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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	know_v	work_n	2,986	5	5.9689	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90132	An ould ship called an exhortation to continue all subjects in their due obedience, or the reward of a faithfull subject to his prince. To the bishops and clergy. To the true nobility. To the civil magistrate. To the true and faithfull subject. What a faithfull subject is? The discription of loyalty. / New riged by a well-wisher, to his prince and countrie, never more need to be set forth to sea, then in these distracted times.		1648 (1648)	Wing O216; Thomason E422_29; ESTC R16076	7,485	16

to joyne your whole bodies goods Armes Leggs Feet and hart to protect his Royall person without secret grudging private muttering or uncivi●l controversie Ye ought to be like stedfast Rocks in the sea to affront every storme and to withstand without muttering the most bitter blasts that either winter or foule weather can afford To conclude I beseech God in his infinite mercy stir up your deare affecting love to His Majesty mercy hath alwayes sitten at his Right hand and honoured about him like a continuall Hand-maid mercy is the wedding King that like unspotted Virgine hath married him to our Saviour and hath setled his highnesse the faithfull president of his true Church wherein may his Maj. continue many happy dayes to the glory of God and the comfort of his faithfull loving subjects Amen VVhat a faithfull Subject is A Good subject next to the diadem that a dornes a Princes head is the chiefest Ornament that decores his dignity he is the precious balme that annoints his browes and is never to the hart then his Scepter to his Right hand as sweet in his nostrills as the groves of Gillead and more precious in his ●ight then Solomons yourythorne covered with purest Gold His heart is clothed with peace like mount Olivet his eyes as harmlesse as the sight of a Dove his tongue sounds like the Harpe of David and his lips deliver the happinesse of loyalty his eares are the p●rtalls that receive understanding and all perfection from thence is conducted to the hart his hands are readie to fight the batailes of the Lord and his feet shining the steps of blood are bent alwaies to walke in the paths of innocencie thus excellent in the sight of the Prince shines a faithful Subject more gorgeous then the Ephod of Aron and more sumtuous then Solomon in all his Royalty who so is this to this his Prince and Countrie the Lord will prosper him and he shall be blessed in everlasting generation and for one of these benefits he receives in earth he sh●ll have a million in Heaven for one of these perfections he partakes of in this world numbers above number shall attend him in the world to come And his Prince shall thus pray for him and blesse him As Solomon did his Subjects And the King turned his face and blessed all the Congregation of Israell and said blessed be the Lord God of Israell who spake with his mouth to David my Father and hath with his hand fulfilled it And though my selfe may say with Isaiah I am a worme and no man yet I spake it in despite of vaine glorye I would with all my hart as an Isaac in the hands of Abraham serve as a Sacrifice to doe my Prince and Countrie good for sure hee cannot bee a true servitur of God that is not a faithfull subject to his Prince neither would I Iudge my filicity i● this world Answerable to that if once my soule might be Imployed to please my Prince and benefit my Country For all the offices of Humanity depend only upon these Principall performances for I know by that meanes there comes a Blessing from a farr a reward full of joy which none else are worthy to obtaine which reward I hartely pray the great Rewarder of all to send to the true loyall and Faithfull Subiects of England and so wi●h one voyce proceding from one unity of heart let us all say Faithfully GOD SAVE KING CHARLES AMEN The Discription of Loyalty ABove the Clouds where sprangled troopes of Starrs Adorne the precious bosome of the Skye Where heavenly peace abandons breaking Jars And all the Consort that is tun● on high Send forth their delicat melodious sounds That makes those Christall vaults with joy abound With in the bright Imperiall orbe of rest Where soules of Saints one Goulden alters sett And in the Lambes sweet breath are only blest Where thousand Graces millions more beget His Loyalty in thr●●nd in blessed Chaire Most gorgeous in attire most heavenly faire About her head the Swift wing Cherubines hover their silver Pinions in her eyes And the sweet spheares with glorious seraphins Vpon her shining brow with blisse arise No stormie Cloud can vail her beauteous face Because their burnes the holy lamp of Grace Truth richly clothed in whight ornament stand at the right hand of this happy Saint from whom the words of Righteousnes are sent whose cheerfull hopes by envie cannot faint But as the Daughter to the Highest power She sits defended in a strong built Tower Vpon her left hand hope her anker wayes One whom her dear successe doth still attend Nor doth shee feed her servants with delayes But they that one her sacred state depend with bountious hand shee gives such rich reward as vading fame hath neither seene nor heard And as great Michaell with the Dragon fought About the chosen Moses sacred bo●es So she contends with tray●ors that have sought To touch the hearts of Gods annointed ones And like the Archangell gives them all the foile That lift their hands a Princes life to spoile POSTSCRIPT To his Noble Colonell the Right Honorable Sir Thomas Gl●m●●●● Colonell Generall Governor of York Commander in cheif of Westmerland Comberland Northumberland and the Citie of Carlisle and lastly Major Generall to his Majestie and Governor of Oxford the true patern of Loyaltie Sir I Have ever accounted in gratitude to be not only the greatest but the ugliest monster in nature according to that Ingratum Si dixeris omnio dixeris wondring at the most sort of men which in this our age doe live that they take so little regard of it and not rather altogether shame and abhor it but when I perticularly muse of some as of my selfe I find that either oppertunity will not alwayes serve or abillitie in most do want to those that carrie willing minds or answerable in deeds and concerning my selfe of wh●ch is now my drift dispare I have often feared least of divers hereof I would as guiltie be noted and of many to whom I have been grea●ly beholden justly condemned but of note more then of your Honour which to me for som years together you have been pleased to bestow upon me many noble favours the whilst I was under your command wherefore having gotten some fit occation I thought not to pretermit the same but therein to view my mind and poore ability wherein I may doe your honour any service I doe here present small I say in respect of answering any benefit received but great and pretious in regard of the matter therein contained I having been an eye witnesse of your Honours actions for his Majesties cause and knowing what great paines and adventures you have undertaken for the defence of it being alwayes a good account to your Master as a just steward ought to doe your loyall action which England is not ignorant of hath imbolden me to present this small worke to the eyes of the world under good protection not to gaine A populer applause but to hinder as far as in me lyeth the trampling soe pretious a Iewell under the feet of such swine which wallows in the myre of th●se our times I take leave of your Honor wishing you all happinesse in this life and in the world to come Eternall Felicities This is the prayers of one of your Honours Captaines who wil be alwayes readie to observe your command vale FINIS