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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	deny_v	live_v	ungodliness_n	2,303	5	11.2667	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44127	The faith and testimony of the martyrs and suffering servants of Jesus Christ persecuted in New England vindicated against the lyes and slanders cast on them by Nathaniel Morton in his book intituled New England memorial / written ... by ... Christopher Holder.	Holder, Christopher, d. 1688.; Rous, John, d. 1695. A few queries put forth.	1670 (1670)	Wing H2384; ESTC R31117	8,220	11

this is that we hold we believe that Christ is perfect and that the gift and grace of God is perfect and that as man is led and guided by it he is led to deny all ungodliness and Worldly lusts and to live Godly in this present World and unto this Christ and grace and gift of God which is perfect do we direct all people that in him they may believe and from him they may receive power that thereby they may know the Regeneration and the new birth and so become the Sons of God and that is the perfect state which we say is attainable in this life for that birth cannot sin it is true it may be slain or made a sufferer by sin but it self cannot sin as John saith he that is born of God sinneth not neither can he sin because his seed remaineth in him and this is no new thing nor strange nor damnable doctrine for this was the end or work of the Ministry which the Apostles had received from Christ for the perfecting the Saints that they might present every man perfect in Christ also he prayed for them that they might be perfect and intire wanting nothing but this Faith or condition is not soon or easily attained to nor by no other means known but as Man cometh through the death with Christ to sin and is made a live by him to Righteousness and if you preach any other doctrine then his you preach another Gospel then what Paul preached and so are under the curse which Paul pronounced against them that preached another Gospel and so in the end you will be found your selves to be a pernitious sect of Hereticks and not us called Quakers 6thly Thou sayest they placed their Justification upon their patience and suffering for their opinions and on their righteous life and retired severity and affected singularity in the words and Jestures Ans This is a most abominable lie and a false slander for which thou must receive thy reward among the lyers in the Lake except thou repent for we place Justification in none but in Christ nor by no other means are we justified in the sight of God but by the Righteousness of Christ who of God is made unto us Wisdom Righteousness Sanctification Redemption and as we feel this Righteousness of Christ wrought in us and we wrought into it we feel our selves justified in Christ and so have peace with God and to believe and witness this is no error nor delusion and to preach it unto others is no corrupt nor damnable doctrine 7thly Thou sayest as to civil account they used not nor practiced any civil respect to Man though Superiours either in Majestratical considerations or as Masters or Parents or the Antient in word or gesture Ans This is another lie and false slander for as for civil respect we allow it to all Men according to their places both in word and gesture as for Magistrates we respect their commands in doing what is just and right and in suffering that which is unjust not using any means of resistance by carnal weapons and as to Masters and Parents we own subjection and obedience to them in all things that do not cross the command and will of God but as to foolish jestures and flattering titles which are in themselves and as commonly they are used are uncivil and not civil but usually done in Hypocricy and vain glory and deceit these things we deny and cannot give it unto any man nor receive it from any man for in so doing we should be reprooved by our maker and of this mind was Elihu who said I will not now accept the person of Man neither will I give flattering titles to Man for I may not give titles to man least my Maker should take me away suddenly 8thly Thou sayest we deny the use of oaths for the deciding civil controversies Ans That we do and upon all other accounts whatsoever and that in obedience to the command of Christ who saith swear not at all but let your communication be yea yea nay nay for whatsoever is more cometh of evil the Apostle James saith before all things my brethren swear not neither by Heaven nor by Earth nor by any other Oath but let your yea be yea and your nay nay least you fall into condemnation and is this corrupt and damnable doctrine dost not thou condemn thy sel● in the things that thou allowest wouldest thou have the Scriptures to be a setled and permanent Rule and ●●●call the doctrine therein contained corrupt pernitious and damnable wouldest thou not have called Christ and the Apostles a pernitious sect and their doctrine corrupt and damnable if thou hadst been in their days to that of God in thee I speak which shall answer me in the day when the book of conscience is opened and thou Judged out of it and rewarded according to thy work 9thly Again thou sayest this spirit of delusion became very prevalent with many so as the Number of them increased to the great danger of the subvertion both of Church and State notwithstanding the endeavours of them in Authority to suppress the same had not the Lord declared against them in blasting their enterprizes and contrivements so as they have of late withered away in a great measure sundry of their teachers and leaders which have caused them to erre are departed the Country and we trust the Lord will make the folly of the remainder manifest more and more Ans I grant that the truth which thou callest a delusion became very prevalent with many and hath entred into the hearts of many and hath prevailed notwithstanding your Prisons Whips and Gallows or any other your carnal Weapons and as it hath prospered so it doth prosper and shall prosper notwithstanding all t●at you can say or do for the Lord hath not declared against us neither are we withered a way but it thou hast an eye open thou might see the contrary for the Lord hath appeared for us and given us great d●minion over you so that we can pass from all your Jurisdictions without any molestation and that we are not withered a way its evident to all men for our Meetings are more publick and larger then ever they were and this is brought to pass and accomplished through the help and power of God notwithstanding all your bloody persecuting carnal Weapons and although some of us according to the will of God are departed the Country yet there are enough remaining to make thy folly manifest unto all men more and more Again thou concludes with th●se vows let our deliverance from so great a danger be received among the principall of the Lords gratious providences towards New-England Ans Alas poor man thou gloryest in that which will be your shame for I know not why thou boasts of deliverance except it be in this that we come not so o●ten to your meetings and courts as we were used to do and if it be so