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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	parent_n	servant_n	5,710	5	6.5909	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56520	Blood for blood, or, Justice executed for innocent blood-shed being a true narrative of that late horrid murder committed by Mary Cook upon her own and only beloved child, with several remarkable passages preceding the fact, as also what was most worthy observation during her imprisonment, and at her execution / faithfully communicated for publique satisfaction by N. Partridge and J. Sharp ; with a sermon on the same occasion ; with other spectaters and visiters whilst in prison and at her execution.	Partridge, N.; Sharp, J.	1670 (1670)	Wing P630; ESTC R36660	19,984	50

sentence and execution hath removed the Offendor from the society of men except deep sorrow and unfeigned repentance bitter sighs lamentable cryes and above all the blood of a Saviour doth mediate to the appeasing wrath the same Offendor must be given up into the hands of Devils to be tormented with fire and brimstone whereas St. Mark saith their worm shall never dye and their fire shall never be quenched Therefore Reader if Murder speaks thus loud with God and man no doubt but City and Country will ring of it and Oh that the cry of this even of this that a Mother should so forget her tender Babe as not only to neglect it but the worst of evils to murder it yea to bath as it were her hands in her childs blood We again pray and say Oh that it might if possible reach to the ends not only of England but the earth to beget a reverence to God a dread to sin and a continual praying and watching over our hearts and lives and to bespeak warning to all that none henceforward upon themselves their child or neighbour shall entertain a thought to do this abominable thing that God so hates In a word there is nothing in the world the flesh or the devil can suggest how taking soever with thy sensual affections or however backed with arguments of pleasure or profit or secrecy but this Narrative and Sermon may teach thee to retort upon the suggester How can I do this wickedness and sin against God or hearken to this lying vanity and forsake my own mercy Oh that when you find your hearts at any time sordid a cogitare a vain sinful thought arise or lust conceive in thee thou wouldst dash it in pieces against the spiritual rock Christ and oppose enticements unto the secretest evils with that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that the eye of God sees thy most retired thoughts and actions whilst yet unhatched and in the shell are open and manifest to him fearing that the porch is too large already to conclude in order to the spiritual and eternal advantage of your soul we leave this short warning and small expedient in your hands and if it may further that end we have our aim and let God have the sole praise A more full account of the life and death of Mary Cook taken by several Eye and Ear Witnesses most conversant with her from the hour she did commit that horrid Murther upon her Child till she was laid in the Grave THe subject of our present Narrative being a horrid Murther Before we come to the sad and Tragical matter of Fact give us leave in a few lines to open the hainousness of this sin the dangerous consequences of it and what means ought to be used for the preventing of it No Sin committed against the Commandements of the second Table cryeth louder to God for vengeance and unto Man for Justice than the shedding of innocent blood And the Lord said unto Cain What hast thou done the voice of thy Brothers blood cryeth unto me from the ground Gen. 4.10 Rev. 6.10 1. God will not stop his ears from the cry thereof nay he seemeth to speak as if he could have no rest until he be avenged on the Murtherer 1. Because it is a sin against his express Commandement Thou shalt not kill Exod. 20.13 2. Because it is the defacing of Gods Image in which man is Created Whosoever sheddeth Mans blood by Man shall his blood be shed Why For in the Image of God made he Man Gen. 9.6 Now to raze the Kings Picture or great Seal is High Treason 2. Man ought not to stop his Ears from the cry of innocent blood because there is no way to purifie the Land from the guilt of innocent blood but by executing Justice upon the Blood-shedder You shall take no satisfaction for the life of a Murderer So you shall not pollute the Land wherein you are for blood defileth the Land and the Land cannot be cleansed of the blood shed therein but by the blood of him that shed it Numb 35.33 Now as above said Gods Command is expresly Thou shalt do no Murder 1. Murder lyeth either in the Omission of Duty in doing good to my self or my Neighbour with respect unto Soul or Body whereby I may procure his welfare 2. In practicing evil against my self or Neighbour whom I am commanded to love as my self and to avoid all cruelty and unmercifulness against him A word or two of Soul-Murder Soul-Murder is dreadful though minded but by a few in the World the greater pity 1. When a people perish for want of plain and faithful preaching If thou warn not the wicked and he dye in his sin his blood will I require at thy hand Ezek. 33.8 2. When Parents and Masters of Families neglect their Duties to the souls of those that are committed to their charge mind not to teach Children and Servants to know God and to train them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord to stir them up to read and hear Gods holy Word and to hallow Gods Holy day to sanctifie it and themselves to the Worship and Service of their God whereby they might come to know God and Jesus Christ which is Life Eternal Deut. 6.6 7. May not we take up a lamentation for the excessive Remisseness in this Duty Youth for the most part suffered upon the Lords day to take their pleasure as if it were a day only for play Sad will the charge be of such Masters and Parents at the last day And those Children and Servants that are Sons of Belial will be under no Yoke but refuse to receive instruction and turn away from or stiffen the neck against reproof shall dye without remedy and his Souls blood required at his own hand Prov. 1.29 But so much shall suffice to be spoken of Soul-Murder or Omission of Duty to the Soul So I may murder my self or Neighbour by wilful neglect of doing good to my self when I shall refuse either Food or Physick which God hath ordained for the preservation of natural Life or Health The principal thing is to open Murther as it lieth under the practice of Evil against my self or Neighbour which is done sometimes secretly sometimes openly 1. Secretly When I am angry with another without cause or that it exceeds the cause either for time or measure When passion sinks deep in the heart it becomes devillish So that there should never be anger in our breasts where sin against God is not the cause otherwise you sin in being angry and give place to the Devil Ephes 4.26 27. If you be angry only for some injury done to your self you may easily find pride at the Root and if not timely prevented revenge will be the Fruit. Qu. But how shall I prevent it 1. Lay those manifold offences done by thee against God into the Ballance against those offences or injuries men do against thee and that may be one way