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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	heart_n	know_v	lord_n	3,784	5	3.8149	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67879	The life and death of VVilliam Lawd, late Archbishop of Canterburie: beheaded on Tower-Hill, Friday the 10. of January. 1644. I. Here is a brief narration of his doings all his life long faithfully given-out, first, that his sayings at his death may not be a snare to the perdition of souls. II. His doings and sayings being compared and weighed together, his sayings are found infinitely too light; yet of weight sufficient to presse every man to make a threefold use from all, of infinite concernment to his eternall soul. By E.W. who was acquainted with his proceedings in Oxford; was an eye and eare witnesse of his doings and sayings in his courts here at London; and other places under his dominion.	Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.; Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687, attributed name.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1645 (1645)	Wing W3496A; ESTC R6515	29,164	53

to presse us to this Christian duty Pride of life was notorous in him and he was so farre from shewing any care to mortifie that lust that he did all to give life and 〈◊〉 unto it And see how that lust served him It was a meanes to put him to open shame and what wrath may lie under to all eternity I have not a tongue to expresse only the thought of the misery an unmortified lust whereof we commonly say is not a little one may bring upon us a matter of great fear and should engage us to the worke of mortification and to speed that work And surely this which has been said is of the same use to me and to thee Reader as it is to him or them in whom the pride of life is so predominant that they will whether God will or no be Arch-Bishops and Lord Bishops still minding their throne and forgetting the Scaffold But fear we every unmortified lust in us and use we in the fear of the Lord all meanes to mortifie the same for mighty men have fallen and shall fall thereby they that made the earth to tremble and did shake Kingdomes We must lead our lust captive throw it down from its dominion casting it-out of our hearts from having place there in our affections else it will throw us downe and expose us to a throwing-out like unsavourie salt Feare we an unmortified lust we little know how far it may carry-us nor to what shame it may expose us to 2 Here is matter of bitter mourning and lamentation certainly if good Bradford had beene alive and had 〈◊〉 what our eyes saw hee would have mourned bitterly over the hardnesse of his heart and then hee would have come home to his owne heart my heart said he as hard as a stone But it was not so for his 〈◊〉 was felt and bitterly mourned over Indeed this hardnesse this rockinesse of heart is matter of bitter mourning The heart is as a stone when it first comes into the world and that is a naturall hardnesse There is an hardnesse which man by severall acts can contract to render his heart like a rock or nether 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 And O what a judgement is this 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Egypt for a rocky heart was one of them and the greatest amongst them all A Rocky heart Nothing makes any more impression upon it than our hand does upon a rock Mercies may be shewred-down upon this heart they run-off againe as waters off a stone Iudgements may be pow ed downe upon this rocky heart The fury of Gods anger and the strength of battle the Lord sets this man on fire round about And what then yet he knowes it not It burned him yet he laid it not to heart i. e Though the 〈◊〉 of Gods wrath was very scorching upon him yet his heart melted not for it is a rock The innocent blood that he has shed is found-out God at present is requiring it The sights and groanes of His poore God has now heard and He is now a foot to avenge his poore servants And this murtherer has received the sentence of Death and yet so rocky is his heart he sayes I le eat and drinke to morrow I shall die Ah Lord has the man a rocky heart He has Then he will set his face like a flint and drive-on furiously against the Lord and His hidden-ones and upon the Drawn Sword in His way more blinde than the Beast he rides upon And while he breaths-forth threatnings against the Lord and is mad with rage aginst those the Lord has set His heart upon hee may thinke that all this while he does the Lord good service A rocky heart All the incomes of pleasures and profits out of all those sweets the world affords he drawes poyson To be brief in so cleare a case Has the man a rocky heart Then hee will workeout his destruction with both hands by all meanes all waies both by his Graces and sinnes He doth cleane contrary to that a man of a soft and melting heart doth doe for he doth worke out his Salvation by all meanes all waies An heart like a rock A man had better be possessed of a Legion of Devills than to have such an heart within him It renders him Spiritually dumbe and deafe It throwes a man into the fire and into the water and yet he knew it not It dasheth him upon this Rocke and that and yet he feels himselfe nor hurt by it he is as a man asleepe upon the top of a Mast the seas work and waters roare round about him but he hears not What shall I say But a word more A rocky heart It renders a man even his graces shall I say uselesse 〈◊〉 Destructive to himselfe and others Of all this this man late Arch Bishop was a very great example Therefore I said as sad an object he was as ever was looked upon For his heart was a rocke and that is matter of bitter mourning 3 It is matter of rejoycing too even to the whole city of God For when it goes ill with the wicked it goes well with the Righteous and then the city rejoyceth That there may bee no mistakes I will briefly propose two Questions and answer them as briefly 1. What is the force and emphasis of this word Rej yceth It is the lifting-up or rather a leaping of the heart for ioy 2. Why is this leaping for Joy Not because the blood of a man is spilt not because a man made in Gods Image and beautified with graces where of he had great store but wanted the chief Grace vvhich teacheth to make use of all is taken avvay not for this The city rejoceth at no mans 〈◊〉 or misery It is a matter of sorrovv to the City to see a person vvhich God has made or the graces vvhich God has given all destroyed in a moment of time This is matter of sorrovv But this of joy of leaping for ioy that that head is chopped off which plotted and contrived the 〈◊〉 of Christs Kingdom That those lights are both put out in darknesse that would have put out the light of Israel That that tongue is Silent in darknesse which silenced or would so have done all the faithfull ministers in all three Kingdomes Cause of leaping for ioy That his day is past and his night come who darkned the Lords Day more than any day and vvould have it prophaned by a law Cause to leap for joy that we saw his head drunke in his owne blood who burned against Iacob the Church of God like a flame which devoureth round about and powred out his fury like fire upon three Kingdomes that they might burne together in the fire of their owne rage and wallow in their owne blood Cause to leap for joy that we saw this mans head lie drunke in his owne blood and himselfe consumed in the fire hee had kindled It goes well with the Righteous the City rejoyceth I