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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	know_v	spirit_n	worship_n	3,979	5	8.1418	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79269	Zions thankfull ecchoes from the clifts of Ireland. Or the little Church of Christ in Ireland, warbling out her humble and gratefull addresses to her elder sister in England: and in particular, to the Parliament, to his Excellency, and to his army, or that part assigned to her assistance, now in her low, yet hopefull condition.	Calver, Edward, fl. 1649.	1649 (1649)	Wing C318; Thomason E562_19; ESTC R206135	12,830	29

should beare A happy answer of my heavy cry Before my wofull wants could have supply But now I see and to my comfort finde The cause my suits have been so long declin'd Was not for want of pity in the rest Nor want of courage in your noble breast But want of opportunity to send Such ayd and comfort as you did intend Let glory then eternallize your fame Whose courage whiles the cause remains the same Doth constant hold and t is not distance fate Nor fear nor danger can the same abate Proceed and prosper then as you have done Here is another conquest to be won Which heaven I hope which have the same in birth Will adde unto the Trophies of your worth What though my state hath been full bad you know The case of God can never be too low For him to raise it but the lower cast The higher he doth raise it at the last B●sides the wisedome of our Maker waits To t●ke a sweet advantage of our States And then his help and comforts do explain When help and hopes with men are counted vain That so the world may see his working hand His foes thereat the more amazed stand And those whose state so desperate he raises May be engag'd unto his greater praises Thus God proceedeth often as full well You by experience of the same can tell Which is enough for ever to incline Your dauntles spirit to a just designe How hard so ere it be to undergo If God shall please to call you thereunto Now in assurance of the same I stand Attending on Gods pleasure in your hand And in submission to the same shall rest Presenting of my most intire request Unto the heavens that they your part may take And favour all that sight for ZIONS sake To the English Commanders and Souldiers assigned forthe reliefe of Ireland VVElcome that will come noble friends indeed That will vouchsafe a visit where is need The rich t is true have many friends but such As do want riches do want friends as much But with you Worthies it is otherwise You seem to grace where others do dispise Oh that I had but means unto my mind To welcome you and those that are behind That you might tast my thankfulnesse and they Might heare thereof and make no more delay But though my hand be empty I am poor Yet there are riches plenty on my shoare Such as have rob'd me they have riches left They stole from me to take which is no theft And what is missing t is but justice shown If they make restitution of their own Besides this Island is a fruitfull field Or pleasant Garden which doth plenty yeld The Sun the Moon the Stars consenting be The Elements do all therein agree The fire is not predominating here But cold and heat do moderate appear The Ayre so fare an Antidote and pure That nothing poysonous can the same indure The water sweet and pleasant streames abound Where foules and fishes are in plenty found The earth a Garden from whose fatnesse springs A blessed fullnesse of terrestriall things Besides these strong inducements which invite In the respect of profit and delight You also have some int'rest here 't is known That you in part contend but for your own Your own by conquest and should that be lost Through want of care which in atchieving cost Your noble and renowned fathers dear The price of blood the work of many a year Should that I say then which bold fathers got Be lost by children Oh! it were a blot A scar a shame a scandall to your deeds That Englands Cedars should become such reeds The off-spring of such active valiant strong And conquering hands should put up such a wrong Besides the losse which is so great that sure True English hearts will not the same indure They will not have it in records to find That English spirits can be so declin'd But valiant Leaders you whose acts declare That English hearts are still without compare And will not have your reputation stain'd By losing honour your forefathers gain'd If you thus claim an intrest in this Land You have a greater prize then here in hand And what more deeply doth ingage your fame Unto the prosecution of the same Gods case is your case as his instruments And he in his especiall providence Hath call'd you hither as it doth appeare To fight the battells of Jehova here His holy word his worship truth and name With all sincere Professors of the same Have here a long time persecuted bin By Antichrist that active man of sin And his adherents who have here of late Prevail'd insulted seem'd predominate But now I hope the heavy sighes and grones And cryes and teares of Gods afflicted ones Together with the jealousie and care He doth unto his word and worship beare Hath wrought upon his clemency so far That he intends to be at open war Against his and my enemies and yours And will r●prove them and confound their powers This God can do and will do too although The times and seasons when we do not know But when t is most unlikely in mans eye 'T is then Gods usuall opportunity And why not now then may not we conceit When as our foes were got to such a height For my part I remaine undaunted still Because I know God can do what he will He now I hope will in his tender love His power and wisedome in this Land improve In once more sowing it with holy seed His sacred truths and the most saving Creed His worship Sabbaths Sacraments and Saints In purest sense and without sad restraints And make this Kingdome which hath been a cage Of unclean spirits and a very stage For Antichrist to Act upon at pleasure Too many years and in too great a measure To become now an holy Land excelling In vertue truth and righteousnesse a dwelling For God himselfe in holinesse and grace An earthly ZION for his Saints a place Where I in peace may henceforth sit and sing The holy praises of my heav'nly King Most glorious work what heart that is upright Can think upon the same without delight Or yet what hand can closed up be found Against a work so pious and renown'd Sure you that are admitted to the same It will for ever adde unto your fame And if your hearts do answer this designe Your works will surely render you divine Brave and approv'd Commanders ther● proceed The case requires your diligence and speed Your hearts did never fail you and I t●ust Your hands your help will to your hearts be just What though your foes be numerous or mad And shall prove desperate yet their case is bad And that which God doth out of doubt detest Which is enough to warrant you the best For where and onely where the heavens oppose That side proves ever the subdued foes You have experience hereof and can tell Gods wonder working in this kind full well Which cannot but your noble

breasts inspire With such a valiant resolute desire To take his part who still did succour grant you That fear nor force nor danger now can dant you But what need other arguments herein Then the suppressing of the man of sin Who in this nation and in other parts The truths of God and souls of men subverts What can be more encouragement then this No combate half so capable of blisse The honour both of this world and the fame Of that which is to come attends the same Where such as have been souldiers in the warres For God and souls shall shine above the starres And weare the crown of conquerours more worth Then all the Crowns and Diadems on earth Can you fear danger then in such a strife In which to die admi●● a better life I trust you cannot nay by tryall know it Your constant actions do directly show it Then to plead further in this cause I need not You so fear God the face of men you dread not That God who can who hath and sure who will Whiles you stand for him stand up for you still And you the Souldiers under this command Who are assigned to redeem this Land And that indeed which is by oddes most deare Profession of the true Religion here By rooting out of Popery that spell Of Antichrist that active charm of hell Wherewith this Kingdome is become inchanted Nay most of Europe by this fury haunted You ever have most willingly appear'd And resolutions readily declar'd For the defence and manfully to fight For true Religion piety and right Here you may have your element for this Of all things here such noble minds I misse For true Religion here hath been disdain'd And Popery hath domineer'd and reign'd And I that have inhabited this Isle Have been as banish'd driv'n into exile Consider this and out of care Divine And pity to this sad estate of mine Together with the garlands you may weare If you persist but shame if you forbeare And rouze your warlike spirits and be seen In holy zeal above malignant spleen Or superstitious jealousie that fire And make the world take notice and admire That Jesus Christ hath better souldiers far Then Antichrist hath any in his war Besides you know that savage beast of Rome Is sentenc'd by irrevocable doome To be subjected weaken and decline And be a prey unto the Saints in fine And Rome shall fall and sure God is not slack Concerning this do you not heare it crack Sure if your ears were opened aright To heavens predictions in this thing you might Can you be without comfort then or cold Or will you not be resolute and bold In such a quarrell as hath such a warrant As is in holy records so apparant Yes yes brave Souldiers these are sure such ti●s As will constraine you make y●ur spirits rise And stir your veines and Christian valiant hearts In this designe to shew your true deserts And stop the mouth of envy and make known Those fatall blasts malignant breath hath blown Into your faces are but out of spight And false r●ports which tell men that you sight For neither faith nor truth nor to def●nd The true Religion as you do pretend But Christian Souldiers though these be some scars Or sc●ndalls vented to disgrace you● wars Yet I am hopefull nay am confident That these were never heads of your intent Nor ever shal be and indeed I tremble To think you should be thought so to dissemble Moreover had Gods case been h●er let fall And I left helplesse now in hopelesse thrall I had not o●ly seem'd a sad compliance With Antichrist whom God hath in defiance But in the losse of this Land had be shown The hazzard if not losing of y●ur owne T is time then to be stirring and resolv'd To quit this cloud wherein you were involv'd And make it truly to the world appeare You are in all such accusations cleare And that your hearts doe with your case comply And so resolved you will live and die T is time I say but not I hope too late Though time delayd yet not time out of date But that you may recover all this losse Yea make advantage of it and ingrosse The greater honour by your hotter fires Of Christian zeale to shew your just desires And pious hearts for peace of Church and State And that you do abominate and hate All fatall insurrection mutinizing First heavens abuse of Lucifers devising And ever since hath beene the overthrow Of all that practice in the same below Elisha's servant was afraid t is true When as th●ir foes were only in his view But when the heavens had made his eye-sight cleare The strongest pa●t did on their side appeare That part indeed is strongest which is Gods Although it seems the weakest part by oddes Nay God doth mostly multitudes eschew To try his case and chuseth but a few That so his greatnesse may the more be knowne And men not chalenge what is not their owne Nay God can make his s●nsles creatures stand His friends at need his Army at command Too great to be resisted as is found In plaguing Pharoah and his Army drown'd The ●lemen●s the Sun the Moone the Stars Are all his host to prosecute his wars That t is inde●d his clemency and love To grace and honour men heerein above His other creatur●s that he gives men art And call them forth as friends to take his part When it is known he is sufficient still Without his creatures ayd to do his will His Word is able in a trice to burst All earthen vessels by it made at first Oh! then you men whom this great God hath chose To take his part as friends against his foes You cannot sure be faint or fearfull where 'T is thus confirm'd you have no cause to fear Or may you not be rather seemly proud That you are to that dignity allow'd To help the Lord against the Mighty when The Lord indeed is only Mighty men Are earth wormes or his earthen vessels wrought Which he can dash in pieces with a thought B●sides brav● S●uldiers if you could be faint Or f●lse or fig●t but upon meer constraint Or w●ich is wors● be disolute and rude To Gods disho●our and your shame conclude G●● would not own you though he might imploy you B●● h●d a purpos● r●ther to destroy you T●en to d●fend you or to give you part Of c●●●●●st with him who had not your heart But wherefore should I presuppose or qu●stion Such fa●lings in you who have made profession Of your sincere and Christian-like intents And there to given unanimous consents No noble Warriers Christian Souldiers know I do you better estimation owe I cannot construe your intentions bad Who so good Christian discipline have had Proceed proceed then doubt not of successe Your case in question promiseth no lesse God will not faile you nor your spirits yield Which are by God and Conscience clear up held As for supplyes you need not fear delay As for reward Gods is the only pay His service with the best supplyes abound His Souldiers with the richest Garlands crown'd And as for men I dare presume so far That where their purses to your former war Were oft forc'd ope they to reliefe of me Now out of zeal and pity will be free Their purses hands and hearts to this designe Will freely ope and joyfully incline In which so fully is to be discern'd Both their owne safety and Gods cause concern'd Besides what here you by your valour shown Shall conquer shall in part become your own You shall not beat the ayre or the winde But booty pray and pay are yours assign'd That with the greater courage you maintain This enterprize the more shall be your gain Do then oh do then your brave hearts expresse As to your honour you declare no lesse And stop the mouth of malice and compell Meer envy on your actions to speak well Whiles I and all the Saints on earth shall pray That you may prosper and our foes decay That ZIONS side may have the upper hand And Romes impostures be expel'd this Land FINIS