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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	abraham_n	angel_n	lord_n	686	4	3.4680	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66865	To the King and both houses of Parliament sitting at Westminster, and to every particular member thereof this is a timely warning that they do not make laws against the righteous and innocent people of the Lord called Quakers, as the unrighteous rulers whom God overthrew before them, did / by Humphrey Wolrich.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3302; ESTC R15082	13,107	16

destruction his Lambs will he carry in his everlasting arm whom the Wolves Bears and Lions seek to devour We hear the voice of God as his Sheep alwaies did though this may be counted blasphemy with the persecutors which never heard his voice themselves nor saw his shape at any time and this was Daniels God the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the God of Shedrach Meshach and Abednego the God of Mordecai who was a Jew inwardly the God of Moses and of all the Fathers who dyed in the faith and in obedience to the Lord not fearing the wrath of the Kings and Rulers who have set themselves in all ages against the Lord and his Annointed and hidden ones these all dyed in the faith which the persecutor is out of of whom it is said Heb 11. the world was not worthy of and as John the beloved of the Father saith concerning himself and they that had fellowship with him the world knows us not therefore doth the world hate us These had cruel mockings and scourgings consider this ye that ought to do Justice and break the bands of oppression Oh! consider ye Parliament men to you am I moved of the Lord to write There is work enough for you to do in England to stop the swearers mouth and the floud of wickednesse that is overflowing this Nation this is not your work to tread upon the consciences of men that cannot swear at all Conscience is Gods Throne and the place where his Honor dwelleth is the lowly heart and the Lord will not give his Glory to another neither must any but himself who is the God of the Spirits of all flesh prescribe his children a way to worship the Father of Spirits in for the Scripture saith John ● God is a Spirit and they that worship him not in Spirit Christ saith they worship they know not what Now little doth the persecutor know what he is doing who is justifying the wicked and condemning the righteous whom the Lord doth justifie in not Swearing in obedience to Christs Command who saith Swear not at all this is a thing very pleasing to the Lord who is that Spirit of Truth and leadeth men to speak the Truth and do that to their Neighbours and all men as they would have men do unto them with-without Swearing and have ye not read in the Scripturs that the Kings Throne is established in Righteousness And is not Christ the Prince of Peace and King of Righteousnesse And do you believe that this is like to establish King Charles the Second to imprison so many thousands as he hath done because they cannot break the Righteous Commands of Christ by Swearing at all Is it better to obey God or man judge ye with the measure of his own Light Is not this to be subject to the higher power which power is a terror to the evil doer to obey the Commands of Christ who is the Power and Wisdom of God unto whom all Power in Heaven and Earth is given Do ye believe that all your Souls and the Soul of King Charles ought not to be subject to Christ Or do you believe your Power is above his because so many thousands are Imprisoned because they cannot break the Command of Christ whose Spirit spake in Paul and said Whosoever resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation For Rulers are not a terror to good works but to evil mark Christ saith Mat. 5.34 Ye have heard say by them of old time thou shalt not forswear thy self but I say unto you swear not at all vers 37. but let your Communication be yea yea nay nay for what is more cometh of evil also read James 5 vers 1● Above all things my Brethren Swear not Now I believe you will not deny but that Christ and James an Apostle of his were truly obedient to Magistrates in that which was meet and that their Souls also were subject to God and though Paul saith an Oath among men was on end of strife yet it is plain it was not so among the Brethren that were in Christ Jesus the word of the Oath which was since the Law and puts an end to all strife which the Swearers are in and against which the Law and Oaths were added until the Seed Christ came who is the end of them both for Righteousnesse sake for the Law was not added against a Righteous man but against the wicked the lawlesse and disobedient Now the Apostle saith They that Rule well are worthy of double Honour and do you believe in your Consciences that they which rule for God will ever be a terrour to such as for Conscience sake dare not break the Commands of his Son of whom he hath said all shall hearken unto and though Angels Prophets and the Fathers which were under a Cloud in the dayes of old did Swear yet Christ was greater then the Prophets and before Abraham and when he was brought forth into the world it was said and the VVord of the Lord endures for ever Let all the Angels of God worship him who saith Swear not at all and this I say neither I nor any of us deny Swearing from any thing that is in our Hearts against King Charles or his Government or that we cannot willingly be subject to any of his Righteous Commands and that for Conscience sake towards God but because we are perswaded in our Hearts and Spirits by the Lord and not onely since King Charles came in that Swearing is unlawful in any case because it is contrary to his Command by Christ his Son whom he hath said all must hearken to but this hath been our Principle to deny Swearing for which we were persecuted by all the Governours that went before you for many years But ye may consider were they not such as did Swear to be true to King Charles the First that afterwards cut off his head Were they not such who Swore to be true to King and Parliament that afterwards proved the greatest enemies to them both Time would fail me to mention all the Treacheries that have been wrought in England within this twenty years by such as have taken Oaths and Covenants to the contrary in a few words Christ hath said Swear not but speak the Truth and whatsoever ye would have men do unto you do ye the same to them and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart and thy Neighbour as thy self and he that doth this is the end of the Law and greater then the Prophets which did Swear which thing we have laboured to do both in the light of God and men not in our own strength for we are nothing but in the Name of our Lord Jesus who bears up our heads in our Sufferings and is our all in tribulation for whose Names sake we Suffer patiently praying to the Lord that he would forgive them which know not what they do and we have