Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	faith_n	work_n	1,745	5	6.1448	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45321	The Antipodes, or, Reformation with the heeles upward being a compendious narrative or discovery, of the great hypocrisie of our pretending reformers, the treacherous enslaving practices of a trayterous party in the House of Commons, contrary to their solemn protestations, frequent declarations, declared duties and the known laws of the land &c. : whereby both the commonality and souldiery may plainly discover that what was formerly by them adjudged tyrannie and oppression in others is now practiced and maintained to be justice and equity in themselves, and that notwithstanding they pretend liberty, they intend slavery, both to the King, his posterity and the people ...	J. H.; Harris, John, fl. 1647.	1647 (1647)	Wing H42; ESTC R17419	6,446	11

against the State are protected by vertue of a never before heard of priviledge and their accusers imprisoned to the ruine of themselves and families Oh England England what will become of thee when thy fellow subiects exercise soveraignity and thou like a silly sheep delights to have it so 3. If the working the Law like a nose of wax and making it speake what the designed would have it be a practice distructive to the law and liberty of the People what are and have been the Votes Orders and practices of their Committees who derive a power from the Parliament they from the Law for all their extraiudiciall practices and illegall proceedings in the examinations censures and sentences passed upon their fellow Commoners answering all pleas with their power and silencing all disputes with this one affirmative we that are the makers of a Law are best able to iudge of the sense and and meaning of the Law and so if they say stealing is but borrowing drunkennesse is but good fellowship whoring a trick of youth treason or breach of trust but a mistake or mis-understanding wee are bound to beleeve it because they say so let ignorance be the mother of devotion and then oh brave Lawes a brave Parliament such as is the Tree such will be the fruit and then farwell to liberty and welcome slavery stoope stoope poore England to the yoke of subiection be a servant to thy servant and let it be reported in future ages that thou brokest the bonds of thy Soveraigne and became a slave to thy equals 4. If the imposing illegall taxes in the Parliament sense be destructive to the law and liberty of the People pray how comes it to passe that so many Ordinances for Tithes of all other that Anti-christian and soule murthering edict with many other subiect devouring Votes hath within these few yeares passed for currant coyne and good law amongst us 4. If it be a distructive practice to imprison free men without indictment or testimony of fact committed by three witnesses which the Law of the Kingdome requires How comes it to passe that so many faithfull servants of God and the Kingdome have been so long imprisoned some a yeere some two some more meerly for discharge of their duties to God and the Kingdome in discovering the treasons and deceitfull practices of such as endeavoured the Kingdomes ruine what makes Lilburne Overton Musgrave Booth and many more in the Tower Fleet Newgate Gate-house VVhite-Lyon every prison having some sufferers for the Kingdomes cause in it who are high unto famishing Oh England England if thou suffer thy selfe thus to be enslaved by thy servants thou wilt prove a bye-word to all Nations and not deserve the pitty of any Rouse up thy self and rush upon thy adversaries let them know that though thou hast been long patient yet thou both darest and knowest how to call them to account for all their actions let them know that thou art sensible of those vast summes or thy treasure they have received and shared amongst them and make them feare and tremble looke back upon their Declarations have they not covenanted and caused you to Covenant and lift up your hands to the most high God to preserve the Priviledges of the Parliament and the Liberties of the People not by their Priviledges to destroy your Liberties To preserve and defend the King in his Person and authority and not to usurpe his power and imprison his Person to discover and discountenance evill doers not to protect and defend them to bring them to alegall tryall as malefactors not to impower them as Judges of their accusers have they not declared that this was the ground of their undertaking and that the Reformation of the Church and preservation of the Law viz mercy and truth Justice and Judgement was the onely thing they aimed at having resolved never to lay down armes till this was effected with many heavy imprecations desiring the Lord no longer to continue his blessing upon them then they designed his glory and the good of this poore Kingdome now Country-men and fellow Souldiers see whether the Lord hath not iustly weighed them in his Ballance see if he hath not met with them in their secret iniquity they trusted in their wisdome and it turned to foolishnesse they boasted in their strength and confederacy but the Horses of Aegypt are flesh and not spirit their confidence shall prove a snare and the pit they digged for others they will fall into themselves they have ceased to doe what was pleasing to the Lord they sought themselves and forgot the holy one of Israell In the time of their necessity they promised faire but having obtained their ends as they vainly Imagine the case is altered See the fore-mentioned Declaration Although every man is to hope for the principall reward of his service from God who rewards every one according to his workes yet wee find our selves bound in conscience and equity to declare that besides those who have the publicke faith engaged to them for their security such as since the beginning have done valliantly and dealt faithfully in the cause and such as have chosen rather to suffer the spoyling of their goods then to assist the Enemy or to take armes against their Religion and Country and shall continue constant in the same cause of doing or suffering unto the end shall be according to their merrits taken into publique notice and consideration their losses so far as may be repaired and themselves honoured and rewarded by such meanes and waies as we trust God in his providence shall afford so that no man that hath been eminent in action or hath suffered any notable losse for the publicke shall be neglected or slighted but one way or other shall be thankfully remembred to his owne honour and the good of his posterity Here is a plentifull seed time but a slender harvest large promises but few performances they confesse themselves bound in conscience and equity to promise but not to performe fellow Souldiers this belongs particularly to you that you have beene both faithfull and valliant if they should say the contrary the Kingdome your enemies nay their owne consciences would give them the lye but where 's your reward They are not at leasure yet they will when you are dis-banded they cannot doe it altogether no one after another as fast as they can get power you shall have it may be cleane straw and a stone-wall a stigmatized name of Rogue Anabaptist Brownist c. alack alack they have beene so liberall to their fellow members who lost J confess great losses some Townes through treachery others Cities through couardice others stole one day and was rob'd the next 't is fit they should have thousands for their faithfull service and 't is pitty such Masters should have better servants but as for you alas alas you are Sectaries Schismatickes you made too much hast you bring the King to soone to call them to accoumpt