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nation_n	heaven_n	lord_n	praise_v	1,325	5	9.3148	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78562	A narrative plainly shewing, that the priests of England are as truely Antichrist (who got up since the dayes of the Apostles) as the pope and his clergie denying Christ to be both a king, a priest, and a prophet; : with a serious warning to the Parliament not to uphold and maintain them by a law, under any pretence whatsoever ... / By one who ... hath escaped the snares of sin and deceit, and bin [sic] brought ... into His pure fear, known by the name of John Chandler.	Chandler, John, 17th cent.	1659 (1659)	Wing C1927B; ESTC R171147	13,008	16

suffered and are still lyable thereunto that both ye and they shall go down into the Pit together for the Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it whose anger is hot in this his day against all unrighteousnesse of men wherewith the earth hath been long corrupted and burdened who hath looked down from heaven in pitty and at length visited his captivated Seed and wo be to the Oppressour which in the day of the Lord's deliverance would still hold it in the chains of Babylonish captivity Therefore chuse you whether ye will now leave a good savour behind you or a stink in the nostrils of God and his People whether ye will be accounted those that undo every yoak and let the oppressed go free or Magistrates that bear not the Sword in vain but such as are a terrour to evill doers of whom the Priests are the chief and a praise to them that do well or whether ye will by the Saints who do and shall walk in the light of the Lamb be esteemed the Beast which pusheth at the Saints and innocent Ones which saith John opened his mouth in Blasphemy against God to blaspheme his Name and his Tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven miscalling the truth calling them Sectaries Heretiques Seducers Enthusiasts Troublers of Israel c. Know this Oh thou Parliament and all future parliaments that while the false Prophet● in this or these three Nations are upheld of you by a Law or any kind of set-maintenance whatsoever that the Seed and Saints of God must needs suffer and if so How can a Blessing and not a Curse from the Lord God of heaven and earth be expected For this is the Lord's promise to his Church in the last daies The Nation that will not serve thee shall perish yea saith God those Nations shall be utterly wasted Wherefore since it 's hard for you though great and lofty to kick against the pricks and for ye Pot-sheards of the earth to strive against your Maker and since the Lord God Almighty hath decreed the utter ruine of the Whore that hath bewitched all Nations from his pure life by her Sorceries and Iuchantments and since the Priests are seen by the light of Christ to be such Sorcerers and the generality of these three Nations to be thus bewitched I advise you in the love of the Lord O ye of the Parliament and all other that are called Magistrates to break off your sins by repentance in your own particulars to wit your Pride Covetousnesse love of Money the Honour and Glory of this wicked World respect of Persons giving and receiving Honour one of another Courting one another c. which hinders you from believing in the true light which will shew you and reprove you for all these things and more if ye hearken to it and in humility and lowliness of mind do seek the honour that cometh from God onely which is his gracious acquittance and acceptance of all the penitent who turn unto him with their whole hearts stamping his Image and Mark upon them by his eternal Spirit witnessing in their consciences that they are his and shall receive an eternal Inheritance as Coheires with Christ this is honour enough and will blast all the fading Honour and Glory of the World as a flowr And Oh ye Magistrates Rulers till ye come to witnesse somewhat of this in your own particulars I cannot expect that ye should act aright and thorowly for God Now there is a Prophesie in John's Revelation that the Kings of the Earth shall bring their Honour Glory into the Holy City new Jerusalem that comes down from God out of Heaven As any of you shall do so ye will truly and freely give all Honour to the Lord and expect none but what He giveth you then would none of you dare to make any Law against the Saints or the Truth but on the contrary Or to maintain the false Prophet but would leave him to himself to stand upon his own Legs but into this O ye Rulers of the Earth ye are not yet come but are at present seeking your own Honour Profit and Interests and being out of Gods living Power run to State-policy to make that your refuge and a cover for your present actings saying if we should not maintain and uphold a National Mini●tery we should not be like any nation and the Nation it self would be so incensed and divided that the destruction thereof would be feared also how should so many Ministers with their Families live Now ye Magistra●es and Rulers consider in the fear of God where ye are that thus reason where were the Jews when they forsook and stood not in the counsel of the Lord but would be as other Nations And shall the Antichristian State in the several Nations think ye uphold it self alwayes by the Nations taking example by each other so as to prevent the intended purpose of the Lord God in the Whore of Babylons destruction Assure your selves that this block will not hinder Antichrists Kingdome in this Nation one moment the longer from falling than the Lord God hath determined Then as for the fear of so greatly incensing and dividing the Nation know ye not that those who stand simply and singly in the counsel of the Lord faithfully to do his will shall be carried thorow all opposition and danger doth any thing weaken and deject the hearts and spirits of men but sin I find nothing so to do while the Jews of old kept out of transgression against the Lord the promise was one should chase ten and ten put a thousand to flight So ye if ye knew the will of God and had sincere hearts to do it need not fear what man could do yea I affirm A blessing should be in your right hand and upon the Nation so as it should be preserved in peace and plenty for this is the Lords promise Psal 77. that as his way is known upon Earth and his saving health unto all Nations the People shall praise the name of the Lord and be glad and sing for joy because the Lord shall Judge Govern he Nations Righteously upon the Earth then saith the Spirit shall the Earth yield her increase and God even our own God shall blesse us God shall bless us and all the ends of the Earth shall fear him And is not this a beggerly and slavish thing though bearing the shew of charity and pitty to let the fear of an outward livelyhood of some to be a hinderance of doing the will of God who giveth life breath all things Hath not Christ said and do not the Priests acknowledge and Preach as much that men should first seek the Kingdom of God and the righteousnesse thereof and all other things shall be added Now if the Priests State and Kingdom be discovered by the light to be a Kingdom of darknesse for which cause they ought not to be upheld and maintained by the Magistrate Let them first