Lords

“ has banish'd me his bed already, His love too long ago! I am old, my lords, And all the fellowship I hold now with him Is only my obedience. What can happen To me above this wretchedness? ”

“ MY LORD,—With as much confidence as mine own honest and faithful devotion unto your service and your honourable correspondence unto me and my poor estate can breed in a man, do I commend myself unto your Lordship. I wax now somewhat ancient: one and thirty years is a great deal of sand in the hour glass. ”

“ LOR. My lord, be not dismaid for what is past; You know that women oft are humerous: These clouds will ouerblow with little winde; Let me alone, Ill scatter them my-selfe. Meane-while let vs deuise to spend the time In some delightfull sports and reuelling. HOR. The king, my lords, is comming hither straight To feast the Portingall embassadour; Things were in readiness before I came. BAL. Then heere it fits vs to attend the king, To welcome hither our embassadour, And learne my father and my countries health. ”

“ In natural or religious lordship he finds the grand peculiarity that the lord paramount is the only absolute lord, of whom each individual holds directly, and to whom alone every individual owes his service. ”

“ Go on, my lord, go on happily, to love religion, to exemplify it. May your lordship long continue an instrument of use, a pattern of virtue, and a precedent of glory’ (Godwin, Hist. of the Commonwealth, iv. 530) . ”

“ That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests and Deacons, with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy word, and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly,
We beseech thee to hear vs good Lord.
That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Council, and all the Nobility with grace, wisedom, and vnderstanding,
We beseech thee to hear vs good Lord. ”

“ In the meantime my humble request is, that your lordship, who have been so often seen to be pitiful towards any in distress, and a potent helper to those who were oppressed (a special ornament in so eminent a person, and much commended and rewarded by God Himself) , will show your accustomed commiseration in my case, and afford me therein such audience as may be sufficient to make trial of my innocency. Wherein your lordship shall imitate the just proceeding of the highest Lord, from Whom both yourself, and all that govern, have all your power. ”

“ My Lords, since I had last the honor of standing in this place before your Lordships, an event has happened upon which it is difficult to speak and impossible to be silent. ”

“ THOUGH there be little reason to expect your lordship should interpose in favour of the dissenters, who have been so shamefully abandoned, sold, and sacrificed by their professed friends; the attempt is however so glorious, in all its views, tendencies, and prospects, that, if it be not too late, I would most humbly beg your lordship not to be immoveable as to that matter. ”

“ Now your lordship is to understand, that this proceeding was not of my own invention; for I have somewhere heard, it is a maxim, that those, to whom every body allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
This infallibly convinced me, that your lordship was the person intended by the author. But, being [1] very unacquainted in the style and form of dedications, I employed those wits aforesaid, to furnish me with hints and materials, towards a panegyric upon your lordship's virtues. ”

“ For a good lord ceaseth war, battle, and fighting; and accordeth them that be in strife. And so under a good, a strong, and a peaceable lord, men of the country be secure and safe. For there dare no man assail his lordship, ne in no manner break his peace.
Meat and drink be ordained and convenient to dinners and to feasts, for at feasts first meat is prepared and arrayed, guests be called together, forms and stools be set in the hall, and tables, cloths, and towels be ordained, disposed, and made ready. ”

“ Here his lordship indulged himself in a very long yawn.
“With a library of more than forty thousand volumes.”
“Is that all?”
“Why, my lord, this is a young country; and, considering all circumstances, I think we [Pg 59] have done better than perhaps any other nation would have done in our place.”
“No doubt of it,” replied his lordship. ”

“ IN a summons so large, which all clergy contains,
I must turn Dismal's [1] convert, or part with my brains,
Should I scruple to quit the back stairs for your blind ones,
Or refuse your true juncto [2] for one of ——
The following is their answer to his lordship, chiefly written by the dean. ”

“ Beautiful kings who did JAH's accord shall be irie there. Their honor and place are known in the Kingdom of Heaven that lives firm forever, where welfare is found.
12. He showed that their lordship on Earth was famed and honored, and that their lordship in Heaven was famed and honored. They shall be honored and lofty in Heaven, like those who honor them and bow to them in this world. If they work goodly work in this world, they shall be irie. ”

“ his lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants’ hall. ”

“ Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, hath yet some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time; ”

“ The paths wherein the shepherds walked, that led
To Christ, and peace, and God's good will to men.
I may not hear the Herald Angel's song
Peal through the Oriental skies, nor see
The wonder of that Heavenly company
Announce the King the world had waited long.
The manger throne I may not kneel before,
Or see how man to God is reconciled,
Through pure St. Mary's purer, holier child;
The human Christ these eyes may not adore. ”

“ The loyal colored people will remember your Excellency at the throne of Divine Grace. May the King Eternal, an all-wise Providence, protect and keep you, and when you pass from this world, may you be borne to the bosom of your Saviour and God. ”

“ And now the King having been thus anointed and crowned, and having received all the ensigns of royalty, the archbishop solemnly blessed him, and all the bishops standing about him, with the rest of the peers, with a loud and hearty Amen.
The Lord bless and keep you: the Lord make the light of his countenance to shine for ever upon you, and be gracious unto you: the Lord protect you in all your ways, preserve you from every evil thing, and prosper you in every thing good. ”

“ Chapter LXI.—Prayer Continued—For Rulers and Governors. Conclusion.
To our rulers and governors on the earth—to them Thou, Lord, gavest the power of the kingdom by Thy glorious and ineffable might, to the end that we may know the glory and honour given to them by Thee and be subject to them, in nought resisting Thy will; to them, Lord, give health, peace, concord, stability, that they may exercise the authority given to them without offence. For Thou, O heavenly Lord and King eternal, givest to the sons of men glory and honour and power over the things that are on the earth ”

“ Let, then, thy Kingdom come to us, to make us co-heirs of which thou enteredst the Virgin’s womb, and emptiedst thyself, taking the form of a servant; in which it was thy Will to suffer insults, injuries, scourging, and finally the death of the Cross, and so to enter into thy glory. Destroy, O King of glory! the kingdom of sin and Satan, and reign in us now by grace, that at length we may reign with thee in glory. ”

“ Almighty and everlasting God, we are taught by thy holy Word, that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance, and that thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisdom: We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of GEORGE thy servant, our King and Governor, that in all his thoughts, words, and works, he may ever seek thy honour and glory, and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge, in wealth, peace and godliness: Grant this, O merciful Father, for thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. ”

“ And if they take any man in battle they send him to their king, which is a great lord, and devout in his faith: for he hath about his neck, on a chain, three hundred great pearls, and as the papists say their Pater Noster, and other prayers, so their king saith every day three hundred prayers to his God, before he either eat or drink; and he beareth also about his neck a ruby orient, fine, and good, that is near a foot and five fingers long. ”

“ For the coming of the kingdom draweth near.
3 With the coming of the kingdom we shall see our blessed Lord,
For the King ere the kingdom must appear;
Hallelujah to his name, who redeemed us by his blood!
Oh, the coming of the kingdom draweth near.
4 Oh, the world is growing weary, it has waited now so long,
And the hearts of men are failing them for fear;
Let us tell them of the kingdom, let us cheer them with the song,
That the coming of the kingdom draweth near. ”

“ It is he, and he only, who shares the throne of Deity. [149] He who tabernacled on earth, "a man of sorrows and acquainted with griefs," is now seated "on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but in that which is to come." "To which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" "But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness, is the sceptre of thy kingdom." ”

“ T' attend the whisperings of thy grace,
And hear thee only speak.
Charles Wesley, 1740.
394 Aletta. 7s. (804) At the Throne.
Come, my soul! thy suit prepare;
Jesus loves to answer prayer;
He himself has bid thee pray,
Therefore will not say thee nay.
2 Thou art coming to a King,
Large petitions with thee bring;
For his grace and power are such,
None can ever ask too much. ”

“ The bells, verily, peal out My Name, and lament over Me, but My spirit rejoiceth with evident gladness. The body of the Loved One yearneth for the cross, and His head is eager for the spear, in the path of the All-Merciful. The ascendancy of the oppressor can in no wise deter Him from His purpose. We have summoned all created things to attain the presence of thy Lord, the King of all names. Blessed is the man that hath set his face towards God, the Lord of the Day of Reckoning.
O concourse of monks! If ye choose to follow Me, I will make you heirs of My Kingdom ”

“ I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant. 16For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. 17Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for my comfort; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad ”

“ Great God! incomprehensible, unknown
By sense, we bow at thine exalted throne.
Oh, while we beg thine excellence to feel,
Thy sacred Spirit to our hearts reveal,
And give us of that mercy to partake,
Which thou hast promised for the Saviour's sake! ”

“ And having beheld Him giving His life as the divine sacrifice, and rising in triumph over death to be our great High Priest in the heavenly temple, as we read these Sacred Scriptures yet again, in every book, from Genesis to Revelation, we see Him as the coming King of kings, coming to take His children to the eternal home of the saved. The whole book is a bright window through which we gaze on coming glory. ”

“ Why did a great lord find me out,
⁠And praise my flaxen hair?
Why did a great lord find me out
⁠To fill my heart with care?
He lured me to his palace home—
⁠Woe's me for joy thereof—
To lead a shameless shameful life,
⁠His plaything and his love. ”

“ Prostrate in spirit before that throne of glory where the cherubim and seraphim, with all the heavenly host, adore thy awful Majesty, I conjure thee to receive my homage in union with the transports of admiration and love with which they incessantly proclaim that thou art holy, holy, holy, and that the Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and benediction, for ever and ever. ”

“ Understanding now, the precise meaning of the term "kingdom," we may perceive what is the proper object of our petition, when we utter the words "Thy kingdom come." We are to pray, that truth, Divine truth, may come to the world and to the minds of men; that it may be spread abroad more widely; that it may be seen and understood more clearly and more fully. And who that has any love for his fellow-men, any desire for the welfare and happiness of mankind, but will utter with fervor this prayer! ”

“ All our crowns must be cast at the feet of him that sits upon the throne, for that is the proper place for them. 2. Are we in pursuit of any mercy and wrestling with God for it? We must take our encouragement, in prayer, from God only, and have an eye to his glory more than to our own benefit in it. "Lord, do so and so for us, not that we may have the credit and comfort of it, but that thy mercy and truth may have the glory of it." ”

“ As Thou, most beloved Saviour, didst so gloriously deliver us from the kingdom of darkness and mercifully received us into the kingdom of grace—into Thy Christian church, grant us also to be blessed saints of heaven, and heirs of Thine eternal glory, for the sake and honor of Thy great name. ”

“ The heathen, their kings, and their warriors, listened to the preachers, abandoned their erroneous beliefs and forsook their priests and their idols, to celebrate the praises of the most wise Creator of the Universe, the King of Kings, whose heart is filled with infinite mercy. ”