Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	heart_n	life_n	lord_n	5,097	5	3.6074	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07877	Londons mourning garment, or funerall teares worne and shed for the death of her wealthy cittizens, and other her inhabitants. To which is added, a zealous and feruent prayer, with a true relation how many haue dyed of all diseases, in euery particuler parish within London, the liberties, and out parishes neere adioyning from the 14 of Iuly 1603. to the 17 of Nouember. following.	Muggins, William.	1603 (1603)	STC 18248; ESTC S121897	14,902	33

food If honest labour could this griefe withstood We would haue reckoned day and night as one To worke for meate rather then make such mone O you of LONDON now heare LONDON speake Especially you Magistrates of might And wealthy Citizens whose store is great I gently wooe you to haue good fore-sight And cast your eyes vpon the needy wight Though feare of sicknesse driue you hence as men Yet leaue your purse and feeling heart with them Remember all your riches are but lent Though in this world you beare such power and sway Remember too how soone your yeares are spent Remember eke your bodies are but clay Remember death that rangeth at this day Remember when poore Lazers woes did end The full fed glutton to hell did discend Remember rulers of each publycke charge The seuerall branches of your priuate oath Remember them that vse a conscience large And on themselues the needyes stocke bestow'th He robbes his God and his poore neighbours both He that graunts blessings to the poore that lends Giues treble cursings to those it miss-spends Remember likewise God hath plac't you heere To be as nursing fathers to the poore Let then your kindnes now to them appeare Giue much and be no niggards of your store G●d in his wisedome gaue it you therefore Put foorth your tallents and gaine ten for fiue so shall you in the heauenly Cittie thriue One other boone doth mournefull LONDON craue Of you on whom her weale and woes depende When in the senate house with counsell graue You sit debating causes how to end Make some decree poore working trades to mend At least set downe some order for their good That each man may with labour earne his foode Restraine the number of deuouring drones That sucks the hunny from the laboring bees Catching by peece-meale in their bribes and lones Mens whole estates which are of poore degrees And brings them quickly on their naked knees Fower groates a month for twenty shillings lent Ys like windes tempest till the house be rent The number numb●rlesse of houses vaine Which beere and ale forsooth make shewe to sell Vnder which couller doth such vyces rayne My cheeke doth glowe my toongue refraines to tell Offending God and pleasing Sathan well Like wicked SODOME doth my Subburbs lye A mighty blemish to faire LONDONS eye Reforme these things you heads of LONDON Citie Punnish lewd vice let vertue spring and grow Then Gods iust wrath now hot will turne to pittie And for his children you againe doe know Your former health on you he will bestow The Plague and Pestilence wherewith he visites still To end or send are in his holy will You see the runner in his race is tript Well when he went dead ere his iourneyes done You see how soddaine beauties blase is nipt Which sought all meanes deaths danger for to shunne You heare what successe followe them that runne Most true report doth tell vs where and how The Countreys plauge exceedes the Citties now Sith then it resteth in Gods mighty power Who when he please can bid his Angell stay Or if he will destroy you in an hower A thousand yeares being with him as one day Why should you not to him for mercy pray Desiring pardon with a contryte heart And from your former wickednes depart Yf this you will incontinently doe The Lorde in pittie will his iudgments cease And many blessings will he powre on you Health and long life Honour happie peace Your Foes shal quaile your friendes shall still increase Your VViues shall flourish like a fruitfull Vine Your Children prosper and your griefes decline● Your Termes shall holde your men of Worth shall stay Your Marchants trafficke and great riches gaine Your Trades-mens sorrows shall bee done away True loyall seruants shall with them remaine Your Artisants shall neuer more complaine Their honest labour so shall thriue and speede That they shall giue to others that haue neede And I that long haue beene a loathed Dame shall frolicke then with myrth and inward glee Renowned Lady now must be my name O famous LONDON who is like to thee Thy God is serude by men of each degree Thy Churches filde thy Preachers burne with zeale Thy glory shines O blessed Common-weale My crowned CESAR and his Peerlesse Queene Comes now tryumphing with their princely sonne Deck●t with rich robes the like was neuer seene Nor neuer none more welcome to LONDON Me thinkes I see the people how they runne To get them roome this happy sight to see That this may come say all Amen with mee FINIS A godly and zealous Prayer vnto God for the surceasing of his irefull Plague and grieuous Pestilence O LORD God Almightie the Father of mercies and God of all consolation we miserable distressed creatures wounded with th● multitude of our grieuous sins repayre vnto thee the Phisition of our soules for Balme to cure our Sores O Lord we acknowledge and confesse our owne vnworthinesse great is thy goodnesse towards vs and great is our ingratitude towardes thee Thou hast opened the Windowes of Heauen and powred out thy blessings vpon vs as out of a store-house or treasurie thou hast giuen vs of the fatte of the earth and fed vs with the dewe of heauen peace and plentie haue beene our portion and inheritance these many yeeres the sword hath not deuoured vs hunger and famine haue not come neere vs the knowledge of thy word hath florished amongst vs And whereas other Nations sit in darkenesse and grope at Noone day being ouerwhelmed with the fogges mystes of error and supersticion wee still inioy the fruition of thy glorious Gospell and the sunne of righteousnes still shineth cleerely in our climate whose sweete influence might hau● caused vs had we not bene barren trees to haue brought foorth much fruite But alas in vaine hath the doctrine of thy sonne Christ Iesus dropped as the deaw in vaine haue the sweet distilling showres of thy mercies beene powred out vpon this Land For we haue not yet brought forth the first fruites of the spirit we haue had the first and the latter raine but we bring foorth the fruit of righteousnes neither first nor last our Wine is bitter as the Wine of Sodom and our grapes as the grapes of Gomorrah wee are become as the seede of the wicked corrupt children disobedient seruantes a rebellious people now that we are rich and are waxen fat we spurne with the h●ele like the vnruly Heifar we are sicke of long prosperity haue surfeited of peace and plentie fulnes of bread hath caused vs to ●●n against thre we haue wearied thee with our iniquities they are too sore and heauy a burthen for vs to beare Therfore is thy visitation come amongst vs thine hand i● sore against vs therefore hast th●u armed thy selfe with displeasure like a man of warre thou hast prepared thy instruments of wrath thou hast whet thy sword thou hast bent thy bow thou hast put thine hand