Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	life_n	spirit_n	11,648	5	5.3153	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34997	A plain path-vvay opened to the simple-hearted for the answering all doubts & objections which do arise in them against the light and truth in the inward parts, by which many are kept from obedience and so from peace to their panting souls / by Stephen Crisp.	Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692.	1688 (1688)	Wing C6938; ESTC R29744	13,460	16

that matter that he will according to his promise raise them up at the last day and will give unto every Seed his own Body even as pleaseth him and the Creature is not careful then about such foolish questions and doubts as to enquire what manner of Body God will give them but leaves it to the Lord in full faith that he will raise them up according to the Scriptures And so here all thy doubts will flee away and are answered with that that was before them as it comes to rule in the Creature and Death that is the root ground of them comes to be swallowed up in the Victory of the Life And so as thou feelst thy part in this Resurrection all the doubts and fears of thy own condition will he answered effectually which cannot otherwise be answered but by that good Sprit of God that strives with thee which when it doth prevail with thee and thou becomest subject to it then it witnesseth for thee for that there is a state in which there is a danger of falling away thy daily experience teacheth thee to thy sorrow and besides Christ said Every Branch in me that beareth not fruit must be cut off and the many examples in Scripture of them that departed from the Faith and made shipwrack of it and turned with the Dog to the vomit and the Sow to the mire doth sufficiently prove it and if thou dost stand it is by Faith and thou must take heed and so mayst thou come to the Crown and Seal and Assurance and an Establishment in the Kingdom where thou shalt no more go forth but shalt have thy Soul's desire answered And when thou comest to know this state and to receive this White Stone that hath the Name within thou wilt then be without doubt or fear given up in the will of God to do and to suffer all things according to his blessed will And here is the true and perfect Rest to thy Soul whoever thou art that art now labouring in the Iron Furnace of thy own thoughts and doubts in the which the more thou givest thy self up thereto the darker thou art and the fuller of doubts for they will beget and multiply one another and the more thou reasonest against obeying Gods Witness in thy heart the lessable thou art to obey it but the little strength which God gives thee thou consultest it away and then when thou wouldst be strong thou becom'st feeble and when thou wouldst in some measure obey thy own Consultation stands in the way and hinders thee and the more thou increasest in knowledge in this state the more thou increasest thy Sorrow and Condemnation so that sometimes thou art ready to wish thou hadst never known so much of Truth and sometimes wishest thou knewst more concerning such a Point or such a Doctrine or such a Scripture or such a Mystery and art apt to think because thou art yet ignorant in some things relating to Truth therefore thou art the more excusable if thou be disobedient But alas poor Soul consider the way to know more is to be obedient to a little which thou hast received and then that Mist and Fog of thy own unfaithfulness will vanish away from before the Eye of thy mind for it is that which hinders good things from thee and makes thee go daily with a burthen upon thy shoulders a guilt upon thy Conscience thou canst not in no case of thy necessities come before the Lord with an open face but art covered still with thine own iniquities and in this state thou knowest neither Sabbath nor new Moon nor Holy-day to the Lord but all labour toyl and travel and wearisomness of spirit till many even come to wish an end of their dayes yet are in great fear that the end will be worse too Oh! how my Soul pities you whose state this is and I have a great sympathy with your sorrows in bowels of tender love am I drawn forth to reach out a hand to help you as one that hath obtained mercy to know deliverances and to witness the way of it and have the testimony of God in my heart to witness forth the coming of the Saviour to the poor needy Souls to the relieving of them and comforting of them and my Souls desire is that your Bonds might be broken and your Souls might escape But this I say in the Name of the Lord to you all There is no way for your deliverance but your giving up in single obedience to that faithfull and true Witness of God which stirs and moves in thee against thy sins and therefore wait thou to feel thy mind and will subjected thereunto that thou mayst feel thy self to be one of those willing people in this the day of Gods Power and cease from thy reasonings against thy obeying the Truth and from saying thou canst not thou wantst Power and when God gives thee Grace then thou wilt obey for these sayings are in vain For though it is true none can obey the Lord but by his Grace and Power given unto them yet he hath made his Grace even that which bringeth Salvation to appear unto all men as in Titus 2.11 and it hath appeared unto thee and in thee to whom I write and is a Reprover in thee and thou must turn to that that smites thee and then thou turnest to the Grace of God for it s his Grace that strives with thee to lead thee out of the Evil that it reproves in thee and so out of the World that lies in the Evil up to God from whence the Grace cometh for whosoever doth give up to the drawings of the good Spirit of God that moves in them and in obedience thereto do deny themselves of their own Wills and Lusts and evil Desires and Pleasures such want not Power but feel him near them that works the willingness first and then the deed according to his pleasure and so the glory comes alone to be his and then thou knowest the Mystery of the Cross and how it is the Power of God which all that reject the Cross complain for want of And so so long as thou livest in the Cross thou livest in the Power and thy obeying is easie and all things are possible to thee through it and as long as thou art daily dying to that which is corruptible thou feelest the more Life and Joy and Pleasure in that which is Everlasting and thy desires grow more and more fervent after a full and perfect Enjoyment of it in the pure Unity of Spirit And those desires growing strong in thee it grows a lighter thing to thee to part with that which hinders though it be thy Bosom sins thy Delilahs and Darlings yet all must go for the love thou hast to Truth and such only as have this Love and continue in it are counted worthy to be Heirs of the Kingdom of God for so long as any thing be hugged and loved besides the Lord if the Lord should manifest his Love to thee thou wouldst play the Harlot and abuse his Mercies and cleave to thy old Lovers as Israel of old did that was after the Flesh and therefore think it not strange to be brought through manifold Tryals that thereby thou mayst be purged and prepared as a Bride for the true Husband Christ Jesus for there are many that desire acquaintance with him but are not fitted for him they must be washed first and trimmed first and must put off the vile Raiment first and must come to know the white Linnen put on And while this work is doing what need of Patience and Quietness of Spirit is there what need of Subjection to the workings of that holy Spirit in all things that thou mayst not be setting limits bounds to that which must bound and limit thee in all things nor say in thine heart If my Trials were but so or my Exercises so or so I could then bear them but rather submit in all things willingly to do and suffer and to be tried and exercised even as it pleaseth the Lord to order or suffer thee to be tried and in all his dealings say with the good man It is the Lord let him do what he will with thee And whosoever gives up thus to him though he slay them yet shall they live though he wound them yet he will heal them again Therefore learn patience and stillness of mind for by taking thought thou canst add nothing in this work I remember Israel of old who were commanded to stand still to see the Salvation of God in their greatest straits and they were a figure unto thee And now in the Light read thy figure and wait for the Substance the true Seed that it may bring forth peace and rest to thy Immortal Soul and may set up Righteousness in thy Earth which is that I travel after on the behalf of all distressed and afflicted Souls every where to whom I am a Friend and Well-wisher as one knowing their Trials Straits Doubts and Besettings and also through the rich love of God in Christ Jesus do witness the delivering answering and satisfying Life made manifest and revealed in its own Eternal Light which lighteth every man and in true desire that you may all know the same and in discharge of my duty towards God and my Generation have I sent forth this word of Counsel and Exhortation and do remain in my Rest with the Lord being thus far clear of the Blood of all men whether they hear or forbear and though in Bonds for the Gospel sake yet the Lords Free-man waiting in patience and full assurance for Zion's full Redemption Known by the name Stephen Crisp THE END