Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	army_n	city_n	london_n	3,465	5	7.2357	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50026	Sionis reductio, & exultatio. Or, Sions return out of captivity with Sions reioycing for her return. A discourse, intended for the solemn festivity of the English nation, at Livorno in Italy, upon the happy news of King Charles the Second his return into England, which was there celebrated with munificent feasting, and magnificent shows, fire-works, and other signs of triumph, three days together, in the month of July anno Dom. 1660. Since occasionally preached in part, at St. Margarets in Westminster, the Sonday [sic] after the solemnization of the Kings birth-day, and entry into London; and now presented to publick view, as to correct the mis-apprehension, and mis-interpretation of some that were present; so to prevent the mis-information, and depravation of others that were absent. By Ro. le Grosse, cleric. An orthodox priest of the Church of England; and D. Oecumenical, then residing in Livorno, at his return from grand Cairo in Egypt.	Le Grosse, Robert.	1662 (1662)	Wing L961; ESTC R222044	50,728	74

as they could never be removed then did God come down to speak in the Scripture phrase to see the Babel of their Government and seeing they could not be stopped by men from doing whatsoever they imagined to do Gen. 11.6 God himself Gen. 11.6 to abate their pride and asswage their malice did over-turn the Model and overthrow the Fabrick of their intended Babel And as at the confusion of Babel God to relieve his Church and People under tyranny did divide Nimrod and his Complices and scatter them over the face of the earth by the confusion of their tongues and languages So here likewise God to redeem us his people out of the slavery and captivity we were in did divide the hearts and affections of our Nimrods and their Complices by distracting their consultations and confounding their devices For when every ones ambition did spurre him on to be the chiefest and to get the rains of Government into his own hands and to pull down that plat-form of Government which they had begun to build then did God destroy the Counsels of those Achitophels which were accounted as Oracles in those days 2 Sam. 16 23. 2 Sam. 16.23 and caused some of them though not to hang themselves as Achitophel did 2 Sam. 17.23 yet to be hang'd by others 2 Sam. 17.23 and scattered the others over the face of the earth Now this God did bring to pass by means unthought of by us and by such means as we did never dream of And whiles our captivity was thus in turning we were like the Jews in the return of their captivity For as they could do nothing of themselves but were helpless no more could we 2 Chron. 36.22 but were altogether hopeless no more stirred up the heart of Cyrus King of Persia which was the Procatarctical cause of their returning to make a Proclamation throughout his Kingdom for the Jews to return into their own Country 2 Chron. 36.22 So did God the same yesterday Heb. 13.8 to day and the same for ever Heb. 13.8 stirre up the spirit of our Cyrus King Charles the Second to send a Declaration of his good will and affection to all his people with a promise of an Act of Indemnity and Oblivion to all that would accept of it if he should return with honour and security into his Kingdoms And so by this means God the great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 moving the hearts of the people to accept of what the King had proposed an expedient which we did never dream would take effect and the effect ensuing which we did never dream would come to pass yea and do still dream that it should so come to pass for here we cannot but confess with the Jews in their return out of captivity and make use of the Prophets expression concerning their return out of captivity Psal 126.3 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we were like to men in a dream in the manner and mannaging of the great revolution and change of the times the All-wise and All-wonder-working God who is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the only turner of captivities and redeemet of Captives did over-turn the devices of our enemies who kept us Captives and by captivating them did turn away our captivity from us It is storied by Livie that great Historian among the Romans that when the Romans might have given a Law to the Graecians at Corinth Livie in Dec. in the solemn time of their Isthmian Games which were celebrated in Peloponesus every five years their General unexpectedly by an Herauld proclaimed freedom to all the Cities of Greece Which Proclamation at first did so amaze the Graecians that they did not believe it to be true But when it was proclaimed the second time the Graecians gave such a shout that the very Birds flying in the Ait were astonished therewith and fell dead to the ground To apply this story to our present purpose I cannot say I was in London when his Majesty sent and blessed be God for moving his Majesty so to send his gracious Letters from Breda bearing date the 14 th of April Anno Domini 1660. to the Houses of the Lords and Commons then assembled in Parliament with his Letters and Declarations to the then Lord General and Officers of the Army as also his Letters and Declaration to the Lord Mayor the Aldermen and Common Council of his native City of London for so his Majesty was graciously pleased to grace the City with that Title which then it did not deserve in that his gracious Letter so directed to them But being in Italy at my return from Grand Cairo in Egypt I heard how joyfully those gracious Letters and Declarations were generally received though by some they would not be believed But on the 8 th of May that happy day when the King was proclaimed by Heralds throughout the City such joy and rejoycing such feasting and drinking of Healths such Bonfires and fireworks such Musick and ringing of Bells such shouting and shooting such ovation and triumphant acclamations were made throughout the City then and the Country afterward that not only the Birds in the Air might be astonished but the Devils in Hell might be amazed to see contrary to their expectation such a sudden change and so strange an alteration And indeed a strange change it was and we cannot but cry out with St. Chrysostome Chrysost by way of admiration 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Verè stupendae vices A very stupendous change it was and to be much admired and wondred at Yea so strange a change it was that they who were the chief Instruments and Actors of it were the chiefest wonderers at it and were as it were in a dream that it should be so contrived carried on and so happily effected Abdolominus as Q. Curtius relates Q. Cu●…ius being constituted King of Sidonia by Alexander the Great when he was ●ent for from manuring and tilling the Earth to possess his Kingdom and to manage a Scepter instead of a Spade it was so strange and beyond his thoughts that he would not believe it Richardson in Annot And Isaacus Angelus if the story be true of him when he was upon the sudden advanced to the Empire though he was Inaugurated into the Throne and setled in the Chair of State he could not believe that he was Emperour Whence it is observed by wise men that it is ever a sign of a strange event when men at the sight of ought though they be awake yet they think they are in a dream And truly this was our case in this condition were we at the return of our Captivity For if we might credit either Persons or Letters which came from London give me leave to speak as being in Italy which both did write and speak of the wonderful change and turn of our Captivity whiles it was in the returning we cannot but say again as we have already with the Jews in their Convertendo