Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	day_n	heart_n	lord_n	2,007	5	3.5324	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88299	A divine balsam to cure the bleeding wounds of these dangerous times. Or, The true cause of two grand and heavie iudgements of Almighty God now upon this kingdome. I. The plague, which is incumbent on us: II. The sword, which is imminent over us. The former we feele, the later we feare. With the onely remedy for the cessation of the one, and the prevention of the other. Composed by I. L. and exposed to publick view for the benefit of the republicke.	I. L.	1642 (1642)	Wing L23; Thomason E112_38; ESTC R20385	4,886	8

a naturall death of the body nor a spirituall death of the soule but an eternall death of both body and soul for evermore Sin is the Divels worke wicked men are the Divels labourers or hired servants and the stipend or wages for their service is no better then death here hell and damnation hereafter If yee would see the guiltinesse of sinne looke upon Caine If yee would behold the beastlinesse of sin look upon Nebuchadnezzar If yee would take notice of the shame of sinne view then Hamon If yee would observe the madnesse of sinne consider Saul and if yee would see the end of sinne looke upon the Glutton frying in hell so dolefull is the end of sinne yea without end These are the lamentable effects and bitter fruits which sinne produces to us It is the ground of all our miseries and hath wrought all the disasters and calamities that wee now sustaine What hath caused the sword in Ireland and the plague in England but the iniquity of Ireland and transgression of England Toto Mars saevit in orbe what a havock and vastation hath the bloody hand of warre made in the Christian world where faire Townes famous Cities and flourishing Kingdomes have beene made Stages and Theaters of desolation and destruction for our eyes to behold Sinne is the cause of all these mischiefes The pale horse of death goes in triumph through our streets The pestilence hath a long time continued and been dispersed and scattered in most places amongst us Though graves in Church-yards have been so pestered that there is scarce roome left for any more to be buried in yet so insatiate are they that they are still gaping for more karkasses Our eares are nocturnall auditors of sad sounding passing bels and our eyes are diurnall spectators of the common objects of mortality The sword is already drawn forth and at this present brandished over our heads It was the case of the inhabitants of Manchester in Lancashire the last weeke and it may be our owne here in London the next weeke we heare daily of warres and rumors of warres of preparations of Men Horses Armes and Ammunition both here and else where at home and abroad both in London and at Yorke I pray God all these may tend to our good as they are pretended If any evill by these doth befall any of us it is the evill of our wickednesse which is the just cause of it The only remedy against these evils that the plague may be stai●d and the sword sheath'd is repentance Repentance is a Supersedeas to all judgement It is that pretious Balm of Gilead that will cure a sick-languishing land of all her diseases The onely way to repaire our breaches is to prepare our selves to meet our God Therefore in the name and feare of God let us resolve with our selves to repent of our sins We have all sinned from the highest to the lowest from the richest to the poorest from the mightiest to the meanest The sins of the Priests the sins of the people have caused Gods judgements to light heavy upon us no man can exempt himself or plead impunity and therfore as we are all partakers of the common calamity so let us all betake our selves to the prescribed remedy The axe is now laid to the root of the tree by the axe is meant Gods judgement and by the tree is understood every man Now for ought I know the axe of Gods judgment is now laid to the root of the Kingdome or the root of the Church or to the roots of the severall individuall members of the Church Let every true subject of the King let every sound member of the Church bring forth fruit worthy amendment of life Amendment reformation is the only way to avert evill to procure mercy to prevent judgement If we will turn from our sins and turne unto our God by a true and timely repentance God wil turn away his judgements from us and return in his former mercies unto us Return unto me and I will return unto you saith the Lord hee had rather that wee should redire then perire return unto him then perish without him God delights not in the death of any sinner but had rather that he should turne from his wickednesse and live The Lord hath graciously promised that when he doth send pestilence amongst his people if his people which are called by his name shall humble themselves pray unto him seek his face and turn from their evil wayes he wil then hear from heaven be mercifull to their sins and will heale the land the sores of the land are the sins of the land Let us unfainedly perform our duty in the former words and we shall certainly obtaine Gods mercy in the latter let us sic plangere commissa peccata ut ne committamus plangenda so lament our sins which we have committed that we doe not commit those again which we have lamented Let remorse for our sins and divorse from our sins bee expressed in our hearty humiliation and resolved reformation This two-fold act must be performed by us in our aversion from sin and conversion to God namely dolere cavere unum respectu praeteriti alterum respectu futuri grieve for our sins past and take heed of sin for the time to come Thus let us prepare to meet our God to meet him in the way of his fury to meet him as the Gibeonites met Iosuah resolve to doe any thing rather then stand it out for God will have the victory at the last either his will must be done by us or it will be done upon us A terrible tempest at this instant is over our heads in regard whereof the Ark of this Church is tost with various and perilous waves and the Ship of the State of the Kingdome is now in great danger Let us therefore meet him lachrymit precibus lachrymae preces sunt arma Christianorum with teares in our eyes and with prayers in our mouthes with sorrow in our hearts with our knees on the ground and our faces in the dust By this means he will preserve us from ruine by this means he wil preserve this City of London from desolation the whole kingdome of England from destruction and will save our bodies soules in the day of the appearance of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ If every man would sweep his owne doore the streets would soon be cleane and if every man would cleanse his own hands purifie his owne heart purge himselfe of his particular and personall corruptions and forsake his dilecta delicta his beloved and bosome sins there would then be a wished for alteration and a blessed reformation amongst us and without all question a most happy concurrence and union between our Royall King and his loyall Parliament In one word to conclude all let every one amend one and I pray God amend us all Amen FINIS