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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	call_v	lord_n	sin_n	6,583	5	4.5982	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33503	A song of the judgments and mercies of the Lord wherein the things seen in secret are declared openly : being a brief demonstration of the secret work of the Almighty in me, his servant, given forth at the movings of the spirit of the Lord and is to go throughout the world ... / by Josiah Cole.	Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668.	1663 (1663)	Wing C4756A; ESTC R26612	15,087	17

A SONG OF THE Judgments and Mercies OF THE LORD Wherein the things seen in secret are declared openly Being a brief Demonstration of the Secret Work of the Almighty in me his Servant given forth at the Movings of the Spirit of the Lord and is to go throughout the World With a hearty Salutation of pure and unfeigned Love flovving from the Innocent Life in a fevv vvords to all the Souldiers of the Lambs Army throughout the Nations and also to the suffering seed every where With a few Words by way of information unto such who may have desires in them to know the way to the Kingdom of Peace and Righteousness which we possess and are heirs of through Christ Jesus our Lord which to them is the visitation of God By One who labours and travels for the redemption of the suffering Seed in every Region and quarter of the earth called Josiah Coale We have not cunningly used devised fables in making known the power and coming of the Lord Iesus but having been eye-witnesses of his majesty and glory vve declare the things vvhich we have seen Printed in the 〈…〉 A Song of the Judgments and Mercies of the Lord. I Will sing of the Judgments and Mercies of the Lord and declare his wondrous Works unto all people that the Inhabitants of the Earth may hear and fear and reverence the Lord who is holy When I walked in the way of the Wicked and knew not the path of the Just when I lived in transgression against God and knew not his holy Law to walk therein then oft times did fear surprise me and terrour seized upon my heart For I saw that the way in which I walked was the way that led to destruction then as I considered the way of the World I saw they were all gone astray and though they had a Profession of God yet Acquaintance with him they had not neither was he to be found in their Assemblies Then my soul languished after the knowledge of him and after the Knowledge of the way of life yet still was I captivated with vanity and the deceitfulness of sin stole away my heart But the good Spirit of God still strived in me to come out of the wayes of the world whose Worships I had long seen to be but as the offering of Swines blood and in my heart I could not joyn with them but had a testimony in me against their wayes and that which they called their Ordinances I saw there was nothing of God in it for they were but as a shadow vanity and nothing but how to come into the way of life to this I was still a stranger untill the Lord in his eternal power sent the Ministers of the Word of Life who were annointed of the Lord and endued with power from on high to preach the glad tydings of the Gospel to the captivated seed and to minister to the spirits that were in prison whose voice I rejoyced to hear and whose Testimony I gladly received For they declared the way of life that it was in the midst of the path of judgment and the witness of God in my heart did seal to the truth of their Testimony and this I saw was the way that the Workers of Iniquity knew not For there is no judgment in their goings Then my soul cryed unto God for the pourings forth of the Spirit of judgment that I might walk in the paths thereof and that the filth thereby might be purged away for I saw that my heart was polluted and that there was no habitation for God which causeth me to mourn in desolation and to wander in solitary places So as I waited in the light of his Son which shined in my heart and conscience there he revealed his righteous judgments and the just rejoyced therein yea he brought me into the valley thereof and there did he plead with me even by sword and by fire c. He poured the cup of his fury upon me and made me drink of the dregs thereof yea the cup of trembling he put into my hand and gladly did I receive it though it was in my belly bitter he oft-times sorely afflicted me and caused deep sorrow to compass me about and poured his indignation upon me Then said J I will bear it with patience because I have sinned against thee Yet many times I was strongly assaulted with the violent rage of the wicked one for he shot his fiery darts at me which often wounded my soul Then J cried unto the Lord in my distress and he comforted me with his precious Promises which begot a secret hope in me or else I had fainted in the tribulation when his vials of wrath were poured upon me and the enemy came in like a flood then was J ready to say in my heart J shall one day fall by the hand of mine enemy yet J was still sustained by a secret hope so that J cried unto the Lord That he would never let his judgments depart untill the Prince of this world was judged and cast out So he followed me with his righteous Judgment until J was near ready to faint Then J cried again saying Jf thou wilt indeed bring me through thy Judgments and grant me thy everlasting Peace if thou wilt destroy the enemy of my soul and give me rest from those that oppress me Then will J teach sinners thy wayes and transgressours shall be converted unto thee yea J made many promises unto h●m that my life J would give up unto his service and that J would follow him whithersoever he would lead me yet oft-times J enquired of the Lord why J should be so afflicted more than others For J said in my heart Never mans sorrow was like my sorrow Then he answered me and said How shouldst thou declare my wonderous works unless thou see and know them So when J had born the indignation long even the time of his good pleasure when J had been long tossed with tempests even as a ship upon the Sea and had been long as a Pelican in the wilderness and as an owl in the desert yea as a silly Dove without a Mate then he remembred Jacob his servant and was pleased to speak comfortably unto me saying Oh thou tossed with tempests afflicted and not comforted Behold J will lay thy stones with fair coloures and though for a moment J have afflicted thee yet with everlasting loving kindness have J visited thee and with many sweet and precious Promises he compassed me about which at this time is unutterable and he put the cup of consolation into my hand yea he caused it to overflow for which my soul did magnifie his Name and gave praise unto him in the land of the living unto which by the arm of his power I was brought through the long and terrible vvilderness for he had regard unto his own seed and brought it forth by an out stretched arm for he plagued Pharoah with his judgments and destroyed

the Egyptians in the Red Sea of his wrath Wherefore J magnifie the God of heaven who is light extoll him above all Gods for the Proud he is able to abase with his Judgements to exalt the meek with his tender mercies Thus have I d●unk the bitter Cup of Gods fierce Indignation The mini●●ration of the Law and of the condemnation Which in its time was glorious the just rejoyced therein Untill the Prophets Ministry came by which the hope came in Of a Redeemer from all sin the Law and curse thereof And of the deliverance from the Judgement and the wrath Which stayed me in the patience to bear the indignation Under which I long had travelled through many tribulations Until Johns Ministry I came to see which was the great'st of all The Prophets which had gone before frrm the great'st unto the small For then the way was made so straight the path was made so plain That th' Coming of Gods Son I saw in his great power to raign Whose kingdom now is Come with power the L●mb is sets on 's throne The least that in this kingdom is be greater is then John So here the mystery of the work of Regeneration is He that can read me herein may know where my dwelling is So when he had thus exercised me with his judgements and filled my heart with his tender mercies enlarged it with his loving kindness so that the way of his Commandments was delightful unto me my life was not deare unto me for his sake then he spake unto me saying Thou must be my servant to bring again the dispersed of Israel c. with much more which I judg is not expedient here to be expressed So to his service I gave up my life truly whatsoever I had I accounted not dear for his sake for he gave me the promise of his good presence that it should never leave me nor forsake me but that he would accompany me therwith And he a faithful and keepeth Covenant and performes his word unto his servnt For he hath carried me through many Countries in which I was a stranger from one Nation to another People he hath led me some times through many people of divers strange Languages and his good presence never departed from me since I left the Land of my nativity but he is a constant Compan●on on unto me and his Almighty power it with me through which I am able to do all thing● nothing is hard unto me though bonds travels attend me yet the comfort of his spirit is with me all places are alike unto me both the roaring Sea and the dry Land because of his omnipresence who created them all And this is the Mighty God of Abraham ●saac and Jacob vvho is vvith me vvho fil● my heart dayly vvith his love and causeth his blessing and living vertue to abound so that my cup doth overflovv for vvhich I blesse and magnifie his name and sound forth his praises through the horn of his ovvn annointed And this the God vvhom David served vvho is now with me even he that made him wiser then his Teachers and gave him more understanding then the Ancients and delivered him out of the mouth of the Lyon and from the paw of the devouring Bear and gave the life of the uncircumcised Philistine into his hand even he it is that doth accompany me and carry me through all my travels who spake to Moses out of the bush when it was on fire and was not consumed at whose voice Moses feared and trembled exceedingly this is he of whom I make my boast who leads me whithersoever he pleaseth And who shall withstand him in his way and not fall before him for the lofty City he bringeth it down he layeth it low even with the dust Wherefore howl ye Inhabitants thereof For behold your desolation commeth swiftly and none shall be able to hinder it for the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way and who is he that can withstand him or be able to deliver you out of the just hand of the Almighty for he is greater and stronger then all whose Controversie is certainly great with you and will assuredly plead with you in his jealousie and in his fierce indignation and you shall not escape his hand for he will find you out whatsoever covering you hide your selves under and he will recompence every one according to their doings for all things are naked and bare before him with whom we have to do And his Kingdom of Righteousness shall be exalted over all the Kingdomes of the earth and the Lord God Omnipotent shall raign and the Powers of Darkness must bow before him that sits upon the throne and rides upon the white horse whose name is called Faithful and true and in righteousness he doth judg and make war wherefore let the Armies that are in Heaven rejoyce that follow him upon white Horses for your enemies shall be given into your hands for a prey and by their spol shall you be enriched He that hath an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit saith which now speaketh expresly and signifieth the things that must shortly come to passe Wherefore put on valour and courage you Heads of the Army of the Lords heavenly Host vvho are in the front of the battle and are oft-times deeply engaged in vvar vvith the beast and false Prophet who must be taken alive and cast into the lake J say unto you my beloved Biethren and fellovv Souldiers vvhose weapons are not carnal but spiritual and mighty through God J am not unsensible of your Travels Combates and oppositions and hardships which daily you meet vvithal but in my measure partakes vvith you do truly travel in your strength I speak to the vvise in heart and J also partake with you of the everlasting Consolation which daily abounds so that we need not faint in our minds nor in our hearts though our enemies seem many in number and great in strength for the Lord the mighty God of Jacob is with us even the Mighty Jehovah is on our side and this you fully know and it is not because you know not these things that I write thus unto you but because you know it and can seal to this Testimony and that you may be refreshed hereby and he it is that fights all our battels for us and all Nations are but as a drop of a bucket before him and the hearts of Kings are in his hand and he can turn them as the Rivers of waters who turns a fruitful Land into Barreness for the wickednesse of them that dwell therein Oh my beloved Brethren how doth my soul love you and cleave unto you how oft are you in my remembrance and sweet pleasant and delightful is the remembrance of you unto me your beauty oft-times even ravisheth my heart and at this time even overcomes me your Crown is glorious which I behold and the