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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	heaven_n	lord_n	see_v	17,577	5	3.7605	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71032	A discovery of the priests and professors and of their nakedness and shame which is coming upon them, from their high profession, to fall as mire in the streets.	Simpson, William, 1627?-1671.	1660 (1660)	Wing S3842; ESTC R20966	6,159	8

A Discovery of the PRIESTS AND PROFESSORS AND OF Their Nakedness and Shame which is coming upon them from their High Profession to fall as Mire in the Streets ALL People fear the Lord and give glory to his Name for the hour of his Judgement is come and he will reward every one according to his work there will be no hiding-place from the presence of the Lord for all who have been striving against the Light that comes from Christ shall with it be confounded for the wisdom of the wise men will the Lord turn backwards and all who strive against his Light shall surely fall and come to nothing Oh Priests and Professors Consider this the Lord is coming to try you and to make manifest your works he will sift you and make manifest your Root and Bottom which by your deceitful Covers you have hid your selves under and trampled the blood of the Covenant under foot by your deceitful Merchandize But now the Lord will strip you of your deceitful Covers that all that passe by when your iniquity and prophaneness is laid open shall wonder and be amazed that such a glorious Profession should become as a thing of nought which seemed to be very glorious in the eyes of many But the Lord is risen to shake all Foundations which are not in the life of Righteousness and turn and overturn till he come whose Right it is to rule all Nations with a rod of Iron and he will break the wicked in pieces like a Potters Vessel This is to you that have professed God in words but in life and practice have denyed him and striven against his witness which the Lord hath placed in you but now your Hypocrisie and Deceit will be laid open to the sight of many The Lord by his servants hath warned you long yea many years but ye have despised his Messengers and would have none of his counsel but like fed Horses snuffing up the ayre when the servants of the Lord did cry unto you to repent Some you sent to the Stocks as the Priest caused the Prophet in the daies of old when he spake the word of the Lord Jer. 20.2 As it was then so it is now for these many years you have been Haling out of your Synagogues and causing to be whipt and stockt and imprisoned the servants of the living God Have not I seen your Hypocrisie saith the Lord Have you digged deep to hide your Counsel from him that searcheth the heart Nay Verily you cannot the Lord will search you and try you and bring all your deeds to the Light And as you have done unto others so shall it be done unto you pressing down and running over because you refused the counsel of the Lord the Lord will refuse and reject you because the tender proffers of the Lord you have refused and rebelled against his Light and hardned your hearts and stiffened your necks and would not take his Yoke upon you which is easie and his Burthen light This hath been refused by you Priests and Professors The Lord will bring a Yoke upon you which all your wisdom will not bring you from under nay your wisdom the Lord is blasting and your profession will wither and Blackness and darkness will come over you You have slighted the day of your visitation and would have none of his counsel so the Lord hath rejected you So strive not against the Lord which hath brought this upon you For you have been sowing to the Wind and you shall reap the Whirl-wind Priests This is unto you As times and seasons have changed so ye have changed and the Lord hath seen your hypocrisie and he will reward you according to your works VVhen times went contrary to your minds then you preached up VVars and Fightings that many VVidows and fatherless children were made to cry out and many mens lives and Estates destroyed about Religion and to settle Church-government as you call it O Blush and be ashamed of your doings the Church of God is not to be established with carnal Sword nor with Wars nor with Fightings but in the Spirit and Power of the living God for times and seasons are in his hand and he changeth them as it seemeth good in his own eyes who will change Times and Seasons when he pleaseth For my wayes saith the Lord is contrary to your wayes So lie down in patience under the mighty hand of God and strive not against him which will bring down the lofty looks of man and lay his honour in the dust which will not take counsel at him who made Heaven and Earth which will be terrible to all unrighteousness Take heed to your selves preach up Wars and Fightings no more there hath been too much blood-shed about Religion to hold up your Presbytery and Independency but now the Lord sees your Hypocrisie for you have cryed down others and set up your selves in large Benefits and Augmentations to keep up your Church and this hath been done by the Sword and you are grown proud and wicked and have set up your selves and your Religion in high esteem in the Nations But hypocrisie and deceit hath lodged amongst you and now the Lord will sift you as Corn in a Sieve and your hypocrisie shall appear to many people which have looked upon you to be the Ministers of Christ when your Nakedness and Shame comes to be made manifest then they that passe by and considers your Shame and Nakedness which shall surely come upon you how your glorious Profession becomes as a fading Flower or as the morning Cloud or as the early Dew which passeth away so will your large Profession fall as Mire in the streets Strive not against the Lord in your hypocrisie neither put it in the minds of people to fight for your Religion as it hath been by some of you in years past to the destroying of many mens lives but now the Lord is bringing the sword of justice upon the hypocritical Nations who have dissembled with him long and think not in your hearts that you must yet stand and your Religion nay you must surely fall and this Government must come over you which you in your minds have been against which carnal Weapons hath protected But that is fallen and think not that you shall stand for the Lord hath thrown down the Sword and the Sword-men which you were protected by think not that you shall stand for you must surely come under the same Power which they are fallen under strive not against the Lord who is bringing this upon you as a Rod to correct you for you have long dissembled with men but you cannot dissemble with the Lord who searcheth the heart and tryeth the reins for his Light is risen which will discover all your waies and manifest your works which hath been in darkness with his eternal Light which is now risen to this very end that Antichrist may be made manifest in all his appearances all your Covers will be