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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	lord_n	see_v	5,118	5	3.3465	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54055	Some considerations proposed to this distracted nation of England concerning the present design and work of God therein, upon their submitting whereto doth their settlement alone depend, and not upon any form of government, or change of governors, as that spirit which seeketh their ruin, tempteth them to believe.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1659 (1659)	Wing P1191; ESTC R8190	3,831	1

opening of thine eyes by the anointing of the true eye-salve which alone can unbewitch the Nations Yea in bowels of tender love and pity to thee I do beseech thee O England consider thy self do not undo thy happiness and prosperity fight not against the holy one the mighty one of despised distressed Israel be not tempted to follow Israel into the wilderness where they now are and whither the hand of the Lord hath led them to bring them back again into bondage because thou seest them entangled in the straits and nothing appears able to deliver them out of thy hand Remember what befel Pharoah and his hoast This Israel whom thou huntest is dearer to the Lord then ever that Israel was for that was but a shadow of the true seed but the true life it self is begotten and brought forth in many of these and the power and presence of the Lord is mightily with them and amongst them though thou in the unbeliefe canst not see it There is now an hour of temptation upon thee there appears a fair opportunity to thee to be revenged on them and to bring them under take heed what thou dost lest he who hath the power over all bring thee under and set them on top seek righteousness seek the good of all seek true reformation and the Lord will blesse thee but if thou think to obtain the setting up of old forms and waies of worship and Government or any new ones like to the old under which the righteous cannot but groan though the wicked and loose spirit way rejoyce thou wilt be deceived and thy mistake may prove very dangerous and bitter to thee Our earnest desires to the Lord for thee are that thou maist be spared as much as is possible and that the sufferings of Gods People from thee from the very first rent from Popery till this day may not be laid to thy charge but iniquity is so twisted into thy bowels that without much tearing which will cause great pain to thee it can hardly be separated from thee Thou art too wise and wilfull this is the cause of thy sorrow If thou couldst fear before the Lord and patiently wait for the revealing of his will and of his guiding thee by his wisdome and not be so enraged against instruments but see through them to his hand who hath afflicted thee and humble thy self before that how sweetly and easily might his work go on in thee But alas hast thou not set thy self against it from the very first And now thou art much pleased with a seeming probability of turning it backward Ah poor land what will this stiffe spirit which hath all along these times of trouble repined at and opposed the work of the Lord bring thee to The time of reformation is come the work of reformation is begun by that power which is able to carry it on and that which now standeth in the way thereof how high and mighty soever will be overturned And although as to what men have done the cause and work of reformation may justly become a reproach yet the foundation of reformation which God hath laid is glorious and in these troublesome times is he rearing up the building of his new Jerusalem which when he hath finished and brought forth will dazle the eyes of the whole Earth O England be not high minded run not out into parties and breaches in the heady will but fear before him whose power is over thee who comprehends all thy councels strength designs and hopes as with a span and when they are at the height can moulder them to nothing with the touch of his finger for his will must stand not thine Written the 19th of the 11th month 1659. This is from him whom in the day of thy distresse and bitter calamity which thy present courses lead apace unto thou wilt confesse to have been thy true friend Isaac Penington the Younger