Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	kingdom_n	richard_n	3,833	5	8.9502	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85942	Ippos pyrros = The red horse· or The bloodines of vvar, represented in a sermon (to perswade to peace) preached at Pauls, July 16. 1648, at five of the clocke in the afternoone. / By Jo: Geree, M.A. and pastor of St Faiths under Pauls. And now published to cleare the preacher from malignancy imputed to him by some left-eared auditors.	Geree, John, 1601?-1649.	1648 (1648)	Wing G596; Thomason E458_28; ESTC R23122	20,154	35

designs judgements then they sleepe not then he sends out his horsemen whose names may be Maher-shalal-hash-bas Isa 8.1 for they will speedily do their worke and spoile us of our comforts And should wilfull Sinners then be secure Is not he afraid that is under the displeasure of one that hath a great Army especially of horse that can come on him suddenly and trample him down Such is the case of men with God that live in waies of provocation Oh consider this ye that forget God and provoke him to indignation with Oaths Blasphemies Whoredomes Drunkenesse Oppression Profanenesse c. How can you be secure and have to deale with such a God Or put far from you the evill day when Gods judgements come one horsebacke Therefore learne to feare Use 2 Secondly This may be a warning to all to take heed of provoking God to anger who appoints his judgements to come in such a manner that we can neither avoid them nor delay them Why should we sin against such an one Is not that to sin against our owne peace and weale Ier. 7.19 A prudent man foreseeth the evill and hideth himselfe fooles passe on and are punished Prov. 22.3 There is a foresight of faith as well as of Sagacity and may not faith in these Types see the danger that is in sin that maketh liable to swift and unavoydable judgements that we may hide our selves by withdrawing from sin Why hath God revealed this manner of his judgements breaking in upon us but for our warning And what will this warning do but make inexcusable if not made use of God hath Iustice and Mercy mixt with his Greatnesse He will not oppresse us when innocent Nor reject us when supplyant But if we go on stubborne in sin these will make us inexcusable and more pitilesly miserable be wise now therefore and depart from evill Use 3 Thirdly This may yeeld wholesome counsell to those that have already sinned It is their best way to make their peace and that speedily this is the counsell of Jesus Christ Mat. 5.25 Agree with thine adversary quickly c. that is with God whom thou hast made an adversary by thy sin you cannot meet him with ten thousand nor ten thousand times ten thousand he can send out an Angell that can destroy in a night Therefore agree and that quickly lest it be too late for his judgements come on horsebacke and a little delay may make it to late God may forbeare to wait for amendment because he is long-suffering and would have men come to repentance but when the time of patience is out his Agents horse and away therefore deferre not making thy peace with God Yea this may further informe us of the way to secure our selves from the wrath of God not by force but submission his judgements come on horsebacke fiercely and irresistably no safety therefore in opposition but in submission There is no Wisdome Counsell nor Strength against God There hath been dispute by some whether his grace were resistable but none have been so hardy as to dispute the resistability of his power yet there is a way to overcome God but it is not the vvay of the Gyants but of Iacob it is not by opposition but submission by Prayers and teares of repentance Hos 12.4 You cannot overcome the hands of God by might but you may overcome the heart of God by melting if you be froward like briers and thornes you will find God as fire to burne but if you fall downe and lay hold on him to make peace you shall find peace with him Isa 27.4 5. Humble therefore and submit to God to make your peace and the rather because as the judgements of God are irresistable so are they many times unsufferable and destructive as you see it followes Commission was given to this Rider to take away peace from the earth and that they should kill one another Sect. 6. The second Doctrine handled That they should kill one another this is the effect of the losse of peace whence Doct. When Peace is taken away mutuall slaughter followes You may read this in the Story of the Bible Iudges 20.21 25 35 48. When peace was interrupted in Israel by the wickednesse of the men of Gibeah and the frowardnesse of the Benjamites to protect them there were slaughtered in a few daies twenty and two thousand ver 21. and eighteen thousand ver 25. and twenty and five thousand men ver 35. besides all the men women and children of Benjamin that went not forth to war ver 48. So upon a breach between Pekah the Son of Remaliah and Ahaz King of Iudah Pekah slew in Iuda an hundred and twenty thousand in one day which were all valiant men 2 Chro. 28.6 1 King 20.29 upon a quarrell betweene Israel and Syria the children of Israel slew an hundred thousand foot-men in one day but above all upon a cir ill breach between Abiah King of Iudah and Iereboam King of Israel there fell downe slaine of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men 2 Chron. 13.17 But we read this in our own Histories too for in that one quarrell when peace was taken from England by the deposition or rather forced resignation of Richard the Second what slaughter folowed of one another Our Historians reckon 12. set battles fought fourescore Princes of the Bloud slain and above fourescore thousand of all degrees by Englishmen in our owne Kingdome besides those that fell in France and Ireland by this occasion But what need we go to Story for proofe Since peace hath been taken from England in our daies what superabundant slaughters of one another have wee seen or heard of Reason 1 Peace is taken away by war and in war it is mens worke to kill one another as every particular trade hath its particular worke so the particular worke of Souldiers is to kill others and he is the most famous in that Profession that is most dexterous in slaughter It is counted but a sport in war to kill one another 2 Sam. 2.14 15 16. And Abner said to Joab let the young men now arise and play before us and Joab said let them arise Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin which pertained to Ishbosheth the Son of Saul and twelve of the Servants of David And they caught every one his fellow by the head and thrust his sword in his fellowes side so they fell downe together This is the sport of War And hence it may be the phrase is borrowed of having the great or small shot play upon opposites to slaughter them Reas 2 In war there are prepared slaughtering instruments and as instruments are more destructive so are they more set by Swords Pole-axes Speares Pistols Carbines Muskets Murthering-pieces Canons Mortar-pieces Granadoes and what not that is destructive Eze. 9.1 2. There see this in a Type cause them that have the charge over the City to draw neere even every man with his destroying