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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
rest_n	aaron_n	almond_n	blossom_n	18	3	11.4790	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77067	The labyrinth the kingdom's in: with a golden threed to bring it forth into light, liberty, and peace agen. Being a brief but impartial history of the good and evil of the former, later, and present power of the nation, as it relates to God and the people. The result is a plea for the restauration of all in Christ (the kingdoms rest,) who is expected to appear more in the present, then in any former power of the nation. / By R. Bacon, a lover of mankinde.	Bacon, Robert, M.A.	1649 (1649)	Wing B369; Thomason E541_26; ESTC R204342	33,585	52

routing slaying killing imprisoning and his soul hath appetite so shall the multitude of all the Nations be that fight against Mount-Sion SECT 3. The other part of the bitter fruit of which I speak The Army and Kingdom have been fain though sore against their will and desire to taste and that hath been their many fears troubles affrights plunders ruines wounds death and losse which they have been fain to pertake of as the fruits of their own aswell as others errours but God who is able sometimes wont of these and such stones to make bread gave many of them bread to eate which others as they would not so they knew not of and this I call the good fruit which the Army themselves and the Nation by them have given them to feed upon SECT 4. And this doth appear thus in that they have not only with Samson been delivered together with the whole Nation out of the paw and power of the ramping and roaring Lion the Army in the field and the young Lion the Lion in the Lambs skin appearing in policy and undermining at home nor onely in that they have had power over both these Lions rending them as he did even as they would have rent a kid but that also in the carcasse of both is found a swarm of Bees a sort of men gathering feeding on and yet yeelding honey to others which though a riddle hath appeared true in part but that there be two sorts of Bees among them which for distinction sake I will for the present call after the language of those that converse with those kinde of cattell the one is profitable the ●ther unprofitable the last is the humming Bee the drone or lazy Bee CHAP. VI. A description of the corrupt and excrementitious together with the good and usefull part of the Army SECT 1. IN the first sort I finde these three properties The first is they make as great a buzzing and noyse about and for Justice Peace Righteousnesse Religion Liberty Equity Saintship and on the other side against Tyranny Oppression Superstition c. nay a far greater then any of the rest because having far lesse then others he is necessitated to make the greater shew of zeal for the one and against the other when in mean time he is totally ignorant of yea altogether an enemy to and in secret yea in his life opposing of the first where-ever it doth appear and on the other side one that hath no other principle but that which feeds and gives life and being to all the evill in the Land SECT 2. Another property of this kinde of cattel is the pursuit of that which is alone as honey to them that is their own profit honour ease wealth and they may easily be discerned from others as excelling all others in pride vanity folly superciliousnesse overlooking ov rtopping the honest quiet meek and silent spirited men among them As for these if they would have justice it is for themselves if liberty it is for their lusts These are like those flies that infest those sores of the already galled grieved spirit of the Land that are so far from healing that they keep the wounds of it raw and open and are indeed to the good spirit of God in the Army as Peter was in his pride and ignorance to Christ even as Satan himself SECT 3. I will name but one property more of these unprofitable men and that is this They detain and keep others from the hive and the taste of the honey-comb being indeed a veile or a hedge of briers and thorns imprisoning concealing clouding the Son of righteousnese which is behinde this wall within this hedge on the other side this cloud indeed the very Man of sin and son of perdition which must be taken out of the way before the Son of God will in his full light sweetn●sse and glory appear to the healing of the Land and they in it SECT 4. This is the first and worst sort of Bees the excrementitious and unprofitable part of the Army and those that adhere to them The other which I onely prize as the good and usefull sort of Bees such as are more silent more painfull more profitable of a lesser size in appearance then the former not so sightly At fessae multa referunt se nocte minores Crura thymo plena The lesse and tyred Bees return at night Get much but yeeld the fruits of all their might These are the light life rest peace joy hope and healing of the Land trees of righteousnesse in the Lord that bring forth fruit in season the very tree of life in Christ is appointed of God and expected of men for the healing of the Nation plant● of Gods own planting Aaron's rod that at the same time buds blossoms and bears and yeelds Almonds the rod of Moses by which he did all those wonders in Egypt devoured the rods of the Egyptians gave them no rest till they were made free In one word the very rod of God the scepter of his right hand by which he divided the red sea and by which he overturned the Nations that stand in his way of love to them that he who bless●th himself in the earth may blesse himself in the God of truth If any rest or recovering be brought to King Parliament and all others in the Land it must be by them for the annoynting of God is upon them and them alone to that end CHAP. VII A comparing the Armies former pretences with their present actings together Sect. 1. THis Sun hath not appeared no not in this last engagement in that beauty brightness and splendor it did the first time they assayed the same thing In this they are more severe rigid fierce unmercifull toward the King and those in the same condition with him then they were before and therefore appear more Jewish heathenish fearfull disobedient to God and unbelieving all which tend to the hardening of their hearts against God and them First against God for I may say it boldly the name of God call'd upon by the Army is blasphemed among these Gentiles for so they are in account by most because of the Army in that the fruits of that Spirit the true annoynting they pretend to appears not except in word to all Secondly As their heart is hardened against God so against them for they can finde no place of rest love or mercy in them that they might be called and provoked to lie down in their bosoms as on their bed of rest but contrariwise when they think of them or see them they are fraught with fear trouble wrath and emnity against them because they look for the like measure from them Whereas if love mercy forgivenesse and compassion did appear in the Army and others towards such it would transform them into the same image and melt them into the love and knowledge of God after this manner God perswades Jophet to dwell in the tents of Shem. SECT 2. The