Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	day_n	place_n	sabbath_n	1,769	5	9.7235	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27903	The voice of thunder, or, The sound of a trumpet giving a certain sound, saying, Arise ye dead, and come to judgement the light, to guide you to judge out the evil, that righteousnesse you may learn, and so come to have a true discerning betwixt the precious and the vile, betwixt those that in truth serve the Lord, and those that pretend to worship him, a day, when in truth they serve him not, but grieve his spirit : with a few words to them whose faces are Sion-ward, travelling to the good land of rest, whereunto those that believe not in the light cannot enter : with a dear, tender visitation to the holy, meek, suffering seed, which is already entered and entering in, where none can make afraid / by Humphrey Bache.	Bache, Humphrey.; D. B. (Daniel Baker), fl. 1650-1660.	1659 (1659)	Wing B254; ESTC R15086	7,334	9

Church where you will and to shut your shops and I see no reason said he you should desire or go about to take away anothers Liberty that cannot go with you to where your worship is yea said he in matter of conscience I know not why the Papist or any other should be denyed their Liberty any more then you your selves should he denyed your Liberty And these words somewhat appeased and silenced the rude multitude and though the Magistrate past by and saw or might see them rude he spake not at all to them nay not so much as this stranger yet his dwelling was near though it were his office to keep the peace and though I did what I did in opening my shop in obedience to the Lord yet the Magistrate is so blind and dark as that he calls good evil and evil good and said I was the cause of the tumult and disturbance in the street though I remained peaceable and quiet in my shop and had much abuse by dirt and spitting and rudeness done to me by the rude people so that they are rather countenanced by the Magistrate then that he is any way a terrour to them But this I know assuredly if the rude multitude should proceed to harm any the Magistrate dwelling so near knowing of it and not regarding to suppresse the heady violent and wicked practices of wicked people who are out of Gods fear the Magistrate at the day of accompt will feel and finde that the evil done will lie at his door and be charged upon him if he neglect to rescue and preserve the peaceable quiet man or woman out of the hands of fierce and violent people who may think if they kill a man they do God good service O ye Magistrates and all people dread dread the Lord and love the light that shines in your hearts that being guided by it your consciences may be purged with it from dead works to serve the living God not in the oldness of the Letter or by tradition but in the newness of the Spirit in which God who is a spirit will be worshipped and may come to have the eye opened that the God of the world hath blinded and so may see your souls lie weltting in their blood and may come into a true sencibleness of your present condition that so your selves might come to groan to the Lord for deliverance from the bondage of corruption and may be made willing in this Gods powerful day to wait in the light therein to receive power in the teachings of it to break the bonds of iniquity to turn from pride bitterness fierceness envy wildness wanttonness and all unrighteousness which the hearts of people whilst carnally minded take pleasure in and many plead for as their Liberty to live in that which pleaseth the carnal mind against which Gods displeasure will appear as the light ariseth in your hearts to judge you according to the deeds done in the body Therefore now all of you strive to enter in at the straite gate of self-denial in denying your selves of whatsoever the carnal mind would lead you into wherein the death of the soul is and know that this crosse to the carnal mind is to be taken up dayly when Christs discipline is received that the partition wall of enmity may be broken down by the power of Gods grace in the heart teaching to deny the carnal will in which the wages is death and to bring forth fruit unto holiness the end whereof is everlasting life So dear people all refuse the evil and chuse the good and live for evermore This is written to you by a lover of all your Souls from the breathings of the pure love of the Lord God who would not any of you should perish but that all should come to repentance Tower-street London the 5th day of the 8th month 1659. H. B. THe unbelieving despisers adulterous and gain-saying generation must have signes and wonders shewed to them as in the dayes of old and notwithstanding these things was and is shewed held forth unto them yet will they not believe and they that held forth the signes and types and figures and shadows of good things to come which is come and coming in the midst of us were in the life and power of him who was in the Church in the wilderness who said six dayes shalt thou labour c. and the first day is one of the six and is not the true Christians or Israelites holy sabbath which they keep whose dwelling place is in the end of all signes and likenesses Christ Jesus the Lord and King of righteousness the Prince of life and Peace the light of the world the Lord of the Sabbath the day which the everlasting God hath blessed is the rest the quiet holy habitation into which the Lord the King of glory is entered and come in and hath taken up his abode in the midst of Sion the holy beloved City of our solemnity O ye virgins daughters of Sion many are those that seek to enter to devour defile and destroy and make a prey upon the hidden precious treasure that 's hid and laid up for the Babes Lambs and tender little little ones but they shall not be able whilst the good watchman with his bright eye the Armour stands upon his guard in the watch Tower or in the gate of the City to espy out his enemies and salute his friends who enter in the walls of Salvation where the valiant young men are walking in the greatness of their strength and their resting place is very glorious Wherefore O you Babes and faithful followers of the Lamb in the fellowship of his sufferings be valiant and faithful and keep your resting place holy pure and clean watch and let nothing enter that would hurt or defile the rest keep it holy the Sabhath day the Lord is come his Threne is set in the midst who had a body prepared him that suffered without the gate come let us go forth proclaiming his Name among the heathen that is very glorious in the midst of his holy Temples bearing his reproaches having the same mind that was and is the same in him who is the Lord the end of all signes types figures shadowes ceremonies ordinances immitations remembrances likenesses the substance Christ the rest within the vail in us the hope and Life and Crown and joy of our strength and glory so run that ye may obtain Remember that ye keep holy the Sabbath the rest into which you are entered and entring O ye children and Babes of the light of the world So farewell D. B. THE END