Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	lord_n	love_n	love_v	2,989	5	6.7075	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40945	The Quakers plea with the bishops at their ecclesiastical courts, or, An answer of the people of God, reproachfully called Quakers, to the bill of presentment put against them into the bishops courts, for not coming to the church as is pretended whereby it may appear, that the Quakers, so called, do come to the church, both according to the Scriptures, and Common-prayer books account, and ought not in equity and reason to be presented, or punished for that, &c. / by Richard Farnsworth.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1663 (1663)	Wing F499; ESTC R9314	16,422	24

with him that they have daily erred and strayed from the ways of God like lost sheep and that they have followed too much the devices and desires of their own hearts and that they have daily offended against Gods holy Laws and that they have lest undone those things which they ought to have done and that they have done those things which they ought not to have done and that thereis no health in them but they are they say miserable sinners Are these the signs of a pure heart and if there be no health neither in Priest nor people is there any cure of souls in them is it not spoken in reference to souls health because there is bodily health in them when they make that confession And if there be no souls health in them is there a sound or pure heart in them yet they allow of purity of heart however and that it is a Christians duty to accompany one another in prayer with a pure heart to the throne of the heavenly grace and we acknowledg it to be our duty and practice to accompany one another in prayer with a pure heart to the throne of the heavenly grace And presently after they have ackno●ledged purity of heart and made their confession as aforesaid they say We beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy Here they beg repentance and Gods holy Spirit as if they had not yet received the same However they ought not to be offended at others who have obtained repentance and received the holy spirit because they pray for the same and it is also to be observed that they acknowledge that the people of God by vertue of the Spirit of God are guided and impoured to pray and perform the things that are good acceptable and well pleasing unto God and we own the same here they own in declaration the principle and practice of the people of God called Quakers and therefore ought not to be offended at them for the same viz. that the people of God by vertue of the Spirit of God are guided and impowered to pray and perform the things that are good acceptable and well-pleasing to the Lord and that the people of God who have obtained repentance and received the Spirit of God are by the same directed and enabled to live in purity and holiness of life continually which is well-pleasing unto the Lord. And you say O God make clean our hearts within us and take not thy holy Spirit from us Then you account that you have the holy Spirit or else what need you pray that it be not taken from you that cannot be taken from one if he have it not however you ought not to be offended at others for having and owning the Spirit because you acknowledge you have it your selves You also confess that your hearts are unclean saying O God make clean our hearts within us and before the Priest said I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart If you had a pure heart when you begun your service how comes your hearts to be unclean before you have done or were they not as unclean before however you acknowledge that your hearts are unclean within you and that it is the work of Gods holy spirit within to cleanse the heart from its inward uncleanness though you cannot yet witness the same to be done in your selves whose hearts you say are unclean You say first Sunday in Advent in the Collect so called Almighty God give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and put upon us the armour of light now in the time of this mortall life It seems though you acknowledge that you have not yet cast away the works of darkness nor put upon you the armour of light you do account it to be a Christians duty to cast away the works of darkness to put upon them the armour of Light And the people of God by vertue of the grace of God are enabled to cast away the works of darkness and to put upon them the armour of light now in the time of this mortal life And therefore you ought not to punish them for so doing You say Almighty God mortifie and kill all vices in us Innocents day in the Collect. Though vices yet live in you it is to be observed 1 That you acknowledge it to be the work of God to mortifie and kill all vices inwardly in the hearts of people 2. That people ought to have all vices mortified killed in them by the power of God whilst they live upon the face of the earth 3 That you allow of the work of God in mortifying killing all vices inwardly in others because you pray for it to be done in your selves then you ought to allow of them as the people of God be in love with them wherein God hath so appeared as to mortifie kil all vices within them then you ought to allow of us as the peopl of God be in love with us because God hath been pleased to mortifie kil all vices in us who are reproachfully called Quakers as much as in any people this day upon the face of the earth And our blameless life and godly conversation doth testifie the same to the praise of the glory of his grace who hath called us out of darkness into his marvellous light And do you not acknowledge own inspiration that the thoughts of your hearts are unclean when you are about the receiving of that called Communion because there you say Almighty God unto whomall hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse thou the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirit that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy holy name May it not be observed that you hereby do acknowledge 1 That the thoughts of your hearts and at such a time as when you say you are at the Table of the Lord are unclean within you 2 That the uncleanness of the thoughts of your hearts is the cause of the imperfection of your love to God 3 That it is the act of God by the inspiration of his holy Spirit to take away the uncleanness of the thoughts of the heart which were the cause of imperfection of love towards God as aforesaid 4 That the uncleanness of the thoughts of the heart being removed and taken away the heart is made capable of being perfect in love towards God even to love him perfectly and worthily to magnifie his holy name And you acknowledge that all your doings without charity are nothing worth and therefore you desire God to send his holy Spirit and pour into your hearts that most excellent gift of charity Quinquages ●●ll If all your actions be nothing worth without