Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	blood_n	soul_n	sprinkle_v	1,209	5	10.9438	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47199	The way to the city of God described, or, A plain declaration how any man may, within the day of visitation given him of God, pass out of the unrighteous into the righteous state as also how he may go forward in the way of holiness and righteousness, and so be fitted for the kingdom of God, and the beholding and enjoying thereof : wherein divers things, which occur to them, that enter into this way with respect to their inward trials, temptations, and difficulties are pointed at, and directions intimated, how to carry themselves therein ... / written by George Keith in the year 1669 ... : whereunto is added the way to discern the convictions, motions, &c of the spirit of God, and divine principle in us, from those of a man's own natural reason, &c.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1678 (1678)	Wing K235; ESTC R33462	109,527	235

THE WAY To the CITY of GOD Described OR A PLAIN DECLARATION How any man may within the day of Visitation given him of God pass out of the Unrighteous into the Righteous state As also how he may go forward in the Way of Holiness and Righteousness and so be fitted for the Kingdom of God and the beholding and enjoying thereof WHEREIN Divers things which occur to them that enter into this way with respect to their inward Trials Temptations and Difficulties are pointed at and Directions intimated how to carry themselves therein and how to apply themselves to the Works and Exercises of Religion so as to find Acceptance with God With divers other weighty particulars which may be of service to Inquirers and Beginners Written by GEORGE KEITH in the Year 1669. In the time of his being a close Prisoner in the Tolbooth at Edinburgh Whereunto is added The way to discern the Convictions Motions c of the Spirit of God and Divine Principle in us from those of a man 's own Natural Reason c. Written in the time of his Confinement in Aberdeen in the Year 1676. With a Preface to the whole written this Year Printed in the Year 1678. Isa. 62.10 cast up cast up the high-way gather out the stones c. 57.14 Cast ye up cast ye up prepare the way c. 40.3 Prepare ye the way of the Lord make straight in the Desart a High-way for our God 1 Ioh. 2.6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk even as he walked 1 Ioh. 3.2 but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is Ioan. Picus mir and. Conclus Qui perfecte in animam redierit primae formae suam formam aequaverit Englished thus He that shall perfectly return into his own Soul shall make his own frame or mould like unto the first Friendly READER IF thou art brought unto any sense of thy inward state and art come to feel thy absolute need of Christ so as nothing less can satisfie thee than the true and real enjoyment of him in thy Heart and Soul and thou canst no longer content thy self with the bare report of Christ until thou feel the vertue of his Blood to sprinkle thy Conscience from dead works to serve the Living God And if thou breathest for Life and to have the living knowledg of God and art weary of all that knowledg which thou hast gathered by bare hear say or reading while thou wast ignorant of the Life of Christ in thy heart And if thou desirest Holiness it self more than a naked form or profession of it and hungrest and thirstest after Righteousness and so art a true inquirer after the Kingdom of God To thee I hope this small Treatise will be acceptable and of service and indeed to such as thee it was mainly directed and intended I wrote it some years ago when I was by an outward restraint for divers months separated for most part from the company of all men for my testimony to the Truth But the Lord was near unto me and in the enjoyment of his Presence I had more satisfaction than all worldly things could afford me And being made use of by some in Manuscripts to whom it was serviceable they desired it might be made publick for a more general good and the rather because there was little or nothing after the manner of controversie with any particular adversary in it but that for the most part it was practical and experimental which some who have not a desire to read controversie are willing to read and that the whole aim and scope of it was to help and assist such who desire sincerely to live a godly life in their journey and travel as the title of it imports which is A Description of the Way to the City of God for thither should all our endeavours and labours tend for we have here no abiding City And seeing without Holiness none can see God and unless a man be born again he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God therefore this whole Treatise doth hold forth divers necessary and useful things concerning the Nature of Regeneration how and after what manner it is begun and carried on So that the various steps of the Spiritual Traveller are set down from the beginning until a good growth and progress be attained in the new birth or life of Holiness it self And who are thus far advanced they are more s●fe and more out of danger to miscarry and miss their way than beginners are And therefore it is mainly intended for beginners and such as have made no great progress as yet in this Divine Travel What I have here delivered of the practical part or of experience is my own and my Spirit and Soul have travelled in some measure in all these steps herein mentioned and I have found the experimental good and advantage of all those advertisements cautions warnings and considerations delivered in the same And because it was not fit to burthen the understanding or memory of Readers with many things I have only aimed for the Readers good to set down some clear and plain directions concerning the most needful things and those which although they be most necessary are most neglected and especially to call back transgressours to the heart according to Isaiah 46.8 as the Hebrew hath it or as otherwise it is rendred but to the same purpose Return unto the heart O ye transgressours and that is the import of the word introversion which is a turning-in to find and feel after God and Christ in the heart to wait to see him as he appears there and to hear him as he speaks there and to be sensible of his walkings goings and movings as he is found there as he hath promised I will dwell in them and walk in them saith the Lord Lev. 26.12 2. Cor. 6.16 For we are to seek after Wisdom as Silver and to search for understanding as hid treasures Prov. 2.4 Which seeking and searching in the first place must be in our hearts and inward parts for there hath God placed this hidden treasure which is Christ Jesus to wit a measure of his Divine Spirit Life and Light and if thou findest it in thy self thou wilt then find it in others and also thou wilt savour of that Divine Life and Spirit both in the Scriptures and also in all writings that in the least measure have proceeded from the same Spirit in others And whatever testimony hath at any time proceeded from him and remaineth upon record the same witnesseth unto that testimony in all unto all to whom it cometh and all who have a sense of that Divine Spirit and Life in themselves can and do fell and discern that it hath proceeded of God and is owned by him And to such the Scripture or any other writing that hath been written in the least measure of a Divine motion or drawing are