Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	soul_n	spirit_n	witness_v	1,100	5	9.6899	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42712	The everlasting rule born witness unto, vvhich is to try all people that do profess God and Christ in words, or, I. A tender salutation to all people in what nation soever, and under what form soever, who do profess God and Christ in words ... II. Also an exhortation unto all people to come to that which will give them victory over sin and the devil ... III. A distinction between the ministers of Christ and the ministers of Antichrist ... / by a lover of truth and righteousness, who seeks the well-being of all mankind, William Gibson.	Gibson, William, 1629-1684.	1667 (1667)	Wing G682; ESTC R38756	64,130	72

to the command of Christ and thereby breaketh his Command doth not love him and the Apostle John saith in his second Epistle He that transgresseth and abideth not in the Doctrine of Christ hath not God and this is Christs Doctrine Swear not at all And so all people who of late have Sworn unto that which they did formerly Swear against the Lord God of Heaven and Earth he is grievously dishonoured by such for their Hypocrisie is very great and their Sin is very grievous in these particulars besides many other grievous Abominations which they have not yet repented of And so unto all that are in the before mentioned Abominations I say in Bowels of tender Love and true Pity and Compassion to your poor Souls Awake Awake Repent Repent come down unto the Eternal True Light in your own Consciences which doth condemn you for your Hypocrisie for being Time-servers and Men-pleasers Haste haste to meet the Lord God by speedy and unfained Repentance while you have a little time prize it for the time hastens to come upon you and all the rest of the prophane ungodly World which lieth in wickedness that time shall be no more then the sayings of John in the last of the Revelations will be witnessed Rev. 22.11 12. He that is filthy let him be filthy still mark that Let him be filthy still And there shall not enter into the Holy City any thing that worketh Abomination or telleth a Lye there shall not enter into the Kingdom of God any unclean or filthy man or woman for all the Fearfull and Unbelievers who fears man more then God is for ever shut out of the Holy City except they repent and come to the Light of God and Christ in them and so believe in God who is Light and fear him and not man whose breath is in his Nostrils and all Persecutors Swearers Lyers Drunkards Whores and Whoremongers Adulterers Cheaters Scoffers Mockers Proud lofty wild and wanton ones Repent repent with speed Come down come down to the Eternal True Light wherewith Christ Jesus the Son of God hath enlightned you which in you cryeth for Repentance and amendment of life I say in Bowels of tender love unto all your Souls Make speed make haste to make your peace with God by submitting unto and obeying his pure Light in all your consciences for the Spirit Light and Grace of God and Christ in you which condemns you for your Sins must either make your peace for you with the Lord God or else peace with the Lord God you shall never witness neither in this world nor in that which is to come Isa 48.22 For there is no Peace to the Wicked saith my God for God said unto the wicked in the dayes of old Your Sins doth separate between you and me Isa 59.2 3 4 5 6 7 8. your Sins doth with-hold good things from you so at this day it is your Sins that separates between you and the Lord God and with-holds the good things from you Luk. 19 27. so come unto the Eternal true Light within you and be subject unto it and it will judge down all your Babilonish thoughts and imaginations which you have vainly imagined concerning God and Christ and his Way of Worship and out of all your Sins will God lead you by his Light wherewith he hath enlightnened you if you be subject to it and he will bring you unto his Everlasting Kingdom where you may inherit Life Peace and Joy for ever and if you will not be subject unto this Light then you are Enemies both unto the Father and the Son and must be bound and cast into utter darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth Joh. 5.39 40. where the Werm never dieth nor the Fire is never quenched for said Christ the Light Bring those mine Enemies that will not that I should rule over them and slay them before me Christ the Light said unto the Unbelievers Search the Scriptures for in them ye think to have Eternal Life but ye will not come unto me that ye might have Life read John the Fifth and Christ said unto the unbelieving Jews who said God was their Father that he was the Light of the World Mar. 1● from vers 23 to 40. and all that follwed him should not abide in Darkness but should have the Light of Life but those Jews who called God their Father told Christ that he bore witness of himself and that his witness was not true but he told them that his witness was true and so it was and he told those hard-hearted unbelievers Joh. 8. from vers 12 to 26. and from verse 41 to 53. who said that God was their Father that they were of their Father the Devil and the works of their Father they did and those words of his were true read John the Eighth they told him they knew he had a Devil but they were Lyars and so they had the Devil themselves which they told him he had And now all you Priests and Professors of all sorts who deny those words of Christ which he speak unto the Jews when he said he was the Light of the World and whosoever followed him should not abide in Darkness but they should have the Light of Life Joh. 9.24 28 29. Joh. 10.20 21. you are in the same Error and false Judgment that they were in you are in the same blindnss of mind and hardness of heart that they were in for when he first spoke those words they withstood him to his Face for they did not believe that he was the Son of God and now you do profess that you do believe that he was the Son of God and yet you will not believe his words Oh thick darkness and blindness the Jews were condemned because they believed not his Testimony and do you think to be Saved for the bare professing that you do believe that he was the Son of God seeing you will not believe his words which he spake unto the Jews Oh consider your own selves whether were the Sins of those Jews or your Sins the greater in this particular they did not believe that he was the Son of God and so they did not believe his words for had they believed that he had been the Son of God then certainly they would have believed his words now you do profess that you do believe that he was the Son of God and yet you will not believe his words remember what Christ said unto the Jews Scribes and Pharisees Mat. 23.29 30 31 32 33 34 35. Wo unto you Scribes and Pharisees Hypecrites because you build the Tombs of the Prophets and garnish the Sepulchres of the Righteous and say if we had been in the dayes of our Fathers we would not have been pertakers with them in the blood of the Prophets wherefore be ye Witnesses unto your selves that ye are the Children of them that killed the Prophets Fill up the measure

Evil will be daily weaker and weaker but that which will lead you into Good will grow daily stronger and stronger until it hath wholy overcome that nature which hath led you into Evil but mark as I said before it is no sin to be tempted to do Evil but the sin is to do the Evil that one is tempted unto so when Christ the Light shall give any one Dominion over the Tempter so that he cannot make them do any thing that is Evil yet he will tempt them to do Evil at sometimes so all who cometh to be preserved out of sin they must keep their minds unto the Light within them daily Luk 9.23 24 25. yea hourly For said Christ he that will be my Disciple must deny himself and take up his Cross daily and follow me mark he must deny himself and take up that which crosseth his own selfish will and selfish wisdom for it is Self in man and woman which leads unto the Tempter and so commits sin and this made Christ say unto his Disciples Without me ye can do nothing he said unto them Joh. 15. from verse 1 to 11. I am the Vine ye are the Branches as the Branches cannot bring forth Fruit except they abide in the Vine no more can ye except ye abide in me so read the thing in the Spirit inwardly If a man believe in the Light of Christ within him and loveth and obeyeth it then he cometh to be ingrafted into Christ the true Vine then the Light in which he hath believed is a daily cross unto self in him which if it had its way in him and were not crossed and kept down by the Light then it would obey the Tempter and so commit sin but when the Light is believed in loved and obeyed self is judged and denied and kept under the yoke and cross and then it is no more Self that Reigneth in Man which while it Reigneth will answer the Tempter and so commit sin but then it is the Seed of the Woman which Reigneth and Remaineth in Male and Female which hath in them bruised the wise and cunning and crooked Gen. 3.15 and wilful Serpents head and so the Seed Christ the Light comes to Reign over Man and Woman in their own hearts and such are come to be born of God and so hath overcome the Wicked one and such doth not commit sin because the Seed Christ Reigneth and Remaineth in them and then though the Prince of the World come and tempt such to do evil they do not obey him because they have denied Self which did commit sin and now Christ the true Seed and in whom the Tempter the Prince of the World hath no part Reigneth and he is the Lamb of God who hath taken away the sins of as many as have believed in and in faithfulness followed the Light within them wherewith he hath enlightened them and in such he hath fulfilled in the Substance that which he did in the Figure in the outward Temple at Jerusalem For it is written That he made a Whip of small Cords Joh. 2.15 and whipped out of the outward Temple the Buyers and Sellers And he said My Fathers House hath been Called a House of Prayer but ye have made it a Den of Theeves this I say was but a Type or Figure of his coming inwardly in Spirit to cleanse the Temple of mans Heart and Body which was defiled with Idolatry Covetousness Pride Envy Lying Swearing Cheating Dissembling vain Talking foolish Jesting Whoredoms Murthers Roberies and divers other Abominations which men and women have been defiled withal And so Glory to the Lord God for evermore he hath sent his Son a Light into our hearts and since we have believed in the Light of Christ in our hearts he hath clensed our hearts from such of the beforementioned evils as we were in the practice of and so we have felt and known a sharp Spiritual Scourge inwardly in our own hearts scourging and afflicting our Souls inwardly for our sins and iniquities which we did commit in Rebellion against the Light in our own hearts and so we have born the indignation of God inwardly Micah 7.7 8 9. in our own hearts and consciences and he ha h sitten as Refiners Fire and as Fullers Sope in our inward parts purifying our hearts which was sull of uncleanness and we have known great pain inwardly and we have wept and mourned over the Right Heir the Seed Zech. 12.10 11. the Light which we had Rebelled against and done dispite unto but since we learned obedience unto the Light the Lord our God hath forgiven us our trespasses which we had trespassed against him and now he guides us by his Spirit and Light which dwelleth in us yea now are we become the workmanship of our God Created by him in Christ Jesus the Light within us unto good works Ephes 2.1 2 c. to the end I hil 2.13 which he before ordained that we should walk in them and so it is our God who worketh all our works for us and in us and so it is by the Grace Light and Spirit of our God in our own hearts which did convince us of our sins and did trouble and condemn us for our sins Isa 26.12 that we are saved from our sins I mean Tit. 2.11 12 13 14. we are led out of the Action and Practice of that which formerly we lived in the practice of for which the Light Spirit and Grace Isa 1.16 17 18 19. which is but one in its Nature though its Names be divers did condemn us And so as the Apostle Paul said unto the Saints in his time By Grace are ye saved through Faith and not of our selves for it is the Gift of God Mark by the Grace of God which bringeth Salvation which hath appeared unto all men were they taught to deny and forsake the practice of Evil doing and Evil speaking and to judge and deny the Tempter when he brought an evil thought into their hearts to do speak or give their consents unto any evil and thus did they resist the Devil in the Grace that let them see the Temptation and then when he could not get them to yeeld unto him then he fled from them as it is written Draw near unto the Lord and he will draw near unto you Jam. 4.7 8 9 10. Resist the Devil and he will flee from you So when they did believe in the Grace and Light wherewith Christ Jesus the Son of God had enlightened them and did joyn their minds unto it and loved it then it began to lead them out of Ungodliness Worldly Lusts and all wicked Words and Works which before they bad lived in and did commit with greediness as many do now in this our Age and Generation and then when they followed the Teachings of the Grace of God in their own hearts and was by it led out of their sins which made them unlike