Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	lord_n	parliament_n	7,771	5	7.1941	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83951	Englands complaint, or the church her lamentation, pittifully bemoaning her selfe to her children, to move them to compassionate her, now in this troublesome time, and to bring them to a mutuall agreement and reconciliation.		1642 (1642)	Wing E2952; Thomason E118_47; ESTC R11341	6,357	9

yet if either i● be grounded upon or according to Gods word or make for the peace and welfare of the Kingdome it is lawfull For wherefore were Counsellors ordained but to be Rulers in the Kingdome and the eye and direction of the King but it is well knowne that the Parliament is your Majesties great Councell and by the same you ought and must be guided and directed Give eare and pitie me O my Parliament and help thy rufull and disconsolate mother commiserate my wofull and distressed condition Behold how I sit mourning all alone and there is none to comfort me looke upon my breaches and upon my ruine and desolation which seemes to bee at hand if it be not spee●ly prevented my sonnes doe faint and begin to bleed my Widdowes and Virgins mourn and sit comfortlesse in the streetes my honour is gone my beauty failes mee my wealth i● consumed and joy and mirth is fled away Oh let mee not be a hissing to the Nations but labour O labour with speed to bind up my wounds and to cure my soares labour with his Majesty for a peace and reconciliation labour to gaine him by love and humility and that he may see you are his friends and that you desire his enemies to be as the dust before the winde and the Angell of the Lord to scatter them but that upon himselfe and his post●rity his Crowne may ever flourish And if your swords mu●● be drawne O let it be drawne in defence of him and in defence of your selves in defence of the Kingdome and in defence of the Lawes and ●●berties of the same Be zealous be valiant for the battel is the Lords and no● yours and the c●use is Gods and not mans Be faithfull unto the death and Christ hath promised you a Crowne of life Subdue the proud spare the lowly and let all you● actions be seasoned with moderation and discretion Sp●re not O spare not to take us the Fox●s even the little Foxes that spoyle our Vines and while yee have rooted out all Superstition Errout and Heresie and while you have restored your mother to her ancient splendor beauty and dignitie Give eare and help me O my Nobles my Gentry and Commonalty pitie mee O pity mee and let not the Mothers ruine desolation be your consolation Make not my rent greater by the mutuall discord and by imbrewing you● hands in one anothers blood Side with the King but side with you● Parliament also and so side with both that you may bee sure you side with God Which you cannot doe if either you take part with the King against the Parliament or with the Parliament in any unjust or un●awfull thing against the King But the Parliament you have heard seeks your good it desireth your welfare the glory of God the honour of the King the peace and welfare of the Land Lay down therefore your weapon● and think ●ot you are for the King when you seeke the destruction of one another for the Kings ea●e and welfare consist● in your mutuall love and unity Lay downe your courage and haughtie mindes How long will yee contend bend your swords against your selves and against your brethren know yee not that it will be bitternes in the later end that when ye have left destroying you shall be destroyed Against whom do ye fight against an enemy against a forraigne● or stranger no but against God against the King against the Parliament against your friends against your selves Are yee wretched and ma●d that be● cause strangers doe or will not destroy you that you will destroy your selves Who hath bewitched you but bee only that is the common enemy of mankind and seekes your ruine and overthrow O listen no longer unto him give no more eare you are not acquainted with warre nor shedding of blood Put up therefore your swords and fight no longer for it is enough O father of my children pitie thy children and let it greive thee to see them slaughter down one another before thy face knowing that when they are destroyed thou canst not be safe It is false seduc●rs and such as smell of the smoake of the bōttomlesse pit that bre●ks your peace and sets you together by the eares Why then against them with the Parliament seek to bend your swords Domestick home-bred enemies are worse then alie●s and strangers indeavour to root out these and your feares and jarres are at an end Give eare and help mee ó my Iudges and grave Counsellours where is now your ayde What is there no Balme in Gileaed for to cure my s●are and maladie is there no wisedome nor understanding in you Is Wisedome perished from the ancient and Counsell from the prudent Is there no knowledge in the Land Or are yee like unto Ephraims silly Dove altogether without heart what is the cause that you are silent now in these troublesome times surely something is the matter that your mouth is stopt I doubt some of you have beene those that have gone downe into Aegypt for help and increast my trouble I doubt yee have taken counsell but not o● the Lord and covered with a covering but not by his Spirit that yee might adde sinne to sinne and devoure the Land in his presence You have mislead the King misguided the State and for your owne advantage and for filthy lucres sake Which now is the cause of my greife the cause of my feare and danger the cause that his Majesty is so hardly wonne to a right understanding betweene Him and his Parliament so hardly reclaimed from his wonted conceipt a●d opinion of things Yet now at the length put to your helping hands freely confesse your faults and errours and by all possible meanes labour to bring a right understanding betweene the King and his great Councell and to reconcile him to his Subjects and to recover his Subjects love to him Cursed be they that wish not prosperity to Zion and pray for the peace of our Ierusalem Give eare and help me ô my Clengy But a● si●full Nation a se●d of evill doers how ca● or will yee help when as the most of y●u seeks ●o destroy You mind Popery you seeke Hierar●hy you usurpe soveraignyt you are a people laden with iniquity Your greatnesse is and will be your ru●ne and downefall and not of you onely but also of the whole Nation and Kingdome for your sakes You worship and adore Tables you commit Sacriledge and are in love with Mammon more then with God You fleece Christs sheep but seed them not you sell and make merchandize of soules of Heaven and Christ and all you have do abuse the King you seduce the Noble you delude the people You can●ot be content with one living but you must seek to scrape all into your hands you cannot be content with meat drinke rayment but you must build Houses plant ●ine-yards and lay living to living while there is left no place for the poore to live beside