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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	common_a	lord_n	prayer_n	2,904	5	6.1819	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91385	The kingdomes manifestation: wherein a course may be taken for us and our posterity, to enjoy peace and truth together, with the propagation of the Gospell; with certaine considerations condusing thereunto. Delivered in a speech by Iohn Pym, Esquire: once a worthy member of the House of Commons, now deceased the eighth of December, 1643.	Pym, John, 1584-1643.	1643 (1643)	Wing P4269; Thomason E78_12; ESTC R940	22,454	25

Laws will not restraine them oaths will not the Pope can dispence with both these and where there is occasion his command wil act them to the disturbance of the Realme against their owne private disposition yea against their own reason and judgment to obey him to whom they have especially the Jesuiticall party absolutely and intirely obliged themselves not only in spirituall matters but in temporall as they are in order ad Spiritualia H. the 3d. and H. the 4th of France were no Protestants themselves yet were murthered because they tolerated the Protestants by which and many other presidents it appeares that the King that the Kingdome can have no security but in their weaknesse and disabilitie to doe hurt Admission into places of power 2 A 2d. incouragement is their admission into places of power and trust in the Common-wealth whereby they get many dependants and adherents not only of their own but even of such as make profession to be protestants Free resort to London the court 3 A third their freedome of resorting to London and the Court whereby they have opportunity not only of Communicating their Counsels and designes one to another but of diving into his Majesties Counsels by the frequent accesse of those who are active men amongst them to the tables and company of great men and under subtile pretences and disguises they want not meanes of cherishing their owne projects and of indeavouring to mould and biasse the publike affaires to the great advantage of that partie 4 A 4th that as they have a Congregation of Cardinals at Rome to consider of the aptest wayes and means of establishing the Popes authority and Religion in England so they have a Nuncio here to act and dispose that party to the execution of those Counsels and by the assistance of such cunning and Jesuiticall spirits as swarm in this towne to order and mannage all actions and events to the furtherance of that maine end Innovations in matters of Religion 2 The second grievance in Religion was from those manifold innovations lately introduced into severall parts of the Kingdome all inclining to Popery and disposing and sitting men to entertaine it the particulars are these Maintenance of popish tenets 1 Divers of the chiefest points of Religion in difference betwixt us and the Papists have bin publikely defended in licensed Books in Sermons in Vniversity acts and disputations Practice of popish ceremonies 2 Diverse Popish Ceremonies have bin not only practised but countenanced yea little lesse than injoyned as Altars Images Crucifixes bowings and other gestures and observances which put upon our Churches a shape and face of popery He compared this to the dry bones in Ezekiel first they came together then the sinewes and the fle●h came upon them after this the skin covered them and then breath and life was put into them so he said after these men had moulded us into an outward forme and visage of popery they would more boldly endeavour to breath into us the spirit life of popery Preferment of men popishly inclined Discouragment of true professors Inlargment of differences among our selves 3 The third grievance was the countenancing and preferring those men who were most forward in setting up such Innovations the particul●rs were so well knowne that they needed not to be named Discouragment of true professors 4 The fourth was the discouragement of those who were known to be most conscionable and faithfull professors of the truth some of the wayes of effecting this he observed to be these Inlargment of differences among our selves 1 The courses taken to inforce and inlarge those unhappy differences for matters of small moment which have bin amongst our selves and to raise up new occasions of further division wherby many have bin induced to forsake the land not seeing the end of those voluntary and humane Injunctions in things appertaining to Gods worship whereas those who are indeed lovers of Religion and of the Churches of God would seeke to make up those breaches and to unite us more entirely against the common enemy Over rigid prosceution of the scrupulous for things indifferent 2 The over rigid prosecution of those who are scrupulous in using some things enjoyned which are held by those who enjoyn them to be in themselves indifferent It hath bin ever the desire of this House exprest in many Parliaments in Q. Elizabeths time and since that such might be tenderly used It was one of our petitions delivered at Oxford to his Majestie that now is but what little moderation it hath produced is not unknowne to us all any other vice almost Vnjust punishments for matters not by law may be better indured in a Minister than Inconformitie 3 The unjust punishments and vexations of sundry persons for matters required without any warrant of Law as Reading the Booke For not reading the book concerning recreation on the Lords day The Table set Altar-wise For not removing the Communion Table to bee set Altarwise at the East end of the Chancell Comming to the railes For not comming up to the Railes to receive the Sacrament Preaching upon the Lo●ds day For preaching the Lords day in the afternoone Varying from the catechisme For Catechising in any other words and manner than in the precise words of the short catechisme in the Common Prayer booke Abuse of Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction The fifth and last grievance concerning Religion was the incroachment and abuse of Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction the particulars mentioned are these In fining imprisoning 1 Fining and imprisoning in cases not allowed by Law Claiming jurisdiction to be Iure Divino 2 Their challenging their jurisdiction to be appropriate to their order which they alledge to be jure Divino Articles of the Visitations 3 The contriving and publishing of new articles upon which they inforce the Churchwardens to take oathes and to make inquiries and presentments as if such articles had the force of Canons and this he said was an effect of great presumption and boldnesse not only in the Bishops but in their Archdeacons Officials and Chancellors taking upon themselves a kind of Synodall authority and the Injunctions of this kinde might well partake in name with that part of the common Law which is called the Extravagants Grievances concerning the liberty of persons and estates Having dispatcht these severall points hee proceeded to the third part of grievances being such as are against the common justice of the Realm in the liberties of our persons and proprietie of our estates of which he said he had many to propound In doing whereof he would rather observe the order of time wherein they were acted than of consequence but when hee should come to the cure hee should then perswade the House to begin with those who were of most importance as being now in execution and very much pressing and exhausting the Common-Wealth Tonnage