Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	england_n	peace_n	scotland_n	2,736	5	7.8650	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42672	Tears shed in the behalf of his dear mother the Church of England, and her sad distractions gathered and brought into this small paper vessell for the use of the vulgar, and common people, not to play with religion / by her adopted son, Daniel Getsius ...	Getsius, Daniel, 1592-1672.	1658 (1658)	Wing G632; ESTC R31519	48,008	156

4.5 6 7 8. I have taught you statutes and judgements even as the Lord my God commanded me that you should do them in the Land where you go to possesse it Keep therefore and do them for this is your wisdome and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these statutes and say surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people for what nation is there so great that hath God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for And what nation is there so great that hath statutes judgements so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day By these and the like Moses evidenceth that hee is not able to expresse the greatnesse of the blessing of the word which God doth grant to some nations it is a privy blessing which the Psalmist in a singular manner sets forth Psalm 147.19 20. Having mentioned many temporall blessings God had afforded to the Jews whereof some were 1. Common to them with other nations Vers 16.17 18. Snow hore-frost and Ice all for the fruitfullnesse of the earth in common to all good and bad within the pale of the Church and without 2. Peculiar to the Jews onely and the same 1. Temporall the building of their City ruined before by the Chaldaeans and the bringing them back out of the Babylonian Captivity Others were 2. Spirituall Vers 19 20. The giving to them his word wherein he reveals his will to his Church a favour not afforded to any nation besides The Jewes had three Crowns which made them renowned and famous The Crown of the Law King and Priest of all three the Crown of the Law was most glorious because by her Princes reign Prov. 8.15 16. David therefore meditat's therein night and day Psal 1.2 and makes the same his Councellour in the morning when he rose and at night when he went to bed Psal 119. I will adde one excellencie more assorded to this Nation before all others in the World 1. This Nation was one of the first received the Gospel 2. This Nation did yeeld to the first Christian Emperour Constantine the Great born at York who gave peace and honour to the Church 3. The third and greatest Light that did shine forth in darkest Popery to all the World was Wickliffe 4. The first royall Martyr was Oswald who united the two Crowns of England and Scotland after hee had much enlarged the bounds of Christs Kingdome with his own in the end exchanged his Princely Diadem for a Crown of Matyrdome and so signed the Christian faith with his royal bloud 5. It was the first Kingdome that shook Antichrist fully out of the Saddle Now besides these blessings afforded the Church Empires Kingdomes States and Commonwealths prosper and flourish with the Church God hath a speciall care of such Lands where his Church and true religion find entertainment The Kingdome of Israel flourished even to the admiration of others as long as true Religion flourished in the Church But assoon as they fell off from God and gloried onely in the Temple the place was turned into an heap of stones the people were dispersed without a King or Prophet or any shew of a people of God Asia was once famous through the World by reasō of the Churches in the same the fame of their faith sounded far and neer Their place now is become a Receptacle for Mahomet a Synagogue for Satan and a Temple for Turkish Idolatry That Nation then Empire Kingdome State flourisheth where the Church flourishes in maintayning the truth of the word CHAP. VI. Sins exposing a Church and Nation to the wrath of God 1. FIrst Barrennesse 2. Cruell Usage of his Saints and Messengers 3. Light esteem of the word of God These strip a Nation of those blessings wherewith God hath graced them and expose it to scorn and contempt 1. Barrennesse whether carnall or spiritual hath alwayes been accounted a Curse Johns Mother insinuateth the one Luke 1.25 The Lord hath looked on mee to take away my reproach amongst men and vvhen God gives salvation he is said to take avvay barrenesse Sing O barren thou that didst not bear Isa 54.1 But vvhat are our fruits the Catalogue of them vve have Gal. 5.19 20 21. vvorks of the flesh specially these variance hatred emulation vvrath strife sedition heresy envyings murther drunkenesse and revellings better to be barren then bring forth such fruits These vvere the fruits of Sion and Jerusalem the Jevvish Nation and Church in our saviours dayes therefore in his love to the people of Israel zeal of their salvation knowledge of their finall destruction at hand in grief and pity he burst out into tears Oh that thou hadst known in this thy day a passionate speech abrupt or broken off he could not speak out the rest for vveeping by reason of those things that were to come upon them Abundance of affectionate thoughts as it vvere thronging the heart like some violent presse of people at a door hinder each others passage he blames and vvithall pittyeth them O if thou hadst known at least in this thy day that is thy visitation this time wherein God calleth thee to repentance and offereth peace to thee understand hovv happy hadst thou been thou had'st escaped the determined destruction Our saviour shevveth the end of such barrenesse plainly John 15.1 In the parable of the Vine which speaketh of every one in the Church into vvhich they are implanted by Baptisme Wee 'l note these follovving degrees 1. They are barren bear no fruit this is the first step into Hell After vvhich 2. They are cut off from the Vine cut it dovvn saith Christ Luk. 13.7 Why cumbreth it the ground as if he should say they do vvith their bad example but marre others and make them unfruitfull 3. Being cut off from the Vine they are cast out of the Vineyard that is the Church they are not suffered to suck in Vaine the breasts of her Consolation nor partake of her prayers The Lord is moved to reject them his labour not being answered he vvill pull down the fence break dovvn the vvall leave his ovvn Vineyard to vvast ovvn it who will Isa 5.6 What more fearfull then for a man to be left by God to become a Lodge for Divels lusts and vvasting sins till at last by death he is cut off The Lord brings on them this judgement in manner follovving 1. By death cut him down bring the axe the pruning knife hath done no good hew him down by death from the Ministry under which he hath been so long fruitlesse 2. Taking away the meanes of fruitfullnesse the Clouds shall not rain upon it Isa 5.6 The means of salvation his word and Ministry shall be taken away 3. Blowing on the gifts they have already they shall doe them no good the unprofitable servant had his Talent taken away This curse is so eminent upon many