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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	believe_v	true_a	word_n	1,634	5	4.4686	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60664	Univeral love In which a visitation floweth through the creation, that all people may be informed into the truth, and in their several places come to walk in the truth, and live in the truth, to be a good favour unto God, and honour God. 1. To parents of children. 2. To masters and dames of families. 3. To servants in their places. 4. To aged people. 5. To such as live a single life. 6. To young people. 7. To children. 8. To such as are in outward government. 9. To ministers of parishes, so called. 10. To such as practise in the nations law. 11. To such as trade in wights and measures. 12. To such as buy and sell in the markets or in any other places. With a general exhortation. Also something concerning faith, and hope, and love, and the word, and mans restless part, and the election, and a particular place of bondage opened. ... William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1668 (1668)	Wing S4344; ESTC R219638	76,293	165

word of eternal life and it brings man to God in a clean washed state and reconciles him unto God in its own holiness and righteousness and then man knows peace with God through Jesus Christ and there the clean enters the Kingdom and all the unclean which cannot enter is washed away then man knows Christ his Redeemer his Saviour and Intercessor and hath access to God the Father by him and so comes into the Kingdom and sits down in the Kingdom and inherits the joy and the peace and the blessing so it is to be considered that though the manifestation of the Word be divers yet the nature of its self in its perfect body is an unchangeable beeing and is the same this day as it was in the beginning and it is the Word which lives and abides for ever and unto it all people are to take heed for it never loses its Testimony but according to the present state and condition of man so doth it manifest it self and whilst man is in sin it is a word of reproof and when he yields to obey it then it is a hammer and a fire and hath an operation for to break down the Mountains and the hard Rocks and to sever the dross and burn the chaffe and then it becomes water to cleanse and wash away the filthiness of flesh and spirit and then it sanctifies in its own Righteousness and so brings man to God and reconciles him to God and then it is the Word of reconciliation and the Word of Eternal Life unto that man for he lives in it and dwells in it and feeds upon it and there Christ is known the Word of Eternal Life and his Flesh and his Blood is fed upon with joy And this is substance which doth endure and never decayes nor changes Mans restless part and the Election SEarching hunting and comprehending to know is an uncertain state and genders to bondage in every place and no assurance or true satisfaction that any can receive through that labour for the end of those things is death and whosoever searcheth after life and not in the Light through which life is revealed they run over the innocency and hunts above the simplicity and the house of bondage is their place and in that place there is no certain peace for if the restless part be not bruised down and kept under in every place the Seed of the evil doer doth rejoyce over the Seed of God and it being of a contrary nature the weight of its nature falls heavy upon the just and sorely oppresseth the holy one and when a man is overcome by any thing of that nature and falls under the power of it he is in bondage to that very thing and though much may be put down that hath ruled and unto which man hath sometimes been in bondage and under the power of which he hath known grief and then comes to feel ease given by the removing of it and in that place may sit in peace yet notwithstanding something may remain untaken away unto which he is in bondage and in that place he hath grief and not peace for unto what a man yields himself servant to obey he is a servant unto that very thing and if it be a presentation from the body of darkness if he yield unto it he serves it and comes under the power of it in which place he sits in bondage And here many are taken unawares whose minds are not stayed upon God for by searching into things and not in the measure of God and by running before their measure and in the hunting part would compass something to themselves in that very path the snare is laid and in that state they have not a clear eye neither can they distinguish things that do appear and being upon the search before the light and pursuing the search with eagerness darkness transforms it self into the likeness of that thing which the search is after and then holds it forth and presents it to the hunting part and that part being hunting out of the light it cannot discern the danger as it lyes in that presentation but coming transformed in a likeness and presenting it self to be true the hunting part joyns unto it and a belief closes in with it and it is received and treasured up for the true matter and in this place yielding man becomes a servant to that very thing with which his belief is closed and is under the power of it and in bondage to it And these lying signs which are transformed and presented from the body of darkness doth overcome the hunting part to believe in them and so darkness ruleth and the Seed of God bears the burdens and in that place there is no peace and though there may be liberty taken through such a belief and that part which hath joyned may in that place rejoyce yet neither is the belief nor the thing believed in true and therefore it is sin in the ground not being in the true Faith And here many please themselves in those things with which their belief is closed and in that very place rejoyces over the witness of God and doth not regard when reproof cometh because a strong perswasion standeth in that thing with which their belief is closed and such casts reproof behind them and doth not look at reproof to belong unto them in their place and being in that thing closed through a belief they conclude that it is not to be condemned as evil in them because it is their faith and being their faith it is not evil in them and by such a belief in it they create a peace and a joy but in that place the Seed of God is grieved and afflicted and that which creates a peace and a joy over the Seed must all come down into mourning and bitter lamentation for all such rejoycing is vain and there is no peace given of God unto that part I having a deep consideration of these things and beholding how many are intangled and having my self been a traveller amongst such dangers I am moved in compassion to the elect of God to open some snares and dangers and to hold forth a certain way of recovery unto all that are in hold And this observe that when the fallen wisdom runs into a search and with its subtilty hunts to find out secrets then doth Nimrod begin his inventions and that part would build a Tower to reach to Heaven and with its own handy work would preserve it self in safety and that is Babels institution and the ground of its erection which in all places is confusion and is for utter desolation and destruction in every place So who would be a true Searcher into the divine mysteries and into the secrets of the Most High they must learn to stand still and in the silent state wait upon God and keep their minds stayed in the Light in which Light hidden things are discovered and the counsels of all hearts are made

fear to be cheated or deceived because the uprightness deals plainly and simply and speaks of things as they are and not otherwise and cannot conceal any fault if it know it to be a fault and then there would be a closing in few words as the Commodity was liked and yea and nay would stand on both sides And in this is the good order and is comly and commendable amongst men and a good savour unto God whereby he is honoured And when you have done your markets then repair to your outward dwellings and do not sit and drink and revel in Ale-houses for by that you many times doubles your offence and when you have gotten some dishonest gain by deceit in bargaining then to sit at an Ale-house until you have spent it and it may be much more then had you not better been without it every way for it adds sin to sin with grief Therefore be careful and eschew such evils and when you have refreshed your selves as need requires then do not run into excess for many are taken and wronged in that place who goes to use the creatures only for refreshment and when they fall into company and the strength of drink doth begin a little to strike upon their naturalls then they are overcome to continue until they wrong themselves every way Now the light of the Lord Jesus Christ guides out of all those evils If that you mind it and obey it it will guide you from lying and learn you to speak truth it will guide you from drunkenness and learn you soberness and so will change you from all those Evils wherein ye walk as it hath done many in this day who sometimes were such in some degree but now are washed and changed by the light and walks in the way of peace with God and can commend it unto you from a certain ground if you can but receive the report and they can tell you in truth that it is better to walk one day in the light though it be in the Cross unto themselves than to satisfie themselves by gaining the world through Invention and this is the Word of the Lord God unto you all people forsake your way and live and walk in the way of understanding that you may honour God in your generation and that you may be a good savour unto God and unto one another and in all things chuse the good and let the evil go then will your dayes end in peace which otherwise will end in sorrow and in that day you will remember the time you have mis-spent which then you cannot recover again though you may seek it with tears therefore whilst you have it prize it and do not spend it vainly for you have spent too much after that manner A General Exhortation NOw as there is a view taken of this great body and every particular state being seen in its several place how it lyeth and an Information being gone forth in the universal love of God unto them all whereby they may behold their error from the Created uprightness in every place and may also behold a way open to come in again into the good and blessed state of Innocency and to be gathered into the way and path of simplicity where no deceit nor guile nor hypocrisie can have beeing and so to come into the holy and good order of wisdoms Government and to stand as so many branches in their several places to be a good savour to God and honour God for if there were unity in the life and power of God through the universe how sweet would every one be in their place and what a good savour there would be through the Creation and then the Creation would be set free from that which now burdens it and God would have honour and glory and praise in his own work and his goodness and his blessing would rest upon it and there would be plenty to every man in his particular place and he would rejoyce in his own portion and then no deceit nor guile nor lying and swearing would be used amongst people to get dishonest gain and how would such a generation honour God! and how amiable would such a generation be in their places how amiable a thing would it be to see parents of children to bring up their children in the fear of God and to nurture them in the wisdom of God and to train them up in love and peace and unity together and to see Masters and Dames of families to order their families in Gods wisdom and to keep them in good order every way and to see servants in their places serve with diligence and to see aged people filled with sound wisdom and gravity and to see single people wholly given up to serve God and to see young people remember their Creator in the dayes of their youth and to see children fear the Lord in their infancy and to see such as are in outward Government to be cloathed with the wisdom of God and to see Ministers of Parishes deny deceit and come into the truth and to see Lawyers in true Judgement and Equity and to see all Trades-men with Just Weights and Measures and to see all Buyers and Sellers in the created uprightness then would hearts and minds come neer together in the one principle of God and unity and peace would abound amongst people And therefore as one body you are all exhorted to fear the Lord God and turn to his light with which you are enlightned and yield to obey it when in your Consciences it doth reprove you hearken diligently to that voyce which calls you to return and do not reject the Counsel of the Lord in any wise but be still and quiet and bow to the light in every manifestation and believe in it as it doth manifest it self that with the light the disorderly nature may come to Judgement in every place and that through Judgement the Creation may be delivered which at this day travels in pain grief and sorrow for the disorder is above and by disorder you are all out of your places and so runs in wicked practises with which you dishonour God and wrong your own souls Therefore you are all exhorted to mind the Light which would do you good and do not run your selves wilfully into eternal misery for the Lord would not have you perish but would that ye might come to the truth and be saved And this is his compassion towards you and his patience and forbearance concerning you for who amongst you that have not deserved cutting down if the Lord should not exercise his mercy every instant of time he may justly smite you and bring your dayes to an end in a moment Therefore consider for what end you are yet a breathing Generation and have yet time given you is it not that you may behold Gods goodness and come to repentance and that you may know the Light with which you are enlightned to be your redemption from