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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	destroy_v	devil_n	power_n	8,762	5	5.0803	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27130	Iacob is become a flame and the house of Esav stubble, or, The battail betwixt Michael and the dragon in which the seed of the woman is bruising the serpents head, and Cain the first birth ... is found the vagabond, and Abel and Abraham ... the friends of God : being a true discovery of the two seeds or births between which the enmity is put, the time and day being come in which the elder must serve the younger : with a few words to the priests, Bishops, Episcopal-men, and professors of this last age, and a short warning to the rulars and inhabitants of the earth.	Bayly, William, d. 1675.	1662 (1662)	Wing B1530; ESTC R27128	18,671	21

and laid low the haughtiness and hewed down the tree of wickedness and unrighteousness in us from whence these evil fruits before mentioned proceeded and hath redeemed us from our vain conversation in which we were as other Gentiles walking in the vanitys of our minds in the Lusts of Ignorance and hath raised up by the same power a seed of his own begetting in us having cast out the heathen in us that knew not God and prepared roome for his own Life and power and wisdome which is foolishness to the world to take possession of our hearts and consciences for ever to which our souls are subject knowing him to be the higher power who hath put down all Rule and all Authority in us which was contrary to him who is now become our King and our Law-giver Teacher and Saviour which no man can remove from us into a corner and we are led and guided by his spirit who is the wonderful Counsellour the mighty God the Prince of peace and are not Rebellious wilful or stubborn neither to God nor man in what is manifest to be his will concerning us And as for Magistrates and such as are in the Authority and power of God as was Moses and such men fearing God hating covetousness injustice and unrighteousness we dearly own and honour in the Lord even such as are punishers of evil doers favourers and encouragers of them that do well these are Magistrats in Gods behalfe bearing the Sword of Justice and true Judgement and not in vain being in the power and wisdome of God a terrour to evil doers and a praise to them that do well these are worthy of honour these rule well these answer the witness of God in all people these Judge Righteously equally and justly without partiallity in the fear and dread and domion of God having respect to him and his honour only in what they do not seeking their own honour which would perish but in meekness soberness and soundness of minde and Judgement without respect of persons judging between man and man being able to discerne the ground of all causes and controversies in the Light and Counsel of God whose servants they are mark that these are Magistrats not every one that beareth that name no more then all that profess Christ in words are Christians who can say Lord Lord and we are Christians and we love God when they hate the light his own witness in them and walk in darkness being Lyers and Hypocrits for none are Christians really and in Gods sight but they that follow Christ in the Regeneration being borne again through the strength and power and vertue of his own life and spirit being guided by it out of all unrighteousness into holiness righteousness and truth for they that say they are Christians and are not are Lyers and of the Synagoge of Satan whose will and works they do even they it is that bear the name of Magistrates and are not really so Now Magistrates are not a terrour to good works but to the evil mark that but such as have been and yet are so called in England New and Old have been and yet are a terrour to good works contrary to the end and will of God government on Earth and the very word Magistrate so that such are but like them that said they were Jews and were not but of the Synagogue and generation of him who hath been a lyer from the beginning for this I testifie in the Lord without respect of persons that such are not Magistrates ordained by him that are out of his fear and those good properties and qualities before mentioned though they may be rich and great men in the earth as Cain Esau and Haman were yet are like the Preists that bear rule by their means and not by the power wisdome and mercy of God who will rage and fume and storme like a wild Bull in a net before they have heard the causes and controversies of such as are brought before them because the spirit of Pride and Ambition which is of the Devil is not bowed unto and will imprison people right or wrong without breach of any just Law of God or man these are not Magistrates but evil doers and Magistrates are for the punishing of evil doers neither is that a just Law but an unrighteous decree which is made to be a terrour to good works and an encouragement to evil doers this is turning Judgment into Gall and Righteousness into Hemlock and the Sword backwards Consider these things for with them God is not pleased who beholds the prey that is made on them that depart from iniquity in the Land For such do well and are not evil doers who meet together in the fear of the true God to wait upon him in the light of his counsel by it to be guided into all truth through the knowledge of his will concerning them and their salvation that so they may serve God in his holy way acceptably all the daies of their life with reverence and godly fear for our God is a consuming fire and he or she that bears witness in the spirit of truth and power of righteousness against Pride Idolaty Popery or superstition or any other ungodly lusts deceit or hypocricy as preaching for money or Judging for rewards and such like Injustice Oppression and cruelty or any of the fruits of the corrupt tree which God is hewing down for the fire I say that man or woman boy or girle of the streets of Ierusalem that so doth as afore mentioned in the name of the Lord doth well and they that abuse them for so doing doth evil and God shall require it at their hands for he or she that stands a witness in the power and wisdome of God which is the higher power against the fleshly lusts which warr against the soul is in so doing the souls freind he that can hear let him him hear for to the higher power which was before the lusts and wills of men or the powers of darkness Death Hell and transgression the lower condemned power was are we subject and this seed or life which God hath raised in us who at this day are called Quakers cannot bow down to the Devil the lower power nor worship that spirit of Pride enmity ambition and wickedness which God hath determined to destroy root and branch and them that live in and worship it for it is the Image of the old Serpent the Devil and destroyer of mankind to which the pure Image or son of the living God could never bow but was always a sufferer for a season under its enmity and cruelty as may be seen throughout all ages to this day for it is no new thing to see him that is born after the flesh oppress and persecute him that is born after the spirit for it began at Abel even about sacrifice and is the same at this day for whatsoever you may say and profess in words Cain could also talk

time to manifest it self fully in the Creation that so the just God might Judge and destroy it Root and branch with a witness and that every mouth may be stopt and silent but what shall justifie the Righteous Judge in his Judgments which are equal just and true And this time of the growth manifestation Reigne and Government of this Seed the man of Sin or son of perdition which hath been exalted above all that is called God And the sufferings and oppressions of the Righteous seed hath been the time of the Creators forbearance long suffering and patience he that can hear let him hear even the long suffering of the Lord God gratious and merciful whose Name is I AM and besides him there is no Saviour he that can receive it let him and happy is the man that hath him on his side and that he may not be moved for the great God is come to move and to remove and shake all foundations Roots Seeds Plants and Trees that are not of the Root of Iesse the Plant of his own Right hand 's planting And wickedness shall be broaken as a tree Therefore look to it you ungodly ones ye seed of evil doers for your time is short you have had your day or rather your hour and power of darkness in which you have delighted to live in and manifest the Root and fruits of the wicked one even the Serpents seed which hath been bruising the heel of the womans seed even causing them to suffer by reproaches cruel mockings and persecutions as your brethren Ishmael Cain and Haman with many more of the same seed and stock have done to the Righteous seed in Ages past but now are the last of that Generation even the Dragons Tayle which think to draw down the stars of Heaven by your power of pride Rage and madness and are casting out many flouds of Venome against the woman and the remnant of her seed which keeps the Commandments and testimony of Jesus But it 's in vaine for you to strive against God the Creator of heaven and earth woe is your portion in so doing you will be ground to powder in the dreadful day at hand For as I have received of the mighty God in his eternal Counsel do I declare unto you that you that now are in the Spirit of Pride Envy Malice uncleaness Pleasures of this evil world Scoffing and deriding the poor and harmless and are in the flattering titles and respecting persons and forcing and persecuting about Religion and Worship in disdainfulness fullness and Idleness Hypocricy and all manner of unrighteousness I say you that are in this seed or spirit which brings forth these fruits and effects whether you be Popes Emperours Bishops Kings Priests Princes Dukes Earles or Counsels of ungodly men or any other of these flattering titles you bear you are of the same seed stock or offspring as was Cain Ishmael Haman Esau and the rest of that Generation mentioned in the Scriptures of truth out of whose Loynes proceeded many Princes as were the Princes of Ishmael and Dukes of Edom which were of Esaus stock who sould his Birth-right for a messe of Pottage Hear this ye ungodly and set your ears tingle for this is your state who for the satisfiing the Lusts of the fleshly Birth which are but for a season that war against your souls have lost the comfort rest and eternal peace thereof in the salvation of the pure Righteous God and instead of fearing his great and dread full Name and departing from iniquity and submiting to the strivings and reprofes of his Light and holy Spirit which lets you see the evil of your ways you are like Goliah of Gath the uncircumcised Philistine who defied the Armies of the living God and are vaunting your selves with your Challenges upbraiding and deridings against the true Israel for whose sake he will break the strength of Nations as he did in the days past when they were oppressed And be it known to you who are in the seed and spirit before mentioned by what names or flattering titles soever you are called oppressing the innocent who have no helper in the earth but the living God alone and are living in the pleasures of sin and ways of unrighteousness you are unto God the pure eternal Jehovah of Israel even as Pharoah Sodom and Egypt who are smitten with blindness not seeing the heavy plagues and dreadful Judgements that are swiftly coming upon you O ye Sons of transgression and children of falsehood who love the glory and pleasures of this world which passeth away and the honour below and vanity of vanitys which vexeth the pure spirit of the Righteous God and oppresseth your own souls your day hastens in which you will be as Stubble in the firery Oven even all you heathen that are at ease for the great and dreadful God of Israel is very sorely displeased with you and the wo and vengeance of his fury burns against you even this last Generation of Persecutors though you may plot consult and decree against his remnant whom he hath Redeemed from that seed fruits works and ways which you are in even out of Babylon and are brought to Sion where they declare the vengeance of the Almighty God against Babylon the great Whore whored from God the contrary to God which hath ruled and sat over Nations I say though you may combine and contrive much in the abundance of the wicked counsels of your hearts and decree unrighteous decrees yet you shall not prosper nor prevaile to accomplish your intents and purposes against my people I the Lord have spoken it no more then Pharoah Goliah Herod or Haman did who sought the young Childs life to destroy it but was prevented so you may consider it did ever any fight against God his seed and people and prosper But you may object being of the contrary seed and say are you the seed of God or his people against whom we have made Laws and decrees traps and snares even you that are called Quakers for we look upon you as Hereticks disobedient and dangerous persons not submiting to Governments not honouring Authority nor respecting persons nor giving us flattering titles but are of another generation then we are of therefore do we consult and contrive how to destroy you from being a people by imprisoning spoyling of goods and banishment and death also if we could bring it about and that even the whole Nation would not rise against it for all sober people we perceive are affected with you and your ways and dealings amongst them by which we are afraid to proceed so far as otherwise is in our hearts to do To which I shall answer in the Name of the Lord. That we who by the sinful and adulterous generation are scornfully called Quakers are the people servants and children of the most high God which might be demonstrated or proved paralel to his chosen seed and people in all Ages by the spirit ways