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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	law_n	word_n	11,415	5	4.4659	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78121	To the Kings most Excellent Maiesty, and the Honourable Court of Parliament The humble petition of many his Maiesties loyall and faithfull subiects, some of which having beene miserably persecuted by the prelates and their adherents, by all rigorous courses, for their consciences, practising nothing but what was instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ, who was Lord of all administrations, Math. 28. 19. and practised by the primitive Christians; submitting to his Maiestie and his lawes, so farre as concernes our estates, libertie, and lives; and so, as we conceive, give to Cæsar the things that are Cæsars, and to God those things that are his.	Barber, Edward, d. 1674?	1641 (1641)	Wing B696; Thomason 669.f.4[31]; ESTC R210234	4,380	1

To the Kings most Excellent Maiesty and the Honourable Court of Parliament The humble Petition of many his Maiesties loyall and faithfull subjects some of which having beene miserably persecured by the Prelates and their Adherents by all rigorous courses for their Consciences practising nothing but what was instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ who was Lord of all Administrations Math. 28.19 and practised by the Primitive Christians submitting to his Maiestie and his Lawes so farre as concernes our Estates Libertie and Lives and so as we conceive give to Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God those things that are his FIrst then were our Religion as false as our Adversaries pretend yet were that no ground to take away our Lives or Estates for Securitie being had for our Loyaltie to our Prince and Countrey which when wee refuse to give wee desire no longer to live wee say our Errors in Judgement were it proved against us as wee are sure by the Word of God it can never be were no ground for Persecution as is cleare by the Parable of the Tares and Wheat Math. 13. By the Tares must needs be understood men professing a false Religion which when some desired to have pluckt up the Lord declared his mind to the contrary and gave command they should be let alone and grow with the Wheat unto the Harvest in the World not in the Church lest men undertaking to pluck up the Tares wanting wisedome to distinguish should pluck up the Wheat in stead thereof as it hath and shall come to passe according to the words of Christ which sheweth that some shall be so blindly devoted as to kill the Saints thinking they doe God service and therefore Christ will have the Tares let alone with the Wheat untill the Harvest Then who without sinne can attempt to pluck them up before that time And this doth no way contradict Gods Word which saith That the Magistrates are Gods Ministers to take vengeance on them that doe evill the Tares being sinners against God in false Religion whom he hath reserved to be punished with flaming fire at the day of Christ the other being trespassers against men and are justly to be punished by the Magistrate Secondly the same Christ our Lord commandeth That those that are blindly led on in a false Religion and are offended at him for Teaching his should be let alone and referreth their punishment to the falling into the Ditch Thirdly the Lord Christ reproveth those Disciples that would have had Fire come downe from Heaven and devoure those Samaritans that would not receive him in these words Ye know not of what spirit ye are for the Sonne of man is not come to destroy mens lives but to save them Which sheweth plainely that Christ would have no man hurt for Religion yea though they were refusers of himselfe Fourthly when the Lord Christ sent forth the Twelve to preach the Gospel of the Kingdome this is the utmost that he directed them unto concerning those that should refuse to heare their words namely to shake off the dust of their feet for a Testimonie against them leaving their further punishment to the Day of Judgement This was cleare under the Law where none was compelled to the worship of God by the Authoritie of the Magistrate but as the Lord did perswade the heart by his Word And as this was so under the Law much more in the time of the Gospel the Body being of Christ as first by the Commission of Christ given to the Apostles where Christ sheweth though all power in Heaven and Earth was his yet hee onely appoints Preaching the Gospel for the gathering his Churches throughout the world according to Pauls words where hee saith The Weapons of our Warfare are not carnall but mightie through God to the pulling downe of strong Holds casting downe Imaginations and every high thing that exalteth it selfe against the knowledge of God Againe the same Apostle commandeth That the servant of the Lord strive not but be gentle towards all men suffering the evill instructing with meekenesse the contrarie-minded proving if God at any time will give them repentance that they may acknowledge the Truth and come to amendment out of the snare of the Devill Which plainely sheweth that Repentance must be continually waited for and not constrained by violence or persecution and that because Repentance is the gift of God and cannot be given by man and therefore Religion not to be forced or compelled According to these Commands the holy Prophets fore-told That when the Law of Moses should cease in matters of worship and the Law of the Messias should be set up in stead thereof that then the carnall Weapons should cease They shall breake their Swords into Mattocks and their Speares into Sythes Nation shall not rise against Nation neither shall they learne Warre any more They shall sit every man under his Vine and under his owne Fig-tree and none shall make them afraid for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it There shall none hurt nor destroy in all my holy Mountaine for the Earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the Waters cover the Seas Which when Christ came he taught and practised and so did his Apostles and servant Behold my servant whom I have chosen my beloved in whom my Soule is well pleased I will put my Spirit upon him and he shall shew Judgement to the Gentiles he shall not strive nor crie neither shall any man heare his voice in the streets a bruised Reed shall he not breake and smoking Flax shall he not quench till he send forth Judgement unto Victorie Advising them to be so farre from persecuting those that should oppose and not be of their Religion that when they were persecuted they should pray when they were cursed they should blesse leaving the Judgement to God The reason of all is They who are now blind may see They who now reject the Truth may receive it They who are now Tares may become wheat They who are now in the snare of the Devill through wicked workes and Adversaries to the Truth may hereafter come to Repentance They that are now Blasphemers and Persecutors as Saint Paul was may in time become most glorious aod faithfull Witnesses as he did They that are now Idolaters as the Corinthians sometimes were may hereafter as they become true worshippers of God They who for the present are no people of God in visible appearance nor under mercie may hereafter become the people of God obtaining mercie as the Saints have done for some come not till the Eleventh Houre though some came at the First Third and Sixt Houre yet some not till the Last which should they be put to death because they come not with the First they then would be prevented from comming at all It is affirmed by King James of famous memorie in his Speech at the Sessions of Parliament