Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	heart_n	life_n	sin_n	4,868	5	4.2787	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60622	The cause plainly shewed of the persecution which is now upon the innocent people called Quakers and here is also a true declaration of their just and honest intentions, and in this all moderate people may see the ground of their sufferings / by William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1661 (1661)	Wing S4292; ESTC R16448	6,154	16

The CAUSE plainly shewed OF THE Persecution Which is now upon the Innocent people CALLED QUAKERS And here is also A true DECLARATION OF THEIR Just and honest intentions and in this all moderate people may see the ground of their SUFFERINGS By WILLIAM SMITH LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson at the Black-spread-Eagle and Windmill in Martins Le grand 1661. The Cause plainly shewed OF THE PERSECUTION Which is now upon the innocent people CALLED Quakers c. THe sure foundation is Jesus Christ the Lamb of God in whom there is no variablensse but is to day as yesterday and the same for ever in him is all goodness mercy and peace and in the vertue of his life and holiness is fruit brought forth and it is like him and doth not differ from him and this is his own work in the hearts of all the children of obedience whom he hath gathered to be followers of him and to keep his commandments and he is become their leader and their salvation is in him and their testimony is unto him for which cause they are evil intreated and persecuted and their bodies and estates exposed to danger and loss and through all the earthly powers changing they have been kept under deep sufferings and sore persecution and yet their patience hath been made manifest in bearing and enduring and they can truly say they beare no evil will to any who have caused their sufferings neither is it in their hearts to seek any revenge upon them but cheerfully commit their cause unto him that judgeth righteously and these things doe not arise against the form or shape of our persons for they be now in appearance the same as when we had much love professed from such as now are great enemies unto us And whilest we were one with them and did abide amongst them and could have run with them in excess and vanity we were not then reproached nor reviled nor persecuted and imprisoned but seemingly much beloved But the Lord God having redeemed us from amongst them through the power of his living word which in his love hath entered within our hearts and hath shaken the foundation of the earth and caused the mountains to fall and also hath purged our consciences from those lusts which once we lived in and hath crucisied the flesh and destroyed the body of sin and the life which we had in those things he hath taken away and the Lamb he hath raised from whom the life of righteousness is brought forth and hath translated us into his likeness and stampt his Image upon us which the world doth not know therefore are we hated and from this ground ariseth all the persecution which is this day upon us and all the enmity and evil that is against us and is uttered concerning us and if any bears but the name of a Quaker then the cry is to hang them and banish them and famish them with much more which is from the very cruelty of peoples hearts uttered concerning us without enquiry whether any evil be committed by us or any thing done worthy of such things as they utter forth concerning us and this is for all people to consider coolly to weigh it in the balance of moderation and patience and search truly into the ground and if we do commit evil or do wrong to the person of any man or disturb the nations peace then let such punishment fall upon us as in such case is provided for such offences but if no such thing can be justly charged upon us or proved against us then let people stay their hands from violence and their hearts from purposing cruelty and stop their mouths and do not utter words so rashly and let the King Parliament Councils Judges Justices Officers and Souldiers all know and also be overcome to believe and be perswaded in their own consciences that we are an innocent people and seek the well-being peace of all men And if this will not be received nor cannot be believed yet know that we do believe and also are fully perswaded in our own consciences that our purposes and intentions are just and honest towards all men and to live quietly peaceably and godly in this present evil world and that we neither seek to destroy or ruine the lives or estates of any persons or people upon the earth neither do we conspire plot or contrive any such thing for we know that all plots and conspiracies insurrections and rebellions do arise from that spirit that lusteth to envy and not from Christ Jesus the Lamb of God and it is an evident testimony that where such things are practised they spring from that wicked one and are nourished from the cruelty that is lodged in his enmity out of which comes all murders plots and conspiracies rebellions and persecution and the Scripture-testimony is clear against all such practises and the holy men of God they never walked in them they never plotted or contrived nor ever persecuted any people nor Christ Jesus the Prince of peace he never was of that mind as to destroy mens lives but to save them and ought not the same minde to be in people as was in Christ Jesus who laid down his life for his enemies he did not seek to destroy them or persecute them though they were his enemies now such are far off from his mind that seek to destroy and persecute such as are not enemies but truly friends and lovers of the whole Creation now this is not his mind nor doth not arise from him but is brought forth from a contrary spirit that was alwayes against him And where doth the Scripture declare that Christ Jesus the Prince of peace did ever persecute or command persecution or where did he require an oath or allow of an oath but plainly hath forbidden all oaths and given forth a positive command not to swear at all but to keep to yea and nay for what was more was evil mark this what was more then yea or nay was evil And here was no definition or distinction of Oaths for one to be lawfull and another unlawfull but plainly forbids them all and bids them keep to their yea and nay And we can truly say before the Lord that we do not deny swearing upon any other account but in obedience to his commands and it is neither disaffection nor disloyalty to the King nor his Government but to manifest our love to the King of Eternall Glory in keeping his commandments and though this be the great cause at present of our suffering and persecution and from which so much wrath and fury is now against us yet are our consciences void of offence and in that we have peace and we know our salvation and deliverance is in the hand of the Lord our God and we know that persecutors have been alwayes ignorant of the things of God for had they known him they would not have crucified him and if the truth of God was known as it