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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	bear_v	lord_n	spirit_n	2,230	5	5.0101	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02192	The causes of a publick fast, and humiliation, to be kept with all convenient diligence: by all the members of this Kirk and Kingdom of Scosland [sic]. / Set down by the Commissioners of the Generall Assemblie.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; Douglas, Robert, 1594-1674.; Ker, A.	1650 (1650)	Wing C4201C; ESTC R171353	5,758	14

THE CAUSES OF A PUBLICK FAST AND HUMILIATION To be kept with all convenient diligence By all the Members of this KIRK Kingdom OF SCOSLAND Set down by the Commissioners of the Generall Assemblie ABERDENE Imprinted by James Brown ANNO 1650. CAUSES OF A FAST After the defeat Sept. 3. 1650. ALBEIT The Solemn Publick Humiliations hath bene much slighted and gone about in a formall way by many in this LAND So that it is not one of the least of our provocations that wee haue drawn near to GOD with out mouthes and kept our hearts far away from Him For which the LORD hath turned the Wisdom of the Wyse into Follie and the Strength of the Strong into Weakness Yet seeing it is a duetie that hath often proven comfortable vnto vs Unto which GOD now calleth vs in a speciall way by a singular dispensation and knowing that all that are acquainted with GOD in the LAND will make conscience of it Wee conceaue it expedient the whole LAND bee humbled FOR THE CAUSES following THE Continued ignorance and profanitie of the Bodie of the Land And the obstinacie and incorrigibleness of many not-with-standing all the payns that GOD hath taken vpon vs by His WORD and by His Works of Mercie and Iudgement to teach vs in the knowledge of His Name and Way and to reform vs from the evill of our wayes II THE Manyfold Provocations of the Kings Houss Which we fear are not yet throughly repented of nor forsaken of him to this day Together with the crooked and praecipitant wayes that were taken by sundry of our States-men for carrying on the Treatie with the King III THE Bringing home with the King a great many Malignants and endeavouring to keep some of them about him and many of them in the Kingdom yet not-with-standing of Publick Resolutions to the contrarie IV THE Not purging of the Kings Familie from Malignant and Profayn men and constituting the same of Well-affected and Godly persons Al-be-it it hath bene often pressed vpon the Parliament and Commissioners of Estates and vndertaken and promised to bee performed by them V THE Levying of a most Profane and Malignant Gaurd of Horses to bee about the King Who being sent for to bee purged some two dayes before the Defeat were suffered to bee and fight in our Armie VI THE Exceeding great slackness of many and aversness vntowardness of some in the chieff judicatories of the Kingdom And in the Armie in good Motions and Publick Dueties Especially in these things that concern the Purging of judicatories the Armie from Malignant and Scandalous persons And not filling all Places of Power and Trust with men of known integritie and of Blameless and Christian Conversation Together with greater inclinations and endevours to bring keep in Malignants to the judicatories and the Armie As though the Land could not bee guyded nor defended without these And great repyning and crying out agaynst all that is done in the contrarie And studying to make the same vneffectuall VII THE Exceeding great Diffidence of some of the chieff Leaders of our Armie And others amongst vs Who thought That wee could not bee saved but by a numerous Armie And who when wee had gotten many thousands together Would not hazard to act any thing Not-with-standing that GOD offered sundry fayr opportunies and fitted the Spritis of the Souldiours and for the carnall confidence that was in many of the Armie vnto the despysing of the Enemie and promised Victorie to themselues without eying GOD. VIII THE Loosness Insolencie and Oppression of many in the Armie And the little or no care that was taken by any to preserue the Corns By which it hath come to pass that very much of the Food of the Poor people of the Land hath bene needlessly destroyed And whylst wee remember this wee wish that the Profanitie and Oppression of sundry of our Officers and Souldiours in ENGLAND Whylst wee were fighting for the Assistance of the Parliament of that Kingdom may not bee forgotten Because as it was matter of great Stumbling to many in the Land So is it lyke That it is one of the CAUSES of the LORDS Indignation now manifested agaynst vs by the hands of these men IX OUR Great Unthankfulness for former Mercies Delyverances And even for many Tokens of the LORDS Favour and Goodness towards our present Armie whylest they were together and the great Impatience of Spirit that was to be seen in many these weeks past which made them to limit the LORD and complayn and weary of His Delay to giue Delyverance X THE Owning and eying of the Kings Quarrell and Interest by many without Subordination to Religion and the Liberties and Safties of these Kingdoms XI Next the Carnal Selfe-seeking and crooked-wayes of sundry of our judicatories and Armie Who make their places and imployments rather a matter of Interest Gayn and Praeferment to themselues than of advancing Religion Righteousness in the Land XII THE Not putting difference betwixt those that serue GOD and those that serue Him not in our Services our Company and Imployments But accounting all men alyke many tymes praeferring those who haue nothing of GOD in them XIII AND Lastly The Exceeding Great Neglect That is in Great Ones others in performing of Dueties in thier Families Not-with-standing of our former acknowledgement of this Sinne As also The Neglect of Dueties of Mutuall Edification great Fruitlessness and Barrenness that is to be seen in al sorts of persons together with the folowing of Dueties with a great deall of mixture of Carnall Affections and Fleshly Wisdom Which grieveth the Spirit of GOD And taketh away much of the LORDS Image from our judicatories As wee would bee humbled for these things So would wee also intreat the LORD That Hee would sanctifie this sad Affliction to His People That they neither despyse His Chastisments nor faynt when they are rebuked of Him But that they may bear His Indignation patiently And cleaue steadfastly to the TRUETH the COVENANT the CAUSE of GOD Without yeelding to the Furie of the Enemie Or receaving their Errours or complying either with them on the one Hand or Malignants on the other Hand And That the LORD would powr out His Spirit vpon His People That their Spirit may bee raysed vnto their Duetie And that they may bee fitted and furnished of GOD with Wisdom and Resolution to act agaynst their Enemies For the Honour of GOD and their own Praeservation And That the LORD will not suffer them to bee tempted aboue that they are able to bear But that Hee would break the Yoak of their Oppressours from off their Necks And giue them Salvation and Delyverance AMEN FJNJS A LETTER TO THE PRESBYTERIES From the Commissioners Of the Generall Assemblie Right Reverend and dear Brethren WEE perswade our selves that ere this come to your hands you are deeply affected with the sadde report of the Lords displeasure declared against the Land by the Defeat