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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	garment_n	zion_n	56	3	8.3179	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48938	A salutation to the church of God the spouse of Christ coming out of the wilderness leaning upon her beloved And more particularly to the young and tender members of her body. By one who travels in spirit for the preservation of peace and love, and unity among the children of God, William Loddington.	Loddington, William, 1626?-1711.	1682 (1682)	Wing L2806; ESTC R216896	9,178	27

to have more names than the Fathers written upon its Fore-head Pure Nature will not suffer any Vine to bring forth the Fruit or Leaf of a Bramble O the great abuse this day of that precious Priviledge Liberty of Conscience How many of an evil Conscience will talk fluently for its Liberty How many strain it for advantage as if they would have it signifie to be of any Religion and therefore are fierce against any visible Gesture or Form that may distinguish them from others crying out Imposition Formality Ceremony Human Inventions mans Orders c. In tender Love I desire some would but Consider how short they fall of the Judgment and Reason of men of more inferiour Principles than what they pretend to Hear what the Author of A seasonable Discourse against Popery saies Printed by H. Broom page 35. What conversation can there be with these men speaking of the Jusuits who are under no obligations of Society no Character of notice or distinction who at the same time are Priests and Hectors Casuists and Artificers Presbyters Ana-baptists Quakers and why not Episcopalians too Theists Atheists and amidst all these very good Catholicks Let any sober man saies he judge what kind of Religion this is in it self and how fit to be encouraged and submitted to Thus dear young Friends you may see how this kind of liberty is condemned by rational men as unfit for Society among them much more among you Lord God of purity Peace and Heavenly Order preserve you that we may all strive together and not assunder for the Faith and sound form of the Gospel Phil. 1.27 If now any of you should desire to know what I understand by that liberty of Conscience which many and I among them have so zealously contended and deeply suffered for Know in brief That it is a Liberty for every man to try all things as the Apostle exhorteh yet not to be alwayes trying and never satisfied but when he has tryed all then to hold fast that which in his Conscience he finds best without being compelled by any outward force or punishment to joyn or worship with any others And so likewise that every body Society or Congregation of People have the same freedom of their several religious worships and exercises without persecuting one another all living in obedience to the Civil Laws that is such as tend to the welfare of outward Concerns And this is the true just liberty and not a liberty for Members of the same Body or Society to differ from each other in things which destroy their Character and Government among them But seeing I am speaking of liberty let me mind you of two things more First of a plea I often meet with that there are good men and bad of all Religions And so by consequence secretly insinuating they are all alike But I hope you easily perceive the Serpents Poli●y in arguing thus for all Religions that it is to make Peoples Consciences pliable to any Religion that may come uppermost or rather indeed to be of no Religion that so they may shun all sufferings upon Religious Accounts Secondly of a Spirit which thinks to justify its liberty by quoting your ancient Friends as Paul did the Athenian Poets for their Authors Acts 17.28 But as the case is different so I trust the effect will be for Paul quoted the Poets for a right end and prevailed with some But these how can they expect to turn you to that which the Author they quote yet living testifies is not the sence of his words nor the intent of his mind to have you turned unto To put a wrong Interpretation upon any mans writings is a very bad sort of Imposition Hold fast the profession of your Faith and form of sound words 2 Tim. 1.13 which you have received in the faith and Love of Christ Jesus from which some turn away Of whom are Phygellus's that is such as shun the eye or oversight of their Brethren and Hermogenes's that is such as are born of humane Wisdom 2 Tim. 1.15 Mark what a weighty signification is in these very names left upon Record for the Churches And as for the deceased Friends some instance one of them viz. Isaac Pennington I had often conference with I have sometimes objected his own sayings yea and read ●hem over face to face in great affection to vindicate such a Liberty which I then verily ●hought might consist with Good order But I must do him right I never heard him consent or give any Countenance but rather a kind of Indignation would arise against my sence of his words which was the same as some now put upon them But their actions now make it manifest they drive at another end then I intended And I verely believe he felt my Innocency as some others have done even in my opposing them for he did not cease coming to me when opportunity served and when we met and talked of these differences his labour still was that I would lay aside that Wisdom and Reasoning which run me upon those expositions I well remember the very place where once as we were walking and discoursing about Dissenters I fell to pleading for a moderation and compliance with them upon this consideration that I looked upon them and the others to be all as Schollars in Christs School only some werein a higher and others in a lower Class or form But this Comparison he could not relish his very Countenance changed at it and to this purpose he answered That the difference was far otherwise and that there was a Spirit quite contrary to Truth subtily working under their pretences but a tenderness and bowels of love and compasion was in him towards the innocent among them And I say the Truth in Christ I lie not my conscience bearing me witness Glory to thy name O Lord that I have great heaviness and inward sorrow for my loving Friends stil under the like mistake as I was who yet see not the tendency of the dividing Spirits fine devices And when I consider what sweet comfort and Spiritual Refreshment we have had together in the service of the Lord O that life not death Psal 55.15 may seize upon them saith my soul that they may walk in the footsteps of Christs little flock and feed their Kids by his shephards tents For why should ye be O dear Friends as those that are vailed turning aside from the flocks of his Companions Let all thy Children O God of Peace and love dayly more and more witness how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity And how fitly it s compared to the precious Ointment upon Aarons head that ran down to the very skirts of his Garment viz. to every member of the body And to the dew of Hermon that descended to all the mountains of Sion viz the Meetings of Christ for there the Lord commanded and doth command the blessing even Life for ever Psal 133. So tender hearted Friends feel