Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	continual_a	day_n	feast_n	1,032	5	9.4110	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93406	The picture of a new courtier drawn in conference, between, [brace] Mr. Timeserver, and Mr. Plain-heart. In which is discovered the abhominable practises and horrid hypocrisies of the Usurper, and his time-serving parasites. In which a Protector having been in part unvailed, may see himself discovered by I.S. a lover of Englands dear bought freedomes.	I. S.	1656 (1656)	Wing S42; Thomason E875_6; ESTC R206568	14,398	16

burthen to him and now I will proceed to may last question whether or not you think his Highnesse Kingdome will continue long Plain To this I answer his Kingdome is like to a man that is born of a woman which continueth but a few dayes and is full of trouble it came up like a flower and will vanish like a shaddow and my reasons why I think so are these First because the Spanyard will not part with his Mines in the West-Indies which was intended to be obtained for the support of this kingdome of his Secondly General Blake is come home without his Plate-Fleet Thirdly The City is not willing to part with much money upon trust except the East Indian Merchants have some more money in Controversie which they are willing to deposite in his hands till they have wit to agree about it Fourthly The peoples eyes begin to be open and they can now see and do say there is no law that requires Taxes to be paid And upon that account many do refuse as justly they may 5. The soldiers grumble for the losse of the tenth part of their pay and are ready to serve a better Master if occasion be 6. His own fears are such that he is a terrour to himself and dare not go forth without strong guards to defend him and as his fears increase and his hopes faile his guards are strengthened and doubtlesse if this new Government were of God there would not be all this stir to support it Seventhly Many of the Officers and souldiers are so convinced in their Consciences that this kingdome is quite contrary to the things they engaged for that there is not one in five that will strike a blow to maintain it if it should be put to a decision that way so that I am perswaded it is very crasie and will not continue long Tim. I must confesse that when I consider of these things it puts me into a grievous agony so that my bowels are pained and my heart trembleth and my bones shake at the very thoughts of an alteration Alas alas what will become of my dear Master when his Kingdome is weighed in the Ballance and found to light who will have the fine Houses the brave Parkes the pleasant Fields and delightfull gardens that we have possessed without any right and built at other mens cost who shall enjoy the delight of the new Rivers and Ponds at Hampton Court whose making cost vast sums of money and who shall chase the game in the Hara-warren that my dear Master hath inclosed for his own use and for ours also that are time-servers Oh how shall we be able to see our pleasant things taken from us to be imployed to better uses all our pleasant● songs turned into mourning in Whitehall shall sound no more the Trumpet Harp Lute and Organ besides other instruments of Musick in which we took much delight those will then be taken from us and our brave Vellory of singing Birds will be despised amongst the Commons because it was built at their great charges and all our male dear Does and Prickets will then be meat for Velder mouths What cause shall we have to curse our Court Chaplines which sewed pillows of security under our arms as if we should never be moved who made us believe that God had made an everlasting Covenant with us ordered in all things and sure and that our exaltation was no humane contrivance but the good pleasure of God which said they brought us to this dignity and that no instrument formed against us should prosper but we should long en●●y the works of our hands and alwayes rancked us amongst the Saints as if we had been really godly and as they tickled our ears with these sayings even so the Confectioners with their sweet meats and delicious Wines did please our pallates besides all our other dainty dishes fitly composed for carrousing gallants and dainty Ladies Oh what will become of this courtly brood when a Common-wealth will be in fashion and a Parliament to call all our actions into question how shall we answer one action of a thousand Oh misery to think and grief to consider our condition the earth will shake at the sound of our fall and few will bewaile our sad disaster and one thing that troubleth me more than all the rest which is this that if I should alter my course and change my name from Time-server to Rofermation yet none will believe me because I have betrayed the dear purchased liberties of my Country into the hand of an Usurper and broke all my Engagements performed none of my promises and when good men were sent to prison I have given my voice against them so that I am exceedingly afraid that all my feigned tears and long prayers frequent Fastings solemn Oaths large promises will signifie but very little because we Time-servers gilded over all our unrighteous actions with such lovely things by which we have 〈◊〉 deceived the good meaning people so that being once discovered we are quite undone for doubtlesse the same measure that we have made to others will be made to us even to be cut up from cumb●ing the ground And thus I have discovered my fears to you and I pray make a good construction Plain Sir you have made a very large complaint and I must tell you the thing you fear will doubtlesse come upon you for the wicked will be snared in the works of their own hands Psal 9.16 and taken in their own counsels the cup which they have filled to others shal be doubled to them to the exceeding joy of the righteous the very thoughts whereof maketh my heart to leap for joy that the house of the wicked shal be overthrown but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish Prov. 14.11 and then shall I and my brother Sincerity have our mouths filled with praise when the captives shall be released with honour even them which suffer for bearing testimony against your great Masters wickednes Oh the sweet peace of a good conscience which is a continuall feast its liberty in prison its joy in adversity life in death therefore lift up your heads you prisoners of hope for the day of Redemption is near and then shall that word be verified that the rod of the wicked shall not alwayes rest upon the back of the righteous and though your great Master may oppresse for a time yet he shall come to his end and none shall help him This is the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of oppressors which they shall receive of the almighty if his children be multiplied it is for the sword and his off spring shall not be satisfied with bread though he heap up silver as the dust and prepare raiment as the clay he may prepare it but the just shall put it on and the innocent shall devide the silver Men shal clap their hands at him and hisse him out of his place Job 27.13 to