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	true_a	worship_n	4,989	5	8.3710	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97064	To the faithfull and true-hearted covenanters, vvhich are the noble Philadelphians. A diurnall, of the desires and indeavours of one that earnestly desires the advancement of the cause of Christ. B.W. of Darbie. Reade all or none.	B. W.	1644 (1644)	Wing W6; Thomason E257_6; ESTC R210039	16,433	16

Proclamation set forth by the King But when open warr is proclaimed against an Honourable Parliament and proclamations issued forth for taking of honest mens goods that the Kings best subjects cannot have free traffique one with another these things cannot but procure a judgement but woe be to the authors they say plaine dealing is the best then I will tell you that there is more Noble and Gentile Theves made in England the last yeere and this then ever there were before but who made them be angry with me if I do not tell you But there is some hopes that that may be made good which is spoken in a passage by Mr. Burton that God will make King Charles a chiefe instrument to give the Pope a deadly blow you know there hath many a petition been put up to his Majestie and I am sure there hath been many a faithfull praier put up to the Lord of Hostes for him If he forsake the Papists and returne to his great Counsell and all those that professe themselves to stand for the protestant Religion would joyne themselves in sincerity and truth of heart with our loving brethren of Scotland according to their loving invitation in their last Remonstrance Do not doubt of it but the Pope will have such a blowe as he dare never looke up again in England now what do you thinke is worthy to be done to all those that will not helpe forward so good a worke as Newters and the Prelaticall faction and those Muck-wormes that thinke to get all by following their callings in these distracted times and cannot be content but they must be pratling against the faithfull Citizens and honest men in the Countrey that are willing to spare neither time nor paines nor lives nor estates but to lay downe all for this Cause that will be saying its fitter for them to be following of their Callings at home and looke to thier wives and Children but they would be taught what Christ saith That he that loves father or mother or Wife or children or lands or livings or life it self better then him is not worthy of him and what David said when he was going to fiht and his brethren said as these men do that it was fitter for him to follow his calling in tending of his fathers sheepe he answered and said unto them is there not a cause Doth not now lives and liberties and all that true Christians have lie at the stake And is there not a cause So the true calling of a Christian is to vindicate this Cause to the utmost of his power and ability Christ saith that he that is not with him is aginst him and truely if Ordinances of Parliament had been better executed in setthing forward of the Covenant and some other things we might more cleerely have seen by this time who had been for Christ and who against him It hath been a trouble unto me in some places where I have been and a Committee of Parliament there present and yet these things neglected the life of the Lawes and ordinances lies in the Execution of them I would I could see the neglecters punished that do not execute the Parliaments commands according to the utmost of their power in many places where I have been I have heard some to desire peace almost on any tearmes some againe have desired peace with holinesse or no peace for the first if the Parliament would have had peace with Monopolizers Papists the Prelaticall Faction and the great Incendiaries of the Kingdome the first had had their desire but it is the second that must have their desire for let them not doubt but God will make this Parliament chief instruments that they may injoy Christ in the puritie of his Ordinances and then they will have a tenfold requitall for all their faithfull endeavours for whom God gives Christ unto with him he gives them all things for Christ is all things to all them than truely do injoy him And you Noble Faithfull and true hearted Citizens that have been willing to purchase the truth at any rate chere up your spirits for sure your rejoycing draweth neere I have heard many accusing the King for having the papists in his Army and I thinke not without cause and also the Parliament for having the Separates in their Army For the Papists I hope it will not be long before an order be taken with them and if there be any that will deny the Church of England to be a true Church as it stands joyned to the Church of Scotland in worship and discipline it being judged to be the best reformed Church in the World I hope the Parliament wil take an Order with them but give me leave to speak one word for those that have been called Separates under the Prelaticall governement you know there was so much rubbish brought into the church that tender Consciences could hardly get into it but blessed be God this Parliament having made an Ordinance for the taking of all things out of the Church that are offensiue and wee being joyned to the Church of Scotland in Discipline Worship and Government I cannot see that any can lawfully absent themselves from that assemblie where this is performed but I will tell you what I could desire and it may please God that some good effect may be produced by it It is that every faithfull Minister would refuse that call which he had by the Bishops and be willing to be called by the faithfull congregation or a selected company chosen for that purpose I could also desire that where the Minister is called a day of humiliation may be set apart That God would be pleased to inable him with guilts for the faithfull discharge of his place And whereas it is said that Churches were builded by Papists and God is said to curse the stones and timber of the house where Idolatry hath been committed that God would be pleased to sanctifie that place for his own worship for it is said That all things are sanctified by the Word and Prayer So that where these things are performed what is worthy to be done to them that will absent themselves from that Assembly Surely it will not be ill taken to desire that a speciall care may be taken for the setling of a faithfull Ministry and that rather a place may stand void then be imployed by an insufficient Minister Land had better be untild then to be plowed and then sown with that which is naught And that care may be taken for the maintainance of the Ministery that he that hath the least may have sufficient That in every particular County those which are called Church-livings as Prebendaries Parsonages Vicarages Tithes Impropriations and all of that nature faithfull men may be chosen to collect into one and out of that the Ministery to have sufficient maintainance established and the rest to be imployed for good and profitable uses As the maintaining a Navie on the Sea or the bringing up or