Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	house_n	kingdom_n	parliament_n	6,388	5	6.7845	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88519	Look about you: a discourse directed to the Lords of the upper house of Parliament in the first place, to the honourable the House of Commons, to the Right Honorable Lord Mayor of the Citie of London, the aldermen his brethren, and to the commons of the said citie. And lastly, to the whole body of the Kingdome of England, who ought to put this counsell in practice, for the preservation of their lives and liberties: namely, look about you. / Written by a Lover of his Countrey, and a faithfull servant to the high Court of Parliament.		1643 (1643)	Wing L3005; Thomason E85_35; ESTC R13026	3,883	8

Look about you A DISCOVRSE DIRECTED To the Lords of the Vpper House of Parliament in the first place to the Honourable the House of Commons to the Right Honorable Lord Mayor of the Citie of London the Aldermen his brethren and to the Commons of the said Citie And lastly to the whole body of the Kingdome of England who ought to put this counsell in practice for the preservation of their lives and liberties Namely Look about you Written by a Lover of his Countrey and a faithfull Servant to the high Court of Parliament London printed for Tho. Wilkinson Ian. 21. 1643. Look about you TO the Noble and prime Champions of this Kingdomes Laws and liberties the right Honourable the Lords of the upper House of Parliament is this my Discourse directed Looke about you To you I say in the first place you being highest in preheminence doe I shape my counsell nor will you I hope despise it For out of the mouthes of Babes and Sucklings hath God ordained strength to still the Enemy and Avenger Looke about you a short it is but a most patheticall axiome for if you right Honourable who are the pillars which support the reeling State of the Kingdome should not with a provident foresight survey the events which threaten the peace and safety of the people they were likely to meet a sudden desolation and ruine For your Honours wisdome must needs perceive with what violent acrimonie and unjust proceedings the Malignants about his Majesty aime at the ruines of your lives fortunes and honourable families how they arme themselves friends and followers for your subversion and utter extinguishment they would not leave you a light in this our Israel nor suffer you to have any portion in the inheritance of your fore-fathers but sacrifice your lives and estates to that Idoll of their owne setting up namely their owne pride and naughtinesse of heart going about like roring Lyons seeking whom they may devour It is time therefore for your Honours to looke about you It is perspicuous to every well-affected and judicious eye that your Honours have omitted no one point of discretion which might tend to the advancement of the Common-wealth to reclaime his Majestie from his perverse and malignant Councellors and to reunite him to the body of his Kingdome now assembled in this honorable prudent Parliament but since not only your Councels are despised and unhearkened to but also forces perpetually raised at home machinations abroad attempted to bring in forraigne forces to transport armes and ammunition into this Realme for the subduing your Honours and overthrowing that which you are in part instrusted withall the liberty of the Subject when no indevour for peace will succeed but the noyse of warre must still thunder through this Kingdome rapines plunderings and murthers being daily committed upon the persons and estates of the Subjects Surely it is then no ill advice to looke about you God in his great mercy hath furnished your Lordships with understanding hearts and valiant hands for the defence of your selves and the people now committed as it were to your charge you are the Worthies the chosen men of might to fight the battells of the Lord and he bids you looke about you And now to you the Husbands of the Common-wealth the honourable the Knights and Burgesses assembled and elected by the peoples suffrage for the security of their liberties I may without offence say looke about you you have beheld how divers of your most worthy and honourable members against the ancient constitutions and priviledges of Parliament have beene called into question and by force and violence demanded in your House where you sit to negotiate and treat about the welfare of the Republi●● your wisdomes doe daily perceive what slight value ●●s Majesty being misled by the pernicious counsells of his Cavaliers sets upon you and your proceedings Your are sensible how much the poore distressed Subject suffers labouring even to death under the pressure and weight of the malignants oppressions and devastations there are rumours of wars how true I know not from all the parts of this Kingdome Papists such as ever have been and continually will be persecutors of the little flocke of Christ who have by murthers and powder-plots fought the ruines of our Kings and Potentates brought into the field ready armed and abilited to doe mischiefe and surely they will not spare the blood of the faithfull therefore I may with modesty and pardon from your honourable wisedomes presume to say to you Looke about you Dangers as I said that great King and sweet Singer of Israel and the shadow of death had incompassed me round about yet I feared nothing for my trust was in the Lord your selves may apply that saying to your selves though thankes be to God these dangers have not yet come neere you for he hath protected you as the apple of the eye and so will ever doe against all assaults of your enemies it is for him you fight the battells of the Lord of hosts for the truth and security of his Gospell and he will not suffer the Sunne to burne you by day not the Moone by night the counsells of the ungodly shall be brought to nought before you for he who is the Watchman of Israel neither slumbereth nor sleepeth the eyes of the people are upon you they have appointed you the feoffees in trust for their liberties and certainly they will never revoke their act but spend their lives and fortunes in the tutelage of your just and honourable proceedings they will be gathered together as one man even from Dan to Beersheba to destroy those wicked Benjamites that have committed folly in Israel to assist you against those wicked malignants that have too much wrought upon his Majesties goodnesse and sought to destroy the essence of Parliaments and you will be victorious over them onely looke about you And to your right Honourable the present Lord Mayor of this noble City of London and the well affected Aldermen your Brethren Assistants in all humility I tender the same counsell Looke about you You sit at the helme of governement in this famous City the Metropolis of our Kingdome and daily behold a company of factious and pertinatious malignants even among the Inhabitants of this our Sion who spurne at and set at nought your good endevours for the commodity not onely of your City but the whole Common-wealth let not their malicious practices or traducing language hinder or discourage you in the prosecution of your religious and legall proceedings authorised by order from both Houses of Parliament It will be hard for them to kick against pricks Wolves may howle at the Moone but their voyces can neither impeach it in its course nor eclipse its brightnesse their malice will not hurt you but just as if they should spit against the wind the filth will returne into their owne faces your knowne goodnesse will beat backe their calumnies upon themselves howsoever