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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	faith_n	scripture_n	word_n	9,016	5	4.5069	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75770	The sword of the Lord dravvn, and furbished against the man of sin: or Something in answer to a paper set forth by three of the chief priests of London, whose names are Thomas Goodwine, and one Nye, and Sydrach Sympson, which they have put forth to the propagating of the Gospel, signed by him that is the clerk of the Parl. whose name is Henry Scobell, with their deceits and deceitfull actings laid open and cleared from Scripture, that they have no example in Scripture for their practice. Therefore I was moved by the Lord God of life to lay open their deceit by the spirit of truth, as it was made manifest in me from the Lord, that the simple might not be deceived by them, but might have the knowledge of the truth, from that which is for ever, and shall not change nor fade away. / By one whose name in the flesh is, Christopher Atkinson, who am one that the world doth scornfully call a Quaker.	Atkinson, Christopher.	1654 (1654)	Wing A4129; Thomason E818_4; ESTC R207391	5,812	8

THE Sword of the Lord DRAVVN And furbished against the man of sin OR Something in answer to a Paper set forth by three of the chief Priests of London whose names are Thomas Goodwine and one Nye and Sydr●ch Sympson which they have put forth to the prepagating of the Gospel signed by him that is the Clerk of the Parl. whose name is Henry Scobell with their deceits and deceitfull actings laid open and cleared from Scripture that they have no example in Scripture for their practice Therefore I was moved by the Lord God of life to lay open their deceit By the Spirit of Truth as it was made manifest in me from the Lord that the simple might not be deceived by them but might have the knowledge of the Truth from that which is for ever and shall not change nor fade away By one whose Name in the flesh is Christopher Atkinson who am one that the world doth scornfully call a Quaker London Printed and are to be sold by Giles Calvert at the Sign of the Black-spread-Eagle at the west end of Pauls 1654. The Sword of the Lord drawn and furbished against the Man of sin THere coming a paper unto my hands put forth by three of the Cheif Priests of London whose names are Tho. Goodwin one Nye and Sydrack Simson called the Principles of Faith put forth to the Committee of Parliament for the propagating the Gospel as they call it and finding them out of the Apostles rule and the Prophets rule acting those things which they have no example for therefore am I moved of the Lord to lay open their deceits and to declare the living truth of God as it is made manifest in me and to declare what faith we own and practise and what we doe deny to that end that the simple may be informed and the way of truth cleared from such deceivers who are perverters of the Scriptures who would constrain people to follow their immaginations instead of truth as these men have done whose names are subscribed and now a few words in answer to that you call your first Principle First Principle That the Scriptures is the rule of knowing God and living unto him which who so doth not believe but betakes himself to any other way of discovering God instead thereof cannot be saved Answ The Scriptures are not the Saints rule of knowing God and living unto him but that which was before the Scriptures were written by which all the holy men of God knew him and here yee have made your selves manifest that yee have not the rule which Moses had which is the Spirit of light by which he made himself known unto the sons of men and yee that teach people to walk in another rule are those that put light for darknesse and darknesse for light shewing forth the spirit of errour and here yee pervert the Scriptures and Moses words which prophesied of Christ Moses bad not the people walk by the Scripture neither did he tell them that living therein was the rule of knowing God but he directed them to the Life without which all their profession was abominable but yee are not come to walk in the letter whose lips and practise doth not concord with it who are found acting those things which it declares against Math. 23. who are called of men Master stand praying in the Synagogues which our Lord Jesus Christ cried woe against and here your Faith and your Principle is also that the rule whereby the Saints are guided is that which was before the Scripture was first it is professed generally in this Nation that believing in the Scriptures is the knowledge of God and that the Scriptures is the rule of knowing God this have you preached for doctrine among the people and yet the way of God is hidden from their eyes who are found acting in the abominations of the Heathen as doth plainly appear by the sinnes of this people nay what sin is there that is not committed amongst this people which have professed the Scripture to be their rule and you that pretend to be their Teachers are the greatest examples of their wicked practises crying peace peace unto them when there is no peace one building a wall and another dawbing it with untempered morter but yee shall proceed no further but your folly shall be made manifest to all men our rule is that which Moses walked in and Abraham and David and all the Prophets which is Christ Jesus the light of the world which whosoever believeth not in him hath not God Moses walked in him Abraham believed in him and David delighted in his Law which is perfect and here we deny you who deny that rule in which the holy men of God walked in Second Principle That there is a God who is the Creator and Judge and Governour of the world and is to be known by Faith Answ The Saints God yee are ignorant of who put light for darknesse and darknesse for light and before him yee cannot stand in judgement who are found working wickednesse making people believe that believing in a thing without them will bring them to the knowledge of God which none can know or understand but through death and if ever yee come to know this God whom the Saints worship in spirit and truth yee must witnesse a day of vengeance to passe through therefore stop your mouthes yee proud and lustful ones the day of recompence is come in which yee shall receive double for all your wickednesse The Lord is our Judge our Law-giver and our King and this we witnesse though we had never seen the Scripture and here we deny you and your Principles which is no more than that which the world professeth therefore be yee ashamed yee wicked and ungodly ones who live in the beastly nature who knowes no more of God than what you have without you in the Scriptures which they spoke forth that witnessed him before the Scriptures were written him we own and witnesse to be our King and by him are we redeemed out of your generation glory to his name for ever who hath made himself manifest in us and hath brought us to that which was before the Scripture was Third Principle That this God who is Creator is eternally distinct from all other creatures in his being and blessednesse Answ God yee know not neither can yee see him but are found persecutors of him who would divide him from what he is by your heathenish inventions which ariseth out of the corrupt sensual part which never shall inherit the Kingdome the being of God is not distinct from them that are begotten by him for as the Father and the Son are one without distinction so are they that are begotten by him and here you perverters of the truth are shut forth from God with all your distinctions and immaginations which ariseth out of the dark mind by which yee have all this while deceived the people woe unto you yee enemies of God your