Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	see_v	word_n	2,862	5	3.8031	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54907	The captive (that hath long been in captivity) visited with the day-spring from on high. Or the prisoner (that hath fitten in the prison-house of woful darkness) freed into the everlasting light and covenant of God, in which perfect peace and satisfaction is Written by way of conference, and sent out into the world for the sake of those who have long groped upon the tops of the dark mountains, where the barrennesse and emptinesse is, without the knowledge of the true light to be their guide, that they (as in a glass) may see themselves, and read what hath been the cause why they have so long sought, and not found that they have sought for. Given forth especially for the sake of the scattered people in America, by one who labors for and waits to see the elect gathered from the four quarters of the earth, known by the name of Richard Pinder.	Pinder, Richard, d. 1695.	1660 (1660)	Wing P2262; ESTC R219448	16,995	45

faith comes by hearing them speak their imaginations of the Scriptures so reproach it and call it natural to wit the light which convinces of sin which is the free gift of God and cannot be bought and sold for money as those that calls this light natural do their meanings which they give of the Scriptures which were spoken forth freely from the gift of God and are of no private interpretation ne ther came by the will of man but are to be read and fulfilled in the same spirit by which they were spoken forth though such as deny the light which Christ hath enlightned every one withall sell their meanings and interpretations which they give of them and calls so doing preaching of the word and tells people light and faith must come by hearing of them but the Lord is discovering of their whoredom and redeeming his flock out of their mouths and the Scriptures also that they shall deceive the simple no longer by their false interpreting of them and by their false meanings which they have given of them for the Lord is bringing his out of Captivity and freeing them into his own Covenant of light where they shall be taught of him and shall not need to say every man to his neighbour and to his Brother know the Lord for they shall all know him from the greatest to the least So thou that hast adhered to such teachers as told thee that the light which convinced thee of sin and shewed thee thy own darkness was not sufficient to lead unto Salvation but told thee of a greater light which must come by hearing them which must free thee from the condemning power of sin though not from that power by which it is brought forth I say unto thee by such thou hast been kept in captivity that thy sin hath still ruled and had power over thee and thou still by the light in thy Conscience art condemned for it that the King of peace thou wast not like to know nor his Salvation which thou saiest thy Soul longed for in that thou hast rejected his light which appeared in thee to convert thy heart unto himself but thou not believing in it but adhering unto such as told thee it was but natural thou still hast remained a stranger unto him though thou wast diligent in observing those things which the Kingdome of God comes not by for it comes not by observation neither stands in Words but in Power of which thou daily wilt partake as the light which thou so long has rejected comes to be thy guide in which thou wilt feel life glory and vertue spring forth and then thou wilt clearly see they that told thee the light which shewed thee thy own sin was naturall are enemies unto thy Soules rest and peace Captive According to my promise and thy desirent I have lent a diligent ear and taken good notice of thy words that I do plainly see the cause of this my so much darkness and long travell and running from Mountain to Hill hath been because I have not been informed to this light of the appearance and of the operation of which thou hast spoken that gladly I would be further informed concerning it how I may discern the appearance of it in my self seeing thou saith that I and all men have a measure of it given unto us Inform Seeing thou art sensible that the cause of thy great darkness and wandring astray hath been because thou hath not been informed to this light of the appearance operation of which I have spoken therefore I shall endeavour to inform thee how thou maiest know the appearance of it in thy self by its nature and quality for its contrary to all uncleanness either of flesh or spirit and stands a witness in thee for the Lord bearing Testimony in thy own Conscience that he is against all unrighteousness impurity and unholiness that when thou goes into these things he by his light reproves thee and shews thee thou ought not to give thy strength nor yeild thy members servants to such things but that thou ought to give thy strength and yield thy members Servants unto him who by his light calls for purity Righteousnesse Equity and Justice in all things and this is that which thy God requires of thee to love mercy and to do justly and to walk humbly with him Cap. Thou say'st I may discern the appearance of this light to which thou dost inform me by its nature and quality in that its contrary to all unrighteousnesse and reproves me when I go into it which thing I do plainly see and am very sensible of that it doth condemn me and trouble me when I act any unrighteousness but the thing I desire to know whether if I take heed unto it it will keep me out of the unrighteousness which it is so ready to reprove and condemn me for Inform. Thou being sensible as thou saith thou art that the light to which I inform thee to wit that in thy own conscience that it is very ready to reprove and trouble thee when thou acts any unrighteousness well according to thy Querie I shall answer thee The light to which I inform thee is that which shews thee when thou hast an evil intent or purpose in thy heart to wrong any or to do any injustice in what sort soever now if thou take heed unto that wch shews thee how these things would conceive in thy heart then thou wilt learn true judgment within thy self whereby the evil and self that would joyn with it will be judged that when the evil before mentioned would appear to operate it by the true light wil be condemned and so thou having thy mind exercised in the Principle of light thou wilt feel the sufficencie and ability that is in it to destroy the evil in its appearance and as thou comes to feel this indeed and in truth then thou wilt know the light which was so ready to condemn and trouble thee when unrighteousness was committed as ready to give peace and preserve thee out of all the snares and temptations of the wicked one who hath long led thee Captive at his will in that thy mind hath not been informed directed nor guided by the true eternal light Cap. Truly I see and am very sensible of this also the cause why my sin hath so prevailed over me is because I have not taken heed unto this light which shewed me when temptations did arise in my own heart but that I have given way unto them that sin hath been brought forth and it hath brought forth death under the shaddow of which as I told thee at first I yet sit but me thinks I am some-what encouraged for the time to come to take heed unto this light thou informs me unto in that thou saith sufficency and ability is in it to overcome the evil in its appearance and in that also thou saith as by it am kept out of the evil it will be as ready