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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	king_n	lord_n	prince_n	9,482	5	6.1097	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60664	Univeral love In which a visitation floweth through the creation, that all people may be informed into the truth, and in their several places come to walk in the truth, and live in the truth, to be a good favour unto God, and honour God. 1. To parents of children. 2. To masters and dames of families. 3. To servants in their places. 4. To aged people. 5. To such as live a single life. 6. To young people. 7. To children. 8. To such as are in outward government. 9. To ministers of parishes, so called. 10. To such as practise in the nations law. 11. To such as trade in wights and measures. 12. To such as buy and sell in the markets or in any other places. With a general exhortation. Also something concerning faith, and hope, and love, and the word, and mans restless part, and the election, and a particular place of bondage opened. ... William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1668 (1668)	Wing S4344; ESTC R219638	76,293	165

in peace one amongst another and to preserve every man every way in his proper state wherein he outwardly is placed And in this place Moses was appointed and set to govern Israel in the Wisdom of God and it is said that Moses was the meekest man upon the earth and he governed Israel in meekness and in wisdom and was a Magistrate for good unto them and the Law that was given him of God he was faithfull in the execution of it and the transgressor came under his power and the righteous was set free for the Law was not made for them neither did Moses execute it upon them And in those dayes true Justice had a free course from the wisdom of God in Moses and he was a praise to them that did well and a terror to the evil-doers And here he had the Sword placed in his right hand and it went over the head of the transgressor and brought the transgressor into subjection And this was true Judgment and righteous and the execution of the righteous Law stood in the righteous principle of God which principle did endue Moses with wisdom and with meekness to govern And the Scriptures mention divers Governments which in Ages past have been set over the people and some of them ruled in righteousness and under them the people had peace and some that ruled in cruelty and in their dayes the people had trouble and such Rulers turned against the righteous whom they should have protected and then there was a complaint that justice was turned backward and equity could not enter and that justice was fallen in the streets and that the righteous was become a prey Mark the righteous was become a prey and such were wicked that made a prey upon the righteous And these things came to pass either as the Rulers received the wisdom of God or contemned it for without the wisdom of God it is not possible that any should rule for God or should decree judgment in righteousness or minister it with a good understanding for Solomon who was endued with wisdom and ruled in wisdom whose Memory doth not perish but is a good savour this day he saith The fear of the Lord is to hate evil pride and arrogancy and the evil way and the froward mouth do I hate Counsel is mine and sound wisdom I am understanding I have strength By me Kings reign and Princes decree Justice by me Princes Rule and Nobles even all the Judges of the earth I love them that love me and all that seek me early shall find me Prov. 8. Now mark the fear of the Lord is the first step into true Government and the fear of the Lord is to hate evil pride and arrogancy and the evil way so both the evil and the evil way must be hated But where such are in Government as do practise evil and delights in evil and walks in the evil way and in pride and arrogancy then they do not walk in the fear of the Lord and so are not come into the first step of true Government for such cannot have the counsel nor found wisdom nor understanding nor strength and such can never be a terrour to the evil-doers who love the evil way themselves neither can they be a praise to them that do will until they hate the evil and the evil way in themselves So it is the weighty matter to get wisdom and wisdom proffers her self in kindness to all that seek her early and makes a promise that she will be found of such They that seek me early shall find me I love them that love me This is Wisdom's voyce but the evil-doers regard it not neither do they seek her or love her for The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the fear of the Lord is to depart from evil Then where the evil is loved and practised where pride and arrogancy is advanced wisdom is not sought nor regarded and such cannot decree and establish their Laws in righteousness for in wisdom alone is the true Order and Government it is by Wisdom that Kings Reign and Princes Decree Justice So all ye Rulers by what name soever distinguished Let it be your care and diligence to get Wisdom seeing that without Wisdom no Decree can stand approved unto God and therefore it s of the greatest concernment to get Wisdom for Riches and Honour are with Wisdom yea durable Riches and Righteousness her fruit is better than Gold and her revenues than choice Silver she leads in the way of Righteousness Mark Wisdom leads in the way of Righteousness and in the midst of the paths of Judgment that she may cause those that love her to inherit substance and fill their treasures And here is Wisdom and her portion to her children a portion that is durable and Everlasting and this is a flourishing state and a standing Government but without Wisdom every Throne stands unstedfast and all Nations are like the waves of many waters Therefore ye Rulers Consider and lay it to heart both all that are present and all that are to come for this is to Generations and you that are present mind your day time is precious and but a little remains unto you therefore turn to that of God in you for you cannot be free from its Reproof it is a Principle that doth not respect your persons for it is in it self the most Worthy Noble and Honourable and no man is truly Honourable but in it though outwardly he may be set on high it doth not regard any man for his greatness but Reproves him for his sin how Mighty soever he be amongst men this Principle which is of God in man hath a sure Testimony against that man which doth evil and faithfully reproves him in his Conscience without regarding his greatness And this is the Light of Jesus Christ with which you are enlightned the Light that is present with you every where and in every place beholds your thoughts when you are upon your Thrones and when you are together in Counsels and upon your Seats of Judgment the Light is with you and amongst you and is in your Consciences a Witness for God and if you err from it your Decrees can never be established for there is nothing can stand but that which is of God and from hence proceeds the works of mens own Wisdom who Decrees Statutes and executes Judgment and not in the Counsel of God their power and strength hath been overturned and their Decrees hath come to nought and so shall it be henceforth and for ever saith the Lord who doth all these things Therefore if you desire that your work may stand and that it may not be rooted out and come to nought then mind the Light of Christ in your Consciences in which Light the Wisdom of God is received and you minding the Light with the Light to be guided it will lead you in the way of sound Judgment and bring forth Truth and Righteousness

which God is setting up and with his Arm defends it and so in the Wisdom of God you will stand in your right places to Rule for the Counsel of the Lord is amongst such as receive his Wisdom and he gives his Counsel in his Wisdom but such as are out of the fear of God they are far off from Wisdom's path and so cannot walk in the way of true Judgment and such as do not hate the evil and the evil way but loves the evil and the evil way and the evil-doer they are far off from Wisdom's path and have more need to be Ruled than to be Rulers for they can never Decree Judgement in Righteousness nor Minister it in Truth then the Sword goes backward every way and turns against such as it should protect and protects such as it should fall upon and so both the Decreers and Administrators are out of Wisdom's path and can never keep good order under their Government and though some Decrees might formerly stand right in their places as they were Decreed in relation to an outward Government and at that time might be justly executed upon such as were principally intended yet the execution of such Laws now may be perverted and by those that are to Minister them may be wrested out of their proper place and when the Ministers of such Lawes do put them in Execution touching any matter which may relate to the Consciences of people though that Law may stand right in its place as it was Decreed yet the Execution of that Law otherwise ministred than by that Law was intended that Execution and Judgement doth not run in Wisdom's stream and in this place there be many Lawes diverted and in the Execution is wrested out of their place and in the practise of the Law there are many false streams crept in which by the Law it self was never intended and so in many cases honest people are wronged who are made the only objects of the eyes of the Administrators of the Law against whom the Law it self doth not appear Intentionally and here justice is turned backward and the Righteous is made a prey and both the Execution of some Lawes and also the practise in them are perverted and poor men they are wronged and know not which way to do themselves right by the Law though they be free to use the Law for first being imbodyed in an unknown tongue to most men they are not in a capacity to understand them secondly the head of them being onely at one place poor men cannot attend their own business but are forced to employ and entrust Strangers with it who many times prove negligent and for want of care on their part many poor men suffer loss Thirdly the many curiosities that stand in the practise of the Law which by poor men cannot be attained and so are constrained if they make use of it to buy it at an unreasonable dear rate which if the Fountain and the Stream did spring and issue forth in the Wisdom of God it might be otherwise and might every way be reduced into better order But touching the practise there is something opened more fully in divers cases in a Book entituled The Standing Truth So let every man in his place be diligent that you may Redeem the time that is past and from high to low who have a hand in any place to Rule Take Counsel of the Lord in all you do whether it be in Decreeing or Executing and let not any Law be decreed or stand in force that is decreed which in any place may bind the Conscience but break them down and lay them waste for they bring distress and sorrow every way for many innocent people come under hard usage in outward sufferings by them and such as makes them and Executes them they come under the hand of God and his rebuke and in that place they do themselves most wrong for they go heavily in themselves whilst Judgement is their Cup to drink and it doth assuredly fall and will remain for ever without speedy Repentance So to be in the Wisdom of God is a High state such are in a capacity to Rule for they Fear the Lord and hate both the evil and the evil way and in the Wisdom of God they are worthy of Honour and the hearts of the Innocent can give it them and they will not expect any thing more and in the Wisdom good order is brought forth amongst all people and love and peace and unity will grow and spring under that Government and universal peace will spread over all the Earth in the universal love of God then Kings will Reign and Princes Decree Justice and the Vine will over spread and there will be a sitting down under it without fear And now O ye Rulers be wise in your places for the concernment is great unto you there is one above you whose Judgment is true for ever he is King of Kings and Lord of Lords strong and powerful is his Arm who dwells in the Heavens that is higher than all and in his hand you are but as Potters clay Therefore fear before him and wait for his Wisdom that you may bring all things into right order in such places and matters as you have power to order that quietness and peace may be setled and the issue of blood stopped that so you may get your selves a name which unto Generations to come may be a good savour but if you seek not the Lord in your day and set not his Fear before your eyes then will your names fall and the Remembrance of them will cease in your Generation therefore again I say unto you all who are in Government this day prize time while it is present To Ministers of Parishes so called TO be an able Minister of the Spirit is a place to be honoured and esteemed for such doth labour truly in the Word and Doctrine and what is made manifest in the Spirit and from the Spirit declared such a one is a true Minister not of the Letter but of the Spirit and such doth not speak words which mans wisdom teacheth but in the Demonstration of the Spirit and in Power and here stood their preaching who were endued with Power and Wisdom from on High and in that went forth to gather the scattered and the dispersed both of Jews and Gentiles and to bring them into one Spirit and they did not go forth until they had received Power and were endued with Wisdom from on High but they were to tarry at Jerusalem and wait for it and in waiting for it the gift came upon them and they received it and were able Ministers in it then they having received the Power and Wisdom from on High in the Power and Wisdom they received their Message and there was a necessity layed upon them to preach that unto others which they had received of God and they were the good Stewards of the manifold grace of God and these were