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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	earth_n	people_n	praise_v	6,597	5	10.8382	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11627	The course of conformitie as it hath proceeded, is concluded, should be refused.	Scott, William, ca. 1566-1642.; Calderwood, David, 1575-1650, attributed name.; Melville, James, 1556-1614, attributed name.	1622 (1622)	STC 21874; ESTC S120840	184,517	202

civill histories full of such effects the smallest haire of root and pickle of seed is therefore to be fanned away and plucked out of all Kirkes Kingdomes and Common-wealthes This the godly wisedome quicknesse of wit prudence and sagacitie of the King who is as an Angell of God can well marke and take up a farre both to beware of it where he hath found it and can not well amend it and not to permit to creep into the field so carefully and cleane purged therefrom Thus passing over the impairing of the Kings patrimonie and many moe things against his Highnesse weale and honour for brevities sake I end this point not doubting but his Majestie is alwaies mindfull of that declaration so clearely godly and eloquently penned subscribed by his Highnesse own hands at his Majesties Parliament holden at Linlithgow in December 1585. The conclusion whereof is most worthie of remembrance at this time for that by forgetting that these who seek Episcopall dignitie seekes the hurt and dishonour of his most renowmed Majestie Then shortly to end this my declaration I mind not to cut away any li●ert● granted by God to hi● Kirk I ac●lame not my selfe to be judge of doctrin● in Religion s●●●tion heresies or true interpretation of Scripture c. And in end My intention is not to 〈◊〉 with excommunication neith●●●●●●me to my selfe or my 〈◊〉 power in an●●●ng that 〈◊〉 weer Ecclesiasticall neither to meddle in any that God w●●●● th● w●y d●v●lv● in th●●●nds of the Kirk ●nd to conclude I conf●sse and ●●k● 〈◊〉 ●ge Christ Iesus to 〈◊〉 He●d and Law-giver to the same And wh●t●●●v●r persons 〈…〉 themselves as he●d of the Kirk and not 〈…〉 thing that the word of God 〈…〉 mi●●●● to his Kirk that m●● I f●●●●mmi●ts manifest 〈…〉 against the 〈…〉 the words of his Son against 〈◊〉 S●n●● not ●●y g●●i● and in t●king his place against th● 〈◊〉 Ch●●●t the 〈◊〉 how Spirit ●hing contr●●y 〈◊〉 to his cons●i●n●e Certainly thus h●●●ouri●g G●d and Iesus Christ his Highnes shall be w●ll and honourable according to that promise I will know him that honours me CHAP. X. That this Bishoprie is against the honour and weale of the Realme WH●rein hath stood thy honor and weale ô Scotland these 〈◊〉 y●ares and aboue Was it not in the ●●gement of all th●●● 〈…〉 ●●ghtly ●●th sincerity of the Gospel freedom of Iesus Christs ●●●●●om est●●● 〈◊〉 ●o notably within thee vvith so 〈…〉 that Gospel of peace came vvithin th● 〈…〉 forraine w●● and all comm●tions vvithin thy 〈…〉 beene easily setled God b●●ng in the m●●st of th●● 〈◊〉 bringing 〈◊〉 judgement upon all th●t 〈◊〉 their hea● 〈◊〉 their 〈…〉 against his Kirk And 〈…〉 so ●o ●●●h and bevvitched is not 〈◊〉 hold fast that vv●●y having h●d Christ so cl●●rly ●●●●ted forth before thy eyes as if ●h●m with the same had seene hi● crucified Shalt thou vvi●h those foolish G●l●tians begin in the spirit end in the fl●sh W●● th●●● follovv th●m of vvhom the Apostle vveeping 〈◊〉 vvrite that th●y are enemies to the crosse whose end i● destruction or damnation who God i● their ●●lly whose glorie i● shame earthly minded men vvho seekes not the glory of Christ not safety of the soules of thy people but to be thy guiders and misgui● thee to be thy conduct●r sedu●● thee to make thee to sinne against God after the manner of the golden Calues at Dan and Bethel that so the Lord may be in●en●●d and cast thee avvay from his face They seeke gl●rie amongst men and one of another so neither can beleeue and trust in Christ themselues not make thee doe it and be safe Surely for wealth and honour worldly thou was never comparable to other nations but the Evangell so planted in thee was that crown of thy glorie that decored thy head and set it up aboue all Realmes and Kingdomes upon the face of the earth Hearken dear mother what the Lord said unto his people Israel of old take it now to be spoken unto thee Deut. 4. Aske from the times of old that haue been before thee even from that day that God created man upon the earth f●●th one end of the heaven unto the other if there was done such a thing as this is or if there hath been heard he like of it If any God hath essayed to come take unto him a nation out of the midst of another nation with proofes and signes and wonders with war strong hand stretched out arme finally with most great terrours according to all that Iehov●h hath done for you even your God to bring you out of the land of Egypt 2 Sam. 7.23.24 What nation is like thy people Israel in all the earth which for to be a people went to redeem and hath gone to get himselfe a name and to worke these great things and mightie reverently to be admired expelling from the face of thy people whom thou redeemed to thee out of Egypt the Nations and their Gods for thou hast established thy people Israel that it may be a people unto thee for ever and thou Iehovah their God Psal 147. Who telleth his word to Iacob his Statutes and Lawes to Israel he hath not done so to my nation therefore they know not these Lawes Praise yee the Lord. Was not Papistrie thy Egypt ô Scotland and did not the Lord deliver thee out of it and safeing thee from that tyrannie and thraldome brought thee unto a pleasant Canaan of his Gospell to serue him in spirit and truth and that in such a manner and forme as the like was never heard nor seene And no lesse miraculously hath he made thee to dwel therin so long so safely so freely and shalt thou then goe and make to thee other Captaines by Moses and Aaron yea contemning them thy lawfull Priests Levites to lead thee back again into Egypt God forbid But so it is deere natiue country your Seers see and your Watchmen giues you a faithfull warning crying to you that the Episcopall Hierarchie is verie Papistrie and spirituall Egypt Howbeit by the pollicie of men otherwaies buskit attired and dressed to take the foolish and simple withall It is no other thing in the substance thereof taken from the last and grossest dung of Antichrist making the Kingdome of Christ to be of this world turning the spirituall worshipping of God in outward toyes and ceremonies bringing the pompe of the world into the simple and humble Kirk yea corrupting the fountaines of the waters of life and empoysoning the food of the soules to work dangerous sicknesses and deadly diseases amongst thy sonnes and daughters The whole Pulpits hath sounded unto you so many years and yet continues to sound where they are not emptied or terrified by their tyrannie Admitting that Bishoprie againe lost is your honour wracked is your welfare and gone is your grace and garland of heavenly and spirituall glorie for ever Forget not the first essay of