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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	london_n	parliament_n	print_v	3,116	5	9.0916	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51048	The covenanters looking-glasse discovering his duty and dignity with sundry motives and directions tending to further our keeping covenant with God : also an epistle containing an exact relation of all the most principall things done in the Parliament of England since their first sitting to this present day : with divers other materiall things very usefull for all sorts both for the present and future times / by Thomas Mocket ...	Mocket, Thomas, 1602-1670?	1644 (1644)	Wing M2305A; ESTC R43458	41,433	51

THE COVENANTERS Looking-Glasse Discovering His duty and dignity with sundry Motives and Directions tending to further our keeping Covenant with God ALSO An Epistle containing an exact Relation of all the most principall things done in the Parliament of England since their first sitting to this present day WITH Divers other materiall things very usefull for all sorts both for the present and future times By Thomas Mocket Mr of Arts and Preacher of the word of God ECCLES 5.4 When thou vowest a Vow unto God deferr● not to pay it for he hath no pleasure in fooles DEUT. 29.9 Keepe therefore the words of this Covenant and doe them that you may prosper in all that ye doe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg Nazion Orat. 53. LONDON Printed for C. Meredith at the signe of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard 1644. TO THE HONOVRABLE THE HOVSE OF COMmons Assembled in the Parliament of England 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Honourable and Right worthy Patriots GIve me leave I beseech you under your name to present to the World the humble and hearty acknowledgement we owe to Almighty God the Kings Majesty the Right Honourable Peeres and you the Knights and Gentlemen now most seasonably assembled in Parliament for the many great and worthy things that have been done by your meanes for the publike good See the Remonstrance published Dec. 15. 1641. Who have eased our backs of that illegall burden of Ship-money Coat Conduct-money and other military charges Supprest all Monopolies Taken away arbitrary government the root of these evils Much quelled evill Councellours and other malignant persons by execution of justice on some imprisoning others and causing others to fly out of the consciousnesse of their owne guiltinesse Setled a trienniall Parliament in-stead of a trienniall Visitation and provided for the continuance of this * A wonder of mercy till all our greivances are heard and redressed and all evils be removed which is of unspeakable consequence because they secure a full operation of the remedy and afford a perpetuall spring of remedies for the future Put down the High Commission Court which in some respects through the abuse of some and over-ruling of others was made too like the Spanish Inquisition which suspended silenced and outed many of the most able and godly Ministers out of their livings and freeholds and so undid many a whole family a Court which indeed at first was erected to suppresse Papists and Popery as the Spanish Inquisition was to curb the blasphemous Jews but was now as that turned against pious Protestants Have put down the Star-chamber Taken away other Courts the forges of misery oppression and violence Dismounted the Canons that were mounted to batter down Religion and the power of godlinesse together with the late cursed Oath in them Damned the Oath ex ossicio by means whereof they tortured many consciences with strange quaries and forcing unnaturall self-accusations Freed Church-wardens from a dangerous Oath Limitted the immoderate power of the Councell Table Punished and terrified some Ministers and others that were of scandalous life or Authors of Innovations in doctrine and ceremonies Reduced the Forrests by good Laws to their right bounds Reformed the incroachments and oppressions of the Stanery Courts The extortion of the Clerk of the market The compulsion of the Subject to receive the order of Knighthood against his will or paying sines for refusall Recalled the banished Exiles that had undergone the brunt the chief let in the Prelats way to Rome Setled a happy peace betwixt us and our Neighbour Nation which the malignant Enemies of both endeavoured to imbroile in civil wars which are grievous yea which is worse of Protestants against Protestants one servant against another and one brother against another till both were consumed Opened the Presse for publishing the good and profitable labours of the godly And inhibited popish bookes and pamphlets tending to reconcile us and Rome or rather as the truth is to reduce us to Rome Order for weekely lectures Order for banishing Romish Priests and Jesuites the grand Incendiaries in Church and state And for securing the Papists the professed enemies of King and Kingdome Church and state Removed the Bishops from voting in Parliament and all Clergie men from temporall offices which like a false byas in a boule wheel'd them quite out of the way of preaching Voted downe Deans and Prebends which were many of them too like the drones which eat up the hony which the painfull Bees should live on And since by severall Acts of both Houses abolished the Hyerarchy roote and branch The sole seat of Antichrist as some learned men do conceive Ordered the suppression of Innovations in all Churches and Chappels in and about the worship of God The removeall and abolishing superstitious pictures images crosses and other Reliques and Monuments of Idolatry and Superstition The advancement of Gods holy word in all parts or the Kingdome Passed other Acts also for the removing and punishing scandalous corrupt and malignant Clergy-men and blind guides And sequestring their Benefices for the maintenance of godly and painfull Ministers in which there hath been an happy progresse made already wherby you have refreshed the bowels of many of us and the soules of thousands of the people blessed be God and you for it against Pluralities and Non-residency For the due sanctification of the Sabbath cryed down by the Popish and prelaticall party in their preaching printing and practise You have Given libertie to tender consciences burthned with unnecessary and scandalous Ceremonies Opened a way for godly Ministers to exercise their ministery to which God and man hath set them apart so that many thousands may heare the joyfull sound againe in their eares who were deprived of such blessed silver Trumpets instead whereof they had but Rams hornes too good a comparison for many of them which many times sounded as terrible an alarum in their eares as they sometimes did to them of Iericho You have procured from His Royall Majesty a Monthly Fast published by His Majesties Proclamation in which like the New Moones Fast or Feast of Trumpets the silver Trumpets of the word are sounded and the sacrifice of prayer and praise are offered up unto God Your great care for the safety and peace of the Kingdome For the reliefe of now gasping Jreland For supply for our Armies Ordinance for securing Malignants the Papists great friends and sequestring their estates that they may not be imployed against but for the publique good The oath for discovering of Papists Pits were digged for the Righteous gallowses provided for Mordecai's because they would not how to Hamaus dens of lyons for Daniels because they would not leave praying fiery furnaces for the three children because they would not worship the golden Image dungeons for Ieremy's because they would preach the truth with boldnesse Mr Cal Feb. 23. in his Serm. a very necessary instrument You have given a call to our deare brethren of Scotland who we