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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	able_a	england_n	war_n	757	4	5.8269	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08935	The exposition and declaration of the Psalme, Deus ultionum Dominus, made by syr Henry Parker knight, lord Morley, dedicated to the kynges highnes	Morley, Henry Parker, Lord, 1476-1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 19211; ESTC S104282	9,704	46

in the face of the lawe suffre the Christians stil to blonder styll to be in blyndnes styll to be seduced by this Babylonycall strompette Dominus scit cogitationes hominum quoniam uanae sunt ¶ I myght greatly meruayle ye and more then meruayl how this chaire of pestilence coulde so long stande in honour sauynge that I knowe verye welle bothe to what folyes the vayne cogytations of men bryng them and howe lyghtly the people are illuded by superstition and colour of religion The Iewes sometyme thyn electe people not withstandynge they sawe with theyr eyes the red sees deuyded to gyue theym passage water sprynge oute of the harde stoone to quenche theyr extreme thurste meate descende downe from heauen to fede them whan they were full hungrye yet whyle Moyses was in the moūt Sinai they forgettynge al these myracles and benefites of god set vp a calf and toke it for their god I myght meruayle and greatly meruayle ▪ that the christen people coulde be so fonde to leaue the word of god and his heuenly doctrine and folow this wicked byshop of Rome and his dyuellyshe dreames But as this is not the fyrst euyl chāge that foolyshe man hath made soo let vs assure our selfes that vayn cogitations dure nat euer the seduced tourne ageyne whan good guydes shewe them the way Beatus homo quem tu erudieris domine de lege tua docueris eum ¶ Blessed mayste thou be callyd moste christen kyng HENRY the VIII supreme heed of the churche of Englande Blessed arte thou whome god hath taught to espie out the peryllous doctryne of the byshop of Rome wherby the people of Englande ar brought from darkenes to lyght from errour to the hygh way of righte knowlege from daunger of dethe eternall to life that neuer endeth to be shorte euen from hel to heuen By the O sage kynge the worde of god that in tyme paste was cloked and hyd to the elders of thy realme is now manyfest to chylderne that ceasse not to prayse with their mouthes god and his holy worde For the mayntenance wherof most royall kynge thy prayse shall styll continue vpon erthe and than depart whan all menne haue taken theyr leaue of it Happy happy is that man good lorde whom thou teachest happy whom thou endewes●● with thy doctrine Vt mitiges ei a diebus malis donec fodiatur peccatori fouea ¶ Albeit O lorde thou hast long forborne and suffred this greatte deceyuour of the worlde this Romayne bysshop to reygne after a cruell sorte proudely commaundynge all princis all estates to obeye his lustes yet thy goodnesse be euer praysed thou haste at the last reysed vp a prince and by him digged a pytte to hurle this wycked wretche in where bothe he his false doctrine his hypocrisye and idolatrie shall as oure truste is be buried for euer This pitte hath ofte bene a makynge many haue dygged and lefte of er euer the pytte hath ben fully made Noble HENRY the eyght is he whom we trust thou wolt always ayde and presorue not only vntyll all popyshe power be brought into the diche here in Englande but also vntylle all Christian nations shall haue soo couered this dyche that Romish power be neuer able to ryse ageyne Quia nō repellet dominus plebem suam et haereditatem suam non derelinquet ¶ Let England I say put other nations in memorie of the great falle that the estate of Christendome toke whan kynges began to obey the lewde doctrine of priestis whan pristes presumptuously toke vpon theym to rule goddis worde after their fantasyes and not theyr lustes accordyng to his lawes Let fortunate Englande whiche nowe in spyte of tyrantes tethe hathe recouered her inherytaunce be an exaumple to the reste of Christendom that goddis wyll is not to forsake his people to see their right inheritance wrongfully kept from them God hateth all suche as vsurpe vpon his anoynted kynges Awake christen kynges awake Englande blowethe the trompe and sheweth you all how ye may auoyde bondage and howe accordinge to your title and name ye may as kynges rule and Reygne God chose not you his kynges for to be reuled but to rule Ye maye haue offycers vnder you as many as you wyll beynge kynges you oughte to haue none aboue you Quoadusque iustitia conuertatur in iuditium qui iuxta illa omnes qui recto sunt corde ¶ God a longe season suffered Pharao to vexe his people to heape affliction vppon affliction and yet at the laste he mette with hym and in a day was euen with hym for all the iniuries he hadde done to his people He forbare a great whyle and yet a tyme came that he wolde suffer no longer but conuerted iustyce to iudgement rightuously executed suche sentēce ayenst him as he had long before differred The tyme is at hande y t Christe shall for their great abhominatiō se these tyrātes at Rome turned out of their triūphant thrones wherin they syt as gods treadinge downe the lawes of Christ settynge vp theyr decrees and decretals as rules or rather misrules to disordre almooste all that god had welle ordred before The tyme is at hande that they shalbe brought from pride to mekenesse from superfluities to honeste pouertie from voluptuous luste to sober and chaste lyfe frome haute and imperious commaundementes to humble and lowely obedience from feined holynes and hypocrisie to godlynes and ryghte religion and than shall we haue good cause to saye as saynt Iohn sayde in the Apocalyps Cecidit Babylon cecidit Babylon ciuitas magna that is the greatte Babylon the greatte citie of Babylon is fallen downe she is fallen that made al nations dronke with the wyne of her hooryshe fornication Quis consurget mihi aduersus malignantes aut quis stabit mecum aduersus operantes iniquitatem ¶ Lyke as the excellente kynge and prophete Dauid greatly meruaylynge dydde demaunde who shulde ryse with hym to subdewe euyll doers workers of wyckednesse so may our moste noble and Christen kynge saye who ought not to rise with me to the vanquishyng of this monstruous hydra considering the innumerable mischeues the ciuile discord the cruel warres the effusion of Christian bloudde that hath bene shedde by the practises of these Romayn bishops Who hath not harde how these good prelates haue set princis subiectes ayenst their soueraines moch cōtrarie to the doctrine of Peter Paul which expressely commaunde and woll all subiectes to obeye their pryncis vnder peyne of perpetuall damnation They ceasse not to encomber all pryncis realmes with Sedytion where they perceyue any thyng in hande touchynge their refourmation wol kynges styl suffer such sowers of hatrede and mischiefe styll to haue to do in their realms Ought they not rather to giue ere to our moste noble prince sayenge with Dauid Quis cōsurget mihi aduersus malignātes aut quis stabit mecum aduersus operantes iniquitatem Who wolle ryse with me ayenst these wicked