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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	bring_v	great_a	king_n	7,720	5	3.5751	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78842	His Majesties last speech, and protestation, which hee made on Sunday. the fifth of this instant February, in the Cathedrall church of Oxford, the Lords and the cheife of the univorsity [sic] being present, before the receiving of the sacrament, for the renouncing of popery. With the pious joy of a true heart enlarged on the contemplation, and assurance of so great a happinesse to the great comfort of all His Majestye; subjects, which will live and dye in the Protestant religion and abhorre popery.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1643 (1643)	Wing C2379; Thomason E89_32; ESTC R21149	3,825	9

from themselves Most infinite i● the difference betweene the government of the Protestant and Papist Churches the Papists committing blasphemous Idolatry derogating from the Honour of God attributing it to the adoration of Creatures they dissemble with God and their own soules and all that deale with them they allow of murther and monstrous impiety and in a word are poysoned with the dregs of abomination wherewith the whore of Babylon hath filled her cup when the true protestant and zealous Christian alloweth God the preheminence of all adoration will by no meanes blaspheme with idolatrous Exorcismes detesteth whoredome and all incestuous leprosie desieth the participation of Gods glory to murther simply and plainly contriveth his affairs and keepeth his word though it be to his own hinderance intermeddles not with matters of State except he be called to places of Eminencie and dares not abuse the Maiestie of Princes by interiecting a iealousie and suspicion betweene the Prince and the Subiect And is not this a great alteration and cause enough to induce us to thanke God and acknowledge his mercy and kindenesse that our King and Parliament would go and buy eye-salve without money perspicuously to looke into the enormities of the Church and Common wealth and not onely with Nehemias to abridge the extreamity of usury to compell a relaxation of debts and oppression to keepe and sanctifie the Sabbath to put away their Idolatrous wives but also will not suffer the Ammonites and Moabites to come into Gods temple but enforce them to banishment out of Jerusalem and thus thanks be to God our great Nehemiah the King hath bin pleased now to expresse Himself against the Papists He not onely thinkes them as pricks and thorns in the sides of good Christians but He findes them for all their pretences of assisting Him as noysome and infectious weedes in the Common-Wealth to eate up and choak the sweete flowers and the spring-grasse Shall such a man as I fly saith Nehemiah And shall such a King as I saith our Soveraigne Who hath beene trayned up from my infancie to denie Popery now suffer my Kingdome of great Brittaine the Nursery of zealous Professors the Mirrour of Puritie and Piety to be defiled and contaminated with the poison of superstition Now I have recollected my selfe shall I give way to rotten and filthy Policie to eate up the heart of true Relion or suffer private ends to thicken themselves like some obscure and dangerous cloud to stand as an interposition betweene the sunny splendor of Gods Word and the faire progresse of government No no I will now be my selfe and therefore if either the Pope or Sectary derides mee with Michol for dancing before the Ark and bringing it into Gods house I will answer with David I will yet become more vile and zealous for the Lord and as he told his wife that therefore God had taken the Kingdom from his father and invested him with the Diadem of it so may now King Charles answer all Malignants that therefore God will make Him mighty in His Provinces in despight of Malignant opposition And Great Brittaize shall not be able onely to stand firme but like an impregnable rocke in all honour riche● and prosperity and of sufficiencie to protect distressed neighbours and recover unfortunate and surrepted Province Therfore away ye Priests Iesui es and let us hear no more of your daring impostures and that you will yet remaine Papists and with the adder stop your ears though the charmer charmeth never so wifely let us see the backs of our adversaries and th● banishment of those that hate us that we may see our honest neighbours sublevated with care diligence the whole Iland flourishing with prosperity and confidence the poor relieved the trade restored the City repayred the Merchant countenanced the true souldier honored the clergy man beloved the well-deserving reverenced the weak supported the obstinate punished the offendor through frailty remitted and all just actions practised to the glory of God and the comfort of our owne soules FINIS