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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	christian_a	day_n	sabbath_n	12,184	5	9.9778	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91233	Nevves from Ipswich discovering certaine late detestable practices of some dominiering lordly prelates, to undermine the established doctrine and discipline of our church, extirpate all oxthodox sincere preachers and preaching of Gods Word, usher in Popery, superstition and idolatry.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1641 (1641)	Wing P4021A; Thomason E177_12; ESTC R9558	6,302	9

NEVVES FROM IPSWICH Discovering certaine late detestable practices of some dominiering Lordly Prelates to undermine the established Doctrine and Discipline of our Church extirpate all Oxthodox sincere Preachers and preaching of Gods Word usher in Popery Superstition and Idolatry VVoe be unto the Pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my Flocke saith the Lord. Ierem. 23. 1. Only Canonicall prayers no afternoon sermons Alter Cringing Priest Church wardens for Articles First printed at Ipswich and now reprinted for T. Bates 1641. Newes from Ipswich CHristian Reader this is the deplorable newes of our present age that our Presses formerly open onely to Truth and Piety are closed up against them both of late and patent for the most part to nought but error superstition and prophanesse witnesse many prophane erroneous impious bookes printed within these 3. years by authority point blanke against the established doctrine of the Church of England and his Majesties p●om declarations in defence of Arminianisme and Popish ceremonies and which is yet more impious and detestabl● against the very morality of the Sabbath and 4. Commandement the divine institution title and intire religious sanctification of the Lords day Sabbath and the necessity of frequent preaching exceedingly pressed in our Homil●es and book of Ordination which some of our unpreaching dominiering secular Prel●ts our of their A●ch-piety towards God and Arch-charity to the peoples soules which they seek to eradicate now so far derest that they not only give over preaching themselves as no part of their function and suppresse most wickedly Lectures in divers countries but have likewise lately shut up the mouthes of sundry of our most godly powerfull painfull Preachers who have won more soules to God in a yeare then all the Lord Bishops in England or the whole world have done in divers ages out of meere malice to religion and the peoples salvation contrary to the very lawes of God and the Realme strictly prohibited under paine of suspension in sundry Diocesses all afternoone Sermons on the Lords own day that so the prophane vulgar might have more time to dance play revell drink and prophane Gods Sabbaths even in these dayes of plague and pestilence to draw downe more plague and judgements on us for that sin of Sabbath-breaking when as not only the Synod of Dort but sundry Popish Synods and Bishops have been so religious as to preferre the two Sermons every Lords day at least in every Parish Church to keep the people from such prophanations of this sacred day Alas what could Belzebub the Prince of Divels had he been an Archbishop or Lordly Prelate here in England as there were many such Bishops in Bernards age and most sure there are too many now have done more against the strict intire sanctification of the Christian Sabbath day to abuse the Lords day and to advance Popish innovations on it or against the frequent powerfull Preachers and preaching of Gods word and salvation of the peoples souls then some Luciferian Lord Bishops have lately done whose impiety in this kind transcends all prefidents whatsoever in former ages And yet these prophane Atheisticall persecuters of all holinesse piety sincerity godly Ministers preaching of Gods word yea in these pestilentiall times as meanes to spread the plague though the Scripture and all former ages have prescribed fasting preaching and praying as the chiefe antidotes and cure against it will needs be Lord Bishops Iure divine by the holy Ghosts own institution who never yet instituted any unpreaching rare preaching Prelates or persecuters and suppressors of preaching and shame not to stile themselves the Godly holy Fathers of our Church and pillars of our faith when as their fruits and actions manifest them to be nought else but very Stepfathers and Caterpillers the very pests and plagues of both Take one fresh instance for an example these desperate Archagents for the Divell and Pope of Rome and Master underminers of our Religion as they were the onely instruments of delaying the present generall Fast in the beginning of the pestilence when it was most acceptable and requisite so to shew their inveterate malice against preaching the thing that the Divell wrastleth most against all whose study hath been to decay the office of preaching which should not be diminished they contrary to his Majesties pious intention who hath so oft protested against all innovations have cunningly caused all Sermons the very life and soul of a Fast as being the only means to humble men for their sinnes and bring them to repentance to be prohibited on the Fast day both in London and the Suburbs and in all other infected places during the time of the infection in them in Parishes not infected as if preaching only of all Gods ordinances were pestilentiall and that on the Fast day not on others contrary to the presidents of all former ages and the orders for the generall fasts in the two last great plagues which prescribed two Sermons of one houre long apeece forenoon and afternoon every fast day and that as well in Parishes infected as others even in the Summer season when the infection was more contagious raging then now By which device they have not only made this fast distastfull to all sorts of men in infected places who have little heart unto it robbed the poor of much charitable relief and deprived the people of the spirituall food and physick of their souls when they need and desire it most to their intolerable griefe and discontent but quite suppressed all setled Wednesday Lectures in London and other infected townes as long as the infection shall continue in any one Parish though it should last these 7. yeares the thing they principally aimed at forced many Ministers and people to flye out of infected places into the Countrey to keep their Fasts where there is preaching brought in a famine of Gods word the greatest plague of all others to the increasing and further spreading of the present pestilence and drawing down of Gods wrath upon us to the uttermost by inhibiting Ministers in the time of greatest need to preach unto the people that they may be saved O heavens stand amazed at this unparalel'd practise of impious Popish Prelates But is this all No verily for whereas his Majesty commanded That the book of common prayer for the fast formerly set forth by his authority upon the like occasion should be reprinted these Romish Inquisitors have miserably gelded it after it was new printed in sundry particulars First they have purged out the prayer for seasonable weather one cause of the shipwracks and tempestuous unseasonable weather since its publication Secondly they have dashed the Lady Elizabeth and her children in the old Collect quite out of the new as they have expunged both them with our gracious King Queen and their children out of the catalogue of Gods elect by blotting out this clause who art the father of thine Elect and of their Seed out of the Collect for them in