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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	believe_v	good_a	great_a	1,387	5	2.5396	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42712	The everlasting rule born witness unto, vvhich is to try all people that do profess God and Christ in words, or, I. A tender salutation to all people in what nation soever, and under what form soever, who do profess God and Christ in words ... II. Also an exhortation unto all people to come to that which will give them victory over sin and the devil ... III. A distinction between the ministers of Christ and the ministers of Antichrist ... / by a lover of truth and righteousness, who seeks the well-being of all mankind, William Gibson.	Gibson, William, 1629-1684.	1667 (1667)	Wing G682; ESTC R38756	64,130	72

of Gods good Creatures and that is the cause that there is so much robbing and stealing Gods good Creatures one from another and that is the cause there is so much hanging and killing one another about Gods good Creatures and that is the cause that there is so much hanging and burning and killing one another about Religion even because people do not believe in and obey the Light wherewith Christ Jesus the Son of God hath enlightened them and until the inhabitants of England and all Nations come unto the Light wherewith Christ Jesus the Son of God hath enlightened every one that is come into the World and believe in and obey it they will never come to be established in Peace nor to have the Blessing of God nor to inherit the Kingdom of God but while they are Rebellious against the Light of Christ in them there will come Judgments and Plagues one after another and there shall be no peace to the Wicked who continue in Rebellion against the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightened them neither in this World nor in that which is to come and these are the words of Truth from the Lord God unto all people which shall stand a Witness for the Lord God against all who do continue in Rebellion against the Light and I do declare in the Name of the Lord God that it is the great Misery of all Nations both Jews and Gentiles Turk and Pope and all other Nations whatsoever that they do not believe in the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightened every one that is come into the World for if all people in all Nations would come to the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightened them which convinceth them of Sin then the Light would reconcile all differences amongst them yea it would reconcile them all together and it would make them of one heart and of one mind but they being out from the Light they are of many minds and they are striving one with another who shall be the greatest and they are warring one with another and killing one another for Earthly Crowns and Earthly Honour and Earthly Riches and also about their Idolatrous Worship and their many Babilonish Religions Now the Apostle said Jam. 4.1 c. to ver 11. From whence cometh Wars and Fightings come they not even from your Lusts so now if all Nations would come to the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightened them then they would feel power shed abroad in their hearts in the light to cut down the Lust in them all Jam. 5.1 2 3 4 5 6. from which all Wars doth arise For if we walk in the Light as he is in the Light then have we fellowship one with another and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin 1 John 1.7 And so if the Light were loved and followed it would cut down the Lust from which Wars doth arise and Pride doth arise and Covetousness and Envy doth arise for Pride in the heart and Covetousness in the heart and Envy in the heart is the causes which makes people break forth into Wars and Fightings one against another and so to kill and destroy one another now Christ Jesus the great Prophet whom Moses said all was to hear and obey he said Love your Enemies do good unto those that dispitefully use you and persecute you and he said Put up thy Sword into its sheath Mat. 26.51 52 53. Rev. 13.10 for he that smiteth with the Sword shall perish with the Sword you Carnal-weaponed men who are wrestling with Flesh and Blood and are killing of you Fellow Creatures either for their Religion or for their Earthly things though you may not be slain by a Carnal Sword as you have slain others yet if you do not come to the Light of Christ within you and repent and give over killing about Religion and about Earthly Honour and Earthly Crowns then the great Sword of the Lord God Almighty which proceeds out of his Mouth will cut you down and you will perish by it and be cast into the Lake that burns for ever Christ Jesus when he was manifest upon the Earth among the Sons of men he said unto them Think ye that I came to bring Peace upon the Earth I tell you nay but a Sword now you Carnal-weaponed men this Sword which he sent upon the Earth it was not like your Carnal Sword which kills the Creatures in their Sins but the Sword which Christ sent upon the Earth it was a Spiritual Sword which did enter into the hearts of the wicked and it did cut down the Sin and so redeemed the Creature out of the Bondage of Sin from under the Power of him who is the Author of Sin which is the Devil and so Christ's Sword which he brought upon the Earth it did not kill the Creature but it killed the Sin and so brought the Creature into a glorious Liberty out of Bondage to Sin and so into the glorious Liberty of the Sons of God So all you Carnal-weaponed men come to the Light wherewith Christ Jesus the Son of God hath enlightened you all that so in the Light you may all come to know and feel that Spiritual Sword to enter into your hearts and to take Peace from the Wicked One within you and so to kill the Sin in you and cast him out of you who is the Strong Man even the Man of Sin who is the Prince of the Power of the Air who rules in the hearts of you Children of Disobedience who disobeys the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightened you that so the Sword of the Spirit may have its way through all your unclean hearts that you may come to know Cains nature to perish in you by the Spiritual Sword even that nature in you which slew Righteous Abel that your Souls may be saved in the day of the Lord. Christ never owned Carnal-weaponed men to Fight for his Kingdom Isa 2.4 for though some offered to Fight for him that he might not have been delivered unto the Jews yet he judged and denied them in that thing and he said If my Kingdom were of this World then would my Servants Fight but his Kingdom was not nor is not of this World therefore his Servants in former Ages were forbidden to Fight for him with Carnal weapons and his Servants in this Age who are in scorn called Quakers they are bound by the Eternal Spirit of the Lord God Almighty never to Fight for Christs Kingdom with Carnal weapons for the Lord God Eternal he will Fight for it with and by the Breath of his Mouth by which he slew his Enemies heaps upon heaps in the Ages past Rev. 19.15 16. and vers 13 14. Acts 12.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 21 22. and in this Age the Everlasting God he hath made ready his great and strong Sword yea he hath made it sharp and he is laying it upon Leviathan that crooked Serpent and he will slay the Dragon

God that we keep his Commandments and his Commandments are not grievous 1 John 5.2 3. And now Oh ye Magistrates Priests and People who have persecuted and imprisoned until death your Neighbours called Quakers and spoiled and made havock of their Goods here you have broken the commands of Christ which is upon Record in the holy Scriptures of Truth which you call your Rule and everlasting Wo will come upon you if you do not speedily repent and with speed forsake those evil deeds for it is written in the Scriptures of Truth Wo unto thee that spoilest and thou wast not spoiled and I know we have not spoiled your goods nor sought your hurt any way but hath and still doth desire that you might repent and forsake the evil of your wayes and have your Sins forgiven you and obtain mercy from the Lord God we desire not your destruction the Lord God knoweth but we desire that you might repent and live But the words of Christ in the holy Scriptures bears witness against you that you have not done unto us as ye would we should have done unto you if you had been in our condition and we in yours you would not have had us to have imprisoned you unto death as you have done many of our dear Brethren whose innocent blood lies upon you and it cryeth unto God against you for vengeance as righteous Abel's did cry unto God against Murthering Cain and God doth hear and will avenge the blood of his Elect And you would not have had us to have spoiled your goods as you have done ours therefore the Scriptures of Truth without you and the Light of Christ within you doth bear witness against you And now you are stripped of all your Coverings and you stand judged and condemned before the Lord God of Heaven before whom all things are naked and bare he searcheth all hearts Ezek. 18 read it through and tryeth all reins and there is not any wicked work that you do or have done but the Lord God seeth them all and they must not go unpunished for the Lord God is just and equal in all his wayes and he will deal justly with you and with all people upon the Earth yea he will certainly reward every one according to their deeds done in the body whether they be good or evil And Christs words are upon Record in the holy Scriptures which you call your Rule where he commanded his Disciples to love their Enemies Mat. 5 43 44 45 46 47 48. and to do good unto those that did dispitefully use them and persecute them and they did as he commanded them for they loved him with all their hearts and his Commandments were not grievous unto them but to keep his Commandments was great joy unto them and so it is unto us whom you in scorn call Quakers endless infinite eternal everlasting praises honour dominion and thanks be unto the Lord our God who hath gathered us out from amongst you and by his own everlasting power working in our hearts he hath made us a willing people yea willing to bear all that you are permitted to do unto us and also makes us willing to do you any good that lieth in our power and so to reward you good for evil and this shall add to your torment and our God for whom we suffer he will clear our innocency in the sight of all Nations But you are far from fulfilling of this Command who hates and persecutes us who are your friends and so these words which Christ spake which is in the holy Scriptures which you call your Rule bears witness against you and the Light of Christ within you condemns you and so you are stripped of all your Coverings and so you stand judged and condemned by the Lord God in the presence of all holy just and upright men who sees and behold your wicked works And now all ye Merchant men Husbandmen and Tradesmen of what Trade or Calling soever who are Extortioners who take unlawfull gain and use unjust Weights and Measures who cheat and defraud one another in Buying and Selling and Exchanging of Gods good Creatures some of you lying and speaking worse of Gods good Creatures then you know them to be for your own corrupt ends that you may make a prey upon them that hath those good Creatures to sell and others of you that hath Gods Creatures to sell you speak better of them then you know them to be and so you tell lyes to get gain and so to make a prey of the Buyer and here you are judged and condemned by the Light of Christ within you and by his words which are upon Record in the holy Scriptures of Truth without you which you call your Rule because you do not do unto others as ye would they should do unto you and you do not love the Lord God with all your hearts and therefore you cannot love your Neighbour as your self therefore those words with many more in the holy Scriptures bears witness against you and the Light of Christ within you condemns you so you are neither Ruled by the Light of Christ within you nor by the Scriptures of Truth without you and so you are unruly Therefore I say unto you all turn in your minds unto the Eternal true Light wherewith Christ Jesus hath enlightened you all and if you love it it will work repentance in your hearts and if you give up your minds to be led by it it will lead you out of all deceit and double dealing and if you love it and in faithfulness follow and obey it it will lead you to love your Neighbours as your selves and then I am sure you neither can nor will nor dare cheat nor defraud them but then you will do unto them as you would they should do unto you and I am sure there is no man that would be cheated nor defrauded by any man that he deals withal in buying and selling and exchanging Gods good Creatures and so let every man and woman come to the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightened them and as they would have none to cheat nor defraud them the Light of Christ will not suffer them to cheat nor deceive nor defraud any man or woman or child whatsoever if they love it and in faithfulness follow it for the Light is the Spirit of Truth which leadeth into all Truth all those that believe in it and in faithfulness follow it and so if all people would come unto the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightened them then it would lead them all to deal justly plainly truly and uprightly one with another But alas this pure Light and Spirit in peoples Consciences is not loved nor heeded nor believed nor obeyed by many thousands of men and women who doth profess God and Christ in words and calls the Scripture their Rule and that is the reason that there is so much cheating and defrauding amongst people in buying and selling and exchanging