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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	david_n	life_n	saul_n	1,175	5	9.4858	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86686	Manus testium movens: or, A Presbyteriall glosse upon many of those obscure prophetick texts in Canticles, Isay, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Habakkuk, Zachary, Matthew, Romans, and the Revelations: which point at the great day of the vvitnesses rising; Antichrists ruine, and the Jews conversion, neare about this time. VVherein Dr. Homes, with the rest of the independent antichristian time-servers are clearly confuted, and out of their own writings condemned: and against them proved, that the present usurpers in England are that antichristian party who have slain the witnesses, and shall reign but three yeers and an half, which time is almost at an end. To this book must be joyned Lingua testium, being its proper preface. / Written by Testis-mundus Catholicus Scotanglo-Britanicus.	Hall, Edmund, 1619 or 20-1687.	1651 (1651)	Wing H328; Thomason E632_23; ESTC R206463	110,211	129

11. and he lived 600 years in the new world after the flood as Gen. 5. gives us a true Catalogue of the Monarchs in the Church before the Church so Gen. 11. gives us such another Catalogue of those who lived after the flood unto Abraham Shem had Elam and Asher before the flood Gen. 10. 22. but they were drowned in the flood but two years after the flood Sem begat Arphaxad who was his eldest Son who had the right of domination after him succeeded Salah his eldest Son after Salah succeeded his eldest Son Eber after Eber Peleg after Peleg Reu after Reu Serag after Serag Nahor after Nahor Terah after Terah succeeded Abraham here God only set down the Monarchs in the Church for every one of these had more Sons then one 't is probable but they are not mentioned because they were not the eldest Sons they had not the priviledge of the first-born who by Gods Law Gen. 4. 7. were to have the Dominion Thus you see Religion and Monarchy kept together in Sems Family after the flood until Abraham With Abraham God made a Covenant and promised to make him a Nation and a great Nation Gen. 12. 2. and that he would give him the Land of Canaan and his seed should possess it and multiply as the dust of the earth Gen. 13. 15 16. This was a gracious day of comfort to the poor Church to hear of a blessed seed that shall grow up to a great Nation and be a blessing to all the world this promise did God renew to Abraham after he parted with Lot this Abraham was both valiant and pious as appears by the redemption of his Kinsman Lot out of the hands of those Kings which took him captive after which Victory Melchizedeck met him unto whom Abraham as a King in homage to him and as a Priest in duty to him paid Tythes this Melchizedeck probably was Sem for Sem was then living and lived above 150. years after this fight so that it was Abrahams duty to pay Tythes to Melchizedeck for he was by right the absolute Soveraign in the Church and in that respect without Father or Mother that is without any superior and in that respect Melchizedeck was a type of Christ for Christ is absolute Monarch of the Church he is without Father or Mother in that respect he is subject to none But to the thing in hand we see it is clear that Monarchy and Religion have been continued in the Church together from Adam to Abraham now from Abraham till Christ Monarchy continued in the Church it is so visible to every one that reads the Scripture that I will put it under the third Position which I intend to treat briefly on viz. Thirdly That the greatest good that ever the Church of God received here on earth from God they received from the hands of Monarchs The Scripture tells us of four glorious dayes that have been and shall be in the world before the day of Judgement three of these dayes are past viz. The day of Gods making known himself on Mount Sinai to his Church in the dispensation of his grace and love to his Church in giving them Laws and Ordinances for standing rules of his Worship untill the time of perfect Reformation Moses the Monarch of the Church was the instrument of receiving these Laws and Ordinances from God and the instrument of divulging them to the Church Moses was not only the Instrument of the greatest deliverance of the Church from the greatest danger but the Instrument of conveying the greatest good to them That this Moses was an absolute Monarch none will deny that hath either wit or modesty for the twelve Tribes received the Law at his mouth and all matters of Judicature were determined by him beyond him there was no appeal the people or the Elders did not choose him but he ordained Elders and set over the people he was an absolute Monarch none might speak against him or resist him every Christian that reads the Bible knows this to be a plain truth he was the first Monarch that was over the twelve Tribes and their families which were many thousands in number this Moses God appointed to be the Ruler over these great people he led them like a flock of sheep no sheepheard had more absolute command over his flock then Moses over the twelve Tribes The Monarchs of Israel in their infancie whiles the Church was in Tabernacles were called Judges the removing of these Monarchs was the greatest Judgement that could befall the Church and and it was the greatest mercy of God to restore them again This Samuel in reasoning tells the people 1 Sam. 12. 8. God gave not Moses and Aaron to Israel untill Israel cried unto the Lord Ordinary prayers will not attain so great a blessing to a nation as a godly Magistracy and Ministry they must be strong cries to God that must obtain such extraordinary mercies ver 9 10. the people provoked God by their Idolatry and God threw down their Government and made them serve their enemies and then the people cried to the Lord and renewed their Covenant then God sent Gideon ver 11. he raised him up to deliver them God never took away Monarchy from Israel but in wrath for the peoples sins and God never restored it again but he gave it as a singular mercy and sign of his favour to them 4. Ob. God gave them a King in his wrath and he was angry with the people for asking a King God calls it a rejecting of him A. We answer briefly 1. God gave not the Office of a King but the Person of a King in wrath 2. He was angry at the peoples manner of asking a King for they asked not a King of Moses describing Deut. 17. 15 16 17 18 19 20. but a King like the Heathens that were Tyrants well saith God they shall have such a King that shall play the Tyrant amongst them like the heathen Kings therefore God bids Samuel shew them what manner of King God will give them this Tyrant God gave him for a scourge yet no man no not David though he were a Saint and an annointed Saint durst touch Sauls life though Saul were really a murtherer a Tyrant and a publike enemy if Davids heart smote him for cutting off Sauls skirt O how would it have smote him had he cut off his head Monarchs are responsable for their actions to God No man on earth much lesse their subjects may judg or condemn them but God only God took away this wicked King in his anger as he set him up in his wrath 3. 'T is manifest that God anointed David and set him up King over Israel of his own free will and made a promise unto him as unto Abraham that his seed should inherit the throne after him to many generations Now began the Israelites to flourish now Kingly government was established now and not till now had they perfect Conquest over all