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spirit_n	day_n	lord_n	word_n	7,457	5	4.1658	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57395	A horrible thing committed in this land	Robertson, Thomas, fl. 1658-1685.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1609; ESTC R6752	6,363	8

A Horrible thing committed in this LAND HEre followeth a Description of the frui●s of one of the false prophets of Kent who hath gone ●●●er the name of a Minister of Christ but by his fruits you may see that he amongst the rest is such a one as is greedy and teaches for hire and bears rule by his meanes and all the true Prophets have given in their testimony in all ages against such practises as he is found in Job saith They spied out a house in the day time And hath not this man done so in which he hath made all this spoil but they know not the Light and such Teachers as he is are they that say the light is natural and natural conscience but this man hath made himself manifest that he knows not the light and that his conscience is corrupt and seared and he is without natural affection and as a natural bruit beast wch pusheth with his side shoulder so hath he made manifest himself to be who hath not loved his neighbour neither the innocent and so he hath not fulfilled the Law and the Prophets neither hath he loved his brother whom he hath seen and therefore doth not love God whom he cannot see and therefore let him and all such for ever cease to speak in his Name who hates to be reformed they hate the right way of the Lord who sends forth freely this is Balaams way wch they are in nay worse for he loved the wages of unrighteousnesse but durst not take it but this man hath taken the unrighteous wages at large who is a shame to the Ministers in these dayes who have said they were sent of God but have brought us these fruits to make them manifest that they ran and the Lord never sent them and therefore they do not profit the people at all and he is such a one who is a shame to his Countrey and unto the fountain from whence he proceeded which hath brought forth such bitter water and the blessings of such hath the Lord cursed yea even already saith the Lord and dung doth he spread upon their faces Christ saith by their fruits the false Prophets are known he came not to destroy mens lives but to save them And he said unto Peter put up thy sword and he did not destroy peoples estates neither any that he sent forth but they were as examples and if any did detain any thing from them which was their due they for so doing did not render evil for evil or rayling for rayling they were far from making havock but saith the Apostle after my departure shall grievous Wolves arise which will not spare the flock and such drew away Disciples after them and these grievous Wolves how do they destroy how do they raven as the Preiest of the Parish of Elmestone hath done who is a fierce despiser of them that are good and all the Wolves that we read on ever since the days of the Apostles that hath been grievous did never make such a spoil neither such a havock as he hath done who without pitty or bowels of compassion hath exceeded them in this thing shewing out his enmity against Robert Minter his Wife and family to destroy them but also she as a tender Mother who with natural care and tendernesse did provide things honest both for her self and also for her house in the sight of God and all people and also for her childe which as yet was in her womb unbrought forth that when the time appointed of her deliverance should come she and it might be preserved by such things and necessaries as God had enabled her to provide And travel comming suddenly upon a woman with childe she had linen cloaths and clouts provided sutable for it and before it was brought forth this havock was made without pitty either to the Child or yet to the tender Mother which might have caused great grief of heart and sudden labour if the Lord had not supported her so that she and the child too might have gone neer to have been lost if not both together and those dayes her last dayes laying down her head in sorrow taking away their corn pannes and other things as is hereafter mentioned that she could not have that reliefe for her self neither for it as in that case is required Oh horrible and wonderful if Jeremiah had been in these dayes here had been a wonderfull horrible and a filthy thing to have cryed against nay all the false Prophets he hath outstript and gone beyond them all what could he require of the child in the womb or of that man who did not hear him nor did receive any spiritual thing from him is not this such a one as did oppresse a man and his house and if Isay had lived in these dayes would he not have declared him to be a greedy dog and such a shepherd that could not understand that looks to their own way and seeks for their gain from their quarter as you may see in Isa 56. 10 11. And if Ezekiel had lived in these dayes might not he have prophecyed against this shepherd and have cryed wo against him as he did against those shepherds in Ezek 34. 2 3 4 the diseased he hath not strengthened he hath not healed that wch was sick neither hath he bound up that which is broken neither hath he brought again that wch is driven away but on the contrary he hath rather made sick rather diseased rather made weak even where there was no sicknesse and where there was noe disease and so hath made the heart of the Righteous sad whom the Lord hath not made sad but he hath ruled with force and with cruelty and doth eat the fat and cloath with the wool but the beast fed are slain Now consider should not the shepherds feed the flocks as you may see in the second verse and should not he that plants a vineyard eat of the fruit thereof now the shepherds are first to feed the flock and sow unto them Spiritual things then it were a small matter if they did reap their carnals a little meat and drink as the Ministers of Christ have and had and if Hosea had been in these dayes who did hear the Word of the Lord might he not well have cryed out As a troop of Robbers wait for a man so the company of Priests murder in the way by consent Hosea 6. 9. And if Micah who was truly full of that spirit would he not have said of him as he said of them that caused the Lords people to erre and did bite with their teeth and cry peace to them that put into their mouthes but them that did not they prepare war against them as Micah 3. and 5. And such a one who hates the good and loves the evil who pluck off their skin from off them and their flesh from off their bones and who eat the flesh of my people and flay their skin from off them