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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	hear_v	heart_n	word_n	17,963	5	4.3726	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54274	This following is a copy of a letter I sent to George Fox, the 3d day of the month called August, 1671 only the words in the margent, and at the lower end I have added, who are required thus to publish it.	Pennyman, John, 1628-1706.	1671 (1671)	Wing P1422; ESTC R33382	4,795	1

This following is a Copy of a Letter I sent to George Fox the 3d day of the Month called August 1671. only the words in the margent and at the lower end I have added who am required thus to publsh it GEORGE Last second day was a week I being required by the LORD to be at Devonshire-house I acquainted the Mens-Meeting that I had something to lay before them which was That about a year and a half ago the LORD required mee to deliver a Message to them which then you owned to be the WORD of the LORD which I was now to repeat again Viz. THAT I WAS TO PROCLAIM THE DAY OF THE LORD WHICH IS COME TO GATHER THE OUT-CASTS AND TO CLENSE THE CAMP OF EVIL-DOERS Which WORD I did and do believe must be fulfilled In order unto which I told them I had something to lay before them viz. That some years ago I heard of a Difference betwixt my Father Bond and one of your Ministers John Rous and his Father who before he went last to Barbadoes Thomas Yoakly being present desired mee that I would have a hearing of the Business not without great reflections there given against my Father Bond which if true I being so related to him having lately married his Daughter I looked upon it not convenient for mee to appear against him and if on the contrary he was clear and the other blame-worthy if I should so judge I did believe it might be thought by some that it was through partialness I so judged so that I forbore to have a hearing of both Parties together till about two weeks ago John Osgood and the rest viz. my Father Bond Samuel Newton John Rous Thomas Yoakly and I think Thomas Padle being upon the Exchange told mee they were going about that business I told him that seeing Thomas Rous had desired mee to have a hearing of that Business a willingness was in mee to be there where accordingly I was but did not in the least meddle in it only I observed by what I heard discoursed that my Father Bond was clear of those Calumnies which both John and his Father Thomas Rous had cast upon him and that on the contrary the said John Rous was not only guilty of Calumnious Reproaches against my Father Bond but also had stolen a Paper of Concern from Thomas Hart which was left in his custody by my Father Bond concerning which John Osgood did move at that Meeting that the business of his stealing that Paper might be spoken to but Thomas Yoakly being in haste the Meeting broke up so that it was with mee to acquaint them with the said Difference and to desire they would appoint some of their Number to have a hearing on 't but it was a long time before I could get any Answer from them they telling mee that I was out of Truth and that they were not concerned to give me any Answer and very much to this purpose they spoke I told them it was the weighty matters of the Law that I came about viz. JUDGEMENT and JUSTICE and whatever they reputed mee it concerned them to do Justice But seeing they would give mee no Answer I think it was in some hours after I had been there but much reflected upon mee and that I should busie my self with that I was not concerned I told them I was deeply concern'd first for the clearing of my Father Bond from those Aspersions cast upon him by one of their Ministers viz. John Rous whom I did there before them accuse of Theft and therefore I said it concerned them to appoint a Meeting about it But instead of giving mee any Answer several of them bid mee go out of the Room And as I stood up to speak one of them took my Seat who I think would have given it mee again had not one I think 't was Gilbert Laty bid him he should not Others of them push'd mee with their hands bidding mee Go out I told them if they used violence I should not resist all that I desired was but an Answer which if they would give mee I told them I would willingly depart having also laid before them a business concerning the Widow Evans her Husband being lately dead whom I looked upon was wronged But seeing in all this while I could get no Answer whether they would hear it or no I directed my speech particularly to John Bolton to whom I said That if these their doings were spoken of to people abroad they could hardly be credited Then he replyed That if my Father Bond was agrieved and made his complaint to them and desired them to have a hearing of it they would appoint some accordingly I told him I should rest satisfied with that Answer at present Now what Answer shall I have to the Widow Evans business As to that they said That unless shee writ to mee to appear in it for her they would not meddle in it These being their Answers I departed Now understanding that thy self John Rous with several others are intended shortly to take Ship for the Barbadoes and that your departure probably may be before my Father Bond can if hee would make any such Complaint to the said Meeting or to have any just end put to the said Difference it being a Business that will require some time It is with mee also to acquaint thee with it to see if it be in any of your hearts to do what is just and right in this matter without respect of persons For the LORD whom I serve owns none to be his People but they that shall so do Thy Answer hereunto I expect it being with mee first to lay it before you that that which is just and right may be done which if so I am satisfied but if you refuse so as not to do the thing that is just and right I know not but it will be required of mee to make this Business much more publick Who am known to thee by the name of John Pennyman The next day after I had been at the abovesaid Meeting it was with mee to look into the Bible where I read these following words which being sutable to the present occasion I am willing should be inserted And the Word of the LORD came into Zechariah saying Thus speaketh the LORD of Hosts saying Execute true Judgment and shew Mercy and Compassion every man to his Brother And oppress not the Widow nor the Fatherless the Stranger nor the Poor and let none of you imagine evil against his Brother in your heart But they refused to hearken and pulled away the shoulder and stopped their ears that they should not hear Yea they made their hearts as an Adamant stone lest they should hear the Law and the Words which the LORD of Hosts had sent by his Spirit in the former Prophets therefore came a great Wrath from the LORD of Hosts And having received no Answer from the abovesaid George