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cause_n	according_a	justice_n	law_n	1,616	5	4.3920	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89841	A lamentacion (by one of Englands prophets) over the ruines of this oppressed nacion, to be deeply layd to heart by Parliament and Army, and all sorts of peeple, lest they be swept away with the besom of destruction, in the day of the Lords fierce wrath and indignation, which is near at hand. Written by the movings of the Lord in James Nayler. And a vvarning to the rulers of England not to usurp dominion over the conscience, nor to give forth lawes contrary to that in the conscience. Written from the spirit of the Lord in George Fox.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1654 (1654)	Wing N292; Thomason E727_9; ESTC R202148	14,622	20

A LAMENTACION By one of Englands Prophets Over the Ruines OF this oppressed Nacion To be deeply layd to heart by Parliament and Army and all sorts of Peeple lest they be swept away with the Besom of Destruction in the Day of the Lords fierce wrath and Indignation which is near at hand Written by the movings of the Lord in James Nayler AND A WARNING TO the Rulers of England Not to usurp Dominion over the Conscience nor to give forth Lawes contrary to that in the Conscience Written from the Spirit of the Lord in George Fox Printed for Tho Wayt at his house in the Pavement in York 1653. A LAMENTACION By one of Englands Prophets over the Ruines of this oppressed NACION to be deeply layd to heart by Parliament and Army and all sorts of People lest they be swept away with the Besom of Destruction in the day of the Lords fierce wrath and indignation which is near at hand OH England how is thy expectation failed now after all thy travails the People to whom Oppression and Vnrighteousness hath been a Burden have long waited for Deliverance from one year to another but none comes from one sort of men to another Hast thou looked for Reformation but all in vain for as power hath come into the hands of men it hath been turned into violence and the will of men is brought forth instead of Equity and this they seek to establish by a Law to which all must bow that are under them or they must be judged as Offenders so that which should be for Deliverance of the simple from the hand of the oppressour is turned into a snare to entrap the righteous and he that turns from iniquity is made a prey to the wicked and none lays it to heart through the Nation for all hearts are full of oppression and all hands are full of violence their houses are filled with oppression their Streets and Markets abound with it their Courts which should afford remedy against it are wholly made up of iniquity and injustice and the Law of God is made altogether void and truth is troden under foot and plainness is become odious to the proud and Deceit set on high and the proud are counted happy and the rich are exalted above the poore and look to be worshiped as God which if any refuse a snare is layd and Bonds and Imprisonment is appointed for them as not worthy to breathe in the ayer and no Law Equity nor Iustice can be heard for their freedom and this is not done by an open Enemy for then it had not bin so strange unto thee but it is done by those who pretend to be against oppression and for whom under that pretence thou hast adventured all that is dear unto thee to put power into their hands and now thou cryest to them for help but findest nøne that can deliver thee Oh foolish People when will ye learn wisdom when will ye cease from man who is vanity and the sons of men who are become a Ly Are not these the choicest of thy Worthies who are now in power Hath it not been the top of thy desires and labors to see it in their hands and are not they now becom weak as other men and the Land still in travel but nothing brought forth but winde How is the wisdom of the wise turned into folly and the understanding of the prudent hid How is he who seemed valiant for general freedom fallen into a particular earthly interest and hath no power to help himself Would any have believed that these should have fallen in the Pit and stuck in the Mire as they who were before them whose names are made a reproach in the Nation how have these cryed out for the Kingdom of Christ to bear rule in his Church and consciences of his own above the wils of proud oppressing Tyrants yea and have been Instruments to execute Gods decree upon such as have withstood the freedom of the righteous seed but now what is brought forth by them more than words do not the members of Christly still under the power of the oppressor cast into holes and Prisons for the Truths sake and are denyed that liberty they allow to thieves and murderers though the breach of no just Law can be layd to their charge neither will they let them come to tryall left by their own Law they should be forced to free them and how long some have layn upon this account you are not ignorant Wo is me for you Rulers how are you fallen from what you have professed when you your selves were sufferers under such bondage and now is it nothing to you that your Brethren who have been one with you against oppression now perish under the hand of the same men from whom you are set free and do not the same men judg us now for offenders and doth it not concern you to see what is the cause why they thus vent their envy against the innocent and their Lives and Libertyes are taken away in close holes and dungeons when it is your duty and in your power to see them have justice according to the Law of God which you profess and not after mens wils and if you know the offences for which they thus suffer how is it that that which Christ doth command and the Saints did practice is now become so heynous offences that nothing will serve but perpetual Imprisonment in close holes without hearing or tryal and that you may see for what these despised ones do suffer under you consider their crimes whereof the greatest of them is that some of them are moved to go into the Idols Temples to dispute and reason with them who uphold the Idols worship and to call the People out of it unto the worship in Spirit and though this seem a heinous crime to you yet it was the practice of the Apostles and Saints as is plain in Scripture Others suffer because they cannot break the express commands of God to give that worship to proud men which God Almighty hath forbidden to give to any Creature in Heaven or in Earth but onely to himself and here may all the heathen Rulers condemn you who never imprisoned nor fined Christ nor his Saints for this though the Scripture sayth they respected no mans person nor did they bow down nor give worship to the Creature though the Devil the father of pride tempted to it then as well as now Others suffer for confessing the Name of Christ and witnessing him in them in their measure as they finde him manifest in them to overcome sin the world and the Devil and reconcile them to God and this is called Blasphemy and so proceeded against though the Saints have always witnessed the same and it stands in Scripture for a witness against you and sayth Christ He that denyes me before men him will I deny before my Father and thus the practice of the Saints was and is counted Blasphemy by the