Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	law_n	light_n	perfect_a	1,397	5	9.4420	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84841	A word from the Lord, to all the world, and all professors in the vvorld; spoken in parables: wherein all may come to read themselves through the parables, and see where they are; also a word to all professors, who cast the pure law of God behind their backs, and turn the grace of God into wantonness, and despite the day of their visitation; with a dreadful voice to all the children of darkness, who hate and deny the light; that all may come to see themselves, and repent, before the fierce wrath of the Lord, which is kindled in England, sweep you all away: by them who are redeemed out of the curse, to serve the living, called Quakers.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1654 (1654)	Wing F1991A; Thomason E809_6; ESTC R207560	15,809	15

A Word From the Lord TO ALL THE WORLD AND ALL PROFESSORS IN THE WORLD Spoken in PARABLES Wherein all may come to read themselves through the PARABLES and see where they are Also a word to all Professors who cast the pure Law of God behind their backs and turn the grace of God into wantonness and despise the day of their visitation with a dreadful voice to all the children of darkness who hate and deny the light that all may come to see themselves and repent before the fierce wrath of the Lord which is kindled in England sweep you all away by them who are redeemed out of the curse to serve the living called QVAKERS London Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1654. A WORD FROM THE LORD TO ALL THE VVORLD MAN being drove into the earth out of paradise and death having passed over all men the flaming sword turns every way to keep the tree of life death having passed over all men death raigned from Adam till Moses and as there is death within so death speaks and as Christ hath given to every one of you a measure according to your ability and this measure is the light yet one he loves the light and the other he hates the light and this is the condemnation he that loves the light and brings his deeds to the light there is no occasion at all of stumbling this is the light that gave forth the Scripture according as thou art grown up in it thou wilt read them again and this light thou that hatest it thou stumblest because thy deeds are evil thou wilt not bring thy deeds to the light least it should reprove them thou knowest thy deeds are evil this light shews thee there thou hast learned thy condemnation thou knowest thou shouldst not lye be drunk and that thou shouldst not steal nor commit adultery this light will tell thee all this and it will condemn thee and reprove thee if thou love it and bring thy works to it but thy deeds being evil and knowst it will reprove thee therefore thou hatest it and will not bring thy deeds to it therefore this is thȳ condemnation here thou hast learned it when the righteousness of God is revealed through flames of fire upon thee then thou shalt see it is true thou knowest thou shouldst not be proud delight in fashions and customs and follow the world this light will shew thee and let thee see all that is vanity and bring thee sometime to confess it and yet thy heart being hardned and the deceit strong thou rejects and hates that which calls thee to repentance which lyes low in thee and continually calling thee to forsake thy lovers it tells thee thou shouldst not lust nor covet nor thieve it tells thee there is danger to all you thieves and lustful ones and covetous ones it speaks to you and I tell you there will be your condemnation when the book of conscience is opened in your own mouths ye shall be judged therefore take warning when the vengeance of God falls upon you then you will say you had time once when it is past and the plagues of God are poured upon you who hate to be reformed with that in your conscience when God calls you continually to repentance ye hear not his voice but trust in your own fancies and dreams and lying divinations and so hate the light for if you love it it would bring you to repentance and the fear of the Lord and the fear of the Lord is to depart from all sin and wickedness and all evil and all respecting of persons for thou that dost respects not Gods Law which forbids it for he that doth respect persons transgresses the Law and is convinced as a transgressor and commits sin thou that dost not own this light which is according to the Law of God which respects no mans person that in thy conscience if you love it and hearken to it it will exalt God alone ye proud ones at this may stumble but to that in your consciences which should exercise it I speak and this light will bring you to walk in the commands of Christ Christ Jesus saith In all your communications let your yea be yea and your nay be nay for whatsoever is more is evil and swear not at all for that was in the old time the swearing now thou that dost not abide in the doctrine of Christ art of the devil swear not by the head nor by Jerusalem nor by the earth nor by heaven These are great noted things I say swear not by the Bible which is a great noted thing which you swear by now if the Lords oath be performed which he swear by himself then all oaths are put an end to if the high Priest Iesus Christ be owned then all the Priests are put an end to which were true types and figures of him for he that holds up Priests which receive tythes according to the Law and now doth deny Jesus Christ come in the flesh and who loves the light that he hath given them witnesses Jesus Christ come in the flesh but those are they which deny all the Priests that receive tythes for the receiving tythes was in old time though Abraham paid tythes to Melchizedeck who was a figure when Jesus Christ the everlasting Priest was come he put an end to all figures and they and thou that holdst up the figures denyest Christ come in the flesh There was a Temple which God commanded when Christ was come and risen all outward Temples were denyed and we witness one Priest which is over the houshold of God ten thousand witness one Priest which is entred into the holiest and all the Priests and his hirelings are denyed and all such as go after covetousness to make gain of the people are denyed and all such as bear rule by their means and seek for their gain from their quarters are denyed and all such as are called of men Masters and have the chiefest places in the Assemblies are denyed such then who have one Master Jesus Christ to whom all power is given in heaven and earth who masters over all and hath conquered all subdued all raigns over all heaven and earth Judge over all heaven and earth and the mighty day of the Lord is coming God that made the world dwels not in Temples made with hands neither is he worshipped with the works of mens hands Seeing he is Lord of all hath given to all birth and life made of all Nations man of one mould to dwell upon the face of the earth and is coming to fill his with the knowledge of himself to all you that are unlearned outwardly of the letter that cannot read the Scripture outwardly to you I have a word from the Lord to speak which is Christ saith I have given to every one a measure according to their abilicy this is the measure the light which is pure which doth convince

the Plants without so doth the mercy of God fall upon the tender Plants within As there is a Vineyard Planted without so are the People of God a Vineyard who love the Light and have the Invisible eye will read these Figures and Parables and ye heed not go to your natural Priests without you But this within will open them as you love it and walk in it as the Saints did who gave forth the Scripture and they Exhorted others to take heed to that light and said ye have a more sure word of Prophesie unto which ye do well to take heed and as unto a light shining in a dark place till the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts and this light is your Teacher which teacheth you wholesomeness and Holiness and Teacheth you the fear of the Lord and this light hating of it will be your condemnation and then you stumble and then you neither understand Parables nor Figures but are them that stumble at noon day all you who are earthly minding it which is Invisible ye will read the earthly Parables and Figures and see the time of Winter as there is Winter without so there is Winter within the time of Winter and the time of Summer if you wait to get through the earthly part The earth must be removed and the earth must be shaken when the Glory of the Lord ariseth This is witnessed so God almighty open your understandings all people everywhere that you may see your selves Which if you take heed to that light which will exercise your consciences it will let you see your selves which eye is the light and this light will let you see God But if your minds go forth the God of this world cometh in and takes the Dominion and so your minds are blinded and your understandings darkned Therefore every one what you possess profess for the Saints were what they spoke and every one as Christ hath given you a measure according to your ability mind your measure and improve your measure and let the Saints conditions alone but as you find them fulfilled in you and lay aside all contention and striving about words which is no profit but mind the pure light of God within which will teach every one to know God and so every one must improve his Talent and improve his measure according to his Ability so every one will be rewarded according to his works whether they be good or evil and thou that sayest every one hath not the light who art the blind Pharisee I shall stop thy mouth with a few words which the servants of God hath spoken forth Christ himself saith which is the true light he doth enlighten every one that cometh into the world and the one he loveth it and the other he hateth it And this is the Condemnation of the World that light is come into the world and men love darkness rather then light because their deeds are evil And thou sai●… he doth not enlighten every one that cometh into the world and there thou art a false Prophet and a witness against Christ and thou that saist the Grace of God hath not appeared to all men to teach them thou art he that tuins the Grace of God into wantonness and to thee the Grace hath appeared for that is Grace that shews thee ungodliness and worldly lusts and there thou goest to make the Apostles lyars when the Grace of God they say which we witness hath appeared to all men which teacheth us the Saints to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live Godlily and Soberly and Righteously in this present evil world and this Grace hath appeared to thee who livest wickedly and ungodlily and are of this present evil world to that in thy conscience I speak which thou shalt eternally witness me for to it the Grace cometh and appears and when the Book of Conscience is opened all men shall be Judged out of it and here thou that sayest every one hath not the light in their Consciences to exercise it thou goest about to make God unjust for the light which lets man see sin and evil is a perfect light of God and thou that saith every one hath not a measure of light within them to shew them all their Works and Actions which they do thou goest about to make God unjust and unrighteous and to keep the Creature in darkness for God saith he will give to every one a reward according to their works and if he had not a light how should he see his Works and how should the world be Judged in Righteousness but blind Hypocrites must shew themselves that they may openly appear blind to all them that are in the light and love the light and you that hate the light there is your condemnation G. F. TO all the Worlds Professors and People that you may see where you are and repent The word of God is not known to the world nor worldly wisdom He that hath the word hath life he that knows the word knows God and here is life manifest and the word hath quickned him and raised him out of death and dead works He who hath but the Letter heareth a sound but knoweth not what nor whence it is and as he receives it in the Ayr so he declares it and death speaks light words without power and dead-works and lightness is brought forth and the power of death Reigns and the life of this is but an imitation and not the life it self the Chaffe but not the Grain tossed in the wind And the Prince of the Ayr is Head and Ruleth And here Vanity is Exalted the light mind is fed with Ayery Notions would be wise but the Colt is at liberty not subject to the Yoke but kicks against the pure and the obedience is not And the Cross is despised by this nature who feeds here whose end is destruction and for the fire For this nature knows not the living Word but the Letter and is without God in the world but he who hath the Word hath God and is come into the Covenant by which all things stand For he is come into the beginning out of the Fall to the first Fruits and witnesseth the Word Spiritual Invisible Powerfull and Pure and Sharp a Divider and a Discerner By it he is Sanctified and made clean by it he is established unmoveable by it he grows and is fed daily it is his Life his Light his Joy and Delight And this Word is not to fetch from above nor from below Neither is it to seek in a Chapter or a Steeple-house without But it is nigh in the heart and in the mouth by which Word he is taught guided and kept at all Seasons it is his Counsellor and he enquires at it as at the Oracle and thereby he himself is brought to live the life of Godliness and from which is spoken forth words of life and power to others and he speaks not his own words not