Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	lord_n	people_n	4,953	5	4.9858	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96628	A voyce from the heavenly vvord of God; as a representation to every member of Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, in the behalf of Mr. John Lilburne close prisoner in Newgate. With the sighs and lamentations of many of the free born people of England, for justice and equity, whose answers are hereunto subscribed, on the behalf of themselves and others.	Willis, Ralph, fl. 1653.	1653 (1653)	Wing W2814; Thomason 669.f.17[43]; ESTC R211675	4,681	1

A Voyce from the Heavenly Word of God AS A Representation to every Member of Parliament of the Commonwealth of England In the Behalf of Mr. JOHN LILBVRNE close Prisoner in Newgate WITH The sighs and lamentations of many of the free born People of England for Justice and Equity whose names are hereunto subscribed on the behalf of themselves and others THe Lord Jehovah alone is the Power of all powers King of kings and Lord of lords By me Kings rule or Ragin and Princes decree Justice by me Princes Rule and Nobles even all the Judges of the earth Prov 8. 15 16. thus with the minde of God all the people that fear God do acknowledge all powers to be of God Rom. 13. 1 2 3. 1 Pet. 2. 13 14 2 Chron. 19. 4 5. These Scriptures discovering the reason why Powers are set up of God over people First Rulers are not a terror to good works but to the evil Rom. 13. 3. For the punishment of evil doers and for the praise of them that do well 1 Pet. 2. 14. And as Jehoshaphats charge was to the Judges which he set over the fenced Cities of Judah thus he said unto them Take heed what ye do for ye judge not for man but for the Lord who is with you or should be with you in judgement wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God nor respect of persons nor taking of gifts 2 Chron. 19. 4 5 6 7. And as Moses charged the Judges to hear the causes of their brethren and to judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with them Ye shall not respect persons in judgement but ye shall hear the small as well as the great ye shall not be afraid of the face of man for the judgement is Gods Deut. 1. 16 17. For the Word of the Lord saith Cursed is he that perverteth the judgement of the stranger fatherless and widow and all the people shall say Amen Deut. 27. 19. mark the words of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon Happy are the men happy are these thy servants which stand continually before thee and that hear thy wisdom therefore the Lord made him King to do Iudgement and Iustice 1 Kings 10. 8 9. For when the righteous are in Authority the people rejoyce but when the wicked beareth rule the people mourn The righteous considereth the cause of the poor but the wicked regardeth not to know it Prov. 29. 2. 7. for he that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God So shall he be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth even as the morning without clouds as the tender grass springeth out of the earth by clear shining after rain 2 Samuel 23. 3 4. for the pathes of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day Prov. 4. 18. It is joy to the just to do judgement but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity Prov. 21. 15. For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord and he pondereth all his goings Prov. 5 21. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the whole earth to shew himself strong in the be half of them whose hearts are perfect towards him 2 Chron. 16. 9. Zach. 4. 10. Jer. 16 17. Now he that is just shall surely live Thus are the charges of the everlasting God to all Princes or Parliaments or Magistrates and Judges that will obey the command of the God of Israel and in so doing you or they glorifie his name and gain to your selves everlasting comfort But now seeing the cause wherefore the Lord hath ordained a power to be over people and the rule for them to walk by as is abovenamed and you the present power that we are under as you do declare your selves to be the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England whom we own in all as all powers are of God praying for the preservation of you according to the Command of God by his Apostle that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty 1. Tim. 2. 1 2. and willing to assist you to the utmost of our power in all well-doing to the glory of God and Comfort of his people And we the free born people of the Commonwealth of England do understand you do declare your selves free and willing to do good for the free born people of this Nation in setting the oppressed free and you professing your selves to have much of the knowledge of God amongst you by your Declaration teachers of others therefore hear all ye people and hearken O earth and all that therein is and let the Lord God be witness against you the Lord from his holy Temple if you justifie the deeds of that wicked Parliament who are destroyed and gone out like the snuff of a candle Wo unto them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds when the morning is light then they practise it because it is in the power of their hands who make a man an offender for a word as did the late Parliament against Mr. Lilburn who made an Act to banish him for words which was the ground only and alone that that must illegal and unjust Act had its foundation from because mens wills would have it so and so there wills must become a Law by this insnaring Act not only to fine Lieut Col John Lilburn as that Act calls him in seven thousand pounds for words but he must go into perpetual banishment and if he return he must suffer as a Fellon Wil being the womb in which this most bitter inhumane illegal Act had its conception in the bowels of iniquity to make their will a destroying Law contrary to the Law of God and the Law of Nature which is to do unto all men as they would have all men to do unto them Now judge you whether the late Parliament hath done to Mr. Lilburne as they would be done by or if anyof you of this present Parliament should have any such Act and Fine made and past against you or any of your near relations judge ye But blessed be the Lord which judgeth righteously and hath not spoken his word in vain For the terrible ones are brought to nought and the scorner is consumed and all that watch for iniquity are cut off that make a man an offender for a word and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate and turn aside the just for a thing of nought Isai 29. 20 21 If a word against a man be but a trespass as Christ saith Matth. 18. 35. a man should forgive a man his trespass untill seventy times seven and seeing it lies in your power to forgive a trespass if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother his trespasses how shall Christ forgive you Now how much