Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	great_a	king_n	noble_n	2,602	5	9.8143	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44803	One warning more unto England before she gives up the ghost and be buried in the pit of darkness to awaken the inhabitants thereof out of their deep sleep, to see themselves what misery is coming upon them through their degeneration and horrible ingratitude, that the people therein may be let without excuse in the day of the Lord / by him that pities thee in this languishing state, F.H.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1660 (1660)	Wing H3176; ESTC R6654	12,877	16

to cut thee down as an abominable branch and to cast thee into the fire to consume thee and to make a final end of thee and to destroy all thy pleasant things the Lord is grieved for thee and the Spirits of his People is made sad for they feel the weight of iniquity and the load of transgression which will sink the Nation if it be not turned from but the Lord will ease him of his Enemies and avenge him of his Adversaries and will sweep away the refuge of lyes and the lovers of them into the pit of destruction and the day hastens when they that exalt themselves high even upon pinacles shall be brought low and many hills hath God made one with the plain and many more yet shall be made a plain that the Glory of the Lord and his Interest may be exalted Oh England Consider thy former dayes and call to mind the years past and consider in what state thou wast twenty years ago and what complaints filled every corner of the land by reason of the heavie yoaks which was laid upon the People by reason of many wicked Lawes which was made by men of corrupt minds in the years of the former Kings not only upon the Estates of men but also upon their Persons and Consciences and the Cry of many innocent people was great and reached through the Clouds for Princes and Kings and Nobles was grown to that height in Arrogancy and Pride and Usurpation so that they claimed all Power as to be in themselves and the Courtiers being in the same nature with them and climbing up the stairs of Ambition till they attained to the seat of Violence cried up the King above all Law and whom he would kill might be killed and whom he would save might be saved so that neither Life Person or Estate of any man could be exempted so that by the Oppression of the former Kings and also later even the last was very great and was soar'd up so high without all limit or bounds as though all People in the Nation had been made as for their Vassals and Slaves which thing was very grievous to the Lord and also to the people of the Nation and they came to see that that Power and Authority was but usurped or taken on without any just Title or Right as from God or from the free People of this Nation and likewise what deceit was used in the Execution of all Lawes that if any man was wronged and did Appeal unto any Law for Redress their Remedy proved worse then the Disease so that the Cry of the Oppression on every hand was very great Again What Innovations and Impositions was made upon tender Consciences by those Apostate Bishops which the very Land groaned with the burden thereof who were but a stem sprung from that corrupt Root of Rome and most of their Worship Cannons and Constitutions they had from thence and what intrusion and Popish-stuff was ushered in daily upon the People in this Nation which they groaned under and compelling and forcing about the Superstitious Rites and Ceremonies and foolish Fopperies which they brought in as Religious Matters and what lazy Droans they upheld Reading a piece of the old Masse-Book in English and calling it Divine Service and judged them Hereticks who opposed all this mudy dark stuff which the people was vexed with and their Souls grieved and the Lord grieved and vext insomuch that the Lord heard the Cry of the Oppressed and did appear in his power and strength in many people to bear Witness against the aforesaid Evils which was growing upon the Nation which tended to bondage and thraidom both as concerning mens Persons and Estates and also their Consciences which bondage they were weary of which yoaks the Lord brake and gave a total overthrow both of the one and of the other and many upright in heart did rejoyce and with unwearied pains did Travel thorow a Sea of Troubles not minding the present difficulty but rather eying the end Freedom and Liberty and many pretious men ventered their lives and lost their Blood and consumed their Estates and offered willingly of their Substance in the time of need that they might accomplish the aforesaid end Liberty and Freedom as men according to the equal just Law of God and Freedom as Christians without being imposed upon either by Men or Laws which was a Prize which the Lord did intend should be put into the Nations hand as a recompence for their former Sufferings in which all the upright would have been satisfied and therefore they who have been Obstructors and Hinderers of this thing hath the greater sin and load upon their backs which hath sunk many of them But alas when the Obstructions was taken out of the way and the Common Enemy suppressed with their whole Strength Covetousness did get up and Pride in the hearts of the Rulers and them in Authority in the hearts of the Souldery especially the Officers of the Armie most of which God had raised from a mean Estate to great Dignitie You forgat the Lord and did divide the spoil amongst you and so became full and fat and then kick'd against the Lord and neglected his Service to pursue that which God had put into your hands but getting into Places of Honour became as bad if not worse then many that was cast out before you and then laboured to set up your own Interests and not the Interest of the Nation and to set up a Form of Religion and another deceitful Image and not the Interest of Christ Jesus for he could have no room among you It grievès my heart and vexes the Spirit of the Lord God in me to consider what tenderness and fervency and love there was in former years to the appearance of Gods truth life and light and now it s become the chief Object of your scorn and the whole bent is to turn Christs Interest out of the Nation and to destroy the Sheep of his pasture whom he hath Redeemed with his most pretious Blood to lay your sins before you and your transgressions in your sight that you may see what you have done Oh people of England Was it only a Form of Government or such and such a Government in Name that ye pursued after or was it not the Thing it self Freedom it self Liberty it self Righteousness itself that the heavie Yoak might be done away which as to any of the last I do not say but they might have done it if they had stood in Gods fear and in his Counsel for it is not this or that Title or Form of Government which is only Essential to the well-being of a People or a Nation you have had tryal of many Names and what do you enjoy yet that which you look'd for Oh nay you are defrauded you are cheated you are robbed and spoiled of that which the Lord God did intend you by treacherous and false-hearted men whose words hath been smoother then