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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	adversity_n	bear_v	brother_n	812	5	7.0506	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88195	An impeachment of high treason against Oliver Cromwel, and his son in law Henry Ireton Esquires, late Members of the late forcibly dissolved House of Commons, presented to publique view; by Lieutenant Colonel Iohn Lilburn close prisoner in the Tower of London, for his real, true and zealous affections to the liberties of his native country. In which following discourse or impeachment, he engageth upon his life, either upon the principles of law ... or upon the principles of Parliaments ancient proceedings, or upon the principles of reason ... before a legal magistracy, when there shal be one again in England ... to prove the said Oliver Cromwel guilty of the highest treason that ever was acted in England, and more deserving punishment and death then the 44 judges hanged for injustice by King Alfred before the Conquest; ... In which are also some hints of cautions to the Lord Fairfax, for absolutely breaking his solemn engagement with his souldiers, &c. to take head and to regain his lost credit in acting honestly in time to come; ... In which is also the authors late proposition sent to Mr Holland, June 26. 1649. to justifie and make good at his utmost hazard ... his late actions or writings in any or all his books.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1649 (1649)	Wing L2116; Thomason E568_20; ESTC R204522	95,549	77

first promoters of it my true Friends the Citizens of London c. continuing ●●sh●k it in their principles by Offices Places or other base bribes or rewards usually meeting at the Whalbone in Lothbury behinde the Royal Exchange commonly but most unjustly find Levellers Gentlemen and worthy Friends IT is the saying of the Spirit of God Prov. 17.17 That a friend loveth at all times and a brother is born for adversity And Prov 18.24 There is a friend that ●●●keth closer then a brother the last of which sayings I am able by experience to seal to the truth of and even amongst you I have found some that in the burning heat of the day of my Adversity have stuck closer to me then my brother which was not onely largely manifested by your Petitioning for me when I was prisoner in Newgate about four yeers ago and by your effectual Petitioning for me last year which was the instrumental means of my deliverance out of an almost three years captivity But also your late unwearied pains taken for me c. in divers Petitions of a hazardous nature at the beginning of my present captivity which though fruitless in themselves as to my liberty yet are strong demonstrations of the continuance of your zealous affections to me in particular and to the Liberties of the Land of your nativity for which I suffer and am in bonds But hearing that you had some thoughts of new motions for me and my fellow-prisoners I judg it a fit opportunity for me to visit you with a few lines and to acquaint you how things at present stand with me I beleeve the most of you have seen if not read my late Book of the eight of June 1649. Intituled The legal fundamental Liberties of the people of England revived affected and vindicated in which from the 43 page to the 59. page I have fully both by Law and Reason undeniably and unanswerably proved That the present Juncto sitting at Westminster are no Parliament at all in any sense either upon the principles of Law or Reason but are a company of usurping Tyrants and destroyers of your Laws Liberties Freedoms and Properties sitting by vertue of the power and conquest of the Sword from whom if we will believe their Oracle Mr. John Cook we may and ought if we can to deliver our selves His words in the Kings Case stated page 10. are That all people that live at the beck and nod of Tyrannical men may and ought to free themselves from that Tyranny if and when they can for such Tyrants that so domineer with a rod of Iron do not govern by Gods permissive hand of approbation or benediction but by the permissive hand of his providence suffering them to scourge the people for ends best known unto himself until he open a way for the people to work out their own infranchisements And in page 22. saith he Conquest onely makes title amongst Wolves and Bears but not amongst men And in page 8. That a man ruling by Lust and not by Law is a Creature that was never of Gods making nor of Gods approbation but his permission and though such men are said to be gods on Earth it s in no other sense then the Devil is called the god of this world The same Note also the great men of the Army sing in their late Remonstrance from Saint Albans Novemb. 16. 1648. p. 48. 67. and in page 22. they say That when a Magistrate intrusted with a power to protect and preserve the peoples Rights and Liberties shall rise to the assuming hurtful powers which he never had committed to him and indeed to take away all those foundations of Right and Liberty and of redress or remedy too which the people have reserved from him and to swallow up all into his own absolute will and power to impose or take away yea to destroy at pleasure and declaring all appeal herein to the established equal Judgment or to any other Judgment of men at all shall flie to the way of Fame upon the trusting people which both Cromwel and Ireton c. have already as really done as ever the King did and by it attempt to uphold and establish himself in that absolute tyrannical power so assumed over them and in the exercise thereof at pleasure such a person in so doing does forf●●●●● that trust and power he had and absolve the people thereby from the Bonds and Covenant of Peace betwixt him and them does set them free to take their best advantage and if he fall within their power to proceed in judgment against him even for that alone if there were no more of all which in the evil part of it in the highest the chief Authors of that Remonstrance are guilty Therefore out of thy own mouth will I judg thee thou wicked servant saith Christ Luke 19.22 And saith Paul to his One of themselves even a Prophet of their own said The Cretians are always ●●ers evil Beasts slow Bellies this witness is true therefore c. Now I say considering that which is before declared I cannot upon any terms in the world either with safety justice or conscience as things stand with me at present give my consent but hinder as much as I am able all addresses from you or any others for me that shall own those usurping Tyrants as a Parliament especially by Petition Which was a course saith the pretended Parliament Solicitor against the King in his Case stated page 24. which Gods people did not take with Rehoboam for they never Petitioned him although he was their lawful and supreme Magistrate but advised him he refusing their counsel and hearkened to young and wicked Counsellors and they cry out To thy Tents O Israel and made quick and short work of it But I shall rather desire and advise you by Letter like your selves address your selves to the Lord Fairfax by the sword of whom and his Souldiers I am now in prison for my honesty and innocency and nothing else and demand my liberty of him if he refuse print it and do as God and Reason shall direct you for it was his and his Souldiers force that fetcht me out of my Bed the 28 of March 1649. without all shadow of Law or Justice and against the tenor of all their own Declarations the particular pages of which you may read in my following Letter to Mr. Holland page 5. And by force of Arms carryed me to Whitchal and then to Derby house before a company of men that in Law had no more power to commit my body to prison then so many theeves and robbers upon Suiters Hill have who by the Rules of their own wills as in the second Edition of the Picture of them I have fully declared sent me by force of Arms to the Tower for all my short eternity in this world But I intreat you seriously to consider that I cannot advise you to make address to him as the General of the Nations forces