Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	new_a	old_a	testament_n	3,965	5	8.0680	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82183	A declaration of the loyalty of the citizens of London to the King and Parliament. Wherein their fidelity and true affection to the publike good is clearly manifested, by their voluntary contributions, personall actions, and strong fortifications, for the safety of the King, Parliament and Kingdome. Published for a president to the whole kingdome.		1643 (1643)	Wing D709; Thomason E104_32; ESTC R13719	3,706	8

A DECLARATION OF THE LOYALTY OF THE Citizens of London TO THE King and Parliament WHEREIN Their Fidelity and true Affection to the publike good is cleary manifested by their Voluntary Contributions Personall Actions and Strong Fortifications for the safety of the King Parliament and Kingdome Published for a president to the whole Kingdome June 3 d. LONDON Printed for T. Cooke 1643. A Declaration of the Loyalty of the Citizens of London to the KING and Parliament MAny expressions of loyalty to a Prince from his subjects may be shewed acceptable but not profitable to the publick good some aiming at their owne particular preferment and some to win his Prince his favour this fidellity is in these unfortunate times too frequent this is loyalty without considerable premeditation hurtfull and pernitious this is exercised by temporary observances the very Papists Enemies to the cause of Christ may be indewed with this kinde of loyalty but there is a loyalty which is unparallelled which the best and wisest men which are not indewed with worldly but spirituall wisdome have rooted and fast fixed in their hearts this loyalty is Duplex nay triplex and unremoveable as Solomon a threefold Cord is not easily broken this hath its aspect fixed upon a triple object upon their Prince upon religion and upon law upon their Prince as the head of that body of which they are members and this loyalty is expressed in the indeavour to preserve both from Indemnity and dislocation or Fraction for if either both must needs languish and in the end perish by a Consumption the second is upon religion this should be the primum mobile the cheif mover and loadstone to draw the sincerest and heartiest affection therto if this loyalty be wanting which is called fidelity to God in vaine can a Prince expect hearty affection from his people if piety be not the ground of all their actions all will come to naught and prove frustrate whether it be by Counsell or externall actionate apparances But here is not to be understood every mans religion regulated by perticular fancy for there is but one true religion grounded upon Devine Doctrine recorded in the sacred and Canonicall writings of the Old and new Testament loyalty in religion must be constant setled not mutable retain the truth and keep it let not times alteration change our Religion let not temporary division divide the heart from his God and his verity The third object is love and this is Duplex Divine and humane upon the law of God and Ordinance of man the first is Devine obedience and loyalty the other is politick fidelity of the last I will most speake because it is now the secondary cause of dissention this is also twofold grounded upon common and fundamentall lawes of this kingdome and upon Parliamentary goverment both knowne and of long continuance the first unalterable the last mutable according to the mutability of times both the only preservatives conjunctively of kingdomes prosperity and tranquillity If either fall or be destroyed the totall frame of pollitick goverment must needs perish for in this Consists the wel being of the whole nation no surer ground of peace and happinesse then the preservation of this ancient established goverment the neglect of which breeds such ulcers and deep wounds in the body that the cure must be so sharpe and bitter that the remedy seems to many worse then the disease being tedious wearisome It happens just so in these times the oppressions of the subjects of this kingdome by tyranicall courts arc now almost buried in oblivion through the dilatory preventions of Malignant spirits actors in the precedent tragedy of state oppression whose power hath been and is so prevalent that they want not regall protection to defend their actions Now then is the time to shew true loyalty to God king and countrey now is the time to lay open the distinction of true and false obedience now is the time if ever to shew who are true Patriots of the countrey and who are perfidious betayers of the same to the will malice and tyrany of particular persons Court favorites and publick enemies to peace and piety Having now to my weake abillity made distinction betweene true loyalty and false I will proceed to parallell the Actions of the worthy Cittizens of the City of London to particulars before recited whereby it may be made manifest to the whole world that their loyalty hath been singular and indefatigable no trouble raised against them either in their persons or estates hath changed their true loyalty no thunder-bolt of Proclamations or Declarations against them can alter that fast grounded fidelity seated in their harts although in this kinde they have had many discouragments if the same might have wrought upon there affections well versed in sacred writ he that forsaketh father mother kindred freinds lands houses goods even all for the cause of God shall receive an hundred fold in the day of their Accompts The many contributions and dibursments that have been parted from by them like continuall streames flowing with constancy without intermission might have been ground sufficient to have declined their fidelity and the little benefit they have as yet received by the same might have drowned their hopes of future happinesse if they had not been truly loyall to the King and parliament But they are well read in Phisicall documents concerning the health of materiall bodies similized to pollitick contracted and composed of a Commonwealth that a long sicknesse must have long cure and a dangerous sore have a desperate medicine and that if the same be applied and withdrawne before its operation it may prove more dangerous and deadly then the malady Therefore the having well considered and pondered the premisses count it no losse either of time or expence to wait Gods leasure for the redresse and curation of their evill and lay no negligence or carelesnesse therein upon the Parliament whose daily labours dangers and vast distributions exceed any Parliament that ever sate in England before for the defence and maintainance of the publick good No record of former ages can manifest the like loyalty But to the shame of those times the subject hath happened to forsake their Parliament in Ric. 2. and exposed both them and themselves to the goverment of particular Parasites and Herodian foxes which proued destroyers of their countrey Prince too at last for it is received Maxime in State policy he that is a traytor to himself can never be loyall to his king and he that is a Traitout to his Country is a traitour to himself being a member and part of his Country I now come to the loyalty of the Citizens of London in their personall actions as well as in their purse-contributions and in this respect the City may be called the Chamber or Store-house of true loyalty a glasse wherein the whole Kingdome may see not onely the stamp or character of loyalty but the substance