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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	enmity_n	seed_n	serpent_n	8,737	5	10.2957	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27252	A view of Englands present distempers occasioned by the late revolution of government in this nation, wherein (amongst others) these following particulars are asserted : (viz) that the present powers are to be obeyed, that parliaments are the powers of God, that the generality of Gods enemies are the Parliaments enemies, et contra : together with some motives, ground, and instructions to the souldiery, how and wherefore they ought to subdue by arms the enemies of the Parliament in England &c.	Beech, William.	1650 (1650)	Wing B1683; ESTC R28903	51,490	140

to his Church prevented him in that design it was some satisfaction to his rage that Gods people were pen'd up in such a narrow capacity as an Ark and that it must be long before it could spread again This very design and hellish cruelty of Satan upon England Scotland and Ireland in point of destruction and cruelty is next to Satans hatred in the Flood For how many hundred thousand men women and children did this cursed brood cut off in Ireland How many in England and Scotland fell by the Sword and Famine and Imprisonment upon the same account of this enmity of the serpentine race against the womans seed Hence it is that the Scriptures term such Instruments as Satan makes use of to effect all his designs of cruelty Lyons Wolves Dragons Serpents Asps Bulls Dogs For as Faith in God and love to the Brethren do unite hearts together that we may with one heart and one mouth glorifie God the Father so on the other side where men are begotten of this seed and made of Satans family they must needs be haters of the professors of godliness as being in actual Arms against them Vse If it be so then that wicked men can suspend their differences and whole Nations make Leagues yield unto Cessations to joyn against the Church Alas wretched Papists how are you deluded Nay how do you delude men to teach them that your Vnity is one of the Marks of the Church Was not there a Vnity amongst the builders of Babel And yet was there any Church but a Babel a meer confusion amongst them And did not the Scribes and the Pharisees the Rulers and the People hold together to persecute and put to death the Lord of Life Is there not an Agreement between Theeves Murderers Conspirators Mutineers Corah his Complices And can all or any of these make up a true Church Nay is Satan divided against Satan Or is there not an Agreement in hell to enlarge the territories of hell and to propagate the dominion of darkness And will you call such a Unity as yours is a Mark of the Church I am sure it hath all the resemblances and emblems of hell Is not darkness and ignorance there Is not the Gospel locked up from the Laity in an unknown Tongue And are these people nearer unto the knowledg thereof but what the Priests tell them is Gospel then the damned in hell Are not Englands Divisions founded there Irelands cruelty blown up there O yes you agree well together in this But this your Agreement is not to be called a Unity but a Conspiracy rather and that a cruel one It was a wise saying of an ancient godly man The name saith he of Peace is beautiful and the opinion of Unity fair but better diversity of judgment about Discipline then Unity in falshood concerning Doctrine God will own this as a Divine and Military Maxime Better a just War then a rotten or an unjust Peace 3. And is it true that wicked men thus differing amongst themselves can thus agree together against Gods Israel And is there still an Israel of God for all that Give me leave then to say to this little Island of Gods delivered ones as Joshua to Achan pardon the expression I would to God we were less guilty of Achans sin My Son saith he confess and give glory unto God Ah England would it were the brand of the Enemy and of those that hate thee to be unthankful and not thy reproach Is it not an accursed thing to withhold that from God his chief rent for such eminent and strange deliverances from so many powerful Combinations so many treacheries such under-workings such preparations as have been and yet still are continued on foot against thee Shall an Enemy so numerous and strong so cunning and politick be subdued by thee by thee a weak despised handful And shall God have no share in the glory of thy safety Hath thy weakness over-mastered their strength Thy folly baffled their sophistry Thy Tradesmen brought down their Nobles Thy fisher-men puzled their Gamaliels and yet art thou silent Hast thou not a minde to conceive a heart to endite a tongue to utter praise to whom praise duty to whom duty worship to whom worship belongeth Desire God to give thee grace to correct thy Errors to put down thy Errata's and Escapes in Characters of bloody tears that are passed over not in printing but in living and not in living so much as in loving or rather in not loving that God that hath wrought so wonderfully for thee And for the remainder of this Use because I have more to do before I can conclude take this excellent Copy from Davids own hand who is singularly exact in Uses of this nature Psalm 3.1 2 8. Lord how are they increased that trouble me Many there be that rise up against me Many a one there is that say of my soul There is no help for him in his God Then concludes sweetly Salvation belongeth unto the Lord and his blessing is upon his people Take one more Psalm 124. If the Lord had not been on our side may Israel may England now say If it had not been for the Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us they had swallowed us up quick the waters had overwhelmed us the stream had gone over us the proud waters had gone over our soul Then concludes Blessed be the Lord who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowler The snare is broken and we delivered Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord 3Vse And are Englands Adversaries so wise as to joyn together And is England so foolish to divide and fall asunder into pieces and parties Shall Pagans and Turks and Infidels even in the Diversity of their false worships combine together for our extirpation And shall we with all our great profession of one God one Faith one Religion one Livery by our fearful Divisions help on what they aym at Did Ireland or France or Spain or Barbary ever deserve so well at our hands that we should provide such a fruitful Island for them such stately houses such pleasant dwellings such dear relations as wives to be deflowred by them children to be enslaved by them Consult the late Irish Barbarism the French Massacre the Spanish Armado and then say how well they deserve of Protestants Saevis inter se convenit Vrsis What a thing is this Shall Bears and Wolves agree together to preserve their kind And is there an agreement in hell to propagate and enlarge the territories of Satan And shall not we strive to keep up England from sinking Shall every creature be glued by natural affection to their issue to preserve them from hurt And shall we basely betray our posterity to perpetual slavery What will they then yet unborn say of us Will they not out of the very bitterness of their grieved