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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	field_n	good_a	sow_v	1,310	5	10.0524	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59954	A small treatise concerning evil thoughts and imaginations and concerning good thoughts and heavenly meditations ... / by W. S.	Shewen, William, 1631?-1695.	1679 (1679)	Wing S3423; ESTC R33809	29,991	66

by it and their minds exercised in it their thoughts and meditations guided by it they * Let the professors of Christianity try themselves hereby are come to the mystery of the fellowship of the Gospel to the blessed unity wherein is no strife no wrangling disputing or contention no treachery wars cruelty or violence because they are all minding one thing learning of one teacher following of one guide viz. the Grace and Spirit of God and though they have diversity of gifts and are attained to different degrees of Faith Different states and growths in the Truth no cause of dis unity of Grace of Knowledge Growth and Salvation in the same and are some as a foot some as a hand eye ear and mouth yet are all as members of one body and the meanest hath unity with the more noble the greatest with the least the lowest with the highest the strongest with the weakest nor is there any Jar or Schism in this well framed Body of which Christ the Vnction the Annointing is the Head and Teacher c. This heavenly unity is the antitype of the Seamless-Coat of Christ wove from top to bottom which the Souldiers did not rend tear or divide but cast lots for and of that Law that forbade weaving linnen and woollen together and sowing mingled seed Now there is no unity no agreement no concord betwixt light and darkness sin and righteousness Christ and Belial these things of a different and contrary nature cannot unite cannot agree though they are nigh to each other sowen in one field God hath sowen a good seed in the field of mankind the enemy hath sown an evil seed and in many it hath taken root and sprang up above the good seed Before there can be true unity in and among mankind the seed of the Serpent must be bruised and rooted out of the heart even among those professing Christianity it self and from hence ariseth and groweth all the evil will envy hatred strife cruelty violence blood-shed wars and murthers in whole Christendom and till the head of this evil seed be not only bruised by the promised seed which God hath sowed but rooted out also of the heart of man all these things will grow up these evil effects can never cease till the cause be removed and taken away as the true Christian knoweth right well by experience Now the Christians indeed as they live and abide in this pure external principle of Light Life Spirit and Truth they have unity one with another and fellowship with God they are the brethren whose living together in unity is comely to behold who have the one mind one heart one soul and have their minds hearts and souls always governed ruled and ordered by the good Spirit of God as every one lives and keeps this order ank undor this heavenly government they cannot chuse but live together in unity in love in good will in peace heavenly concord and agreement every one within himself with God and with each other and in love to all mankind here is the end of strife wars and fightings come unto The end of Wars c. both within and without and this is the time and state wherein instruments of War and Cruelty are turned into instruments of necessary use and as they abide herein they can learn war no more according to the blessed sight and Prophesie of Isaiah that Evangelical Prophet Here Jerusalem is known a quiet habitotion the inhabitants thereof being established in peace and righteousness far from oppression the cause of War and Oppression being taken away which is evil thicking evil speaking and evil doing and this every one must know and experience before they can be established in peace before they can know the peace of God which passeth all understanding to keep their hearts and minds and to rule in their hearts and to know the aboundings of it and to delight therein as it is * The enjoyment of those things men do and may witness are on this side the Grave written the meek shall inherit the earth and delight themselves in the abundance of peace the earth nor earthly things shall not inherit them they tread upon the high places of it and reign like Kings and Princes over all the glory thereof Oh! Read the 25th and 35th Chapter of Isaiah's Prophesie and wait in the precious Faith thou hast received till thou enjoy the fulfilling thereof this is a blessed state indeed wait all to possess and enjoy it more and more this is the blessed end of the Gospel of petce and of the Christian Religion My breathing is that all that profess it may come to inherit Peace Righteousness and Joy in the inward man even to lie down in that peace where none can make afraid and to dwell on that holy Mountain where no destroyer is and to inhabit that City whose Builder and Maker is God to whom be praise and glory for evermore W. S. A few Words added to the sensible Reader THou who art awakened out of the sleep of death and risen out of the grave of sin and sea of corruption and art come to the exercise of thy spiritual senses so that thou canst hear see taste and handle the things of God thou well knowest that the blessed end of all holy mens words and writings testimonies and declarations proceeding from the love of God is that others that are yet unholy wandering about in and after the vanity of their own minds thoughts and imaginations upon the barren Mountains even as sheep without a Shepherd may come to be gathered and brought home to the fold of rest where safety peace and satisfaction is to be found for their weary souls who have long wandered in desolate places seeking rest but finding none spending their time labour and money for that which doth not profit feed and nourish up unto eternal life I say to direct these strangers wanderers labourers and unsatisfied travellers into the way of rest and peace is the blessed end of all Words and holy Writings even that such may come to possess enjoy and inherit the things spoken and written of without which all hearing reading seeking enquiring toiling labouring spending time and money is to no purpose Now it is the mind the soul the spirit of man that wants rest that is gone from its center that hath lost it stay habitation and dwelling-place in God and innumerable are the thoughts imaginations devices and inventions willings and runnings that poor mankind in this estate is exercised in and carried away with both Jew and Gentile Professor and Prophane upon the face of the whole earth For in all Sects and sorts of Religions those who are sincere and devout therein propose this end to themselves in the exercise thereof viz. to attain a state of happiness and felicity at last Many are the ways means and precepts prescriptions directions and observations that men give and receive from one the other enjoyn