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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	lord_n	see_v	3,711	5	3.5921	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87568	The right vvay to peace: shewing the art of over-coming one another by love : in a dialogue between a friend and his neighbour. Humbly presented to the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons in Parliament : and to the whole nation; / by their old and faithfull servant in the publick, Theodore Jennings.	Jennings, Theodore.	1647 (1647)	Wing J671; Thomason E412_26; ESTC R204471	17,651	24

they esteem their liberty and in their hearts they are turned back into Aegyp● they lust to follow their old manners in life and Religion seeding upon garlick and omons and do loath those pure and heavenly dispensations of spiritual truth where with we are sed dayly and call the spiritual food light manna desiring to live in darkness and consusion in their own understandings despising rejecting and persecuting the Lord Iesus in his members and therefore they are spiritually called Sodom and Aegypt where also our Lord was crucified but tho Lord faith unto all such he wil smite them with the pestilence and difinherit them and it may be so because of their great wrath and hatred against the Lords people who are very d●●● and render unto him * Exo. 4 22. 19.5 Zech 2.8 Ephes 5.30 1 Cor. 12.12 6.17 2.16 ult 1 John 2.27 Psal 105.14.15 They are his first born his pec●●d●●●-treasure and jewels and who so toucheth them toucheth the apple of his eye they are flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone they are one body and have one spirit and the mind of Christ having the same annoynting God hath rep●●●ed Kings for their sakes saying Touch not mine annainted nor do nay Prophets no har●● And yet some who are their servants act most against them for about five years fince December next a messenger of special trust in the Parliament service going in at the head quarters at Winsor was by a Lievt of Dr●goons and some of his company then with him in the Parliament service surprized and drive● back to Slo●gh where the said Lein took the State Letters from him brake them open Communicated them to ethers and kept them together with the messenger in ducance all night Some of the Kings forces then quartering at Maidenhead and the Leiut at Horton near Winsor Most part of the night being spent in Carowsing of healths ribaldry songs and discourses between him and his Souldery Mean while one of his company told the messenger that he knew no reason of the War between the King and the Parliament except it were to exhaust the treasure and strength of a generation of Tub-preachers who at present disturbed all things in the Parliament the Army in London and in the whole Kingdom and he said these Tub-Preachers intended to abolish the book of Common-prayer to put down Organs in the Minsters and did preach in house● pers●●uring Gods faithful Ministers with imprisonment and named Doctor Oldsworth and some others And said that when these Tub-men were brought l●w he did not doubt but the King the Army and the Parliament would agree in one for they were all of one Religion and would suppress all who were contrary unto them The said messenger procured the said Leiut to be taken into custody the next morning until he should be tryed by a Counsel of War for his said fact He did also faithfully declare the whole business before a Committee o● Lords and Commons and the Militia of London at Haberd shers Hall And the last year one who had been very lavish in speaking reproachiully against the Parliament the Kingdom and this their Army taxing them with Heresy and Blasph●●●y urging it without any distinction in much bietemess against the godly party in general being asked what he thought of divers eminent Preachers together with other Christians who were then nominated unto him being persons unblameable and suitable to the Gospel both for their Doctrine and Conversation He answered that those and all such as they were were the vilest of all men the basest and very worst of all the rest and that they would make them appear to be so unto all men very shortly but God hath disappointed them and some of the chielest of them who had brought up an evil report upon our parliament their Army and the rest of Gods people ●●rring up the multitude to murmur and practise evil against them have died of the plague before the Lord Num. 14 37. v. 20. even as they did who stirred up Israel to murmur against Gods instruments even Moses and Aaron whereas the Parliament and their Army also are likewise instruments in Gods hand to accomplish his own work Hab. 2 3. even his great work in Gods due time For the vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it shall speak and not lye though it tarry waite for it because it wil surely come it wil not tarry No not so much as one day beyond the appointed time Exod. 12.41 Heb. 10.38 Now the just shal live by faith but if any man draw back though unbelief my soul saith the Lord shal have no pleasure in him But let us not cause to entreat the Lord to forgive the iniquity of this people that according unto the greatness of his mercy the wrath may be removed the nation cured Neighbour Seeing we must now part I pray shew what goods means ought all and each of Gods people to use for the removing of Gods Judgments and the setling of a well grounded peace personal and national Frien. I shal conclude this point with some short observations out of these Scriptures Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a shame to any people Prov. 14.34 Cap. 10.9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely but he that perverteth his way shal be known These Scriptures concernes the duty of each particular person Righteousness and uprightness go hand in hand and they cannot be severed Righteousness more generally relateth to men of authority who sit at the stern of Government to guide the publick in a right course by executing justice and judgment to every one in an even and just ballance but as righteousness relates to each particular Christian being the subject in whom it is it floweth from an inward principle of the holy Ghost in a sanctified heart and is one of the pillars of Gods Kingdom which consisteth in righteousness and peace and joy in the holy Ghost Rom. 14 17 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men Here is peace passing all understanding and acceptation with God yea this righteousness secureth and comforteth us with joy unspeakable in the holy Ghost so powerfully from within acting that outwardly also which is approved of men who seeing our good works even as a light shining before them do glorifie our Father which is in heaven the righteous have a promise to be kept in the way even in Gods way for * Prov. 11.3.5 6 the integrity of the upright shal guid them yea the righteousness of the perfect shal direct or rectifie his way and shal deliver them such do love God sincerely and have not only a promise of present grace but of a future supply thereof Eph. 6.24 and ver 5 6. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity sincerity puts the heart into a righteous frame and keeps it