Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	king_n	lord_n	parliament_n	20,596	5	6.9552	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29935	A perswasive to the stricter observation of the Lords day in pursuance of His Majesties pious order and directions to preachers particularly about the observation of the Lord's day, &c. / by Matthew Bryan.	Bryan, Matthew, d. 1699.	1686 (1686)	Wing B5247; ESTC R19898	22,342	36

all that has been said is no Argument to prevail with some They value not the Law of Nature nor the Law of their Creator nor the Blood nor Love of their Redeemer They are not fond of the Character of being a good Christian but they aspire after that of a good subject though I profess 't is a Riddle to me how he that is not a good Christian can be a good Subject but this Title and Character they are proud of and glory in and desire above all things to be accounted good Subjects Well but tell me you that are ambitious of this Title and are so little fond of that of a Christian is he a good Subject that breaks the Kings Laws You 'l readily answer no. 4. Consider therefore which is my fourth Argument that not to keep the Sabbath but to break and prophane it is to break the Kings Law to trespass against the Law of our temporal Governour which enjoyns the pious Observation of the Lord's day by repeated sanctions of Parliament under Penalties to be inflicted on the violaters of it So that in a word Sabbath-breakers are neither good Christians nor good Subjects 5. My Fifth and Last Argument is drawn from the benefits and advantages of the due and conscionable Observation of the day This day is a blessed day The Lord blessed the Seventh day and hallowed it 'T is a day of blessings of many blessings and the cheifest and best of all spiritual ones and the pledge of eternal This is the day wherein pardons are sealed to penitent Sinners and the Sentence of Guilt and Condemnation reversed and Reconciliation ratified in the blood of Christ This is the day that the Sun of Righteousness ariseth with healing under his wings to dispel and scatter the Clouds that sit upon the angry face of God's Justice to clear up the Heavens above and make it serene and pleasant on the Earth beneath and take off the Sable Mantle that black and dark covering which over-spreads the troubled Breasts the aking hearts and afflicted wounded consciences of Sinners and give them rest and peace and joy in the comfortable and refreshing gleams and illustrious shine of the light of God's countenance This is the day of feasting and banqueting for the Soul Now it Feasts with Angels and with Saints yea with the whole glorious Trinity I will come and sup with him and he with me This is the Souls treasuring it 's enriching day It lays up Treasures where neither Moth nor Rust do corrupt and where Theives cannot break through and steal Now the Soul is enriching it self growing rich towards God Now is her attiring day wherein she buys and puts on her glorious Robes the white Robe the Upper Garment of her Saviour's Righteousness and those inner Linings of inherent Holiness These she now buys and puts on that she may be in a readiness to meet the Bridegroom And this is the Market-day for the buying of this Provision this spiritual Food and Raymment and the getting of these Riches Ho every one that thirsteth so runs the Royal Style of that gracious Proclamation Isa 55.1 Come ye to the water and he that hath no money come buy Wine and Milk without money and without price And Rev. 3.18 I counsel thee to buy of me Gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich and white rayment that thou mayest be cloathed and the shame of thy nakedness do not appear And he that neglects the opportunity on the Market day for the buying of this Provision for his Soul for the other days of the Week are taken up in making provision for the Body in getting temporal food and rayment and riches he I say that lets slip the opportunity on the Market day for the buying of this Provision for his Soul this spiritual food and rayment and the getting of these riches when or how will he buy and get them How can he expect that his Soul should be nourished to eternal Life How can he be but wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked Finally this shorter is a pledge to the due Observer of that longer and eternal Rest with we expect in Heaven an Ante-past a Preludium of that eternal Sabbath which we hope to celebrate in the other World that Rest which the Apostle observes remains to the people of God Heb. 4.9 There remaineth therefore a Rest to the people of God The word in the Greek is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a day or time of Rest 'T is not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies any common rest but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies a Sabbatical Rest a Rest that has affinity with a Rest bordering and conterminous on the temporal Sabbath which is a type and pledge and pregustation of that eternal Sabbath of rest which remains to the people of God a rest infinitely satisfactory and delighting fully compleat and perfect a rest from labour and working from sinning and suffering from diseases and pains from cares and fears from the vanities and vexations of this mortal Life O let us labour to enter into that rest as the Apostle exhorts Heb. 4.11 And happy is that man that spends the temporal Sabbath of rest here in preparation for and expectation of that eternal Sabbath of rest hereafter Happy is that Servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing He will bid him enter into a better rest and joy He will then take him by the hand and conduct him from the Earthly to the Heavenly Jerusalem from the material to the Spiritual holy Temple where the Lamb is worshipped in the Regions of Glory He will translate him from Rest on Earth to Rest in Heaven from the Company of Saints Militant to the Chorus of the Saints Triumphant from the solemnities of a temporal Sabbath in the State of Grace to the Celebration of an eternal Sabbath of Rest in Glory To which God of his infinite Mercy bring us all for Jesus sake to whom be ascribed by us and the whole Church all Honour Power Praise Dominion and Glory now and for ever Amen FINIS