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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	bind_v	key_n	loose_v	3,794	5	10.2737	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43822	Nevv lords, nevv lavvs, or, A discovery of a grand usurpation, in opposition to the Holy Laws of God and contempt of the good laws, and royal prerogative of the supream magistrate, as it hath been lately practised by the lordly Matthew Caffin, a pretended true apostle of our blessed Lord and Saviour, and ruling head of his congregation, usually meeting at Southwater near Horsham in Sussex. By R. H.	Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.	1674 (1674)	Wing H202B; ESTC R216445	62,553	67

time before his Acts of Cruelty practised against me I taking an occasion to speak of the sudden death of a Woman of his Congregation he said He could not see how she could enter into the Kingdom meaning Heaven for that she died under Admonition without Confession or to that effect Whereupon I alleadging that for ought any one knew she might Repent of her Sin before she died He replied That it was all one if she did unless she had made Consession that so she might be forgiven by himself For you must know the Controversie lay not between the poor Woman and the Church but between her self and his Lordship who would have been her Confessor nor did he at this time know but that she might confess her Sin to some other Person But did she or did she not for want of articular Cofession and his Pardon he could not see any Hope Judge now I pray you Oh all ye whose Understandings and Judgments are not clouded with Idolatrous Zeal Whether this be not an infallible mark of Popish infallibility That he hath in his his own conceit the Keys of Heaven and Hell so that whom be himself binds on Earth are bound in Heaven and whom himself looseth on Earth is loosed in Heaven As if there were none in Heaven that hath power above him that may make any Alteration without his License or Consent But for as much as many be apt to suppose that this offence in the good Woman and I think a very good Woman too for I never heard that any could accuse her besides the unjust Judge was very great I therefore will give an account of her Crime which was thus This Womans Daughter in Law being always cross unkind as was observ'd by many went out because of their disagreements to service and home she came again with a great Belly at which the honest old Woman was greatly displeased and would not give her entertainment This was the whole matter and fact he charged against her which she must acknowledg to be sin and make Confession to him that she is sorry for so doing or else according to his Popeships principle she must be damn'd eternally I pray Sirs observe the charity of this tender tyrannical lobing Brother and Judg which of the two he had most kindness for the Mother or the Daughter Some of you perhaps may blame me saying These are private things and that if I did see an evil tendency in them I ought not after this publick manner to detect it but first admonish the offender in the spirit of love and meekness in private and if that will not do to take two or three more and if he refuse to reform then to bring it to the Church and not render him odious to all Whereunto I answer first That to the knowledg of some of you and of my self his Popeship hath taught me another Lesson nor did I ever find such Christian carriage from him or his Legate that would have a man damn'd for offending his Idol rather than for displeasing the most High Let it not then be grievous to receive the same measure you have already meeted and withal remember That the difference between sin committed through delusion or weakness being repented of and never justified and wickedness practised upon deliberation justified by Authority or defended by Lyes and Deceit is very great Nor had I been so large on this particular had I not certain knowledg of his great delight in auricular Confession which thing he improves to bring persons into subjection Secondly That I had not learnt this Lesson from your own practise and taken this way had it not been that you are constrained as it were not to believe me For say you All excommunicated persons will complain and therefore I may not be believed nor the truth of what I say regarded But whether I be believed or not this I know and with a good Conscience I can say That I have said no more of him than what I know to be true or what will be justified by others But here perhaps some of the weak Brethren may say That they have heard him preach against the Church of Rome and call her Whore and Harlot but never heard him preach against their pretended Infallibility and therefore methinks I hear some of them puting the Question to me saying Object You speak much against Infallibility but pray tell us what it is and shew us why it is dangerous to believe that our dear Apostle is Infallible Answ To which for the benefit of such as are really weak according to the best of my understanding I readily answer First That for a person or persons to be Infallible is as much as to say That they cannot Err or that 't is Impossible for them to be Mistaken Secondly If you believe any person Infallible you must also believe That whatsoever he or they Injoyn or Compel in Matters Religious or Civil whether in point of Faith or Obedience you who are under their Government must of necessity Embrace or Submit unto or otherwise be Damn'd hereafter or presently sent to Hell by separating of your Soul from your Body with Fire and Faggot or what other Torments they shall please to Invent since they cannot Err but whatever they do here on Earth is pleasing to God who may not make any Alteration without their Consent Thus if he whom you own for Infallible shall declare That Scriptures are corrupt and dangerous because they say Submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man you must believe they are so or else be damn'd and all the Congregation must say Amen If he shall declare the good Laws and Statutes of the Supreme Magistrate are unjust and not to be regarded you must believe it and act accordingly on the same penalties If he who is Infallible to cover his Deceit and carry on a Design require you to tell a Lye and say That such a thing is an offence to you when in truth the offence is his own and not yours for you understand not what it means yet you must do it or be damn'd If he or they who are thus Infallible shall Condemn a person for that which in its self is lawful and by him lawfully used and not abused you must joyn with them though against Gods Word Reason and your own Conscience and may not Trade with such person so as to buy or sell for him though you are his Servant or be damn'd If he who is Infallible shall Declare against those who are honest godly Officers and Members of several Congregations in London that he doth not own them you must thenceforth never regard what they do or say or be damn'd If he who is Infallible judge it lawful to be an Evesdropper to creep into a House and stand behind a Wall to hear the secret Discourse of Women you must by no means say It is a thing of ill report if you do into the Inquisition you must go or