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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	adam_n	sin_v	world_n	4,494	5	5.2227	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90622	A discovery of the priests, that say they are sent off by the Lord, but upon trial are found out of the commands of Christ, the prophets, and Apostles, and to be those that are not sent of the Lord, but to be such that the sent ones of the Lord did cry wo against, and to be such that are false apostles, deceitful, wicked, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ: and no marvail, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, ... With a few words to such professors and prophane, that together joyn to persecute the righteous: and to the ranters that do commit all manner of sins with greediness. Darkness denied by the children of Light, and the babe of Christ growing up to a perfect man. / Written from one who is known to the world by the name of John Pain, who accounts it great riches to suffer reproaches, and afflictions with the people of the Lord, who scornfully by the world are called Quakers, ... Written from Starford in Hartford-shire the 7. day of the 4. month. 1655.	Pain, John, shoemaker.	1655 (1655)	Wing P188; Thomason E848_22; ESTC R203094	39,396	39

sixteenth but they have salt in themselves to savor withal at all seasons they shall not need to run to old Authors to patch piece up Sermons and to write them down and tell the people this is the word of the Lord when he never spake that unto them this is their artificial preaching that their study and Art have furnished them with all this is their boldness before the Lord to speak their own inventions and not the word of the Lord. The word of the Lord is life and power the word of the Lord doth sanctifie the word of the Lord doth ingraft the word of the Lord 's a sword to cut down the word of the Lord is fire the word of the Lord doth purifie the word of the Lord is a hammer Joh. 17.17 but where are these things witnessed amongst you where is the power of the word Whom hath it sanctified whom hath it ingrafted Heb. 4.12 whom hath it cut down what hath it burned up is your Lead and Tin consumed are you purified by it what hath it broke down amongst you doth not your high thoughts stand still doth not your own wills stand still doth not pride and covetousness stand still doth not wrath stand still doth not envy stand still do not these fruites of the flesh and such like stand Flatter not your selves Jam. 1.21 for such things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience those that spake the word of the Lord witnessed these things to pass upon them and so they did first learnt their own Ministery thorow the death of the first wisdom Isa 23.29 and so came to witness the Ministery of death to be glorious and so came to witness Moses and never none come to witness the glorious Ministery of life but come to witness the glorious ministration of death death doth pass upon all men for all men have sinned and so come to witness deaths reign from Adam to Moses who is the figure of him that was to come and so come to witness that as sin hath raigned unto death even so grace reigns thorow righteousness unto eternal life thorow Jesus Christ our Lord and so came to witness both states of death and life and so came to witness the Prophets John and the Apostles and witness the covenant of peace and life this was their way they went in these were the sootsteps of the flock of Christ and then went forth to preach to the world and did gather a people out of the world by their Ministery and there were daily added to the Church such as should be saved and those that were thus gathered by the eternal word living in them were of one heart and one minde and they were the 〈◊〉 of the Lord and those did edifi● one another in their most holy faith they were not of the world but chosen out of the world and the Church vvas in God and in Christ and it is the pillar and ground of truth the fulness of him that doth fill all things Heb. 2.11 to the 15. all members of his body for both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren saying I will declare thy name among my brethren they are begotten by the immortal seed of God partakers of the Divine nature the Sons of God living stones builded upon the rock Christ Jesus in vvhom the whole building fitly framed together groweth up to a holy Temple in the Lord and from his Holy Temple doth he make known his will to the intent that novv unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God Eph. 2.10 Therefore silence proud flesh that would be exalting it self above your fellow members Now professors see and try if it be thus with you and your teachers can they witness this way into the Ministery or can you witness that you are of this Church of the first born whose names are vvritten in heaven and come to the spirits of just men made perfect If not in your measures flatter not your selves with a Ministery and a Church and Ordinances for it vvill not avail you Remember the Jews I spake of before their Ordinances and their Priveleges were very great they had the true form but wanted the power they did offer sacrifices they did observe Sabbaths and nevv Moons Isa 1.13 14 15 16 17. and had solemne dayes they had obligations and incense yet these were counted by the Lord iniquity the soul of the Lord hated them they were a burden to him he was weary to bear them and though they made many prayers yet he would not hear them yet these were ordinances of the Lords appointing there vvas not a ceasing to do evil and a learning to do vvell they did not seek judgement nor relieve the oppressed nor judge the fatherless nor defend the vviddovv there vvas no fruites of righteousness brought forth in their high profession a fruitless profession reaching at the shaddovvs but did neglect the substance friends deal honestly vvith your selves do you think the profession of truth vvill serve your turns and stand you in any stead before the Lord. When the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open they that have the form of the truth and not the povver 2 Tim. 5. to the 7. vve are commanded from such to turn avvay and vvill not the Lord turn avvay from such vvhich he hath commanded us to turn avvay from yea he vvill of such sort are those that lead filly vvomen captive ever learning and never able to come to the knovvledge of the truth Is it not thus in your Assemblies vvhich are so great some learning ten yeers some tvventy yeers some fourty yeers some threescore yeers and yet ignorant of the very first principle of that which turns the minde to God and so no good do know but ever Learning when for the time yee ought to be teaching ye had need that one teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God these are the house creepers for had Paul spoke against preaching in a private house Act. 28.29 20 31. he had spoke against his own practice for it was his manner so for to do he did preach in his own hired house and did dispute in markets and reason in the Jews Synagogues with the devout persons daily and how oft was Paul haled out beaten and stoned while some supposed he had been dead some said what will this babler say they counted it new doctrine and strange things and thus it is at this day calling it a disturbance so for to do and by the same spirits are persecuted Now as those were then haled Act. 5.25 rent and torn read the Scriptures and see if these things be not so and there you may finde your own actions done by the same spirits therefore boast not your selves but this

nor what to drink nor what for to put on but feeding your selves without the fear of the Lord living like fed beasts that are fatted against the day of slaughter setting your selves forth with every new and strange fashion to make you seem glorious in the eyes of the world but the Lord will visit you for it ye the day is near at hand when you shall be called to an account for spending the Lords goods upon your lusts every steward must give an account how he hath disposed of his Masters goods whether for the use and service of the Lord or to save your selves Repent all lustful ones above your fellow creatures as if you had not all one father from whence you did proceed did not the Lord of one blood make all Nations that live upon the face of the earth Act. 17.26 remember from whence you came and whether you are going as dyes the rich so dies the poor as dyes the wise so dyes the fool there is an end to all flesh as flesh What advantage is it for you to act in all manner of filthiness for a time to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season and after death to be tormented for ever You act your parts upon the stage of this world and make your folly manifest and then ly down in sorrow O the filthy pride that is among the rich and great of the world the high mindedness and disdainful carriages of most of the great ones brow-beating their inferiors as they call them be not high minded nor trust not in uncertain riches but in the living Lord who is an enemy against all those that do commit such things but turn to the light that doth discover these things to be fruits of darkness whose end is destruction and shame for ever this was and is the main end of the Ministers of Christ and Ministery of Christ to tum people from darkness to the light for that which doth discover darkness is light the light maketh all things manifest Christ is the light of the world and the life of Christ is the light of the world and this is the true light that doth inlighten every one that cometh into the world this light shineth in darkness but the darkness cannot comprehend it and therefore will not own it the world was made by him and the world knows him not and this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darkness rather then light because their deeds are evil for every one that doth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light least his deeds should be reproved but he that doth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God and he that walketh in this light there is no occasion of stumbling in him This light is pure as Christ is pure it is not of man nor nothing of man but it is in man it is the gift of God it is not of mans will but crosses the will of man for the will of man is to run away from the Lord but this would lead the will of man up to the Lord so it is neither him that willeth nor him that runneth but the Lord that sheweth mercy but the will of man running from the light into darkness runneth away from his own mercy and so his destruction is of himself that which doth convince the world of sin is that which is not of the world but would lead men out of the world up to God from whence it came This light is the gift and talent of God which he hath invested every man withall it is not mans own but every man must be countable how he doth imploy it this is the grace of God that hath appeared to all men and it teacheth the Saints to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live righteously soberly and godly in this present evil world but this by the world 's turned into wantonness and done despite unto such by the light may come to know the way of righteousness which natural light cannot discover for if they after they have escaped from the filthiness of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and of the Saviour Jesus Christ are yet again tangled therein and over run the latter end is worse then their beginning for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness then after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment given unto them but it is come unto them according to the true Proverb The dogg is returned to his vomit and the sow that was washed to the wallowing in the mire And here is the worlds condemnation did not this light reprove the world of sin the world would have no condemnation but now the world hath no cloak for their sin Man will not be condemned because he hath not a talent to improve but because they have a talent and doth not improve it but hide it in the earth and are sloathful servants so at the last day every mouth will be stopped and all the world be found guilty before the Lord and it will be just with the Lord to take away his talent and cast him into outer darkness therefore while you have the light walk in the light that you may be the children of the light How oft hath Christ by his light discovered to you your deeds of darkness and if ever they were discovered to you which I know they have it was by this light How oft hath it checked you in secret when no eye did see you telling you that you should not swear nor lie nor be drunk nor take Gods name in vain nor do any evil but to do to all men as you would they should do to you This is the love of God to every one that would lead men up to the Lord out of sin out of pollution and minding it it would lead to the father of light that ye should return no more to folly but if you sleight it it will not alwayes strive with you for it is impossible for those that were once enlightned and have tasted of the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost and have tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the world to come if they shall fall away to renew them again by repentance seeing they crucifie to themselves the Son of God afresh and put him to an open shame If those that did despise Moses Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses of how much soarer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath troden under feet the Son of God and hath done despite to the spirit of grace Consider these things you ranting spirits that hath turned the grace of God that should lead you to repentance into wantonness and make it your cloak for your wicked practices running into sin with greediness but you shall not proceed for your folly is