Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	know_v	lord_n	people_n	3,995	5	4.7037	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81044	To the king and both Houses of Parliament, (who have made laws and decrees, and caused them to be put in execution, to restrain and prohibit people from having the liberty of their consciences in the exercise of the worship of God) this is sent as a warning from the Lord.	Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668.; Crook, John, 1617-1699.; England and Wales. Parliament.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)	1664 (1664)	Wing C7214A; ESTC R224303	4,729	1

To the KING and both Houses of Parliament Who have made Laws and Decrees and caused them to be put in Execution to restrain and prohibit People from having the Liberty of their Consciences in the Exercise of the Worship of GOD This is sent as A WARNING from the LORD FRIENDS WHat do you mean by these Practices or what do you expect to bring to pass by these your Undertakings and Proceedings Do you think thereby to root out the Holy Seed and Royal Off-spring of God which he hath raised and brought forth in these North parts of the World to rule and reign according to his Promise made by the Mouths of his Prophets in Ages past to which Nations must bow and bend and become subject I tell you plainly and truly that if this be your Expectation which your proceedings give me cause to believe it is you will certainly fail therein And God will assuredly frustrate these your Expectations and by this very way and means that you take to suppress and root out the People of God from having a being amongst you even thereby you will provoke the Lord to root you out if you persist therein Wherefore beware lest that which you think and expect to bring upon the People of God be by the Hand of God brought upon your selves For be it known unto you the Lord God Almighty ●s with his People of a truth whom you have turned your Sword and Power against ●nd what is done unto them he certainly takes as done unto himself and in as much ●s you go about to suppress his People or to limit them in the exercise of their Consciences towards God you therein are found fighters against God and thereby you go about to stop and hinder the work of God which will be as hard for you to do as it was for Saul to kick against the pricks of the Witness of God in his own Conscience Wherefore consider these things and remember that many Warnings and tender Visitations of Love the Lord hath sent unto you in times past which you have little regarded hitherto but go on exercising Cruelty towards the People of God And now at this time also I am moved and it is upon my heart by the Spirit of the Lord to lay these things before you and do tell you in plainness what the Lord will do and bring to pass in despite of all that you can do who seek to oppose him For notwithstanding the many Laws and Decrees which you have made or shall make yet the Work of the Lord which he hath certainly begun that shall go on and increase and the Truth must flourish and prosper and spread forth its self and the Kingdoms of the World must become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ according to his Promise and they that will not bow unto his Throne and Government who is KING of Kings whose right it is to rule in the Consciences of people and to bear the Government there and to exercise them in matters of Worship towards God but will seek to stop and limit him and his Government there even such must and shall be broken by him and bruised under by his eternal Power the Lord hath said and spoken it and it must come to pass Wherefore Friends be you once more warned that you meddle no more with the Consciences of People so as to go about to limit them in matters relating to the Service of God for it 's not the place of a Civil Magistrate to meddle or have to do with those things but leave them free in those things to do as they are perswaded in their own Consciences by the Light of the Spirit of the Lord for you cannot give an account unto God for them if they do amiss but they must all and so must you also give an account unto God every one for himself And this is just and equal ●hat in things of this nature every one should be left to the exercise of the Spirit of ●he Lord in his own heart because that Spiritual Worship consisteth in obedience ●o the Spirit of God and you your selves would not be willing to be prohibited from ●r denied of this Liberty but I dare say you would look upon it to be a very great Oppression unto you to be restrained by any Civil Power or Goverment from that which by the Spirit and Power of God you were perswaded in your Consciences you ought to do and you could not but judge that those who should go about to lay or impose such a Restriction upon you did do unto you as they themselves would not be done by and so ye might wel conclude that it were unrighteousness in them so to do wherefore if you seriously consider whether this Unrighteousness and Oppression be not found in you I know you cannot but lay your hands upon your mouths and confess Guilty So let my Counsel be at this time received by you and take my Advice as ●…om one that hath received the Counsel of the Lord and in measure knows the mind of the Lord by the revelation of his Spirit as touching this matter that is this Shake your selves out of these cruel practices of persecuting about Religion and Worship and lay aside these cruel Impositions which are and have been laid upon the People of God by reason whereof many who are dear unto the Lord have suffered very greatly some the loss of their Liberties and some the loss of their Lives occasioned through being thrust together in noisom Holes and Prisons and others are obnoxious to Exilement from their Wives and Children and from their Native Country dearest Relations and no evil at all justly charged against any of these for which these cruel Sufferings are inflicted upon them 't is only for worshipping God in Spirit that these Sufferings are sustained by them that is the greatest Charge that hath been by you at all proved against them and for these things sake the Lord's Controversie is certainly great with you and will you continue in these things through which you have provoked the Lord to anger His Wrath will not be appeased towards you neither can your Government be established in safety nor you cannot establish your selves in safety and security for fear will surprize you while you go on in these practices because of the guilt that is upon your Consciences and although we cannot neither do we desire to make outward opposition against you by Plottings and Insurrections c. Out of which things God Almighty hath redeemed us and hath brought us into his Covenant of Peace and unto his Mountain of Holiness where nothing hurts nor destroyes yet we know that the Lord is with us on our side and takes our part will plead our Cause and fight for us and he is stronger than you all and his Power is above yours and our trust and confidence is in him alone and not in the arm of flesh and it s in