence and if ye recompence me swiftly and speedily I will return your recompence upon your own head I will throw it as dirt in your face again And never talk of what thou wast once for though thou wast full of wisdom and perfect in beauty though thou hast been in Eden the Garden of God yea though every Precious Stone for some time was thy covering and thou the very anointed Cherub that covereth walking upon the Mountain of God and in the midst of the Stones of fire yet because by reason of the multitude of thy Merchandize thou hast sinned and art filled with violence Therefore God will cast thee as prophane out of the Mountain of God and wil destroy thee O covering Cherub from the midst of the Stones of fire yea he will cast thee to the ground and lay thee before Kings that they may behold thee And all they that know thee among the People shall be astonished at thee thou shalt be ● terrour and never shalt thou be any more Ezek. 28. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19. And when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do Though thou cloathest thy self with crimson though thou deckest thee with ornaments of Gold though thou paintest thy face with painting in vain shalt thou make thy self fair thy lovers will despise thee they will seek thy life Jer. 4. 30. And the Kings of the Earth do bring their glory and their honour to it Mark They do not only forsake the crimson Harlot neither do they content themselves with eating her flesh and burning her with fire but they come over they come over to Jerusalem they are conquered by the Grace of Christ and Wisdom of the Son of God They shall make war with the Lamb but the Lamb shall overcome them for he is King of kings and Lord of lords and those that are with him are Called and Chosen and Faithful Now they shall all give way to the Government of the King of kings the Governor of the Jews and shall with gladness delight to see him rule his Spouse with his own Law Rules and Testament they shall play the pranks of Jeroboam no longer in making Calves to keep the People from going up to Jerusalem to worship Now they shall count him also King of Nations aswel as King of Saints and he shall wear the Crowns and they shall seek to him Rev. 19. 12. and 15. 5. Jer 10. 7. Isa. 52. 15. 2 Chron. 9. 23. Vers. 25. And the Gates of it shall not be shut at all by day for there shall be no night there This is the effect of what you read before namely of the coming in of the Kings and Great ones of the Earth to this Jerusalem For when the Whore is made desolate and naked and burned with fire and when the Kings also that loved her and that maintained her are come in and have closed with the Glory and Beauty of this City then what need is there to shut the Gates Alas all the injuries that the Kings and Great Ones of the Earth have done to the Church and Spouse of Christ in these days of the New Testament it hath been through the Instigation and Witchcraft of this Mistris of Iniquity The Horseman hath lift up both the bright Sword and the glittering Spear against the Saints of God by reason of the multitudes of the Whordoms of the wel-favoured Harlot the Mistris of Witchcrafts who selleth Nations thorow her Whordoms and families thorow her Witchcrafts Wherefore I say this Gentlewoman being laid in her grave and all her fat ones gone down to the sides of the pit these Kings will change their mind and fall in love with the true and chast Matron and with Christ her Lord Now when this is thus this City must needs be safely inhabited as towns without walls and as a place neer to which there is neither Thief nor ravenous Beast Persecutors while they remain in their spirit of outrage against the Church and People of God they are frequently in the Scripture compared to the venemous Dragons fierce Lions and ravenous Wolves all which at this day shall be driven out of the World that is so out as never to molest the Church again or to cause a Gate of this City to be shut through fear against them as he saith by the Prophet In the habitation of Dragons where each lay shall be grass with ●eeds and rushes In the habitation of Dragons that is even in the places of Persecutors where each lay shall be food for the Flock of Christ. The Dragon is a venemous beast and poisoneth all where he lieth he beats the Earth bare and venoms it that it will bear no grass as do the Persecutors where they inhabit and lie But behold the dayes do come in which these Dragons shall be removed and the ground where they lay be made fruitful and flourish so that even there shall be places for the flocks to lie down in In the habitation of Dragons where each lay shall be grass with reeds and rushes No Lion shall be there nor any ravenous Beast shall be found thereon but the Redeemed of the Lord shall walk there and the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with Songs and everlasting Joy shall be upon their heads they shall obtain Joy and Gladness and Sorrow and Sighing shall flee away according to that of Moses The Lord will give peace in his Land and his People shall lie down and none shall make them afraid For he will rid the evil Beasts out of the Land and the Sword shall not go through it more And my People shall dwell in a peaceable habitation and in sure dwellings and in quiet resting places And the Gates shall not be shut at all by day for there shall be no night there This word day we may understand two ways either for the day of bringing in to fill this City or for the day of her perfection and fulness Now if you take it with reference to the day in which her Converts are coming in as indeed it ought why then the