Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	book_n	church_n	common_a	3,108	5	6.3089	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77404	A briefe ansvver to a scandalous pamphlet, entituled A speech made at a common hall by Alderman Garroway. With some few observations upon other pamphlets of the like nature, especially that called A letter sent into Milk-street.		1643 (1643)	Wing B4542; Thomason E89_18; ESTC R20116	3,927	8

and unsuperstitious minds doe not affect the Booke of Common Prayer as it now is but wished a reformation in it because of its affinity with the Masse they were no more to be blamed then those of our Ancestors who sought a reformation in the Masse and Popish Religion because of its grosse errors and Idolatrous Ceremonies and whereas hee sayes That the present Lord Mayor who hath been too just a Patriot to the City unlesse hee had received more thankes for his paines is a favourer and promoter of Schismes because hee never hath the Booke of Common Prayer read what an ill consequence does hee referre out of that Antecedent is plaine and evident to any one that understands Logicke for admit my Lord Mayor never heares the Booke of Common Prayer because hee is satisfied in his conscience that there are divers things in it which are erroneous how does that conclude him a promoter of Schisme as well he may conclude those Schismaticks and averse to the doctrine of the Church of England that do not desire to heare the Letany read in which is surely reliques of the Masse past dispute or question or that Canticle of the three children which bid Shidrack M●sach and Abednego praise the Lord who have beene dead thousands of yeeres and yet God sayes in the Psalmes the dead praise him not and for the imputation hee casts upon Colonell Ver that hee should report his wife could make better Prayers then the Common Prayer Booke though I believe the Gentleman did not say so yet if hee had what harme was there in that saying when all the world knowes that they who serve the Lord in Spirit and Faith their Prayers are of as much value though ex tempere and rudely penned then those that are set downe by Schollers in fine and quaint language God onely respecting the integritie of the heart but hee onely did this and urged other more calumnies upon them to incense the people against them they being at that time called into question by his Majesty for facts which certainly they may both justifie to God and their owne consciences having done nothing in the City of London or in any other place which was not ordered them to performe by the decree of the Parliament and so much shall suffice to be said in answer to that Pamphlet Now according to our promise wee shall say a word or two of another of the same brood though of a more acute and dangerous stile namely A Letter to be written to one in Milkestreet but who that one was to whom it was written or who was the writer passes my Augury to determine yet by the pedantique phrase it should appeare to be sent from some Student in the University indowed perhaps with more learning then wisdome and more faction then honesty otherwise hee could not with such an audacious and fearelesse licence have taxed the proceedings of the State but such calumnies like arrowes shot upright fall upon the owners heads and wound themselves Slanders like Snow though it may for a small space and in frosty weather lie upon the ground yet the Sunne no sooner shines but it dissolves into its native substance water and is dispersed away and forgotten 't is so with these ignominious slanders a while they may be believed and gaine credit with the people the Sunne of truth once displaying his lightsome beames they melt away like tales ill told leave behinde them no remembrance but vanish into mists with the authors who never would have written such notorious untruths as are in these two Pamphlets had they not had a minde like Herostratus that fiered Diana's Temple to doe something to bee talked of when they are hanged and acquire fame for mischiefe for I dare boldly averre that bookes of this nature have done more mischiefe since the beginning of these distractions and troubles in this Kingdome then any one thing whatsoever the people being more disturbed in their minds and staggered in their understandings by such seditious untruths then they could by any other publike endevour mans nature being desirous of novelties and apt to credit them when they come dressed like devells in Angells shapes in the painted outside of faire and specious language and this shall suffice for the present as an Answer to those two scandalous Pamphlets FINIS