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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	king_n	kingdom_n	pilate_n	2,382	5	12.0207	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54125	The continued cry of the oppressed for justice being a farther account of the late unjust and cruel proceedings of unreasonable men against the persons and estates of many of the people call'd Quakers, only for their peaceable meetings to worship God : presented to the serious consideration of the King and both Houses of Parliament : with a postscript of the nature, difference and limits of civil and ecclesiastical authority, and the inconsistency of such severities with both, recommended and submitted to the perusal of Cæsar's true friends / by the author of England's present interest, &c.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1675 (1675)	Wing P1270; ESTC R18856	19,683	36

would entreat Caesar to consider the sad Conseq●ence of Imp●sition and remember both that God did never ask Man Leave to Introduce Truth or make further Discoveries of ●is Mind to the World and that it hath been a wof●l Snare to those Governments that have been drawn to employ their Power against his Work and People 10thly This Way of Proceedure endeavours to stiffle or else to punish Sincerity for Fear or Hopes Frowns or Favour prevail only with base Minds So●ls degenerated to the third and fourth Generation every Spark of Integrity must be extinguisht where Conscience is sacrificed to Worldly Saf●ty and Preferment so that t●is Net holds no Temporizers Honest Men are all the Fish it catches but one would t●ink they should make but an ill Treat to such as reckon themselves generous Men and what is more Christians too but that which renders the Matter more unjustifiable is the Temptation such Severity puts upon Men not hardy enough to suffer for Conscience yet strongly perswaded they have Truth on their Side to desert their Principles and smo●her their Convictions which in plain Terms is to make of sincere Men Hypocrites whereas it is one great End of Government by all laudable Means to pre●erve Sincerity for without it there can be no Faith or Truth in Civ●l Society nor is this all for it is a Maxim worthy of Caesar's Notice NEVER TO THINK HIM TRUE TO CAESAR THAT IS FALSE TO HIS OWN CONSCIENCE besides raped Consciences treasure up Revenge and such Persons are not likely to be longer Friends to Caesar then he hath Preferm●●ts to a●lure them or Power to deter them from being his most implacable Enemies 11thly There is not so ready a Way to 〈…〉 eism as this of extinguishing the Sense of Conscience for Worldly Ends destroy that Internal Rule of Faith Worship and Pract 〈…〉 t●wards God and the Reason of my Religion will be Civil Injunctions and not Divine Convictions consequently I am to be of as many Religions as the Civil Authority shall impose however untrue or contradictory this Sacred Tye of Conscience thus broken farewell to all ●eavenly Obligations in the Soul Scripture-Authority and ancient Protesta●t Principles Christ may at this Rate become what the Jews would have had him and his Apostles be reputed Turners of the World upside down as their Enemies represented them and the godly Martyrs of all Ages so many Self-Murderers for they might justly be esteemed Resisters of Worldly Authority so far as that Authority concerns it self with the Imposition of Religion because they refused the Conformity commanded even to Death And it may not be unworthy of Caesar's Consideration if from these Proceedings People are tempted to infer there is nothing in Religion but Worldly Aims and Ends because so much Power is abus'd under the Name of Religion to vex and destroy Men for being of another Religion that he hazards the best Hold and Obligation he hath to Obedience which is Conscience for where they are taught to obey for Interest Duty and Conviction are out of Doors By all Means let Conscience be sacred and Virtue and Integrity the under dissenting Principles cherisht Charity is more powerful then Severity Perswasion then Penal Laws Lastly To the Reproach of this Course with wise Men it hath never yet obtain'd the End desired for instead of Compliance the Difference is widened the Sufferers are pitied by Spectators which only helps to increase the Number of Dissenters for whoever is in the wrong few think the Persecutor in the Right This in all Ages having been the Issue of severe Prosecution of Dissenters for Matters of Religion what a Cruel Troublesom Thankless Succesless Office is it for Caesar to be employed in may he take better Measure of his Authority and use his Power to the Encouragement of all the Virtuous and Industrious and Just Punishment of the Lazy and Vicious in all Perswasions so shall the Kingdom Florish and the Government Prosper For Ecclesiastical Authori●y or in plainer English Church-Power which makes up the other Pa●t of this Postscript it will be requisite to consult Holy Scripture wh●re we shall be informed of the Institution and Practice of it among the Ancient Ch●istians and by that Canon all People professing Christianity pretend a Willingness to be concluded CHurch-Power supposeth a Church first It will not be improper therefore to examine first What a Scripture-New-Testament-Church is and next what is the Scripture Power belonging to such a Church A Scripture-Church is a Company or Society of People believing professing and practising according to the Doctrine and Example of Christ Jesus and his Apostles and not according to the Scribes Pharisees that taught for Doctrine the Traditions of Men They are such as are Meek in Heart Lowly in Spirit Chast in Life Virtuous in all Conversation full of Self-Denyal Long-Suffering and Patience not only for giving but loving their very Enemies a People so effectually redeemed from the Impieties and Vanities of the World he that thought it no Robbery to be equal with God thought it no Disparagement to be Head to and account as his own Body It was upon a Society thus qualified that the Holy Ghost bestows these excellent Names Disciples and Friends of Christ Heirs and 〈◊〉 with Christ Christ's Brethren and Ki●d●●● A peculiar People The p●r 〈…〉 as most p●●ci●us Blood the Redeemed from 〈◊〉 Earth A Royal Priesthood 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nation The Church of the First Born Christ's Body and the Lamb's Brid which answers but Christ's own Character of himself Religion and Kingdom which is the most apt Distinction that ever can be given of the Nature of his Church and her Authority viz MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD which well connects with Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar 's and unto God the things that are God 's It was an Answer to a very suspitious Question for it was familiarly bruited that he was a King and came to poss●ss his Kingdom and was by some called the King of the Jews The Jews being then subjected to the Roman Empire it concerned Pilate Caesar's Deputy to understand his pretentions which upon better information he found to center in this My Kingdome is not of this World else would my Subjects fight for me As if he had said these Reports are a meer perversion of my Peaceable and Self-denying Intentions an Infamy invented by malicious Scribes and Pharisees that they might the better prevaile with Caesar to sacrifice me to their hatred and revenge I am Caesar's Friend I seek none of his Kingdom from him nor will I sow Sedition plot or conspire his Ruin no let all Men render unto Caesar the Things that are Caesar 's that 's my Doctrine for I am come to erect a Kingdom of another Nature then that of this World to wit a Spiritual Kingdom to be set up