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cause_n	great_a	lord_n	see_v	5,118	5	3.3465	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78632	Cains off-spring demonstrated, as by their works they are discovered in a bitter persecution against the Lords people at Newark Upon Trent, in the county of Nottingham: being here truly related as it was suffered and executed at two several meetings. / Published for the truths sake, by those whom the proud in heart calls Quakers.		1659 (1659)	Wing C209; ESTC R229339	6,498	8

end of the Room and violently thrust us down both Men and Women and some was buffetted there and when they had thrust us down the stairs the Multitude had set themselves to execute the mischief of their hearts many of them had got staffs in their hands and had set themselves like a lane for a long way together and violently fell upon us with sore stripes buffettings knocking down throwing down bunching and stoning that some had their teeth knockt out some their faces beat into blacknesse Womens head-cloaths pulled off from their heads and bloud spilt the execution of which Cruelty cannot be expressed nor the stripes and blowes that then were laid upon the Innocent numbred and this was for a long time together executed upon above an hundred of us whose persons were all much exercised in this great suffering and cruel persecution and some had their Bridles and Saddle-girths cut that about one Friend there was above twenty Knives all drawn together And through all this our God appeared to preserve life and our deliverance was by his own arm Praises and Glory be unto him for ever And this Cruelty was exercised upon that day which they call their Sabbath and in that very time in which some of them were at their professed Worship And this was suffered and encouraged by him who in his place should have settled the people in quietnesse and peace yet there was a few appeared in some moderation and one Francis Fitz-Williams an Alderman was made serviceable to many Friends in taking off the wicked from exercising their Cruelty to the full and his Compassion did much appear towards the patient sufferers and they did not cease their Cruelty whilst any of us were left in the Town only one that did abide all night And thus did the Beast with his horns push and make War with the Lambs who in their innocency are justified in the sight of God and this is given forth that Truth may be cleared and the workers of iniquity may see themselves and come to Repentance before the fierceness of the wrath of God take hold upon them Therefore all you people of the Town of Newark who had any hand in this desparate wickednesse or whose hearts were joyned by consent Repent of your evil-doings from high to low for you are all proved and your way is tryed and your work is cursed and the wrath of the Lord is kindled against you Therefore unto thee who art called Mayor this is the word of the Lord God Repent repent that thy sins may be blotted ut and thy iniquity pardoned before the day of vengeance take hold upon thee for the Cry of the Poor is gone up unto the Lord of Sabbaths and he will enquire after thee and his hand will find thee out for Cain was a Murtherer and his Brothers bloud cryed against him and the Lord enquired after him and found him out and his sin was charged upon him and the judgement of God went forth against him and then he cryed that his punishment was greater then he could bear Put not this far from thee but read it near thee for the Root of Cain is in thee and thy fruits have made it manifest and without speedy repentance his punishment will fall upon thee because thou hast set thy heart to do wickedly And all people both old and young who were in this disperate wickednesse either with your hands or hearts you are by us pittied whom you so much wronged for sad is your states when it is truly considered and if you do not repent you will all perish for the Righteous God judgeth righteously and will lay the wickednesse of the wicked upon their own heads and turn them all into Hell because he is forgotten by them Then how can you escape who commit sin with greedinesse and runs to do violence with both hands performing the mischief of your hearts against the Innocent who seeks no revenge upon you but rather that ye might come to repentance escape the fierceness of Gods wrath which will speedily overtake you if you go on in your wickedness and there shall be none found to deliver you for he whom you serve is the God of this World and he hath dominion over you and at his will he hath you captive and you are his servants delighting your hearts in wickednesse and loving evil more then goodness Therefore wo is unto you from the Lord God because you have sold your selves to do wickedly and we being witnesses of it are constrained to testifie against you and all the unfruitful works of darknesse that is brought forth by you Therefore do you hate us because the Divels work in you is reproved by us as it was by him who testified against the World and all the evil deeds thereof and the Scripture is fulfilled which was spoken by him They hated me without a cause and the Servant is not greater then his Master If they have persecuted me they will persecute you saith the Lord And the time shall come that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God service Now read your selves and see whose off-spring you are for Cain was of the wicked one and he murthered Abel was Righteous and he suffered and so through Ages and Generations hath the Righteous suffered under the wickeds cruelty and as the birth born of the flesh hath alwayes persecuted the birth born of the spirit even so it is now for such were alwayes blinded who were of that birth that persecuted and so could never behold the appearance of God but turned against it in all ages for the Jews could not behold the Glory of the onely begotten of the Father when manifest amongst them nor could not believe that it was he but called him a Deceiver and a Blasphemer and a Prince of Devils and so took Councel together against him and by wicked hands crucified and slew him and these are your fathers O ye viperous Generation whom you are following and filling up the measure of iniquity turning against the Life of him whose Glory now appeareth and this will be your condemnation that light is come into the world and you love darknesse rather then light because your deeds are evil Therefore repent of your evil deeds and love them no more but turn to the Light that reproves you for them in your own conscience and love the light which searches you in secret and that will let you see wherein you have erred and how unlike reasonable men you have acted without either sobriety or moderation and it will smite you in your inward parts for all your transgressions and wound you in the secret of your hearts for all your sins and this is he of whom we testifie who is the True Light that lighteth every man that cometh into the World that you all may unto him be turned for he hath no pleasure that any of you should die but rather that you would turn from your wickednesse and