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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	day_n	light_n	rule_v	3,378	5	10.4702	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85153	VVitchcraft cast out from the religious seed and Israel of God. And the black art, or, nicromancery inchantments, sorcerers, wizards, lying divination, conjuration, and witchcraft, discovered, with the ground, fruits, and effects thereof: as it is proved to be acted in the mistery of iniquity, by the power of darknesse, and witnessed against by Scripture, and declared against also, from, and by them that the world scornfully calleth Quakers. Shewing, the danger thereof, ... Also, some things to clear the truth from reproaches, lies and slanders, and false accusations, occasioned by Daniel Bott and his slander-carriers, ... / Written in Warwickshire, the ninth moneth, 1654. As a judgement upon witchcraft, and a deniall, testimony and declaration against witchcraft, from those that the world reproachfully calleth Quakers.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1655 (1655)	Wing F513; Thomason E829_12; ESTC R202140	21,407	25

and the power of darkness by which thou art acted and thou labouredst by the power of darkness to have cast out the truth that opposed thy deceits but truth being raised up in the power of the holy Ghost thou couldst not but wert further laid open and discovered by it that the Scriptures thereby might be fulfilled for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness or what union hath light with darkness 2. Cor. 6. 14 15. which darkness acted thee forth in violence against the truth to resist it as Sorcerers Diviners Magicians Astrologers and Star-gazers aforetime in all ages because truth declares against the deeds of darkness and lying divinations as it did that day at Tamworth against thine Greaton who like Jannes and Jambres and also the Inchanters and Sorcerers and Diviners and Conjurers Wizards and Magicians of Pharaoh withstood Moses when he went by the true power of the Lord into Egypt for the accomplishing the work that God was about then the Devils instruments Sorcerers Inchanters and Wizards that were acted by the power of darkness and used witchcraft and lying wonders they withstood Moses and Pharaohs heart was hardened against him because he hearkened not to the messengers of God that were in the light and endued with the power of God but he took counsell of the Wizards black Artists and Magicians of Egypt that wrought signs and lying wonders by the power of darkness to deceive withall as it is written and when Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them by his power the Magicians and Wizards by their sorceries cast a mist to blind the eyes of people withall that were in darkness as they were and by their witchcrafts wrought their lying wonders to deceive withall and resisted the truth of God and the power of God acted by his servants Exod. 7. 19 20 21 22. And that wicked spirit in thee Nicholas Greaton sought to harden the peoples heart against the truth at Tamworth who was there discovered to be a fortune teller or an Inchanter a Wizard that tells people lyes for mony when their goods are wanting and other things in thy Inchantments and lying divinations which did not prove true as severall did witness against thee and thy lying divinations that day after that thou stoodst up a while to have maintained thy craft sorcery or lying divination by Scripture till truth cut thee out of them and thy folly was laid open and that Scripture was fulfilled by thee that day who came of set purpose to resist the truth and withstood it as Janne and Jambres withstood Moses but thy folly was made manifest to men as theirs was that withstood the truth that day at Tamworth till thy folly was made manifest as theirs was made manifest as it is written and witnessed also Read 2. Tim. 3. 8 9. And when thy sotcery and lying divinations and witchcrafts were discovered that day thou wouldst have justified it by Scripture but couldst not for they that spake forth the Scriptures were not Sorcerers nor Inchanters nor diuiners of lyes like thee but declared and witnessed against such practises and the plagues is due to all Witches and Wizards and diviners of lyes and those that join with them as it was with them that joined to Baal Peor to serve other Gods Numb. 15. 1. to the 10. And the Lord drave out the nations that did use such Inchantments Sorceries and Witchcrafts and it was and is an abomination to the Lord and they that do such things shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of God but be cast into the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone as it is written and witnessed Gal. 5. 19 20. 21 Rev. 22. 15. Rev. 20. 10 15. Rev. 21. 8 27. Thou broughrst in a place of Scripture to have proved thy sorceries and lying divinations which was this And God said let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the night from the day and let them be for signs and for seasons and for daies and years Gen. 1. 24. That was nothing at all to prove Sorcery and Inchantments thou Beast God did never say that by them they should use Inchantments and lying divinations and cast figures and tell fortunes as Sorcerers and Witches and black Artists Nicromancers Wizards that do divine lyes which thing God abhorres and all lyars and diviners for mony like thee Read Deut. 18. 10 11. But God set the Stars in the firmament of heaven to praise him and to be for lights upon the earth and God made two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night he made the Stars also and God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth and not for Witches to cast figures and Iyars to divine for mony by them but he set them to rule over the day and over the night and to divide the light from the darknesse and God saw that it was good as it is written and witnessed Gen. 1. 15 16 17 18. Secondly the Sun Moon and Stars were set in the firmament of heaven to know the regiment or government thereof and to hold forth the wisdom of God to praise him in the host of heaven in his wonderous works above the earth and not for fortune-tellers and Inchanters to divine for mony by them as Wizards and thou diviner of lies wouldst have them let the Scriptures be witnesse against thee and the Star-gazers Wizards and all that divine for mony thereby who would have the Scriptures to bear thee out in that which they witnesse against thee for acting contrary to them Thirdly the Stars were not set in the firmament for such as thou art to tell destinies or fortunes by nor to divine lyes for mony by nor to cast figures by to cast a mist before peoples eyes to deceive them by Witchcrafts as Wizards do that take peoples mony for false dreams and lying divinations and as thou sorcerer and perverter of the Scripture wouldst have them but the Stars were set to give light and to know the noble works of God in them and by them in their covenant as they stand and keep their course and to hold forth the wisdom of God in the firmament of heaven and also that man might praise him for his noble acts and as it is written in the book of Psalms Oh give thanks unto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth forever to his own host Oh give thanks to him that by wisdome made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever Oh give thanks to him that made the great lights for his mercy to his endureth for ever the Sun to rule the day and the Moon and the Stars to rule the night for his mercy endureth for ever and they were not set to divine lyes by and cast figures to tell fortunes so called and speak lying divinations by as thou sorcerer and diviner of lyes wouldst have them the Scriptures witnesse against