Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	darkness_n	light_n	shadow_n	7,372	5	9.4624	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42005	An epistle of tender love, or cheerful sound by the breath of life to the whole flock of God, who have been eye-witnesses of his glorious appearings in these last dayes.	Greene, Thomas, 1634?-1699.	1664 (1664)	Wing G1841A; ESTC R219895	4,561	1

An Epistle of tender Love or cheerful Sound By the Breath of Life to the whole Flock of God who have been Eye Witnesses of his Glorious Appearings in these last dayes MOst dearly and well beloved Friends Brethren and Sisters whom the Lord hath gathered to be a People to be to the praise of his Name who once were not a People but were scattered as among the Tribes and a certain dwelling place we knew not but went mourning as a Dove without a mate saying Where is our Souls beloved and when we were almost out of hope then the Voice out of the excellent Glory was uttered and a Light began to shine in the midst of Darkness even when we were ready to say We must now dwell in the house of mourning and the shaddow of death must be our habitation for ever Then in an acceptable time when it was with us as if it were neither night nor day but in the even-tide then the Light appeared and he was lifted up who hath drawn our hearts after him even Christ the Light of the world the Saviour of all that believe and follow him this was he that we had heard and spoken much of yet then were strangers to him though he was nigh unto us and spake with us shewing unto us our lost and and undone estate and sometimes made our hearts burn within us But now blessed be the Lord who by the Light which he hath caused to shine in our hearts he hath shewed us our selves our sins and he who is the father of them and hath and is opening the Mysteries of his Kingdom which consists in Righteousness and Peace for such a dwelling we wanted And he hath and is making known a measure of the Spirit even of that same Spirit which raised up Jesus from the dead in the hearts of his People and this is that Gift that is Eternal Life given of the Father to rescue and redeem and save lost man from the power of Death to bring him out of the house of Bondage and deep Captivity into the glorious Liberty of his only Son who said Father I pray thee let all those whom thou hast given me be where I am these alone reign and triumph in the Life Eternal over Hell and Death Oh Friends surely we were that Multitude that was an hungry which now our Lord Jesus hath caused to sit down and satisfieth us with the Bread of Life many times and often that now we can say The Son of God is come and hath given us an understanding whereby we know him that is true even the true God and Eternal Life who is become our Leader and our Guide even to us who once went astray as sheep w●●out a Shepher● but how by his Spirit we are brought to the shepherd and Bishop of our souls and now is he leading us in the way of righteousness and is teaching us according to his Promise who said All the Sons and Daughters of the Lord shall be taught of him and he is gently leading the weak and tender ones in a way that they did not know which hath caused them to admire the goodness power and mercy o● the Lord who in the greatest trials hath been with them and secretly hath upheld them and them delivered many a time out of the snares of the enemy of their souls By him we have seen the mountains removed and the very high hills laid low at the sight of w ch we somtimes were ready to faint saying in our hearts We shall never get over them then hath he made the Mountains as a Plain and the Hills as the low Valeys Thus he hath prepared an even path for the just and upright ones to walk in Therefore fear not neither be d●smayed ye called chosen and Beloved of the Lord though your Enemies be many and mighty and appear as the sons of Ahab did to Israel and you seem to them as Grashoppers of this be ye sure our God never changeth but is the same unto his people yesterday to day and for ever who delivered David out of the mouth of the Lyon and out of the paw of the Bear and in the name of the Lord he ove came the great uncircumcised Philistim The Lord also preserved his Servant Daniel in the Lyons Den and Job in his greatest tryals and Jonah in the Belly of a Whale and Paul in his dangerous Voyage at Sea he also by his power brought Israel through the Sea as upon dry land and gave them food from Heaven in the Wilderness he was as a Cloud to them in the day time and as a Fire to give them light in the night season Oh great is the Lord and greatly to be feared and admired in all his Saints who is dreadful and mighty in power who doeth all things according to his pleasure The Earth is his he framed it and the great and wide Sea he hath made and by his power he ruleth it he brings the Wind out of his Treasure and then the Sea is troubled then he speaks the word and it is still again Oh ye children of the Lord have we not seen of his wonders and been eye witnesses of his mighty works hath he not heard our cry in the day of our d●stress and given ear to our complaint Yes he hath heard from his Holy Habitation and hath answered in loving-kindness he also satisfieth the poor and refresheth the needy with his presence who without him cannot live nor be satisfied with any thing but the Bread of life that comes from him and for those he spreads a Table and feeds them though they are as in a wilderness and giveth them bread that the world knows not of Well my Friends Did the Lord hear and answer our cries in the dayes past when we were as Ephraim bemoaning our selves and as David thinking we were cast out of his sight yet did we look to that which was holy which God had manifested in us and back again into the world we could not go neither would the shadows of the Heavenly things satisfie us but the substance that we earnestly desired And now the Lord by the light of his Son hath made known himself unto us and hath let us see that he hath waited long to be gracious and hath watched over us as a tender Father and since we knew him to be our God he hath been good unto us and hath appeared for us in rebuking our adversaries and in driving back and overcoming our Enemies within and without And when the Dragon hath been hath been wrath with us his people which he hath gathered and 〈…〉 up in his holy Seed then he hath caused the Earth to help us and to drink up the Fl●ods that the Dragon hath cast out of his mouth on purpose to drown us Therefore fear not O Daughter of Zion whose dwelling is outwardly as in Sodom or Babylon and thou at some times hast been ready to say Thy God hath forgotten thee