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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	altar_n	lord_n	zion_n	30	3	9.1619	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91936	Mene, tekel, perez, or, A little appearance of the hand-writing (in a glance of light) against the powers and apostates of the times. By a letter written to, and lamenting over Oliver Lord Cromwell. / By John Rogers. In this woful howre of his temptation, and of Sions sore pangs, and solemne appeals; and of the precious saints imprisonments and persecution for this most glorious, betrayed denyed, and crucified cause of Christ Jesus King of Saints and nations.	Rogers, John, 1627-1665?	1654 (1654)	Wing R1811; Thomason E231_2; ESTC R7990	15,517	17

and for the kingdome of Christ So pag. 38.39 A second warre more dangerous then the former was contrived against us by them that hated us of this Army of England under the name of SECT ARIES and a second testimony was given from Heaven to justifie the Proceedings of his poor Servants against the bloody Antichristian BROOD though with the losse of many precious Saints we were then powerfully convinced that their purpose was to deale with the LATE KING as a man of blood and being perswaded in our consciences that he and his MON ARCHY was one of the TEN HORNS of the BEAST spoken of in Revel 17.12 13 14 15. we being witnesses to so much innocent blood of the SAINTS that he had shed in supporting the BEAST and considering the lowd cryes of the SOVLES of the SAINTS under the ALTAR we were extraordinarily caried forth to desire JVSTICE upon the KING But if there be any that have taken Councell against the Lord and his Anointed whom the Lord hath decreed to set up in the holy Hill of Sion we are perswaded the Lord has brought us as INSTRVMENTS through which he will speak to them in his wrath and vex them with his sore displeasure we desire it may be known we are not Souldiers of Fortune are not meerly the SERVANTS of men And for the Monarchy of King Jesus alone we have not only proclaimed JESVS CHRIST the King of Saints to be our King by profession but desire to submit to him upon his own termes to admit him to the exercise of his ROYALL AVTHORITY and with much more to that purpose yea to name but one more the Declaration of Aprill 22. 1653. pag. 6. After much debate it was judged necessary and agreed upon that the supream Authority should be by Parliament devolved upon known persons men searing God and of approved Integrity and the Government committed to them for a time as the most hopeful I way to incourage and countenance all Gods people reforme the Law and administer Justice impartially hoping thereby the people might forget MONARCHY Against this Monarchy againe and for Parliaments and understanding their true Interest in the Election of successesive PARLIAMENTS may have the Government setled upon a true Basis without hazard to this Glorious CAVSE or necessitating to keep up Arms for the defence of the same Though much more of the same import out of sundry other Letters and Declarations We might produce yet for feare of being too tedious our soules would rejoyce and be abundantly satisfied to see an Harmony between these Declarations and the present Actions of this present Government seeing as Solomon saith Ecclesiastes 4.5 When thou vowest or art devoted or ingaged to God deferre not to pay it Better it is that thou shouldest not vow then that thou shouldest vow and not pay suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sinne neither say thou before the Angell that it was an errour wherefore should God be angry at thy voice and destroy the worke of thine hands Oh! my Lord let the blood lives and tears be thought upon that have sealed to these Declarations and ingaged for Christ his cause and the Liberties of the people by Parliaments c. O be not offended with us whose soules mourn for these sins and transgressions and are weaned as then you would have us from Monarchy or any such like GOVERNMENT seeing in some of them as in the Declaration April 2. 1653 and Iuue 14. 1647. page ult you presse it upon us to stand for these things and you say you expect it of us and of all that are well affected to the Publick but now we are declared offenders for so doing Oh dear honoured Sir what shall we say but your owne words in page 52. of the Remonstrance of St. Albons Your bare retracting or changing your cause without better or any reasons giving cannot put out the light which your former Declarations with reasons have let in and which God hath so eminently owned and given his seale and increase unto O my Lord that these things might be cleared to the poor unsatisfied people of Go● whose hearts are bleeding under the sense of them day and night Zedekiahs case and calamity for his breach of Covenant and his imbondaging againe the people after Liberty proclaimed and declared Ier. 34 vers 15 16. And ye were now turned and had done right in my sight in proclaiming Liberty every man to his Neighbour and yee had made a Covenant before me in the House which is called by my name But yee turned and polluted my name and caused every man his servant and every man his hand-maid whom he had set at Liberty at their pleasure to return and brought them into subjection to be unto you for servants and for hand-maids being often in our remembrance 2 Be pleased my Lord a little to revise or reason with the rise of this change upon the breaking up the late Parliament taking its being there but for this end to keep up the carnal intrests the Parliament had voted down viz of Clergy carnal Church State Tithes Presentations c. which was according to the several Declarations of the Army as in the Case of the Army stated Octob 9. 1647. page 2.8.10 and Declaration of August 1. 1647. from Colebrook page 13. the 5 Proposition is the present ●nequall troublesome and contentious way of Ministers maintenance by Tythes be considered of and remedy applied so the 6th is that the Rules and Course of Law and the Officers of it be reduced and reformed and concerning the Clergy with then carnal Church State the Remonst of St. Albans page 10th Declares it the Parliaments part to take away these corrupted forms of outside religion and Church government 〈◊〉 he Rise of this G. upon the ruine of the last Parl. how and why whether imposed without law or rootea in the law in times of Popish ignerance or idolatry or of the Gospels dimmer light by we ans whereof snares and chains were laid upon conscientions and zealous men and the generality of the people held in darknesse superstition and blind reverence of persons and outward things fit for Popery and Slavery and also to take away and losen that dependance of the Clergy and their Ecclesiastical affairs upon the King or that interest of the Clergy in the civil laws and affairs which the craft of both in length of time had wrought for each other and that it was the Kings part to uphold and maintain this dependance of the CLERGY their MAINTENANCE and CHVRCH MATTERS and were it not too tedious I should name many more of your Declarations against these very things Now for the Parliament to do that which the Army and good people round the Nation have declared to be their duty viz. to take off the civill dependance of the nationall Clergy with their nationall Church St. and to vote a new model of the Law viz lesse intricate uncertain