Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	day_n	lord_n	time_n	8,554	5	4.0417	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47095	Zion in distress, or, The sad and lamentable complaint of Zion and her children wherein are demonstrated the causes of her miserable calamities, and her faith in God ... : also shewing the dreadful controversie God hath with the beast of Rome ...	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1666 (1666)	Wing K108; ESTC R18256	24,479	62

thou my Way my Strength my Truth my Light So shall I learn to live and die upright XI When Lord I hungry am be thou my Meat When I in darkness am be light to me And when I weary am Lord be my Seat And when in Prison do thou set me free And I thy Name O Lord will glorifie And walk in thankfulness until I die XII In time of wrath O Lord and fury great Be unto me a Fence and Tower strong And let me to thy blessed Name retreat Till thou avenged art for all the wrong That wicked men O Lord have done to me And unto all dear God that do love thee XIII Let me with patience run that blessed race And from my weights which grievious have bin Lord set me free that I may run apace And the immortal Crown the prize may win Grant me thy fear O Lord guard well my Path O give me patience and with patience Faith XIV Make thy dear Saints great God all of one heart Let their divisions end also by thee Let them unite again and never part Whilst there is either Earth or Sea And then thy praises Lord I will declare For I shall then be freed from all my care XV. Thy Saints dear Lord are many Members joyn'd To make one body whose blest Head thou art Let all thy Children Lord be of one mind Let this one Body Lord have but one heart Then shall I see indeed a blest increase Of Zions Glory and of Israels Peace XVI Thy Children dear O Lord offended have Do thou in mercy all their sins pass by Have mercy Lord thy mercy do I crave That they may live thy name to magnifie And I thy mercy Lord will shew to all And warning take l●st that I also fall XVII Zion remember Lord in all her grief She mourns she weeps she cries and is in pain Do thou in mercy send her such relief That she with cause may never more complain And then O Lord my sorrows will be o're And I thy praises Lord will sing therefore XVIII O'er all the world now let thy Gospel spread All Popish enterprizes Lord prevent Let Papists never here get any head As is their purpose Lord and full intent And then I shall O Lord without all shame Ascribe the Glory to thy Holy Name XIX Lord cast thine eyes upon those cruel Foes Prevent their purpose who this day combine Against thy Flock O God that thou hast chose Do thou make them like Chaff before the wind Preserve thy Heritage out of their hand Establish Truth and Peace Lord in the Land XX. O thou great God whose Judgements are severe Whose Mercies too are full of sweet compassion Do thou Lord scourge thy Foes both far and near And grant to me the joy of thy Salvation And I will spend the remnant of my dayes In Psalms of thanks to thee and Songs of praise XXI Make haste great God to judge the bloody Whore Thy Righteous Judgements do thou execute O let her fall and never rise no more Lord don't deny me this my earnest Suit But let me see her down before I die That I thy Name therefore may magnifie XXII Establish Lord the Kingdom of the Just O let thy Son upon his blessed Throne Destroy the Kingdom Lord of the vile Beast Let Christ his foes to conquer now go on That in the heights of Zion I may sing Hosanna in the highest to my King XXIII What thou O Lord hast un●o Zion told Of blessings that thou hast for her in store Those things great God O let my eyes behold And then let me go hence and be no more No more dear God I mean as now am I For I shall live to all eternity XXIV There 's one thing more O Lord I beg for me Let me alwayes be well prepar'd to die And this do I Lord also crave of thee To reign with Christ to all eternity And then great God when this short life is o'er With Angels I will sing for evermore XXV What ever of my Sute thou dost deny Grant me true Faith let me alwayes believe That through Christs death when ere I come to die A Paradise from thee I shall receive O grant dear God to me this one request Let me enjoy but thee and I will rest For having thee O Lord I all things have And having thee there 's nothing more I crave An Alarm to the wise and foolish Virgins I. ALL you that fear The Lord give ear To what I do indite There is a cry The Bridegroom 's nigh T is now about midnight II. Awake awake Your Lamps to take ●nd longer do not slumber Them do you trim To tend on him ●nto the Wedding Chamber III. You Virgins all To you I call What Oyl have you in store If you have none You are undone Look to it now therefore IV. Watch you alway Our Lord doth say None knows the day nor hour Watch carefully For now it 's nigh The day of his great pow'r V. Wherefore arise Open your eyes The Day-Star doth appear Rise from your Bed Lift up your head Redemption now draws near VI. All who are wise Their time do prize Preparing for their Lord To them he will His Word fulfil His presence to afford VII But fools do haste Their time to waste In sleep and slothfulness Yet they do dream I do presume Of glory ne'ertheless VIII But they indeed On fancies feed 'T will come to such an ebb That they shall see Their hopes will be Like to the Spiders Web. IX They still do keep Themselves asleep And know not where they be Were they awake How would they quake Their woful state to see X. You who remain Carnal and vain In a cold formal state And all the while Have got no Oyl You 'l mourn when 't is too late XI You who profess And not possess The Truth in Life and Pow'r Your state is bad And will be sad Before this day is o'er XII What is the shell To the kernel Or Chaff unto the Wheat You husks do take And do forsake Your Souls most precious meat XIII 'T is the last day O therefore pray And faithful now abide Unto the Lord With one accord And be on the Lambs side XIV And have a care You do not dare In Babel to remain For if you do Then also know With her you shall be slain XV. Come come away Without delay With all speed and indevour Her end is come Her fatal doom Your Souls therefore deliver XVI You now do hear Her ruin's near Your sins therefore forsake And you 'l prevent Great punishment Of which she must pertake XVII All her pleasures And rich treasures Abhor as a great evil Gods Word doth show Who love them do Shall go unto the Devil XVIII Do you remove Your Souls dear Love From Earth and things thereof For this hath bin Your very sin Now cast it therefore off XIX On things above Set you your love Affections and

presently devour ZION's SONS Shall we arise against this Beast of Prey To rescue thee and take his strength away Who hath so long time been thine Enemy Ruling o'er thee and thine in cruelty Or shall he eve●●eign and domineer As he hath done without controul or fear ZION No stay a while I shall deliver'd be From his fie●ce wrath and cruel ●yranny When the set time is come I fully know I shall deliver'd be as Truth doth show For he that sitteth in the Heavens doth scorn At this great Rebel for his Son that 's born Heir of the World and Prince of Kingdoms too Shall surely ●eign because it is his due For God hath promis'd that his Son shall have The C●own the K●ngdom and the Scepter brave Nations shall serve him Kings that have abhorr'd His Name shall pay him homage as their Lord To JESUS all shall bow he shall be King And to poor Zion shall Redemption bring Wherefore my Children I do say again Do you not stir he hath some time to reign Him to destroy it is beyond your skill Your Wisdom and your Strength is to fit s●ill Till his long months be out yea the last hour None can consume or take away his power To suffer still it is for me appointed Till some to do this Work shall be anointed With Gods good Spirit that most holy Oyl And then they shall this cruel Beast quite foyl Your present work is therefore for to pray To be prepared for that blessed Day Be therefore ready for the time draws near When he shall fall of this you need not fear But since I see you active fain would be Revenge your selves I give you liberty On one which a long time my Foe hath ●in If you would know his name you shall 't is Sin Arise now kill and slay upon him fall A worser Foe I 've not among them all Spare not it 's he which always doth oppose Both you and I and all that with Christ close Until he is beat down I shall not rise Nor be deliver'd from my Enemies Because of Sin my very heart doth ake And much of this complaint doth therefore make For it is Sin together with the Devil That is the cause of all my p●esent evil O strive against them in Gods holy power And give no place to them not for an hour Besides them and the Beast there is the Whore Some wrongs I must impute unto her score For she doth call my Children Hereticks Phanaticks also for by such her tricks She keeps the World in such blindness that so There 's very few that do my Children know She takes from them their Souls most precious food Because they can't partake with her vile brood Besides of her I have cause to complain For she hath many of my Children slain She makes the Beast to run at me and roar And with his Horns oft-times my Sides to goar She hath some Brats too cloath'd in black white Which st●ike at me this day with all their might But amongst all he● cursed hellish Train None shall speed worse then they when she is slain ZION's SONS Mother What Whore is that for she shall rue Hath she so many of our Brethren slew L●t Veng'ance be on her Gods Saints do cry Whose D●aths are precious in their Father's Eye ●hough she hath taken our good Name f●om us ●et her not think she shall escape it thus ●e do estèem our Names as precious Oyl ●hich she hath labour'd so much to defile 〈◊〉 know whom she should be we do think long 〈◊〉 hath unto us all done thus much wrong ZION She is great Babylon of whom you 've read Wh●ch owns not Christ in truth to be her Head This is that Romish Antichristian Harlot Who for long time hath sat bed●●k'd in Scarlet Upon the Beast which from the Sea did rise Whose Fore-head's spread with Names of Blasphemie● Who with the golden Cup that 's in her hand Invites the Rich and Noble of the Land For to commit the Sin of Fornication Which to the Lord is great abomination And now because that I abhor this Sin She to this day my Enemy hath been And makes the Mighty Ones me to oppress For laying open her great wickedness ZION's SONS Shall we arise Why should this wicked Whore Blaspheme our God or wrong us any more She glories and doth live deliciously Both God his Christ and Us she doth defie And more then this she thousands doth annoy Both Souls and Bodies too she doth destroy She stretcheth forth her hand and still doth crave Poor Innocents that them she might inslave Yea to the whole World she has done such wrong We her abhor more then the stinking Dung. Shall we now fill to her in the same Cup That she hath fill'd to us for to drink up Yea double to her double saith Gods Word No mercy unto her at all afford Shall we arise O Zion full of ire To eat her Flesh and burn her in the fire ZION You instrumental in this work shall be Your Brother John long time since told it me Esay also and Jeremy before Did clearly show you should destroy this Whore And I perceive you this do understand Which comforts me too on the other hand You are enlight'ned with the Angels Glory As it hath been fore-told in sacred Story As for my Children who before did live Light from this Angel they could not receive But you my Sons brought forth in these last days Great things shall do though many it gain-says And you I see are earnest for to know The time when you this Whore shall overthrow And I can't blame you in this very thing Because great Glory to me it will bring The Gospel too over the world shall spread And men instead of Husks shall feed on Bread And Gospel-Freedom you shall then enjoy No Popish Prelate you shall more annoy Nor shall the Locusts of you make a prey Because that Tythes to them you cannot pay Those wicked Fiends of Hell shall then no more Have power for to sting and hurt the poor They shall be cast with shame as 't is most fit Into that dismal dark and smoaking pit Thither they shall I say with wrath be turn'd And with those lasting Flames they shall be burn'd But to reply to what you have enquir'd At present you must keep your selves retir'd To make attempts you ought for to defie Till strength be given from the Lord on high You now within the streets do lie for dead Not knowing yet how to lift up your head But you shall then appea● to be alive The Spirit of the Lord shall you revive God hath I know let down the time exact When he 'll begin his strange and dreadful Act To the amazement of your Enemies When God shall call his Mighty ones to rise And from the Heav'ns you then shall hear a Voice The which shall cause your Souls for ●o rejoyce And that will be to you so clear a call