Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earth_n	heaven_n	name_n	17,493	5	5.0135	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77974	We the servants and faithfull witnesses of the most high God ...	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.; Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1655 (1655)	Wing B6057A; ESTC R170174	1,488	1

WE the Servants and faithfull Witnesses of the most high God called and Chosen of him and Redeemed out of Nations Kindreds Tongues and People who are Ministers of the word of Life and Reconciliation and Messengers of glad tidings and salvation unto Captive and weary Soules our glorying is only in the Lord and not in our selves who are by the world in scorn called Quakers who are at this present in outward Bonds for the testimony of Jesus Christ in Dublin and who have been in the labour and Travell of the Gospell of God this six moneths and upward in the Nation of Jreland according to the will of God ordained here unto and moved and Commanded by his Eternal Spirit into this his worke for the seeds sake which is not of this World to the gathering of it into the fold of everlasting Peace to the clearing of the Lord from the Blood of his Enemies that they may be lest without excuse by his powerfull word given unto Us and uttered by Us and herein we are a good savour to God both in them that perish in them that beleeve and for this cause have we denied our dearest and nearest Relations and loves not our lives unto Death that our testimony we may finish which is Committed to Us of the Lord and because of this are we Labourers under many burthens Travellers in many afflictions and sufferings and are abundantly reproached and our Lords truth of which we bear witnes greatly Infamed by many Slandering and Backbiting Tongues espetially by the Thachers and Professed Ministers in the eares of their People and Hearers slandering Us with being Jesuits and Deceivers and Seducers and Heriticks and Blasphemers and Witches and such like and we of those false accusations being clear and our Lords truth the testimony which we hold wholy Innocent and are wiling to be tried and proved made manifest to the Inhabitants of this City Nation in the sight of God this therefore are we moved to give forth hereby in the Name of our Liveing eternal God of Heaven and Earth whom we serve worship in that way which is called Herisie doe send it abroad as a Challenge to all you Teachers and pretended Ministers of what sort form so-ever and to all you People whom it may really Conscerne and especially to all you in the City of Dublin places else where in Jreland to whom this may come That you meet Us in the City of Dublin at some publique place at a convenient time appointed by you at which place time if the Lord permit by the permission of the Counsel of Jreland whose Prisoners we are we shall you meet then and there to have a faier and sober dispute in the presence of all people who may desire to be Informed or satisfied concerning Us and You in these things whereof you can accuse Us and also of those things by way of sober Questions which we have to propound to You not for any end to our selves nor to set up a Kingdome of our own God is our witnes but that the way of our God may be made manifest and all deceit and error Discovered and all People may be informed the way to Salvation and as you are true to your God and will answer for him and are willing to be made manifest in your way of Worship and Doctrin and Ministry You are not to neglect but here-in to answer our Desires and the Desires of many hundreds that you and we may be made manifest in the sight of God to all mens Consciences who are in truth and who are in error That shame and Condemnation may come upon the guilty Truth may be exalted over all Deceit Sent forth the 23 of the 12 m from the Sarjent at Armes his house in Dublin Given under our hands who are Prisoners for the Testimony of Jesus whose Names in the flesh are Francis Howgill Edward Burrough YOU are desired to send your answer of these Propositions to Us and if you Consent to meet Us Let sufficient notice be given abroad that the Jnhabitants of the City and Countrey may know five or six dayes time before