Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	day_n	great_a	place_n	6,135	4	4.0445	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01554	Two sermons tending to direction for Christian cariage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and in judgements imminent : the former on Psalm 13.1, the latter on Hebr. 11.7 / by Thomas Gataker, B. in D. and pastor of Rotherhith.	Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.	1623 (1623)	STC 11681.3; ESTC S118743	126,618	154

Apostle is the euidence of things not seene and the ground of things hoped for And to Thomas saith our Sauiour Thomas thou beleeuest because thou hast seene But Blessed are those that beleeue and see not And yet Thomas he beleeued also more than hee saw for hee saw one thing saith Augustine and he beleeued another thing but blessed are they that beleeue though they see nothing at all For as the hope that is seene saith the Apostle is no hope so that Faith the ground of Hope that is seene that is the obiect whereof is seene is to speake properly no faith Faith is of no vse or force saith Gregorie there where outward sense yea or naturall reason is able to enforme vs of ought It is the efficacie of faith to beleeue what wee see not the reward of faith it shall be to see what wee beleeue when wee shall come to walke as the Apostle speaketh not by faith but by sight Who almost would beleeue that the fire of Gods wrath should be kindled already and yet not breake forth till an hundred and twentie yeeres after who would beleeue that the whole world should be drowned and returne againe to that Chaos wherein it lay buried at the first before sea and land were distinguished and seuered either from other If God should haue sent NOA but into England supposing it to haue beene then as now it is to foretell the Inhabitants of this Iland that within a few yeeres their whole Countrey should be swallowed vp of the sea would not most men haue deemed it a thing altogether impossible yet did NOA beleeue it vpon Gods bare word not concerning some one Iland a little patch of the world no more to the maine Continent than a small pond or poole to the maine Ocean but concerning the whole world and accordingly it came to passe Somewhat the like wee may obserue in the King of Nineueh and his people There commeth Ionas a Iew a meere stranger among them and telleth them that not within an hundred yeeres but within fortie daies Niniueh the greatest the strongest the chiefe the head Citie of the whole world a great part whereof the King thereof then commanded should be vtterly destroyed Had Ionas come to London and there preached the like some fortnight or three weekes before that Powder-plot was to haue beene executed who would haue beleeued it or thought it a thing credible yea or possible almost And yet wee know well how neere wee were to an vtter subuersion if God in mercy had not preuented mans malice But the Nineuites as well Prince as People though they saw no preparation towards no enemie at hand no likelihood of any sudden inuasion or of subuersion by other meanes taking Ionas as he was indeed for a Prophet of God beleeued him on his word and by their repentance and humiliation preuented that which otherwise had beene Adde we but one Example more and that shall be of the Prophet Ieremies confident cariage in this kinde He had foretold that Ierusalem should be sacked by the Chaldeans And the Chaldeans accordingly came and begirt it But the Iewes thus besieged send to Aegypt for succour And the King of Aegypt commeth with a great force raiseth the siege and releeueth the Citie Hereupon began the false Prophets to triumph and insult ouer Ieremie as if he were taken now with the manner and detected of falsehood as one that had fore-told that that was not like to be effected But the Prophet telleth them confidently relying on Gods word That though they had smitten the Chaldeans and left not one of them aliue yet should those very slaine men rise vp out of their tents and set fire vpon that Citie And the Reason hereof is because Faith resteth relieth vpon two immouable Props Gods abilitie and his fidelitie his might and his truth First vpon his abilitie might and power that was the ground of Abrahams Faith the Father of the faithfull able to bring the most vnlikely things that are to passe in an instant For many things are impossible with man but nothing is impossible yea nothing difficult with him nothing but hee can doe and doe with ease whose word is his will and his will his worke who as with a word of his mouth hee made all things of nothing so with a blast of his breath is able to bring all things againe vnto nothing For worke is as easie as word with him who can doe any thing more easily than any can say it There is much difference betweene saying and doing saith Bernard but with man not with God Secondly vpon his 〈◊〉 his truth his veracitie the maine prop of Saraes Faith Let God be true saith the Apostle and all men liers all that speake without him or not from him saith Augustine God therefore is true yea he is a God of truth And not only Deus veritatis a God of Truth but Deus veritas God Truth Truth it selfe And being Truth it selfe hee cannot lie nor deny himselfe It were a want of abilitie to be able to do so Though heauen and earth should passe away saith our Sauiour yet shall no one iot or tittle of his word passe away vntill it bee all out euerie whit of it fulfilled Now this then should admonish vs to imitate faithful NOA our father herein if we desire to be his children as well after the Faith as we are after the Flesh to take warning when God giues it giue credit to Gods threatnings though we see them not seconded with any outward effect yet And surely if wee ought to take notice with NOA of such Iudgements as Gods word alone giueth warning of though no print or foot-step of them be to be seene otherwise how much more when we haue such euident and apparent signes euen to outward sense of some storme cōming toward vs as we cannot but see vnlesse we be of those of whom Bernard saith That they seake strawes to put out their eyes withall or of whom Iustine Martyr saith That they winke wilfully that they may not see what is comming toward them when some vnsauoury potion is ministred to them which they are content though it goe against the stomacke with them to take Yea hereby may we trie the efficacie of our Faith if we can beleeue God on his bare word when we see no likelihood of performance As for his promises when wee dare trust him on his word for the performance of them not trust him as we say only so farre as we see him trust him no further than we can see our selues that is not to trust him at all it is to trust our eyes and not him nor to trust him onely when we haue his pledge or his

some measure to doe that which he requireth of vs to turne vs vnto him that he may returne vnto vs. And lastly when wee haue thus done then may we with the more comfort and confidence deale with the Lord for the remouall of the euill it selfe bee it outward or inward Then may we seeke to him with good assurance of successe because we seeke him as we should we may then praying hope indeed to bee heard those clouds of our iniquities being dispersed dispelled that before hindred the passage of our prayers In a word thus we repenting of and turning from our sinnes that haue turned God away from vs and returning to him that hath hid his face from vs hee will turne againe in mercie and goodnesse vnto vs and make the light of his countenance againe to shine forth vpon vs we remembring our selues he will cease longer to forget vs Yea hee will beginne in mercie againe to remember vs who in wrath seemed to haue forgotten vs and shew that hee so doth to our comfort and the confusion of our foes by raising of vs and lifting vp our heads againe and not suffering them to triumph ouer vs as formerly they haue done NOAH His OBEDIENCE WITH THE GROVND OF IT Or His Faith Feare and Care A MEDITATION On HEBREWES 11. 7. Deliuered in a Sermon at Lincolnes Inne By THOMAS GATAKER Batcheler of Diuinitie sometime Preacher there And now Pastor of ROTHERHITH LONDON Printed by IOHN HAVILAND 1623. TO THE RIGHT VVORSHIPFVLL Sir IOHN HOBART Knight Eldest Sonne and Heire to the Right Honourable Sir HENRY HOBART Lord Chiefe Iustice of the Common Pleaes RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL HAVING vpon some enducements how weightie I leaue to the censure of others but such as to methen seemed not altogether vnsufficient cōceiued a purpose of publishing the former Discourse I thought it not amisse to annex this ensuing vnto it as meetly well suting with the Argument therein handled and not vnfit therfore to second it And remembring withall that among other of those whom I owe dutie and respect vnto I had not hitherto remembred your selfe in this kinde I checked my selfe for it and resolued with my selfe not to rest longer guiltie of such neglect I know I shall not need in many words to intreat your Worships kinde acceptance of it either for mine owne sake or for it selfe The one I am bold to presume of vpon experience of your wonted courteous vsage and professed respect of mee farre aboue my desert The other the subiect Matter of it maketh mee confident of Which what it is either the bare Title or Text it selfe will soone acquaint you withall And both ioyntly together will I hope helpe sufficiently either to couer or to counteruaile the rawnesse and rudenesse or what euer other defects in my weake and vnworthy Manner of handling so singular a Subiect may seeme any way to blemish the Worke. I was neuer furnished with any store of Rhetoricall lights And am willing therefore the rather to embelish my writings with such borrowed helpes as my poore reading affordeth either out of holy or humane Writers whose Speeches and Obseruations also either as Aegyptian Spoiles or as Canaanitish Captiues either hauing past the fire and beene purged of their Heathenish drosse or being trimmed and pared from their Paganish super fluities may well and warrantably vpon good ground euen from the practise of Gods Spirit be not onely admitted into the Common-wealth of Israel but applied also to the vse of the Sanctuarie and of Gods seruice therein He that furnished Cyrus with treasure for the building of his Temple did no doubt furnish them also with much light of knowledge and literature euen for the benefit of his Church and Children In this Discourse especially I haue studied to be plaine and to apply the things therein deliuered to the present times which our Sauiour himselfe seemeth to parallel with those that NOA liued in The badnesse and loosenesse of them all generally complaine of euen those that helpe to make them so bad as they are And it were greatly to be wished that men were on all hands as forward to put their helping hand to the furthering and effecting of a generall reformation as they are prone to complaine of the badnesse of them and to murmure rather against others those especially aboue by whose meanes they deeme that they become so bad when themselues are the whilst it may be therein as faultie as any than to mourne for and repent of their owne excesses The whole Citie wee say would soone be faire if euery one would but sweepe before his owne doore And the whole estate would be soone reformed if each one would but doe his part looke home to himselfe and set seriously vpon the amendment of that one whom it concerneth him most to looke after This it nearely concerneth vs all to doe that if the Citie remaine foule still while others doe not the like yet the filth that is the cause of it be not found before our doores But those more specially whose good example may helpe to draw many others on as being more eminent than ordinary either for place or parentage In this ranke it hath pleased God to range your Worship whose religious cariage therefore shall not onely benefit your selfe but may pricke on and encourage others both at home and abroad And for the furtherance of you therein hath he vouch safed to furnish you with sundrie singular helpes aboue many others To omit all other your Honourable Fathers Example may goe for all whose Life and Actions generally approued and admired may be a liuely Precedent for your direction and imitation herein especially liuing constantly and continually a matter of no small consequence with him and so hauing it daily in your eye Goe on therefore Worthy Sir I beseech you hauing so rare a Paterne before you to imitate him that goeth in and out before you as you doe before others the Archer giueth not ouer shooting and leuelling at the marke though he neuer come it may be to hit the white and it shall be your Honour there to imitate where it is no disgrace to come short in fashioning your life and courses to the Rules of Gods will and word and in helping to support the practise and profession of pietie which through the iniquitie of times surrounded with a maine floud of prophanenesse like enough to bring in if it hold on some second Deluge seemeth in a manner to be cleane ouer set and in danger to be borne downe I am not ignorant what priuie nips yea and open pointings at as the times are and it is no new thing neither it was euen so also long since men of your ranke especially must make account to expose themselues vnto if they will shew themselues religious and fauourers of that