Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	jesus_n	life_n	live_v	7,332	5	5.6822	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42022	Three general epistles for the whole body of Friends 1 from William Caton, 2 from R. Greenway, 3 from Christopher Bacon.	Caton, William, 1636-1665.; Bacon, Christopher.; Greenway, R. (Richard)	1662 (1662)	Wing G1864; ESTC R26437	11,728	17

hearts the day-star is arisen walk in the Light thereof that you may be wise bold strong and valiant to follow the Captain of our salvation who is born King of the Iews for it s given to him to rule all Nations and to subdue the Kingdom of this World but not by carnal Weapons but by his invisible Arm of Power and Sword which proceeds out of his mouth whereby he wil utterly confound destroy and lay wast all that rebel and stand up against him Therefore my dear Friends let your Faith stand in the invisible Arm and Power of God and be you all of a sound mind be ye stedfast unmoveable rooted grounded and established in the living Truth and Righteousness of the God of all the Families of the Earth that you may not be moved shaken nor troubled in your minds at all these rumors of Wars and distress of Nations and perplexity and wrath which must come to pass upon this generation but lift up your heads and rejoice and let your eye be single alwaies looking to and following the Prince of Peace and be not of a doubtful mind for the Lord of Hosts is with us and the shout of a King is amongst us and although we have no helper in the earth neither can make use of any carnal weapons to defend or deliver our selves yet in the faith and patient suffering in and for the Lamb of God that was slain but now is alive and liveth for evermore in him we shall reign in victory life and dominion over all our Enemies within and without And my dear Friends you are called to a glorious freedom and liberty in the Spirit of Truth stand fast in it that you may keep your consciences void of offence in the sight of God in all things and if God requires one thing and man another obey God and fear not man who can but kil the body that your souls may live in the dominion of Gods truth and in it meet and wait and worship him and go not with the uncircumcised in hearts and ears for the uncurable stroke of the Lord is near to be executed upon them neither return back again into Egypt for the plagues pestilence and famine wil be multiplied amongst them til the Egyptians be confounded Therefore dear Friends keep your constant watch in the true Light of the Son of the living God that you may receive counsel wisdom and discerning in every motion and command whether it be of flesh or spirit for that which moveth in the fleshly part in your own particulars you must take up the Cross of Christ to in its fi●st motion and appearance and let true judgement pass upon it for if it proceed forth either in act or word it wil wound your Consciences and abuse the power of God and lead you into bondage again and that which commandeth to observe and do the thing conceived in the lust of the flesh from the fleshly birth either within or without you are not to obey for that wil lead to the second death but the motion command in the Spirit of Life you must in all things do and follow and in it you wil live have perfect peace and therefore because we are born of the Spirit and led by it the world wil persecute us therefore let every Souldier of Jesus Christ be contented with his portion which is tribulation in this World but be of good chear the Captain of our salvation hath overcome the World Therefore I say again in the Name fear and power of the Lord be you faithful unto death for he that shall come wil come crown you with everlasting Life And my dear Friends if it seemeth good in the sight of our God that all the dayes of our appointed ●ime in this life may be dayes of trouble persecution and affliction yet be of good comfort this wil be but for a moment and wil soon come to an end but the joy rest peace and glory which our God hath prepared for us as we love him and are faithful to him shall never have an end And so my dear Friends in the ●ear love obedience worship and service of the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for ever dwel and abide in it I am firmly united to you and in that Love Life and Truth of the living God I dearly salute and embrace you all and am as ful of love with you as I was when I began to write and whatsoever you suffer for your obedience to our God and keeping the commands of Christ whether spoiling of Goods imprisonment banishment or death it self I am resolved in the strength and power of God to partake with you From your faithful Friend in the patient suffering for the Testimony of a good Conscience in the high Gaol at Exon the 24 th of the tenth Month 1662. Christopher Bacon THE END