Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
Text snippets containing the quad
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A80682
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The countrey-mans complaint, and advice to the King
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1681
(1681)
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Wing C6549; ESTC R231335
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the_o countryman_z complaint_n and_o advice_n to_o the_o king_n we_o only_o can_v admire_v those_o happy_a time_n of_o innocence_n unskilled_a in_o law_n and_o crime_n when_o god_n be_v know_v by_o blessing_n own_a by_o prayer_n and_o it_o be_v no_o part_n of_o worship_n for_o to_o swear_v clear_a than_o fountain_n and_o more_o free_a than_o those_o impartial_a truth_n they_o all_o to_o each_o disclose_n to_o hear_v and_o to_o believe_v be_v strict_o join_v and_o speech_n thus_o answer_v what_o it_o first_o design_v but_o oh_o unhappy_a state_n of_o humane_a kind_n nought_o dreadful_a now_o our_o awe_n or_o faith_n can_v bind_v vow_n and_o religion_n be_v but_o bare_a pretence_n oath_n be_v find_v out_o to_o shackle_v innocence_n and_o law_n must_v serve_v a_o perjure_a impudence_n tumult_n address_v for_o blood_n witness_v for_o hire_n deceive_v and_o judge_n be_v force_v to_o sentence_n what_o he_o never_o believe_v all_o truth_n and_o justice_n blush_o withdraw_v leave_v we_o nothing_o but_o the_o form_n of_o law_n whereby_o rogue_n profligate_v and_o harden_v in_o their_o vice_n proscribe_v all_o loyal_a man_n as_o faction_n raise_v their_o price_n poor_a land_n who_o folly_n to_o swift_a ruin_n tend_v despise_v by_o foe_n unay_v by_o its_o friend_n in_o vain_a do_v heaven_n her_o fiery_a comet_n light_n we_o stifle_v the_o evidence_n and_o still_o grope_v in_o night_n baffle_v by_o fool_n betray_v by_o perjure_a knave_n rather_o than_o subject_n we_o will_v be_v brand_v slave_n and_o by_o a_o vain_a pursuit_n of_o airy_a bliss_n forfeit_v substantial_a real_a happiness_n change_v monarchy_n from_o all_o oppression_n free_a religion_n and_o its_o native_a purity_n true_a freedom_n without_o lawless_a liberty_n for_o thousand_o master_n worst_a of_o tyranny_n for_o frantic_a zeal_n formal_a hypocrisy_n for_o licence_n to_o rude_a rabble_n hell_n and_o slavery_n and_o all_o this_o wrought_v by_o old_a know_a cheat_n and_o rook_n god_n to_o be_v twice_o cajole_v by_o cant_n and_o look_n sot_n worse_o than_o brute_n to_o run_v into_o that_o net_n we_o see_v and_o know_v for_o our_o destruction_n set_v to_o the_o king_n arise_v o_o thou_o once_o mighty_a charles_n arise_z dispel_v those_o mist_n that_o cloud_n thy_o pierce_a eye_n read_v over_o thy_o martyr_a father_n tragic_a story_n learn_v by_o his_o murder_n different_a way_n to_o glory_n how_o fatal_a it_o be_v by_o he_o be_v understand_v to_o yield_v to_o subject_n when_o they_o thirst_v for_o blood_n and_o cloak_v their_o black_a design_n with_o public_a good_n as_o thou_o be_v godlike_a by_o thy_o pity_n show_v that_o thou_o be_v godlike_a by_o thy_o justice_n too_o lest_o we_o shall_v count_v thy_o great_a virtue_n vice_n and_o call_v thy_o mercy_n servile_a cowardice_n of_o old_a when_o dare_a giant_n scale_v the_o sky_n the_o king_n of_o god_n never_o lay_v his_o thunder_n by_o to_o hear_v address_n for_o their_o property_n but_o quell_v his_o rebel_n by_o a_o stroke_n divine_a and_o left_a example_n how_o to_o deal_v with_o thou_o reprint_v in_o the_o year_n 1681._o