Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	life_n	put_v	4,782	5	4.7946	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40287	To all rulers and magistrates to be tender and take heed of persecuting and imprisoning and spoiling the goods of God's people for obeying, serving, and worshipping the Lord God that made them, and the heavens, and the earth, and all things therein / by G. Fox.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1683 (1683)	Wing F1941; ESTC R28012	4,537	14

to God Conditionally for God to forgive you your Trespasses against him as you do forgive them that Trespass against you and not otherwise you desire God to forgive you yours therefore I Desire you will Consider what you desire in this Prayer Oh! that all that Profess themselves Christians had the Spirit of Christ and the mind of Christ who said he Came not to Destroy Mens Lives but to Save them And rebuk't his Disciples who would have had fire to have come down from Heaven upon the Samaritans that would not Receive Christ and told them they did not know what Spirit they were of So if all Christendom had been in the Spirit of Christ and the mind of Christ and known what Spirit they had been of they would not have Destroyed so many Mens Lives by Goals and Persecutions about Religion and the Worship of God as they have done since Christ and the Apostles dayes So it is clear it is not the mind of Christ that any should suffer or be put to Death because they would not receive him or believe on him but to shake off the Dust of their Feet to be a Witness against them in the Day of Judgment And if we are to Pray for them that Persecute us then they need not fear that we should hate them for we are commanded to Love our Enemies and salute them and not only our Brethren we are to Pray for All Men even for KINGS and all that are in Authority that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable Life in all Godliness and Honesty for this is good and acceptable in the Sight of God our Saviour Now this should be the Practice of all them that profess true Christianity for God would have all men to be saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth for there is one God and one Mediator betwixt God and Men the Man Christ Jesus who gave himself a Ransom for all to be testified in due time Now if Kings and all men must be prayed for and all that be in Authority and God would have them all to be saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth and Christ gave himself a Ransom for all then why should men Persecute and Imprison and Destroy one another and Spoil the Goods of one another concerning Church Religion and Worship for not Conforming one to another whereas they should Pray for one another And do they not pretend to pluck up Tares before the World's End which Christ hath forbidden but is the Angels Work at the End of the World Why should such as pretend themselves Christians Imprison and Persecute any to Death whom Christ hath Ransomed who gave himself a Ransom for all And God would have all Men saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth then why should any be Destroyed upon the Account of Religion And Christ said He came to Save Men's Lives and not to Destroy them So it is clear it is not the Mind of God and Christ that Men should Destroy one another about Religions Wayes and Worships but Pray for one another for Christ said to his Disciples who would have had Fire come down from Heaven to have Destroyed the Samaritans Ye know not what Spirit ye are of and Rebuked them and told them He was not come to Destroy Men's Lives but to Save them And when Christ came there were too many destroyers of Mens Lives about Religion in the world and some of the Disciples were giving way to that spirit that would have had Men's Lives Destroyed that would not receive Christ but he came to destroy the Devil and his Works who was the Destroyer of Men's Lives and so Christ came not to Destroy Men's Lives but to Save them And therefore have all in Christendom who have Destroyed not known what Spirit they have been of that have Destroyed so many Men and Women's Lives by Imprisoning and Persecuting them about Religion and Worship since the Apostles dayes And hath not this been contrary to the Commands of Christ and the Mind of God who would have all be saved and all to be prayed for and to forgive one another and to love one another and to love Enemies yea to Pray for Persecutors and not be Persecutors and to be Clothers and Visiters of Christ in his Members in Prison and not to be Casters of him and his Members into Prison for Christ who tasted Death for every man and gave hmiself a Ransom for all to wit Men and Women who saith He came to Save Men's Lives and not to Destroy them He is the one Mediator between God and Man So judge in your selves what Spirit it hath been that hath led profess'd Christians to Persecute and Imprison and Destroy Men's Lives Estates about Religion Church and Worship since Christ and the Apostles dayes seeing Christ bids you Love Enemies Pray for Persecutors and them that Hate you and Despightfully use you And therefore my Desire is to the Lord That all that profess Christianity may possess Christ's Spirit and Mind and then they will not Persecute Christ in his Members And so I desire that all may come into the Fear of God that they may receive his pure gentle heavenly Wisdom that by it you may all be ordered order all that God gives you under your hands to his Glory Amen From him that desires nothing in his Heart and Soul but the eternal Good and all mens everlasting Happiness and welfare in Christ Jesus Amen G. F. Kingston the 24th of the 12th Moneth 1682. All that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall Suffer Persecution 2 Tim. 3.12 He that was Born After the Flesh Persecuted him that was Born After the Spirit even so it is now Gal. 4.29 Whoso stoppeth his Ears at the Cry of the Poor he also shall Cry Himself but shall not be heard Prov. 21.13 THE END