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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	henry_n	king_n	pope_n	16,586	5	6.9376	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79831	Emanuel, or, God with us. Wherein is set forth Englands late great victory over the Scots armie, in a battle at Dunbar, Septemb. 3. 1650. And by many particulars of Gods acting and appearing then for us, it is certaine (and so much is clearly proved) that our armies marching into Scotland, and the wars undertaken and prosecuted against that nation, to be upon grounds of justice and necessity, as the Parliament of England hath declared. Also here is shewed, how grosly the Covenant is abus'd, and what an idoll it is now made. With the fraud and falshood of the Scots, and their kings hypocrisie and dissimulation. Moreover such objections are answered, as seeme to have any thing in them, against the point here asserted. / By John Canne. The first part, published by authority.	Canne, John, d. 1667?	1650 (1650)	Wing C439; Thomason E614_11; ESTC R206534	45,110	52

the Potters Clay Their filling of mens ears with the nauseous noyse of the Covenant the cause of God Reformation the extirpation of Heresie Schisme Superstition is no otherwise as they apply it but hatching Cockatrice Eggs and weaving the Spiders web It is the very same which the Prophet calls c Ezek. 13.15 Dawbing with untempered Morter When a man dwells in a ruynous house the Mason comes and Plaisters it over and makes him beleive that all is well then the house falls and smothers him So by their lyes they make sad the hearts of the righteous whom the Lord makes not sad that is d Isa 59.15 he that departeth from evill they brand him with the contemptible name of Sectary Schismatick Regicide Rebell and strengthen the hand of the wicked that he should not returne from his wicked way e Hos 7.3 They make their King glad with their wickednesse and the Princes with their lyes Hence the wrath of God riseth against them cuts off f Isa 9.15 head and taile Root and Branch and there is no remedy g 2 Tim. 2.7 Consider what I say and the Lord give ye understanding in all things 7. Neither was it without a speciall providence of God that our WORD should be the LORD OF HOSTS theirs THE COVENANT Here now lay the great Cause betwixt us and them They for the Covenant we for The Lord of Hosts and as the Cause thus stood betwixt us so the Lord by a mighty hand gave a remarkable Witnesse from Heaven on whose side the truth and right was For as ‖ As the hand of God upon that Idol was sufficient to convince the Philistims of the vanity of it an their madnesse yet the were rather hardened in their Idolatry by it then reclaimed So I feare will be the condition here of some Dagon fell when the Ark came neare it so fell the Covenant as another D●gon at the presence of the Lord of Hosts Since this great Victory some of the Presbyterian Ministers here have openly declared that there was an Achan in the Scots Army it is true there was so indeed but what was that Achan Seing they t●l● us not I shall doe it for them the Cherem or Cursed thing I ●ake it was the Covenant this should have beene destroy●d and therefore seing their Cause was the Covenant and the Covenant Anathema no marvaile they fell in the day of Battail Now that the Reader may be of the same Opinion with me I shall lay downe many Reasons for it But before I speake of them I desire that these things may be taken notice of 1. I have * In a Booke entituled The snare is broken elsewhere clearly proved that the Covenant is sick of Jehorams Disease the Bowells of it are fallen out It is a Covenant like Musgrum or Toad-stoole though it grow it hath no root not a word or warrant in holy Scripture for its justification either in reference to the matter of it or the manner as it was given and taken It is an Oath indeed but contrary to the definition of a religious lawfull Oath a Covenant it is but against the properties use and end of a sacred or holy Covenant these things we have fully manifested by the word of God and reasons and have answered to whatsoever probablie may be said in the defence thereof 2. Howsoever they have set up Altars to THAT SHAMEFULL THING and bow their knee before it yet have not any of them to this day and I desire ‖ I hope such as feare God and have by others been seduced and deluded about this Covenant will now have their eyes open It gives just cause to the buyer to suspect his wares are nought who is not willing to bring them forth to light for trial all men in all places to observe it well fairly appeared in the behalfe of it as taking it part by part and proving every part I say it againe as yet they never came so nigh the Covenant as ●o prove eyther the Ground-work matter or forme of it justifiable That which they doe is thus they tell us The Generall Assembly hath approved it So the Reverend Synod of Divines in England the Kirk allows it Learned men of the reformed Churches beyond Sea consent to it But the Church of England as some call it Resolveth that all Counsells and Synods whither Provinciall Nationall or Oecumenicall * Jer. 11.13 they may err and have erred in things appertaining to God and the same is profest by all Protestant Churches King Henry the 8. put out the name of the Pope but allowed still his Laws I know some are well content that Popes and Prelates should goe downe howsoever they will walke in their steps as to be Lords over Gods Heritage and have dominion over the faith and Consciences of men Beza sayth ‖ De har civil mag puniendis that God never gave power to man for imposing Laws upon the Conscience nor can indure that any besides himselfe should beare sway or dominion over the minds of men Neverthelesse when these men speake great and swelling words the KIRR the GENERALL ASSEMBLY the REVEREND SYNOD OF DIVINES they looke now that men should * Cajetan the Cardinall was wont to say had it not bin for Luther the Pope would have made the Germans eat grasse like Beasts Now were it not but that God raiseth up some instruments to discover these mens legerdemains guiles devises they would in time make people such I dolls so bruitish as to believe whatsoever they should say right or wrong fall downe and worship them yeild subjection and obedience in points of faith to whatsoever is imposed upon them under these big names and titles howsoever they bring nothing neither can they from the word of God for the cleare justification thereof But really the Priests of Rome in this particular deale more plainly and truely and are truer to their owne principles then these men are They say right out that the Pope in things belonging to faith ‖ Nullo casu errare potest Be jarm de just l. 1. c. 7. he can by no possible means err when he sets forth a Decree * Divinitus illi praecu●sa est omnis via Th Bozius l. 12. ●esig c. c. 16. God stoppeth every way unto him which might bring him into errour so that he never was he never shall be able to doe ought against faith Now grant this then whatsoever he deviseth and imposeth upon men although there be not any Scripture brought to confirme it yet there is no need to question the same The Ministers of the Church of England and Scotland say a Generall Assembly and Synod of Divines may err and have erred in things appertaining to God Neverthelesse Magisterially and Authoritatively they will have their Acts and decrees received as this Covenant ●o be the Covenant of God though nothing doe appeare wherefore it should be