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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	love_n	love_v	worldly_a	3,021	5	9.1436	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54142	Good advice to the Church of England, Roman Catholick and Protestant dissenter, in which it is endeavoured to be made appear that it is their duty, principle & interest to abolish the penal laws and tests	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1687 (1687)	Wing P1296; ESTC R203148	42,315	65

Good Advice TO THE Church of England Roman Catholick and Protestant Dissenter In which it is endeavoured to be made appear that it is their Duty Principles Interest To abolish the Penal Laws and Tests Beati Pacifici Licenced June the 30th 1687. LONDON Printed and Sold by Andrew Sowle at the Crooked-Billet in Holloway-Lane in Shoreditch and at the Three Keys in Nags-Head-Court in Grace-Church-Street over-against the Conduit 1687. THE PREFACF Reader NO matter who but what and yet if thou wouldst know the Author he is an English-Man and therefore obliged to this Country and the Laws that made him Free. That single Consideration were enough to command this Vndertaking for 't is to perswade his Country Men to be delivered of the greatest Yoke a Nation can well Suffer under Penal Laws for Religion I mean. And now thou hast both the who and what If thou art Wise and Good thou art above my Epethites and more my Flatteries If not I am in the Right to let 'um alone Read Think and Judge Liberty English and Christian is all that is sought in the ensuing Discourse Adieu Good Advice c. PART I. I Must own it is my Aversion at this time to meddle with Publick Matters and yet my Duty to the Publick will not let me be Silent They that move by Principles must not regard Times nor Factions but what is just and what is honourable and that no Man ought to Scruple nor no Time nor Interest to Contest The single Question I go upon and which does immediately concern and exercise the Minds of the Thinking as well as Talking Men of this Kingdom is whether it be fit to repeal the Penal Laws and Tests in matters of Religion or not I take the Affirmative of the Question and humbly submit my Reasons to every reasonable Conscience I say reasonable because That which knows not its own Duty Principles and Interest is not so and That which is not willing to do to others as it would be done by less deserves to be thought so Now there are three sorts of People that will find themselves concerned in this Question The Church of England the Roman Catholick and the Protestant Dissenter and these make up the whole Body of the Kingdom If it appear to be their Duty Principles and Interest the Question is gain'd and no body is left to complain and if I am mistaken it is with so great an inclination to serve them all that their good nature cannot but plead my Excuse especially when they consider I am neither mov'd by Hopes nor Fears Private Loss or Gain being farther from my thought then I hope they are from a good Understanding I say first then it is the Duty of all of them because they all profess that Religion which makes it their common duty to do it Christianity I mean For no Christian ought to deprive any man of his native Right for matters of Faith and Worship towards God in the way that he thinks most agreeable to the Will of God because it is necessary to a Christian to believe that Faith is the Gift of God alone and that He only is Lord of Conscience and is able truly to enlighten perswade and establish it and consequently that prejudicing Men in their Persons or Estates or depriving them of any Station in the Government they might otherwise in their turn be capable to serve the Publick in is contrary to the tenderness and equity of that Religion which will yet further appear if we consider that Christianity is the sole Religion of the World that is built on the Principles of Love which brought with it the greatest Evidences of Truth Equally convincing our Understandings with its Light and bearing down our Sences with its Miracles Which silenc'd the Oracles of the Heathens by the Divine Power present with it and vanquisht their Hearts that had left nothing else to conquer leading Kings and Emperors with their Courts and Armies in triumph after the despised Cross of him who was the holy and blessed Author of it It was he that laid not his Religion in worldly Empire nor used the Methods of worldly Princes to propagate it as it came from Heaven so that only should have the Honour of protecting and promoting it His whole business to mankind from first to last was Love. 'T was first Love in his Father to send him as St. John teaches God so loved the World that he sent his Son c. It was love in Jesus Christ to come on that Arrand that he who thought it no Robbery to be equal with God should take the form of a Servant to adopt us Children and make himself of no Reputation with the World that he might make us of Reputation with God his Father And he did not only come in much Love but preach't it and prest it both to Friends and Foes Love one another Love Enemies do good to them that hate you forgive them that trespass against you what you would that other Men should do unto you do that unto them by these things shall all Men know you are my Disciples for I came not to destroy Mens Lives no not for Religion it self for my Kingdom Power Force Weapons and Victory are not of this World. In all this Love prevails It was his great his new his last Commandment of all his Disciples the most persued by his beloved One that in his Bosom had learn'd his Heart as his Divine Doctrine of Love in his Epistle tells us As he liv'd in Love so he died in Love with us and for us and that while we were rebellious too ay he pray'd and dy'd for them who put him to Death shewing us says St. Peter an Example that we also should follow his Steps And what are they doubtless the Steps of Love the Path he trod To do good to Mankind Enemies as well as Friends that we may be like our heavenly Father that causes his Sun to shine and his Rain to fall upon the Just and Vnjust This must be the Apostles meaning for the rest of his Passion was Inimitable Now if this be the Doctrine of Christ the Nature of Christ●anity the Practice of the Primitive Church that like Adam was Created in full Strength Beauty and Wisdom and so an Example to succeeding Ages of Religion and to which we so often refer as our Original with what Pretence to a Christian Conscience can any one stickle to keep Imprisoning Banishing Impoverishing Hanging and Quartering Law● on ●oot for Religion sake but especially against such as are by Creed professors of Christianity as well as themselves I know the Case is put hard by those that have the Laws on their side We do this to save our selves but an harder Case than Christs can never be put whose Answer in his ought to resolve theirs fully Christ is sent by his Father for the Salvation of the World He introduces and proves his Mission by Miracles and the great Authority