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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bishop_n	king_n	law_n	2,874	5	5.0332	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86654	The visitation of the rebellious nation of Ireland. And a warning from the Lord proclaimed, to all the inhabitants thereof, to make their peace with him before hislong [sic] suffering come to an end. With a lamentation over its unfruitfulnes and rebellion after so many visitations. And an exhortation to all the honest hearted, to meet the Lord by repentance, while the patience of the Lord continues. Or the sealing of the Lords testimony unto all sorts of people in that land, by his servants, after their several months sore labours, and travells, and sufferings therein, who loved not their lives for the seeds sake. Also some particular papers, written in that nation, to severall sorts of people. I. A warning, to the heads, and rulers, and people of Dublin. ... VII. An invitation to all the poor desolate souldiers, to repent, and make their peace with the Lord, and their duty shewed them, what the Lord requires of them. By them who are sufferers, for the seeds sake; waiting for the building of distressed Sion: F.H. E.B.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.; Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1656 (1656)	Wing H3188; Thomason E880_6; ESTC R202550	29,686	40

condemnation and such a Government will stand for the praise of them that doe well and encouraging of the upright but if such bear rule and handle the Law which know not God nor is not ruled by him these will abuse the Law and will be a terrour to righteousnesse and good works and will strengthen the hands of evill doers and will let vice and wickednes escape unpunished This I speak in love to all your soules to the informing of all your minds that you may know your place and how to exalt justice and judgement the light of the Son of God by which every man is lighted is but one in all just righteous and equall the same in him that hates it and transgresses the righteous Law as it is in him that loves it and judges all transgressions And this light of Christ by which all men is lightned is the seate of justice and of true judgement and the ground of all good wholsome Laws and every Law that is contrary to it is for condemnation by it Therefore I say waite in the light by which you are lightned to receive the pure Law of God to judge all causes by and make no Law in your own wills nor act not in such Laws made by the will of man for such Laws is oppression and tyranny lodges in them and false judgement and such God hath and will cast out who acted from that ground So be ye warned by their fall and judge not after your own thoughts nor sensuall carnall wisdome nor follow not your own wills nor the counsell of your own hearts but stand in Gods counsell and fear his name and tremble at his presence and waite to be guided by him in his holy Law which all unrighteous counsells and vaine affections and false judgements will condemn in your own hearts then you will truly know how to judge your brethren in equity righteousnes how to reward well doers how to punish evil doers according to the measure of their transgressions and according to the light in their own consciences by which they being convinced from your Law of the evill of their transgression will confesse your Law and judgement to be just and equall and you to be righteous Judges here you judge for God and bears not the sword in vaine but is a terror to transgressours and to the disobedient and lawlesse against which the Law was onely added to slay unrighteousnesse but it was not made for the righteous whose consciences are exercised towards God and towards man by the pure Law of God written in the heart and upon such and over such your Law hath no power for they are one and in union with that Law which is righteous and doth witnesse the justnesse and goodnesse and holinesse of it but if you make a Law in your own wills and judge by such a Law then you will make the innocent suffer and oppresses them who walks in the Law of God and in the exercise of a pure conscience Christ was put to death by such a Law and the Saints in all generations was persecuted by such Laws which was made in the will of man contrary to the will and Law of God therefore take heed to your selves least God hew down you and your Law together and condemn you by his righteous Law eternally which Law of God needs not to be made but is made already and to be witnessed by the light in every mans conscience to justification or condemnation and is revealed in all that love righteousnesse So take heed what you doe and know your place and the length and breadth of your Law which is committed to you which is to keep the outward man in good order and the Nations in peace and truth and from theft and murder and adultery and fighting and quarrelling and drunkenesse and wronging one another and such like such who acts these things walks contrary to the light and so brings themselves under the penalty of the Law but over the inward man your Law which is outward hath no power to bind to limit or to tie too or from any way of worship in Religion but let Religion defend it selfe and lay not your Law upon the conscience to exercise dominion over it for it is Christs seat in whom he will rule least you be found tyrants and numbred for destruction nor limit not the Spirit of the Lord how when where and by whom it must speak for the holy men of God in all ages ever cryed against such Laws as was contrary to the Law of God and did limit the Spirit of the Lord and against such Rulers as did judge false judgement and for gifts and rewards and against such Priests and Prophets as preached for hire and divined for money and sought for their gaine from their quarter and made a prey upon the people and through coveteousnesse made merchandize of soules therefore be ye warned if such you uphold by a Law which acts those things which the Scripture declares against which the holy men of God gave forth by his Spirit the Scripture which you professe shall stand a witnesse against you and the Law of God will condemn you and God will lay your honour in the dust and cast you out of the seat of Judgement as he hath done the power of the King Bishops before you but judge the cause of the poor needy of the widow fatherles joyn mercy with judgment and lay your swords upon oppression and all tyranny and wrong dealing that the land may be cleansed of evill doers and equity and righteousnesse may flow down and the Nation in good order may be kept in peace and righteousnesse and so God will establish you among his children who are taught of him alone and are far from oppression to the light of God in all your consciences I doe speak which if you make Laws contrary to it and judge contrary to it it is the eternall condemnation of you and of your Lawes and judgement And remember you are warned in your life time and my conscience is cleared to you and in the day of the Lord you shall witnesse me to be true and this to be the word of the Lord to you whether you will hear or forbear Written to you by a friend of righteousnesse and true judgement from the Spirit of the Lord as moved of him in love to all your soules to go abroad among the heads and Rulers and Judges in Dublin and else where through the Nation of Ireland from one who is called a Quaker by scorners whose name in the flesh is Edw Burrough Written at Dublin the 23 of the 8 month 1655. And now O ye Heads and Rulers happy had you been if you had taken the counsel of the Lord and submitted to have obeyed his word which came to you as moved of him but in that you have neglectted have made Laws in your will exercised Lordship over the