Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	faith_n	heart_n	spirit_n	10,425	5	5.0169	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40937	A loving salutation with several seasonable exhortations contained in two general epistles sent unto all the saints and persecuted people of God in the houshold [sic] of faith to be red [sic] among them before they be banished as bond-men and bond-women out of the land of their nativity for their religion and righteousness sake.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Salthouse, Thomas, 1630-1691.	1665 (1665)	Wing F491; ESTC R16033	8,192	14

glory for the glory of the World is but vain glory and why should it be desired or at all sought after by them that are entered into the Spirit of God which is a Spirit of an exceeding and eternal weight of glory far exceeding that of the World and provoke not one another except to love and good works nor envy one another but be all at peace amongst yourselves and with all Men as much as in you lyeth and let the peace of God rule in your hearts and let the word of God dwell plentifully in you and the God of peace and love will be with you and will delight to do you good because you are of the Seed of Faith and have received the Spirit of Faith you are received into Covenant with God and have tasted of the milk of the Word which is the virtue of God Therefore as New-born Babes or Regenerate and Children of God desire the sincere milk of the Word which is the virtue and sweetness of God that yee may grow thereby seeing you have tasted how good and gracious the Lord God is who hath opened your understandings and poured forth of his Spirit upon you and shed abroad his Heavenly overcoming love in your hearts Oh therefore love the Lord above all and love your Neighbour as your self for love is the fulfiling of the Law and love thinketh no evil to any Man Owe therefore nothing to any Man but love All dear friends dwell in the love of God then you will not only love one another but enemies also for the love of God extendeth to enemies he loved us before we loved him yea he loved us whilest we were enemies to him he so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son into the World that whosoever believeth in him might not perish but have everlasting Life the Love of God was the moving cause of sending his Son Christ Jesus into the World the comming of the Son of God into the World was the manifestation of the Fathers Love or to manifest the Love of God unto the World and they who received Christ Jesus as him whom the Father sent for salvation they manifested their Love unto God by believing in him and being obedient to his heavenly Doctrin and as many as received him to them he gave power to become the Sons of God so that the receivers of Christ are the true believers who believe to salvation and are impowered by the Eternal power of God regenerated and born of God and are the Children and Heires of God and these are of the seed of Faith who have received power of God and by Faith doe come unto God and also by Faith doe offer an acceptable Sacrifice which is well pleasing to God for he that cometh unto God must believe So that there is no coming unto God without Faith without Faith it 's imposible to please God so that the insidel and unbeliever cannot please God or approath unto him though such pretend to be worshipped of him Abel was of the seed of Faith having received the Spirit of Faith or power of believing he did by vertue of his Faith offer a more acceptable and excellent Sacrifice then Cain Cain was of a wicked blood-thirsty nature and yet he had a kinde of religion and would have been accepted but God did not accept of his offering because he was in evil doing For said the Lord unto him if thou hadst done well thou hadst been accepted but because thou hast don evil sin lyeth at the door and the Apostle said in his time take heed least there be a Cain amongst you Oh my Friends take heed that the Nature and Spirit of Cain which is the Nature and Spirit of the wicked one be not entred or entertained in any that make mention of the Name of the Lord in a way of separation from the world for where there is a Cain there will be a Sacrifice but neither prepared nor accepted of God for that Nature and Spirit of Cain which is the false birth will presume to be a worshipper but may be known to be a false worshipper as well as a false birth because it 's Sacrifice is rejected and not accepted of the Lord Therefore take heed least there be a Cain amongst you for when that intrudes into that which is not admitted into by the Lord but is discovered and rejected of God then it turnes into hatred against the seed of Faith which is of God because God accepts the offering of the seed of Faith and rejects the offering of the wicked principle and Spirit then that would destroy the other because it's workes are righteous which is of the seed of Election and the works of that is wicked which is of the seed of reprobation and God sets a mark upon the wicked blood-thirsty one that he may take vengeance upon it for vengeance is mine saith the Lord and I will repay it Therefore as yee are acquainted with God both in his merits and in the way of his judgements and knowes what the mercies of the Lord are unto and what the judgements of God are against and his wrath is revealed unto for they that know the terrors of the Lord cannot but in pitty and great compassion beseech others that they would be reconciled unto God and you that are of the seed of Faith are not onely come but also reconciled unto God and are in the Covenant of Grace and are anoynted and sealed of God and such are appointed to be Heires of salvation and because they are so God hath laid hold upon their Hearts by his eternal Spirit and makes them clear unto him who hath so evidently appeared and made known both himself and the way of salvation unto them Oh my dear Friends the Lord is with you in your sufferings and doth give you the Testimony of his Love unto you for your refreshment and of his Power for your strength and encouragement So to him I commit and commend you who knows how to order and dispose of you both for his praise and your preservation and in the Peace and Love of God I remaine with you and am Your Friend and Brother in a Spiritual Communion and Heavenly relation R. F. Written the 17th of the third moneth 1665. Dear Friends In the unchangeable truth of the Everlasting God who have heard the immediate voice from the excellent Glory whereby you were called out of darkness and turned to the true Light who are become followers of the chief Shepherd in the flocks foot steps and whose faith stands in the power of an endless life I who am your Brother Companion and fellow traveller through tribulations a partaker of the like pretious Faith do wish an encrease of Grace Mercy and Peace with all other Heavenly vertues and Spiritual blessings to all the solemn Assemblies of the Saints and to all the Lords Prisoners and persecuted people even every particular family and friend in the houshold of Faith to