Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	dutch_a	france_n	spain_n	2,249	5	10.2402	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37426	The Englishman's choice, and true interest in a vigorous prosecution of the war against France, and serving K. William and Q. Mary, and acknowledging their right.	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1694 (1694)	Wing D831; ESTC R9535	15,661	38

which joins Lewis and Iames but always preferring their old Master of France witness the Health LIMP And well knowing that England as the Great Duke of Rohan has rightly observ'd cannot be destroyed but by it self and its own inbred Diseases they make and foment distemper'd Heats among us while they divide Protestants into different Clans and Interests and while they make many Parties of them who should be but one or two at the most they seem to wish us Ierusalem's Fate But when the Enemy has a party within our Gates they who would be of no Party at least are not against the destruction of their Country 4. They magnify the power of France and the advantage of its way of Government to make War or command Peace and mightily lessen and reproach the Confederates and that chiefly under a popular Mask of Zeal against Leagues with Popish Princes which they Good men are so far from that they are for submitting to the worst of them without terms 5. They insinuate as if England bears the Charge of a needless War to maintain the Dominion of a forein Prince not considering that the Dutch alone have in their pay 106540 Men besides their allowing 25000 Gilders a Month towards carrying on the War in Piedmont and are so far from being discouraged by the late Misfortunes from a vigorous prosecution of the War that they have added 15000 to their former Land Forces besides encreasing their Navy And it 's a known Maxim that the preservation of Flanders is more for the interest of England than of Spain If Flanders be an accession to France Holland must soon follow and England next They are like Nine-Pins the throwing down one carries the rest The importance of Flanders is sufficiently confess'd by these Gentlemen when they would have others believe there is a necessity of our truckling to France upon the taking a Town or two there and yet they are for giving it all up but any man who has seen the noble Towns and large Country yet remaining would think it very well worth the preserving Antwerp it self if it were in the French Hands would command the Trade of Christendom 6. They are very invective against French Protestants among us as promoting Schism eating the Bread out of our Mouths and being Spies for France as if they wish'd them their persecution again 7. The Dutch they would render more dangerous than either of the Turks because of the strength of their Shipping and their Rivalship with us in Trade not considering how they themselves have helpt to raise France to be a match for us and Holland and how likely it is by the dividing either from the other to swallow both yet by open ill usage or a treacherous and fatal friendship they would drive the Dutch to take part against us 8. They represent it dangerous to arm the Protestants in England out of a pretended fear of a Common wealth and in Scotland and Ireland for fear the Church should be over-run with Protestants of all sorts holding the French Power and Popery to be more remote dangers or more tolerable evils 9. They beyond measure magnify that Service the Dissenting Bishops did themselves in appearing for England in their own defence and improve that Surprize and Transport which the Nation was in to see them once in their Lives Protestants and Englishmen without marks of distinction into an awing the Government with an imaginary reputation the very ground of which fail'd as soon as they fell off from the common Cause Nor must they think it an easy thing to dispose this Nation to turn out a Protestant King because they followed those Leaders as they would any others against Popery God be thanked we have a Prince who will not quit His possession without bloody Shirts They may have vanity enough to fancy that they made this Revolution when they were no more than Flyes upon the wheel which the Sufferings of Lord Russel and others first set a going Their commitment to the Tower was but the last drop with which the Vessel ran over Yet if we reflect upon the Shares some of them had in laying or holding on that burden which the Nation was eager to throw off we may own that they contributed to the Revolution as Storms and Tempests do to clearing the Sky for fair Weather These with a few hot headed Laymen who have always us'd the Church for a Sanctuary and Asylum set up for a Church by themselves divided from the Body of the English Clergy as well as Layty and standing between the Church of England and the Church of Rome Since there is no hopes of the Cassandrian way for Rome to come to them none is left but the Laudaean for them to advance towards Rome And indeed it was very visible that they were doing drudgery for the Papists in former Reigns while they were labouring to keep the Church of England upon a bottom which they neither design'd for National or a means of uniting with Protestants of other Countries Can their Reputations weigh in England against a Government founded in common Protestantism or against the Reputations of those their Successors whose Piety Learning and Moderation as they kept them from the highest Stations in the Church against the general Voice at last promoted them with the Applause of all who wish well to England And though our Archbishop wants the advantage of an education at Rome which it seems the other has not had to no purpose the greatest Bigots of the new Sect cannot imagine him short of their Head in any real Ornament or Qualification 10. They tho masters of no virtue are so far from esteeming what the greatest Enemies abroad admire in our King that they have the insolence to speak unmannerly of his Person when they owe it to His Clemency that they are not chastised for it by the Fury of the People 11. They vilely insinuate as if His Majesty were no Friend to the English Nation which no man can do without greatly undervaluing both Prince and People If indeed the most were like themselves or what they represent them he would be under an unwelcome necessity of living as in a Country of Enemies who would not have him Reign over them But certainly none but they who are obstinately resolv'd against loving him can apprehend the hatred of a Prince whose goodness surprizes his greatest Enemies tho the Coals of Fire which it heaps upon their heads do not melt them into any sense of gratitude or shame What follows but that all true Englishmen standing upon their Guard against these Wolves in Sheeps cloathing and against all who may at least be suspected of private ends second the Intentions and Endeavours of a Prince who cannot possibly be thought to have any aim or interest but for the good of this Nation and Mankind in general Let us not fear the Power of France like infectious Diseases it will come with a fear which debilitates and disables