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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	army_n	battle_n	begin_v	1,293	5	5.6070	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91542	Peace and plenty comming unto us, if we be willing to entertain them and will bid them welcome: manifested in some observations upon the motion lately made by certain persons sitting usually at Salters-Hall in Bread-street London, and there imployed about raising of new regiments of horse and foot: viz. that all well-affected families and persons would forbear one meal in a week, and give the value thereof, for, and toward the raising and maintaining of the said regiments. Written by one, who hath heard and seen somewhat said and done, for and against the same motion, and desireth that it may be more fully understood and furthered, tending (as he conceiveth) so much unto the publique good.	One who hath heard and seen somewhat said and done for and against the same motion.	1643 (1643)	Wing P918; Thomason E102_12; ESTC R1973	5,370	8

PEACE and PLENTY comming unto us If we be willing to entertain them and will bid them welcome Manifested in some Observations upon the Motion lately made by certain persons sitting usually at Salters-H●ll in Bread-street London and there imployed about raising of new Regiments of HORSE and FOOT Viz. That all well-affected Families and Persons would forbear one Meal in a Week and give the value thereof for and toward the Raising and Maintaining of the said Regiments Written by one who hath heard and seen somewhat said and done for and against the same Motion And desireth that it may be more fully understood and furthered tending as he conceiveth so much unto the Publique good LONDON Printed for John Rothw●ll and are to be sold at his Shop at the signe of the Sun in Pauls Church yard May 19. MDCXLIII Peace and Plenty coming unto us if we be willing to entertain them and will bid them welcome 1. NOw Ireland from whence we formerly received much food is so wasted that it must be supplyed from England or else be pined and now so many parts of England are also already and the rest very likely without Gods great mercy before it belong to be in no better condition this Motion like the I epers news 2 King 7. bringeth the glad ti●ings of peace and plenty If we as the unbeleeving Lord th●re will not reject it as impossible but as the Samaritans there make triall of it Of peace for as the Syrians there fled at the noyse of Chariots and Horses so happily may our enemies shortly hearing of these forces added unto the former sent out against them or else by the righteous judgement of God fall in battle before them Of plenty For if London begin and England except where the enemies Armies hinder follow her example and abstain thus betime as we may hope England for so great a good will easily b● perswaded to so small a thing then will plenty also follow if the Lord please 2. If this Motion in this particular designe succeed well it may perhaps shew this to be the best way to furnish all the necessities of the State and move the Parliament allowing only a part of the Monies raised hereby unto these new Regiments who may levy the same in and within miles of London to extend this way of raising money and the Kingdom over and if they finde it to yeeld a sufficient supply ease themselves and the people thereby of and from all other payments And this unto some that have seriously considered thereof seemeth not improbable For if but the willing party would say unto the Parliament We will cheerfully abstain from one meal in a week and give you the value thereof yea from two if there be cause so by an ordinance you will compell the Malignants to do the like who can doubt but that the Parliament would readily answer We will give power if the Malignants refuse to pay their part to distrain them for three times as much as they shall be assessed at and also free you from all other payments if we finde these to be sufficient as in truth they will readily appear to be if what one meals meat in all England cometh unto be but reckoned and cast up at a very easie and under rate 3 By this a●stinence the rich men once in a week may have the poor mans pleasant appetite which alas they lose or lessen by their continuall plenteous feeding as Salomon sheweth prove 27. 7. The full soul loath them honey-comb but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is ●weet The rich what sauces are they sain to sharpen their app●tites with when by this a●stinence they may finde a delightfull taste of every dish yea and withall have the favour of God and the love of their Countries The poor the poorer they are even down to the Almesman in some respects have more reason to abstain and cast in their mites for poor souls they are not able many other wayes as the rich are to expresse their love unto their Countrie but this way they may yea and highly please God thereby as the widow of Zarephath did by making Elijah a little cake first of that handfull of meal which was all that she had left 1. Kings 17. and withall either provoke the rich to follow their examples or shame them before God and men if they will not Again famine first ●illeth the poor and the poorest first of all and according to the degree of their poverty is plenty the greatest blessing unto them therefore they have most reason to strive most to avoid famine and to procure plenty wherefore let them for example sake give even the fou●teenth farthing given to buy them food if for the present they can give it and live therein shall they do wisely for themselves for none of those that are more able seeing them that are so poor to do this will be so sh●melesse to refuse to do their parts to avoid famine and to procure plenty Yea God will move others to enlarge themselves in relieving su●h poor as they see even of their nothing yet to give something to support the Comman-wealth 4 If this be done universally victuall must needs be the fourteenth pen●ie cheaper and thereby one penn ewill be gained in every fourteen laid out for victuall so that what one of Jacobs sons said Gen. 42. 28. My money to restored and so it us even in my sack every one may as truly affirm of what he thus spareth and giveth that it is restored for he shall pay so much the lesse for another weeks provision and the longer he giveth it still so much the lesse for it will be so much the more plentifull and by consequence the cheaper which may move the covetous to contribute it because it will be gainfull unto him and much more if it shall as if it be observed generally it will exempt him also from all other impositions The money thus raised is better unto England then if Holland or any forraign State gave it for it is not onely gained but bringeth as as it were in all the victuall which we save thereby 5 If two men in every Parish went with two Books the one vvith a vvhite book and the other vvith a black book and recorded in the vvhite book the names of all that by this beneficence became bene factors unto their Countrey and in the black book theirs that refused to the perpetuall honour of the one and infamy of the other and their posterities as a wittie Florentine in time of famine adviseth to do surely very few would be set down in the black book for the greatest Malignants beside the avoiding of such shame would also fear left the Parliament might impose more upon them if they refused this and thereby shewed the height of their malignancy which moved them even vvith their own damage to endeavour the undoing of the Common-wealth and that all their neighbors would ready to leavie