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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	law_n	liberty_n	parliament_n	4,902	5	6.1958	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29373	A sermon preached unto the voluntiers of the city of Norwich and also to the voluntiers of Great Yarmovth in Norfolke by William Bridge ...	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.	1642 (1642)	Wing B4466; ESTC R12276	14,881	24

of God and their Country requisite for all the people Requisite for Magistrates Good courage is alwayes in a Magistrates Commission though times be never so peaceable they are to be men of courage fearing God much more in troublous times good courage is a vertue annexed to their place and therefore as injustice from the hand of a Judge is worser then from any other because there is a speciall repugnancy between him and the sin so want of courage and neutralizing in a Magistrate is worse then in others because it is alwayes annexed to his place Ministers they must be of good courage We read of divers valiant men 2. Chron. 26.17 18. who withstood Uzziah the King and said unto him It pertaineth not unto thee Uziah to burn incense unto the Lord c. You may see who they were 17. vers. Azariah the Priest went in after him and with him fourscore Priests of the Lord that were valiant men wherein did their valour appeare in that they withstood the King in doing that which was unlawfull these were valiant Priests indeed and it stands upon Record and that for ever in times neerer to our selves we read of Doctor Latimer that when the men of his order were to send New-years gifts unto the King he sent a Bible with this posie written on the outside thereof Whoremongers and Adulterers God will judge was not Mr. Deering very bold with Queen Elizabeth who told her that though shee once went tanquam ovis ad lanienam as a sheep to the slaughter yet now tanquam indomita juvenca as an untam'd hiefer in evill times the Ordnance and Murthering pieces are planted against the House of the Ministers against them especially and therefore in them also good courage is very requisite Requisite also in the third place for Parents and Governours of families Otherwise if they have not good courage they will quench the forwardnesse and zeal and courage of those that are under them It is a lamentable thing that the carnall wisdom of a wordly parent should be the quench coale of the gratious devotion of a godly child Granatensis makes mention of a woman that hearing her son run away in the Field she got some advantage of him and put him to death with these words Run-away thou art none of mine And of another woman that when her son was slaine in the Battell she being at the Funerall with divers friends some wept and cryed ô duram fortunam O hard fortune she cryed ô felicem fortunam O happy fortune that ever I was so honoured to beare a child to dye so bravely for his Country Parents must have courage and there are these three things to move parents and Governours of families unto it the danger that is now approaching the Protestation that you have taken the speeiall opportunity that you have You that are Parents and governours of Families have the greater opportunity of serving the Common-wealth and Churches and people of God then others Your children are your goods nothing is so much a mans own as his childe your children are your best houshold stuffe One observing that it was the manner and fashion to bespangle their cupboords with plate when they made any feasts when he was to make a feast he got his children and set them on his cupboards head the Guests asking the reason why he did so saith he these are my plate Beloved you have given your plate already to the service of your Countrey what if God will have this plate also to be given unto him Again the danger that is now approaching may move you unto this you know the greatnesse of the danger how we are begirt with the Assyrians and Ammonites and should the Ammonites prevaile I mean that malignant Jusuiticall party prevaile in the Kingdome what a dark and blacke day would it be upon England the Lord be thanked we know partly what a comfort it is to set under our Vines and Fig-trees but should they prevaile what would they do yea what would they not do the honour and safety of our dear Soveraign the liberty of the Subject the security of the Parliament the Peace of the three Kingdoms the power and liberty of the Ordinances these are great mercies and much to be prized by us and me thinks every one should sit down and think with himselfe what shall I give or do that my person should not be enslaved that my wife and daughters be not abused that my poor children be not massacred that my house be not plundred that my Country be not betrayed oh if there be any spirit or valour and courage in any childe or servant to serve God and his Countrey go on oh childe and prosper do couragiously Then again besides this you may remember the Protestation that you have made you have Protested before the Lord and the world or should have done that you will maintain and defend the Person of our King the liberty of the Law and Subject the Parliament the Protestant Religion and shall you not give up your children and servants though never so dear and faithfull to make good your Protestation But me thinkes I hear some say it is a hard thing to part with my childe my only sonne my onely joy the comfort and stay of mine age oh it is a hard thing to part with a childe True it is and wouldst serve God and thy Countrey with nothing is that childe lost that Christ gains I remember Origen observes that when Abraham gave up Isaac unto God and put the knife to his throat to offer him up as a sacrifice to him then the Lord found him a Ram another sacrifice and gave Isaac again unto him and saith he that which you give unto God you shall receive from God if you can give up your childe and lift up your hand with a knife to offer him up unto him the Lord will give you that childe and that childe above others shall be the father of many gracious Me thinks I heare that speech sounding in mine ears Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate your children are the arrowes that the Lord hath given you into your quiver if they be ready upon the string will you breake these arrowes or the spirits of them they are made a purpose to meet your Adversary in the gate and now the Adversary is in the gate will you not let the arrow flie Oh me thinks there should not be a father or Master that hath a childe or servant but should say I will send one Voluntier what were it for such a Town as this to have two or three hundred but I know your readines the Lord blesse it onely I leave the exhortation of Joab with you the words a little altered Be of good courage and if you cannot play the men your selves let your children and servants play the men

wicked malignants and wicked counsellors about him If the Lord hath stirred thee up against mee let him accept an offering but if they be the children of men cursed be they before the Lord c. He does not say the King had done it but layes it upon those that were about him and therefore tooke up Arms to defend himselfe against the malignants Davids example is our practise and certainly if the Parliament should not have a power to send for those by force of Arms which are accused before them for their just tryall they should no longer be a Parliament every Court of Justice have a power to send for by force men accused to be tryed before them now the Parliament as King James speaks is the highest Court of Justice therfore accrding to the known priviledge of Parliament they do send Serjeant at Arms for those that are acccused to be tryed before them and if they have power to send out one Serjeant at Arms then they have power also to send forth a hundred and so a thousand and so ten thousand if need require and if the accused persons gather into an Army how can the Parliament send for them but by an Army so that when you consider the Law of the Land or the Law of God or the Law of nature which is for a community to defend it selfe your way and course is very warrantable your cause is good for that must needs be good that Religion maketh so your enemies are weake for they must needs be weake that sin makes weak your victory is certain which the Scripture promiseth and first or last the victory shall be to you Put all together your cause is good your enemies weake your victory certain your service honorable safe warrantable wherefore Be of good courage and play the men for your people and the Cities of our God and the Lord do with you what seemeth him good Fiftly This exhortation looketh upon all that heareth me this day men women and children be you all of good courage in these sad times notwithstanding the evill of the times fear not neither be dismayed Did the Lord do his work by halfs when he brought the children of Israel out of Egypt notwithstanding for mens unbelief some fell in the way to Canaan yet he brought them into Canaan Beloved you are now again coming out of Egypt for the Romish superstition and that partly is called Egypt Sodome Babylon you are now coming out of Egypt marching up into the promised Land and promised Ordinances nothing can make you fall in the way but unbelief wherfore be all of good courage and pray unto the Lord Be all of good courage thereby you shall be able to set upon great things for God though never so great thereby you shall endure great afflictions though never so heavy thereby you shall be untired and unwearyed in the service of God though the opposition be never so strong thereby you shall honour the Cause thereby you shall conquer your enemies thereby you shall encourage others your courage shall beget courage your courage will have an influence upon all the Towns round about you and make them of good courage as I make no question but the courage and valour of London have had an influence upon your hearts to make you couragious so your courage will have upon others what will they say when they come into Towns and return home again I will tell you what I was at such a Town and there they were working and fortifying their Town for their Countrey and King and I saw the best mans son in the Town go to the work and the best mans daughter in the Town carry a basket and father and mother shall we sit still therefore put on let the work never die for want of money let not such a Town as we are be base be poor low want courage when on the one side ye have the Sea on the other side the River on the other side the walls on the other side I hope friends within abundance of good people and above a loving God oh therefore put on be all of good courage I do but adde some directions and so winde up all First be sure of this That you make sure of God to be with you I mean not only in the generall causes but in your particular clear up your propriety to God himselfe When David was in a great straight his enemies had broken in upon him taken away his wives and then plundred all he had his own Souldiers began to mutiny and thought of stoning him what did he do it is said he encouraged himselfe in the Lord his God therefore first make sure of this cleare up this your propriety in God himselfe The sight of a great God under interest will encourage your spirits though dangers be nere so great Secondly Never go out upon any designe without Gods promise Gods promise of assistance acceptance and successe Joshua was a valiant man and brave Commander and yet we read of him 7 Joshua when some thirty men were slain and others fled he fell down upon the earth much discouraged why the Lord had promised he would never leave him nor forsake him his enemies should not be able to stand before him but hee had lost the promise that God had given to him and therefore was discouraged but the Lord comes to him and saith what dost here and brings him to the view of the promise again and then a new spirit and new life came into him Gods promise is your encouragement keepe that alwayes in your eye Thirdly take heed of all those things that will debase your spirits these are three things especially idlenesse wordlinesse false courage As for idlenesse saith Seneca it is the burying of a living man As for wordlinesse saith Aquinas it doth effeminate and set a man below himself And false courage is a true enemy to true courage if courage be layd upon the sense of the second cause when there is an ebbe of the second cause there is an ebbe of your courage There were two sorts of spyes that went into the Land of Canaan as for the first we do not read of any hard use they met withall and yet they were much discouraged and discouraged the people saying the men of the Country are Giants the Cities are walled up to Heaven and the Inhabitants ride in Charets of iron the other spyes met with ill use and had not Rahab hid them they had been every man cut off and yet they returned with good courage and so encouraged the people saying the men shall be meat unto us c. what is the reason of this one would thinke rather that the first sort should be encouraged and the last discouraged but it was not so the reason is this the first spyes that were discouraged looked only upon the men and walls and iron Charets went out in the way of sense but as for the