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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	6,232	5	10.0779	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93350	The Protestant informer, or Information to all Protestants: shewing the causes and end, of this unjust warre, plotted by Romish Jesuites, and now managed by English papists, and their abbettors against this Parliament, and in this all other Parliaments: proving by forepast proceedings, present actions and persons acting that: this warre is no new quarrell, nor caused by the militia but divellish malice, against the true Protestant religion, and lawes of this kingdom, to set up, and establish popery, and hath beene fifteene, or sixteene yeares last past, preparing. Also justifying this Parliaments proceedings, by nature, law, and religion, against the false calumniations of all malignants: with an exhortation, to courage, liberality, patience, and constancy, to the hazard of life, and fortunes: in defence of Gods true worship; your own rights, liberties, and this present Parliament; with confidence of a blessing, and victory, like Caleb, and Ioshua: for your God is with you. Published for information to the ignorant. By Gregory Thims Gentl.	Thims, Gregory.	1643 (1643)	Wing S4038A; Thomason E91_17; ESTC R13261	21,917	24

more then now That the Parliament have no end to themselv●s in this warre but onely Gods glory and the publike good is manifest in their contempt of dishonourable honours and corrupt dignities doe but consider what some of them have lost and what other of th●m might have if they were or would be corrupted Some have lost the favour of their King and the highest places of honour and profit others might receive what favours honours and dignity a King can give if they would betray Go●s truth and the kingdomes trust yea those very men that are for this cause hated d●shonou●ed and proclaimed traitors and Rebels should not bee denied what outward honours a King could bestow upon them And shall wee not honour such Champions for Christ and such Patriarches of their countrey and defend them while they defend us to the hazard of our lives and best fortunes with them who willingly sacrifice themselves to honourable deaths rather then to preserve their lives by any di●honourable act to prodite their trust reposed by God and men counting it as the Poet said To be a sweet and noble gaine in Countries quarrell to be slaine To all the former add this that after their offers petitions and propositions formerly for peace were all reiected they at the request and humble petitions of many of Vs in the City of London and ●ther counties willingly offered again new propositions more low then the former accompanied with the humble petition of both houses to be accepted ● manifest testimony of their desires of Peace and vnwillingnesse to warr if necessity constrained not In the second place consider their present actions in the managing of this their defensive war hauing no other choyse but two extreams either to Fight or lose all all being challenged and at once assaulted by men ●●ing armyes Now we know that nature hath taught all creatures to defend their 〈◊〉 but nature Law and religion teach and allow men to defend themselves from vniust violence the law of the kingdom allow a man to kill rather then be killed and religion restrained not that kingly prophet David to take armes in defence of his life against Saul his King if David might defend himself against Saul th●n much more against Sauls evill counsellours But it is objected That David would not lay his hand upon Saul the Lords annointed when he had twice opportunity put into his hands Answer It is true David would not nor might not kill Saul in a treacherous manner But if Saul would wilfully thrust himself into battle against innocent David and perish David should have been guiltlesse as appeareth 1 Sam. 26. 9 10. David took Arms in his own defence The Parliament and Kingdom in defence of their Religion and Hereditary rights and not onely so But to defend the Kings Person and to rescue Him from the hands of cursed Dam-my Ram-my Cavaliers Therefore scandalous are those mouthes that report the Parliament takes Arms against the King We have made choice of the men and have trusted them with all our Rights The King hath accepted of them and acknowledged them His great Counsell And they according to their trust defend our Rights and His Person and Posterity They freely venture their lives and estates for us and for our King against wicked Councellors who seek His Majesties ruine as well as ours Therefore we are bound by conscience Law and Religion to defend them Should we neglect them because they do His Majesty and us right or shall we dissert them because they will not betray us Though Saul had sworn that Jonathan should die the people would 1 Sam. 14 39. Vers 44. and 45. rescue him and said Jonathan should not die Much more would they have rescued Saul against wicked Counsellors that sought his ruine Our Parliament is not onely in danger and with it all that is ours But the Person of our Soveraign Lord King Charles by Jesuites and Popish Traytors who if they cannot poyson His soul will poyson stab or destroy His body We cannot think they will deal better with Him then they did by Henry the third and Henry the fourth of France whom they slew The one because he would not suffer them to sway the Scepter The other because he refused to break his Covenants with the Protestant Princes If these men should prevail in their Warre These words are by the Arch B minced and altered as may appear by comparing the first Coppy with the late Edition and afterward be denyed any thing what they will further desire for the establishment of Popery They will as treacherously end his dayes whose Religion alows it and commends us meritorious to kill any King that is a Protestant or favourer of Protestants Therefore we may in this see how farre our Clergy is faln toward Popery who now defend them and most confide in them who of late they declared to be Idolaters Terming their Religion Rebellion Their Faith Facton And their practice the murdering of bodies and soules God in mercy deliver His Majesty from their doctrines and treasons Thirdly Consider the Persons ingaged in this defensive Warre and it will appear That they are all His Majesties best and most faithfull Subiects True Protestants Yea a Parliament The Kings great and known Counsell Able Honest and Godly Men Not corrupted by flattery nor misled by the hopes of fleeting honour But like Nehemiah and Ezra stout in the Cause of God hold the Sword in the one hand whilest they build the decayed W●lls of Jerusalem with the other Men that fear God and honour the King Not Papists Anabaptists nor Atheists as some falsly have called them except any such have disguised and treacherously intruded themselves to rob the Kingdom of their Money and betray their Army to the enemy and would be a most acceptable service of any that could discover any such If any Brownist All of upright intentions will ingage themselves for their just rights against Arbitrary Government and the profest enemies of all Christendom the Papists be accepted in the Army which is not by me denyed they cannot be said to have been incendiaries in the State nor are they disconsonant from us in any fundamentalls onely they differ in Ceremonies nor are their many of broken fortunes nor deboyst Dam-mys Though some such too many have intraded themselves into the Army none engaged in the Warre but as Mercenaries Such as love the warre for the pay but pay nothing to the warre and as backward to fight as unwilling to be disbanded These by their fearfull Oaths dishonour God and cause the Land to mourn and by deferring battle and proferring plunder preiudice their iust Warre As Achon did in the Army of Gods people There was one Judas amongst Christs twelve Apostles and one Achon in the Camp of God I pray God to purge such out of his and Our Armies Now having informed you of the Kingdoms danger and the Justnesse of the Kingdoms defensive warre