Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	earth_n	light_n	rule_v	1,848	5	9.5748	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60431	The cruelty of the magistrates of Evesham, in Worcester-shire, or, Some further particulars of their dealings and proceedings at the late sessions, and othertimes, against those people, whom scornfully they call Quakers with a warning to the heads and rulers and all people of this nation / written from Evesham the 15 day of the 8 month, 1655.	Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1635 (1635)	Wing S4055; ESTC R31947	17,567	24

put his hand to which was scandalous against the Magistrates of the town and he said he put his hand to a paper which was no scandall but truth and he was there ready to prove it to be true and then for that time he was put by and the next morning about the ninth hour he was then called again and then they read an Indictment against him for setting his hand to a paper which they said was maliciously against the Magistrates and asked him if he owned it and he said all malice and spight I deny but for the printed paper he owned it to be true and was there ready to prove it and Robert Atkins said we conceive it to be scandalous and would not suffer him to call his Witnesses and said We must proceed to fine and so fined him 20. l. The 14th Day of October being the first day of the Week there vvas a meeting at Captain Edward Pitwaye's house in the morning and there vvere tvvo of our friends coming to the meeting and as they passed by the Goale they looked in at the the Goal hole and spake to the prisoners and before they had stayed half a quarter of an hour there came the Mayor and put them in prison and said they should go into the prison right or vvrong and in the afternoon Edward Young the Mayor came to our meeting before the Goal vvhere our friend Humphrey Smith spake out of the Goal-hole and the Mayor came and laid violent hands of many of our friends and sent them avvay to prison and several Country people he set in the Stocks although vve vvere all peaceable and not a man did give him or his Constables that vvas vvith him a vvord that vvas uncivill but desired that vve might be peaceable in our meeting but the Mayor vvas very outragious and one he did kick and another he did lay hands on and said he had almost forgotten the civil Gentleman and so sent him to prison and did put our friend Humphrey Smith and the rest that were in the Main-Goal into the Dungeon and said we should not see his face again it may be this twelve months except he had order from above to take him out and some Women he laid hands on and plucked them and said if he had a prison for them they should go to Prison TO all the Heads and Rulers of this Nation and Great men and Rich men who would have the ha●… put off to you and would have your persons respected which is contrary to the Law of God for he that respecteth persons committeth sin and he is a transgressor of the Law of God and you that say authority commands it and would have your persons respected you that do so commit sin and would have others to commit sin and so to transgress the Law of ●od and to depart from the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ which is without respect of persons which faith is held in a pure conscience which all who respect persons acts contrary to that which doth convince them and casts the Law of God behind their backs and are reprobates concerning the Faith of our Lord Jesus When Haman would have had Mordicai to have bowed to him when he could not disobey the Law of God Haman might say he disobeyed and was not subject to authority as you do now when men stands patiently by you which say authority commands it to put off the hat who would have the creature worshipped more than the Creator upon such the judgements of God comes as you may read Rom 1● And as the three Children could not bow to the Image which Nebuchadnezar had set up they might say they disobeyed authority and was not subject to authority as you may do now because men do not off their hats in your Sessions and Courts and so they come to be fined which there is no example for in all the Law of God but it is a judge upon all that respect persons to which the soul must be subject And all who follows the lusts acts contrary to the Light which doth convince there that is let in which wars against the soul he that makes Laws and acts in that nature and with it which follows the lusts and sets up that which wa●s against the soul which the soul cannot be subiect to but to the higher power that which answers the Law of God and the higher power is that which doth convince which the soul must be subiect to and not to mans will neither to that which is made in it nor to that which doth command for the cross is to it and so all you which would have hats put off to you seeing there is not one example among all the heathenish Kings or rulers as you read in all the Scriptures and all you who hath doth profess the Scripture to be your rule search it throughout and see if you can find any example in it that ever any that were rulers for God that commanded any to put off their hats to them and if you cannot you may see you are grown higher in iniquity pride and ambition than them all Nebuchadnezar lost his Kingdome Haman Pharoah destroyed who oppressed the seed of God And beware all ye that scoff scorn persecute the righteous seed of God the power of God is the same now that it vvas then to throvv you dovvn and that of God in all consciences shall ansvver it And you vvho profess your selves Christians and Christian Magistrates and the Scriptures to be your rule search it and see if you can find any example among all the Saints of God or any of the Christian Magistrates that did beare rule for God command any to put of their hats to them Did ever Moses Ioshua or Iephtha Solomon or Hezekiah vvho vvere Iudges and Kings in Israel command any to put off their hats that came before them Or did any of these imprison them if they did not or ever Pharoah Herod Pilate Darius or Foelex or any of the heathenish Kings or Governours command any to put off their hats that came before them or fine them or imprison them if they did not now seeing none of these commanded any to do it what can you plead for it but your own wills and beware how you make that your Law as you will answer it for you must all give an account to the just God of heaven and earth who will tender to every man according to his works without respect of persons From the Lord I warn you and to the Light in all consciences I speak that with it you may see the same nature ruling in you that ruled in Haman who would have had Mordecai to have bowed down to have satisfied his will which he would not do though the King had commanded it and he was justified by God in not doing of it and Haman who would have been honoured brought to shame and confusion Read East 2.7 10. Therefore all