Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	earth_n	life_n	4,047	5	4.4029	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80101	Gods truth is faithfull in what it speaketh unto sin and death: It giveth it not too bad a name, because truth is justifi'd by him, which is just; therein it hath a crown of life, and shal have, though death like swarms of wasps are round about it. / Written by one called, John Cole-Venman.	Cole-Venman, John.	1658 (1658)	Wing C5096A; ESTC R174030	8,135	17

GODS Truth is faithfull in what it speaketh unto Sin and Death Jt giveth it not too bad a name because truth is justifi'd by him which is just therein it hath a crown of Life and shal have though death like swarms of Wasps are reund about it Wirtten by one called John Cole-Venman London Printed in the yeer 1658. THere is much talk of Christ being a Saviour without understanding what the Soul must be saved from and unto the soul being under deceit and torment it standeth in need of truth and rest the Saviour by placing truth and rest in the soul wil level so that none shall possess more then they want he will first level the inward by casting out the thief-mind then these outward riches will fall into necessities possession it s the souls necessity that must be joynt-heir with Christ in possessing It s father hath power to bruise the Serpents head and body which doth withhold from necessity to its lust which lust or thief-minde is instituted by the Serpent to do all wickedness he causeth some to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel and they do falsly assume they sin not when some of them have many slaves and acres of land houses horses linnen wollen corn wine oyl and flocks of cattel and all manner of the fruits of the earth that necessitie is kept in slaveri● from them This murderer and thief doth act all evil in scorn and contempt of truths union which it hath in it self and it wil fil the soul with it self to the downsal of that young Harlot that doth strain at a gnat which gnat nature hath a lust in it and it doth swallow all that it can from the slave necessitie to its self● destruction that which is in more haste for the true Sun for to shine then it hasteth in it self to shine must be by its beams consumed It s a common thing for the young Harlot to say Minde the light in thee now saith Truth thy ly-light must be putout nay saith she I am sent of God to fore-warn thee of evil and to turn thee to the light This false lye-light in its coming in exhortations doth assume perfection therein Truth-union doth hold some souls from the mother of Harlots and her daughters so that their threatning wooing exhortings is all as rubbidge in their way The yong Harlot doth transform her selfe like truths appearance in words and in straining at a gnat there is no straining in truthunion the straining is in that which doth dress or shape its self like truths government that it may the more bewitch that which can be bewitched The yong Harlot falsly loves or lusts for to have all her kindred for to commit adultery with her calling them harlots and bastards if they do not The true Spouse hath been very often wooed to commit adultery with her she saying she was the Spouse of Christ and did loath to commit adultery The mother of Harlots have many daughters as bad as her self all the daughters do fall out one with another and with their mother crying Harlot harlot harlot Truth knows that she that is a shaping her self like it in words is the beautiful yong Harlot which wil stand against the union-nature longer in some ●ouls then others None that live with God do lodge with her Them that true union doth hold they can be bold all her evills to unfold without being by her power controld Her Mother and her Sisters do all cry her downe saying she is not worthy to live they all hate her for her beauty because she is almost like the Spouse of Christ in words not in deeds The yong Harlot can but mend evill old Adam by her exhortations and instructions and wooings and threatnings she doth fright some unto her obedience in setting them to look to her Ly light in them This Harlots power is the tree of good and evil and this is the cause why it 's called a tree of good and evil it rejoyceth some and it woundeth others it starveth some it seedeth others it giveth some too much of the earth and its fruit and others too little it giveth some the best of things and others the worst it maketh some great Landlords and others Slaves it causeth sickness and health to its people it causeth some to depart out of the body and some to live its life therein it causeth its slave Necessity to come to its tyrants to say with his hat in his hand What curious works shall I do for you alas poor Necessity thou hast a hard Master it s not long that he shall reigne over thee At the first fall this tree or power did exalt some of its fruit-eaters higher then other so that those exalted ones did thieve from the rest the greatest part of the earth and its fruits did cause them to make Laws which yet are in force by the same tree or power to the oppression of all poor men This gold and silver ticket they caused to be quoined in opposition to the want of poor men so that they was quite shut out of all unless they would come to be their slaves and tenants then they should have some of the fruits of the earth or their ticket of gold or silver or any ticket that was in force It s so yet that the gold and silver ticket are the devils Ticket and true wanting necessity is Gods ticket for it shall purchase of him whatsoever it needeth one day without the Devils ticket yet for present it s ordained that 〈…〉 necessity so long as its in its enemies country it should carry its enemies ticket This was and is contrary to the tyrant for he made Lawes that they should not have his ticket or any of the earth or its fruits without being his slaves the tyrant said and doth say to necessity if thou wilt not be my slave thou shalt not eat Now saith Necessity thou hast stolne from me all that thou possessest that is more then thy Necessity wantest Now saith the tyrant I have made a Law for thee if thou takest any thing back from me thou shalt be hanged till thou art dead and if thou wilt not work for me but go a begging thou shalt be whipped Thus is poor Necessity the Devils slave unless the God of uprightness doth take it into his blessedness his blessedness is thus Needest thou truth and rest or any of the earth or its fruits he will supply thee one day without thy death-obedience for it s not to him that death obeyeth The young Harlot saith she is Christ God life light and all good when he which is so savoureth nothing of her he savourelh life unto life or a clean soul All her inward and outward preachings are uncertain for they do not give to the soul the union-nature of God but are enemies to it The young Harlots threatning and exhortings doth evilly reform the Aegyptians mindes but its righteousness that must lead them to Canaan not

anie thing of that mind shall enter therein because its Reformation maketh nothing but lies When the tree or power of life shall give the soul its word-conjunction then this tree or power of life goeth forth in Ministration to fulfil its words effect then down goeth this tree which is good and evil in its self to its self and it must be a prisoner to the tree of life then all those souls that are its slaves shall go free So sure as God ever did answer any expectation of his promise made so sure he will answer the expectation of his promise now made to some souls that have received of measure of his minde The young Harlot and her children doth scorn to own their kindred they scorn to say Grand-mother Mother Sister Aunt Cosen but do call Whores Harlots and Bastards If any of her kindred do lack ●ood or rayment she is no more free of her superfluity then anie of her kindred are Some of her next Sisters are more kinder to all the kindred then shee for they have often wooed the Grandmother for her Grand children and for their young sister telling her Our sister and her children are the greatest sufferrers for Christ on earth the old Harlot answers It 's not so they are disobedient to me and Christ yet being much wooed she lets some of them go This Harlot appeareth where the Divine Nature doth and doth shape it self as neere it as it can in all its appearances if I meet with this Harlot she loathes mee because I do not commit Adultery with her she saying That I will be made to do that which I call Adultery She hath many hangers on her that would be very much falsly refreshed if that she would let them commit Adultery with her in her secret chamber Shee hath many that were once of her bodie that do now grieve her yet they are not espoused to Christ There are some of her falsly reformed Kindred that love her for her beauty that makes the Harlot proud Some do think she is not sent of God but do verie much disturb her in her adultery in tormenting her by her mothers and sisters power shee answers them with the like though self-righteousness cannot see it God tormenteth no soul but bringeth the tormemtore into subjection to him and delivereth is to himself The cormentors are evill Angells that do not carry fleth but do govern some soulessences by ingrafting their nature in them to do what they please unless the redeeming Angels do prevents by their ingrafting their nature which nature it all goodness and true strength without is the soul is dead I do not say the most beautiful Harlot is the most abomination of the earth but the will be when the is cast out of those souls that are to be the first fruits to the redeemer for present her mother and some of her elder danghters under her are the most obomination of the earth yet their mother doth keep all of them in subjection to her as much as she can When the mother is cast downe the daughters will strive who shall be greatest and this strife will be till all be down but the youngest sister then the will be the abomination of the earth will rule over all souls that are not espoused to Christ the will be the last Harlot that shall adulterate the soul This is verie little minded to wit The redeeming Angels have a greater ministration on the evil Angels to subject them then they have on their captives to redeem them The young Harlot speaks of redemption and subjection and knowes not where the true power placeth either The true Angels act is redemption to the soul and subjection to the evill one that doth ingraft his sin against the soul Angell or Essence The young Harlot doth speak much against the carnal Libertine called Ranter some of them are now her Proselytes Where that loathsome filthy Harlor called Ranter deceived one thee will thousands when the is cast one of those souls that are to be the first fruits to redemption The true Sponse shall very much rejoyce in being alone with Christ. The young Harlot and some of her sisters do say they deny self they being but self cannot do it When Christ cameth to them he will shew them that neither they nor the soul can do so nothing but him can deny self the poor soul can do nothing it s like a dead thing carryed from death to life When the breath of life shall breath on the soul so that it doth consume all the breath of death that was there then it may be said of a truth there is a living soul As some souls now are they are part in life part in death yet they go not forth in the true powers ministry till they be as lively as the power of life then they have its word-conjunction till then the soul it a middle nature betwixt the oppressor and the redeemer Blessed is that soul that hath Gods look to see what is his els all is vanity Man in his best estate in being governed by the evil Angels is worse then vanity for whom they blesse in the event it doth prove the greatest curse Vanity as it standeth out of vexation of mind in this or that so that it doth not abuse any in the inward principle or outward things that do belong to its or their necessityes Sure eternity is neer to this vanity and will bring a consummation on it suddenly Then to the wonderment of all perishers eternity will appear with an army of souls with its word in their mouths which power of eternity will effect in their speaking Our fathers host when they appear no Beelzebub can hold up their armies against them no evill angels can stand unsubjected before them no captives will they make afraid of them but the evill Angels that are not in flesh will so far as they can ingraft feare in opposition to their soules redemption These belzebubs make their own people afraid of one another and of the lover of their soules At the first these belzebubs were all as one in their first fallen union and so did continue a space of time but at the last they did fall out one with another and ●id raise their creation in armyes and did cause them to fight who should have most of the earth and its fruits for their false right as the length of time these belzeebubs will Joyne againe in their first fallen union at which shall stumble every one so far as they stand out of true union They will cause all their people to agree as one to make war against the lamb The young harlots head it distinct from her body and it doth commonly commit adultery in a more secre● manner then her body doth know of her heads secresie will be the height of abomination when it shall come forth in its practice it will blast all deceit but itself deceit and will incompass all souls that are