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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	bishop_n	king_n	parliament_n	11,851	5	6.7308	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53586	The humble and healing advice of Colonel Robert Overton, Governour of Hull, to Charles Lord Fleetwood, and General Monck, and all other inferiour officers of both armies in England and Scotland	Overton, Robert, ca. 1609-ca. 1668.	1659 (1659)	Wing O637; ESTC R4509	4,552	9

THE Humble and Healing Advice of Collonel Robert Overton Governour of HVLL TO CHARLES LORD FLEETWOOD And General MONCK And all other inferiour Officers of both Armies in England and Scotland LONDON Printed by T. M. for Liverwell Chapman at the Crown in Poper-Head Alley 1659. TO His Excellency Charls Lord Fleetwood and the Right Honourable General Monck and all other Inferiour Officers of both Armies in England and Scotland The Humble Cautionary Christian Exortatory seasonalle Healing and unbyassed Representation and Addresse of ●ollonel Robert Overton Governour of Kingston upon Hull a fellow-servant with you in the Cause of God and his Country and one who desires to shun the effusion of blood amongst those who in the midest of many enemies are imbarqued together in one Publique and Christian Concern Right Honourable and beloved Brethren and fellow servants WHatever are our particular affection inclinations and judgements in respect of Forms and Constitutions Civill and Ecclesiastick yet the mark we all aim at and the race we professe to run is to serve the Lord and to submit to his Scepter who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords and the onely Lawgiver by the Decree and determination of Heaven throughout the world but alas darknesse is so intermixed with our light and self is so interwoven with all our publique assaies and attempts that Babel-like our buildings are accompanied with nothing but confusion and contempt which makes the Nations abroad to scoff and scorn and our enemies at home to rejoyce in hopes of our ruine and the Lord himself who waited to be gracious but must be exalted in righteousness is forced to shake and shake overturn and overturn and yet in much mercy to his people because no foundation is laid that either bears any proportion with what we professe or otherwise answer the ends of God in that new Creation he is about to form throughout the whole Universe by restoring of Judges as at the first and Councellors as at the beginning that righteousnesse may run down is a mighty stream our Officers become peace and our Exactors righteousnesse In order to this it hath pleased the Lord in the prosecution of his own purpose to poure us from Vessel to Vessel and according to the prophesie of the last times writ for our instruction especially upon whom are the ends of the World hath been overturning and overturning and will overturn till he come whose Right it is How this alarum of the son of David hath been sounded in your ears by a faith full Remnant I need nor reminde you but what hath been the plain and positive providences of Jehova I beseech you seriously collect and review there hath not one of the many changes we have passed through ●ut it hath conveyed in it either more directly or indirectly something of special and effectuall tendency to the decay of the old and increase of the new world all the designes and contrivements of men either of opposite principles or of opposite interest the last having rather wanted love to the Lord then light in his work have Dagon-like fallen before the interest of Christ and his people and no wonder for no weapon formed against either can prosper upon this account I will be hold to ascert in the light of the Lord that the Thrones of Bishops of the King Parliaments and Protectors have been thrown down and other principles and Interests wherein many good men have been engaged have also obviated a directing doome the Lord had once raised up a generation of men after some overturning who in a measure of the power and spirit of Elias were upon laying the foundation a glance there was at least of the glory which shall be revealed of this restitution spoken of in scripture but an Apostacy like the sun under an Eclips interposed us and the practical prosecution of that Reformation I will not determinately ascertain the cause possibly that Assembly had more the name and the shew than the substance and reallity of Christs Government for I judge as their convening together respected the designes of some Instruments they were mischievously mixed for other ends and probably we were not fitted and spirited for such a dispensation under that Apostacy the displeasure of the Lord faced the followers of it in all their undertakings till that ruine and destruction so threatned the revenge of Justice that necessity forced us to face about but like bewildred Israel of old we knew not where to pitch our Tents at last by the most general concurrance the former famous long Parliament in their best reduced capacity were judged the most apt expedient at least towards present security if not settlement who were a while beating about the bush but though there be many pious prudent and publick Patriots and spirits amongst them yet they were so intermixed with the late Court Creatures and Kingling Champions with persons of very opposite principles that neither Christ his Peoples nor the Nations ends were likely to be answered And I feare some were so misled by principles of a persecuting tendancy though they may not otherwise have that hellish seed in their heart for I cannot but honour the memory of many in that Assembly for the works sake wherein they have been made Instrumentall that endeavours were not closely wanting to bring all to bow to their ●aal and in order thereunto to wrest the Sword forth out of their hands who I hope more than accidentally or necessituously are sure gaurd to Gods people against the spirit of these Nations which otherwise like an inundation would break in upon them upon this account respecting his end as in all other Changes is the Lord pleased to passe them by either as uselesse or obstructors in his Work What may be the designes or ends of any who are the Instruments of this last dessolution I shall leave to the Lord to finde out who will cause the righteousnesse of the righteous to shine forth as the sun at noon day and will reward the workers of iniquity according to the evill of their doings Now having taken the short survey of these providences and appearances of God with incurrance with scripture may be of use to direct us in this dark day I shal apply my self more particularly to you and from my heart do wish for Sion and these poore Nations sakes that we may meet with such an expedient in righteousness as may reconcile d●fferences and prevent the effusion of blood And therefore Right Honourable and dear Friends the Councel of the Officers of the Army in England you are they who more especially then others have been actually engaged in the great and various turns of State by you instrumentally the foundations are put out of course and the price of the blood and treasure spilt an● expended in the late Wars lyes now in your hands Christ calls upon you for his right as the son of David which your power hath possessed you of The Saints for whose