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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	prince_n	state_n	subject_n	1,779	5	6.3897	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09462	Satans sophistrie ansuuered by our Sauiour Christ and in diuers sermons further manifested / by that worthy man Maister William Perkins ; to which is added, a comfort for the feeble minded, wherein is set downe the temptations of a Christian.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.	1604 (1604)	STC 19747.7; ESTC S4051	89,009	206

euen the seuerall kingdomes of the world it is manifest he knew them all and was well acquainted and had trauelled through them as he confesseth Ioh. 1. 7. And in that he could shew the chiefest glory and beautie of them in such a short time it is cleare he was cunning in them and the seuerall estates and conditions of them all And we see that the Diuel in propounding all these glorious kingdomes vn●● Christ he did tempt him to ambition tha● he would set his heart on them and so desir●● them And herein note one of his most principall practises which is the ouerturning 〈◊〉 kingdomes for the Diuell desireth to do the greatest harme and most mischiefe that he can Now in the ouerthrow of a kingdome many go to wracke and to effect this he seekes continually to puffe men vp with ambition that they may desire and gape for preferment and honor The Lord hath in mercy placed ouer vs in this kingdome a gracious Prince and a Christian Queene the Diuell hath long enuied this our prosperitie and sought sundry by-plots and manifold practises to ouerthrowe our state to cut off the head and to cast her crowne into the dust And to this purpose he hath raised vp many wicked and rebellious subiects but the Lord hath in mercie brought all to nought And therefore the remembrance of this should moue vs all to thankfulnesse for this great mercie of God in defending both Prince and people and bringing to nought all such rebellious wretches confounding those ambitious heads and all their vile and trecherous plots and deuices and we must shew this thankfulnesse in the duties of repentance and sincere obedience Secondly this must teach vs to pray vnto God continually for the preseruation of our Prince and kingdome that he would euermore confound and bring to nought all Satans policies and vile plots and practises of ambitious heads And it is our duty in token of true ioy and thankfulnesse to do as the people did in the dayes of Salomon who shouted so loud and cried out God saue king Salomon that the very earth rang againe euē so should all true Christians to expresse the ioy of our hearts pray day and night God saue Queene Elizabeth And herein is our comfort that though the Diuell with all his malice seekes to destroy both Prince and people and the whole kingdome and hath his wicked instruments to effect the same yet the Lord God hath his Angels which take care of his Church and people and stand round about them to defend them both by sea and by land that all the Diuels in hell cannot hurt them but the Angels of God defend his children at home and beate back all our enemies from inuading of vs. All these will I giue thee These words are the very words of the Pope of Rome who as Satans vicar hath indeed the two hornes of the lambe but he speakes like the Dragon he makes himselfe equall to God he can as he sayth send to heauen and to hel set vp and pul downe Princes he can do what he list he can open and shut at his pleasure pardon sinnes and I know not what which shewes he speakes the Diuels language the language of Ashdod not of Canaan Luke 4. 6. The Diuell ads a reason further to perswade Christ for he saith All these kingdoms are mine and I cā giue them to whom I will Where first the Diuell tels a loud lie chalenging to himselfe the right of all the kingdomes of the world for it is the Lord his right alone as we may see Dan. 4. 2● where the Lord speakes to that proud king N●buchadnezar by the ministerie of Daniel I beare rule ouer the kingdomes I alone sayth the Lord God can giue them to whom I please So then the Diuell hath no power to giue them neither hath any title to them that he can bestow them at his pleasure no that belongs to God alone yet we see Satan will be an vsurper at large Secondly marke the Diuels arrogancie and shamelesse boasting in that he dares chalenge all the kingdomes of the earth to himselfe as though he were soueraigne Lord of them to do with thē at his pleasure And let vs all learne by this shamelesse lying and notorious boasting of the diuel to take heed that we be not like him in these sinnes but study to be contrary to him and therefore we must desire and study to speake the truth at all times and take heed of boasting yea rather let vs thinke as humbly and basely of our selues as possibly we can which is a good meanes to humble and cast downe our proud hearts and let such know that are giuen to these sins to lying and vaine boasting of this and that which they haue not it argues great pride and shewes they be very like the Diuell himselfe in this point If thou wilt fall downe and worship me Here is the second part of the temptation namely the condition and the maine drift of the Diuell in these words is to bring our Sauiour Christ to manifest Idolatrie euen to worship the Diuell himselfe First seeing the Diuell durst be so bold to tempt our sauiour Christ to Idolatrie and to worship himself hēce we see that the maine scope of the Diuel is especially to deface Religion and the true seruice and worship of God and therefore he assaults the Church of God and tempts men to bring them to embrace heresies schismes idolatry that he might destroy the church of God and thus he became a lying spirit in the mouth of foure hundred false prophets at one time And when Iehosuah the high Priest came into the Temple to performe the worship of God he stood vp to hinder him when he was praying for the good of the Church And so doth he in these dayes stand vp and seeke by all meanes to hinder Gods Ministers in the building vp of Gods Church When Christ hath sowne good wheate thē the Diuell soweth tares and whē Paul would haue gone to preach the Gospell to the Thessalonians the Diuell hindred him and it is his speciall study to stop the ministery of the Gospell and therefore it is said that the Diuell cast many of Gods ministers into prison Reuel 2. 10. Reu. 16. 13. 14. there came 3 euill and vncleane spirits out of the mouth of the beast which entred into Kings houses to turne thē from the entertaining of the Gospell because that Kings be either especiall nurses to the Gospell or else if Satan can preuaile with them become greatest enemies to hinder the course of the Gospel Such frogges be these Seminarie Priests Monkes Friers and popish Iesuits which lurke commonly in Kings courts and in the places of mighty men Then seeing the Diuell is so painefull to stop the course of the Gospell to ouerturne true religion the seruice of God it must stirre vp all the Ministers of the word of God to labour and