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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	church_n	king_n	rule_v	1,351	5	9.4691	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45169	Havel havalim, or, Persecution for conscience sake most vain, cruel, and destructive to the promoters and abettors of it, demonstrated in a discourse from Matth. 2, 16, 17, 18, and humbly presented to the consideration of all, but especially diis terrenis or the magistrates, from Gods Word for their information, beseeching them to permit Jesus Christ the sovereign rule o'er the kingdoms of conscience while he permits them to rule the bodily state / by John Humphreys.	Humphreys, John, b. 1637.	1682 (1682)	Wing H3722; ESTC R27617	9,297	18

and mark that word Jer. 31.17 where in the capital comfort lies 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Signifies At the end of the World in the last times of it that is in this new state in Christs Kingdom thou shalt see them again In tuo novissimo spes est There is hope in thy end that is in the Resurrection and Kingdom of Christ she shall see them that are Gods Elect and had the Holy Ghost not capable of dying or being slain any more but in full perfection and incorruption 1 Cor. 15. This being believed it palliates and contemns Death rather than maketh afraid of Death FINIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pro Rege Regno Preces O Deus judicia tua Regi da justitiam tuam filio Regis Fac eum populum tuum adjudicandum justè pauperes tuos jure Fac tu justum temporibus ejus ad storendum pacis etiam amplitudo donec non sit Luna Et dòminabitur à mari uno ad alterum à flumine qu●quo ad fines terrie fac Jehova Ad incurvandum ei omnes Reges Potestates ac omnes gentes servient ei Deus gratiam faciat nobis benedicat nobis regno Sponsae Christi illustres faciem tuam erga nos maximé A Prayer for the King and Kingdom O God give thy Judgments to the King and thy righteousness to the Kings Son Cause him to judge thy people justly and thy poor righteously Let righteousness flourish in his days and abundance of peace while the Church endures upon earth Let him rule from Sea to Sea and from the Rivers unto the ends of the Earth Let all Kings and Princes bow before him and all Nations serve him O God let thy favour be shewn to us bless us and the Kingdom with the Church of Christ and make thy face to shine upon us for ever Amen Postscript TO all Christian Magistrates and Ministers the Author of this Book most humbly addresses himself who acknowledges that he is Misiorum postremus the least of the least What was said of the King of Cappadocia in Horace may be said of Jesus the King of the poor suffering Saints Mancipiis locuples egit aeris Cappadocum Rex He hath many poor suffering Servants but little Money First I humbly crave your pardons for any thing that may seem in me presumptuous or wherein I have missed the truth Also I do protest for my self and I humbly conceive I may for many thousands more that it is not in any contempt of the Kings Laws and Authority that we worship God without the Forms and Modes by men imposed but truly for conscience sake as fearing the great God who is still maxima potestas the highest power And for my self since the Year 1664 I might have had many Preferments in the Church as 100 l per ann if I would have conformed and have underwent many trying Dispensations both from false Friends false Brethren and private and publick Enemies which might have provoked me to accept of Honour and Preferment had not the Word of the Lord and a tender Conscience stood in my way for which I bless the Lord. I acknowledge Christs merits and righteousness imputed to us of mere mercy and divine love and received by the saith of the operation of God for my Justification and Life the Holy Spirit within and the Word without for the rule of my Life and inherent Sanctification I acknowledge a Holy Catholick Church dispersed militantly through the whole world which shall be gathered together into one at the second coming of Christ I approve teach and practise all conscientious obedience to Kings and all Magistrates till Christs second coming before whom the Kings shall vail their Crowns I approve of a regular and Gospel Ministry in the Church being my self ordained by Imposition of Hands in the Church of England having the spirit of grace and ordinary acquired gifts and the Authority of the Spirit by Imposition of Hands by the Presbytery 1 Tim. 4.14 I am not against Superintendents and such Prelacy as Timothy and Titus had in the Church of Christ I am for Peace for Liberty of Conscience according to the Word for Truth and His Majesty's long life and felicity Amen FINIS