Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	court_n	say_a	writ_n	1,469	5	10.2245	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B20877	A declaration of the people of God in scorn called Quakers, to all magistrates and people.	Crook, John, 1617-1699.	1659 (1659)	Wing C7201; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 855.f.3[43]; ESTC R202165	5,420	8

A DECLARATION of the people of GOD in scorn called QUAKERS TO ALL MAGISTRATES AND PEOPLE FOrasmuch as it hath pleased God in his wisdome which is Infinite and by his power which is mighty by a way to the world unknown within these few years to raise up redeem to himself in this Nation a people to serve him in his own way and according to his own will that amongst them he might make his Name known and do for them great and terrible things amongst the Nation where they should come their Laws Worship Manners and Language being diverse from the laws worship manners and language of other people By reason whereof and of the false reports which the enemy of God the lying spirit which is in the mouth of the false prophets and ministers of unrighteousnesse they have been rendred odious unto the people and loaded with reproaches and false accusations as that they denied the Scriptures of Truth the Church of God the Wo●ship of God the Ministers of Christ and the maintenance belonging to the Ministers of the Gospel the Ordinances of Christ the Magistracy and Magistrates and would destroy all government and civil relations amongst men with many such false aspersions yea so far did that lying spirit for a time prevail with many that they thought if they killed us they did God service yea so far hath it prevailed with many in places of authority both Civil and Military that they have counted us the off-scouring of the World not sit for any thing except it were to be the subjects upon whom they might exercise their cruelty as our many cruel sufferings in this Nation and others adjacent do manifestly declare nothing almost befalling us in most Cities Towns Villages and Steeple-houses where we have come but bonds abuses and imprisonments insomuch that scarce any Goal within this Nation into which some of us have not been cast besides our being haled before Magistraces and Rulers and our being drawn before the Judgement-Seats in this Nation by whom we have suffered the imprisonment of our bodies many till death and the spoiling of our goods in such an excessive manner as scarce hath been heard of before And much of this suffering hath been occasioned by those men called Ministers of Christ which their fruits have n●w made them manifest not to be the Ministers of Christ but of Antichrist And for Tithes a Popish institution brought in by the Apostates in the Apostacy since the dayes of Christ and his Apostles set up as more largely hath been in several papers published and declared for the good of all people whose hearts and desires are after truth And these things have we suffered in our Native Country by our country men not by Bishops and high commission courts but by from such as had a hand in putting down those as enemies to the peoples liberties as men and as Christians and since have set up themselves and one another in high places but the Lord hath made them as slipperie to them as they were to the persecutors before them neither have their things before mentioned been done unto us for any evil we did unto them but for conscience sake have we thus suffered not for any transgression of the Law of God neither in truth of any wholsome law of this Nation as may appear by the things for which in the general we have suffered that is to say many of us have suffered imprisonment and other abuses for appearing in the Courts of this Nation in our own persons being thereunto commanded by Writs out of the said Courts upon a great pain to wit 100. l. a man and because we could not with freedom appear by an attorney many more of us have been are imprisoned in this Nation for no other cause then in truth our obedience to the command of Christ who saith Mat. 5.34.35.36.37 Swear not at all neither by Heaven for it is Gods throne nor by the earth for it is his footstool neither by Jerusalem for it is the City of the great King neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou can not make one hair white or black but let your yea be yea and your nay nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of evil And Mat. 23.22 it is said He that sweareth by Heaven sweareth by the throne of God and that sitteth thereon Now it is God that sitteth in Heaven which is his Throne therefore Christ Jesus forbiding to swear by Heaven which is Gods Throne forbideth to swear by God or any other oath then such judges or others that 〈◊〉 persons to swear are in plain contradiction to command of Christ and in so doing they do not judge for God but for men Neither have those called Barons of the 〈…〉 any known Law of this Nation to warrant such their actings there being no law of this Nation that requires any man to give his answer upon oath to what his accuser shall lay to his charge neither is there any known Law in this Nation that doth give that Court of Exchequer any cognizance of such causes as are for detention of Tithes For it is said No plea shall be holden or pleaded in the Exchequer except it do specially concern us and our Ministers of the Exchequer The statute of Rutland made May 14. Anno decimo Edw. And whereas it is alleadged that it is the Rule or Custom of that Court that people must answer upon oath It is answered that that Rule or custom which is contrary to Law is void and amongst the Churches of Christ there is no such custom as swearing and therefore must needs be a Heathenish custom which is vain being contrary to the command of Christ and another from the Law of the Nation or that maxim which saith No man is bound to accuse himself Many others of us have been unreasonably fined imprisoned and otherwayes persecuted for that is persecution when any man doth suffer for doing that which is good in obedience to God and for refraining from that which is evil for keeping their hats on their heads in a Court or before a man called a Justice Now there is no Law of God or of this Nation requireth such a thing as the putting off the hat at the command of a Judge or Justice for the hat as well as a cap is a covering for the head not onely for the woman but for the man also and where there is no Law there is no transgression And if it be said It is due to the Magistrate by custom or usage of the Nation It is answered The customs of the Nations or people are vain 〈◊〉 and Israel was commanded of God not to learn the customs or manners of the Nations or Heathen whom the Lord cast out of Canaan before them and all customs or usages which are contrary to reason are void in Law and amongst the Churches of Christ there was never such a custom neither is it according to the Scripture