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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	arise_v	joy_n	zion_n	19	3	9.9048	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52179	A loving invitation, and a faithful vvarning to all people, who believe they must give an account to the righteous God for the deeds done by them in the flesh that they speedily seek to make their peace with the living God, who made them, before the stroak of his justice come upon them, which is the breathing of my life, even to all who resort unto, or be separated from the House of Rimmon, but are not yet truly come to own the seed of life, the light of Christ in their consciences, to be their teacher, and so to believe in it, as they may be saved by it / by Martin Mason.	Mason, Martin, fl. 1650-1676.	1660 (1660)	Wing M931; ESTC R15731	8,619	15

its own but we are not of the World therefore the World hates us Is it not so let that of God in your Consciences arise and judge between us and our Enemies But the little Flock are fill'd with an holy Resolution in this holy War against the Beast and False Prophet who seek to poison the King in his Affections to this Innocent People The Righteous Innocent Seed though it suffer unto Death cannot bow to the Unrighteous Law of Man though not a People in the Nation more willing to submit to Just Government than they are O let the Sufferings of the Innocent come before you be tenderly affected by you and a Warning to you that you may hasten to the righteous God that made you and be faithful to his Witness within you in whatsoever it requireth of you And be not discouraged because Tryals seem near unto you they will not harm you but rather be good for you What if the Rod of the Wicked reach you and for a season be laid upon you 't is but to try you It shall not alwayes rest upon the back of the Righteous Sion shall not alwayes sit in the dust Faint not I say nor be discouraged There is a Remnant that cannot bow the knee to Baal yet are we no Enemies to Caesars Person nor good Government for we cannot fight with a Carnal Weapon neither for him nor against him but desire to live peaceably under him in the exercise of our Tender Consciences towards God and towards man and for that end do we willingly pay Tribute to him But in the Kingdom of our Consciences he must not come to rule Christ Jesus alone the Prince of Peace and Lord of Righteousness must king it there and not King Charles no nor the greatest Monarch upon Earth Therefore let not this dark cloudy day be any discouragement at all unto you in the exercise of your Consciences towards God This Day must have a Night Cold Winter will away The Sun of Righteousness will arise and shine gloriously in the hearts of the People Sufferings cannot fright the Suffering Seed nor Death it self if it come cannot daunt them For Sions King is with them the God of Israel is in the midst of them and speaks Comfort to them their Joy and Peace in God no mortal can take from them Dear Friends yet a little while and the Clouds will clear again God will plead the Cause and Innocency of his People in the Consciences of his and their Enemies What though they seek to weary out the Saints with Sufferings their expectations shall fail them for God is the Supporter of his People in all their Tryals for the Work is the Lords 'T is in vain for Antichrist to make War with the Lamb he shall find him a Terrible Lion 'T is the last Blow that ever the Beast and False-Prophet shall be able to give to the Royal Seed of Sions King the Rage of the Heathen will hasten and help forward their own Ruine The strength of Egypt is but as straw the fire of the Lord shall consume it and till then we do not expect to be delivered from it but are contented patiently to suffer under it what ever God shall suffer Man to inflict upon us In the mean time Friends let not Bitterness be in your hearts towards us nor any prejudice rise up in you against us because the Decrees of Men who are now in Authority do not favour us The righteous God knows the innocency of our Sufferings and that we are neither Caesars yours nor the Nations Enemies but your harmless Friends Wherefore let your Moderation appear towards all men and do no otherwise to us than you would have us or others do to you That 's the Royal Law of Sions King whom both you and we do owe subjection to in all things Come O come I say to Gods Witness in your Consciences and that will teach you the Fear of the Lord to Depart from Iniquity which is the beginning of Wisdom No true Wisdom can be possessed until the Fear of God be truly witnessed which cannot be unless Iniquity be departed from Dominion over sin you can never get until you come to Gods Witness which in your Consciences declares against it and are willing to submit unto the Light that it may lead you over all the Mountains of Iniquity and overturn all the strong-holds of Satan and destroy his kingdom within you For you have no other Armour to use against him but the Light which if you truly love and believe in will like Davids sling and stones hit the Uncircumcised Philistine in the Forehead with the Light must you overcome him and mortally wound that Man of Sin If you use any other Weapon in this Spiritual War you cannot prosper nor prevail against him but must be overcome and conquered by him The Scriptures nor any other outward thing are not able to grapple with him you must put on the Armour of Light and with that resist him or else be taken Captive by him 'T is the Power of that righteous Spirit that must prevail against him O let not Sin any longer be kept alive in you for 't is that which keeps Gods blessing from you and hinders him from being reconciled unto you and is the cause of all the trouble that comes upon you Sin brings a weight which will be too heavy for you Hast hast and meet the Righteous God by a true Repentance and forsaking of your sins that he may shew mercy to you before his judgments be poured down upon you For verily in the Fear of the Lord I testifie unto yon Gods heavy Indignation his hot Displeasure will speedily overtake you if your Iniquities be not speedily forsaken by you Gods dreadful Vengeance is near unto the Wicked in the Fear of the Lord I declare it to you O that you may hear and fear and sin no more against the God that made you O be not so vainly presumptuous as to trifle away your precious time O put not the day of the Lord afar off for lo I tell you it is very near unto you it is even at the door The time is nigh at hand when God will visit for the Iniquities of the people and wound the hairy scalp of the wicked Then shall the Drunkards Mirth be turned into Howling and the Oaths and Curses of the Wicked be a weight upon their Consciences too heavy for them to bear Then shall the Proud and Lofty be laid in the Dust and those that fare deliciously every Day by grinding the faces of the Poor shall be fed with Torment and the Glutton in sorrow be sent into his Sepulchre The wrath of the Wicked against the Innocent shall then meet with Judgment from the Dreadful God though his suffering Lambs do freely forgive them yet the Fire of the Lord shall be kindled within them and burn in their bowels till it have consumed them And the Lukewarm Professors who are neither cold nor hot who stand gazing at the Innocent afar off and in the secret of their hearts do little better than count the Crosse foolishness these will the Lord recompence according to their Doings He will stain the Pride of their Hearts and spue upon their Glory and their Hypocrifie and meer out-side Profession shall stink and be an ill favour to all sober people Ah! how Terrible will this approaching Day of the Lord be unto the Wicked Verily they shall be turned into Hell and all that forget God The greedy Priests shall then be utterly confounded the Merchants of Babylon shall weep and lament bitterly day and night Sorrow and Angish shall come forcibly upon them the Worm in their Consciences which never dies shall then begin to gnaw them yea that never-dying Worm shall then fearfully torment them and never leave till it have utterly consumed them All the Strength of Egypt shall then be terribly shaken and the Pillars of Persecution shall be broken in pieces Then shall Sion be raised out of the Dust and sing Hosanna's to her King Then shall Gods Truths which is now so unworthily contemned in the hearts of the Wicked be highly honoured and advanced his suffering Seed exalted the garments of Mourning shall then be laid aside Mordecai shall then be cloathed in Royal Apparel and mischievous Haman shall receive a Reward according to his Deeds The Righteous shall then rejoyce and be exceeding glad Prisons then shall not be the Portion of Gods People Then shall it be known how innocently we have suffered Then will God put a difference between the Precious and the Vile betwixt him that sweareth and him that feareth an Oath Till then O thou Righteous God we commit our Cause to Thee and shall through thy strength in patience bear the Yoak which our Adversaries shall be suffered to lay upon us Till then we are contented to be the Sheep whom the Wicked intend for the Slaughter and we shall not with any carnal weapon make resistance against them but pray for them In the integrity of our hearts O Lord we do forgive them and desire if it may stand with thy good will and pleasure thou wouldst shew mercy to them In thy strength O God are we bold to meet them and in the patience which thou givest us we shall weary them who seek to weary us Through thy assistance we shall not bow unto them thy Arm supporting us Lord we shall overcome them Thou art our stay our strength our shield our All Thou art with us Thou art good unto us Thou fights our Battels for us Thy living Presence is amongst us Thou hast promised to be yea Lord thou art and wilt be the Preserver of us Thou daily ministers thy Joy and Peace unto us Thy Blessing is not wanting upon us Thy Love and Mercies cannot fail us nor shall ever be distrusted by us The Dew of Heaven descends upon us Shall we then fear what man can do unto us O Righteous God let that for ever be far from us Glory Glory Hallelujahs to the God of Heaven for ever From the City-Gaol in Lincoln second day last moneth 1660. Written by a Sufferer for Righteousness sake M. M.