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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bear_v	truth_n	witness_n	3,073	5	8.6773	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75788	A true declaration of the suffering of the innocent, who is hated and persecuted without a cause. Wherein is discovered the zeale of the magistrates and people of Banbury, persecuting and imprisoning them that are sent of the Lord in love to their souls to warn them of the evill of their wayes. Declared in a letter sent to William Allen, called justice of peace, with an answer to the false accusations charged upon the innocent. Also their proceedings laid open, and proved to be contrary to the Scriptures. / By Anne Audland, whom the world scornfully calls Quaker.	Audland, Anne, 1626 or 7-1705.	1655 (1655)	Wing A4195; Thomason E829_7; ESTC R207394	7,605	8

reproach amongst you and the Lord is highly displeased with you for these things and he will make enquiry for blood you know that the blood of the innocent hath been shed in your streets one that came amongst you and offered violence to none was beat and abused and lost much blood amongst you and yet you are not ashamed to professe your selves Christians when as these actions proceeds from you and your care is how to wound the innocent secretly that so your deeds might not be brought to the light but it is in vaine for you to dig deep to hide your councell from the Lord Woe unto you that deviseth to worke mischeife in the darke and say who seeth us and consults together to shoot your arrows secertly against the poore The Lord sees you and knows your hearts and your very thoughts which you think against the King in your bed chamber there is a bird of the ●ire that carryes the voyce And the Lord will bring eve●y worke to judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or evill and the oath in secret shall be tryed and the Lord will sit as Judge amongst the Judges and you shall all be weighed and those of you that a●e found wanting the Lord will cast you by though you be as high and mighty as Belshazzar was and if you be angry with mee for telling you so and forewarning you in your life time the Lord will judge you for it for he is tender over his little ones and in as much as you persecute one of them ye do it unto him and you that imp●ison the innocent and they may not see their accusers is this according to the Law of God or is this to judge for God and not for man nor self ends without respect of persons They that were set over the people to judge them according to the Law of God were just men fearing God and hating coveteousnesse just men we●e to judge the unjust for the unjust cannot judge true judgement See what charge Jeh●shaphat gave unto them he set over the people 2 Chron. 19.6 7 9. Saying to the Judges take heed what you doe for you judge not for man but for the Lord who is with you in the judgement wherefore now let the feare of the Lord be upon you and take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God nor respect of persons not taking of gifts And he charged them saying thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord faithfully and with a perfect heart Now all you that denies a perfect heart and are respecters of persons you cannot judge with a perfect heart and such are not judges for God who judges not not with a perfect heart but are respecters of persons but they who fear God and do faithfully with a perfect heart such Judges and Magistrates I own who are just men such rules for God and is a terrour to the wicked and for the praise of them that do well and such am subject to for conscience sake but they who were the servants of Christ Ministers of Chr●st when they were commanded by the rulers that which was contrary to the cōmand of Christ they said whether is it better to obey God or man judge ye and I say the same and they which command any thing contrary to ●he command of Christ which rules and reigns in his people and is one in the male and in the female such are not just men fearing God and judging faithfully with a perfect heart and such who do not fear God and have not a perfect heart such knows not the voyce of God but Christs sheep who follow Christ and are sent of God knows his voyce Now Magistrates and people will say how may we know that you are sent of God as Pharaoh sayd to Moses who sent thee and he answered the Lord sent me to bid thee let Israel go free and Pharaoh sayd I know not the Lord neither will I obey him and let Israel go free such are they who fear not God nor know not his voyce and such cannot discerne the things of God Magistrates nor people who fear not God and have not a perfect heart now consider if you judge me according to the Law of God when you heard all that was against me and did accuse me but would not hear the accused and the accusers face to face nor those that was by who would have witnessed against those untruths charged upon me but put them forth and said what have you to do here notwithstanding they said they came to bear witnesse to the truth see how Moses charged the Judges Deut. 1.16 17. saying Heare the cause between your brethren and judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him ye shall not respect persons in judgement but ye shall hear the small as well as the great ye shall not be afraid of the face of man for the judgement is Gods and Deut. 16.18 19 20. The Judges and Officers was to judge the people with just judgement thou shalt not wrest judgement thou shalt not respect persons neither take a gift for a gift doth blinde the eye of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous that which is altogether just shalt thou follow that thou mayest live and inherite the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee now this is true Judgement and takes hold upon the unjust but here you do not act according to the Law of God who doth respect persons and doth not hear the small as well as the great which you have not done who have committed me to Prison and I had not liberty to speak face to face with my accusers and so I am falsly accused and imprisoned upon a false accusation he that knows all secrets is my witnesse and he will plead my cause and he will judge righteous judgement upon all the Heathen and the Lord comes with his Saints and this honour have all the Saints to execute upon the Heathen all the judgements written but the Heathen ought not to Judg the Saints but the heathen rages the heathen persecutes prisons falsly accuseth the Saints and the viols of wrath is now to be poured out upon the wicked and the Saints shall take the kingdom rejoyce in God for ever and ever which giveth them victory over the world and gives them strength to rejoyce in tribulation praises to the living God for evermore And so I warne you all people Magistrates and Teachers to feare the Lord God least his wrath and indignation break forth against you and the decree be sealed and he take you away with his grievous stroke and there be no remedy for God is my witnesse that my desire is for you that you may know the things that belongs to your peace so to you all I have cleared my conscience and I am free from your blood glory to the Lord for evermore who hath given me to beleive and suffer for the testimony of Jesus so I remaine a witnesse for the truth and a prisoner in bonds at Banbury for the truths sake who am innocent but falsly accused and slandered and reproached but the reproaches for Christ is my riches whose name in the flesh is The 5 day of the 12. month 1654. Anne Audland FINIS