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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	action_n	good_a	law_n	1,011	5	4.8972	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97208	A just vindication of the armie wherein all that doubt may have large satisfaction, in relation to their late proceedings. As touching the cause, beginning, continuance, and their end therein. Or, a book entituled, The examination of the late passages of the armie (especially of the grounds laid down for their justification in their declaration, June 14. 1647). / Examined, refuted, by A. Warren.	Warren, Albertus.	1647 (1647)	Wing W952; Thomason E410_18; ESTC R204455	39,961	61

well-grounded purposes and principles of the Army and what those late proceedings of theirs should be whereat you take occasion to with-draw your first love I am altogether ignorant of unlesse because the Army are by divine power contriving how righteousnesse and peace might kisse each other justice and judgement run downe our streets like a mighty streame and for your studying to serve the Army according to your place and ability and not persisting therein whilst they in the whole progresse of this late businesse have not in the least desired ought but what the Parliament in their many Declarations have faithfully promised I wish they had been as really performed then our troubles had ceased might be sufficient cause of sorrow and sadnesse unto you And to speake in justification of their very adversaries in this one respect I dare boldly affirme it the Army have received more civill usage curteous respect and affectionate expressions of love from them then from many of the neare pretended friends of the Parliaments Cause and this not out of any hopes they have that the Army should effect that at last which at first they opposed and the other partie stood for or that they looke for any curtesie or favour from them more then what in conscience and equity they are bound to allow them but meerly from the observation of their good ends whereof many are convinced civill deportments and honourable performances of Articles and Covenants which merits no lesse then cordiall affection from very Enemies But now you say all your glorying in them is turned into shame and your prayers and praises to God for them into mourning and astonishment I had rather heare this were for the fore-cited reason to wit your strange revolting from the Kingdomes cause then that you seem to mention viz. to see that under the generall notions and colours of Gods glory and good intentions to the Liberties and peace of the people of this Nation the late actions and practices of the Army in disobeying and opposing the Parliament if persisted in will appeare to be contrary to the Lawes of God and the Kingdome and to their duty trust and ingagement to the Parliament of England c. I am sorry the eye of your judgement is so much obscured and you so much mistaken in the affaires and proceedings of the Army Doth it derogate more from Gods glory when the Army present their humble desires to the Parliament by way of Petition then it did when they freely powred forth their blood against the stubborne Adversaries of our Tranquillity and Freedome Are the good intents of the Generall to the Liberties and peace of this Nation lesse good because he hath gained them vi Armis from the irreconcileable enemies thereof and now desire the enjoyment of them for the Nation from those who arbitrarily and unjustly detaine them Is it more disobedience or opposition in the Army to demand the price of their blood even their hardly gotten Liberties of the Parliament then it was in the Parliament at first to raise warre against the King The Army might say to the Parliament in relation to their late proceedings as they said to the King at the beginning of this unhappie fraction It is a levying of warre against the King when it is against his Lawes and Authorities Book Dccl. part 1. pag. 276 where by the Statute of 25. ●●d 3. though it be not immediately against his Person and the levying of force against his personall commands though accompanied with his presence if it be not against his Lawes and Authority but in maintenance thereof is not levying warre against the King but for him c. So and no otherwise it is disobedience and opposition against the Parliament when it is against their Lawes and Authorities though it be not immediately against their persons and disobedience and opposition to their personall commands though accompanied with their presence if it be not against their Lawes and Authorities but in maintenance thereof is not disobedience and opposition to the Parliament but the defence of the Parliament and their due Priviledges In the judgement of any ingenuous man that which you call disobedience and opposition in the Army is no more then what the King called Rebellion in the Parliament and their actions then will appeare as contrary to the Lawes of God and the Kingdome and to their duty trust and ingagement to the King and Kingdome of England as the present progressions of the Army will to the Parliament of England for it is evident to all the world that the Army are guided by the very selfe-same principles now that the Parliament were grounded on at the beginning of this unhappy distraction Novemb. 2. 1646. Declar. 1 par● 696 page 150. observe but their owne expression That obedience binds not men to cut their owne throats c. had the Army obeyed the groundlesse personall Commands of the Parliament how unhappie had both themselves and the whole Kingdom been The Parliament at first alarumed the whole Kingdom crying Arme arme arme with beating of Drums and soundings of Trumpets the sad precursors of insuing War and woe assuring the people the King and his Counsell then intended to destroy their Religion subvert their Lawes enslave themselves c. Whereupon the people suddenly set themselves in a defensive Martiall posture for the Parliament against the King and both parties resolved and to that purpose declared to stand by each other in safe-guarding their Freedoms immunities the justest cause of any War whereupon an Army was immeadiatly sent forth who took upon them to restore or lose their lives the peoples Freedoms this being done and liberty purchased with the effusion of bloud were it not perjury and perfidiousnesse in the Army to suffer some Members of Parliament after all this to inthrall the people and undo themselves Which was evident enough they would have done had they power answerable to their malice as appears by Sir Philip Stapleton who was heard to report when the Army but intended to Petition for their dues That it was come to that passe that either the Army must down or They meaning himself and his corrupt Rivals must downe And if the Armies refusing to forfeit for ever their own and the Kingdoms freedomes and surrender it though earned with the invaluable price of their dearest bloud to an inconsiderable party of Arbitrary merciless men in both or either House of Parliament be disobedience and opposition as you terme it to the whole then how will you define obedience Do you imagine the Parliament cannot oppresse And if they do must not ease be petitioned for but for so doing the Petitioners must be accounted disobedient and opposers Parliaments were called for the benefit and not dis-ease of the people There are severall things Four causes of a Parliaments being which are chiefly the considerable Causes of a Parliaments Being 1 The out-cries of a free people inslaved to their