Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	dead_a	life_n	raise_v	9,308	5	6.9695	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35839	A general epistle given forth from the spirit of the Lord to be read in his fear in the assemblies of the church of the first-born, gathered in these northern-countries, and in all countries and islands where ever the people of the Lord are scattered over the face of the earth / W.D.	Dewsbury, William, 1621-1688.	1668 (1668)	Wing D1269; ESTC R37742	5,568	9

A General Epistle GIVEN FORTH From the Spirit of the Lord to be Read in his Fear in the Assemblies of the Church of the FIRST-BORN GATHERED In these Northern-Countries and in all Countries and Islands where ever the People of the Lord are scattered over the Face of the EARTH W. D. Printed in the Year 1668. A General Epistle c. Dear Friends CAlled in the Light of the Lord Jesus to stand Living Witnesses for him upon the Earth amongst the Children of men Oh! the Bowels of the Love of the Lord that is in my heart to you that when I was nigh unto death to the light of all that saw me as to the outward man and scarce able to speak I was constrained to give forth the substance of what is now sent amongst you for a perfect discovery of your conditions seeing that many are called and few chosen and many convinced that are not converted therefore are these lines written that you may truly know whether you be born again and redeemed from the Harth yea or nay And in order thereunto let every man and woman search their hearts with the Light of the Lord and it will truly manifest whether you be born again and so feed upon the Tree of Life or otherwise you rest in outward formal conformity to the Truth the heart in the Earth that spirit will turn against Truth and hath done And some others are drawn to delight their hearts in the gifts parts and knowledge which the Lord hath given them more then in the Lord the Fountain from whence they come and so abuse the gift and feeds upon the fruit of the Tree of Knowledg which puffeth up and maketh man wise in his own eyes and say in his heart I am wise and rich sees and wants nothing when they are blind miserable naked and wants all things and whatever any profess as to the service of God that is in this condition they have an end to themselves in what they do which grieveth the Spirit of the Lord when men and women in a discoursitive spirit takes upon them to declare the Truth when the Lord neither calls them nor speaketh by them so are the Children born of the Royal Seed burthened for such have turned against the Truth and the Children born of it whom the Lord hath and will ease in the day determined when all mouthes shall be closed in silence but who are opened by him and not any voice be heard but his own Spirit speaking in and thorow his own Children born of him who alone seeks his glory and not any thing for themselves which must be denied Therefore seeing the Enemies wiles are great and many let all dread the Lord and who have been led astray wait in the heart-searching Light to see the Mystery of Iniquity where it led them forth and return to the Light to judge down proud exalted self which hath turned against the Truth and bring into true Poverty and abhoring of self to wait at the Throne of Grace for the Lord to raise you up in the resurrection which raised up Iesus from the dead and in this life contentious Self is buried in death and the true unity is known where the Lord alone is exalted in purity joy love and peace in all his from the least to the highest growth and all Flesh abased before him who is worthy of all obedience praise and glory for ever Amen And all dear Friends and Brethren that love the Light and rejoyce in the Judgments of the Lord to have subtil Self buried in the true death that what gifts of the Spirit soever the Lord gives unto you and the Enemy tempt you never so strongly to puff you up in a self-priding spirit in what you have received of the Lord yet his fear is so minded by you which keeps you in a true sense of your nothingness and emptiness in your selves which causes you to wait in true self-denial for the daily assistance and renewing of your strength in the resurrection of Life in the Lord Jesus and the more he manifests his power with you the more empty and nothing you appear in your own eyes And so is the true Birth known which makes Self of no reputation that the Lord may be exalted in his unlimitted power in manifesting himself in the poverty emptiness and nothingness of his people who are born of him that not any Flesh may glory before him but all in truth to say The Lord doth all in me and through me and the Lord shall have the glory and I will sit in the dust at his feet with all my Brethren and Sisters to serve him and his people through whom we are raised up to sit in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus in what I may whilst I have a being amongst the Sons of men to the glory of his Name for ever And this is the state of the true Disciples of Christ that cannot feed of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge although in your journey and travels you dear Vessels of the Lord you see the tree of Knowledge to be good where it stands in its place but the fruit is not good for to eat and feed upon because knowledge puffeth up but grace maketh humble Therefore dear Brethren and Sisters born of God who cannot live in any enjoyment but as you enjoy the Life and Presence of God from whence every good and perfect gift comes And dear Lambs although some of you be in your own eyes the meanest amongst the People of the Lord yea at sometimes your trials is so great that you are ready to account your selves unworthy to be numbred amongst the People of the Lord and yet you dare not disobey him neither can you live without his presence Oh you dear Children of God I lift up your heads over all temptations and accusations of the Enemy for your groans and cries are entred into the ●ars of the Lord God who in the bowels of his Love and Mercies doth constrain me to proclaim the day of the tender compassion of the Lord to all you who are truly poor in your spirits Oh blessed are you among the children of men for yours is the Kingdom of God Therefore be not weary of waiting upon the Lord for in his own time he will turn your sorrows into joy and give to you the spirit of praises for the spirit of heaviness as he hath done to many who have endured the like temptations trials and sufferings under which you wait this day for deliverance and the Lord will be the same to you therefore be of good comfort for as the Serpent was lifted up in the Wilderness so is the Son of Man lifted up in the Light and Covenant of Life to heal your wounds and save you from sin and to give you victory over the Enemy in all his appearances so that you thorow Faith in the Name of Christ make war in righteousness and fighting the good Fight