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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	heaven_n	life_n	world_n	6,748	5	4.4253	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89638	A faithful warning, with good advice from Israel's God, to Englands King, and his council that they may wisely improve this little inch of time which the God of their life as yet affords unto them, before the day of their approaching misery come upon them. Which may serve as a caution to all others in authority within the nation. Sounded through one of the mourners in Sion, known by the name of Martin Mason.	Mason, Martin, fl. 1650-1676.	1660 (1660)	Wing M927; ESTC R202015	13,569	23

A FAITHFUL WARNING WITH GOOD ADVICE FROM ISRAEL'S GOD TO Englands KING AND HIS COUNCIL That they may wisely improve this little Inch of time which the God of their Life as yet affords unto them before the Day of their approaching Misery come upon them Which may serve as a Caution to all others in Authority within the Nation Sounded through one of the Mourners in Sion known by the name of Martin Mason Hear ye and give ear be not proud for the Lord hath spoken LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson at the sign of the Black spread-Eagle and Wind-Mill in Martins l' Grand A FAITHFVL WARNING WITH GOOD ADVICE FROM Israel's GOD to England's KING AND HIS COUNCIL c. BEhold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken is better than the fat of Rams Listen therefore and encline your Ear be attentive and read without prejudice For the Righteous God hath laid it upon me once more to Warn the Men in Authority the Rulers of this Nation even from him that fits upon the Throne to the inferior Governors of the people that they cease from their iniquities and fear the living God Know ye therefore large hath the love of God been towards you and with wonderful loving-kindness hath he visited you his patience verily is beyond expression for your iniquities have highly provoked him How many Warnings hath he given you all which hitherto have been but little regarded by you O let his righteous Witness in all your Consciences arise and it will testifie the wonderful Mercies of your Maker towards you Have you answered the End and Requirings of the Lord from you in his Overturning your Enemies for you and thus setling the Government of the Nations upon you Came you not in without any Conquest Can you justly glory in your own strength that it was your own Arm that hath done this for you Was it your own Valour that vanquished your enemies Or is it not the hand of the Lord that hath thus exalted you and abased them that had the Government before you I say Have you answered the Requirings of the Lord Let his Witness be awakened and arise in all your consciences and answer to me Did he lay no injunction upon you when his heart was enclined to exalt you Did he not enjoin you to amendment of Life to shew mercy to glorifie your Maker to be Patterns of Piety and good Examples to the People to let Mercy Truth and Righteousness live amongst you and be exercised by you towards the people who are now fallen under you to shew favour to the Righteous to help the helpless and to remedie the wrongs of the poor and needy to suppress Vice and Vanity in Court City and Countrey to be a terror to evil doers and a praise and encouragement unto them that do well And have none of you in the time of your distress promised to the Lord the performance of these things Did the Lord I say set you upon the Throne and thus restore you to outward Dignity when you seemed to be going down into the place of forgetfulness when you had little hopes to have such a Day without a secret enjoining to these things Did he give you the desire of your hearts onely to be revenged of your Enemies and to aggravate and multiply the miseries of his People If his Witness were awakened in your Consciences surely you would say Let God be justified and sinful man condemned Oh my Friends how haue you trifled away God's precious time and your own Deliverance How hath Vice and Vanity abounded in the Nation since the Day of your Exaltation in England Does not Iniquity Pride and Luxury Lord it amongst you both in Court City and Countrey with an impudent forehead Is not Prophaneness countenanced by you Are not the wicked and ungodly had in estimation with you Do not the unrighteous boast in your strength And hath not your Horn exalted them throughout the Nation Are not the Merchants of Babylon grown familiar with you and the Sons of Belial advanced by you Or is there any people receive such favour from you as the Rotten Interest who are now indulged by you What 's become of Sion Are you acquainted with her Do you minister true comfort to her Is she advanced or discountenanced in your Court and the Kingdom Are you true Subjects to Sion's King Rules he as Caesar in the Kingdom of your hearts Do you know Him and pay Tribute to Him Do you observe His Laws Statutes and Ordinances Do you own His Light in all your Consciences to be your Leader Judge and Lawgiver Oh happy were England had she such a King and happy were Englands King had he such Counsellors But alas alas Sion is in the Dust and no man regards her her Enemies now seem to be too many for her and make themselves merry over her They who should be as Nursing-Fathers to her withdraw their affections from her she sits weeping in the House of Mourning for the misery that is coming upon this People while the drunkards of Ephraim tunn themselves with Wine and intoxicate their Brains with strong Drink and the greedy Shepherds devour the silly Flock and the lustful ones love to have it so while the Priest and People conspire together against the Lord and his Annointed Jewels to stop the Mouth of Truth and fill their prisons with innocent people yet can they not center here Mordecai's Seed is a great Mote in the Devils Dish which the old Dragon seeks to devour by some unrighteous Decree from Caesar For the Crown they count sure of their fide and that 's the top-stone of Egypts strength To the Refuge of Lyes they now betake themselves and by their Majestical Craft do abuse both their Prince and the Countrey Cum Privilegio and all for want of a good Understanding For would but Caesar and his Council stop their Ear to their Trencher-Chaplains and the alluring inchantments of such devouring Monsters who seek to subvert and murther the Innocent I say would but the King and his Council once be perswaded to come into calmness and take counsel of God's ORACLE the Light in their Consciences and by it be guided how soon would the dark misty Fogs of Egypt and her Magicians be dispel'd and driven back into the bottomless pit No croaking Frogs durst then come forth to abuse the Honor of a Prince nor wound his Reputation by enticing him to Cruelty nor scrue his Prerogative above the Peoples Tranquility For the End of all Government appointed by God next to his Glory is the good of the People † Salus Populi Suprema Lex For the great God of Heaven and Earth so loved the world that he sent his Son a Light into the world not to destroy mens lives but to save them yet to punish the evil-doer according to the nature of his Crime but not with Imprisonment Death or Banishment for every small offence much less for that wch