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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	conscience_n	good_a	quiet_a	4,842	5	9.8994	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68611	A faythful [and] true pronosticatio[n] vpo[n] the yeare. M.CCCCC.xlix and parpetually after to the worldes ende gathered out of the prophecies and scriptures of god, by the experience and practise of his workes, very comfortable for all christen hertes deuided into seuen chapters. And in the ende ye shal finde an almanack for euer, translated newly out of hye Almāyne into englysh by Myles Couerdale.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1548 (1548)	STC 20424; ESTC S106366	11,571	44

the trueth had rather set all nacyons by the eares and wyckedly to resyste the ordinaūce of god in the auctorite of theyr Prince then to submite them selues to the gospel And wher as God hath raysed vp good men to preach his worde the deuell is so wood at it that he hath sent them a letter of defiaūce by some of his mēbres euen wyth soch an answere as was geuen to Ieremy the prophet For they say playnly As for the gospel we wyl not hear it but what so euer goeth out of oure owne mouth that wyll we do we wyll set vp ●andels and offre to stockes and stones we wyl do as oure fathers haue done before vs. For whan we so dyd then had we plenteousnes of vytayls then were we in prosperite and no mysfortune came vpon vs. Iere .xliiii. But sence we lefte of soche Gods seruice we haue had scarcenes of all thinges and the worlde was neuer well sence c. Soch strife I saye debate shall happen this yeare because of the worde of god for the enemyes therof had rather draw theyr daggers at it then to be refourmed But the louers of it shall spare no labour to conuerte them and to mayntayne peace and therfore I truste verely that thorow the gracyous influence of the sonne thys stryfe and deuysyon shall turne to no bloud sheddynge for god shall sende princes to defende his people from the malyce of the wycked yet shall the enemies of Goddes worde not cease from persecutyng but do all the myscheife they can that by one waye or other the gospell of the glorye of God maye be stopped Therefore thou louer of God and his worde wha any soch heat of trouble happeneth vnto the for by trouble muste thoube tryed Maruell not at it as thoughe it were a straunge thinge but reioyse in asmuche as thou arte partaker of Christes affliccions that whan his glorye apperethe thou mayst be mery and glad And be euen as contente to be reuyled as he was .i. Peter .ii. For there is no disciple aboue his malster nether seruante better then his lorde mat x. yf they haue called the good mā of the house Belzebub howe much more shall they cal thē of his housholde so These and manye other swete wordes sayth he hym selfe vnto the that in hym thou mayest haue peace a quiet cōscience In the worlde thou shalt haue trouble but be of good conforte he hathe ouercōme the worlde Ioh .xvi. ¶ The fyfth chapter concernyng the estate of kynges and prynces and superioure powers THe influence of the Sonne and Mars declareth euidently by all coniectures yee certaynly without any dout that kynges and princes shall haue a prosperous yere me thynke I dare be bolde to saye the same in as much as I se that they begin nowe some of them to seeke the true honoure of God and to delyuer theyr people from oppression make me doute the lesse herin Salomon whiche was a kynge hym selfe and that of greate experiece sayeth these wordes Pro .xxv. Take awaye vngodlynes frō the kynge and his seate shal be stablished with righteousnes Seinge nowe that god begineth so graciouslye to worke in Princes who hath not occasiō to hope for great increace of prosperite in thē For lyke as whan a prince delyteth in lyes as sayeth the wyse man Pro .xxix. all his seruantes are vngodly euen so whā the kynge or prynce is a fauoure and mayntener of the teneth his people shall the more be geuē to the fear of God And I dout not but god this same yeare by the faithfull ministracion of his auctorite in kinges princes shall brynge noble actes to passe to the great deliueraūce of poore people and reformacyon of the ignoraunt Thynkest thou not that God intendeth great good vnto vs in that he so gracyously endeweth that hertes of dyuerse prices dout not therin Let them remembre therfore that the power whiche theye haue is geuē them of the Lorde and the strength from the hyest Sap .vi. lest they beynge officers of Gods empyre be necligent in kepyng the lawe of ryghteousnes But yf they delyte in moche people let them loue the lyght of wysdome which is gods worde for by it they shal set the people in ordre and the nacyōs of theyr enemyes shal be subdued vnto them Sap .viii. who so euer he be then that loueth not to resyst the ordynaunce of god let hym submytte him selfe to the auctorite of his prynce and let hym not byte his lyppe at it though good Ezechias breake the brasen serpente that the chyldren of Israell haue worshypped so lōge .iiii. Re .xviii let it not greue hym I saye that the vertuous kynge Iosias expelleth soyth sayers charmers expounders of tokens Idols and other abhominacyons out of his londe to set vp the wordes of the lawe of God .iiii. Reg .xxxiii. Let euery man rather geue thankes vnto God and bee glad that Bell is delyuered into Daniels power that the falshede of Bels prestes is come to lighte and that the dragon is deuoured whome the people was wonte to worshippe Dam .xiiii. Let no mā therfore resyst this power of God that doth soch actes by the ministracion of prynces but let euery wyse man be cōtent to be refourmed of his erroure to do wel and remembre that the kyng beareth not that swerd for naught Ro .xiii. and the as the wysemā sayeth The kynges displeasure is a messaūger of death Pro .xvi Be thou therfore thankfull vnto god and obedient vnto thy prynce doutte not but thou shallte haue a ryght prosperous yeare and I can not se how it is possible to be otherwyse for as longe as the kynge maketh so manye Daniels of his councell it must nedes be to the great wealth and prospirite of the people ¶ The syxte Chapter concernynge the darknesse of this yeare WHan I consydre the corrupte nature of Mercurius how he hath ben is euer shal be cōtrarie vnto Mars the Sonne I fynde by all experience that he shall cast agreate myste betwene vs and the Sonne so that it shall be darke for though the lyght shyne in darkenesse and be come into the worlde Iohn .i. yet shall they whose workes are euell and after the condycions of Mercurius loue that darknesse more then the lyghte And thus shal this darkenesse be in thē that lyue naughtelye folowe theyr owne abhominacions for because they do euell therfore shall they hate the lyght and not come to it lest theyr dedes be reproued Ioh .iii And as Paul sayth yf the gospell shal be yet hyd it shal be hydde in them that are loste among whō the God of this worlde shal blynd the myndes of them that beleue not lest the lyght of the gospell of the glory of Christ whiche is the ymage of god shulde shyne vnto them .ii. Corint .iii. But where the chyldren of God are there shall be lyghte Exod .x. and the workes of lyfe Seynge therefore that the