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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
rest_n	day_n	end_n	sabbath_n	3,443	5	9.5995	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85550	Truths defender, and errors reprover: or A briefe discoverie of feined Presbyterie dilated and unfolded in 3. distinct chapters. The first, shewing what English Presbyterie is. The second declareth what the failings and errings are, in the practise of those that have constitution by Ordinance of Parliament. The third chapter discovereth the conceited fancies, of such as minde not Parliamentary directions, either for their own constitution or execution and yet denominate themselves Presbyterians. And both parties being found guilty of transgression, are admonished to repentance, according to the rule of the word of the Lord, that commandeth his servants, saying, Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sinne upon him, or as it is in the margent, or thou beare not sinne for him Levit. 19. 17. And also Capt. Norwoods declaration, proved an abnegation of Christ. / By J.G. a servant to, and lover of the truth.	Graunt, John, of Bucklersbury.	1651 (1651)	Wing G1596; Thomason E633_5; ESTC R206472	16,292	20

the Elderships ought to have proceeded according to the rule for the increase of grace love and knowledge and the maintenance of peace and amitie for the flourishing of true and pure religion instead thereof they have acted by their owne corrupt mindes and wils and vented their hatred and spleen and have prevented truth and promomoted falshood and where there was quiet and peace before they have now raised up discord and dissention and instead of denying themselves and bearing with and edifying one another they have destroyed and devoured each other witnesse the third Classis of London and the assemby of Syon-Colledge which Committee as they call themselves did declare in print to all the world that this forementioned government was the will and appointment of Jesus Christ and avouched it to be jure divino and of themselves made additionall Orders without notice to or leave given them by the Parliament That all Elected Elders of every Parish should have their names very fairely written and set upon the Church doore desiring any whomsoever that could make exception against any thre mentioned they should be heard at such a time and place where the Triers would sit and receive all such accusations they observing no rule or directions therein provided by the Ordinance of Parliament neither for the time limited nor the particulars enumerated nor the competetency or number of witnesses required whereby illimited Jurisdictions innovations and arbitrary proceedings may be avoided and as this lawlesse Committee then and the Triers afterwards declared their owne wils so they all acted as corruptly for I knew a man then chosen an Elder in one of the parishes of the third Classis whose election was with the greatest freedome and affection of the Parishioners as any that hath been chosen the man being auntient in the Congregation and had gone through most Offices amongst them and it so fel out at the same time there was another younger yet a richer Parishioner chosen also that was one of the Triers nominated in the Ordinance who causelesly divers times before had declared himselfe an opposer of the former and in the Vestry he affirmed the Party they had chosen should never be allowed of and presently used all his endeavour to finde cause of exception in such a malicious and inveterate manner as the whole Parish tooke notice of it so that at the next Vestry some of them blamed him that the State having appointed him a Judge he should so maliciously make himselfe the Accuser the Prosecutor the Condemner and Executioner and all To whom he made this answer againe he whom you have chosen shall never be allowed of and I will never give him the right hand of Fellowship nor be reconciled unto him upon his thus speaking the opposed Elder desired the Parish to take notice of two things in his implacable adversarie First That he sets up his owne will above the Ordinances of Parliament which gives you power to choose your owne Elders and leaves it not to his perverse will and pleasure and againe he supersedes all the rest of the Triers and Judges for the Ordinance refers the Tryall and approbation to nine men or any fix of them And Secondly he exalts himselfe above God and his Ordinances in saying peremptorily againe and againe I will never be reconciled for Gods word commands and his servants beseech the contrary wherefore I pray said he observe what an unworthy Elder and Judge you have chosen to governe you for his opposition is not so much against me as against you all for your yea is his nay and you claime a Publique interest in me but he denies it you from the which to be excused tends to my particular ease and freedome and truly as this his beginning was vile and corrupt so his prosecution abundantly exceeded in hatred and malice for in all hast he caused divers exceptions to be drawn up against him which he pretended to be scandalous both in practise and Judgement and upon summons the accused appeared and after their Clerk had read the exceptions he required a Copy of them which being denyed by the Prolocutor which afterwards through much importunitie was obtained he then presently disclaimed and disavowed so many of them as tended to practise and that most of them were false in many respects and requiring them to proceed by the rule limited to a year before for the time the enumeration in the Ordinance for the particular matters and two honest Christians at least for evidence doe you tell us of the rule wee should walk by say they we would have you know we are not tyed to the letter of the rule but the meaning of it is left to our judgements I hear you said he but I never heard before of a mystical humane Law I tel you all plainly that if you wave the letter of the Ordinance of Parliament which is your direction to trie me by then I would have you know I have as much power to try you all as you all have to trie me and added that he was sorry to finde them so unlimited and arbitrary in their proceedings and because the exceptions in practise were vaine and frivolous and no way ordered by the Ordinance I will not now mention them but referre them to another day of hearing and proceed to give you a Breviate of the Exceptions touching scandalous judgement The first was that he had affirmed That the first day of the weeke was not commanded in Gods word to be a Sabbaoth He answered I have so affirmed and if it be an errour so to say then shew me it commanded in the word of God to which they did not reply but proceeded and said it was further objected against him that he denied the moralitie of the Sabbaoth He said before I can properly and clearely answer you I must aske you a question what you meane by Sabbaoth whether the signe or the thing signified And also what you meane by moralitie because I do not finde the terme in our English tongue used in the Scripture The Prolocutor or Moderator being at a pause I answered I affirme that the command of the seventh day extended not to the Christian Gentiles and I think you are all of my mind or else you would observe and not prophane it as you doe Secondly I do hold that which the seventh dayes rest did signifie doth remaine and continue to the end of the world and in some respects forever also and pulling out a Bible out of my pocket read part the of third and fourth Chapters of the Hebrews and opened to them those Scriptures that speak of the Sabbaoth or rest of God before mentioned also by the Prophets David and Isaiah saying To day if you will heare his voice harden not your hearts least you enter not into his rest c. And againe Wee that have believed have entred into his rest and have ceased from our workes as God did from his proving to them by