Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

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cause_n	evil_a	good_a	great_a	3,686	5	2.7944	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60644	A new catechism wherein many truths are plainly opened by way of question and answer which may be a help and furtherance unto all tender hearted people who are breathing after the Lord and waits for redemption and salvation by Jesus Christ : also something concerning the foundation and principle of the poor afflicted people of God (called Quakers) and of their faith and love towards God and their good will unto men, being also plainly demonstrated by way of question and answer : given forth in the labour of love and put to view for the service of this present generation and also generations to come / William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1665 (1665)	Wing S4318; ESTC R26928	43,953	129

this is to be observed that where there is no testimony there is no persecution for if the birth of the flesh can be answered in its way and not testified against it will not persecute because it is answered by its own nature and it is against its nature to persecute its self and so it is that the world loves its own and hates such as are not of it and persecutes them Q. And doth not God answer all such as are faithful in their testimony with peace and joy A. Yes he is their strength and exceeding great reward and they have much peace in him and fulness of joy in his presence Q. Why do not such as are born of the seed of God revenge themselves upon their adversaries when they may have opportunities A. Because revenge is contrary to their nature for they are born of the peaceable nature of Christ in which they love their enemies and bears good will to all men and so they lye down in the will of God and gives their back to the smiters and cannot resist nor revenge but are ready to do good to those that hates them and persecutes them not rendring evil for evil but overcoms the evil with good and herein it is manifest that they are born of God and knoweth God and so commits their cause unto him as unto a faithful creator Q. But are not such people in great bondage through outward sufferings and afflictions and is not their suffering grievous unto them A. As to their bodies they are in much bondage and sufferings but they have inward liberty in God and are the freest of all people and they count their outward afflictions but light in comparison of their inward joy and glory for they are the living babes out of whose mouths God perfects his praise and this is the change wrought in man by the mighty power of God in which power the everlasting kingdome is known and the riches of it inherited in which the babes sits down rejoycing in the midst of outward tribulations and they learn the new songs and sings them with new tongues with which they magnifie the Lamb that lives for ever and ever Even so Amen Glory be to the most high over all Something concerning the Foundation and Principle of the poor afflicted people of God called QUAKERS Quest VVHat is the ground and foundation which you that are called Quakers do lay to your selves as the principle of your Religion A. sw Our ground and foundation is Jesus Christ who is the only begotten of the Father and God hath layed it for us and not we to our selves and it is a sure foundation in it self and also sure unto us as being layd of God for us and this is the foundation and principle of our Religion Q. Where do you hold forth this foundation to be laid which you say is laid God for you A. It is laid of God within us and the rock of our safety and so we hold forth to be a sure foundation as knowing the strength and power of it which defends it self that the gates of Hell cannot prevail against it nor against us that stand stedfast upon it Q. How do you manifest this inward foundation which you say is Christ to be the true and only foundation which God hath laid A. From the feeling that we have of it by which we know that it is sure in us and from that sure and certain knowledge which we have of it in the feeling we manifest it from its own nature and being unto its own nature and being in others Q. What is the nature and being of it A. It is unchangeable in light life power wisdom and glory full of all goodness virtue and mercy and in its nature and being is unmoveable Q. How do you manifest it to be the only foundation and that there is not another A. From the unchangeableness of its own nature and being for wee know that God doth not lay any visible or changable things for a foundation but that which is of himselfe within and is invinsible to the natural eye and unchangable in its own nature that is the foundation which God layeth and wee know no man can lay another Q. And is that which is within you the only foundation upon which you stand and the principle of your Religion A. That of God within us is so for we know it is Christ and being Christ it must needs be onely and principal for that which is onely admits not of another and that which is principal is greatest in being and thus we know Christ in us to be unto us the onely and principal who was before all things and in whom all things consist Q. But doe you hold that this foundation and principle within you is sufficient to give eternal life A. Yes we doe so for as we know that it is Christ in us so we also know the eternal life which is in him and that he is sufficient to give eternal life from his own fulness unto as many as receives him in the gift of his grace manifest within them Q. How came you to the knowledge of that foundation and principle which you say is within you A. By the light which is manifest from it that in our hearts gives us the light of the knowledge of it Q. How doe you know that it is a true light which gives you such a knowledg A. By the operation and effects of it Q. How doth it operate unto such a knowledge A. By the strength of its power in us whereby that knowledge which was gained through comprehending comes to decay and dye and a loss comes upon all that which hath any way been fetched in by the motion of the earthly wisdome Q. And doth it effect such a thing in you by its operation A. Yes it worketh effectually in us to the crucifying of that nature which hath rebelled against God Q. Doth it operate unto such effects in you without Faith A. Nay for it is the foundation and principle of our faith and as our Faith stands in it we know the operation and effects of it by our Fath and in this Faith we please God because we believe that by his power in us he is able to subdue all things to himself Q. How come you to receive this Faith A. By yeilding our selves to the manifestation of the light whereby we come to be drawn and gathered into the nature of it and so receives Faith in it as the gift of God Q. But have you not some Faith in it before you yeild your selves unto it A. We have a perswasion wrought in us that it is of God and so yeilds our selves unto it as being perswaded that it is truth and by yeilding our selves unto it and receiving of it in its manifestation we thereby come into union with it and knowes it to be the author and finisher of our Faith Q. And doth that Faith give you assurance of eternal life