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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	life_n	receive_v	4,808	5	5.4276	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44640	A warning from the Lord unto the rulers of Dover And so to all men which stand guilty of the like practises, that all may know a day of repentance before it be too late; for the night will come when as no man can work, in which the son of man will come as a thief unto all such the workers of iniquity, and give to every man according to his deeds done in their body in their life-time. Then wo to the eveil-doer, for it will go ill with him. Also, the Christian man's plea for his liberty, as he is so indeed and in truth: and also, as he is a free-born English-man, he lays claim to his birth-right, by way of expostulation with the rulers of Dover, who rob him and many others of it, refusing to shew us any order for their so doing. Together with a true testimony born to the Light of Jesus, the power of God, yea the power of the endless life, from everlasting to everlasting: by Luke Howard.	Howard, Luke, 1621-1699.	1661 (1661)	Wing H2988; ESTC R215380	18,231	25

take off the heavy burdens and set the oppressed free by undoing every heavy yoke and unrighteous Decree which my hand hath been set to and help to lay on for in this am I now satisfied and that from the Lord by his Witness x Gods witness in the conscience teacheth all to deny themselves in evil that loves it and is led by it to wit the Light in my own conscience that he which doth not do even to all as he would have another to do to him is no Christian in nature whatsoever he is in name neither can he fulfil the Law of God which is to love our enemies and also our neighbours as our selves and unto this state of life must all men come that ever know true peace with the Lord and he which is not here is out of the life which all the holy men of God were in in all ages past and is under the curse as saith the Law and denies the Faith the power of God as saith the Gospel of Peace and so is a servant to the power of darkness which rules as Lord in the hearts of all men which hateth the Light which shineth therein to shew them the desperate wickedness thereof for all wickedness proceedeth out of the y The heart of man is the very seat of all Evil whilest he hateth the light which shineth therein evil and wickedness of the heart the seat thereof and the pure Light of Jesus the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world shineth therein also as saith the Scripture for to make it manifest to man's clear understanding unto which all men shall one day confess to the glory of God and that is God's everlasting love even to all men which do receive it in the love of it and that is the Grace of God which appears to all men yea the same Grace which bringeth salvation even to as many as believe in it for he which believeth in the Light wherewith he is in his heart lighted shall not abide in the darknesse which first ruled in his heart and is made manifest by the Light but he shall have the light of life yea the same Life which gives him power over those deeds of darkness and evil which the Light makes manifest to his clear understanding to be evil so that he which doth well and takes good heed to the Light in his own heart shall have little need to ask another what is good and what is evil hee may know it plain enough in his own Conscience by the Light as he watcheth to it and this is the same Grace which the Lord unto Paul in his doubting estate gave his full Testimony unto saying My grace is sufficient for thee and Paul found z He which receives the grace of God the light which shines in his heart in the love of it grows into the knowledge of the Lord which is life eternal and to the fulfilling of the Scriptures it so to be and testifies to it saying By the grace of God I am what I am And he gives forth the same Testimony of its bringing salvation in his Letter to Titus in these words saying The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us Mark that to deny all ungodliness and worldly lust and to live soberly and godly in this present world So that this is a true Testimony by the Spirit of the Lord born unto all men that all which loveth it as it shines in the heart from the Lord the Fountain of Life and Light they are taught by it to deny all ungodliness as Paul and the rest of the Christians in their dayes were and all which hates it are not taught by it neither can they receive it whilest they hate it for no man's heart can be joined to the thing which in his heart he hates but first man must feel a springing of love to the thing he receives and something must appear to him to beget his love to spring Now Light in it self is lovely a All men must love the thing they receive aright therefore love the Light aright that you may know its vertue which is life to the eye which can behold it now the eye which can behold the Light of the glorious Gospel the God of this World hath blinded or the power of the creatures hath stole away the affections of the heart from the Creator who is Light so darkness comes to rule as God in the heart Now that which sometimes even as it were darts into man's heart in secret that is Light and Love from the God of Light and Love and as this is taken heed unto the power is felt which reacheth unto the seed of God which witnesses to the truth which the Light and Love declares in the heart so then a springing begins to be felt from the Seed of God towards the Light and Love which is in it self of a begetting nature and then as the Light is still taken heed unto the springing of the love of the Seed encreases so the eye comes to be open which can see a beauty in the Light that it should be desired for Light is lovely in it self and still as the Light is taken heed unto the love of the Seed encreases as the love encreases b This is a true growing from one degree of Grace to another in the Lord who is that Spirit and as he comes to rule in the heart so comes liberty strength and power is felt to stand over that which the Light maketh manifest to be evil and as a measure of power is felt to deny some evil which the Light reproves then the power of darkness appears to make war against the Power of the Light and this is the true warfare between the flesh and the spirit and in this state most men cry out O wretched man that I am because sin now appears out of measure sinful yea that which man formerly thought to be no sin he now sees to be great and so the ground of sin appears and the whole body of iniquity stands up with which he is now to make war in righteousness and now he seeth his strength though it be but small to stand wholly in the light and love which hath begun the Work in the Spirit to war against the flesh And this is the time to wait on the Lord c He which waiteth on the Lord shall not be ashamed but shall renew his strength in the Lord dai●y to feel the living hope to spring yea the exspectation of the Seed which loves the Light to receive power in the Light from the Fountain of Life to overccome the whole Body of Death and he that hath this hope purifieth himself as God is pure and although he meet with many encounters with the power of darkness yet the hope stands fast in God the Fountain of Life and Light from whom he daily expecteth a supply of

strength to deny the evil and so he feels the body of sin to weaken and this is true purifying of the heart by faith and these experiences come to be witnessed of God's power the hope is confirmed which makes not ashamed but the shame of the daily cross begins now to flee away and here is strength in God known now to take up the Cross and despise the shame and now the Cross is known and felt to be the power of God which crucifies to the world and the affections that have been in it and after it they now are felt to be wounded d Here the Scripture comes to be fulfilled and the hope stand fast still as the Anchor of the soul unto God that in due time the body of death shall be slain and now comes the watching to the light against fainting to be known for still the enemy will seek to perswade the mind against overcoming e VVhich is the doctrine of the Devil and his Ministers saying in the heart The time is long and the work is tedi●us and thy streights are many and strength is small and how shalt thou get through will he in the heart be ready to say when the watch to the light is neglected for then is his time to work f The Lord sows the good seed of his word in the field of the world which is in mans heart as saith the Scripture and whilest man sleeps the evil ●●●sons ta●es in the darkness or night whilst man neglects to watch and so sleeps Therefore I say watch ye to the light and when temptations comes in yea great and many look not at all at them but look to the light which makes them manifest and watch to the power to withstand them and so the Seed which at the first loved the light will now feel its strength encrease and its power abound over the temptation and here is the Victory even that which overcomes felt and witnessed and now the pleasant fruits of Righteousness comes to be brought forth and the fruits of the obedience of the Spirit which are joy and peace and now a measure of conquering comes to be witnessed through Jesus Christ the Light of men and the Power of God by whose Blood and Life Victory is witnessed and now all self-righteousness self-strength or power is denied and the righteousness of Jesus Christ the Power of God g The Lord is the strength of the righteous it s he which worketh all our works for us and in us alone given glory unto and honor and everlasting thanksgiving for ever and evermore for he is worthy who is the Light that was the beginning of the work and is the Life and Power of God to bring to the end and accomplish the work over the power of Hell and the Body of Death and so to give entrance into the Rest which remains for the people of God through believing in him that is the Light and Power of God to save from all which by his Light he condemns and now comes the peace to be felt which passeth the understanding of all which rebel against the Light which shines in the heart to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ the which all know and feel which live in the faith which gives the Victory and keeps in the same and serves the Lord in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the Letter which the first Nature can make a profession of in the enmity as Cain the first-born could do yea offer outward Sacrifices with that heart and mind which he could murder his Brother in which many can do now even profess God and Christ and Scripture and yet live Enemies to the life of God and Christ and Scripture and Cross and so in Cain's nature h And must have Cains reward a Vagabond from God and so marked until repentance be witnessed are seldom but angry with such as live in the faith by which Abel offered a more acceptable Sacrifice then Cain did And when the power of their anger moves in them then are ready to murder as he he did and even desire in their envious hearts for a Law to do it by being ashamed and also afraid of their own lives to do it without But let all such know and that from the living God that they stand as Murderers in the account of God i For he which in his heart envies is a mans slayer and that this is true of that Spirit which cannot live but in sin and yet will cover it over with a profession in the oldness of the Letter You may take a view of New-England which have drunk very much of the Blood of the Faithful of late days and in Old-England too many thirst after it and are in the plain steps for it to cast the faithful into Holes and Prisons as they do boasting in the Evil and Pride of their hearts of a Law before it be made of Banishment after much other cruelty is used and cast into Prisons before-hand as if it were to be ready for it but this is our Joy and Confidence that we know in whom we have believed even in him by whom Kings reign and Princes decree Justice and for such as will decree unjustice and cruelty by Law we fear k Christ Iesus our Saviour our Example our Captain our Fore-runner our elder Brother was put to death by a Law leaving us an example that we should follow his steps saying if they did so to the green tree what will they do unto the dry But remember what befel them and also whether such can escape which do it to his Members and Body the Church which is in God the Father whereof Christ the Light is the Head So in this be ye all warned them not but shall commit our Righteous Cause to the God of our Life the God of Justice and let him plead it for us which I am assured of will be too strong for his and his people Enemies in the end and this is the Counsel he hath given us and wee have taken it blessed be his Name for ever not to fear man whose breath is in his Nostrils but to fear the Lord alone and to sanctifie him in our hearts and to make him our fear and our dread for evermore Even so be it saith the hearts of all the faithful ones the Heritage of God and sheep of his Pasture and Lambs of his Fold and Labourers in his Vinyard and Garden into which he is come to ear his pleasant fruits and to walk amongst his Lillyes Praises Praises be unto him for evermore yea everlasting glory be unto the ancient of dayes our God and our Father from everlasting to everlasting even so Amen saith all the upright in heart for ever and for ever And thus have I cleared my Conscience in faithfulness to God and man as the Lord put it