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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	think_v	4,338	5	3.9369	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79269	Zions thankfull ecchoes from the clifts of Ireland. Or the little Church of Christ in Ireland, warbling out her humble and gratefull addresses to her elder sister in England: and in particular, to the Parliament, to his Excellency, and to his army, or that part assigned to her assistance, now in her low, yet hopefull condition.	Calver, Edward, fl. 1649.	1649 (1649)	Wing C318; Thomason E562_19; ESTC R206135	12,830	29

fault is ancient these are passing by 's Or doors left ope before you had the keys But now you are in trust in like condition Your care already may prevent suspition That when you have possession in your hand Of this rebellious and revolting Land You will proceed in what you have begun And no good action shall be left undone That heavens agreeing with your resolution May by your means be put in execution And in especiall that your care will be So far extended in respect of me That you will use all diligence and speed To sow this Land with uncorrupted seed Will plant a plentious Ministry herein And far more faithfull then before hath bin That every cornet of this continent May have a watchman from your confines sent Or that some happy nursery of wits May here be founded as indeed besits From whence as from a sacred foord may flow Such streames of knowledge and such seed to sow This voyd or rather this corrupted Isle That it in time may prove a fruitfull soyle Or second Canaan where may safely dwell The seed of Abraham sonnes of Israell Without disturbance by the native part The sonnes of Belial or the Romish art This famous Founders I ●xp●ct●● s●y If ●●●vens again shall give you here the d●y L●● in a pl●nteous Ministry and sound In lif●●nd Doctrine pious and profound D●●ssenting not in judgement as of lat● Consists the safety both of Church and St●te And when an able Ministry is plant●d As it is sit such maintenance be granted As may both keep their spirits up from filling And adde a glory to their sacred calling So it is needfull on the other side That it relates not to excesse or pride For what especially but the desire And avaritious longing to aspire And be above all moderated scope Did first incite and now hath set the Pope Upon the head of Emperours and Kings Yea climbes above all sublunary things But you that do these weighty causes pond●r And whose especiall charge th●y do lye under I need not question that you will be just And wise and watchfull in your charge in trust Not onely in relation to that hand That made you great and put you in command But also in a serious respect So many eyes upon your acts reflect That almost all the Christians of this age Are gazet on the Actions of your stage And lastly in regard unto the cry My elder sister in your armes and I Within your trust upon our knees do make That you will not our case in hand forsake But speed and prosecute it in that kinde And blessed manner that you have design'd And that division that same bane of Peace And foe to vertue do not make you cease That work you have begun and so far wrought Untill it be unto perfection brought To His Excellency the Lord FAIRFAX MOst Noble Champion Englands chief Commander Who in the tedious dangerous Meander Of Englands winding waving desperate waies In wars intestine have got through with praise And brought those swelling raging roaring Seas Through Gods assistance to a calme and peace For which your Kingdome and therein my sister That through your labours God hath late so blest her Are bound to write your name in gold so pure That time nor envy may the same obscure But after ages may so happy be To read your worth which we are blest to see And now you have those craggy mountaines past And gain'd a valley well secur'd at last Whiles friends at house are singing your deserts Your care is how to succour other partes A truly worthy Generall indeed Whose actions are so generous at need That no good motion can have your deniall To ayd where Christian quarrels are in triall Of which brave Warrier I have cause of boasts Or c●use to blesse you and the God of hostes Who in my g●eat nec●ssity and gri●fe Have out of pitty thought o● my reliefe That I who long time have been forc'd to shifts And d●iven for safety to the rocks and clifts Am now in hope I shall ere long disclose And shew my selfe in presence of my foes Your foes at home are forced now to sooth And out of fear do give you language smooth Dissembling in your presence sugred Notes Hiding like Aspes the poyson in their throates Which in your absence they are bold to v●nt With secret friends to your disparagement And if they could advantage finde and place Are ready yet to spit it in your face Whiles such as are your foes abroad no doubt In your disgrace are ready to speak out And do proclaime their malice and invite All others they confide in to unite That it concernes you to have Argus ey●s To foresee dangers and their plots surprize But heavens upon the other side I know Do ayd you and the better part below Are on your side and do esteem you dear And out of doubt are ready to appear With help and hearts united to assist And take your part in whom they have bin blest And therefore fear not such as shall oppose You yet have made them all subdued foes That have adventur'd to resist your hand And out of question shall do whiles you stand In the defence of Truth and right although The world should joyn to work your overthrow And for that strength you have assign'd to me Your force thereby shall not enfeebled be The heavens herein will make supply no doubt Whose case to aid you send a party out For God himself doth still assistance lend To aid all such as in his case contend And what brave Joshua can be judg'd hath bin The cause that since you did your task begin You have so prosper'd and atchiev'd such fame That Europe wonders and admires the same But onely that the active hand of heaven By which successe and victories are given Hath still gone with you in each enterprise In an especiall and most pow'rfull wise To withstand which in any time of trouble The arm of flesh is but like straw or stubble To withstand fire or like a drop of rain Let fall to still the raging of the main To order battells and give victory Is the prerogative of the most high To shew his greatnesse who is strength indeed That so no flesh should glory in their reed Onely amongst men where he doth affect As instrumentall he doth some select To fight his battells and infuseth skill And care and force to execute his will Which in your person doth appeare at large He having granted to your noble charge The greatest work for latter times that yet The heavens did to a humane hand commit And in the same hath hitherto no lesse Renown'd you with miraculous successe I long indeed have sighed for relief And fill'd the aire with ecchoes of my grief In hope the winds would on my woes so smile To beare the sense thereof into your Isle But long I look'd for what I long'd to heare A sweet return of what the windes