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	prince_n	subject_n	3,995	5	6.4954	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87263	The doctrine of the Church of England, established by Parliament against disobedience and wilfull rebellion. Published by G. I. for satisfaction to his parishoners of Watton in the county of Hartford.	Ingoldsby, William, d. 1645.	1642 (1642)	Wing I188; Thomason E130_30; ESTC R14126	37,574	49

Tree stretching out his arme as it were for that purpose caught him by the great and long bush of his goodly hayre lapping about it as hee fled hastily bare-headed under the said Tree and so hanged him up by the hayre of his head in the ayre to give an eternall document that neither comelinesse of personage neither nobility nor favour of the people no nor the favour of the King himselfe can save a Rebell from due punishment God the King of all Kings being so offended with him that rather than hee should lack due execution for his treason every Tree by the way will bee a gallows or gibbet unto him and the hayre of his owne head will unto him bee in stead of a halter to hang him up with rather then hee should lack one A fearefull example of Gods punishment good people to consider Now Achitophel though otherwise an exceeding wise man yet the mischievous Counseller of Absolom in this wicked rebellion for lack of an hangman a convenient servitour for such a Traytour went and hanged up himselfe A worthy end of all false Rebels who rather than they should lack due execution will by Gods just judgement become hangmen unto themselves Thus happened it unto the Captaines of that rebellion besides forty thousand of Rascals Rebels slaine in the field and in the chase Likewise is it to bee seene in the holy Scriptures how that great rebellion which the Traytour Seba moved in Israel was suddenly appeased the head of the Captaine-traytour by the meanes of a silly woman being cut off And as the holy Scriptures doe shew so doth dayly experience prove that the counsels conspiracies and attempts of Rebels never tooke effect neither came to good but to a most horrible end For though God doth oftentimes prosper just and lawfull enemies which bee no subjects against their forraigne enemies yet did hee never long prosper rebellious subjects against their Prince were they never so great in authority or so many in number Geno● 1● Five Princes or Kings for so the Scripture termeth them with all their multitudes could not prevaile against Chedorlaomer unto whom they had promised loyalty and obedience and had continued in the same certaine yeares but they were all overthrowne and taken prisoners by him but Abraham with his family and kinsfolkes an handfull of men in respect owing no subjection unto Chodorlaomer overthrew him and all his hoast in battell and recovered the prisoners and delivered them So that though Warre bee so dreadfull and cruell a thing as it is yet doth God often prosper a few in lawfull warres with forraigne enemies against many thousands but never yet prospered the subjects being Rebels against their naturall Soveraigne were they never so great or noble so many so stout so witty and politick but alwayes they came by the overthrow and to a shamefull end so much doth God abhorre rebellion more then other warres though otherwise being so dreadfull and so great a destruction of mankind Though not onely great multitudes of the rude and rascall Commons but sometime also men of great wit nobility and authority have moved rebellions against their lawfull Princes whereas true Nobility should most abhorre such villany and true wisedome should most detest such frantick rebellion though they should pretend sundry causes as the redresse of the Common-wealth which rebellion of all other mischiefes doth most destroy or reformation of Religion whereas rebellion is most against all true Religion though they have made a great shew of holy meaning by beginning their rebellions with a counterfeit service of God as wicked Absolon did beginne his rebellion with sacrificing unto God though they display 1 King 15. and beare about Ensignes and Banners which are acceptable unto the rude ignorant Common people great multitudes of whom by such false pretences and shewes they doe deceive and draw unto them yet were the multitudes of the Rebels never so huge and great the Captaines never so Noble politique and witty the pretences fained to bee never so good and holy yet the speedy overthrow of all Rebels of what number state or condition soever they were or what colour or cause soever they pretended is and ever hath beene such that God thereby doth shew that hee allowed the dignity of any person nor the multitude of any people nor the waight of any cause as sufficient for the which the subjects may move rebellion against their Princes Turne over and read the Histories of all Nations looke over the Chronicles of our owne Countrey call to mind so many rebellions of old time and some yet fresh in memory yee shall not find that God ever prospered any rebellion against their naturall and lawfull Prince but contrariwise that the Rebels were overthrowne and slaine and such as were taken prisoners dreadfully executed Consider the great and Noble families of Dukes Marquesses Earles and other Lords whose names ye shall read in our Chronicles now cleane extinguished and gone and seeke out the causes of the decay you shall finde that not lacke of issue and heires male hath so much wrought that decay and waste of Noble bloods and houses as hath Rebellion And for as much as the redresse of the Common-wealth hath of old beene the usuall and fained pretence of Rebells and religion now of late beginneth to be a colour of rebellion let all godly and discreete subjects consider well of both and first concerning religion if peaceable King Solomon was judged of God to be more meete to build his Temple whereby the ordering of religion is meant then his Father King David though otherwise a most godly King for that David was a great warrier and had shed much blood though it were in his warres against the enemies of God of this may all godly and reasonable subjects consider that a peaceable Prince especially our most peaceable and mercifull King who hath hitherto shed no blood at all no not of his most deadly enemies is more like and farre meeter to set up or to maintaine true religion then are bloody rebels who have not shed the blood of Gods enemies as King David had done but doe seeke to shed the blood of Gods friends and of their owne Countrey-men and of their owne most denre friends and kinsfolkes yea the destruction of their most gracious Prince and naturall Countrey for defence of whom they ought to bee ready to shed their blood if neede should so require What a religion is it that such men by such meanes would restore may easily be judged even as good a religion surely as rebells be good men and obedient subjects and as rebellion is a good meane of redresse and reformation being in it selfe the greatest deformation of all that may possible be but as the truth of the Gospell of our Saviour Christ being quietly and soberly taught though it doe cost them their lives that doe teach it is able to maintaine the true religion so hath a franticke religion neede of