Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	great_a	king_n	people_n	22,314	5	4.6764	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45604	A Remonstrance to the kingdome, or, An appeale to conscience, as thou wilt answer it at the dreadful day of judgement, whether it be lawfull to take up arms? &c. written by J.H. souldier.	J. H., souldier.	1643 (1643)	Wing H80; ESTC R14421	4,108	8

vertue And the King and Kingdome being thus abused by evill Councellors to whom could we the oppressed Subject appeale if we did attempt to petition his Majesty we should meet with so many bribe taking Courtiers between the Porters Lodge and the Presence that either we wanted money to purchase preferrers or else through the multiplicity of hands our Petition was presented to God knowes who and we had an answer God knowes when so that despairing of redresse we were forced to return home to repent or at least to lament the abuse of Justice If we petitioned the Judges especially the major part of them they must have a Bribe too and at last after foure or five Termes attendance we should have answer returned contrary to all reason that the Lawes were so and wee must suffer Thus at all hands the Lawes were abused and most were officious to conceale the complaint of the Subject the King must not know the truth all was Law all was for the good of the Subject when their chiefe Designe was at one blow to destroy the Religion Law Office Authority and Libertie both of King Parliament and People The King and Kingdome being thus involved and intangled in these destructive Strattagems the Lawes of the Kingdome having lost their power and all things being become a Chaos of disorder what 〈◊〉 shall be used to reduce things to their first Order for certainly although the King neglect it the Kingdome may and ought to take order for its own safety why surely a Parliament in which is represented the whole Body of the Kingdome must be the safest and most effectuall meanes to redresse former and prevent future evills now this Parliament carries with it a neere resemblance to the composition of the Government of this Nation being compounded of three degrees the King the Peeres and Commons all which should joyn together in the regulating and reforming those things which were so burthensome to the Common-wealth but if the King shall neglect to joyn with his great Counsell the Lords and Commons of the Kingdome and shall adhere to those evill Councellours which have been the authors of those former evils for reforming of which the Parliament was called and shall not onely neglect the Office of a King which is to preserve the lawes and People from oppression but shall joyn with those persons which have been such apparent Enemies to himselfe and the whole Kingdome in the abetting and maintaining those lawlesse practises against the Parliament and so consequently against the whole Kingdome Now speake thy Conscience without feare or flattery as thou wilt answer it at the dreadfull day of Judgement where all secrets shall be known whether thou thinkest it most warrantable to joyn with a King so mis-led in the maintenance of such a cause undertaken by Papists and their adherents Projectors and their dependents Delinquents and deboist and despicable persons or to ioyn with a Parliament which hath reformed all those former practizes and abuses and doth endeavour to prevent the like practises for the Future and doth dayly labour to maintain the lawes in force with the iust Authority of the King to the glory of God and the good of the whole Kingdome now iudge I say whether it be lawfull for the Parliament which is the representative Body of the Kingdome and was called together to consult and conclude of those affaires which did conduce most unto the security both of King and Kingdome Now Judge I say whether it be not lawfull for them in the behalfe of the King and his just Authority the Lawes of the Land and the Kingdome in generall all which are indangered by this abused authority to raise an Army to oppose those persons who have thus abused the King in telling him that was Law which was oppression have caused him to neglect his Office and abuse his power in giving way to have an Army raysed against himselfe his Parliament and People to protect them from the censure of the Law making a way to their own security through the ruine of his Majesty and the whole Kingdome and if as I conceive thou must be convinc'd for Conscience must strike a true alarum thou findest thy owne errour banish that covetous desire out of thy heart and seem not loyall from the teeth outward let not thy Purse onely be imployed in forwarding this acceptable service but if thou art of ability let thy Person second thy Purse for know it for a truth in so doing thou shalt do God thy King thy Country and thy Soule good service it shall be imputed to the for good and not for evill when Haman shall be hanged then Mordecay shall be cloathed in the Kings Garments and the religious Jewes respected by their gracious Soveraign God save the King and Parliament