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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	good_a	king_n	subject_n	3,003	5	6.4581	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90636	The high-way to peace: or, a direction set forth for the composing of those unhappy differences betwixt King, Parliament, Army, City, and kingdomes : shewing the sad effects these distractions have brought upon the whole island. / Published for the honour and love he beares to his native countrey, by Sir Edvvard Peyton, Knight and baronet.	Peyton, Edward, Sir, 1588?-1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing P1953; Thomason E411_12; ESTC R12435	8,735	16

Souldier and Countrey jangle together the Army will become odious and none willing to harbour them much lesse give free quarter Likewise if the Parliament be divided as a house it cannot stand the Rights of Parliaments and Subjects will be destroyed and they utterly vanquished as the Romane Senate by Caesar then shall all wickednes go scotfree and unpunished Certainely Monarchy must not infringe the liberty of the people nor people destroy Monarchy For the composition of our government is partly Monarchiall partly Aristocraticall and will not admit of a dominion solely in the people as it appeared plainly in the 15 yeare of Edw. 3. when they fell at variance in the choice of great Officers of State they turned the course from the people into the royall channell the Phylosophers stone may turne iron and brasse into gold and silver but not gold and silver into baser mettalls no more can the Soveraigne power be transferd on the people nor the right of the people converted to the Soveraigne for then Kings without Law may do what they list have power of life at their pleasure on the other side if power were in the ordinary sort there would be Anarchy and totall confusion therefore are the Lawes that Kings may governe their Subjects with equity and justice as the Subject obey the Soveraigne and the King love and preserve the Subjects lives and estates by a legall way not fancy or pleasure for the Lawes are Judges betwixt King and Subject and Subject and Subject otherwise the Kingdome will perish rich tread downe the poore widdow and fatherlesse will lose their right people be oppressed property utterly lost and Religion will turne Atheisme The Common-wealth is a body wherein are head and members and King and Subjects who ought to have a sympathy and fellow feeling one of anothers wants and communicate to each other all the good they can all degres as notes in musick make a harmony of love depend on and sweetly relate to others as the stars in the firmament of severall magnitudes agree in quality and nature with the seven Planets or as the heavens where God is supreame are Arch-angels and Angels ministringto each other Wherefore my thrice humble suite is to King Parliament City Countrey Army and Scotland to unite in love and joyne together against forraine and domestick enemies of the State that riches may merease the Kingdome may be well governed Religion flourish and God be honoured otherwise we shall be like a great animall as the Duke of Rohan saith which doth nothing but destroy it selfe when two so brave Kingdomes shall lay violent hands and murther one another Especially my humble prayer to my native Countrey is to live in amity amongst themselves A people have been the glory of Europe conquerors of France vanquishers of Palestina from the Saracens defenders of the Protestant Religion who I fay have set the Crowne of France on the head of Hen. 4. at the expence of that Famous Queen Eliz. the glory of her sex and by the prowesse of our brave Norrice and the English Cavalry opposed Spaine in all her glory and at last brought her upon her knees have been the greatest Antagonists of Rome Protectors of the 15 Provinces a safe sanctuary for the exiled Protestants and inferior to no Countrey in valour God give th●s Counsell above a command let us imbrace it and love one another with due respect duty to whom duty and love to all that future proofe may not turne discourses into a sanguine die nor peace into bloudy war so shall our swords be turned into plowshares spades and instruments of husbandry and right troden downe shill be revived And I humbly intreate you not to looke so much to errors past as forwards carry your selves like wise and brave men for feare while wee looke to punish others we receive a blow shall take away power of punishment and life it selfe And when a calme comes you may locke upon Delinquents with a severe face of justice and after every man may have distributed to him the dole of his due birthright therefore let not the quarrelling Knave win a Catastrophe in our State but the best of cards prevaile for order peace and piety Amen Gloria Patri Filio Spiritui sancto maximam pacem Ecclesiae Republicae toto corde animo opto FINIS