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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	law_n	lord_n	4,135	5	3.8427	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60963	To all the Christian congregations of the peculiar people of God now reproached and persecuted by the name, and under the denomination of Quakers that grace, mercy and peace of God the Father, and the power of his his Christ be abundantly multiplyed and encreased among you all.	Salthouse, Thomas, 1630-1691.; D. B. (Daniel Baker), fl. 1600-1660. aut	1662 (1662)	Wing S475AA; ESTC R214111	8,449	14

To all the Christian Congregations of the peculiar People of God now reproached and persecuted by the Name and under the denomination of Quakers that Grace Mercy and Peace of God the Father and the Power of his Christ be abundantly multiplyed and encreased among you all DEar Brethren and faithful Friends unto whom it hath pleased God to make known the riches of the glory of the great Mysterie that hath been hid from the wise and learned whose faces are turned towards Sion and whose faith stands in the Power of God who are come through great tribulations out of desolation and are turned to the chief Shepherd and Bishop of your souls in singleness of heart in the form of a servant and in the love of a brother do I humbly and heartily salure and send greeting unto you all and as a worker together with you I beseech you all to stand fast in the Liberty where Christ Jesus hath made you free let not so much as an inclination enter into your hearts of being again entangled with the old oppressive Antichristian yoke of Bondage from which you are delivered for what profit hath you in those things whereof ye are now ashamed To what purpose did you worship God when your fear towards him was taught by the Precepts of men Did you not then leave undone the things which you ought to have done and do the things which you ought not to have done And did you not then err in your hearts and go astray like lost sheep How did the false Prophet then lead you whose right eye is utterly darkned And how did the Merchants of the Earth make a prey upon you whilst you were all the day long accounted as sheep for the slaughter in the streets of the great City of Confusion where you have been captives mourning in desolation though you could not with delight participate in her sin And therefore hath the Lord called you forth and separated you from among them and saved you with a mighty salvation and lifted up the light of his countenance upon you and now is the Spirit of Life from God entered into you that laid as slain in the streets of the great City spiritually called Sodom and Aegypt Wherefore arise arise ye faithful and true Witnesses of the Most High over whom the Heathenish Inhabitants of the earth have made merry lift up your voices like Trumpets let the Word of God which is like fire proceed out of your mouths and let the high Praises of God be in your hearts March up to Mount Sion in the sight of your Enemies that you may see the Judgement of the great Whore the Beast and false Prophet taken alive and destroyed together And dear Friends whom God hath sought out and purchased as his peculiar Treasure be faithful to that which is your professed declared known principle and approved practise in the external exercise of your Religion confesse Christ before men and contend earnestly and with confidence in the day of tryal for the Faith once delivered to the Saints that it may appear be manifestly declared to all the world that you have respect to Gods requirings and love to his Law and that you are not in rebellion nor in transgression against the Lord nor unprofitable to the King although you are accused to be divers in your Laws and Customs at this day for godliness is profitable unto all things For this cause we pay tribute and pray for Kings and Rulers that under them we may live peaceably in this present World in all godliness and honesty as becometh Saint● Is the Decree sealed against you and the time prefixed and Posts gone forth because Mordecai cannot bow in obedience to the King's command Well And is there none to help nor to make supplication Stand stil and see the salvation of God the Enemy discomfited and Israels off-spring safely delivered Is there a Decree gone forth that none must meet ●r make prayers and supplication to God but under great penalties And wil not Daniel conform and obey the King's Laws No it 's contrary to the Law of his God and against the King hath he done nothing worthy of punishment And is the way in which you worship the God of Daniel at this day called Heresie And must not five meet together to make intercession and supplication to God for all men according to the practise of the primitive Christians but it must be accounted a transgression of Law Well it 's better to obey God then man in this case and to suffer affliction for non-conformity with the established persecuted people of God then to make shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience and so to be cast out as abominable branches amongst the workers of iniquity Are you despised by Sanballat because you are but a few in number and feeble in appearance Fear not little Flock for the Lord is with you and no Enchantment nor formed Weapon can prevail against you for your Work is of God and your Building wil stand in the stormy day Are you now hated reproached and persecuted for your Religion and righteousness Rejoice and be exceeding glad for this was the portion of your Predecessors the Prophets and holy Apostles in the dayes of their pilgrimage in this World Doth not the Fig-tree blossome Is there no appearance of fruit in the Vine Rejoice ye in the Lord and trust in the God of your salvation Is Truth fallen in the Streets Can Equity have no entrance Are proud men accounted happy and wickedness winked at You that fear the Lord and tremble at his Word meet often together and speak comfortably one unto another that the Lord may number your names among his Jewels I say neglect not the assembling of your selves together after the manner of some whose day is turned into darkness whose sun is gone down at noon and who are faln among the uncircumcised But dear friends enter all into the Mountain of the Lord's House and hide your selves within the munition of Rocks until the wrath of man be restrained and let every soul be subject to the power of Christ Jesus and you that are strong watch over the weak comfort the feeble-minded bear one anothers burdens say to them that are of a fearful heart Be strong Consider them that are in bonds as bound with them and as being members of the same body build up one another in the most holy faith endure hardships as seeing him that is invisible with respect to the recompence of reward the durable riches which are appointed for the faithful Let not the glory of this Worlds Kingdom external Liberty the pleasures of sin nor the treasures of Aegypt enter into your hearts to alienate your affections from your Head and Husband the Bridegroom and Bishop of your souls let neither flattery nor fair speeches draw you away from your stedfastness fear not mens frowns faint not in your minds cast not away your confidence think it not strange