Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bring_v	sin_n	spirit_n	4,382	5	5.1469	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91118	A testimony of God, and his way, and worship against all the false wayes and worships of the vvorld. Also an answer to some of the false doctrines held forth, by a professed minister, in VVales; shewing the unsoundness of his former actions, and is found to be one, in the nature of the vvorld; which sometime he hath spoken against. With an answer to some queries; propounded by one, who is called an Anabaptist. / Given forth for no other end, but in love to the truth, as it is in Iesus: by Alex: Parker.	Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.	1656 (1656)	Wing P383; Thomason E883_6; ESTC R207301	24,030	31

hath given the light is the heart purified and the conscience purged from dead works and so the devils works comes to be destroyed for for this purpose was the Son of God made manifest that he might destroy the works of the devill and the works of the devil are in the heart for in the time of the night the devil the enemy of man he hath wrought his works in the heart of man and so hath wrought and begotten him into his image to do his work and so man becomes a servant to the devil bringing forth fruits of unrighteousnesse and this is all done in the heart the devil having gotten possession and sits and rules as King in the heart of man and there is the ground of all sin it a riseth out of the heart which is deceitful and desperately wicked from thence ariseth pride envy wrath malice murders drunkennesse lying swearing adultery fornication covetousness persecution tiranny and oppression and all other evills whatsoever they have their ground and rise from with in out of the heart for there is no man tempted of God but every man when he is tempted he is drawn a way of his own lust for lust is conceived in the heart and after it is conceived it brings forth sin and sin being finished brings forth death and the wayes of sin is death and while sin lodgeth and is regarded in the heart it defiles the heart and separates from God and all the prayers and sacrifices that are offered up unto God from an impure heart are abomination to him all outward shewes and outward cleansing will not avail nor bring peace as long as the ground and root of sin remains within for it is the heart which the Lord requires as it is written my Son give me thy heart so it is an inward work that every one must know and witnesse if ever you know true peace and rest for as the devils work is within in the heart and defiles the heart so must the work of Christ be within likewise for the destroying of the devils works and for the purifying of the heart for this is the mistery which hath been hid and is hid from all wisedom of the flesh and from all vultrous eyes and venomous beasts and reveiled to the Babes and Lambs of God who have laid down their Crowns at the feet of the Lamb and have denied themselves and the pomp and glory of this world and do bear the dayly Cross and despised the shame and do love and walk in the light which the world hates and thereby are led out of darknesse and the ungodly practises which the world lives in into righteousness and peace to exercise a good conscience towards God and towards man and this must every one own if ever they own the living God or a pure conscience where the Mistery of faith is held they must own this light to guide them in the exercise of their consciences for this light is the eye whereby a man comes to see himself and the root and ground of sin and untill man comes to own this light he never comes truly so see himself and so is far from denying self for first a man must see himself before he can deny himself and the light it is that let a man see his sin and that he is driven from God and out of union with God because of his sin and it is sin that separate from God and breaks the peace with God for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God all have gone astray we our selves even as others and have been wandring as Sheep without a Shepherd but the Lord of Hosts is risen and hath sent forth his Son even Jesus Christ the true Shepherd who is gathering his Sheep into the fold where they shall lye down in peace and none shall make them afraid and if the Son make you free then are you free indeed but no freedom there is but only by him whose bloud washeth and cleanseth from all sin and whereas it is sai● If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us This was spoken to a condition before confession as is plain to the Children of Light for saith he if we confesse our sins he is faithfull and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness he doth not say from part but from all and this they witnessed who were in the light and hath fellowship with the Father and the Son as is written God is light and in him is no darkness at all he that saith he hath fellowship with God and walks in darkness is a liar and doth not the truth But if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the bloud of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin and him wee witnesse even Jesus Christ the everlasting Covenant of God who makes free to the utmost all that come unto God by him and wee testify against all those that oppose the pure doctrine of Christ Jesus and sayes none can be fully cleansed from sin while they live upon the earth and so would make the bloud of Christ of none effect which whosoever walketh and abideth in the light of Christ his bloud cleanseth from all sin for whosoever abides in him sins not he that sinneth hath not seen him neither known him and this the Scripture declareth and I bear testimony and set to my seal that it is true for he that doth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous and hee that commits sin is of the devill for the devil sinneth from the beginning but whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaines in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God and in this are the Children of God made manifest and the children of the d●vil 1 Joh. 3. c. He that is born of God is the Son of God and the Son of God doth not commit sin and except a man be born again he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God for the first man is of the earth earthly and minds earthly things his joy and treasure is there in things that are below delighting in the visible things his heart is there his care and labour is for the things of this life what to eat what to drink what to put on how to become great in the earth and by his earthly wisedom which is from below which is sensual and devilish he is plotting contriving to get great possessions and to compaste the earth to get himself a name in the earth but cannot be satisfied when he hath compassed one piece of ground which he coveted after presently the lust runs out again and covets more but is never satisfied and in this state man is an enemy to God and the thoughts of his heart are evill and that continually and notwithstanding many times a true sense and

from sin upon their owning of the light within and so cannot sin any more while they live in this flesh Ans The Scriptures are not forsaken by those who own the light but with the light the words are owned and all those denyed who talk of the good words and professe the Scriptures to be their rule but live not in the pure life but walk contrary to the Scriptures and as there is a waiting in the light there is a growth up from strength to strength and from glory to glory untill the perfect day But those who live in the flesh cannot prease God whose faith is not perfect but is reprobate concerning the faith of Christ and such cannot believe that ever they shall be made perfect or free from sin while they live upon the earth and without faith it is impossible to please God Qu. VIII VVhether or no the first Resurrection spoken of Revel 20.6 be in this life yea or nay And if it be whether hath all that walk by the light within them part in the first resurrection so soon as they own that light and if they have then whether or no is it not possible that they may forsake the light and walk in darknesse and so come to cast of the second death which they that come to partake of the first resurrection shall never cast of or is not the testimony of that place of Scripture true Answ Concerning the first resurrection spoken of Rev. 20.6 it is not in that life that thou lives in which gave forth these queries But those who dwelt in the light and were in the faith had passed from death to life and in the new life it is known which is in Christ Jesus who is the resurrection and the life on such the second death hath no power and such hath part in the first resurrection and are blessed But thou hast wronged the Scripture and so it shall be a witnesse against thee which testimony is true witnessed by the same spirit that gave forth the Scripture Qu. IX VVhether or no that body of flesh of Christ that suffered at Ierusalem upon the Cross which Joseph of Arithmathea begged of Pilate and buried in his own sepulchre rose again the 3. day after it was buried whether the same body of flesh be now glorified in Heaven with the Father These few Queries I have written unto you who are called by the name of Quakers I have not written them to any particular person of you but to whomsoever of you shall be free to give me an answer of them in particular in truth according to your understanding in them I have not written them in any intent but onely to be better informed in things wherein I am not informed in things wherein I am not satisfied from him who wisheth good to all and hurt to none Richard Stephens Answ In this query thou art disputing and querying about the body of Jesus as the devil disputed about the body of Moses But it is a mistery hid from all dark understandings who hate the light that comes from Jesus which is the eye that sees him who is invisible which all who love their evill deeds and hate the light never shall know nor see but are shut out and with the light condemned Thou must first own the light that shewes thee the body of sin and so pass through the death of the crosse whereby the body of sin is put of and crucified then shalt thou know with what body Christ is glorified in Heaven with the Father Godliness is a great mistery not known to the world nor to the earthly wisedom but the secrets of God are with them that fear him the spirit searcheth all things yea the deep and hidden things of God So in the fear of God I do exhort thee to return unto God and mind that principle of God in thee that reproves thee in secret for thy evill deeds there is thy Teacher if thou love it to guide thee to God but if thou hate it and live according to the course of this world it will be thy comdemnation Prize thy time while thou hast it VVritten by one who is a lover of all those that love the truth in simplicity and sincerity of heart who is known to the world by the name of Alexander Parker but hath a new name which the world knows not written in the Book of Life FINIS