Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	great_a	see_v	world_n	7,593	5	4.4143	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00972	The historie of the perfect-cursed-blessed man setting forth mans excellency by his generation, miserie [by his] degeneration, felicitie [by his] regeneration. By I.F. Master of Arts, preacher of Gods word, and rector of Wilbie in Suff.	Fletcher, Joseph, 1577?-1637.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.	1628 (1628)	STC 11078; ESTC S105608	35,115	104

its accord without Mans care or sweat Now yeelds Him nought or things that are worth nought Till by his pains to goodnes they be brought He 's therefore forc't with sorrow and with toile For his reliefe to digge and till the Soile Lest by Life-wasting hunger raw-bon'd Death Through want of Bread do bring him to want breath The Living-creatures also once all tame Now refractary and all wilde became All things b'ing harmless now all harmfull grew And still than old more harmfull is the new For Natures selfe and all that 's naturall Vnnat'rally prov'd all unnaturall Thus all for Him and He for his offence Became accurst loe here Sins recompence But this not all for ev'n in h's Person He Is made a prey to endless miserie While that He lives Life Nat'rall in the flesh Diseases or inveterate or fresh Doe daily vex his Body more or less And crosses eke his Soule with care oppress For God who in bestowing gifts takes pleasure Doth look for a proportionable measure Of strict and exquisite obedience As homage due in lieu of recompence In stead of which when He beholds that we Delight our selves in thankless jolitie And wilfull disobedience to his Lawes Then loe in furious anger down He throwes Vpon our heads the fire-brands of his wrath That He for our destruction treasur'd hath He makes the Creatures of all kindes to swell With raging zeal each other to excell In prodigall effusion of their ire By thunder tempests lightning water fire The cristall Heav'ns whose kinde benevolence Mans life maintain'd by wholsome influence Left all their proper offices to powre Deserv'd destruction in a flaming showre Of fire and brimstone on a reachless Rout Whose sins for vengeance lowd to Heav'n did shout Thus Hell from Heav'n God sent to punish Sin A Hell in deed to those whose lot was in The fruitfull show'rs and mollifying Rain Forsook likewise their fructifying vain And fell so fierce at Gods just indignation That by an universall Inundation All living things and whatsoever grew Where all destroy'd of all kindes save a few Observe we here the different respects Of what Gods love and what his wrath effects It is our wealth if God in Mercy rain But if in Wrath alas it is our bain The Earth also that sluggish Element Not able longer through sad discontent To bear rebellious Sinners weight did cleave Asunder in the midst and so bereave Them of them-selves their houses goods and all For down alive into the pit they fall Since wrong to God dead things did thus aright O let us fear Gods all revenging might Who can as well by any other thing On careless Sinners dreadfull judgements bring As here by these For how did He alas Strike dead a company as they did pass Neare to the towre of Silo which did fall With violence on them and slew them all Not that they were of some abomination More guilty or more lewd in conversation Than other men that scaped that mischance But that his glory God might so advance Full many have the secret judgements been And still are many fearfull to be seen That God inflicts on Man by Sea and Land To show the pow'r of Gods reveng'ing hand All which undoubtedly for Sin are wrought Though that not alwayes unto light be brought For Sin no sooner had the pow'r t' invade us But to Gods judgements straight it subject made us Sometimes by Dearth by bloody Wars sometimes Sometimes by Plagues God punisheth our crimes Sometimes by Shame by Griefe by slandr'ous lies Sometimes by Lions Bears by Frogs and Flies Sometimes by mighty troupes of Rats and Mice And schoals of Wormes and huge armies of Lice Which little vermine are the full'st of wrath And fierce revenge as the old Poet saith The basest ever is the most severe Once having got the pow'r to dominere All other Creatures likewise of all kindes Both quick and dead have shown revengefull mindes 'Gainst Man for Sin so that He 's in that case That surely safe He 's not in any place His wife besides which is his other selfe Doth often play the Chang'ling and the Elfe Not caring how she vex nor how she grieve Him Wher-as with comfort she should still relieve Him And yet here-in she does but as did He He to Himselfe was foe and so is she His Children also blossoms of his strength His present hope of future joy at-length Doe often prove unruly and doe vex Him VVith rude exploits which inwardly perplex Him For He in them Himselfe beholds aright How sleightly He respected God All-might Preferring more his longing Wifes desire Than love of Heav'n or fear of Hellish fire Right so his Sons they think themselves so wise That folly 't were to follow his advise And as for Neighbour-people round about Him It is a world to see how they doe flout Him If He be great a King a Duke a Lord They basely praise his indiscreetest word If He be born a man of low degree They keep Him down in base servilitie If rich they rob Him lest too well He fare If poor then hang Him such but vermine are If He doe well through envie they doe carp If ill it is their tabret and their harp Let Him be great or good or friend or foe He wants not them that will procure his woe VVhat e're He be He 's not without this cross He 's sensible of griefe or pain or loss Now loe the Man that whilom was so neat So glorious so God-like and so great Is now become most vile yea most abhorr'd Of those Creatures of whom He was the Lord. As He to God rebellious was first So they to Him ere since He was accurst O cursed Man ô miserable wight On whom all plagues of Hell Earth Heav'n are light Both what He hath without or Him within Are all ore-thrown through guilt of deadly Sin Look-on his person look-on his estate That 's totally deprav'd this desperate So that He must in grievous miserie First spend his daies then die eternally From Grace and Glory being once depos'd To shame and woe for ever He 's expos'd For'ts not in Him to work a remedie B'ing quite depriv'd of all abilitie THE BLESSED MAN Setting-forth MANS FELICITIE In that His REGENERATION Is consulted-of by the Heav'nly POWERS Ejus commiserens Sortis Divina Potestas Vt redeat Civis consulit Exul Homo MANS FELICITIE CONSVLTED-OF The Argument Whose wofull state the Heav'nly Powers pitie And doe consult to bring Him to their Citie LOe then th' All able God the God of Love To help this helpless Wight Himselfe did move VVhich caus'd immediately ev'n with th'intentiō 〈◊〉 and sweet but yet a sharp contention Amongst the Pow'rs of Gods own Hierarchie Some said it could some said it could not be Some wisht it might but knew not how it could Some knew it could and also that it should About this wretch