Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	church_n	king_n	religion_n	6,583	5	5.6955	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87908	Treason arraigned, in answer to Plain English; being a trayterous, and phanatique pamphlet, which was condemned by the Counsel of State, suppressed by authority; and the printer declared against by proclamation. It is directed to the Lord General Monck, and the officers of his army, &c.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1660 (1660)	Wing L1318A; Thomason E1019_14; ESTC R203945	22,391	35

good 'T is true there were some Liberties allowed upon the Sabbath which being mis-employed were countermanded How does this scandal both of Providence and Society scape Thunder or a Dagger We shall now have the story of our King and Saint he saies and to usher in the re-erection of his Statue his Picture first drawn by the PARLIAMENT in 1647. as our libello●s Pamphleter would perswade us● when the Vote passed both by Lords and Commons concerning Non-Addresses I should be tedious to reply upon every particular in the Declaration he makes use of But as to what concerns the needfull and the proper Vindication of his Majesty together with those worthy Members whom this seditious Rump-whelp labours to involve in the same desperat and exorbitant Proceedings with his ungracious Masters In what concerns I say their Vindication I shall be clear and punctual leaving the Judgement of the Controversie to the impartial Reader WE revive this the rather says he because the memory of men being frail cannot retain all particulars which is the reason we fear why so many formerly engaged against him as high as any upon consc●entious accompts both Religious and Civil are staggering and backsliding and have need of some quick and faithful Monitor to minde them of things past and make them beware of the present lest they return with the Rout and cry Let us make our selves a King again of that Family that Family which so cruelly persecuted us and our Brethren and which still remains engaged by reason of State and ancient Principles of Enmity and Interest to plow up the old Furrows upon our backs and re-deliver our persons and consciences into the hands of our old Tormenters and our men of might and our Counsellours to become sacrifices to the revenge of an implacable party March on then my Lord and Gentlemen for believe it there is in point of Safety no possiblity of retreat and much less in point of Conscience or Honor For if you respect Conscience as we hope you do lay your hands upon your hearts and tell us what hope you or we can have that the reformed Religion and Cause will be protected and maintained by the Son which was so irreligiously betrayed both at home and abroad by the Father It may be you do not readily remember these things nor how much blood was spilt by royal treachery nor the manifold usurpations and designs by him projected and acted upon our Liberty the like never done by any Prince before and for Blood the Scotish Ministers employed hither Anno 1644. proclaimed and published in Print That the Late King had spilt more blood than was shed in the ten Heathen Persecutions of the Christians and the Ministers of London as we can shew you by several Prints of theirs declared That satisfaction ought to be had for blood that he was a man of blood and not capable of accommodation with the Parliament We mention not this to upbraid them for we reverence their antient Zeal in this particular and humbly intreat them as well as your Excellency and the Officers and all the good people of these Nations to observe the forementioned Resolves of the Lords and Commons which were introductory to that most noble Act of Justice afterwards executed upon the King And that it may appear to be such in despite of Ignorance and Envy we have been bold here to present you in Print that most remarkable Declaration of the Commons assembled in Parliament in pursuance of the said Resolve of both Houses wherein they declare the Grounds and Reasons why they passed the Resolves of no further Address and therein you will see also how well he deserved to lose his head and his Family the Kingdom whose corrupt and irreconcilable interest had been the head and fountain of those Rivers of blood and misery which had flowed so many years about these Nations TO help the memories of some that may very well forget the things they never thought of to reproach to others their inconstancy who out of good intent at first engaged and after That convinced of their Original mistake upon a better Light relinquished there needs no better Monitor than such a Person whose Guilt and Desperation transport him beyond all hopes of mercy This man sollicites for his Head when under the pretext of Conscience he labours for a Party and yet methinks he should not need Alas hee 's but the Rump's Sollicitor he pleads their Cause takes their Fee and vanishes Impudent Creature to presume to be afraid as if a Hangman would disgrace himself to meddle with him O'h that Family That Family puzzles our men of Might or as the Droll words it our Counsellors wonderfully Now do I pha●sy the Fellow this Bout extremely To see the Little Agitatour fall upon his P●litiques betwixt flattery and sawcyn●ss● Half-Tutor and Half-Parasite with one eye up and t'other down accost the General My Lord and Gentlemen march on the word of Command a Noble Rogue for believe it c. there 's no retreat he tells them either in point of safety conscience or honour and then the Whelp takes another snap at the King as shamelesly as senselesly affirming that the Reformed Religion that is as I suppose he means the Protestant and Cause that is the Peoples Laws and Liberties was irreligiously betrayed by our late Soveraign who lost his Head in defence of one and th' other the Caution he puts in against the Son is of the same alloy a Person so indulgent to his people that out of his partic●lar Necessities he yet relieved the English prisoners that were taken in Flanders although his Enemies and in point of Conscience further so Tender that he preserves the Church of England in the Dominions of the King of Spain and still his Honour with his Religion But let us a little examine his Instances for he pretends now to proceed to proofs The Scotish Ministers as he tells us proclaimed and published in 1644. That the late King had spilt more blood than was shed in the Ten Persecutions of the Christians and the Ministers of London declared him a man of Blood c. That is the High Priests and Officers cryed out saying Crucifie him crucifie him That 's the Original But to come closer to the Businesse the Scotish and the Scotch Ministers are a clear different thing Scotish denotes the Antient Faction of the Nation No Favourers of Kings and Scotch relates to their Nativity alone abstracted from the Party First They were Argyle's Creatures s●l●cted to promote Argyle's designs So not the Ministry of Scotland but a Pack of Scotish Ministers Next of no more Authority to the Rump against the King than to the Nation against the Rump in whom they are as much unsatisfied The Ministers of London did as much he sayes That 's something truly till we consider what those Ministers were and by whom placed and moulded for that purpose Marshall was the prime p●rson in the Agency betwixt