Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82145	A declaration of the faithfull souldiers of the army, to all the honest people of the nation, shewing their resolution to stand by the good old cause, and maintain the liberties and privileges of the subject; formerly printed in canting language, and now re-printed with explanations in the margent, for the better information of all such as desire to look to the bottom of their deceits.	England and Wales. Army.	1659 (1659)	Wing D668; Thomason E980_18; ESTC R10813	6,463	7

are we f As thieves when they joyn in a Confederacy to rob for saevis inter se convenit Vrsis unanimously resolved to maintain our g Which they never intend first good principles and to own the Good old h That is self exaltation Cause as we have already testified first by our Addresses for the rooting out of all i That is such as stood faithful to their first Principles and refused to joyn with them in their desperate designs superfluous and ill affected Members of the Army and secondly by our real desires and concordance with the k That is Hasehigge Vane and others of the same metal faithful known so to be l The only naming of them is Declaration enough to satisfie any sober person what their crimes were for which they were turned out which were turned out without any just or lawful account given therefore m They take it for granted that because God doth permit them a while to go on in their pernicious Courses therefore of necessity he must countenance and allow them as good As God hath been pleased to instruct us so far as to begin the work so we hope the Lord in his time will perfect the same for the n Which must be either by their conversion or destruction general good and comfort of this Nation not doubting but the honest people of this Commonwealth will take notice that we are not o The contrary doth very cleerly appear to all that have but one eye to see except Hewson but Hypocrita cupit videri justus self-seekers nor desire to be self-ended but conscientious in these things p Which if they did in reality but half so seriously consider as they do here seemingly pretend I doubt not but they would soon give off the course which they have now undertaken assuredly knowing that the Lord judgeth the mo●t secret thoughts and that no practice nor thing formed against God shall prosper who is able to do his own work without any instruments at all q If these fellows had any sparks of Conscience left in them or did in the least understand what they say they would not dare to make such protestations and invocations of the a●d of God their actions being so odious but I fear I wrong them to speak of Conscience to which they have bid farewel many years since Therefore with serious reflections upon Lord to bless these our honest desires and to our consciences we do most humbly implore the r It hath been the practice of Rebels in all ages to cloak their wicked designs with the names of Religion and the Glory of God whose footsteps these men now follow go along with us in our hearty endeavours to glorifie him And truely since the Lord hath been pleased to stir up our hearts in this great work to the glory of God be it spoken we have likewise from the s That is Quakers and Anabaptists Faithful of the Nation t Like will to like as the Devil said to the Collier received so great encouragement concurrence in our desires u That is in doing mischief in one and the same thing that it doth greatly encourage us And we hope we shall with an unanimous courage shew our selves for w Or in English for the throwing down and destroying of Religion our good God x For their own private interests for the Good old Cause and y Their fellow Traytors for the good people of this Nation to whom we do most z As unfeignedly as they have made all the rest of their protestations unfeignedly present these just a They are still fixt in their resolutions to do mischief intendments we are fixt upon And we likewise return most b That is full of insincerity sincere thanks to the c The Abetters in their w●●ked designs honest people of this Nation especially to our d That is Cobling Friends as Hewson and others Cordial Friends in this City and the places adjacent for their many e Whoever yet did any action how desperate or pernitious soever it was that were without exhortations and encouragements from those of their own opinions good exhortations and the great encouragement we have had from them in these our proceedings And truely we hope the Lord will f That is so far as he intends to use them is instruments to punish this Nation for their sins bless our g To do mischief real endeavours in these our h In English unhonest honest principles for we are not only desirous to i In English to rebel ag●●●●● their Lawful superiour who they fear will bring them to condign punishment for their offences destroy any Arbitrary power that shall oppose us herein but likewise to be k That is faithful Brethren in Iniquity unanimous for a present applying of our selves to the performance of that we do declare And we desire to make these our l Which is their shame and in the end will prove their confusion purposes apparent hoping that the good people of this Nation will with serious hearts m That is joyn together against them join with us as they have begun and do not question but those to whom we have access will faithfully own us and give us incouragement in the same These n Pharisaical-like applaud their own wayes how repugnant soever they be to the word of God honest Resolutions of ours we thought fit to o That the World may see their knavery declare to the good people of this Nation not doubting but that they will own and stand by us as long as we stand for the Good old Cause p Which if they do expect and seriously desire as they do here pretend let them speedily forsake their wicked designs and unfeignedly turn to the Lord with their whole hearts and obey the word of God which sayeth Let every Soul be subject to the higher powers for their is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordained of God whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation desiring the Lord to own us all and to bring us to the wished effects of our Spiritual and Temporal desires for the publick good of the Common-wealth and in the end to eternallize us in the blessed union and fellowship of himself in glory is the hearty prayer and desire of all the Honest and Faithful Souldiers in the Army The Devil oft for his servants does his best But now since Mortals have the Fiends possest Seek Hell no more but with worse men compact Wouldst thou to life unheard-of mischief act FINIS