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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	apostle_n	love_v	world_n	3,595	5	5.1710	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86351	A true and impartiall account of the plunderings, losses, and sufferings of the County of Hereford by the Scottish army, during their siege before the city of Hereford, Anno Dom. 1645. Since brought in by the country in writing. Published in this juncture of time for the undeceiving of the people, who may perhaps fancy to themselves some imaginable advantage by stickling for the Scots and their partizans in this nation. By Miles Hill, Gent.	Hill, Miles.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2004; Thomason E607_3; ESTC R205863	7,652	16

A True and Impartiall ACCOUNT OF THE Plunderings Losses and Sufferings OF THE County of HEREFORD BY THE Scottish Army During their siege before the City of HEREFORD Anno Dom. 1645. Since brought in by the Country in writing Published in this juncture of time for the undeceiving of the people who may perhaps fancy to themselves some imaginable advantage by stickling for the Scots and their Partizans in this Nation By MILES HILL Gent. LONDON Printed by E. G. for L. G. 1650. To the Christian Reader WHen the Apostle makes a prediction of the evils and miscariages of the last daies 2 Tim. 3. he doth not instance in such wickednesses as are of a grosse and visible cognizance but in those of a more spirituall and refined nature men shall be lovers of themselves without naturall affection highminded c. For as in the appearances of heavenly glory the best wine is kept till last and the compleatest enjoyments served up at the end of the feast so darknesse treasures up her most deceavable workes till the last shew and appearance of all her sorceries The reason is because the world being now ripened in understanding and judgement by long and costly experience is not so apt to be imposed upon by such evils as lye open to the redargution of sence and common principles but is advanced into error by changable fallacies and deceits through all gradations and methods of subtilties according to the wisdom of him who is wiser in his generation then the children of light amongst those dark and sable appearances which hightned the danger of the last times the Apostle gives the last place to a form of godlinesse without the power ver. 5. truly Reader when thou seest self love love of pleasure covetousnesse fiercenesse c clothed with a form of Religion then judge that this prophecy is fulfilled and that thou art fallen into the very last of the last dayes i. into the lees of all danger and the very dreggs of times And indeed the world in a great measure labours under this deceit at this very time when selfe and selfe interests are advanced under notions and pretences more specious and taking then their own who is there almost that lives in the true being and power of Religion and delights in it for its own sake but we embrace the outward huske and shell mixing the pretences of divine and humane interest for worldly advantages which is the most fordid and degenerous of all accompts how happy were it if the world were undeceaved in this particular and could attaine to the true understanding and discernance of all things untwisting all interests unfolding all mysteries giving unto Caesar that which is Caesars and unto God that which is Gods As I cannot acquit many of our owne from this evill so thou hast here a pregnant instance of this deceit in the ensuing discourse Our brethren of Scotland us we formerly called them in the flood of all their designes made their own interests and advantages the mid channell the heart and center which acted and informed the course of their undertaking here amongst us The pretended appearance of religion and zeale had at first wonne them great r●●ute amongst the credulous and well meaning English especially in their first and best designes I myselfe was a great Proselite of theirs till I had experimented their oppressions self-seekings and cruelty at the siege before Hereford where though they were sufficiently provided for by the care of the honorable Commissioners from the Parliament of England who were pleased to imploy me to get in provission from the Country Yet the great spoyle and havocke they made almost to the impoverishing and ruining many poore families in that Country did wofully experiment the disagreement between their intentions and pretences in this particular I speak not of the Hamiltonians party whose deceit was more grosse and by consequence sooner found out and deeply punished by him who judgeth the fatherlesse and pleadeth the cause of the widdow but of the Army under Generall Leven cemented in a pretended Kirk-interest these were the men that in five weekes endamaged this small County so many thousands when they were setled in the siege before Hereford and an orderly course taken for their subsistance far above the ability of that poore County yet they soon found out waies to carpe at the proceedings of the Parliaments Commissioners to disoblidge them to weary them out that so they might be their own carvers and impose what charge they pleased upon the Country which was taxed by them five times above what the Parliaments Commissioners thought it able to beare of which thou hast here an accompt in the ensuing discourse as to some Parishes if I had not been impeded in my work by malignant neutrall and disaffected persons I had brought in a compleat catologue from the remaining parishes amounting to neare so much more Is not neare 60000 li. a great losse for one County in five weeks and that by pretended friends Let not Religion be abused hereafter let pollicy and piety go by distinct names let lucre appeare as it is let not selfe and self interest be ashamed to appeare to be what they are let us learne to distinguish persons interests and things hereafter let Religion go for no more then it weighs i. let us ascribe no more truth or realty ●●men then we can experiment in them let not pretences cheate us Naturallists observe that those bruites which come nearest the shape but fall short of the true being of man are most ugly t is so here the more seemingly religious a pretence is the nearer a kin to the outward forme the more loathsome despicable and deformed Yet how are weapt to be deceived how are we transported how many proselytes have these false pretences and interests amongst us what children are we when toys and fancies please us I write this if possible to caution and undeceive my Country men from harkening to the Syren layes of Kirke seducers these are the men that foment warres strifes divisions in the world for the maintenance of their own dominations and discontents if their stratagems were but seene they were prevented let us rather joyn hand in hand and quietly sit under our own vines and figtrees in submission to the present power then to make merchandize of our peace estates and lives by huckstering for any corrupt party or faction whatsoever if their little singer were so heavy what wil their loynes be It is eccentricall to my purpose to enumerate all their miscarriages in their marches to and from Hereford and in the Northerne Countrys I shall leave that to those who are fellow sufferers with us in the like miseries hoping that they may be awakened to some such discovery as I doe here present thee with I shall say no more to thee but wishing thee not to sacrifice thy wife and children to the bare pretences of a Covenant Loyalty Religion I leave thee to the