Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	death_n	king_n	treason_n	2,352	5	9.2422	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91292	Summary reasons against the new oath & Engagement. And an admonition to all such as have already subscribed it. With a cautionarie exhortation to all honest English spirits, to avoid the danger of perjurie by taking of it.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1649 (1649)	Wing P4096; Thomason E585_9; ESTC R206265	10,914	17

and Securities of all sorts that humane wisdome can invent shall be thus overturned destroyed dissipated annihilated in a moment at the wills and lusts of our present Usurpers against all their Solemne Oaths Covenants and Protestations not to doe it wee cannot but imagine conceive and believe that every particular persons estate goods life liberties and enjoyments in the Kingdome not halfe so well estalibshed and fenced as they can be secure or exempt from their violence rapine but subject to their lawlesse wills courts acts seizures disposals to deprive us of them at their pleasures which will render us the miserablest slavishest People under Heaven instead of a free Republick of which the late illegall proceedings in martiall arbitrary Courts and Committees against the beheaded King Lords and others with their late imposed arbitrary Taxes Excises Acts for new Treasons and this very Oath and Engagement give us undeniable experiments Upon which and sundry other weighty considerations we are pere●ptorily resolved by the grace and assistance of our Omnipotent God rather to endure ten thousand S●questrations Imprisonments Deaths then to betray our King Kingdomes Parliaments Lawes Liberties Religion all our earthly comforts wound our Consciences damnour immortall Souls by our submission or subscription to this irreligious fl●gitious pernicous scandalous illegall irrationall unconscionable treasonable New Oath and Engagement and adhere to the death constantly and sincerely to our former Oathes Covenants and Engagements which they diametrically oppose maugre any humans powers or forces whatsoever To close up all wee heartily wish all perjured Prescribers of this New Oath and Engagement especially apostate Assembly-men D●vines and Lawyers who contrary to their former Oathes Covenants Protestations and Subscriptions have subscribed this new Oath Conscienciously and sadly to consider and peruse Levit. 19. 12. Psal 15. 1 2. 4. Iosh 9. 18. 19. 20. 2 Sam. 21. 1. 1 King 1 29. 30. c. 2. 42. 43 46. 2 Chron. 13. 5. 6 Neh. 5 12. 13. Ier. 34. 8 to 20. Ezech. 17. 11. to 22. Zech. 5. 1. to 5. Mal. 3 5 Rom. 1 28. 31. 32. 2 Tim 3. 1. to 6. Dr. Beards Theatre or God Judgements L. 1. c. 27. 28. of Perjurers divine punishments especially the example of Rodulph p. 174. with another of that nature p. 176. and the example of that perj●red Usu●per of the Cr●w●e against his Oath King Hera●ld Math. West An. 1066. p. 430. 438. with the sad Sto●●●● of Archbishop C●●nm●rs tortu●●s of Conscience and Mr. Bilneys for subscribing against their Consciences to save their Lives in Mr. Fox his Mon●ments And then they will eyther with Peter after he had abju●ed his Lord and Master with an oath goe forth and ●●ee● bitterly if they have any sparkes of Grace or hopes of Salvasion remaining in them or else with tr●●cherous Iudas who betrayed his Lord and Master to gratifie the High-Priests goe out despairing and hang themselves to avoid the shame of the World and anguish of their tormenting Consciences A Quaere touching an English Monarchy and a Low-Country Free-State which of them is the Freest and most to bee desired An English Monarchie Is a most Honorable free Government by an hereditary King according to the Lawes of the Kingdoms supplyed only without any standing Army Garrisons Free-Quarter Excise or Monethly Contributions by a bare Ordinance of a few Commons with a Subsidy or two in divers yeares freely granted by the Laity and Clergy in full Parliament by distinct Acts of Parliament A Low-Country Free-State Is an Ignoble Servitude under the Militarie Command of many selfe-Created new States erected and supported by the meere Power of a standing Army constant Garrisons Citadels accompanied with perpetuall Monethly Contributions Taxes Excises and Free-Quarter imposed on the Clergy Laity by these new States alone without common consent or Act of Parliament and augmented and disposed of at their owne Will and Pleasures Utrum horum mavis accipe FINIS