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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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
B20672	Truths testimony and a testimony of truths appearing in power, life, light & glory, creating, manifesting, increasing, and vindicating itself in the midst of persecution : wherein is discovered what truth is, and also a lye, who knows it and lives in it : with the authors call and conversion to the truth, his practice in it, his publishing of it, and his several tryals for the same ... : together with the particular accusations brought against him in each tryal and his answers to the same, and also the courts proceedings both by judges and juries : with an humble appeal to His Highness, Oliver, Lord Protector, as a general redress for all people / by Richard Coppin.	Coppin, Richard, fl. 1646-1659.	1655 (1655)	Wing C6105	74,193	93

found it though the Bill so said it for let any Bill say what it will they are to examine it whether it be what in the Bill it is said to be or no as treason blasphemy felony or whatsoever crime else in the Bill may be exprest without which they are not to find any Bill and for want of this many a man and cause have suffered and now how honest and just his Jury have been in the examination of this Bill according to Law and Justice when they found it and brought guilty let all men that read and hear it Judge of it but so much for both the Juries next the tryal in the Court. And then the Bill being read the witnesses to the Bill were called to give in their evidence whose names are as followeth First one Beckingam of Enston in Oxfordshire the Minister of the Parish where these words for which I am accused were as they say spoke and that gave me leave to preach in his said Parish Church the whole day but afterwards finding the people to be more taken with my Doctrine which was the Doctrine of free grace then with his that was not and fearing his own should be no more so well accepted he cryes out against mine as blasphemy and so comes to witness against me for it who to excuse himself said he came not as an accuser but was brought only as a witness whose testimony was according to the Bill The second witness was one Cannon of the same Town a hearer of the said Beckingam who at that present approved very well of what I had said as himself afterwards confessed to some others and said it was the best Sermon that ever he heard in his life till his Master the said Minister of the Parish had tutoured him and made him change his opinion who then came as a witness also and whose conscience began to accuse him when he was to give in his testimony as it there appeared for when he should have said life everlasting ended in this life he could not for his life bring forth the word everlasting but said that this life ended in this life and when the Judge asked him again he said that when a man dyed his life ended but could not say the word everlasting till he had it given him in writing by my accusers Nevil of Emload and Collier of Blockly two constant accusers of the brethren and that had been my accusers before at Worcester as before was declared who never heard those things delivered by me at Ensto● which they accused me for neither me when I preached there though they here became my accusers and did also plead these things against me at Oxford first to the Grand Jury and after to the Court also laying many other things to my charge which I knew not but I believe it was with an intent to make good what they had before said which was that they would not leave me till they had my life which was the same that the Jews said of Paul Act. 23. ver 12.29 who made a vow that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul but they were prevented as these my accusers have been hitherto concerning me And Paul being accused of questions of their Law Acts 26.31 32. as I now was they kept him fast bound still for many years and examined him before many counsels but in the end nothing being found against him worthy of death or of bonds and his accusers being weary of prosecuting he was then freed and set at liberty And the evidence being given I was called to my answer which begins with these Propositions as follows My Lord HAving here liberty to answer for my self I therefore humbly beseech your Lordship to grant me these particulars First That seeing these my Adversaries are men of a contrary discovery of God and are here come against me that they may fairly make it appear before this honourable Court whether they are men that have taken the ingagement or no without which I know them not to have the benefit of the Law and I speak it for this reason my Lord because they being Ministers of Parishes and I knowing some of them not to observe the last thanksgiving day with many others before which by the Parliament was appointed to be kept makes me to question this thing Secondly That none might be suffered to speak any thing against me in this honourable Court till such time that they are sworn before this Court and my face Thirdly That those men which were hearers of me at Enston the time when t is said these words were delivered and are here present may be suffered to speak also a certificate which I understand is by them brought touching the things of my charge and of my Doctrine then delivered with another from Oxford and several mens names to them both who are here ready to testifie the truth of them that they also may be read in this Honourable Court for the satisfaction of many people and thereby shew the mistakes of my adversaries in the things which they accuse me Fourthly That I may have liberty to speak for my self in answer to every particular accusation in my charge brought against me And these things being granted I shall be thankful to your Lordship Said the Judge what you desire shall be granted and you shall have a fair tryal but we shall not hear any Certificates read But the time being short the night coming on and I hastily called to answer to my charge being my self willing also to come to it fearing I should be streightned in time and nothing doubting of my coming off that some of those things which were by me desired before to be granted were passed by and no more remembred and these Certificates before mentioned being not then permitted by the Judge to be read in the Court it was therefore desired by those that signed them to have them printed with the rest to shew unto the world what it was they set their hands unto some having since charg'd them with setting their hands to vindicate blasphemy which Certificates are as follow A Copy of a Certificate presented to the Court by many of the godly and well-affected people living about Enston in the behalf of Richard Coppin WE whose names are here under-written were all at the hearing of Richard Coppin the time when he preached at Enston and heard all that was then delivered yet heard not any thing delivered by him but what was truth according to the Scripture and our experience in which we were satisfied and should be glad to imbrace the like opportunity as to hear the like again if providence should so order it And whereas through the mistake of some men in their apprehensions he is or may be accused for any thing then delivered As First for saying That Christ should suffer for his own sins as well as the Peoples We do hereby testifie that he at that time

the Act to be read to them and bid them take notice of it yet they could not tell what crime I was guilty of but still said according to the Evidence then the Iudge asked them what the Evidence was and they could not declare it tell they were told it and now how unfit these men are to be made a Iury of such things let all men that hear it take notice Then the Iudge as before perceiving their ignorance shewed them how it came not within the compass of the Act and therefore ought not to be found then said the Iury we will referr it to you Nay said the Iudge I must have your verdict Not guilty then said some of the Iury others said guilty what are you divided said the Iudge I will not receive your verdict till you are agreed and unless you will agree upon it you shall be shut up together in one room all night where you shall have neither bread nor beer fire nor candle But when they heard this they began to murmur within themselves why they should not agree yet the ●udge willing to shew them favour did only rebuke them bidding them to bring in their verdict the next morning by eight of the clock upon pain of twenty pound a piece and where I was then also my self to appear and there according to the request of the Judge I was to give in the heads of my answer in writing which then did and it was there read to the satisfaction of the Court. Then the Jury being again called before they gave in their Verdict used the name or one Veysie of Tainton neer Burford which said they desires to be a witness against him for saying that Christ was the cause of Cains fall No said the Judge ● will hear no such malitious fellows but will keep close to the ●ndictment and you of the Jury are to mention none but to give in your Verdict then said they guilty Now the Judge well knowing the Law and how that those things came not within the compass of it also perceiving the malice of my accusers and the ignorance of the Jury in such things as was then manifested and himself willing to do justice took bayl for my appearance at the next Assizes at which my accusers began to fall mad crying out again for my imprisonment banishment or silencing but the Judge told them he could do neither but must go according to the Law and the Law did not require any such thing Then my accusers to lay another foundation again to ensnare me having missed the former presented to the Judge a paper wherein were many particular points of their own judgement that he should prevail upon me to set my hand to it as that which I would own for truth thereby to confirm theirs I never more to preach against the same but this being offered to me I refused it and desired not to set my hand to other mens writings but to what I write my self unless I may read it and also find it to be truth according to the Scripture and my apprehension then said the Judge in the presence of my accusers take it and read it which I did and gave it to the Iudge again and because my accusers with others reported that I set my hand to all that they had writ as a recantation of what my self formerly writ and declared therefore for the satisfaction of other people the proving of them lyers and clearing my self in it it is here published both what they writ and also what part thereof I refused and what I signed distinctly as followeth A Paper written by my Accusers and presented to the Judge for me to sign which I would not WHereas at several passages in a printed book that goes forth in my name and in a publike discovery at Enston about Iune last several persons have been offended and been induced to believe that I am guilty of holding and publishing blasphemous opinions for the satisfying all such persons and clearing my self I do heartily and sincerely profess and declare against them as follows First That Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God being eternal God and equal with the Father did in the fulness of time take to himself mans nature yet without sin being holy harmless undefiled as the Scripture saith Secondly The Lord Iesus Christ for discharging the office of Mediatorship whereunto he was called by his Father did perfectly fulfill the Law indured the shameful and cursed death of the cross but not for himself being perfectly free from sin but that he might satisfie for the sins of his people Thirdly The third day he rose from the dead with the same body with which he suffered with which also he ascended into heaven and there sitteth at the right hand of his Father Fourthly The bodies of men after death return to dust but their souls which die not return to God who gave them the souls of the righteous are received into the highest heaven where they enjoy God in glory waiting for the full redemption of their bodies and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell where they remain in torment reserved to the Iudgement of the great day Fifthly At the last day such as are found alive shall be changed and all that are dead shall be raised up with the same body which shall be united again to their souls for ever Sixthly God hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ in which day the Apostles and Angels shall be judged and all persons that have lived upon the earth shall appear before the Tribunal of Christ to give an account of their thoughts words and deeds and to receive according to what they have done in their bodies whether good or evil These things I believe and do not publish any thing contrary to them and for any passages that have fell from me contrary to these ignorantly inconsiderately or wilfully I do profess my self troubled at and ashamed of but this I excepted against and would not set my hand unto as follows My Lord there are some things which I may set my hand unto but there are some things that are false and I shall not set my hand to that unless they will here make it good by Scripture before this honourable Court Then said the Judge to me What is that you say is false which you except against Answ My Lord ●irst wherein they say several passages have been written and spoken by me to the inducement of several persons to believe that I am guilty of holding and publishing blasphemous opinions which they would now have me to declare against and profess my self ashamed of when I know nothing that ever I spoke or writ since the time of my call that I went forth to declare any thing of God that was so or ever could be proved blasphemy by them though they have endeavoured to do it therefore not to be declared against by me