Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	king_n	law_n	parliament_n	7,328	5	6.6868	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67537	An encovragement to warre, or, Bellvm Parliamentale shewing the unlawfulnesse of the late Bellum Episcopale : as also the justnesse of this present expedition for the defence of this kingdom : with the illegall, rebellious, trayterous, barbarous, and bloody proceedings and intentions of the cavaliers : lately published at the request of a friend / by John Ward ...	Ward, John, fl. 1642-1643.	1642 (1642)	Wing W776; ESTC R13934	10,549	21

God our King our liberties t' enjoy But all hopes else are fled and they alone Next under God or surely we have none Are left to be a means to bring this late Apostate Land to a reform'd estate O then let every one that knows the prize And worth of such a Parliament be wise And not discert them But let every one Call former Racks and Impositions Into their memory O let them call Those Popish Rites and Innovations all That burdned many a conscience to their mind And seriously search if they cannot find Their spirits greatly eas'd and then consider So many unjust Courts cast down together The vastnesse of whose arbitrary power Did many a loyall Subjects state devour And spoil them of their Liberties which we Without a Parliaments authoritie Had nere attain'd and call to mind the cause Why they were call'd wast not because the Laws Were trampled on When all things out of order Were rudely cast on every severall border Throughout the Kingdom and when civill warre Did threat our former sleighted peace to marre Had they not been our freedoms lives estates Had been a prey to Popish Runagates And think upon the call that brought them hither To sit so long a time in parle together When all the Kingdom was distracted so God mov'd the Lords they to the King did go In humble manner him petitioning That heede convoke a Parliament to bring An end to these distempers and possest Him with the justice of this their Request And furthermore advisde his Majesty That that alone would work an unity Or else confusion would straight way step in And all to ruine and destruction bring The King approv'd and granted their Petition Call'd for a Parley with all expedition To settle peace betwixt the Lands divided And t'have things controverted and decided Twixt King and Subject that exactions might Be eas'd that long against all Law and right Have been imposde and that Religion So long exposde unto derision Might have just vindication gainst all those That have been known to be her godlesse foes We see the cause then why the Parliament Was call'd together and for what intent Their call st●n●s good in point o● Law we see From God and Man King Peers and Commonaltie So 's their continuance too the King hath seald Their sitting which is not to be repeal'd Till Church and State have past and overcome These Agu●s Feavers and Consumptions That make them sick to death When these are cur'd The Court may be adjourn'd yet they assur'd They have discharg'd their duties and the Land Shall evermore to them obliged stand For their good service and all thought to be Too mean to answer their Fidelitie Let these considerations work upon Th' affections and desires of every one That do desire to lead a Christian life And to live free from civill warres and strife Or that desire that wholesome Law should be The Rule whereby to judge indifferently As they their God Laws King selves Liberties Wives children Countrey and their substance prize Or any thing that unto them is deare I' th City or i' th Field or anywhere O let them stand couragiously for those That have stood so for them against their Foes Have not our Worthies for us sacrifizde Lives Honours States and what so highly prizde For our enlargement What conspiracies Devises plots and Hell-hatch pollicies By Jesuites and Papists have been laid And all to have their good proceedings staid Against their lives what threats have been belch'd out Against them by that superstitious Rout. What scandalous aspersions have been cast And what grosse sensures vulgarly have past Their candide Reputations to bespot With some pretended ignomimous blot As if they trayterously should undermine Our government Politicke and Divine And set an Arbitrary Course of power To wrong the King in 's right and to devoute The Subjects state and overthrow the right Of King and Subject by their lawlesse might How have our Anti-sabbatists and those Arminian sottes true Reformations foes In our corrupted Springs of Litterature And at our Innes of Court and I am sure In many other places though of late Th' are growne more wary in their common prate Spoke ill of Reformation and all such i th Parliament that stand for it so much Yea how have they by every Rusticke Swaine And Ignoramus that can scarce speake plaine And tollerable English been defamde Miscallde abusde and barbarously nick-namde If any shall presume to say I lie I le bring the world this truth to testifie For scarce is there that Citie Towne or place Where some have not endeavoured their disgrace Nor i st unknowne t'th' Houses for themselves Heare of the rude behaviour of these Elves By Information and perhaps the times May come when such may answer for their crimes But yet have they been daunted or dismayde At what these envious Spirits did or said Have they given ore the worke they had in hand Can any say that slavishly they stand In feare of any No whose there will say He that dares rouse a Lyon from his Prey And force wild Beasts to fly from den to den And fright them that they dare not turne agen Feares any Colours Who can say of them That worthily have playde the parts of men Of noble Spirits but that they should be Spoke of with honour thought of reverently They have not flincht a step out of the way Although these Curres have held them at a bay But as the spiritfull Horse no notice takes Of the shrill noyse that every Mongrill makes Have in their pious course persisted still Promoting good not fearing any ill So let them still proceed till they have run The race of Reformation that 's begun So let the Spirit of grace and wisedome be Redoubled on their heads in each degree So let their courage be encreased and so Let them Romes power in England overthrow So let their legall Orders be obeyde And all their black-mouthd enemies destroyd So let the Lord of Hoasts himselfe as he In all things hath been with them formerly So finish what 's begun and though their foes Be twenty times in number more then those That came against King Asa let the same Dismall destruction then overcame Those Aegyptian Nigers seize upon These bloudy minded Villaines every one And if no other way to publicke peace Be found but civill warre or we must cease To be a priviledgd people and must yeeld Base Tyrannizing Cavileers the feild Without resistance and like conquerd slaves Crouch to their yoke outlawes and Banckrupt knave Whose mercies are but Heathenish cruelties And their best acts murthers and robberies O then Great Britaine every where be ready To oppose such deeds so tyrannous and heady Assemble all your strength with joynt consent To fight for God the King and Parliament T is time yee Westerne Counties that have beene So backward and remisse now to begin To stand upon your guard now yee are made The seate of warre O let it not