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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	blood_n	life_n	lord_n	4,629	5	3.5249	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74996	The last words and testimonies of and for William Allen, late of Cowen in Essex, a faithfull servant of the Lord; who finishing his testimony, departed this life the 21. of the 11th month, 1679.	Allen, William.	1680 (1680)	Wing A1065B; ESTC R170100	8,226	24

THE Last WORDS AND TESTIMONIES Of and for William Allen. Late of Cowen in Essex a faithfull Servant of the Lord who finishing his Testimony departed this Life the 21. of the 11th Month 1679. LONDON Printed and sold by Benjamin Clark in George yard Lombard-street 1680. The last Testimony and living Words of our dear Friend and Servant of the Lord William Allen who departed this Life the 21. of the 11th Month 1679. THe Earth is filled with the glory of the Lord Praises Praises unto my God who Reigns over all who hath Redeemed my Soul from the Grave and my Life from the horrible Pit who hath plucked my Feet out of the mire and Clay Glory Glory be unto thy great Name Oh my good God! As for my part I have fought the good Fight and have kept the Faith and a large share of the Glory of my God is sealed unto my Soul it s but an earnest of it that I have here of that Crown of Life and Glory which my Father hath in store for me It hath pleased the Lord to exercise me as he did my Father Job for the tryal of my Faith and Patience I have troden his Steps these twelve Months A full reward thou hast given me of Life and Glory Oh my good God! how good art thou to me I have received abundance of good at thy hand and shall I not receive a little evil Blessed be thy name for thy goodness my Cup overflows I cannot utter it And so continued at times oft expressing the glory of the Lord and the Immortality that rested upon him and charged friends to be faithful and that the dread of God might always be upon their hearts that they might answer his Love in yeilding Obedience to his requirings and then though they might meet with Exercises for the tryal of their Faith yet the Lord would be with them if they abode faithful to the end And the same Crown of life they should enjoy which he had an assurance of Therefore said he Watch and keep your Garments and Oyl in your Vessels that ye may be ready to enter with the Bride-groom But as for those that shall continue in Hypocrisie and Disobedience shun the Cross of Jesus and neglect to work while it is day the night will come upon such and that at unawares when neither the Father nor the Son works and the foolish Virgins state they will be found in and though they may desire Oyl of the Wise they will have none to spare ●ut the door will be shut upon such and the Sentence will be time shall be no more then woe and misery will be their Portion for ●ver He divided the word aright to his two Daughters and giving them good Counsel and Exhortation said there was a blessing for ●hem for their Fathers sake if they should bow ●o Truth and abide faithful therein He longed he said to hast away but was ●illing to drink the Cup at his Fathers hand ●nd wait his pleasure More was spoken by him as friends came 〈◊〉 to see him and as his strength would per●it which was not taken in writing Then his ●peech growing very low he could not well ●e heard and seemed for some hours to lie as ●he was departing at last he said to a friend was almost gon but I cannot go yet there is ●me secret counsel of God in it which cau●d friends to believe that he had yet a farther ●estimony to bear to some which was so for ●●er some little time more friends coming in he was beyond outward likelyhood enabled to declare much to them and exhorted to faithfulness and said I am glad to see my friends about me I go to my God and your God my Father and your Father my bosome is full of Love to all my Fathers Children And then said now Lord Jesus how acceptable is it to leave all the World and be gathered up to thee And so commiting his Spirit to the Lord soon fell asleep and is entred into Rest and Immortal Glory The Testimony of Martha Allen concerning her deceased Husband William Allen. I Have parted with a man of God a Minister of Jesus Christ an ancient in Israel who hath fought the good Fight and kept the Faith and is entred into his rest He would often lament for those that set down in an easful State and would often say that a terrible day would overtake those that are careless and at ease in Sion that slumbers away their time who are in the Holes and Caves and Dens of the Earth And in the time of his health that he was able to go forth and visit friends he would oft say to me God hath made me a● Huntsman I must visit many of them there as ●n their Holes and Caves I must be clear of ●heir bloud And would oft speak of the ●ore travel and pangs that he had for some which made his Soul oft sorrowful as unto death So in that truth light and life that dwelt in him am I given up to follow the Lord to the end of my days till my change comes who am a Companion to all that fears the Lord. Martha Allen. This is the Testimony that lives in my heart ●oncerning my dear and well beloved friend William Allen who died the 21st day of the 11th Month 1679. Who in his life time was a man of an upright heart and walked in the integrity of the Gospel of Christ of which he received a dispensation in the early days of his convincement about the year 1654. And the Power of the Lord made a speedy change ●n him and stirr'd up a Zeal in his Soul against ●he false ways and worships superstitions and prophaneness of those times Which Zeal for God produced living Testimonies from him in divers Towns and places where he travelled against those things which were evil which sometimes occasioned him to come under hard sufferings bonds and imprisonments In all which he behaved himself as a Faithful and Couragious Souldier of Christ Jesus and a good example to his fellow sufferers Preaching the Gospel of peace both in life and doctrine stopt the mouths of many gainsayers And had a sweet and comfortable effect upon many who were reached in their Consciences by his Testimony and Ministry and by his innocent Conversation so that they embraced the Truth he Preached and suffered for and became Heirs of the Salvation of God to their everlasting comfort and the furtherance of the Gospel I have known him about 24 years In all which time his Conversation in the Churches of Christ where he was led to labour and travel was amiable and lovely and his Testimony received with good acceptation among the faithful He was a man of a severe carriage to such as made a profession of Truth and walked not with a streight foot in the Gospel but very tender over all such as were young and under exercises about their inward condition and did sometimes speak very effectual to