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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	bless_v	magnify_v	praise_v	46,047	5	12.5813	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83947	Englands alarm to vvar against the Beast: by command from heaven, and his Israels example upon earth, comming-in to rescue David, out of the hands of a cruell Lord, and a bloudy Edomite: upon the same ground from Scripture and reason, Israel had then, and Christians now, to resist the prince ruling in the aire, and with the kings of the earth. In 3. sections: wherein, I. The history of Sauls war against David is so related ... that it relates ... to the three last yeeres affaires ... II. And to the bloudy execution of the Edomite in this war against the Parliament in Ireland and Lngland [sic] ever since. III. Here is also excellent reason given, why the tribes came not in sooner ... Also, to confirme the hearts and hands of the godly in their warfare ...		1643 (1643)	Wing E2941; Thomason E56_15; ESTC R20696	26,569	31

all that has been done in favour and honour of David and his Court. It is presumption to judge of the Kings intentions to be so and so bloudy and destructive towards his Parliament and by consequence to his Kingdome when his Words and Actions were so clearly otherwise good pious and most advantagious to King and Kingdome To iudge his intentions now argueth rashnesse headinesse and presumption all three No it does not For we do not iudge of thoughts proiects contrivances B while these are the secret Talkings as was aforesaid and parleys of the minde for this were rashnesse and madnesse both because they are in the dark to us and indiscernable But we may and ought to iudge of them when they are made legible by the hand demonstratively known to the world in full Declarations touching the Army in the North and his Bishops also There are more Acts of transcendent grace yet behinde But I A will summe up all in this one The King has passed an Act for the continuance of a Parliament a fundamentall mercy and such an Act of Grace as never the like Act passed from any Kings hand Yes there has But let that go For we will thank God here B who can make a grand enemy to the Parliament and as great a Traitour to the King and Kingdome Digby I meane not Lord now but Nobile Portentum a Noble Monster in the Heathens account Nequit●a sord●●us imbuta Nobitia portenta ●al M●x lib. 3. c. 5. Josh 10. ●2 an active Instrument to work-out this grace and good to the Kingdome We care not what his intentions were too bad and bloudy and so they have declared themselves but we Praise we Blesse we magnifie the LORD Jehovah Who did as great a work at that time in our dayes as he did in Joshuahs day when He made The Sun to stand still upon Gibeon and The Moon in the valley of Aiialon VVe exalt and magnifie this God and so we are resolved to doe while we have any being and not to give any thanke to the kings Councellours and yet we will give the King his due for we say and shall make good what we say had this Act been from the King an Act of Grace there had been grace in it I mean he had given grace unto it by continuing a gracious aspect upon it and his Influence into it seeing it was not imaginable how he could in so doing wrong himselfe or preiudice his prerogative for it had been good for his Kingdom and that was the end then it could not but be good for him But that his People may know and be assured what grace was in that Act of continuing his Parliament the King with-hol is all grace from it Makes it what he could and to his power headlesse and uselesse he takes away all life and power from it so far as was in his power I beleeve the oldest man living never heard of the like of an Act of grace made so gracelesse And yet I think I have read of an Act somewhat like it and that was as bloody an Act I think as ever was done in the world and yet it seemed and carried the face and obtained the opinion in the People a little while of an Act of grace Thus it was Duke D' Alva all the world knew what he was had besieged a Towne in the low-countreys so long that the Inhabitants in extremity treate with him for their lives he shall have a peaceable entrance all the Ammunition and all onely the Inhabitants crave their lives It was granted their lives I meane and the People accept it thankefully as an Act of grace for life is a precious thing When the Conquerour a Tyrant rather was entred the city he keeps the People pent-up still and denies them bread and yet tells them he keeps Covenant with them and keeps himself to the Articles of agreement They have their lives but they shall have no bread for bread that was not expressed in the Covenant No O monstrous But it is boorlesse to cry out and dispute the matter now otherwise I could make this good at large as I shall by and by very briefely That the Conquerour granting them their lives did in the same grant give them bread too But the Lord has Answered this matter by himselfe so I will passe it over and apply it onely telling the Reader this first That this Act of Grace was so gracelesse that it rendered him odious to all people after this and did the King his master Philip of Spaine no small disadvantage too for it lost him a little Kingdom which neither his Sonne nor his Sons son could ever recover againe no not to this day They will not be subject to him who would give them their lives but no bread to sustaine life I will apply it so far as it fits to our purpose Truly this Act of the King which is so extolled is but too like this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mentioned life was granted why then bread too in the 〈◊〉 grant bread is denied a poor People why then life is denied them for they cannot live without bread though I read of a maid that did live without bread or meat and was named Meatlesse it is a loud lie told by a Papist amongst a thousand more after his manner I say life here cannot be preserved in an ordinary way without bread or something like it therefore take away bread you take away life so the King grants an Act for the continuing his Parliament an Act of grace indeed it is which lyes in this included in the same Act a grant of all things which lay in him whereby to make the Parliament succesfull and by necessary consequence himself happy viz. his presence the influence of his very spirits into it his free ascent to the passing all Acts tending to the forementioned end But his Maiesty seduced by ev●l counsell with drawes all this which is as bread to life as the Soule of a Parliament he withdrawes all and yet this grant before specified must be called an Act of grace No God knows and he knowes and all his people know there is no grace in it at all for he has withdrawne his gracious presence from his Parliament and influence thereunto as aforesaid No his Maiesty did not willnngly withdraw himself his Parliament A ●erced him to do as he did to withdraw from the Tumults about the Court and from the City Take heed what you say God the searcher of hearts ●ears us B what we say and what was spoken in secret is made manifest now and that which was hid is knowne and come abroad and the Parliaments A●● 8. 17. Righteousnesse touching this imputation and the Cities in●●cency is cleared at this point as the noone-day therefore pray let ●s speake and heare Reason Lesse cannot be said but what his Maiesty is pleased to say he did A not go from his Parliament but was driven so