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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	king_n	parliament_n	power_n	33,826	5	5.6112	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67551	The principall duty of Parliament-men, or, A short and compendious treatise concerning the unity and unanimity, which should be in the members of that honourable assembly / Richard Wood ...	Ward, Richard, 1601 or 2-1684.	1641 (1641)	Wing W805; ESTC R11713	54,613	68

of their enemies then it is requisite that they should conjoyn their forces for their joynt freedom and link themselves fast together by some such solemn engagement or Protestation lest the craf●… and cunning wilinesse of their enemies should make a breach or division amongst them And Secondly When a people generally desire some speciall blessing from God or the continuance of his love unto them and Gospel amongst them then people should oblige and knit themselves by a strict and solemn Protestation and Vow to continue in the truth of the Gospel and the maintenance and profession thereof in purity and sincerity and to root out all Popery superstition and idolatry from amongst them What necessity is there for us in this Land at this time to take this or the like Protestation From the Preamble before the Protestation these Reasons may be collected namely 1. Because the designes of the Priests and Jesuites and other Adherents to the Sea of Rome have of late been more boldly and frequently put in practise then formerly to the undermining and danger of the ruine of the true reformed Religion amongst us 2. Because some have endeavoured to subvert the fundamentall Laws of England and Ireland and to introduce the exercise of an Arbitrary and Tyrannicall Government amongst us 3. Because many illegall taxations have been levied and laid of late upon the Subjects to their great grievance and oppression 4. Because divers innovations and superstitions have of late been brought into our Church and an Oath devised to make us practise and perpetually to maintain them 5. Because many have been exiled and the mouthes of many Ministers stopt for these Innovations and Superstitions and other Ceremonies 6. Because some have endeavoured to raise and soment jealousies between the King and his people Ezra 4. 13 14 15. 7. Because Armies have been raised in England and Ireland of dangerous consequence to wit First For the making or taking part with the Conspirators as hath been confessed or discovered by some And Secondly For the weakning of the Land by a consumption of the Treasure thereof making us thereby lye more open to forraign invasion Wherefore should both Prince Peers Parliamentaries and People or Commons make such a Protestation or Promise at such times or upon such occasions as were named even now First Because our enemies usually strengthen and binde themselves by wicked oaths and vows to ruine us and therefore much more should we by religious and pious Protestations and promises assist one another in the resisting and rooting out whom or whatsoever might on danger our lives laws liberties or religion Secondly Because our ordinary resolutions and purposes are like S●…psons cords which we break as fast as straws and therefore we had need upon the occasions mentioned to help our frail purpos●…s with some firm Protestations and Vows Thirdly Because the Lord only can do for us what we desire He is wi●…r stronger and more potent then all our enemies he can deliver us from all evils he can avenge us of all our adversaries he can turn away all his plagues he can impart unto us any blessing or grace which we stand in need of yea he can do for us above all we are able to ask or think but we are not certain that he will except we enter into a holy Covenant with him and by a firm Protestation and Vow joyn our selves unto him to serve honour obey and worship him with all our hearts and with all our souls all the dayes that we have to live How many things are observable in this Protestation or Vow These four Viz. The Matter Manner Intension and Extension thereof First The Matter of this Protestation and Vow must be Christian and Religious respecting God Religion the King the Laws the Liberties of the Subject the Patriots of the Land the enemies of the Church and State and the union or unity of the Kingdomes united Particularly 1. This Protestation must respect the Lord and that thus Upon the times and occasions before mentioned we must make solemn Protestations and Vows unto God to worship and serve him sincerely and purely and to abstain from all sin and iniquity as much as in us lyes totally and perpetually if he will be pleased to deliver us from our enemies and those evils which we fear and to bl●…sse us with those blessings which we sue and supplicate for And 2. This Protestation must respect Religion for when we see That in some eminent and apparent danger and that It is like to be justled and shouldred out of the doors of Church or State by any innovations superstitions sects errours heresies or Popish vaniti●…s th●…n we must labour to support and stay it by some firm and joynt promises and vows And 3. This Protestation must respect the Kings sacred Majesty for when we see either his royall person honour estate or soul in danger or endangered by any wicked Counsellors Achitophels Tr●…ors U●…derminors of States Machiav●…llians or any of Antichrists imps or brood Then the representative Body of the Land must by some holy and unanimous Protestation and promise strenghen themselves and each one the other for the presertion and safety of his Noble person estate and honour and the eternall salvation of his precious soul And 4. This Protestation must respect the Laws of the Land the power and priviledges of Parliaments and the liberties of the Subject for when by the malice mischief and treachery of any Laws are in danger to be subverted Parliaments stinted and straitned and people to be envassalled and deprived of their immunities and priviledges Then all so far as Religion and Law will allow them by some religious Protestation and Vow should unite themselves for the maintenance and defence of their liberties and laws And 5. This Protestation must respect the Patriots of the Land for when we see those whom the Lord hath endued with wisedom zeal courage and resolution to speak boldly for the good of Church or State and undantedly to oppose the enemies of either or both of them then as farre as warrantably we may we must support and uphold them by some faithfull promise or vow as They the Pillars of the Land labour to maintain our Common-wealth and Us by their standing and speaking for our Religion and Laws For it they who are zealou●… courageou●… and resolute for the good of their Countrey and who are not afraid to lay down their lives for their Countrey should not be maintained and defended to the utm●…t of our power it would utterly discourage any to speak for the common good or good and welfare of the Common-wealth or Commons And 6. This Protestation must respect the enemies of Church and State for we must oppose as farre as lawfully we may and by all good wayes and means endeavor to bring to condign punishment all such as shall by force practise counsell plots conspiraci●…s or otherwise do or