Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earth_n	hand_n	heaven_n	12,835	5	5.1423	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12365	[The magistrates scripture.]	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1591 (1591)	STC 22681; ESTC S107792	18,636	70

throne of grace do yeeld our selues body and soule vnto thee for all thy benefits which thou from our birth hast heaped vpon vs as though we had alwayes done thy will although wee occupied about vaine things neuer marked neuer loued neuer serued neuer thanked thee so heartelie for them as we esteeme a mortall friende for the least courtesie Therefore we come with shame and sorrowe to confesse our sinnes not smal but grieuous not a few but infinite not past but present not secret but presumptuous against thy expresse word and will against our owne conscience knowledge and liking if any had done thē but our selues O Lord if thou shouldest require but the least of them at our hands Sathā would chalenge vs for his and we should neuer see thy face againe nor the Heauens nor the Earth nor all the goodnes which thou hast prepared for mā What shall we do then but appeale vnto thy mercie and humblie desire thy fatherly goodnes to extend that compassiō toward vs which thy beloued sonne our louing sauiour hath purchased so mightely so gratiously and so dearely for vs we beleeue and know that one drop of his bloud is sufficient to heale our infirmities pardon our iniquities and supplie our necessities but without thy grace our light our strength our guide we are able to do nothing but sinne as wofull experience hath taught vs too long and the example of them which are void therof whose life is nothing else but the seruice of the world the flesh and the diuel Therefore good father as thou in speciall fauour hast appointed vs to serue thee like as thou hast ordained all other creatures to serue vs so may it please thee to send downe thy heauenly spirite into this earthly mansion to illuminate our minds mollifie our hearts change our affections subdue our reason regenerate our wils and purifie our nature to this duetie so shall not thy benefites nor thy chastismentes nor thy word returne void but accomplish that for the which they were sent vutill we be renued to the image of thy sonne Good Lord we beseech thee looke downe in the multitude of thy compassions vpon thy millitant Church this sinful Realme thy gracious handmaid our dread soueraigne her honourable Counsell the ciuill Magistrates the painfull Ministers the two Vniuersities the people that sit in darknes and all that beare thy crosse Gather vs into one cōmunion of thy truth and giue vnto euerie man a spirite to his calling that we being mindfull of the accompt and that we are called Christians may firmely resolue speedely begin continually perseuer in doing suffering thy holy will Good Lord blesse and sanctifie our meeting that no temptation hinder me in speaking nor them in hearing but that thy word may be heard and spoken as the word of 2. King 2. 9. 1. Sam. 16. 5. 1. Sam. 10. 20. Exod. 18. 21. Matth. 23. 2. 1. Sam. 9. 2. 1. Sam. 16. 13. 1. Sam. 28. 26. 2. Chron. 9. 6. Psal. 2. 6. Matth. 14. 19. 2. Chron. 9. 8. Matth. 11. 29. Deut. 17. 19. Psal. 139. 21. Exod. 32. 27. Num. 16. 15. 1. Sam. 10. 9. 1. King 3. 9. 1. King 4. 30. 1. Sam. 25. 25. 2. Thess. 2. 4. 2. Cor. 4. 4. Dan. 4. Nehem. 6. 1● 2. King 15. 30. 1. Sam. 22. 7. 1. Sam. 19. 4. 17. 1. Sam. 21. 17. 1. Sam. 14. 45. 2. Sam. 5. 10. 1. Sam. 10. 26. 1. Sam. 3. 26. Prou. 14. 21. Rom. 13. 5. Iohn 19. 11. Heb. 5. 4. Acts. 8. 9. Rom. 13. 7. 1. Pet. 2. 23. Iere. 27. 12. 2. Chron. 9. 8. Gen. 1. 1. Sam. 17. 39. Zach. 13. 4. Gen. 11. Ruth 1. 20. Exod. 20. 23. Exod. 9. 16. Gen. 11. 4. Gen. 5. 27.

landlord wil put another in our roome at a yeares at a monethes at a weeks at a dayes at an houres warning or lesse The cloth which we weare vpon our backes the graues which are vnder our feet the sunne which sets ouer our heads the meate which goes into our mouthes do cry vnto vs that we shall weare set die like the beasts and soules and fishes which now are dead in our dishes but euen now were liuing in their elements Our fathers haue sommoned vs and we must sōmon our children to the graue Euerie thing euerie day suffereth some eclipse nothing stands at a stay but one creature cals to another let vs leaue this world while we play our pageants vpon this stage of short continuance euerie man hath a part some longer some shorter while the actors are at it sodainly death steps vpon the stage like a haulke which separates one of the doues from the flight and shootes his dart where it lights ther fals one of the actors dead before them makes all the rest agast They muse and mourne bury him and then to the sport againe while they sing and play and daunce death comes againe and strikes another there he lies they mourne him and burie him as they did the former and play againe so one after another till the players be vanished like the accusers which came before Christ and death is the last vpon the stage So the figure of this word passeth away Manie which stand here may lie here or elsewhere within this tweluemoneth but thou thinkest it is not I and he thinketh it is not he but he which thinketh so commeth soonest to it if we should liue but a yeare we would prepare our selues to die and do all that God would haue vs that we might liue in heauen and scape the fierie lake where the glutton hath not a droppe of water to coole the tip of his tongue But now we know not whether we shall liue a week to an end we wil do nothing that he bids vs but abide the venture so one is taken after another and because we are not readie therefore we go against our will like Lots wife out of Sodom This is our fashion to set the best last vntill we cannot forsake our sinnes nor hope of mercie Thus I haue proclaimed to all Kings Princes Iudges Counsellers and Magistrates that which Esay did to one Set thy thinges in order for thou shalt die Yet 25. yeares were behind when the Prophet warned him to set all things in order yet I cannot promise you 25. yeares for many princes doe not raigne so long for one that doth That which Esay spake to one heere God pronounceth of all Yee shall die therefore take the message which is sent vnto you when you thinke of your honor think of your end These two remembrances to beare in mind that yee are gods and thinke that yee shall die The holy ghost thought enough to teach you how to liue and how to rule and for vs that haue not so much as the name of an immortall thing like them which are called gods that we may be like God hereafter let vs prepare before the accompt for none are in heauē but they which left the world before the world left them A GODLY PRAYER TO BE SAID AT all times BEcause I haue sinned O Lord and done wickedly in thy sight and prouoked thee to anger by my abhominable wickednes making my bodie which thou hast ordained a vessel for thine honor an instrument to most detestable filthines ô Lord be merciful vnto me pardon me this great wickednes looke not vpon me good father with the eies of iustice neither do thou draw against me the sword of iudgement for thē how shall I that am but dust stand in thy presence when thy wrathfull indignation commeth forth as a whirlewind and thy heauie displeasure as a mightie tempest seeing the earth trembleth the depthes are discouered and the verie heauens are shaken when thou art angrie Exercise not therfore thy furie against me that am but as chaffe before the wind and as stubble against a flaming fire though I haue sinned grieuouslie in thy sight preferring my wicked desire before thy holy commandement esteeming the pleasure of a moment before eternall and euerlasting ioyes nay which is worse making more account of vilenesse and vanitie and extreame folly and madnes then of the glory and maiestie of the most excellent wonderfull and blessed God nothing dreading his displeasure whose wrath maketh the diuels to quake and burneth vnquenchable vnto the bottomlesse pit of hell whose might is so great that by the breath of his nosthrils he is able in the twinkling of an eye to destroy a thousand worlds yet am I bold prostrating my selfe before the throne of thy maiestie heartely to beseech and humblie to entreat thee that thou wilt not deale with me according to my merites for I haue deserued that thou shouldst raine downe fire and brimstone from out of heauen vpon me to deuour me or to open the earth vnderneath me to swallow me vp quick vnto hell but thou art gracious and full of compassion and rich in mercies therefore do men put their trust vnder the shadow of thy wings I haue none in heauen to flie vnto but thee nor in earth of whom I may receiue any comfort but at thy fauourable hands which are stretched out day and night to receiue all that by earnest repentance turne vnto thee being readie to ease all those that are laden with the burthen of their sinne and to refresh their distressed consiences In the multitude of thy mercies I approch vnto thee O Lord desiring thee to looke downe from the height of thy sanctuarie vpon me poore and wretched sinner and to wipe away mine offences and to blot out my misdeedes especiallie this my vngracious vncleane and vngodly act that it may not come vp in remembrance with thee nor be imputed to me for euer for thy sonnes sake O Lord in whome thou art well pleased in whom thou wast fully satisfied vppon the crosse for my sinnes graunt me free pardon and remission of that I haue so foolishlie by my exceeding frailtie committed against thee in this shamefull deed But O thou my vncleane and vnthankfull soule my vngodly and rebellious heart what did I sinfull wretch and execrable caytife so blindly and desperatlie attempt How art thou become quite sencelesse that thou wast so readie to anger thy most louing God and to prouoke thy most mightie iudge that thou mightest satisfie thy filthie flesh suborned both by thine and Gods most malitious aduersarie to grieue and vex the spirit of the Lord and to damne thy self for euer Hath not God of his singular fauour made the heauens of old and placed the sun and moone in them two glorious lights with innumerable starres a wonderfull workmanship for thy vse and benefite Hath he not lifted vp the clouds by his strong