Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n
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A20681
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Apollo Christian: or Helicon reformed
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STC 708; ESTC S104423
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ambrose_n &_o s._n gregory_n the_o great_a and_o that_o most_o famous_a churchhymne_n te_fw-la deum_fw-la laudamas_fw-la compose_v by_o s._n ambrose_n &_o s._n augustine_n as_o be_v say_v verse_n after_o verse_n alternatim_fw-la all_o which_o last_o and_o many_o other_o religion_n person_n of_o both_o sex_n have_v no_o other_o scope_n in_o their_o make_n then_o to_o raise_v the_o mind_n by_o due_a devotion_n to_o the_o heaven_n of_o heaven_n where_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n do_v live_v &_o reign_v for_o ever_o in_o like_a sort_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o this_o jewel_n of_o i_o which_o be_v either_o profane_a or_o against_o any_o definition_n of_o faith_n or_o doctrine_n of_o the_o orthodox_n but_o whatsoever_o be_v in_o it_o whole_o tend_v to_o lift_v the_o soul_n aloft_o to_o her_o creator_n and_o be_v either_o as_o master_n speak_v pathos_n to_o stir_v up_o good_a affection_n or_o didaskalikon_v to_o instruct_v in_o piety_n or_o in_o matter_n of_o worthy_a and_o honourable_a learning_n the_o book_n be_v very_o little_a yet_o great_a by_o almost_o half_a then_o from_o the_o beginning_n i_o mean_v it_o shall_v have_v be_v as_o remain_v very_o mindful_a of_o that_o in_o marshal_n epigramm_v sapiùs_n in_o libro_fw-la man_n ratur_fw-la persius_n vno_fw-la quà m_fw-la lovis_fw-la in_o tota_n marsus_n amazonide_v as_o little_a also_o as_o it_o be_v yet_o if_o it_o have_v not_o be_v from_o out_o of_o much_o charity_n to_o my_o own_o nation_n and_o of_o a_o true_a christian_a feeling_n of_o what_o i_o every_o day_n see_v needful_a among_o the_o wit_n as_o they_o be_v call_v and_o bravery_n of_o this_o age_n so_o excellent_o set_v forth_o to_o the_o very_a life_n by_o the_o pen_n of_o the_o most_o complete_a drammatic_a poet_n that_o ever_o this_o kingdom_n have_v bentamen_fw-la johnson_n or_o perhaps_o ever_o shall_v have_v i_o do_v assure_v the_o world_n in_o the_o word_n of_o truth_n that_o i_o shall_v not_o have_v busy_v my_o brain_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o so_o 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to_o god_n and_o man_n for_o impudence_n and_o prodigious_a ignorance_n nevertheless_o who_o be_v he_o that_o will_v unnecessary_o fall_v foul_a upon_o any_o univeriall_a prejudice_n such_o as_o be_v by_o the_o extreme_a abuse_n of_o good_a part_n conceive_v against_o versisier_n in_o english_a whereof_o but_o very_a few_o have_v right_a to_o be_v salute_v poet_n if_o it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o public_a good_a for_o which_o the_o heathen_a be_v forward_o to_o hazard_v any_o thing_n according_a to_o that_o of_o horace_n pulchrum_n &_o decorum_n est_fw-la pro_fw-la patria_fw-la mori_fw-la a_o sentence_n more_o deserve_a immortality_n then_o all_o the_o oracle_n of_o his_o god_n &_o goddess_n and_o whereas_o some_o deceive_v do_v think_v and_o therefore_o do_v abandon_v they_o that_o christian_a argument_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o those_o ornament_n beauty_n grace_n and_o delicacy_n which_o paganicall_a or_o epicuraean_a subject_n of_o poem_n be_v i_o be_o very_o persuade_v and_o be_o 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the_o bless_a virgin_n a_o work_n of_o very_a many_o year_n be_v not_o easy_o credible_a and_o torquato_n tasso_n his_o italian_a jerusalem_n have_v as_o many_o admirer_n as_o reader_n so_o far_o forth_o that_o if_o any_o vulgar_a tongue_n be_v capable_a of_o perfect_a poetry_n or_o of_o a_o perfect_a poem_n of_o state_n which_o artist_n call_v epich_a and_o heroick_n they_o seem_v to_o carry_v it_o clear_a the_o reason_n why_o this_o excellency_n be_v not_o more_o general_a be_v for_o that_o as_o i_o conceive_v writer_n make_v not_o a_o entire_a employment_n of_o their_o poetry_n or_o be_v not_o in_o love_n with_o the_o pomp_n and_o splendour_n of_o magnificent_a piety_n a_o scrupulous_a vanive_v for_o the_o most_o part_n or_o be_v otherwise_o methodmonger_n without_o any_o wisdom_n either_o of_o worthy_a free_a spirit_n or_o of_o generous_a breed_n concern_v the_o read_n of_o poet_n hear_v a_o platonical_a or_o a_o new_a eutopian_a law_n which_o it_o be_v my_o chance_n to_o find_v 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noble_a england_n soli_fw-la deo_fw-la honour_n &_o gloria_fw-la finis_fw-la