Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	according_a	know_v	spirit_n	3,351	5	5.2576	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02503	A true information to the nation, from the people called Quakers. Being a brief account of the proceedings of some of the magistrates in and about this city of London, against the aforesaid people, from the third day of the 5th moneth called July, to the last day of the 6th moneth called August, 1664. Composed and published for satisfaction of those who desire to be informed concerning this matter. By J.C.	Crook, John, 1617-1699.	1664 (1664)	Wing C7216; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 4152.f.20[2]; ESTC R29664	11,889	16

six of our friends being passing through an alley between John street and J●anses the same day aforesaid were taken by Constables and carried to Hickses-hall before 3 called Justices who proceeded against them as usually they do when they take us out of our meetings and sent them to Newgate there to remain without Bail or main prize for the space of 3 days only one of them to be kept on the 3d offence as they call it till the next Goal-delivery in order to Transportation Again upon the 28 aforesaid our friends being peaceably assembled at the Bul● and Mouth according to their wonted manner to worship God there came Ant●●… Ba●eman Mayor and our old adversary R. Brown who hath not yet answered for the bloud of many that was not long since even stifled up in noysome holes and prisons through his occasion and with their usual guards of both civil and military officers and placed themselves near the door and caused friends to be brought out before them where they examined them according to their usual manner and for refusing to pay the several fines by the said Magistrates unrighteously imposed on them they were committed to the number of 60 at least and sent to Newgate a back-way and not through the streets that their works of darkness might the less appear to the view of the world there to be kept without bail or main prize for the space of 4 days such of them as are for the 1 and 2 offence as they call it others of them that are on the 3 account the Keeper of the prison into whose custody they are usually sent receives orders from the Magistrates to observe their names and to secure them till Goal delivery and as the Keeper saith he hath now in his custody about 19 which are as he saith to come to their tryal for their 3 offence so called this present Sessions And this is still observable that R. Brown according to his wonted manner did the day abovesaid tear the hair of friends heads with his own hands and pinch the women and abuse many in a very inhumane and sad manner And this is very observable that because their works of darkness which they may well be ashamed of should not appear or be much taken notice of their usual manner is after the time is expired that friends are committed for to put them out of prison in the night season So here all may see and take notice how vigilant some of the Magistrates of this City of Lond. are in suppressing the meetings and assemblies of the people of God whose gathering and assembling is for no other end but only to wait upon the Lord and to worship him in spirit and truth according to the practice of the primitive Christians and because we know and are perswaded in our Consciences we cannot forsake this godly exercise whatsoever we suffer for the continuance thereof And we may appeal unto all sober people through this Nation and to the witness of God in the hearts of our persecutors who have known our manner of life and conversation whether or no we have deserved these things at the hands of these men or whether they are righteously or unrighteously inflicted upon us And although they may say they have a Law for what they do c. And according to their Law they ought to do it and if they should neglect the putting this Law in execution they shall not be accounted the Kings friends c. I answer so said the Jews concerning Christ We have a Law and by our Law he ought to die and further said unto Pilate if thou let this man alone thou art nof Caesars friend yet their saying they had a Law c. did not make their proceedings just no more this Law by which these Magistrates of London doth now proceed against us to prison us in order to banishment and so to death if we return again bear them out in what they do or render their proceeddings just in Gods account in the day when the Lord shall arise to make Inquisition for the bloud of his Saints and servants and to render to every one a just reward according to their doings neither in that day can the Law-makers bear out the Executioners of it but every one must give an account to God for his own doings therefore it concerns the Executioners of this Law who have taken in hand this unrighteous as it will prove and cruel work to consider what they are doing and whether they can stand justified in the sight of God in what they do For certainly whether you will believe or no the Lord is with us and will take our part and will plead our cause and what is done unto us he takes as done unto himself And they that strive to suppress us do not strive against us only but against the Lord also who is our strength and in the end he will surely be too hard for them and will grind them to powder and bruise them as in a morter except they speedily repent And furthermore it may be seen how the enmity of the devourer doth appear in these proceedings who the sooner to hasten this work of banishment and death upon retu●n doth usually commit friends for a very few days nay sometime but for 24 hours that so they may have them soon again upon another account Oh sad times indeed when according to appearance the greatest favour that can be shewn us if they proceed against us at all by the late Law is to keep us in prison as long as they can when in the mean time Drunkards and Stage players and I may say all kind of Vice tolerated and no notice taken of it by these men who are so zealously bent against an innocent and harmless people that cannot run with them into the same excess of Riot THE END