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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	father_n	fear_v	pity_v	2,202	5	10.4985	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27125	An epistle general containing wholsome exhortations and good counsel from the spirit of truth unto all such as are or may be under the judgment or sentence of banishment, for the testimony of Jesus Christ ... / by ... W.B.	Bayly, William, d. 1675.	1664 (1664)	Wing B1524; ESTC R16452	13,699	16

AN EPISTLE GENERAL CONTAINING Wholsome Exhortations and Good Counsel from the Spirit of Truth unto all such as are or may be under the Judgment or Sentence OF BANISHMENT FOR THE Testimony of Jesus Christ which is held in a Tender Conscience throughout the Nation of England As also Unto all them that are yet at Liberty to be faithful to the Lord and meet often together in the fear of his Name and not to fear Man that shall be made as Grass and to all in Bonds Prisons and Holes every-where throughout the World who are bearing and suffering for the same Testimony of Truth and Righteousness which the Lord hath decreed shall prosper and spread over all the World till the Kingdoms thereof are become his Kingdoms and he shall Reign for ever and ever Amen With a few Words of Advice to all who have or may have any Message or Business upon the account of Truth to such as are in Authority in the Nations By a Servant of the Churches of Christ Jesus W. B. Printed in the Year 1664. AN EPISTLE GENERAL Containing Wholsome Exhortations and Good Counsel from the Spirit of Truth unto all such as are or may be under the Judgement or Sentence of BANISHMENT for the Testimony of Jesus Christ c. MY dear Friends and Brethren who for your testimony of truth and obedience to the God of Abraham are or may be caused to wander as some of our Fathers have done from your Native Countries and to be exposed to the want of a certain dwelling place in the Earth and to forsake All for the Name of Christ that is neer and dear in the World and be liable to great Jeopardies and Perils by Sea and Land among Strangers and in strange Countries why take ye no thought for your Life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink or wherewith ye shall be clothed or for your Relations and Families what they shall do in your Absence for the Lord for whose sake ye suffer will provide both for you and them as ye faithful to him abide whose tender bowells of compassions are open toward them that fear him and pittieth them even as a Father pittieth his Children But consider how great and weighty a Work and Service the Lord at this time hath called you unto and how greatly the Honour and Glory of his holy Name is concerned therein the Lord my God give you a clear understanding thereof and direct you in his Counsel in all ye take in hand that in it ye may stand faithful and be preserved in his pure Fear in meekness and wisdom to his praise for it is the faithfulness of his people in their patient sufferings and circumspect humble sobe just wise upright harmless conversation that will answer the Principle of God in all Nations and preach his Kingdom come nigh unto People among whom-soever they may come or be scattered for his Name-sake and by this Gospel which is everlasting shall thousands be converted unto God and multitudes be gathered into his Name and many through his knowledge shall be justified which must cover the Earth as the Waters cover the Sea as was prophesied in dayes past Therefore my dear Friends be ye not at all discouraged in your sufferings but look at the End for which the Lord hath called you thereunto which is the exaltation of his Name and the gathering of his pretious Seed out of Captivity where they have been scattered in all quarters in the cloudy and dark day that they might come to inherit rest in their own Land and partake of the glory which was before the world was and consult not with flesh and blood in any thing for ye have need of great watchfulness this day that no reasoner may enter you to the betraying the Innocent into the Sinners hands so that Spirit will sell the Lord that bought them to save self and the things of this Life But flesh and blood must not inherit the Kingdom of God for 't is prepared for that blessed innocent Seed only which hath no Kingdom in this World out is a stranger in the Earth So let your pure breathings be manifest unto the Lord that ye may receive power from him be preserved in his truth out of all the snares of this World and commit your cause and all ye have freely and wholly unto him and be purely resigned and subject to his heavenly Will eying his Glory in all things at all times and in all places for the Work is his and the Cause ye are engaged in is the Lords and not your own ye are but as Servants or Instruments in this great Work which the Lord hath begun and is causing to spread and prosper throughout the Earth that he may get himself a great and glorious and dreadful Name to the ends of the World who shall be made to bow down and worship at his foot-stool and confess that we are his People and that the Everlasting God is with us is on our side and sights for us who cannot strive nor fight for our selves nor avenge our own cause but leave it to him who judgeth righteously and this shall be an evident token that our Kingdom is not of this World unto all people Therefore my dear Friends and Brethren faint not in your minds neither be ye discouraged as concerning the greatness of the Trials ye have to undergo but cast your burthen in this matter upon the Lord for the weight of your sufferings herein he hath pondred and it 's come near unto him and to the hearts of his dear Children whose secret Cries and tender Breathings are uncessantly poured forth into his bosome in your behalf in the tender yearning bowels of his everlasting compassions that ye may stand faithful in his counsel and so walk that his glorious Name may be exalted and his Truth glorified in you and by you and by all that make mention thereof else to what end is all our sufferings and profession of his Name in the World Surely surely the Lord is chusing a Remnant to himself to walk with him in faithsulneses that shall greatly honour him and magnifie and reverence his Holy Name and bring praise unto him in this his day and such only will the Lord my God honour with everlasting dominion and beautifie with his Eternal Salvation and Peace Oh happy is the man and happy will be that soul whose lot falls in this ground and verily it s but a little while and he will wipe away the reproach of this his chosen Remnant and plead their cause with all their Oppressors when the measures of the iniquities of his Adversaries are filled up and our Faith and Patience sufficiently tried and proved and made manifest to the World for of this great controversie now in hand the tender Seed of God is very sensible through Nations which gives many People to see and discern an absolute difference of Spirit and a great gulf fixed between us and our adversaries