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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	let_v	see_v	12,443	5	3.3866	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06090	The Times dissected. Or, A learned discovrse of severall occvrrences very worthy of speciall observation, to deter evill men, and incourage good.		1642 (1642)	Wing T1289; ESTC R185073	6,468	11

and proxies for this cause it were fit the Bishops were hindred of votes Another Argument is there is no reason they should take place of their benefactors which they doe in the Lords House which will be if not excluded The third reason the Nobility and Gentry gave land and were benefactors to Bishops estates but the erection of Bishops came from the Pope anciently as appeares by many records and therefore their erections being Papisticall they may come to owe more service to the Pope then to the King which I leave to the consideration of the Parliament Now to declare the opinion of Lawyers not Catholicke there have beene Parliaments say they without Bishops E. 1. 24. a Parliament held Excluso Clero 7. R. 2. cap. 3. 7. R. 2. cap. 12. No Bishops and many other Parliaments had no Bishops and therefore it is the opinion of the best Lawyers at this day that they ought to be put out of the Lords House Lastly how many upright and sincere men have been put out by them and silenced Now let us touch the antiquity of Bishops to see whether they have anciently medled with temporalities or no From Christs time they were only Overseers of Churches in the Apostolicall function and superintendent Pastors of the Church appointed so by the Holy Ghost Acts 20 23 who by common consent did assemble together in which for more orderly proceeding in their charges they choose one amongst them to be Moderator and President this is he whom after the fathers called Bishop but not meerely from Christ and the Apostles for the name of all Elders and Ministers in the beginning was Bishop which after by the usuall language of the fathers was appropriated to the Presidentship of the Elders and Ministers therefore it was Saint Cyprian reproved the Elders for receiving those who were fallen away in time of Persecution before the Bishop had advised of it with them and others because they should make publicke satisfaction and therefore I conceive it an error that they had not power given before in generall Synods if any should returne to the faith to be restored in the interim to the Church upon confession and penitency in the congregation before a Synod called who otherwise might despaire in the meane time or by ill counsell fall away so that it is apparent that Bishops did deale in matters of the Church government by the counsell and consent of the Elders and no further but it is observed the Bishops in every succession and in every City caused all orders for to stand as the law the Prophets and our Lord did preach as Hegesippus said but how many an Apostolicall waies have they introduced contrary to the Scriptures witnesse the reverence to Altars kneeling at the Sacrament and many more as silencing Ministers for matters of conscience for no authority hath power of the confcience but God and nothing bindes the conscience semper ad semper but the decalogue so that it was never in the primitive times heard that the Clergy medled with Temporall affaires as they now doe which superabundancy of power causeth such corruption impurity of Religion and hurt to the Commonwealth therefore they seeke to crop their power or that they may have no more then in the first institution and manage affaires of Church with primitive temper to the good of the Common-wealth and glory of God and felicity of the Church but they have commanded what they list without controule are so insolent as of late Laud Arch-Bishop of Canterburies vices the more visible were by how much hee was more potent in power and gracious in the Princes eye to perswade the sequestration of zealous and pious in the Church and the Majesty to be aloofe off in matter of state from Ministers able and sincere or else to give the Soveraigne over to such as might lo●se his subjects hearts and cause them fall into the Malady of disobedience a thing incident to misguided governments so he brought in innovations into the Church making her of a pure Virgin a very Strumpet Ship Coat and Conduct money and other sterne impositions he brought in not according to abilities but what the Iudges wickedly affirmed to be Law constraining inferiours to be instruments in execution for hope of advancement or over awing them by feare for acts that fill Princes coffers with unjust demands of money not due are ever the ruine of the first founders times are not bad but the wicked that live therein make them so who are the fathers of ill counsell as well as those who are the begetters of bad children which seasons make the best Ministers oftentimes minister fuell to illegall and wicked desires of great men wherein Kings themselves passe not blamelesse who chuse not instruments by the ballance of merit but with the sailes of will and passionate affection for as their mindes are large in respect of potency so their election is rather to satisfie their various humours then solid judgement like those who looke for the Philosophers stone and finde out nothing but fine conceits not worthy the looking for The Bishop alone manageth the State under the Diadem chooseth his chiefe instrument Wentworth into office of best trust and both together weave the web whose woofe was the mislike of the people flocks that love no fleaing the skin can indure the shearing this violent deporment bred a great distemper in the hearts of Scotland and caused the English murmure and draw to a defection or mutiny but no power gotten by wickednesse of Ministers is durable nor to such is any stability betwixt mediocrity and precipitation which cause doubtfull and ambiguous speeches of the Soveraigne when the fault ought to be imposed on the Ministers so dangerous are the wayes of Majesty that the folly of great ones strive for ruine Suppose those misconstructions the multitude have of the Diadem force Majesty to seeke advice and helpe from strangers when he cannot purchase duty at home what a lamentable consequence may follow to invite an ancient enemy to the funerall obsequies of her liberties the cure being worse then the disease And such is our state now that the House of Commons are constrained to be helpers a Theame most displeasing to Soveraignty though in a distracted state a rule infallible on Wentworth the affection of the Soveraigne was so placed as his power was boundlesse in Ireland and here unsufferable though a Gentleman of transcendent parts and of the highest ranke under the degree of Barony yet of a swoulne ambition which no republike can indure for all preferment passeth by him and all suits addresse to him who finding so full a Moone of favour thought he could not dye for Treason the price of his life surely I blame not a Prince for taking a reposefull friend to participate his intimate thoughts to temper the affaires of state so as he infects not the effects of his principality nor sullieth his parentall respect to the subject by hatred