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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	harden_v	let_v	pharaoh_n	4,715	5	11.0616	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66865	To the King and both houses of Parliament sitting at Westminster, and to every particular member thereof this is a timely warning that they do not make laws against the righteous and innocent people of the Lord called Quakers, as the unrighteous rulers whom God overthrew before them, did / by Humphrey Wolrich.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3302; ESTC R15082	13,107	16

the testimony and the sure witnesse of the Lord in our Consciences that we do not suffer as Thieves Murderers and evil doers neither are we guilty of the breach of any good Law of King Charles's but onely in this are we looked upon as guilty because we meet together to Worship the Lord as his Spirit leadeth us the King having commanded the contrary which Law should I never speak more I bear my Testimony against as unrighteous for as Children newly born are we clear from all plottings either against the King or any other Government since we were a people called of the Lord not to fight with Carnal weapons as many have done but with Spiritual Weapons which have been mighty through God not to the destroying of mens Bodies but the bringing down and destroying of that wicked spirit which hath captivated oppressed and destroyed the Creation of God under which the whole Creation travelleth in pain and groaneth greatly waiting for the redemption and manifestation of the Son of God who comes not to destroy the World or mens lives but the works of the Devil which have been wrought in man whereby mans life hath been a burthen too heavy for himself to bear And the Lord hath raised us up and we are his witnesses against all hireling Priests which Preach for hire and we bear our testimony and it is the Lords against all false Prophets which are in the was of Balaam runing gredily after rewards these are they which withstand the Lord and his people and though they say they are Ministers of Christ yet we testifie by the Spirit of the Lord that they are no better then the false Prophets which Jeremiah Esay and Ezekiel cryed against and such as Paul Phillip 3. complained of vers 18. For many walk of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping that they are enemies of the Crosse of Christ Whose end is destruction whose God is their Belly whose glory is in their shame who mind earthly things These are they which the Lords controversie is against and against whom he will stand as an adversary until he have destroyed them Root and Branch and as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these men withstand the Truth Mark How did they withstand Moses not by denying the signs and wonders which he wrought but by doing lying wonders by the enchantments and witchcraft which Moses did by the Power and finger of God so these men whom England hath taken for Ministers of Christ even these men which have run to every Power King and Parliament to establish them a Law for their Bellies these men do not resist the Truth in denying Prayer Singing and Preaching and such things as the Spirit of God led the Saints to formerly but by living in the form of them and Singing Preaching and Praying by the Spirit of the World as their Fruits make them manifest to have another Spirit then what the True Ministers and Prophets of God had which is not of the Father but of the World When did you ever read in all the Scriptures that the true Ministers did run to the Magistrates for their bellies as this generation of false teachers for many hundreds of years have done When Christ sent forth his Ministers to preach he bid them go and enquire in the Towns and Cities where they came who was worthy and such things as they set before them they were to eat this was their hire and maintenance which Christ the chief Bishop did allow them for saith he the Labourer is worthy of his meat he did not bid them go into such a Town or City and bargain by so much a year or how much will you give me and I 'le be your Minister but saith he freely have you received freely give Is not Englands Ministery and their gift of preaching bought in Oxford and Cambridge and sold in Cities and Countries all over this Nation so that which can be sold bought for mony is not the gift of God for all the gifts and graces of God are free and freely to be distributed as they are freely given and not sold for money So you may read Acts 8.20 where Simon the Sorcerer would have bought the gift of God for money Peter said unto him Thy money perish with thee because thou thoughtest the gift of God can be purchased with money Balaam the Sorcerer who had the gift of God freely given him a thing which the Ministers of England know not but are enemies thereunto he saw the goodly Tents of Jacob and the pleasant dwelling place of Israel but his heart being divided he would have sold the gift of God for money and the gift which God gave him freely if he could have done it by his inchantments he would have cursed the people whom the Lord had not cursed and in whom he himself confessing was the voice of a King and perceived that there was no divination nor inchantment against them Therefore he bemoans himself and says unto B●lak if thou wouldst give me thine house full of silver and gold I cannot go beyond the Commandment of the Lord Mark The holy One of Israel which will not be limited limits his enemies And to you all this is the word of the Lord You shall not go beyond your limit nor destroy the people whom the Lord hath blessed do not harden your hearts against the Lord as Pharaoh did for you have had many warnings by the Servants of the Lord already as Pharaoh had when he would not let Israel go but increased their bondage and doubled his cruelty against them and as the governments which went before you were often warned of a sore destruction and overthrow that was coming upon them and though their hands were strong and the Kingdoms were strengthned in their hands yet did the Servants of the Lord often warn them and foretell of all that is now befallen them And though they could not believe it when it was declared unto them neither did they relieve the oppressed nor loose the bands of the prisoner but as it is in this your day they waxed obstinate against the Lord and hearkned to the false Prophets and hireling Priests which were their ruine and mocked the Prophets and abused his Messengers which he sent unto them because he had compassion on his dwelling place so that the wrath of the Lord brake out upon them untill there was no remedy He gave them up to the spoilers as it is this day and them which were become tributaries to them hath he brought in subjection and made tributaries themselves how did they prosper judge in your selves was any able to stand before them while the Lord was on their side did they not prosper did not the dread and fear fall upon the Nations round about then was there no oppression of the Innocent nor wounding of tender Consciences in this Land about Religion when did they grow weak feeble and the mighty men became