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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	aaron_n	better_a	moses_n	18	3	6.4929	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82145	A declaration of the faithfull souldiers of the army, to all the honest people of the nation, shewing their resolution to stand by the good old cause, and maintain the liberties and privileges of the subject; formerly printed in canting language, and now re-printed with explanations in the margent, for the better information of all such as desire to look to the bottom of their deceits.	England and Wales. Army.	1659 (1659)	Wing D668; Thomason E980_18; ESTC R10813	6,463	7

A DECLARATION Of the Faithfull SOVLDIERS OF THE ARMY To all the honest people of the Nation shewing their Resolution to stand by the Good old Cause And maintain the Liberties and Privileges of the SUBJECT Formerly Printed in Canting Language and now Re-printed with Explanations in the Margent for the better information of all such as desire to look to the bottom of their DECEITS Numb 16.13 And Korah Dathan and Abiram gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them You take too much upon you seeing all the Congregation is holy every one of them and the Lord is among them wherefore then lift you up your selves above the Congregation of the Lord 1 Sam. 10.27 But the Children of Belial said How shall this man save us and they dispised him and brought him no presents but he held his peace To rant and mouth is not so neer a way To cheat your Brother as by yea and nay LONDON Printed Anno Dom. 1659. May 5. A Declaration of the Faithful Souldiers of the Army to all the honest people of the Nation shewing their Resolution to stand by the Good Old Cause and maintain the Liberties and Privileges of the Subject WHereas it hath pleased God out of his gracious Providence to manifest to the good people of this distracted Commonwealth a From which the Authors of this Declaration have revolted his Rule and Government amongst us we do now appeal to the great God b And who holds them in a chain that they can goe no farther than he pleases to suffer them whom we must own as the great Commander of our Armies and General of our Forces acknowledging him to be the first Worker amongst us By many signal tokens it hath been made apparent c Whilst they stood to their first principles and were obedient to their Governor that God hath owned in a most especial manner the poor Souldiery of this Nation which must needs strike real reflections upon the Consciences of all sober and honest men d That is till they rebelled and no farther who have adventured thus far and have found Jehovah-Jireh God in the Mount among us all As God hath made and appointed us for the general e That is either as a King makes use of his Armies to destroy his Enemies or as a School-master his rods to scourge his Scholars to make them more obedient good of the Nation so we do most seriously with real hearts own the f As they stile them that is the Quakers and Anabaptists Godly of this Nation and will be a Covert to them although to the destruction of our lives and fortunes if God so pleases for the general good of them all As for the breaches that are amongst us we g As the Authors of them claim an interest in them for the Great God for our sinful deserts in our backsliding from him h And in violating the many ingagements and protestations which they themselves have at sundry times made to their Governor hath laid this visitation upon us and so we must own his most just dealings with us The consideration of which does cause reflections upon our hearts i Which are very good if they were in sincerity which their actions considered are much to be doubted humbly to own these his chastisements and to consider these remarkable tokens of his love For if we consider the k Both to God and the whole Nation in these disturbances which they have lately made whereupon if God be not very mercifull the inevitable ruine of Religion and all civill Government will ensue unworthiness of our dealings and the l Which they have to their great disgrace too often made and as often broken specious pretences which have gone along with us under fair glosses we must confess that what distractions are amongst us m Are occasioned by their unnatural rebellion are not answerable to our just deserts But we know that the dealings of the Almighty are not to be found out therefore we confess that we have found God n Far beyond their deserts merciful although we have transgressed for with him is mercy that he may be feared and he hath thus dealt with us that we might o But as yet there is but little probability that they do ever intend it take notice of his long suffering and goodness to us to his glory p And their shame and disgrace let us ascribe it and with thankful hearts q And with renewed lives and serious resolutions of better obedience for the future return hearty praise for these great mercies received by us And now to come to a further r With as much dissimulation as ever serious considetation of Gods good dealing with us we do desire to praise s They indeavour to perswade the people that the Lord is the Author of their Rebellions who are no otherwise united than as a Company of riotous persons who combine together to do some outragious Act. the Lord for his uniting of the Army with such unanimity and courage to stand for and maintain the t That is their own private interest and advantage Good old Cause so long contended for and which the Lord u That is when they kept close to their first principles which by their ●ebellion they are now far wide of hath formerly so much owned w Nothing more true although our backslidings might have given cause of a far greater judgement than hath yet befallen us which we hope will be prevented by our x Which must be after another manner than they now do return and owning our first Principles with so much cordial affection as is at this time declared amongst us although y And is very probable will be far beyond their expectations great opposition might be expected But that God that can throw down at a blast the loftiest Cedars can also raise out of the earth small z And after make fuel of them as he did Nebuchadnezzar to punish the disobedience of the Children of Israel and after punished him for so doing shrubs to glorifie him and to do his work a Hereby doth plainly appear what the ends and aims of these fellows are which is that all that are higher than themselves may be thrown down that so themselves may the better be exalted which with heart and mind is so much desired by the faithful Members of the Army as is at this day experienced amongst us Therefore we pray and hoped it will stir up the faithful of this Nation to b That are bound in Conscience both to God and man to oppose them in their present undertakings this consideration that although objections may be raised against and c Not so much as they do deserve aspersions cast upon the d That is of Low and base birth poor despised instruments of this e In English Rebellion Work yet