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judgement_n	according_a	lord_n	time_n	1,649	5	3.4597	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51250	An address for submissive, peaceable, and loving living together under the present government to the people of the commonwealth of England, however by some called royalists, Presbyterians, independents, or fifth-monarchy-men / by Tho. Moore, senior.	Moore, Thomas, Senior.	1656 (1656)	Wing M2589A; ESTC R29036	24,462	35

craving power of the Magistrates of the Commonwealths or desire of any part of their Sword to carry an end and manage their business with So it was in the beginning of the first Christian Churches in the best times so that reverend Fathers and Brethren you may perceive I do not fault but justifie rather the Order desired by you though the terms of expression of it be obscure yea I could as willingly be under the same so I might enjoy the soundness of Faith and Liberty of spiritual fellowship with Brethren of another outward Order as before to have been under the BBs with Freedom from their superstitious Injunctions and to enjoy the foresaid Liberty for the order and power of this and that is one and the same if rightly used onely called by different Titles but this is that which is faulty and occasions faultiness The desire of the Magistrates Power to impower you to establish and carry an end this Order for which you have neither Word nor Example of Christ or any his Apostles Prophets or Evangelists nor any thing like but the by-gone Law of the Aaronical Priesthood Oh my Fathers and Brethren did you so mourn for the Tyranny of this Power in the BBs hands and would you have it in yours was their lording Power over their Brethrens Faith and Conscience so evil in your eyes and will the same be good in your hands when onely the Title of Lord and some gross outward Superstitions are taken away was Liberty of Conscience for all Fearers of the Lord so good and much to be desired when that power was in their hands and is the same now a cursed Liberty and toleration for any but those that submit to have that Power in your hands and come under your Order when many tender Consciences of your godly Brethren can no more digest your Order than they could the former I hope the most of you by this time are better perswaded than to be soliciting the Governour to give Power into your hands to rule over your Brethren It 's enough we are protected and you have Liberty for going on and winning in all that by Word and good Conversation you prevail with to joyn in that Order I hope this contents you so that you will not murmur at but be thankful for the Government and press for no farther Power than the protection it so lovingly affords you as for those whose Spirits are still carried to enjoy that Power in their hands do they not hereby either justifie the Power they pretended against and so testifie it was not conscience of sinfulness in a lordly Power in Ministery of the Church nor the lordly Power they sought to pull down but the taking away those Persons and Titles and exalting themselves into the same Power or else their mindes are altered desiring to have that builded and established of which once they complained and sought to pull it down Surely such may thank God that the Governour affords them not their desires for did he they would hurt both him and themselves and others also as much as their fore-Fathers did but I hope there remains not many thus minded Therefore my request is That we may consider well the mercies God hath given us in the Government he hath set over us and what an Instrument of Mercy the Governour is made to us Surely we are eased of that which if our hearts were right was our greatest grief and complaint And there is Liberty for that desired Order as far as by Scripture Truth Teaching and holy Conversation and warrantize from God may be reached unto yea more then when we fasted and prayed we did expect in answer of our Prayer Let us not grutch our Brethren to enjoy the same mercy with our selves that prayed and have their Prayers answered with us but in thankfulness to him that answereth our Prayers praise God and thank him for our Government and pray for our Governour and live together in peace and love under his Government not biting one another lest we be consumed of one another and if we be per●ect and of one minde to glorifie God and live in peace the God of peace will be with us and bless our Protector and us also 2. And you beloved Fathers and Brethren whom some groundlesly call Independents I hope you have as much as your Souls desire of the Protector as Protector and in the Government in respect of your personal and social Concernments in that Liberty and protection that is afforded you seeing whatever by the Word and your holy Conversation according to the light and knowledge given you and blessing of success afforded you you have even outward Liberty to congregate and receive into your Congregations and to order for Offices and Exercise according to your Conscience and understanding of the Word and protection herein also I know you desire not worldly promotion nor any power of the Magistrate to Lord it over your Brethren that in some things dissent from you and accord not in all things in your Order in congregating and so you do readily that which my Address is for And so my Request to you is That we may in singleness of heart to God and love to one another persevere in Thankfulness and Prayers for the Instruments of our Mercy and not by discontented Thoughts suggested by any be waved but live peaceably with acknowledgement of the Mercy given us under the Government over us and that we may so do let us neither judge nor despise our Brethren fearing the Lord though in some things they dissent from us Rom. 14.1,18 walking according to the light they have received and not according to all that light we conceive our selves to have received nor murmur at or press the removal of some things that agree not with our Judgements about a publick Ministery in the Nation and the maintenance thereof You know that new Wine put in old Vessels will break the Vessel and both Wine and Vessel will be marred and every thing is beautiful in its time and some things of that Nature can yet hardly be done with Righteousness and besides as Christ is a Saviour so his followers principal aim in their agitations is saving and the sudden doing of some things of that Nature would produce raging hardening destroying rather than saving them till by degree they be brought to a fitter capacity And if we remember God's gracious order in dealing with us to bring us to that we now enjoy and wait with patience for others to win them with loving-kindness and minde God's hand who knows what is fittest for us and when and pray to our heavenly Father for blessing guidance and protecting of our Protector and his Council he that hath heard and answered us thus far will certainly so far as is good for us hear and answer us farther onely let us not undervalue but improve the opportunities already given us and so in thankfulness for walk submissively to and peaceably