Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33120	A short exhortation and warning, to the ministers and professours of this Kirk from the Commission of the Generall Assemblie.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.	1651 (1651)	Wing C4259A; ESTC R40839	5,228	9

if wee stand stoutlie and steadfastlie to it the LORD may yet command our Delyverance and show us His Salvation Let all sortes both of High and Lowe Degree in this kingdome call to mynde their Solemne Covenantes and namelie that Article of our Nationall Covenant which obliedgeth us not to stay nor hinder anie such resolution as by common consent shall bee found to conduce for the endes of the Covenant But by all meanes to further and promove the same Which lyeth as a bond upon peoples consciences readilie to obey such ordours as by the publick resolution of the Parliament and Commission of the Generall Assemblie are found necessarie for the prosecution of the Warre And that Article of the Solemne League and Covenant which obliedgeth us Not to suffer our selves directlie nor indirectlie by what-some-ever Combination Perswasion or Terrour to bee divyded and with-drawne from this Blessed Union and Conjunction or to make defection to the contrarie part Or to give our selves over to a detestable indifferencie and neutralitie in the Cause According to which Article Mens realitie and integritie in the Covenant will bee manyfest and demonstrable As well by their omissions as Commissions by their not doing good as by their doing evill Hee that is not with us is agaynst us and hee that gathereth not with us scattereth Since everie mans not adventuring his person not sending out these that are under his power according to publik order appoyntment And not paying the Contributions imposed for Mayntenance of the Armie have been formerlie esteemed a ground of judging men Enemies Malignantes and Covenant breakers Wee wish it may bee the care of all to shunne the wayes that may bring them under these foule Characters and whereby they may runne themselves under the hazard of the displeasure of GOD and the censures of the KIRK and no doubt of civile punishment also to bee inflicted by the State Let Ministers as the Messengers of the LORD stirre up others both publickly by free and faythfull Preaching and privately by admonishing everie one of his Duetie as there shall bee occasion Considering that silence in the publick Cause Especiallie in publick Fastes not labouring to cure the disaffection of people not urging them to constancie and patience in bearing of publick burthens nor to forwardnesse in the publick cause That speaking ambiguously inclyning to justifie the wicked cause uttering wordes which savour of disaffection complayning of the tymes in such a way as may steale the heartes of people from lyking good instrumentes in this Work and consequentlie from GODS Cause Yea that some reade publick ordours and speake agaynst them in private conference Are reckoned up amongst the enormities and corruptions of MINISTERS in their Callings by the GENERALL ASSEMBLIE 1646. Sess 10. And because the COMMISSION of the GENERALL ASSEMBLIE In their REMONSTRANCE to the Convention of ESTATES Iulie 6. 1643. teaching all true Patriots and Professours of the Reformed Religion that they may learne to discern and know the Enemies of the KIRK amongst other marks of Malignants give this Their offering to Presbyteries In all the quarters of the Kingdome Papers contratie to the DECLARATIONS of the Commissioners of the Generall Assemblie The Generall Assemblie 1645. In their Seasonable Warning 12. Februarie gave these Characters of secret Malignants and Discovenanters Their slighting and censuring of the publick Resolutions of this KIRK and STATE Their labouring to rayse Iealousies and Divisions to retard or hinder the execution of what is ordayned by the publik Iudicatories Their Censuring and Slandering of these whom GOD hath used as His Chiefe Instrumentes in this Work Their drawing of Parties and Factions for weakening of the Common Union Their Endevours Informations and Sollicitations tending to weaken the heartes and handes of others and to make them with-holde their assistance from this Worke Enjoyning such to bee well marked tymely discovered and carefullie avoyded lest they infuse their counselles into the myndes of others Wherein they requyre Ministers to bee faythfull and Presbyteries to bee vigilant and impartiall As they will answer the contrarie to GOD and to the Generall Assemblie or their Commissioners The Generall Assemblie 1646. Sess 10. Ordayneth That besydes all other Scandalles Silence and Ambiguous speaking in the publick much more detracting disaffected speaches bee seasonably censured The Generall Assemblie 1647. SESS 27. Doeth in the NAME of GOD inhibit the spreading and dispersing of Erroneous Bookes or Papers Pamphlets Lybelles and Letters Requyring all Ministers to warne their Flockes agaynst such Bookes in generall and particularlie agaynst such as are most plausible insinuating and dangerous And ordayneth Presbyteries and Synodes to trye and processe such as shall transgresse Recommending to Civile Magistrates that they may bee pleased to bee assisting to Ministers and Presbyteries in the execution of this Act And to concurre with their Authoritie for that effect Therefore for execution of the foresayds Acts of Assemblie and preventing the eminent danger of Religion the people of GOD and the kingdome by practises leading to encourage the heartes and strengthen the handes of Enemies in prosecuting their wicked purposes to make faint the heartes and enfeeble the handes of GODS People and to seduce their myndes with divisive and separating counselles and principles According to the power and trust committed to us And according to the practise of former Commissions of the Generall Assemblie Wee do in the Name of GOD inhibit and discharge all Ministers to preach and all Ministers and Professours to detract speake or wryte agaynst the late Publick Resolutions and Papers of the Commission of the Generall Assemblie In ordour to the calling foorth of the people for the necessarie Defence of the Cause and kingdome Agaynst the Unjust Invasion of these Enemies to the Kingdome of GOD and to the Governement of this KIRK and Kingdome Or to spreade and disperse Letters Informations of anie other Papers agaynst the same or in anie other way to obstruct that service Tending to the Preservation and Defence of Religion king and kingdome Requyring Ministers to warne their Flockes of these Papers in generall And particularlie such as are most plausible Insinuating and dangerous And wee doe seriouslie recommend to Presbyteties that with all vigilancie they take speciall notice and tryall of such persons within their bouÌ„ds whether such as have their station there or such as in this troublesom tyme have their present resideÌ„ce Ministers or others impartially proceed against them As they will be answerable As also we do in the Name of GOD exhort al Ministers faithfully to declare witnes at al occasions their unfained hatred of malignaÌ„cy malignaÌ„t courses in their whol deportment to evidence their wonted zeale against all malignaÌ„t persons disaffected to the Cause of GOD CovenaÌ„t particularly to take notice of al mockers of Piety Godlinesse of al who after the profession of their repeÌ„taÌ„ce for their accession to malignaÌ„t courses shal bee found in private or publick by word or deed venting their affection therunto after tryal condignly to censure them in their severall Presbyteries And to report an accompt of their diligence in the premisses to this CoÌ„mission from tyme to tyme. Though our Difficulties bee manie and growing yet when wee looke back upon the great thinges which GOD hath done for us and for our Predecessoures and our many fold Delyverances out of severall Dangers and Difficulties which appeared insuperable Experience breedeth Hope Our Fathers trusted in GOD they trusted in Him and Hee did delyver them they cryed unto Him and were delyvered they trusted in Him and were not confounded Let us wayte upon Him who hydeth Himselfe from the house of IACOB Let us crye unto the LORD OF HOSTES who hath delyvered us and doeth delyver us And in Him let us trust that Hee will yet delyver us Though for a small moment Hee hath forsaken us yet with great mercies Hee will gather us Hee who hath showed us great and sore troubles shall quicken us agayn and shall bring us up agayne from the Depthes of the Earth Hee shall encreasse our Strength and comfort us on everie syde agaynst our Feares on everie syde Onlie bee strong bee of good cowrage bee of one mynde and accord in the Worke of the LORD and the GOD of Love and Peace shall bee with you A. KER

PERTH 20 March 1651. A Short Exhortation and Warning To the Ministers and Professours of this Kirk From the Commission of the Generall Assemblie THe eminent danger of Religion King and Kingdom by the unjust Invasion of the blasphemous Sectarian Armie The sad condition of our Countrey-men in the South parts of the kingdom groaning under the grievous Oppression of Strangers devouring their substance and enslaving their persons the sad silence in many Congregations whose Teachers are driven into corners by the violence of the Enemies contemners of GODS Ordinances and mockers of His Messengers The Adversaries roaring making a strange noise in the midst of some Congregations the Inevitable hazard of our dear brethren to bee seduced into pernicious Heresies and Errours by the deceatfull practises and speaches of Sectaries that are cunning to deceave speak lies in hypocrisie The Innocent blood of our brethren murthered by the Sword of a mercilesse enemie the sighing of the Prisoners Inhumanelie and cruelly used by these who keep them captive The care of preserving our posterity from being sunk in the dark dungeon of Errours and fast bound with the heavie chayns of basest Slaverie Doe cry so lowd in the ears of all who have ears to hear and a heart to understand to bee awake and quickened unto the necessarie Duetie of the tyme that it is a wonder that anie Jonah should bee found fast asleep in so great a Storm wherein the Kirk and kingdom are lyke to bee over-whelmed Yet the conscience of our Duetie according to the trust committed to us and the carriage of some who either opprest with a Lethargie lye still or seazed upon by a benumming coldnesse move slowlie or carried about with the wynde of Strange Doctrine as children are tossed to and fro and move contrarilie Constrayn us to lift up our voyces from the Watch-tower whereon wee are set To give warning unto the Professours and Ministers of the GOSPELL throughout the Land and to waken them up to their duetie as they would avoyd the displeasure of the ALMIGHTIE And escape the deserved punishments and censures which may bee inflicted by Iudicatories Civile and Ecclesiastick respective upon deficients in delinquents against duetie according to the Degree of their offence Wee exhort all men unto Repentance to return from the evill of their thoughts and wayes and to mourn after the LORD comming to Him through the MEDIATOR of the New Testament by whom wee have an Attonement thorow Fayth in His Blood It is more then high tyme for all to bee humbled under the Mightie Hand of GOD who hath cast us down And is able to rayse us up agayn who hath wounded and is able to bynd up our wounds To this effect wee have appoynted a Solemn Day of Fast and Humiliation for the causes sent unto the severall Presbyteries It is the Duetie of the Members of this KIRK and Subjects of this kingdom at this tyme most chearfullie unanimouslie and speedilie to come out and concurre in the common defence of Religion King and kingdom endangered by the unjust Invasion of Forraigners according to the call and command of Authoritie Let it bee seriouslie layd to heart how much blood is spilt how manie Townes and Shyres are spoyled how miserablie our Brethren are distressed and oppressed how much the common Enemie is strengthened while you are onlie preparing for Reliefe What-so-ever is done to the least of them for this Cause is to bee taken as done to vs all in generall and to everie one of vs in particular according to to the expresse wordes of the Nationall COVENANT And in playne tearmes wee are obliedged by the Solemne League and Covenant to assist which necessarilie importeth concurrence and defende all that enter the League and Covenant in the maintaining thereof Wee obtest and exhort you for the Interest wee have in the common Adventure of these rich goods our Lyves our Liberties our King our Religion which are all embarked in one bottome that yee abandone not the ship of the Common-wealth in this Tempest For if the Ship perish what can bee safe that is within If you tender true Religion you see how the Sectaries show themselves playne enemies thereto and maintaine that impious monster of Toleration Though Religion were not in the Question Let Loyaltie to your King the onlie King in the world Who is in a Religious Covenant with GOD and His People animate you agaynst these who are his enemies Because hee is a King and because Covenanted Cast not off the care you ought to have of your Countrey which yee see many festlie and violentlie Ruined before your eyes If these will not move you wee speake the language of our worthie Reformers in the lyke case of Invasion by forraigners Remember your Wyves Children and Posteritie your Ancient Heritages and Houses And bee assured these Strangers will not regard your Rights when ever occasion shall serve And if yee purpose As wee doubt not but all these who have either wit or manhood will declare and prove indeed to brooke your Ancient Rowmes and Heritages defended valiantly by your cowragious Progenitours agaynst all Strangers Invaders of the same such as the Sectaries are this day If you will not bee slaves to them and have your Lyves your Wyves your Children your Substance and what-so-ever is deare unto you cast at their feete to bee used and abused at the pleasure of strange Souldiours If yee will not have experience some day in your owne persons as wee suppose the least of you would not gladlie have but would rather choose with Honour to die in defence of his own Native Rowme then live and serve so shamefull a servitude Then Brethren joyne with the Forces of the Kingdom and both with Wit Manhood oppose the common Enemie Or else our Liberties shall bee here-after dearer bought Let none bee so unhappie and mischievous And so with-draw himselfe herefrom Except men will blot out of their hearts the love of Religion cast off Loyaltie to Soveraigne Authoritie and lay asyde all care of their Countrey Lawes Liberties and Estates yea all naturall affection to the preservation of what-so-ever is dearest to them under the Sunne all being in a visible Danger of Ruine and Destruction They must now or never appeare activelie each one stretching himselfe to the uttermost of his power It is no tyme now to delay nor goe about the businesse by halffes nor bee almost but all-together zealous The Scripture pronounceth him cursed that doeth the Work of the LORD negligentlie that commeth not foorth to the helpe of the LORD agaynst the Mightie If wee have been forward to assist our neyghbour kingdomes shall wee neglect to defend our owne Or shall the Enemie of GOD bee more active agaynst His Cause then His Covenanted People for it GOD forbid If the Work shall now miscarrie and fayle in our handes through our unfaynthfulnesse our owne conscience shall condemne us and Posteritie shall curse us Who knoweth but

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