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rest_n	day_n	keep_v	sabbath_n	14,032	5	10.1482	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49373	Persecution detected in all his new forms: or, A dialogue between Nimrod policy, and Nathanael innocency Wherein persecution is followed and detected in his chiefest tabernacles; being packing apace out of his old g[...]bs of presbytery into his swept and garnisht forms of independency and the water-way: wherein is shewed the originall, and name, and interest of policy, with many of his assistants; and also of innocency: with the epitome of a true Christian: also several considerable queres touching God, his word, his essence; and Christ, and his works in man; as touching heaven, and hell, and sin, and the sabbath &c. of Moses; touching the true rest and centre of a Christian. By John Lane, late quartermaster to Sir Hardresse Wallers regiment.	Lane, John, quartermaster.	1652 (1652)	Wing L338; ESTC R213607	17,333	26

are meant by the clouds that Christ appears in whether it be meant of elementary clouds that are exhaled from the earth or clouds that the wise world will not think he will appear in Rev. 1. 7. Sixthly Touching Sin 21. Whether Sin be any thing else but the effects of mans vain imaginations Eccles. 7. 29. being darkned with wrathfull Jdolatry against the light of in them although there is nothing in it self an Idoll whether sin be of necessity that the Creation cannot be without it or whether it be accidentall or contingent since it must be destroyed Seventhly Touching the Sabbath 22. Whether any Gentile if he had lived within half a mile of Moses power should have participated of the Jewish priviledges except he had been proselited and if not then whether he was to conform to their Laws if it were when Moses lived especially that of keeping their Sabbath in that manner as they did it 23. Whether any Gentile living without Moses power were punishable for breaking any of the Mosaicall Laws in the form they were in or were to be done to death for not keeping the Sabbath and if not why any Gentiles now should be tied to keep it or one like it whether Gentiles had any other direction to worship then the teachings of God in nature J mean without their own inventions and before they became vain in their imaginations and if they had not then although they were directed in nature to adore a superiour entity yet where were they tied to time as such a day or place or to do this and leave the other undone or else you shall die the death 24. Whether or no a Christian that is entred into his rest and ceased from his ovvn works doth esteem any day above another or rather whether a true Christian doth not keep seven Sabbaths every week 25. Whether or no if one should keep a true Christian Sabbath of resting in God and from all mans own works of what nature soever and should do the works that a Christian may freely do then whether one may not be put to death for it by many pharisaicall ones that wear Philacteries of commandements in their foreheads only being within full of rottennesse Pol. Innocency thy Quaeres will ask Oedipus skill to unfold they are many of them so parabolicall but I shall give you my thoughts on them the next oportunity in the mean while I must be forc't to take my leave of you with thanks for all your pains only desiring you to make use of me when you have occasion and you shall find me your ready friend Nimrod Policy Innocency Well Sir I shall draw to a conclusion I should have been glad if your time had been longer but I know you are so full of worldly businesses I shall be glad to have som further discourse with you touching your own country interests assistants when I may and to shew you how dangerous much of the worlds wisdome is unto the universall designe of God viz. of peace love joy freedom and ease to the Creation But Sir I shall not trouble you more at present but that I AM Nathanael Innocency THe night doth passe The day makes hast The Clouds do flie away The glory bright Of innocent light Comes forth like the Star of the day Good and evill are going Heaven Saints none-knowing 'Cause conscience is purged from sin By the life of Christ The love of the highest That hath brought his own righteousnesse in For sure it is true The man born new He cannot sin at all Being born of God Which down hath trod All that might him inthrall If Christ do not All sins out-blot And cleare the conscience from guilt The shadowes before They could do more With the bloud of Bulls that was spilt For once a yeare The people was cleare The Goat with their sins away run But Christ for ever All sins doth sever From man who els were undone From Sina hast Those clouds do wast Gods life in Zion is Conquer all sin By Christ within And come up to mans primitive blisse When Jnnocency With a single eye Was his impartiall law No good he knew Nor evill could do No hrror his mind did awe Then was man free From all that we And creatures now groan under And all did see Come from Unity Which to the wise world 's a wonder How man may be Again set free From all that 's good or evill And live i' th rest Of the first-born blest And fear no sin hell Devill The second Part. IF sin be no more 'T will plague the Whore That on many waters doth ride 'Cause sins are her gaine With the creatures pain Are her temple where she doth abide And were 't not for sin Which she keeps the world in This Whore would pine away Priests and Lawyers might sterve And all Nimrods that serve Her Holinesse to display For the Man of sin Is the chief Engine The Antichrist hath left And expell him from man The Whore is then With all Devills of power bereft Wherefore many say Although the Whore pray And holinesse much pretend Yet sin is her life With division and strfe But God-living her gory will end For many see plain The Enmity 's slain Sins Divell and Hell do quake The Serpent is crost And the Beasthe is cast With the Whore into the Lake Where the fire of God With his rightous rod Their powers doth make to reel Their basis is known And God in ill one The Lambs w 〈…〉 th doth make them feel The third Part. FOr 〈…〉 love joy with peace In the world do increase The wise ones would be mad 'Cause 't will set high Natures propertie Which will make all Nimrodians sad For Christ the true VVill have all new ●●d now again will detect The disparity great That the poor doth cheat He doth abhor and reject And principle highs Of true parity He will in man promote The Gentiles saith he Love lordly to be But Christians have no such thought For he that 's greatest Among you shall be least Of men no honor receive But be right kind And pure in mind And of God you the glory shall have And unto all do As J you show As you would be done unto Your conscience is judge At it do not grudge It 's your rule equally to do Another on the Virgin-Life THe Virgin-life Is free from strife The will it is resigned Into its center It doth enter With the Fathers will being joyned And what he wills The Virgin fills With the rayes of glory bright She hath communion With God in union And liveth alone in his light The Beastiall principle Is not the Temple Where the Sophia resides Shee 's o're all passions And beast-like fashions And passive in God she abides The kingdome of Christ Esteemed the highest The Virgin-life a above All rule and power In her that houre Are swallowed up in God-love The Virgins actions innocent are The seamlesse coat it is for her She all things now doth know Now she doth see All fig-leaves flee All clouds from her do go FINIS Errata Page 1. line 5. for you to be a souldier read you seem to be a souldier c.