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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	beast_n	image_n	worship_v	2,681	5	9.5773	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70699	Behold you rulers, and hearken proud men and women who have let in the spirit of the world into your hearts, whereby you are lifted up in the earth, hear what truth saith	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing N265; ESTC R891	5,025	12

Behold you RULERS And hearken proud MEN And WOMEN Who have let in the spirit of the world into your hearts whereby you are lifted up in the earth hear what Truth saith YOu have gained Riches and you seek worldly Glory an evill covetousnesse to your selves and these Idols being set up in your hearts to be worshipped you rage and wonder why the children of light will not worship your Gods you have set up and fall down before the glory of the World in you so you are angry but why are you so blind to think that such who have denied to bow to the same spirit and pride in themselves and have through the Crosse obtained power from above to cast out the same dols out of their own hearts and can they bow to them in another nay the day is come and the children of light have found the living God to worship and there is none besides him to us and now in vain is the Idol preached we cannot worship with you however you be tormented it is of God to famish the worlds Idols and he alone will be worshipped who is mighty to save what have we to do any more with Idolatry pride cannot save us nor can the worlds glory preserve in the hour of temptation though we should how thereto we cannot trust in uncertain riches nor may we take counsell at silver or gold flocks or heards we have proved your Idols and know what is in them and we have found them destroyers and not Saviours whatever your glory promises you who most seek it we know in its right hand is a lye flattery and falshood and all who loves it comes short of the glory of God humility is our glory and he is our Saviour who saith learn of me for I am lowly and ye shall find rest for your soules and this we have proved and we find his words truth and all loftinesse a lye so having found the truth the truth hath made us free free from pride free from vain-glory free from that spirit that puts it on and would have it worshipped free from the manner of the Gentiles who exercise Lordship in that nature which is out of the light and doctrine of Christ So the truth having made us free in that liberty we stand fast and may not be intangled again with your yoke of bondage nor the manners of the Gentiles and then you say it s our pride and stubbornnesse and many such accusations you cast on us alas what darknesse is this and how have you lost your judgement what is Mordecai become prouder than Haman with you is he proud who denies to worship pride and he that would be worshipped free is not this to put light for darknesse and darknesse for light to condemn the innocent to hide the offender come down to that of God in your consciences and let that judge and let pride be seen and ashamed where it is and then you plead Scripture and say Let every soule be subject to the higher power and be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake c. Now this we say also and own the Scriptures but mans pride is not the higher power in humility we find a power above pride higher than oppression higher than mens wills higher than the lusts of the eye yea higher than all that in man would exalt against it so we deny the lower that we may subject our selves to that which excelleth which is ordained of God and to every ordinance of man are we subject for the Lords sake but should we bow to the spirit of pride we should betray the Lord and give his honour to another and that is not for the Lords sake and what is against him for his sake we denie and with him suffer under it as witnesses for him against it so we give Caesar his due and honour to whom it belongs but all glory and worship to God alone to whom it is due But you say that worship we plead for is Civil not Religious but where do you read in Scripture of civil worship we find honour all men in the Lord and that which is in the Lord is Religious and that which is not in the Lord is Idolatrous is there any thing honourable in man but the Image of God which is spirituall he that worships where that is not worships the beast or that which is worse the Devil and if any bow to that of God in man how comes it not to be religious and yet you say for conscience sake and not religious so your distinctions will not gain worship from them who knows God and his Image and the beast and his image in their severall appearances and by this are they known for ever he that 's from above seeks not honour from man but that honour which is of God alone Gods presence in him makes him honourable in the hearts of all that loves God so God gives him grace and glory and honour but the other must have none from God who abides not in that which is honourable and so becomes as the beast seeking honour by force from such as he hath power over and rages if he cannot have it and this nature hath no right to it though the false Prophet joyn with him to plead for it who must into the lake together and all that worship the beast and his Image must drink of the wine of the wrath of God powred out without mixture as saith the Scripture So you that are in place to rule and seek for honour seek first that which is honourable and none can hold you from honour and know it is the gift of God onely to such as honour him and not themselves seek that glory and honour that hath immortality and eternall life which is obtained of God by continuance in well doing seek humility that goes before honour exalt justice set up righteousnesse and truth in judgement hold forth Gods sword to all people under you and not your own wills without respect of persons then you honour God and he will honour you seek first the Kingdome of God that he may rule in your own hearts over your pride over your passion over lust over covetousnesse over respect of persons and over all unrighteousnesse so shall you set up the higher power in you for every soule to be subject to which that of God in every conscience shall answer to then are you Ministers of God and he shall adde to you that honour which is of God which is spirituall which is immortall binding every conscience and soule in subjection to your authority which all that resist receive damnation to themselves and this is religious and an ordinance of God and receives not its honour from man but from God alone who hath ever honoured holy men and women that ruled for God with God as you may read in the Scriptures who never needed to seek it from men while they retained God but Saul when God wa●