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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	ordinance_n	power_n	resist_v	4,907	5	10.4011	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30420	A sermon preached before the Aldermen of the city of London, at St. Lawrence-church, Jan 30. 1680/1 being the day of the martyrdome of K. Charles I. / by Gilbert Burnet ...	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1681 (1681)	Wing B5875; ESTC R14664	19,574	37

be managed by the better part that is the stronger the Army who assumed to themselves the name of the better and sounder part for I am sure I speak within bounds if I say it was not the Twentieth man and I do not exceed if I say it was not the hundreth man of England that approved of it It is therefore a most unjust blemish cast on the Protestant Religion or the English Nation to accuse either the one or the other for that which was but the crime of a few hot headed Enthusiasts or ambitious Souldiers and those who suffer themselves to be wrought on by so ill grounded a prejudice and to be so far carried by it as to renounce our Communion and go over to the Church of Rome discover plainly that they neither understand their principles nor ours We detest and condemn it and they encourage and approve the like practices and they may as justly accuse the Protestant Religion of Adultery and Theft because some among us have been avowedly guilty of these sins The Church of England hath ever witnessed her detestation of these practices and principles and shared deeply in the sufferings of their King The whole Nation by their Representatives in Parliament has condemned it and appointed this solemn humiliation for expiating the guilt of it And many of the most considerable Dissenters did even then when it was not so safe to do it as it is now openly declare against it both in their Sermons and Writings This is what in Justice cannot be denied them and many of them were no less active and industrious and were indeed highly instrumental in the bringing home of his Majesty that now Reigns If some few have justified the shedding of this blood as their number hath been but inconsiderable so their Maxims have been chiefly borrowed from Popish Writers One great instance of this appeared in many speeches that were printed at that time and were said to be delivered in their Junto which were almost word for word taken out of a book that had been often condemned and was strictly prohibited that went under the name of Dolman but was believed to be written by Parsons the Jesuit who was perhaps one of the greatest men that that order has produced so manifestly did they copy from the Jesuites School and by that great impiety then acted by them they have given some seeming but very false colours for taxing the Reformed Religion by which Popery has had such footing among us By these things it may appear that we are yet under the ill effects of the guilt of this day both in the strength that Atheism received by it and the advantages which the Papists have taken from it The other reason of continuing publick mournings is when we are warned by any sad symptoms to fear the return of the like or of new calamities and that this still presses on us to repeat our solemn humiliations is so evident that I need not stand long to make it out We have been long under fears that it might happen to us as it did to the Jewish Church when it was her lamentation The anointed of the Lord who was Lament 4. 20. the breath of our Nostrils is fallen into their pits Our King is more to us in our circumstances than theirs was to them and we have had more cause to fear that he should fall by the hand of a Clement or a Ravilliac and then what a black prospect have we of most terrible confusions to follow on such a fatal blow or if even that sacred life should in a natural way expire what can we see beyond it but fatal and gloomy days Or if the disorders among our selves should burst out into blood what distractions and miseries are like to follow It is not to be conceived that among them who are so zealous in the opposing of a Plot against His Majesties Person our holy Religion and the peace and safety of the Nation there can be any that dares mock God and Man so audaciously as to be designing any such thing at the same time that they are accusing others for it To suppose it otherwise were to give credit to the false suggestions and base contrivances of those who design nothing more than to take us off from watching over their motions by engaging us one against another and infusing such Jealousies as may effectually divide us among our selves the only way that is now left without a forreign power first to break and then to conquer those in separated parties whose united strength they know they cannot resist I shall therefore rather encourage you to continue in this duty than endeavour to perswade you to it Let us remember that we are commanded to Fear God and next to Honour the King and by well doing to put to silence the 1 Pet. 2. 17 ignorance of foolish men and that every soul ought to be subject to the higher powers for the powers that are are of Rom. 13. 1 2 3 4 5. God and whoso resists them resists the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation for they are the Ministers of God wherefore we must needs be subject not only for wrath but for Conscience sake Christ himself taught us to render to Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are Gods Math. 22. 27. and he being in his state of humiliation but a private subject would not suffer the Sword to be drawn in his Math. 26. 52. defence and expresly said that though he was a King yet his Kingdom was not of this world else his servants Joh. 18. 36 would have fought for him These things are plain and clear and need no Commentary His Apostles also charged those whom they employed in setling the Churches to put them in mind to be subject to Principalities and Titus 3. 1. Powers to obey Magistrates and to pray for Kings and all that are in Authority that under them we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all Godliness and Honesty 1 Tim. 2. 2 And if it is ever seasonable to enlarge on these duties it is most necessary on such a day and that 's a principal reason for the continuance of this Anniversary And thus I hope I have sufficiently vindicated the continuance of our publick humiliation on this and such like solemn days 2. The next thing I proposed to speak to was the duties that belong to such solemn Mournings Great and extream sorrow cannot be expected when so few that were concerned in it are alive or if they are I cannot believe that any such are here in this place And for them that were not so concerned a bare horror at the fact with prayers for averting the Judgments that may be consequent to it is too slight a thing My Text directs us to things of more value and importance We are to love the Truth and Peace By Truth is either to