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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	son_n	wrath_n	7,114	5	9.3334	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40201	The hypocrites fast and feast not God's holy day hat-honour to men, man's institution not God's : presented to the view and consideration of papistical and Protestant time servers and day-observers, vvill-worshippers and persecutors, and satisfaction of the moderate inquirer / by George Fox.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1677 (1677)	Wing F1845; ESTC R31684	8,837	16

Sin and Evil and that will keep down the Fist of Wickedness and the Bond of Iniquity c. And why should not People that be of tender Consciences have their Liberty to exercise their Consciences towards God that they may have a good Conscience alwayes towards God and man and to that which God requires and to do unto all men as they would have them do unto them to love their Neighbours as themselves And seeing there is so many debauched and seared Consciences as with a hot Iron have their Liberty in their loose Lives and Conversations and in their loose words whose Tongues are at liberty to swear and curse and their Spirits are at liberty in Drunkenness and Uncleanness so let the Magistrates look see how this evil Conscience hath its liberty to be exercised in all manner of Evil Things yea all Christendom over which is a great Shame and Dishonour to God Christ Christianity Humanity And therefore why should not God's People have their liberty to exercise their good and tender Consciences towards God and man for the Mystery of Faith which Christ Jesus is the author and finisher of is held in a pure Conscience and should not the Work of the Christian Magistrates be to encourage the Exercise of this pure Conscience towards God and man and to discourage the exercise of this evil Conscience which dishonours God Christ and true Christianity If not how are they a Praise to them that do well and a Terror to evil-doers And now concerning The not Putting off Hats for which many that go under the Name of Christians have taken Offence at us because we could not put off our Ha●s and bow down to them for which we find no such command from Christ or his Apostles but rather to the contrary for Christ saith I receive not Honour of man M●rk Job 5.41 42. he did not receive Honour of men And further Christ saith How can ye believe which recive Hon●ur one of another and seek not the Honour that comes from God only Now Christ declares it to be a Mark of an Unbeliever that seeks Honour one of another and seeks not that Honour that comes from God only And is not the putt●ng off the Hat and bowing with it an Honour of men which they seek one of another and are offended if they have it not Nay have they not fined persecuted and imprisoned some because they did not put off their Ha●s to them Nay do not the ve●y Turks mock at the Christians in their Proverb saying That the Christians spend most of their time in shewing their bare Heaths one to another ●ut should not the Christians be beyond the Turks that bear that noble Name of Chistian in seeking Honour one of another and perse●uting them that will not give it them when all true believing Christians should seek the Honour that comes from God only whi●h is the Du●y of all true Believers in Christ Jesus for he would not receive Hon●ur of men And he that believeth on the Son of God hath Ever lasting Life and he that believe●h not the Son of God shall not see Life but the Wrath of God abi●eth upon him And now is not the Turks Proverb a Reproach to the Christians who say that The Christians spend most of their time in shewing their bare Heads one to another Nay have you not fined and imprisoned many because that they could not put of their Hats to you and shew you their bare Heads Nay in many of your courts they shall not have Right and Justice and its hard for Apprentices in some Places to get their Liberty Freedom in Cities or States though they have truly served their Time are honest civil men unless they will put off their hats shew their bare Heads And have not some of you made a law against such as will not put off their hats and shew you their bare heads yea and to compel and force them to do it and fine such as do not Two Guilders as at Lansmeer in Holland in Waterland And is not this the Honour that you seek one of another Did not the Pharisees and Jews do the same Now as for your saying the Apostle commands To honour all men and such as rule well are worthy of double Honour Now if this Honouring all men were to put off the Hat to àll men shew all men their bare Heads then this command you break your selves for you do not do this to all men generally and if they that rule well must have Double Hat-honour then they must put off their Hats twicej ànd shew their bare Heads twice Now if this Hat-Honour and shewing the bare Head be an Invention of man and not from God and ye cannot prove it by Scripture and yet you say it is your Rule then you act beside the Rule and compel People to act conrrary to your Rule for where did ever the Prophets Chri●t or the Apostles command any such thing let us see a Command a Practice or an Example for it Nebuchadnezzar who was a Persecutor and cast the Three Chidren of Israel into the fire With their Hose Cloaks and Hats we do not read that he was offended at them because they did not p●t off their Hats and shew him their bare Heads but because they would not bow to his Image And is it not in the Margin of the Pible where it is said Honour all men it is said Have all men in Esr●em then they that rule well are worthy of Double E●te●●● and this Esteem must be trùly in the Heart without any Envy Malice or Hatred as all men are the Workmanship of God they are to be esteemed in the Heart wi h the Spirit of God and they that Rule wellare worthy of double Esteem and here is true Honour from the Heart both to God and man his Workmanship for People may put off their Hats and shew their bare heads one to another and put off their Hats and shew their bare Heads twice to the Officers and to the Megistrates and be full of Envy and Malice and Hatred and Murder in their Hearts one against another and give them that Honour as you callit and yet speak or wish bad things of them when they have turned their Backs on them which the true Honour or Esteem in thê Heart to all men as they are God's Creation is without any evil Wish or Thought in the Heart to all men and to them that rule well which have the double Esteem whom God hath placed over People there is no Evil in the Hear that gives this Respect Esteem or Honour and brings them to love their Neighbour as themselves and to do unto all men as they would have them do unto them in that they esteem all men and they have a Double Esteem to them that rule well and that is beyond àll the Honour of putting off the Hats once to the Commonality and twice to them that are