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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	heart_n	let_v	lord_n	11,278	5	4.0773	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08280	A mirror for the multitude, or Glasse Wherein maie be seene, the violence, the error, the weaknesse, and rash consent, of the multitude, and the daungerous resolution of such, as without regard of the truth, endeaour to sinne and ioyne themselues with the multitude: with a necessary conclusion, that it is not the name, or title of a protestant, christian, or catholicke, but the true imitation of Christ, that maketh a Christian. By I.N.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1586 (1586)	STC 18613; ESTC S120153	80,770	136

my heart and shew forth all his marueilous workes 2 I will be ioyfull and reioyce in thee oh Lorde I will sing praises vnto thee oh thou most highest 3 For thou hast turned backe mine enimies thou hast throwne downe those that deuised mischiefe against me yea thou hast reproued the wicked and turned their vaine hope to naught their counterfeyt glory into open ignominy and reproch 4 Thou hast taken my cause in hand maynteyned my right and preserued me thou sitting in the seat of iudgement hast showen thy self an vpright Iudge 5 Thou hast rebuked the multitude of those vngodly ones that haue sought the dishonor of thy name the spoyle of thy sanctuarie bloud of thine annointed 6 In so much as I may to my comfort say vnto them and to the chiefe Captaines of their multitudes Oh enimye the destructions that thou didest threaten wherin thou vainly vauntedst to destroy Cities to subuert Kingdoms to extinguish the memory of the godly from of the earth behold thou thy selfe consumest the breath of the Lords mouth shaketh thee thy triumphing before the victory soundeth forth thy perpetual shame and deserued confusion 7 The Lorde whose true seruice thou seekest to violate and whose seruaunts thou seekest to supplant hath an euerlasting dominion and he sitteth in iudgement to giue vnto euery man his due right 8 It is he that only ruleth and gouerneth the whole world with righteousnesse and with the ballance of his truth and equity discideth euery mans cause 9 It is he that is the strong a defensible Tower to such as are oppressed an assured refuge to the afflicted and an vndoubted reuenger of such as seeke to lay violent handes vpon his annoynted 10 And therfore as many as know thy name Oh Lord thy mercy and strength wil put their confidence in thee for thou neuer forsakest but duely relieuest and protectest those that truely seeke thee 11 Oh sing praises sing praises therefore vnto the Lord that hath his dwelling on high and yet so beholdeth all such as are true of heart let vs declare vnto al people the worthy acts which he hath done for vs already wherof great cause we haue to reioyce in him 12 He seeketh and findeth out such as are desirous to shed bloud thirste after the destruction of his annoynted shewing himselfe moste mindfull of those that loue him and forgetteth not to deliuer such as are in daunger and winketh not at the wicked 13 Haue mercy Lord vpon me oh thou that hast miraculouslye defended me from deathes doore Consider how mine enimies yet cease not to imagine mischiefe against me and to lay violent handes vppon my guiltles person thou my strength and aid consider it and deliuer me 14 That I may with ioy sing foorth thy worthy praises and entring into Syon maye reioysingly declare that thou art he that sauest me by whom I stande and by whome my enimies are throwne downe on euery side of me 15 A huge multitude of enimies haue risen vp against mee but thou hast brought it so to passe that they are ouerwhelmed with the sloud they deuised to bring in vpō me they are fallen into the pit they digged for mee and they are strangled in the snare they layd priuelie for me This oh Lord is thy doing and it is comfortable euen vnto my soule 16 Oh Lord thy wisedome is vnsearcheable thy loue incomprehensible and thy mercyes wonderfull and thy iudgement knowne by executing iustice vppon such as vse crafty wylenes against the innocent 17 Rise vp rise vp oh lord in the behalf of thy seruant let not thy hādmayd be alwaies forgotten let not her hope which she hath alwaies in thy defence be frustrate let not the wicked preuaile in the craftie conspiracies which they imagined Cast them down oh Lord and let the effect of their deuises shew their folly themselues to be but mortall men Esai 35. 3. 4. Confirmate manus languidas labantia corroborate genua Dicite animifestinis este fortes impauidi en Deus vester vltor veniet praemiator Deus ipse veniet seru●tum vos Non vi sed veritate FINIS The multitude expectethnoueltie● The greatest wonder lasteth but nine daies The late earth-quak a great vvonder The earth-quak a caueat The stranged nevves soone forgotten The summe of this trauel The fruits an a●g●m●nt of the professiō What the multitude most desire Gods children are the least number Gods trueth contrary to the mindes of the multitud A flight of sathan A daungerous thing to follow the multitude The way to true religion bodely dangerous The flesh is weake and vnable to abide mortification Ro. 8. 36. Psal. 44. 22. The godly are for gods sake killed continuallye The comfort of Christians in their crosses Mat. 5. 10. 1. Pet. 4. 15. Wee muste regarde the cause of our sufferings The misconceit of euill doers Romish dispensations cause of many euils The canonization of Iudas The vain hope of traytors Their assured revvard that seeke the ouerthrowe of the godly Wee muste take heed of the causes of sufferings The causes of the sufferings of the wicked The zeale of the godly Our duties remembred Hovv vve ought to suffer How the righteous desire to bee canonised Life or death in the last day eternall A good admonition God is our staffe and strength hee vvill defend vs. Psal. 2. 2. The kings of the earth not to be feared it they go about to resist the truth Psal. 3. 1. The end of the wicked Sathan hath sounded vp his trumpets of alarum to inuade christians in the behalf of Antichrist Christ is a carefull vvatchman The benefit of Gods protection The snare is broken and we deliuered The raske vovve of the king of spaine The permittance of the spanish inquisition most vvicked A good remedy for the clensing of a man from self mortification The booke of martyrs ● glasse of romish cruelty The cause why the pope and his disciples now storme A christian resolution VVe muste bewarre of starting backe The ende of the godly The end of the wicked persecutors The conclusion The wicked are tyed within the limits of gods povver God vvil not suffer the vvicked to go vnauenged Our dutiesto God 1. Tim. 2. 1. The sterne of our common vveale Euery man must execut his dutie 2. Tim. 3. 1. 1. Tim. 4. 1. Persecution is there most sharp where the worde of God is follovved moste sincerely Queene Eli●abeth an instrument vnder whome God hath reched vs his truth VVee muste follow Christ in accepting his crosse The seruante is not aboue his maister The children of God must not look for a pleasant life in this vvorlde 2. Tim. 3. 1● They that professe the truth are busseted of Sathan Sathan the archenemy of the church of Christ. Sathan seeketh to preuent the saluation of mā Zachary 3. 1 Sathan stood at the elbovv of Iosua vvhen he prayed Saul persecuted Dauid Iesabell Mat. 8. 26. The churche of God is compared to a

deede howe that true Christianitie cooleth and hypocrisie breaketh foorth into mightie fires charitie is choked with the cloddes of couetousnes faith is fled and pittie pressed downe with pride fewe men we finde regarde another mans want another mans greefe another mans estate But by a generall deuision wee see all men for themselues and for their children and none fauoureth the poore nor their distressed families Thus we finde by experience in this hard time which argueth that all those are not true Christians which in outwarde showe can professe Christe all not godly in deede which seeme holye in wordes and yet will they all be accounted Christians And as for the patience of the poore sort it is for the most part vnperfect for the bitternes of want is so sharpe vnto them that they can hardly digest it without vomiting out the poyson of forcible outrage not waiting the good pleasure of God to be relieued who fed his people in the old world very miraculously But the experience which we haue by this hard time proueth little faith generally Where is our due consideration of this comfortable saying blessed is the man that considereth the poore and needy the Lord wil deliuer him in the due time of troble Is not here a sufficient promise to stirre vp al true christians to shew themselues in their likenesse and especiallye in the time of distresse to shew helpe to the poore And let vs duely consider that where a blessing is pronounced to such as extend mercy and compassion the best token and badge of a true christian the contrary must needes be cursed are such as consider not the poore needy the Lorde will leaue such in their distres in the day of visitation He that seeth his brother want hauing wherewith to relieue him and shutteth vp his compassion from him how can he say that he is a christian Nay how can he looke for any other rewarde but to expect such measure at the handes of God as he measured to his poore afflicted bretheren that is he shall want and not be relieued he shall call and not be heard hunger and thirst and shall not bee comforted Let vs haue therefore speciall regarde to this point of christianity namely that as we are all members of one body in Christ our heade so let vs hold togeather vnfainedly in one faith one truth one religion and constant profession therof and as the members of one bodye one to assist comfort relieue ayde succour and support another that we may shew hartely and not coldly zealously and not slackly truely and not deceitfully that we are the same in deede that we professe to be in shew For it will be no sufficient plee for vs to aunswere the declaration of our owne guilty consciences to say we haue professed the name of Christe we haue embraced his worde we haue disputed and reasoned of the scriptures we haue repayred vnto and beene desirous to heare sermons we haue acquainted our selues with and harbored the preachers ministers of the word of God nay it wil be no sufficient discharge for vs to say we haue prophesied in the name of God in his name cast out diuels What becommeth then of all our goodly shews of our external glory wherin we stand as marks for the worlde to gaze at for holines sake yet inwardly we are not as we seeme to be How many are there then deceiued that perswade them selues that euen the bare name of a protestant title of a christiā is sufficient to acquite vs in the last day Ananias Saphyra bare goodly leaues and glorious blossomes in the externall shew but for their harboring dissimulation and hipocrisie in their hearts they were rewarded with present death Dangerous are these present daies wherin we may see goodly greene leaues vpon most fig trees to make fayre showes a far off But when we approch neare them when we enter into consideration of their fruits we find them either rotten few or none how many be there that come to the church shewing outwardly great deuotiō they heare sermons they become partakers of the sacrament of Christs body and bloud they out wardly seeme to fauor the gospell but when we come neare them when they be tried with the touch it is seene that there resteth in many of thē a cloake of dangerous desire of enterteining the cloudy darknes of Romishe religion the vsurped authority therof contrary to the light of the truth Some will controll mee for entring into iudgement but would to God the experience of the cause coulde make me a liar But we doubt there are such weedes amongst the good corne there are such wolues in sheepes attire whose hipocrisie is dispensed with and they must needs accompt themselues Catholikes And the more cunningly they can cloake their dissembling desires their secret and hidden mischiefes so much is their profession the more commendable For it is the chiefest part of the lessō which these Romish tutors giue their pupils namely to make an outward shew of true obedience to her maiesty her most godly proceedings yet if oportunity might serue they are dispensed with to murther her Oh blouddy villains yet will be accōpted Catholikes How can this cunning cloaking two faces vnder one hood stande with the name of a good catholike or christian How can they that dissemble before men saye their heartes are to God It is no doubt the pollicie of the red Dragon and his adherents to flatter men in sinne to the end to draw them into eternall destruction For sayth Christe hee that denieth mee that is standeth not bold and constant to confesse him in that perfect and sincere religion which is with out gall or bitternes accompanied with no desire of murther or reuenge such a one will he denie before his father which is in heauen What profit then do these glorious falslye cannonized saints get for their dissembling obedience to her maiesty cloaked dutie and counterfeyt holines whereby they inwardly indeuor to commit such bluddy and Cainlyke actions against her maisty her countrye and quiet onelye to satisfie the bloud thirstye desire of vndoubted Antichriste whose religion were it of God woulde shew itselfe in charitie to all the world manifestly as the testimony and badge of their vnfeyned duety to Christe and not in desire of innocent bloud the knowne cognizance of cruelty the handmaiden of sathan Let vs not deceiue our selues for hee that is of Christ will suffer with Christ will loue Christ and christians but he that is of sathan will bring foorth the fruites of sinne And he that is neither hot nor cold a key cold professor a newter that is contented to run with euery religion and thinke well of euery profession he that is indifferent betweene light and darknes doth also plainly deny Christ. But if we will stand strongly in the faith of our maister vnto