Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	blood_n	lord_n	shed_v	1,770	5	9.8115	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84285	The fxecution [sic] of the late King, justified; and the Parliament and army therein vindicated: published for satisfaction to the kingdome, by a wel-wisher to the safety and freedom thereof.	Wel-wisher to the safety and freedom.	1649 (1649)	Wing E3855; Thomason E545_7; ESTC R201964	10,769	26

THE Execution of the late KING JUSTIFIED And the Parliament and Army therein VINDICATED Published for Satisfaction to the Kingdome By a Wel-wisher to the safety and freedom thereof Deut. 16.18 Judges and Officers shalt thou make thee in all the Cities which the Lord thy God giveth thee c. Deut. 1.17 Yee shall have no respect of person in judgement ye shall not feare the face of man for the judgement is Gods Amos 5.24 And let judgement run downe as waters and righteousnesse as a mighty River Jer. 22.17 But thy eyes and thy heart are but onely for thy covetousnesse and to shed innocent blood and for oppression and destruction even to doe this Levit. 23.17 He that killeth any man shall be put to death Numb 35.31 33. Moreover yee shall take no recompence for the life of the murtherer which is worthy to dye but hee shall be put to death So yee shall not pollute the Land wherein yee shall dwell for blood defileth the Land and the Land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein but by the blood of him that shed it Jer. 22.18 Therefore thus saith the Lord against Jehoiakim the Son of Josiah King of Judah they shall not lament him saying Ah my Brother or ah Sister neither shall they mourne for him saying Ah Lord or ah his glory LONDON Printed by M. Simmons in Aldersgate Street 1649. To the Reader Judicious Reader I Thought good in times of so great and voluntary distraction and dissatisfaction about our civil rights to testifie my integrity to the good of this my native Countrey according to my ability by some following Propositions and resolutions of doubts thereupon in reference to the late transactions of Parliament and Army in justice upon the late King and the rather though many more rationall and so should have been more satisfactory discourses hereupon hath been published because some men notwithstanding remaine obstinate and perverse under a cleere light therefore as by many witnesses a truth is the more confirmed so by the multiplicity diversity and distinction of arguments and reasons as for ought I know these are from other mens a just cause may be more cleerly manifested and the spirits of these men being satisfied reduced to an acknowledgement of the past equall proceedings of though the minor part the Parliament and Army and the present perseverance of both in them therefore when thou readest it doe it not obstinately but be willing to bee convicted by the truth which is the maine end for which I offer up these my first Fruits to thee and the Kingdome which to attaine is the onely desire of him who is thine unknowne friend in the peoples service c. THE Execution of the late KING JUSTIFIED And the Parliament and Army therein VINDICATED AS wise Men before they build lay a good foundation so for a right procession in this discourse wee must consider the constitution of Government from which not being rightly weighed springs all our differences and contradictions in this Kingdome I shall therefore state the constitution of Government two wayes viz. Legall and Illegal constitutions or ordination of Government to explaine the tearmes Lawfull ordination of Government is that which as near as possible is according to Gods prescription Unlawfull is that which is contrary to or diverse from Gods prescription in that way of Government which the people shall choose which hath beene according to the then immoderate importunity of the people since Saul almost hitherto Kingly Government and that in three lawfull respects viz. By unction the peoples approbation or election and lawfull succession so that whosoever is qualified with these three particulars must be according to the constitution of that Government a lawfull King but it being cleare that the first of these particulars viz. immediate unction or unction by commandement is withdrawne so that in that sense no King now can be called the Lords Anoynted from us it remaines that he that is King by the peoples election or approbation and lawfull succession is according to the institution of that Government a warranted King But on the contrary he that is not so elected lawfull succession to one freely chosen and not that usurpt authority and forced submission being onely beneficiall to a man for preferment in choyce if he as well qualified come in competition with others his authority is usurped and illegall For let him plead succession though lawful never so much yet if the people forbeare to choose him because defective in his qualifications hee is in a degree as incapable as a Foole for the Office so then lawfull succession depending upon the peoples election hence will arise this undenyable Proposition that that man that assumes the Kingly office onely by vertue of though lawfull succession is a Usurper and doth presume upon the peoples rights now this was the onely plea that our late King had or could have to his Office seeing he could pretend no right to it from unction because as before said it is withdrawne neither from the people it is cleare in that they have made so much opposition against him that hee continued in it neither was it from the peoples free election that hee reigned so long in that he never acknowledged such a power to be in them 't was onely then through an ignorant submission by them or if they were convicted of their right yet through their impotency that our late King first assumed and since so long continued in the Office now therefore the title that he on his part claimed to it and thereupon entred was by a pretended right through though illegall because originally from conquest succession So that the premises considered there needs no other proofe to demonstrate that his title was usurpt yet for further conviction and not to lay any more burthen upon him or prejudice him in the thoughts of people he having enough already where ever he be and satisfaction to mens spirits concerning his Execution and that wee may with more ease and contentednesse of minde in respect of the flesh forget him from whom wee had received and could expect so little good though his impenitency should better us let us consider and review in our selves his actions since his reigne even to his very death which should sadden us to thinke of and they have cleerly demonstrated that hee took it upon no other tearmes then to rule according to his will which though it lay in his heart from his first possession was not evaporated till these his latter and last yeares wherein the people claiming their rights he hath most manifestly and audaciously though contrary to all reason declared himselfe inaccountable to men though from them as a people and so his Master he had received if it were Legall his power and authority for his actions then which nothing can more nullifie and frustrate the Law of God which upon a breath thereof doth include all whatsoever without exception of persons