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	people_n	power_n	4,914	5	5.4287	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88068	The Levellers new remonstrance or declaration sent to His Excellencie the Lord General Fairfax, concerning their present proceedings, and making choice of a glorious King, and heavenly protector, for the redeeming of them from slavery, and judging the cause of the oppressed righteously. Also, their demands and proposals to the judges and ministers of this nation, touching the reign and government of the late King Charles; with a discovery of those persons who held their royalty by the power of the sword.		1649 (1649)	Wing L1803; Thomason E560_10; ESTC R205977	4,605	10

THE LEVELLERS NEW Remonstrance or Declaration SENT TO HIS EXCELLENCIE THE LORD GENERAL FAIRFAX CONCERNING Their present proceedings and making choice of a Glorious King and Heavenly Protector for the redeeming of them from Slavery and judging the Cause of the Oppressed righteously ALSO Their Demands and Proposals 〈◊〉 the Judges and Ministers of this Nation touching the Reign and Government of the late King CHARLES with a discovery of those persons who held their Royalty by the power of the SWORD LONDON Printen for generall satisfaction to all the Free-born people of ENGLAND MDCXLIX THE LEVELLERS NEW DECLARATION Sent to his Excellency the Lord Generall Fairfax concerning their present proceedings in making choise of a King and Heavenly Protector Right Honourable THe intent of our writing to you is not to request your protestion though we have received an unchristian like abuse from some of your soldiers for truly we dare not cast off the Lord and make choice of a man or men to rule Us. For the Creation hath smarted deeply for such a thing since Israell chose Saul to be their King therefore we acknowledge before you in plain English That we have chosen the Lord God to be our King and Protector Yet in regard you are our brethren as an English Tribe and for the present are owned to be the outward Governors anp Saviours of this Land and whose hearts we question not but that you endeavour to advance the sume King of righteousnesse with us therefore we are free to write to you and to all the World And if after this Representation of our either you or your forces called souldiers or any that owns your Laws of propriety called Free holders do abuse or kill our persons we declare to you that we die doing our duty to our Creator by endeavouring from that power he hath put into our hearts to lift up his Creation out of bondage and you and they shall be left without excuse in the day of Judgment because you have bin spoken to sufficiently But if you do sleight us and our cause then know we shall not strive with sword and spear but with spade plow and such like instruments to make the barren and common lands fruitfull and we have and still shall commit our selves and out cause unto our righteous King whom we obey even the Prince of peace to be our protector and unto whom you likewise professe much love by your preaching prayings fastings in whose name you have made all your Covenants Oaths and promises to us I say unto him we appeale who is and will be our righteou● Judge who never yet sailed those that waited upon him but eve● did judge the cause of the oppressed righteously We desire that your Lawyers may consider these questions which we affirm to be truths and which gives good assurance by the law of the land that we that are the younger brothers or common people have a true right to dig plow up and dwell upon the Commons as we● have declared Whether Wil. the Conqueror became not to be● King of England by conquest turned the English out of their birth ●ights by reason whereof all sorts of people suffred compelled the conquered English for necessity of livelihood to bee servants to him and his Norman souldiers 2 Whether K. Charles was not successor to the Crown of England from Wil. the Conqueror and whether all Laws that have bin made in every Kings reig● did not confirm and strengthen the power of the Norman Conquest and so did and does still hold the Commons of England under ●lavery to the Kingly power his Gentry and Clergy 3 Whether Lords of Mannors were not the successors of Co●onels c●ie●● Officers of Wil. the Conqueror and held their Royalty to the Commons by the power of the Sword And here now we desire your publick preachers that say they preach the righteous law to consider these questions which confirms us in the peace of our hearts that we that are the Common people born in England ought to improve the Commons as we have declared for a publike Treasury and lively hood and that those that hinder are rebels to their Maker and enemies to the creation 1. We demand I or no whether the earth with her fruits was made to be bought and sold from one to another and whether one part of mankind was made a Lord of the land and another part a servant by the law of creation before the fall I affirm and challenge you to disprove that the earth was made to be a common Treasury of livelihood for all without respect of persons and was not made to be bought and sold 2. I demand whether all wars blood shed and misery came not upon the creation when one man indeavored to be a Lord above another and to claim propriety in the earth one above another 3. Whether the work of restoration lies in removing covetousnesse casting that Serpent out of heaven mankind and making man to live in the light of righteousness not in words only as Preachers do but in action whereby the ●●…ation shines in glory I affirm it 4. Whether is the King of righteousnesse a respecter of persons yea or no It you say no then who makes this difference that the elder brother shall be the Lord of the land and the younger brother a ●lave and beggar I affirm it was and is covetousnesse since the ●all 6. Whether does the King of righteousnesse bid you love or ●ate your enemies if you say love them then I demand of you why do some of you in pulpits and else where stirre up the people to beat to imprison put to death or banish or not to buy ●nd sell with those that endeavour to restore the earth to a common treasury again surely at worst you can make them but your enemies therefore love them win them by love do not hate them ●hey do not hate you Edenburgh June 6. Young Mr. Row employed as a Messenger with the Po●tage of a Letter to this Parliament came hither on Wednesday last the next morning the Letter was read in Parliament great notice was taken of some passages ● reading the same and especially at the words Of the Common-wealth of England Which upon reading occasioned some uncivill smiles from many of the Members by way of derision Others not containing themselves brake forth into high language and an eminent Member of that Parliament made a large Speech upon those words reflecting much upon the honour of another Nation And upon the score another person of quality then present in that Assembly exprest himself to thi● purpose How in reason they could be accounted friend by enemies The Letter admitted of no further publike debate a present no● more likely ● be for the future till a responce come from Holland of their last address to his Highness All depending here upon the Royall Intentions and Motions of his Majesty 〈◊〉 that nothing of publike concernment admits