Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	hand_n	lord_n	stretch_v	1,025	5	9.8952	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40525	A visitation by way of declaration unto the manifestation of the spirit in you rulers and heads of these nations both Parliaments, officers, and souldiers, that are in arms and authority to do service for the Common-Wealth outwardly. Amongst whom I formerly have had my conversation about thirteen or fourteen years, and with many of them I have often engaged against the enemies of the peace and liberties of the honest people of these nations, and that some of the old officers and souldiers may very well remember. From a true lover of your souls, that loves to do justice, and all that join with them, known unto the children of men by this name, Joseph Fuce.	Fuce, Joseph.	1659 (1659)	Wing F2258A; ESTC R220311	7,863	8

of Christ in you before you can see or know what doth oppress and what is oppressed in every particular and I say unto you as Paul said unto the Romans That which may be known of God is manifested in you Rom 1. 19. and therefore you are to come unto a teacher within you which would teach every one how ●o cast off the works of darkness and to put on the Armour of light Rom. 13. 12. Mark Pride is a work of darkness love of the honor and glory of the world covetousness and self-private ends are works of darkness and the ground from whence such things doth arise doth oppress the seed is cursed wheresoever it is standing the beam is to be cast out of your own eye first before you can see clearly how to pull the mote out of your brethrens eyes and do not seek honor one of another unto your selves for that was a work which proud Hammon did Esth 2. And Hammons proud envious nature hath much appeared in these our dayes unto the grievous oppressing of the Lords people but such oppressors the Lord hath and will bring into contempt and so di●honor them but such as truly fear the Lord and are for the exalting of his truth in themselves and in others such the Lord wil honour for they shall sit together with Christ at his right hand where is joy and pleasures forever-more And such as are Heires of this great and everlasting Honor they have no need of the lesser Honor which will vanish away in a moment when everlasting reproach and contempt cometh upon them And if you receive him whom God hath sent to be a Leader and Teacher unto his people for to lead and teach you how to walk and act according to the Law of God which is light then you will not need the counsel of the blind leaders the Hireling-priests for ye your selves know the counsel of the priests hath led the people into so much confusion and division that they could not stand and so those words of Christ are fulfilled which saith A house divided against it self that house cannot stand Mark 3. 25. And so of a truth if you should take counsel of the many priests to be divided you must not think to stand Therefore in obedience unto the everlasting truth and in love unto your souls do I write unto you that you may be all warned in time to own the onely true teacher within you which is Christ the light and believe in him for strength and salvation so may you come to be all of one heart and of one soul as the multitude were and are that did and do believe in the light and so may you be made both able and willing to proceed and go on together doing that which is good and undoing that which is evil fearing the Lord and hating covetousness and fear not men but fear the Lord and look unto him for salvation and wait upon him to have your strength renewed for his Arm is stretched forth and revealed to uphold those that walk in his light to his own praise and glory who is God over all blessed for ever To all the valiant Officers and Souldiers small and great amongst whom I was for many years a private souldier Corporal and Serjeant in the time of the late wars and now in the bowels of love and in obedience unto the spirit do I write unto you that the noble principle o● witness of God in you may be the more stirred up and you the more brought down unto it that with the light which is the noble principle you may see how tender and low in heart some of you were in the time of the wars when you did fear the Lord and met togethor and were in distress as to the outward then did the Lord cause his blessings to fall upon many of the Army as the dew upon the tender grass whereby they were refreshed and strengthened in heart with boldness to go on against their enemies without which the Lord gave into your hands because of their abominations and not onely so but some of you did seperate your selves from the priests and their Churches the Papists old Mass-Houses and from pleasures and sporting your selves and from riotting in the day-time of your afflictions and did humble your selves and keep many dayes of Humiliation then was there a pure principle of God stirring amongst you moving your hearts to pitty the oppressed and to visit the most honest people that were grieved and afflicted in the Countreys where you came because of the abominable Idolatry which was set up in the Nations and many of the honest people did much affect you and did assist you with such things as they had for your service and then was there good intentions and desires stirred up in many and great and fair promises were made what should be done if the Lord would but give you the victory over your enemies which were in arms against you and Engagements were propounded and taken and many did often seek the Lord as they called it by praying and promising unto God what they would be and what they would do if he would but stretch forth a finger of his mighty hand or but make known a little of his great and unexpressible power whereby their enemies might be overturned and many such like expressions were used sometimes with tears vows were made unto the Lord insomuch that the Lord did hear and answer for his own seed's sake which groaned earnestly in many of you to be delivered and when you were very low in strength and number as to outward appearance and your enemies great and many mark even then am●ngst you did the Lord arise and make known himself to be a mighty God of War Exod. 15. 3. and by his dreadful power overturned and scattered your Enemies and not onely so but also kept many of you safe and at the last after the fall of many thousands some on the one side and some on the other even then did the Lord bring you again forth of the battels by the strength of his own Arm by which he preserved you when many were cut off and destroyed and when he the Lord of Hosts had appeared so wonderfully for us against our Enemies that their great numbers were cut off and scattered and fled into other Islands Castles and Holes and then they thought no placc strong enough for them their hearts were so dismayed And when the Lord had done this Work which was so great and wonderful then the well affected people looked for something to be done but very little or nothing was effected but then there might have been excuses made because of corrupt members in the Army and an House of Lords to hinder both Army and Parliament they rose up against the Army but you may very wel remember how the Officers of the Army joyned and condescended to the private souldiers and to men of low degree to join