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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	act_n	moses_n	258	3	6.9848	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44783	The beast that was, & is not, & yet is, looked upon: or, The bo-peeping beast pointed at: or, He that hideth himself hunted because of whom truth complaineth, and is spoken to by Pope and Prelate, by Presbyter, by Independent, by Quaker, by Baptist: together with her several answers to them all. Also one description of the beast. Also the coming forth and progress of the beast hitherto. Also an epistle to magistrates and law-givers, likewise, to take off prejudice if any be. Two epistles, one to the reader, and another to the Christian reader. VVith a true reproof to W.S. a Quaker, who in his book called The lying spirit in the mouth of the false prophet, wherein he endeavours to make men believe that he had answered H.H. his book, called The doctrine of the light within the natural man leading to eternal life, examined by Scripture-light.	Howet, Enoch.	1659 (1659)	Wing H3151; ESTC R215400	46,109	67

which the natural eye seeth as to amend what Christ and his Apostles left for his church government throughout all ages to the end of the world O ye Law-Givers and Magistrates as my soul is a pittying your inevitable and dolorous danger whilest you or any of you are meddling with the apples of Gods eyes or whilest you are tempted to endeavour to mend the perfect Law of God Psalm 19 knowing the tempter is so hidden under Christs name hath so prevailed with former Magistrates as that they by the then Clergies present perswasions have been as it were the slaughter men of Christ his Apostles and all his suffering Saints to this day it being the word of Christ to take away trouble from the sufferers hearts when they know whilest they are under your hands they are under the alsupporting and comforting power of God also who least that these things should come upon them at unawares foretold them that they should be had before Kings for his names sake and whosoever killeth them shall think he doth God service Iohn 16.4 Loe here is not here a prophesy sutable to a seeming godly Clergie for Gods service sake to bring to pass by temptations take heed Magistrate and know that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God and for your help in this case consider that there are many and sweet directions in that new Testament that is sealed with Christs Blood how sufferers should behave themselves but not one how persecutors of Christ Laws should behave themselves in bringing either the body or estate of any Heretick to distress for Christs sake which proves that there is no Plaintiffes but all Defendants or rather Passives for Christs sake in Christs flock the sheep have no means nor strength to commence one action against the Wolfe Also consider how it would please you if your servants should for their honour riches and wealths sake by their inventions only bring forth as your mind another rule to govern your house by and that stated only upon arguments then you had left by plain express commands in writing without any difficulty and the Lord make the dutiful and loving endeavors of this poor servant to be one means amongst many others to hold you in a sweet apprehension of Christ and his Laws that you may receive the blessing that is pronounced out of Christs mouth viz Blessed are they that are not offended in me To the Christian Reader CHristian Reader thy relation to our Lord and Master Jesus Christ rendereth thee chosen and called Rev. 17.4 and faithful * so that wheresoever thou behold this subtil beast that creepeth under the pretence of God and Christ and so hide himself it is thy duty to hunt him for it is possible thou may hunt out some members of Christ out of him Ier. 16.16 that are set down in his riches and pleasures and there hidden from the feeling of Christs life in his commands and bring them forth to be wayfaring men that they may travel in the high way and the way that is called holy where the blessing is not more entailed or not so much upon the man learned as upon simple ones children and fooles viz. in the worlds account Mat. 11.25 Esa 35 8. Prov. 1.4 being that discovering is death to him so thou hast nothing to fight with but the lip of truth which shining upon him will melt him as the Sun melteth Ice and is a Cordiall heart rejoycing life and creating presence of Christ in thee whilest thou beleivest in God and uttereth his praises to his and thy enemies confusion who is made up of a lump of lies frozen as it were together by Satans cruelty Psal 35 25 when he is made manifest he must needs be slain for then no man will as God or godly believe or receive a known enemy of God and godliness Thou must not follow him with carnal weapons as clubs provoking mutenies against him and whips and prisons and spoiling of goods those are his weapons but thou must be so far from rendering evil for evil that when any member of this beast striketh thee on the one cheek thou must turn to him the other also 2 Cor 10 3.4 yet the weapons of thy warfare are mighty through God as prayer tears sword of the spirit blood of the covenant the whole armour of God spoken on in the 6 Eph 11 and in as much as he calls it the whole armour of God it proves that God hath never a peice of armour but that for thee to use in whose name then can prisons c. be used by thee I know thy heart and thy labour goeth both together thou hast a tender regard to thy Christs honour therefore if thou discover any countertfeit coming forth in his name thou with heart and pen and tongue wilt cry out of him according to the measure of the Talent thou hast received and because the love of God is shed abroad in thy heart thou wilt be an eye of discovery to and a hand pointing at this beast for thy weak brethren that they fall not into his pits and snares and as God loved the world so thou being God-like wil use the love of God shed in thy heart to love it also yea thy very enemies in it that thou knowing the terror of the Lord viz. against this beast wilt perswade men to look to their doings and standing for we must all appear before God least they perish with this beast and false Prophet which false Prophet must needs be a supposed but not godly Clergy which defendeth them that receive the mark of the beast The perfect love that Moses had was to work all the means of salvation by prayer to God and instructing the people yea when they were in acts of rebellion against God reviling himself and Aaron who was but a figure of our Lord Jesus who was upon the act of the Jews eternal salvation and Gentiles when they were in the act of crucifying him they scoffed and peirced him he prayed for them and of the like mind must thou be Christan Reader to those that are taken Captive of the Devil to do his will thou art to recover out of his snares 2 Tim. 2.26 though their hearts be enraged against thee they make ready their hearts as an oven Hosea 7.6 when the darts that comes out of their souls viz. terrible words and devouring actions though poysoned with Asps envy and rage and self-tormenting agonies they being shot at thee fall into thy soul thou receiving them by faith all quench Eph. 6.16 by the love that faith worketh by thy quieted mind returns prayer for them and glory to God rejoyceing that thou art counted worthy to receive the rage of men which in thy soul turneth to Gods praise but can do thee no further harm Psal 76.10 be encouraged for thou must overcome thy heart must not be inslaved thou must hear thy testimony for thy