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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	mourn_v	prevent_v	swearer_n	16	3	15.9176	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01691	The lands mourning, for vaine swearing: or The downe-fall of oathes Declaring how this land groneth vnder the burthen of this sinne, and of Gods fearefull iudgements that attend it. A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the 11. of Iuly. 1613. By Abraham Gibson, Mr. of Arts.	Gibson, Abraham, b. 1586 or 7.	1613 (1613)	STC 11829; ESTC S118374	53,620	128

Ezek. 18. 27. for hee is ready to doe it at what time soeuer Ezek. 18. Without exception of persons for come vnto me 2 Of persons Matth. 11. 28. all heauie laden Matth. 11. 28. Without exception of sinnes though they be crimson sinnes or scarlet 3 Of sinnes Esa 1. 18. sinnes Esa 1. 18. But on the other side if our a Gen. 9. 22. On the other side Chams continue their scoffing our b Heb. 12. 16. Esaus their prophaning our c Iosh 7. 21. Achans their theeuing our d 1 Sam. 25. 11. Nabals their coueting our e 1 Sam. 18. 9. Sauls their hartburning our f 1 Kings 21. Ahabs their oppressing our g 2 Kings 9. 22 Iezabels their whoring our h Dan 4. 27. Nebuchadnezzars their vauntting and all of vs our sinning and rebelling against the King of Heauen our Land shall continue mourning If vve continue sinning our Land shall continue mourning God shall continue smiting nay hee vvill bring a greater plague vpon vs which wee shall not be able to escape his eye shall not spare vs Ierem. 11. 11. Ezek. 8. 18. neither will hee pittie vs and though wee cry aloud in his eares hee will not heare vs. Pray vvee may vvith Diues but not be heard Weepe we Luke 16. 24. Heb. 12. 17. may with Esau but not be pittied Knocke wee may vvith the Virgins Matt. 25. 12. but be denied Call vvee may vpon him but he will not answere Earely Prou. 1. 28. may wee seeke him but we shall not finde him And so much for the first thing here obserued the reward of sinne in generall The time being almost spent whispereth in my eare to folde vp that which remayneth in a narrow compasse and to wind vp in a word Many other points there are behinde I shall but onely name them From the reward of sinne in generall vvee should haue come to consider the reward of Oathes 2 The revvard of vaine Oaths in particular in particular which is the very bitternesse of iudgement they shall end in mourning Let swearers be as iolly and merrie as they will they must one Let svvearers be as merry as they vvill they must one day mourne Vnlesse they preuent it Matth. 5. 4. day mourne for their mirth and happy shall it be for them if in this life they may preuent it Preuent it they may if they mourne heere Blessed are such saith our Sauiour for they shall be comforted Let them then lament it for time past let them auoyde it for time to come and they that feare to taste of this mourning let them feare to sweare Hence also vvee may note Doct. The ground of true mirth is not sinne but pietie and I shall but note it that the ground of true mirth is not sinne but pietie for as sinne is the cause of mourning so is godlinesse of true reioycing Whence it followeth first that Vse 1. Only the godly may be truely merry onely the godly may be truely merrie for by Christ their debts are Psal 103. 3. paid their Bils are cancelled and by Luke 12. 32. God the best pay-master they are sure to be rewarded whence their ioy is * 1 Pet. 1. 8. Phil. 4. 7. 2 The laughter of the vvicked is as the crackling of Thornes vnspeakeable and passeth vnderstanding Secondly that the laughter of the wicked is but a Eccles 7. 8. like the crackling of Thornes soone set on fire soone put out and that their Mirth is but b Eccles 2. 2. Their ioy like the ioy of a mad-man madnesse as Salomon tearmeth it their ioy like the ioy of a mad-man who laugheth when others pittie him Woe to such saith Christ for they shall waile and weepe Luke 6. 25. Luke 6. 25. The last thing the generalitie of this mourning But to hasten from the Passion to the Patient the last thing to be obserued is the generalitie of this Mourning It extendeth to the whole Land it is not personall but It is not personall but nationall nationall Because of Oathes the Land mourneth The reason is first because the nature of this sinne is so horrible that GOD thereby is highly prouoked to punish not onely those that commit it but euen those that tollerate it whose sinne also it is being Reason 1. Quatenus the vvhole Land doth tolerate it it is their sinne appointed to reforme it Secondly because where there is false Swearing there the subiect and so consequently the whole Land is wronged and thus Iustice b●ing 2 Where there is false svvearing the vvhole land is vvronged it cannot stand subuerted the Common-wealth cannot stand Hence may be inferred two conclusions 1 The greatnesse of this sinne 2 The danger of suffering it The greatnesse of it appeareth Obseruat 1. The greatnesse of this sinne vvhich appeareth 1 By Gods great hatred against it 2 By the great pollution vvhich it vvorketh first by Gods great hatred against it whose punishment thereof ouertaketh the whole Land secondly by the great pollution which it worketh in that it maketh all obnoxious and is able to pull downe the vengeance of GOD not onely vpon the Swearers themselues but also vpon the vvhole Land and the like doth it also vpon the It pulleth dovvne vengeance on the Land Familie wherein they liue so saith the Sonne of Syrach The plague And on the familie vvhere it is vsed shall neuer goe from the Swearers house Secondly as great is the sinne Eccles 23. 11. so great is the danger of tollerating Obseruat 2. The great danger of tollerating this sinne in a Common-vvealth this sinne in a Common-wealth for it eateth like a Mothe fretteth like a Canker and is the ruine of the whole State and Kingdome Hence it followeth First that the Magistrate is by Whence it follovveth 1 That the Magistrate is by sharpe lavves to represse it Sueton in vita August sharpe lawes to represse it Augustus the Emperour gaue charge to the Pretors of Rome ne paterentur nomen suum obsolefieri not to suffer his name to be worne thread-bare Such care should Christian Magistrates haue of the Name of God and not permit it to be polluted by common Swearing a Sinne vsually Notorious Svvearers punished of the Romanes punished of all Rulers in all Nations as of the Romanes with throwing downe from a Rocke of the Egiptians with losse of head of the Grecians with losse of Eares Egiptians of the Scithians with losse of goods Grecians Scithians of Maximilian the Emperour with Maximilian forfeiture of monie of Iustinian the Iustinian Emperour with putting to death K. Lewes of King Lewes of France with searing Henry the first their lips lastly of Henry the first of England who ordained within his owne Palace for euery Oath a * A Duke 40. shillings a Lord tvventie a Knight or