Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	abel_n	brother_n	sin_n	591	4	4.6591	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27252	A view of Englands present distempers occasioned by the late revolution of government in this nation, wherein (amongst others) these following particulars are asserted : (viz) that the present powers are to be obeyed, that parliaments are the powers of God, that the generality of Gods enemies are the Parliaments enemies, et contra : together with some motives, ground, and instructions to the souldiery, how and wherefore they ought to subdue by arms the enemies of the Parliament in England &c.	Beech, William.	1650 (1650)	Wing B1683; ESTC R28903	51,490	140

of the Nation enraged him against the Common Wealth and the cruelty of the Cavallry held him up to the stroke Let this bee terror to our foes more then the roaring of our Cannon or the terrible bursting asunder of the Granado They are lost they are gone they are spoild if treacherous bloudy proud blasphemous ignorant heathenish nasty uncleane idolatrous people bee not Gods enemies I pray who are and if these perish not without repentance it will be concluded by unbelievers there is no Hell no law no justice no judge And this againe brings me to the last Consideration 4. Consideration That these and all these be they never so proud and cruell and cunning and numerous yet they shall be exactly punished according to the patterne of Midian as soon as Gods period and theirs meete together and are accomplished as theirs also was I could branch this Doctrine into three parts but I will contract them into two 1. That the numerous combinations of their adversaries although their mutuall pride and hatred of one another divide them into parties and into a diversity of false worships amongst themselves and doe oft engage them in Warre one against another yet their divisions are so cemented with hellish cunning that they have joyned all their forces against the Church as one man for a time 2. Let their craft bee what it will bee God will out match them in their craft and outvie them in their cunning and do unto them as he did unto the Midianites if they proceede 1. Though they jarre amongst themselves yet they can joyne against Israel you know of whom they learned that viz. of the prince of darknesse And Christ complaines that his people are not so wise in their Generation as these be It is evident to all that have beene any thing read in the Scriptures and History of these Nations mentioned in this Psalme how different they were from one another in profession and practise in affection and action I will not say in a variety of Religions there being but one only rightly so called but in a diversity of Paganisme and Semi-paganisme and other most profane and idoratrous worship This is noted in the Book of the Iudges Iudg. 6.3 As soone as Israel had sowen the Midianites came up and the Amalakites and the children of the East strange that Amaleck and Midian and these should now joyne together that had so much differed before but so it was they made a match to destroy the encrease of the earth and to make Israel poore c. This master peece of this craft is observed by the Apostles in their prayer Act. 4.25 26 27. Why doe the Heathen rage and the people imagine a vaine thing the Kings of the earth stand up and the Rulers take councell together against the Lord and against his Christ for of a truth against thy holy child Iesus whom thou hast annointed both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and People of Israel were gathered together It is a notable instance I shall give you out of the Acts Acts. 17.18 There you read when the Apostle disputed against the idolatry of the Athenians certaine Philosophers of the Epicurans and Stoickes joyned together and would have hissed him out of Schoole one would have thought that the rigid Stoickes who were ever strict in opinion and conversation would have been ashamed to joyne with these loose Epicures that were so contrary to them But it is no wonder our age will furnish us abundantly with instances of this kind we have men that cannot endure one another hate the very names and nations of each other yet like the wilde Boars of the Forrest they can herd together to root up Gods Vineyard and to destroy the Vine which his own right hand hath planted And these like Sampsons Foxes Judges 25.4 though they look several ways with their heads yet they can joyn tail to tail to burn up Gods Harvest and to destroy a fruitful Land What may be the Ground of this their rage 1. Fear lest the prosperous rising of these should be the fatal ruine of them and Moses Observation proves this clearly to our hands Exod. 1.9 10. Behold the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier then we come on let us deal wisely with them lest they multiply and it come to pass that when there fall out any War they joyn also unto our enemies and fight against us and so get them out of the Land therefore they did set over them task-masters to afflict them This was the exceeding great fear of Haman's wise men and of Zerish his wife Hester 6.13 If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews before whom thou hast begun to fall thou shalt not prevail against him but shalt surely fall before him It was the fear of such a fatal event that had caused Haman to have the Gibbet prepared for Mordecai and this fear hurryed him on to get out that bloody Edict against the Jews as our Malignants hurryed on the late King to take up Arms and have made such a bloody issue as is running yet So Mo●● and Midian use this as one effectual Argument to perswade Balaam with the more eagerness to curse Israel Num. 22.56 Behold there is a people come out of Egypt which cover the face of the earth they are stronger then we 2. Hatred The ancient Antipathy between the two seeds on their part put them upon it Ponam immicitiam saith God I will put enmity between them This inveterate opposition between them proceeds from the first Antipathy Blood and murder and revenge are propagated from loyn to loyn and from Adams sin it was surrendred to Cain who did visibly demonstrate the truth of this Antipathy by shewing hatred in the murder of his brother Abel for nothing else but for being better then himself and more holy and more heavenly And it will be worth your pains to take notice what havock Sin and Hatred and Revenge the top of Satans kindred upon earth and of the serpentine brood in hell have made in the world For did not one of the brood but now named destroy the fourth part of the world in the murder of Abel And had not the Church of God a great loss by losing such a Pillar as Abel was It was upon this account also that the whole world was drowned but eight persons Although it were the Justice of Heaven and the sin of the world that brought in the deluge and that fearful inundation of waters to wash such a filthy race from off the earth yet Satan and the spite of hell had a great hand in bringing in those waters by making men so foul and unclean in Gods sight by sin that he could do no less by his holiness then rinse the earth of such a Generation The hatred of this hellish brood being such as either to make way for the drowning of Gods Church with the world of the wicked or seeing Gods Favour