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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	john_n	justice_n	thomas_n	17,750	5	8.7458	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95039	The whirl-wind of the Lord gone forth as a fiery flying roule, with an alarm sounded against the inhabitants of the north-countrey. Being a fore-warning to all the rulers in England, of the mighty and terrible day of the Lord, which shall overtake the wicked; but especially and in particular, to the persecuting rulers, priests, and people, in the county of Westmerland. Who by their fruits are made manifest to all, to be open enemies to Sions converts, and a generation of evil doers, with whom the Lord Jehovah is coming to plead the cause of the oppressed, and to redeem Zion with judgement, and her converts with righteousness. G.T.	Taylor, Christopher, ca. 1615-1686.	1655 (1655)	Wing T268; Wing T269; Thomason E853_6; ESTC R202135	12,500	19

guile found oh woe unto thee better thy mothers wombe had beene thy grave except thou speedily repent turne in thy mind to the light to see thy pride and haughtinesse of thy heart with It see thy selfe and repent least the heavy and feareful judgments of God fall upon thee under which thou canst not stand but must be broken in peices I doe here in the pre●ence of the living God cleare my conscience and give you the last warning all of you who have had a hand in persecuting the servants of the Lord within this County of Westmoreland and I give some of you warning in particular John Archer called Justice James Cooke late Major of Kendall Edward Nevison of Nuby-stones Thomas Gabetis called Sheriffe Francis Higginson priest of Kirbystaven who did say there was not an eternall light in thee and that there was nothing eternall in man thou hast manifested thy self to be a carnall bruite who hast denyed the Lord that bought thee and art a Reprobate out of thy own mouth and said Christ was in heaven with a carnall body thou shamelesse Preist who must needs be a bloody persecutor who knowes nothing of God in thee but numbrest thy self amongst the bruite beasts that perish and thou Preist Rowlands who art one with Higginson in thy blasphemie and said the soule of man was not now eternall thou carnall bruite what doe yee blind Preists preach to if the soule of man be not eternall and if there be nothing eternall in man and if every man be not enlightened with an eternall light here in the presence of God I give you warning aforenamed and all the rest of the persecutors who have strengthened the hands of the wicked against the innocent priest and people you priests have been often warned from the word of the Lord and your deceitfull practices laid open and the people have been called from that false worship that you lead them in to that worship which is in spirit and truth to the true and everlasting teacher therefore are ye all left without excuse in giving you all warning within this County of Westmoreland both priest and people high and low and thou Towne of Applebie here in the presence of the Lord I cleare my conscience of thee and doe give thee warning that thou repent and returne to the feare of the Lord speedily or else expect those woes and judgments to come upon you which have been denounced from the word of the Lord by his servants for not one title must fall to the ground woe woe woe unto thee Applebie how often hast thou beene warned and called to repentance and there is not one in thee of thine inhabitants that feare the Lord therefore doe I in the sight of God clear my conscience of thee and do declare unto thee that the sad and heavy judgements of God are to come upon thee which thou shalt not escape for it is the word of the Lord to thee you bloody persecuters you raylers swearers cursed ●peakers lyars and slanderers you must all perish in the lake together except ye speedily repent ye Drunkards Whoremongers and Adulterers blasphemers you filthy unclean persons who lie wallowing in your filthy lives as the Sow lies wallowing in the mire and dirt● so little of the fear of God there is among you you people of Appleby here in the presence of the living God I clear my conscience of thee and give thee thy last warning from the Lord by me that when the sad lamentable and heavy judgements of God come upon you you may remember you had warning from the word of the Lord by one of his Servants Oh all ye people who have heard the sound of the truth throughout this whole Nation I am moved of the living God to give you all warning the Lord is getting himself a name in this Nation and raising up the Kingdom of his beloved Son Christ Jesus he is sending forth his Messengers and Servants in his name and power to call all to the light which is the teaching of the Lord from all other false wayes and worships wherein they have been led where their souls have not been profited where the many confused cries have been as loe here and loe there to you all I am moved to write that you may all be warned as I am moved of the living God whatsoever your profession be that you come out of your dead forms to the light of Christ Jesus wherewith you are enlightened that with it you may see your selves and the deceitfulness of your hearts and wayes that you come to repentance and the fear of the Lord and learn of Christ who was meek and lowly in heart to pull down your pride and strong conceits and high thoughts and vain imaginations and turn to the living God that he may be honoured by you and his judgements may be removed from you who reject the Counsel of God and contend quarrel and dispute against the everlasting truth upon which they will in the end split themselves and be broken in peeces here I declare it unto you in the presence of the living God and he that can receive it let him here is your way to life the light the light which changes not the light in every ones consciences which checks for sin and calls to repentance loving this light here is your teacher and obeying of it it will lead you up to God into eternal rest peace and salvation from sin and ungodliness hating this light and blaspheming it calling it natural and acting contrary to it here is your condemnation the light take warning and repent betimes oh all people every where for it is hard for you to kick against the pricks for the mighty God is arisen in power not only to shake the earth but the Heavens also and to create new Heavens and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness and to overturn the Kingdom of Antichrist root and branch with its foundation and strength that all may come to build upon the everlasting foundation which is already laid Christ the light to witness the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus thorough the death of self-righteousness all high conceits and angry notions that God Almighty may be honoured and all may bow to the Scepter of his Son and throw down their glories at his feet that he alone may be honoured and worshiped and all proud flesh abased in his sight according to the word of the Lord that he that glories may glory in the Lord. Oh all people within this County of Westmerland and throughout the whole Nation this is the word of the Lord God A mighty to you that you may be all warned Priest and People you that are in forms or got above forms or live in the form of truth only without the life and power and here is your only true teacher the light the light which shines into your Consciences and if you turn into it and minde it it will open your

how you lay your sword upon the Children of the light who love the light and walk in the light beware how you account these offenders who are sent forth in the name and power of the Lord to declare against sin and sinners and against all false worships waye and work and to declare against the deceivers Antichrists and false teachers and are sent to call people to repentance and the feare of the living God and to turne them from darknesse to the light your sword should be for the praise of such and they should have encouragement from you in labouring in the work of the Lord who abide in the doctrine of Christ doe declare the day of the Lord which is at hand to overtake the wicked and ungod●y who by them are prisoned stoned and shamefully entreated upon such you ought to lay your sword and not upon the righteous therefore heare the word of the Lord oh ye persecutors of the servants of the living God and here in the presence of the living God I cleare my concience and give you warning as I am commanded that in the day of the Lord God you may all be left without excuse and the Lord God may be cleare when he comes to judgment and justified in his judgments thus fait the Lord woe unto the wicked tho●e who per●ecute my servants whom I send out in my name to declare my word message to turn people frō darknes to the light that with the light they may see themselves come to repentance wo wo wo unto you saith the ●pirit of the living God better you had never been borne but that a Mistone were hanged about your necks and you throwne into the Sea the terrible power of God is ari●en his word is drawne to ew you downe and give you your portion in the lake that shall never be quenched then shall ye seeke repentance when it will be too late and wish the Rocks and Hills might fall upon you to cover you from the dreadful presence of God before the etenall fury and indignation of the living God who is able to abide who is everlasting burnings and a consuming fire turne in to the light and see where ye are and how you stand in the sight of God who will render his fury and indignation in flames of fire upon the wicked then will it be a day of bitter howling to you who fight against God and persecute his servants then must you bow under the mighty power of the Lord then your Crowne of pride will wither and be turned to dust and you will have no power nor strength to help your selves but you will be numbred amongst the slaine of the Lord in this day of his power wherein the Lord is arisen to plead with all flesh by fire and sword and to get himself a name above every name and to exalt his King his sonne Christ Jesus who is begun to reigne and take the Kingdome which shall have no end where righteousness shall run downe the streets as a river who will rule the Nations with a rod of Iron and dash the heathen and all the proud persecutors of the righteous seed in pieces like a potters vessel and the servants of the Lord shall be glad and rejoyce and praise the Lord for ever and shall have an everlasting reward yea blessed are they that feare the Lord and abide faithfull to the death the Lord shall be unto them an everlasting reward oh rejoyce and be glad and lift up your heads you faithfull ones you deare servants of the living God lift up your heads and rejoyce and be valiant for the everlasting truth for truly friends and brethren the present sufferings are not to be reckoned to the glory that shal be revealed in us as we abide faithfull Oh deare freinds be encouraged and quit your selves like men in the work of the Lord the power of the Lord is with you oh rejoyce the Lord is your God be faithfull and valiant your reward is with you who are faithfull and you shall be Crowned with glory and honour for ever let us rejoyce in the Lord and be glad in the sight of the heathen who fret and vex because the righteous seed will not bow to their pride nor submit to their wills but chuse rather to suffer affliction with the deare servants of the living God then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season You who should be Ministers of justice and should lay your sword upon the unrighteous and not upon those who dwell in the tender feare of God I am moved of the Lord to give some of you warning in particular and cleare my conscience of you in the sight of God in love to your souls that you may be left without excuse and that you and the rest of the wicked and ungodly and the persecutors of what sort soever preist and people all of you in generall and you who are after named in particular within this County of Westmorland that you are warned from the word of the living God and that you may remember that you have beene often warned in your life time and here in the sight of God I cleare my conscience of you all in giving you once more warning and every of you within this County of Westmorland you who are called Justices or gentlemen high and low and all you preists and blind guides to you I declare it in the presence of the living God as I am commanded of him that you are mutherers of soules and all the blood of sarted soules under your dead ministerie will be required at your hands and to you people I cleare my concience in the sight of God you are now warned I doe declare it to you all in the presence of the Lord that the light wherewith Christ Iesus hath enlightened you which if you turne in to it there is your onely true teacher and way to life and will be your condemnation going on to disobey it and here I am in the sight of God cleare of a●● your blood in giving you all and every of you from the highest to the lowest warning that you repent and returne to the Lord speedily least the Lord hasten his judgments upon you herein I am cleare of your blood if ye perish your blood be upon your own heads for ever Thomas Burton of Branton in VVestmorland neare Appleby called Justice by whom I was committed to prison and here have remained under cruell sufferings and inhumane usage above one whole yeare imprisoned for speaking the word of the Lord to thy preist in the steeple house yard as I was commanded of the living God which was the breach of no known law of this Nation Thou bloody persecutor of the servants of the living God who didst likewise commit to prison the deare servants of the living God who are deare and faithfull witnesses to the eternall truth of God against al the serpents brood in whose mouth is no