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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	12,106	5	9.9774	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88513	A long-vvinded lay lecture. Wherein the licentiousnesse of this lewd and lying age, in perverting the sacred texts of Scripture, and the divine dictates of the Fathers, to the scandall of the church, and ruine of our nation, is poetically presented, to the view of all such as feare God and the King, and meddle not with those that are given to change. / By a lover of (and sufferer for) the truth.	Lover of (and Sufferer for) the Truth.	1647 (1647)	Wing L2993; Thomason E388_14; ESTC R201509	3,922	8

A LONG-VVINDED LAY-LECTURE Wherein the Licentiousnesse of this Lewd and Lying Age in perverting the Sacred Tents of Scripture and the Divine Dictates of the Fathers to the scandall of the Church and Ruine of our Nation is Poetically presented To the view of all such as Feare God and the King and meddle not with those that are given to change By a Lover of and Sufferer for the TRVTH Printed in the yeare 1647. A Long-winded Lay-LECTVRE COme Christian Brethren now the time is fit Round about our ●●ale fire let 's friendly sit And while ●ou listen close as we are cut I will lay open whilst the doore is shut Unto you all in briefe a sum of what No man can justly sum so intricate Is our Meandrian faith t' hath no beginning Nor hath it other end but th' end of sinning How no beginning said I then our profit Is now to be the Prima P●reus of it And sure enough now it beginning hath Time will i' th' end put end unto our faith Prick up your eares my brethren elevate Your eyes deare sisters whilst I doe relate The comforts which peculiar are to us Who by the Spirit are sanctified thus To be the Lords elected if I said The Lords anointed I'● not be afraid Of contradiction 〈◊〉 for ●s saith You are a Kingly Priest ●oo● though his faith We else reject in this ●ee'll take his word And all be Kings and Priests unto the Lord. I let 's be free let neither Priest nor King Controule nor governe us in any thing But stay me thinkes Paul seemeth to mistake Who bids us to oby for conscience sake And therefore silly man he and the rest Obey'd the Tyrant Nero who opprest The Brethren and did take their lives away Tush they deserve death that will thus obey Obey to Death do so who li●●s for us The spirit of freedome doth not reach us thus So Solomon ' cause he would under bring His people saith feare God honour the King Yet Solomon in this I 'll send to schoole For all his wisdome he was but a foole In Christian Libertie there 's no such thing We can feare God yet disobey the King Yet in one sense hee 's not to blame that said it He was a King himselfe 't was for his credit So David spared Saul as Gods anoynted Because the Kingdome was for him appoynted But let not us my brethren be such Calves To take their words spoke in their own behalves For we are free in body and in soule Our tongues are ours what Lord shall us con●●oule Yet one objection is that Christ doth say Give Caesar's due that's Caesar to obey But I an answer ready have for that Caesar rul'd Rome and every one known what Antipathy there is 〈◊〉 Rome and us Perhaps he might mistake 〈…〉 ●pake thus But right or wrong 〈…〉 we hold To rule our selve rather than others should Let Patriarchs Prophets 〈◊〉 Fathers nay If God and Man say what they please to say Unlesse it 〈◊〉 respond 〈…〉 mind We in their wor●s and 〈◊〉 some fault will find By Church no● 〈…〉 ruled bee No more then wh●●… o●… fancy doth agree What though the 〈◊〉 Prayer ●y him spoken was Yet since 〈…〉 ended in 〈◊〉 Masse We ought abolish it and so we will Using no For me nor Chayre but th'Bed-side still The Creed we cred●t not 't is not contain'd I' th' written Word why may it not be fain'd 'T is said th'Apostles made it ' tmight be so Wer't certaine true we trust reject it tho For among other Articles it hath One that obligeth as a point of Faith Upon a Church Catholique to conside Such chaynes as these our Freedome can't abide To no such Article must we give credit Although beliefe i' th' holy Ghost precede it For our pure Consciences have given the Lurch Both to the Roman and the English Church What tell they me of Faith Apostolique If that were true then 'm an Heretique Thinke you th'Apostles had such strong ingages To build a Church should last so many Ages My Faith to me can dictate no such thing Though they a Cloud of Witnesses can bring We must explode them all ●hey were but men The Spirit 's more aboundant now then then Let none of us be subject to such dotage To stench our zealous hunger with that Potage Wherein the Coloquintida is fed Which is contaginat to the Babes of God For 't is most certaine that this Hotch-potch was Turn'd into English from the Latine Masse The Spirit taught the Prophets what to say So did it teach th'Apostles how to pray And shall we which to them are not inferior Be taught to pray or preach by ●●les extende No Brethren no● we the elected Seed Not any Tutor but the Spirit neede Each Brother and each Sister I dare say Are Churches in themselves then to ob●y Another Church beside my private Fancie I le sooner yeeld to studie Necromancie To crosse the Papists let 's abhorre the Crosse I protest zealously wer 't not for th' losse Of all my Gold and Silver I should pine Rather then use that so much hated Signe And were I sure my forhead ere were crost I 'de flay the skin off though my life it cost Yet some who venerate Antiquitie Affirme the Crosse is used that thereby Christians may be distinguished from Jewes And Pagan Infidels which Christ refuse What doth Antiquitie then stand so for it That very thing doth make me most abhorre it For any thing that 's old my Conscience loathes I 'de have Religion newer then my Cloathes The Surplice white 's an embleme of the state O' th' Ministerie pure and immaculate The use on 't some count decencie but wee Reject it as a Rag of Poperie Verily Sisters when I see that Smock O' th' Whore of Babylon O what a rock Of spirituall force it rayseth in my hose You know my zealous meaning I suppose The Corner'd-Cap square dealings perfect Trope ' Cause its originall is from the Pope It fits not our Round-heads full of deceit Sweare not at all but content pole and cheat And lye with any body Sisters heare me I feele strong motives through such objects neare me Because the Wedding Ring 's a fa●● on old And signifies by th' 〈◊〉 of God The puritie requir'd th'marry'd payre And by th' rotunditie the union fayre Which ought to be betwixt them endlesse for No other reason wee that use abhor Wee love no union nor perfection in Religion wee are alwayes to begin Fasting's a meanes proud flesh to subjugate And to the Spirit it humilitate Those hainous sinners earne such punishment But wee unspotted are and innocent Let them fast and give almes whilst we do feast And starve the poor both fruit fowle fish beast Are onely made for us that godly bee The wicked live in awe but wee are free Wee 'll have no Antichristian Prelats that Shall dominiere o're us nor knee nor hat We to the greatest Bishop will