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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	base_a	choose_v	confound_v	2,480	5	10.0841	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75734	Thunder from heaven against the back-sliders and apostates of the times. In some meditations on the 24 chapter of Isaiah. / By W.A.	Aspinwall, William, fl. 1648-1662.	1655 (1655)	Wing A4009; Thomason E831_26; ESTC R207507	30,084	39

our translation renders the word In which sense the word there used hath a neer affi●ity with another root which signifies to make desolate Thus you see two sad consequences of covenant-breaking to wit Curse and Desolation Another is the inraging or heating of mens spirits and the consequent of that to wit a consuming and burning up of the inhabitants with intestine warrs Therefore The word * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 here used is properly rendred Because it is thus as if the Prophet should say Because the curse of God is upon the land for their covenant-breaking c. and men still lye under the guilt thereof without repentance and will not be convinced their spirits therefore grow to be overheated and inraged so as the fire of intestine warrs doth burn and consume them Such is the Concatenation of woes and Calamities upon that poore miserable land And yet we are not come to an end of them Therefore the inhabitants of the Land are inraged The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 properly signifies to kindle and inflame with internall or externall heat such as consumes the Radicall moisture Hence it is sometimes translated burning or consuming which is the proper effect of this heat of spirit and wrath And this will be the state of the Land in generall onely the poore little man will escape this rage and fury And the poore little man left The word translated poore man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies a feeble sorrowful calamitous man and the word little is a man that is low or little in estate and low in the reputation of the world God chooseth the foolish things of this world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty and base things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen and things that are not to bring to nought things that are 1 Cor. 1. 27 28. The meaning I conceive may be this either that the afflictions of these times will be such as all universally through the Nation will be reduced unto sorrow and calamity So that the people who were formerly renowned and dreaded of all Nations will now become mean and despicable Or else the meaning may be this that in the midst of these combustions and tumults God will reserve a company of poor sorrowfull mourners which for estates are weak and feeble and for repute in the world are mean and despicable even these shall be reserved according as it is writ Zeph. 3. 12. I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poore people and they shall trust in the Name of Jehovah These despicable ones which the world thinks to be deluded with an apprehension of a fifth Monarchy or Kingdome of Christ these poore men are left they escape the rage wherewith the men of the world are incensed and carry it in all humility meeknesse patience and simplicity without any secret plots designes and are of a sweet peaceable quiet calm and cool temper when all the land is in a hot burning feaver If they loose their estates they bear it patiently if their lives and liberties they are like their Master Christ dumb before the shearer not opening their mouthes yea so farre are they from being inraged and incensed with the sad calamities that happen that on the contrary they lift up their heads and rejoyce knowing that their redemption draweth nigh Call them what you will Presbyterians Puritans Independents Anabaptists Fifth Monarchy-men giddy headed fellows or what the world pleaseth they are not moved their spirts will not be chafed or overheated but they patiently bear it all with an amiable quiet and calm spirit and are not ashamed of the Crosse of Christ they rather rejoyce that they are counted worthy to suffer reproaches and imprisonments for their Lord and Master and for their hope faith in the word of his truth They know that after they have suffered with him and for him they shall assuredly reigne with him and therefore they still wait for and pray for and preach for and suffer for the Kingdome of Christ which they know will assuredly come and is now at hand even at the doores Thus have you a brief yet full description of the State of that poor miserable Land whereof the Prophet speaketh and the various mutations of Government in that Land together with the severall steps and degrees of all those Changes and the causes thereof and the Curse that comes upon the Land and the fruits thereof and upon the inhabitants of the same onely a smal lemnant excepted And now followes the Judgement of God upon their choisest Comforts their forreign Trade and Shipping verse 7 8 9. and upon the great Citie or Metropolis of the Land verse 10 11 12. Verse 7. The new wine mourneth the Vine languisheth c. This verse and the two following verses doe hold forth Gods blasting hand upon all their chiefest comforts under these Metaphoricall expressions And whereas the Prophet saith The new wine mourneth c. It seems to imply a decay or obstruction of their forreign Trade and also of their shipping by which such comforts are imported their mirth and musicke also with all their jollity will be blasted by reason of the heavie judgements of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 upon them Verse 10. 11 12. The City Tohu is broken The word translated Tohu doth properly signifie an Existence of Being without form or order as I have observed upon Gen. 1. 1. where that word is first used and is in our English Bibles translated Without form This argues the Factions distractions and Divisions of the Citizens of this great Citie within themselves some will be for one party some for another party and others for neither Insomuch as no man dare keep his doores open nor suffer any to come in This faction and division within exposeth both the City and suburbs to breaking plundering astonishment and desolation And all this in a speciall manner spoken of the Metropolis or chiefe Citie of the Land according to the usuall manner of Scripture And thus you have an ample description of the calamities which will befall both City and Countrey Government and Governor of these Islands Which Catastrophe being ended the Prophet in the next verse puts in a word of comfort and support unto the poore despised ones of Christ before mentioned Ver. 13. When thus it shall be in the midst of the Land among the people and as it were the shaking of an Olive tree as the Gleaning of Grapes when the Vintage is done These words hold forth two things 1. That this time of Gods Judgement is his vintage And if you compare it with Rev. 14. 19 20. it will appeare to be a bloudy vintage a vintage of red wine indeed And so I conceive the Prophets meaning by this Metaphor to be this That since the people of the Land here spoken of would not