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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	devil_n	father_n	lie_n	3,415	5	9.0726	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81375	A detection of the falshood in a pamphlet intituled, A message from the Isle of VVight, brought by Major Cromwell; falsely relating the chief heads of Bishop Usher's sermon.		1648 (1648)	Wing D1211; Thomason E475_15; ESTC R205392	2,625	7

A DETECTION OF THE Falshood in a Pamphlet intituled A Message from the Isle of VVight brought by Major Cromwell Falsely Relating the chief heads of Bishop Usher's Sermon PSAL. 4.2 How long will yee love vanity and seek after leasing REV. 22 15. Without are Doggs and Sorcerers and Whoremongers and Murderers and Idolaters And whosoever loveth and maketh a lie Dec. 6th Printed in the Yeare 1648. A Declaration of the falshood in a Pamphlet intituled A Message from the Isle of Wight c. TO confute the many Lying and scandalous Pamphlets wherewith this age abounds to the prejudice of truth and continuance of our divisions and so to the provoking of the wrath of God upon a lying and lye-believing generation would be a busie and hard taske because the Devill the father of lyes is maliciously industrious his children numerous Yet I cannot but take notice of one most eminently falshood so as to contradict it by my knowledge I do it not so much to rebuke the informer as to undeceive the so simple people that are more ready to blieve such falshoods then to indeavour to know the truth as for those who are knowing and sober I mistrust them not because wise enough to discern not onely falshoods but improbabilities also The Pamphlet wherein this monster lye is couched bears the Title of A Message from the Isle of Wight brought by Major Cromwell wherein I find the pretended heads of Bishop Usher's Sermon at the Isle of Wight Now though I have more then a probable conjecture That the Bishops integritie so well known is a sufficient confutation of so ignorant and malignant an intelligencer as he that communicates those untruths yet certainly those that live more remote and have not the Cognizance of men by experience but by reports had need be informed of the truth and falshood of such reports lest our charity be overprest and not hearing those reports contradicted may suspect and at length believe what is not true and therefore being experimentally assured of the falsnesse of this report I dare say he was neither Scholler nor good Christian that gave that information or if he had been truly a Gentleman or clearly rationall hee would have been ashamed of his traducements Sure it is he had malignity enough and the Devill his master in this trade of lying ought him a shame and could pay him no better then to stirre him up against the so well known truth and integrity of that pious man The first untruth is That the Bishop of Armaugh hath much prejudiced the present Treaty The falshood of this may justly call all the rest in question For 't is very wel known that no man hath been more faithfull in what he undertook then the good man accused nor would have hazarded more in procuring a well-grounded Peace then himselfe and to then end improved his best interest though this maligner hath thus reported 2. The Informer saith Hee sawned upon the King flattering his Majestie Good Reader judge whether the King were in a condition to be flattered or whether the Bishop of Armaugh expected any preferment from the King 'T is well knowne by them which know the Bishop that hee neither hopes for nor cares for much in this world of what man can confer on him and sure if he would be a flatterer he tooke an ill aime and a wrong person to slatter the King is not now the thriving way yet this accuser would faine make you forfeit your judgements and charitie to this beliefe 3. That the Bishop being asked by some of the Court why he preached so to highten the King at such a time as this This is a meere fiction none at Court asked this question But that which makes this altogether improbable is the Bishops answer as hee reports That the Bishop excused it thus That 't was not premeditated what he preached and that if anything gave offence it was to be imputed to the distemper of his brain after his journey Truly if the Bishop had made this excuse I should have suspected indeed the distemper of his brain and judge you whether ten dayes after he came into the Island were not sufficient to rest himself after his journey and so long he was there ere he preached Besides the Bishop doth not preach nonsence nor without premeditation at any time sure he would not choose to doe it at such a time as that was and good reader can you be drawn to imagine that the Bishop of Armaugh would preach so fillily on that text as those inferences are which this maligner sets down with as much boldnesse as ignorance I am at a blush for his folly Yet Imust confesse this much of what he writes is true That the Bishop preached on that text cited by him and the former part of his fourth inference that it was his Majesties 49 year the year of Jubilie and he hoped 't would prove so to his Majest but the last clause is most false viz. that he said His Majesty was more strictly dealt withall So that of seaven inferences which he notes six of them are utterly false and the seaventh but halfe true And thus much hee avoucheth who himselfe was a more faithfull and indifferent hearer then he who hath laboured to defile the reputation of him whose Innocencie will one day plead for him when such a man as this informer shall not be able to stand in the judgement Now concerning his whole carriage at the Isle of Wight nothing but envy can asperse his integritie and zeale for an happy accommodation 'twixt the King and his people and to this besides the Testimony of his own conscience hee hath good witnesses if they will speak but what they know of him And as for such as are of none or of small reputation it is not much to the purpose what they say And therefore I presume I need say no more to satisfie any sober and unbiased in this point though I might have said more to the informers refutations But the folly of his madness is and wil be sufficiently made known And in the mean time I have a word of advice to him for his good First to repent for the falshoods he hath uttered and confesse and be sorry that he hath wronged a servant of Christ and lest in stead of such a rebuke as this the wrath of God come upon him if after this time he sin wilfully again in this kind for no lyar shall enter into the kingdom of God I have a word likewise to the over credulous people be not you deceived nor believe every report for he that receiveth and he that telleth lyes are both in the same transgression To backbite and to take up a reproach against another are the symptomes of such as have no dwelling in the holy hill Psal 15.3 And as for the Bishop of Armaugh I need say nothing to him he knows how to bear with patience all reproaches and stripes of invenomed tongues and to contemn them as things farre beneath him and if any of you will yet be more vile more malicious against him his return would be not to bring rayling for rayling but blessing for cursing at the extremity but The Lord rebuke thee Iude v. 9. Thus much I could not but say to so bitter an accusation and unjust untrue I commit all to he knower of hearts who will one day discover Hypocrisies and lyes and render proportionably to their deservings FINIS