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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	kingdom_n	law_n	parliament_n	3,975	5	6.2994	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88870	The bramble berry: or, A briefe discourse touching participating in mixt assemblies at the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, wherein is most full and cleare satisfaction given to every weak and doubting Christian, both by testimony out of Gods Word, and many invincible reasons and arguments for that purpose, grounded upon the same, wherein is first principally discussed and resolved these three maine questions following: I. Whether the Congregationall assemblies in England be true churches of Jesus Christ, yea or no? 2. Whether it be lawfull to participate at the Sacrament of the Lords Supper among carnall and prophane men? 3. Whether the admitting of ungodly men to the table of the Lord be sufficient warrant for ministers to desist the publike administration of the Sacrament, or for particular members to decline it, or separate themselves? Secondarily, briefe and satisfactory answers given to all the principall places of Scripture alleadged to maintaine a separation from our church assemblies, besides their arguments and allegations sufficiently resolved: set forth for the benefit of the tender conscience. By W. L. a faithfull petitioner and carefull practitioner for the peace and welfare of the church and people of God.	W. L., a faithful petitioner and careful practitioner for the peace and welfare of the church and people of God.	1643 (1643)	Wing L84; Thomason E56_8; ESTC R413	53,887	63

THE BRAMBLE BERRY OR A briefe discourse touching participating in mixt Assemblies at the Sacrament of the Lords Supper wherein is most full and cleare satisfaction given to every weak and doubting Christian both by testimony out of Gods Word and many invincible reasons and arguments for that purpose grounded upon the same wherein is first principally discussed and resolved these three maine Questions following 1. Whether the Congregationall Assemblies in England be true Churches of Jesus Christ yea or no 2. Whether it be lawfull to participate at the Sacrament of the Lords Supper among carnall and prophane men 3. Whether the admitting of ungodly men to the Table of the Lord be sufficient warrant for Ministers to desist the publike administration of the Sacrament or for particular members to decline it or separate themselves SECONDARILY Briefe and satisfactory answers given to all the principall places of Scripture alleadged to maintaine a separation from our Church Assemblies besides their arguments and allegations sufficiently resolved set forth for the benefit of the tender conscience By W. L. a faithfull petitioner and carefull practitioner for the peace and welfare of the Church and people of God Printed at London by Richard Cotes 1643. To the Reader CHristian Reader when I had the first occasion to enter upon this Subject by the request of some Christian friends to whom I was engaged by way of promise to deliver my judgement I did neither thinke to have waded so farre into it as I was afterward necessitated for satisfaction both of my selfe and them nor that such peeced and unpolished lines should ever have cumbred the Presse But after the delivery of it being desired to give Copies to divers friends I found the writing both tedious and chargeable which together with other importunings and the desire I have fully to satisfie such as desire satisfaction in this point with as much ease and as little charge as may be prevailed with me to bring that to publike sight for which I may meete with private censure but knowing the most pious and learned indeavours that ever yet saw the Sunne have beene obnoxious to censorious humours I wave that the Lord knowing that my principall aime herein is the glory of God and the peace and concord of his Church and people in indeavouring the uniting of the affections and opinions of Gods people which in these times of distraction are so divided in and about the point of mixt participation at the Sacrament of the Lords Supper it being an Ordinance of so high concernement and indeed the diversity of opinions in and about this and other parts of Go●s worship even in godly men is the maine ground and Bases upon which not onely Papists and Jesuites and others of that Romish rabble would build that great difference that is fallen betweene his Majesty and Parliament and make the very cause of all the rapines ruines plunderings and bloudsheds in the Kingdome ●ut even our carnall Gospellers Neuters and Luke-warme Professors yea our Athisticall and Prophane wretches goe hand in hand with them in this scandalous straine as if the great Councell of the Kingdome were led by some factious private spirit And although it be nothing so indeed yet too many at this day are so impious as to charge it upon them not thinking that in wounding that Assembly of our Parliamentary Worthies they strike at the heart of Religion Law Liberty life and posterity and all that we can account precious in this life we cannot be ignorant how the eares of Gods people are daily filled from the mouthes of that Antichristian crew with these and such like expressions We wonder why the Parliament settles not Religion the government of the Church there is now so many Religions a man cannot tell which to be of these Brownists Anabaptists Puritans and Roundheads are the cause of all these troubles one will have no Divine service another no Lords Prayer another he will not come to the Sacrament because of the wicked there nay these Puritan Preachers are worst of all and the like And albeit a man might easily answer these and many more such foolish allegations which if God permit I shall indeavour in my next meditations for publike not being able to heare the cause of God wounded and be silent lest the very stones should crie out upon the great neglect of such unto whom more properly it belongs yet I beleeve these men who ever they be that make this disturbance in our publike Assemblies by singing downe Service pulling Common prayer book and Surplesses out of the Readers hands and from his backe keeping their Hats on in time of Common-prayer withdrawing from the Sacrament because carnall men are admitted although in other respect they may be godly yet by this their preposterous and blinde Zeale for at the best it must be Zeale without knowledge have done more hinderance to that great worke of Reformation so much prayed by for all Gods people and laboured for by that honourable Assembly of Parliament then all their indeavours otherwise can ever be able to promote it the enemies of true Religion taking great advantage by it and the cause of Christ so much the more injured the very Jesuites themselves not being able to hatch such another stratagem for their purpose for by this meanes all the neuters of the Kingdom are readier to side with them then those that stand for the cause of God and the Kingdome not that I goe about to plead for any corruption or innovation in the Doctrine or Discipline of the Church but doe earnestly desire that men would waite upon God in the use of lawfull meanes till he shall be pleased to perfect the worke of Reformation by such instruments as are lawfully called to it and intrusted both by God and man with the great affaires of Church and State and not every particular man to snatch the sword out of the Magistrates hand or be a seeming reformer when indeed he is an author not of order but confusion But not intending to raise too large a Porch before such a poore thatched Cottage lest the worke become more tedious then either toothsome or p●ofitable I hasten desiring the good Reader not to expect here either Learning or Logick but a plaine and I hope profitable discourse fitted to the meanest capacity for whose sakes my paines is principally spent upon it neither would I have beene so easily prevailed upon to come to publike being a man of such low abiliities and having as little time as any but that men of great parts whose whole life is or ought to be sequestred from the world doe either utterly forget or wholly neglect to speake to a point of so great concernment especially in these times of so great distraction What I have done herein the Lord of his mercy adde a blessing upon that though the worke be meane and the Author despicable yet God may have glory and his Church and people benefit And if