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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	witness_v	word_n	year_n	24	3	4.1109	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84832	A visitation to the Iewes, from them whom the Lord hath visited from on high, among whom he hath performed his promise made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to his seed, which Moses saw, and the prophets gave testimonie of, to which seed the Apostles witnessed, which seed we are, which seed of Abraham Christ came according to the flesh, which we now witness, glory to the Lord for evermore. Also, a visitation to all you that have long had the Scriptures; but found out of the life of them that gave them forth, that are stumbling about the words, fighting and contending about them, imprisoning and persecuting them that witness the life that gave them fotth [sic]. / Given forth by G.F.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1656 (1656)	Wing F1978; Thomason E883_7; ESTC R202191	39,450	39

will utterly destroy the tongue of the Aegyptian sea Isa 11. and there shall be a high way for the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assyria take notice like as it was to Israel in the day that hee came up out of Aegypt And where this Covenant that is everlasting of Light is received with it the first is seen that doth decay And thus saith the Lord I will hold thy hand I will keep thee and give thee for a Covenant to the people and a Light to the Gentiles to open the blinde eyes to bring out the prisoners out of the prison and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house I am the Lord that is my name and my glory I will not give to another Behold the former things are come to pass and new things I tell you of before they spring forth I tell you of them Now when these things were sprung up among you and come to pass that had the first Covenant given to you when you came out of Aegypt These new things this new Covenant you received not though to you it was declared by the Prophet before they did spring forth and this Covenant of the people the light to the Gentiles opens the blind eyes brings out the prisoners out of the prison-house and this is he that preaches unto the spirits in prison Now you and your fathers that have rested in the former things not beholding nor seeing the new things that are come to pass and declared to your fathers before they came to pass shewes how you have refused the corner-stone which have been builders of the words without life the Covenant of Light the Prince of Peace the Lord of glory he that sits on Davids Throne that comes in the volume of the book to do the will of God So the new things which were declared by the Prophet before they sprang forth you that remain in the old have rejected it and have you not been rejected mark and provoked by a people that were not a people Have not the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness obtained the righteousness even the righteousness of Faith in Christ Jesus Rom. 10. the Covenant of Light the Light of the Gentiles among whom his name is great and their eyes are opened and the prisoners come out of the prison-house and in him do the Gentiles trust And thus saith the Lord in an acceptable time have I heard thee in a day of salvation have I helped thee I will preserve thee and give thee for a Covenant to the people to establish the earth I will give thee saith the Lord a light of the Gentiles that thou mayst be my salvaion to the end of the earth Now he that establisheth the earth the covenant is witnessed by whom all things were made What is he salvation to the end of the earth the covenant of light yea who in lighteneth every man that cometh into the world which I saiah spoke of which your fathers had their will on And thus saith the Lord I will preserve thee and give thee for a covenant to the people to establish the earth to obtain the inheritance of the desolate heritage mark this covenant of the people to establish the earth which obtains the inheritance of the desolate heritages and say to the prisoners Go forth and to them that are in darkness Shew your selves which is now fulfilled and fulfilling they shall feed in the way and their pasture shall be on the tops of the hills and these witness the fresh springs of water and this is witnessed among them that witness his covenant and are converted to God to serve the living God in righteousness who are come to the life of the Prophets and possesseth that which they spoke of therefore did David give thanks to the Lord among the Heathen and sing praises to his Name great deliverance gives he to his King to David and his seed Psa 18. whose seed we are for evermore and Moses that received the Covenant from the Lord when your fathers came out of Egypt said Like unto mee will the Lord thy God raise thee up a prophet from the midst of thy Brethren Deut. 18. him shall ye harken unto Now this Prophet did Stephen witness and hold forth when he was brought before the Council whom they cast out and stoned Acts 7. Your Fathers had the Tabernacle of VVitness in the VVilderness as he had appointed speaking unto Moses that he should make it according to the fashion which he had seen which also the Fathers that came after brought in with Iesus into the possession of the Gentiles whom God drave out before the face of our Fathers unto the dayes of David who found savor before God and desired to find a Tabernacle for the God of Jacob but Solomon built him a house howbeit the most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands as saith the Prophet Heaven is my Throne and the earth is my footstool what house will yee build me saith the Lord or what is the place of my rest Now your fathers that held up these o●tward things being not in the life that saw beyond them the end of them the things which Steven here witnessed whom your fathers that had the Law not the lise put to death which had persecuted the Prophets that shewed the coming of the Iust One of whom they had been the betrayers murderers of that stoned Steven these know not that new thing that must come to pass before declared which the Lord by his Prophets spoke of but were disobedient rebellious against the Lord cast his law behind their backs slew his prophets which testified against them to turn them to the Lord they wrought great provocations therfore the Lord delivered them to their enemies vexed them in the time of their troubles when they cried to him he heard them according to his manifold Mercies he gave them a Savior who saved them from the hand of their Enemies Now you may see the cause why his hand was against them being rebellious and disobedient casting the Law behind their backs being out of the life of it here is the cause of slaying the Prophets who witnessed the life of his Law and yet many yeers did the Lord forbear them and testifie against them that had the words by the Spirit in his Prophets Therefore now you having the Prophets words have built their Sepulchres were you in the Prophets life you would see that which the Prophets gave Testimony of and Moses him by whom the world was made the Glory of Israel the light of the Gentiles the leader of the people take notice the light is to lead yea the light is the leader of the people Now you being out of the life of the Prophets and Moses having their words thinking to have life in the Scriptures searching them which do testifie of Christ but not coming to the Prophets