Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	hand_n	let_v	lord_n	8,430	5	4.2823	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93645	Christs innocency pleaded: against the cry of the chief priests. Or, a brief and plain reply unto certain papers received from William Thomas (called) Minister of the Gospel at Ubley. By Thomas Speed, a servant of the Jesus Christ, who was at the request of the bloody crew of chief priests, and teachers, crucified at Jerusalem.	Speed, Thomas, b. 1622 or 3.	1656 (1656)	Wing S4904; Thomason E865_1; ESTC R207594	52,531	75

the Beast in the Nation have onely changed their task-masters and whereas of old they had but one in many miles now they feel the scourge of one almost in every Parish And if the Devil did play his part in these changes he acted like himselfe viz. very subtilly in making a great noyse about the taking away of names and offices but leaving the things and power still standing Neither need you fear the Devils designing the rooting up your Ministry for he was never found lesse then a friend to that which is a support to his own Kingdome and whilest that the works of the flesh are practised and patronized his work is not hindred Certainly the Devil will contribute the help of both his hands to the upholding of that Ministry that can cover over the filthiest lusts both in themselves and others of pride envy coveteousnesse and bitter persecution with the spetious vaile of humane infirmity W. T. I shall wish you so far a Quaker as to fear and tremble to act this designe T. S. Doe you wish me evill or good in wishing me a Quaker if evill you break the law of Christ in wishing that to another you would not have him wish to you if good then it 's a good thing to be a Quaker by your own confession to fear and tremble to act that which is evill And how much doe you contradict your selfe in striving to make it matter of reproach to me that I close with those called Quakers when as I close with no other then those that fear and tremble before the mighty God of Jacob which you cannot but own as a good thing But what is the designe I must fear and tremble to act is it to endeavour the rooting out of your Ministry And why fear and tremble at it Is your Ministry such a precious plant that it may not be pluckt up under the same penalty as was in eating the forbidden fruit are you such holy things that you may not be toucht but it must be esteemed a prophanation This is a fine scar-crow to affright ignorant soules from taking up the skirt of your covering and viewing your hidden abominations that lye under But as for my selfe know that my trust is on the Lord for power to be made able and willing to seal my testimony with my blood against the horrible wickednesse of those that calls themselves the Ministers of Christ but are not who under their faire vizards are full of filthinesse and polution who Preach in words against what they approve by their works and whose hearts are full of blood and violence which they manifest by their bitter persecution of Christ in his innocent lambs W. T. And let me tell you further that if God love this Nation and intend to shew us mercy you shall finde that he will hold these stars in his right hand c. T. S. Stars full of filth and polution that shine not with the pure light of the Lord that serve rather to set the Nation on fire then to lead it to peace and rest the Lord holdeth not in his right hand for he is of purer hands then to touch such unclean things Neither can it be esteemed the fruit of his love and mercy to this or any other Nation but of his sore displeasure that such stars are and doe multiply in the midst thereof And let me also tell you that were not the fals Prophets held faster in the hand of the beast then in the hand of the Lord they would soon drop down from the firmament of this worlds pomp and glory into the bottomlesse pit out of which they did at first arise From hence you proceed to mention five Queries proposed to you in my last to which you returne no direct Answer but instead thereof you offer a heap of impertinent words and many groundles distinctions to which being not to the things spoken to I shall not spend time to make Reply onely by the way I shall note two things with which you falsly accuse me 1. The first is that I inveigh against humane learning To which I answer that I neither did nor doe inveigh against humane learning Let it stand where it should and I am very well content If any man say a tile-stone is not fit for to make a foundation stone for a building must it presently be concluded that he denyeth the use of tile-stones The greatest measure of humane Learning cannot render the carnall man spirituall which you your self are constrained to acknowledge but doe leave him still carnall who is shut out for ever from discerning the things of God The Mysteries of the Kingdome of God are hid from the wise and prudent and revealed unto Babes Paul with all his learning persecuted Jesus Christ as many doe at this day neither did all that which he had gotten at the feet of Gamaliell advance him one step nearer to the knowledge of the Son of God of whom he was as ignorant as the most unlearned person under heaven untill the Lord revealed him unto him The knowledge of the father and the Son to know whom is eternall life can never be gained by study For no man knoweth the Son but the father neither knoweth any man the father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveale him There is nothing more manifest then this that many in this and the by-past Ages which have pretended to seek Christ by much study have and doe imprison and crucifie him where they find him 2 You accuse me with seeking to justifie absurd Tenents To which I shall only say That I seek to justifie no Tenents but such as also the Scripture doth justifie And if you call such absurd Tenents I doe then indeed seek to justifie Tenents that are absurd It 's no rare thing with you that pretend your selves Leaders to the people to esteem any thing an absurd Tenent though never so clearly owned by the Scripture that crosseth your gain or your glory And therefore untill you can prove that whereof you accuse me I shall passe it over as a scandal that you have ready to throw upon any man that hath so much honesty and courage as to bear Testimony against all your false wayes and worships Many more expressions you add touching Learning which doe not at all Answer my Queries repeating again that distinction of an ordinary and extraordinary Call to which the Scripture being wholly a stranger I shall passe it over as that which deserveth no other Answer but to be disowned After this you come to speak of the light within its leading to Justification those that are taught by it upon which you come to suppose a meaning and say That the light they speake of they make to be a light enlightning every one that comes into the world To which I Answer That if they make no more of that light then the Scripture maketh of it they are not therein found erring from the truth Now