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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	pray_v	prayer_n	supplication_n	1,875	5	11.3215	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15700	An armoure of proufe very profitable, as well for princes, noble men; and gentlemen, as all other in authoritie, shewing the firme fortresse of defence, and hauen of rest in these troublesome times and perilous dayes. Made by Iohn VVoolton minister of the Gospell.	Woolton, John, 1535?-1594.	1576 (1576)	STC 25974; ESTC S106615	49,980	114

Consolation is in the great loue and fauour of God toward the Magistrate commaunding his people most seuerely to reuerence and obey them As by a secrete inspiration and inwarde motion of nature we are taught to loue and reuerence our parentes euen so by the same wee are induced to obey and honour the Magistrates And as God doth reuenge with most sharpe punishementes the wilfull stubbornenesse of the one so doth he neuer holde giltlesse the disobedience of the other end therfore hee giueth a serious and seuere precept by his electe and chosen vessell Saint Paul that men should giue to the higher powers tribute feare and honour calling them by the name of his officers or ministers by whose hande as he doeth punishe the wicked so doth he cherish and defende the good and innocent Which title giuen by God maketh them more noble and renouned than their robes and ornaments of silkes purple siluer gold or pretious stones yea if you put together all dignitie of the earth all these will not so auaunce a Magistrate as one shorte title giuen him by god Dauid vseth a lyke still saying God standeth in the assembly of Gods bee iudgeth amongest Gods. Heere the heauenly Prophet calleth them Gods which name so high and full of maitstie they haue by reason of their office and ministerye which they execute in Gods roome heere in earth in doing of iudgement and iustice in punishing sinne and iniquitie in comforting the widdowes and fatherlesse in desending the vertuous and innocent And in another place Thou shalt not rayle vppon the Goddes neyther speake euill of the rulers of the people Heere Sainte Hierome translateth Elohim Dijs in englishe Gods bicause of the workes annexed as is aforesayde exeeuteth to their office and callyng Nowe to omitte in Gods lighte howe pretious and deare the magistrats are let vs weigh the ineuitable necessitie and vnspeakable commoditie that the higher powers bring to mortal mē which we may gather from gods mouth who threatning vnto the Iewes subuersion and destruction of themselues and their Citie speaketh in thys wise The Lord of hostes will take away from Ierusalem from Iuda the stay strength euen all the stay of bread and all the stay of water The strong man and the man of war the Iudge and the Prophete the prudent and the aged The Captayne of fiftie and the honorable and the counseller and the cunning artificer and the eloquent man And I will appoynt children to be their Princes babes shall rule ouer them You see that when good rulers and counsellers doe wante in common wealthes in steede of ioye there ariseth sorow in steede of charitie discorde in stead of peace warre in steade of prosperitie all miserie and calamitie For to take away the Magistrate is euen as you would take the expert shipmaster out of the ship or as you would set wylde horses to drawe a Charet without a guyde Whereof the one runneth headelong vppon rockes and quicksandes the other ouerturneth all not without extreme perill and daunger to themselues For in such seasons and tempest the wordes of the same Prophet are alwayes verified The people shal be oppressed one of an other and euery one by his neighbour the children shal presume against the auntient and the vyle against the honorable when euery one shal take hold of his brother of the house of his father c. And for that without Magistrates no societie and felowship can stand amongest men seeing by the infection of the deuill all are readie and inclined to offer iniuries and wronges and to commit detestable and abhominable actes the will of almightie God is that we should not only honour them but also most earnestly pray for their long happie cōtinuance by whose meane we are shielded from woe and misery Who as Plutarch writeth doe partly distribute gods gifts and partly conserue them amongest men standing alwayes as King Alfonsus was wont to say in defence of the lawe and people watching alwaye for the peace and safetie of the same Hereof wee haue president in the worthie letters of Hieremie the Prophet sēt to the Iewes who were led captiues for their sinnes and iniquities from Ierusalem into Babilon by the hand of Nabuchodonozer Seeke saith God the prosperitie of the Citie whether I haue caused you to be caryed away captyues and pray vnto the Lord for it for in the p●ace therof you shall haue peace Sainte Paul in effect giueth lyke precept to his people and congregation saying I exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giuing of thankes bee made for all men for Kings and for all that bee in aucthoritie that wee maye leade a quyet and a peaceable way of life in all godlinesse and honestie For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our sauiour These and such lyke places may woorthely and in deede comfort and staye the mynde of Princes for they doe argue and giue a firme and an infallible document the liuing Lorde to haue a singular prouidence ouer rulers and gouernours Tertullian declareth how earnestly the Primatiue Church prayed for their Princes in these words Wee Christians cast vp our eyes to heauē our hāds spred abroad bicause they are cleane our heads vncouered bicause we are not ashamed without any monitor bicause wee praye from the bottom of our beartes and doe make intercession vnto God for all Emperours the it would please his maiestie to giue vnto them long life sure palace trustie honest subiectes quiet regiment and in fine all good things that maye come to man There is extante a paterne and example of perfite prayer for Princes indyted by the holy ghost and penned by his principall secretarie Dauid throughout the twentie Psalme with an assured promise that God will heare such praiers which Psalme I wish all noble men to make familiar vnto them Now albeit in these words of God alreadie produced sufficient might seeme to bee vttered for the ancthoritie and consolation of Princes yet the almightie Lorde not satisfied therewithall proceedeth in restreyning subiects in slaūderous speeches cursed thoughtes against their Magistrates Thou shalte not rayle vppon the Iudges neither speake euill of the ruler of the people Which precept Salomon the wysest that euer was or shal bee expoundeth at large in thys wyse Curse not the King no not in thy thought neither curse the rich in thy bedchamber for the birds of heauen shal carie thy voice y which hath wings shall declare the matter Men for the most part think their loyaltie well discharged if they shew not disobediēce externally neither doe they accompt it any offence if their hartes boyle with rancor and malice But Salomon saith the matter is far otherwise shewing true and faithful obedience to consist not only in the hand but also in the harte wee haue a cōmon saying thought is free