Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	darkness_n	light_n	shadow_n	7,372	5	9.4624	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79863	Here is the swearers and they who swear falsly, and likewise they who compel men to swear, all tried by the law of the spirit of life which is in Chirst Jesus. Which law is holy, just, pure, and good; and all of them found guilty of sin and transgression against the true and living God; and also sentence pronounced against them all, that so transgress the Law of God, who with the wicked, and all they who forget God, must be turned into Hell, except they repent speedily; for with God there is no respect of persons in Judgement. Written the 21. day of the third month, 1661. by me Henry Clark.	Clark, Henry, 17th cent.	1661 (1661)	Wing C4454A; ESTC R231477	12,950	12

HERE IS THE SWEARERS AND They who swear falsly and likewise they who compel men to swear all tried by the Law of the Spirit of life WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS Which LAW is holy just pure and good and all of them found guilty of sin and transgression against the true and living God and also Sentence pronounced against them all that so transgress the Law of God who with the wicked and all they who forget God must be turned into Hell except they repent speedily for with God there is no respect of persons in Judgement By swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adultery they break out and blood toucheth blood Therefore shall the Land mourn and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish with the Beasts of the field and with the fowls of the Heaven yea the Fishes of the Sea also shall be taken away Hosea 4.23 Written the 21. day of the third Month 1661. by me HENRY CLARK LONDON Printed for the Author in the year 1661. Here is the Swearers and they who Swear falsly and likewise they who Compel men to Swear all tried by the Law of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ Jesus which Law is holy just pure and good c. IN the time of Ignorance and Darkness God winked at and passed by many things whereby mankind did transgress the pure and righteous Law of God which is holy just and good but now Light is come into the world even that Light which has been hid from the wise and prudent of ages and generations past the which Light God who is rich in mercy and love through the abundance thereof commanded Light to shine out of Darkness hath shined into the hearts of Babes and Sucklings and they who 〈◊〉 in the region and the shadow of Death saw this great Light which hath given unto them the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ who is the Light the true Light by which all things that are reproved are made manifest Therefore now God commands all men every where to repent and to turn from Darkness unto the Light and from the power of Sathan unto God who is Light and in him is no Darkness at all Now the Light shineth all men every where will be left without excuse Therefore turn ye turn ye every one from the evil of your ways and come to the knowledge of the Truth as God would have you that your souls may be saved For to fear God and keep his Commandements is the whole duty of man and the fear of the Lord is to depart from iniquity Therefore let every one that nameth the Name of JESUS depart from iniquity For because of Swearing and Forswearing and Swearing falsly Lying Killing Stealing and committing of Adultery the Land mourneth and as for the Rulers their violence is evil and their force is not right towards the People But the true and living God he hears the Cry of the Oppressed and sees and beholds their Oppressors yea he doth hear the Cry of his Elect that cries unto him day and night and he will avenge them of their Oppressors speedily And know ye this ye Kings and Rulers of the Earth that with God there is no respect of persons in judgment and to judgment ye must all come to give an account to the King of Kings the great Judge of all the Earth of all your works and deeds that have been done in and by your bodies And seeing it is thus written that surely men of low degree are vanity Psal 62.9 and men of high degree are a lie to be laid in the ballance they are altogether lighter then vanity Then how will ye be able to stand before the true and living God who is a consuming fire or what answer can ye make him unto this one question when he comes to plead with you What do ye cause and compell the people to Swear and transgress my Law and do ye not punish such as fear my Name and refuse to Swear in obedience to my Command saith the Lord God c. who hath required this thing at your hands to what will you flee for excuse 1. The Law of the land it cannot excuse you Why Because that Acts of Parliaments are acts of mens wills and not the Oracles of God and Parliaments as well as Councils may be led by wrong principles being not guided by the Spirit of God and so erre and make Laws of vanity or Acts of Errours and Statutes that are unjust and not good because they contradict the Law of God Therefore they cannot justifie your actions 2. Neither will the Antiquity of your Law for swearing excuse nor justifie you any more then the Temple at Jerusalem which was standing many Generations before Ieremiahs daies could justifie the Jews in their Murder Adultery and false swearing c. neither will it free you from the guiltiness of sin in the sight of God any more then Abraham could free the Jews from the bondage of sin for although they pleaded saying They had Abraham for their Father yet Christ told them Whosoever committeth sin is servant to sin and so not free but in bondage as ye are to your wills and lusts for which ye plead a Law But it is a Maxime in your own Law That what soever in its Original is altogether illegal and unjust can never by tract or length of time or by any Act or Acts subsequent be they what they will in any kinde or construction of Law be made just or legal c. And the Judges of this land know this Maxime to be true Therefore the more inexcusable are the Rulers and Judges of this Kingdome of England because they set at nought and reject the Counsel and Spirit of the true and living God which should be their Rule and guide to make all their Laws by and if Laws Acts and Statutes be not made according to that Rule they can never be legal just nor good 3. Neither can the example of other Nations herein excuse or justifie you Why because that the Customs Statutes and Ordinances of the Nations are vanity and the works of Errour and not of God for the waies of the wicked are abomination to the Lord Therefore ye should not follow a multitude to do evil nor learn the wayes of the Heathen who are Idolaters but refrain your feet from their paths and follow the true and living God fully and as for those who go under the denomination of Christian Princes and Kings or Emperours I do not hear of any one of them that feareth God and worketh righteousness and I do believe there is not scarce one of them that does and my reason is Because they use such acts of violence and cruelty towards those that fear God and keep his Commandements for if they themselves feared God they would depart from iniquity and leave off their acts of violence cruelty and oppression to such as fear God and