Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	fruit_n	good_a	tree_n	4,708	5	8.6623	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60666	The work of Gods power in man with something that the spirit of truth leads to practise, and what it leads to deny ... / W.S.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1663 (1663)	Wing S4346; ESTC R19003	14,538	19

all truth mark into all truth and being all there is nothing wanting which being attained in the leadings of the Spirit the soul comes into everlasting rest in God And so by the leadings of the Spirit there is a growth in the truth and a passing on from one degree to another until the fulnesse be enjoyed and all are to mind the measure of truth in which they stand and to answer the movings and leadings of the Spirit that in the truth they may grow and prosper for as the truth is lived in according to measure there is a growth to be felt and witnessed in it a growth in understanding growing up from children to young men and from young men to ancients and so in understanding come to be men not by apprehension and conceiving but by revelation and possessing and as the growth comes to be felt in the truth so there is a decay of all that which is out of the truth and that which hath been manifested by any practise out of the truth that comes to dye for as the root is destroyed so doth the branches dye and then the Truth brancheth forth in its own nature and manifests it self according to its nature and that is the principal of all good works and the good works which are wrought and manifested by it they are of God and being of God they are truth for there is not any thing besides him true And all good works that are wrought in him and manifested from him they are approved by him and so they that have true faith they have good works also yea such good works as may be seen of men So that the practise in the truth is from the principle of truth by all that are of the truth And though something of such a practise may be observed by such as are out of the truth yet that doth not make the practise in the truth to be ever the less glorious in it self for it is the principle that makes the practise true and not the practise that makes the principle true But where the practise of any doth wholly degenerate from the practise in the truth that principle doth plainly manifest its nature by what is practised and neither principle nor practise is true But where the practise of truth stands in the principle of truth there is the nature of the root manifested by the branch and so the Tree is good and the fruit is good And wil not many speak well of the Life of such as live in the practise of truth and yet speak evil of their principle and so would make the fruit good and the tree corrupt which thing cannot be for not any thing that is truly good can proceed from that which is evil as the ground of its conception So if the life of such as are guided by the Light do not answer their principle in all righteousnesse then people might have some cause to say that their principle is delusion and they a deluded people but if it be so as their lives do sufficiently demonstrate then let all people acknowledge that their principle is truth and that God is their God and that they are his people So let all people consider their way and behold what they practise for the Spirit of truth leads into all truth and so brings forth good fruit in all holinesse and righteousnesse of life and that life springs from the Spirit as from its root and is made manifest as it is the Work of God and it answereth the righteous principle of God in every man and that which is manifested by the Spirit of Truth and practised by those that live in the truth and also what they cannot practise as being out of the truth are these things following 1. They worship God in spirit and truth but the evil worship they cannot observe They bow to the Name of Jesus and cannot bow to any graven Image for the Name of Jesus is their life 2. They live a godly and righteous life walking in sobriety moderation temperance meeknesse gentlenesse patience love justice mercy and truth they do unto all men as they would be done unto 3. They honor God alone and honor all men in the Lord but they cannot give flattering titles unto men nor respect persons in the vain customs 4. They are conformable unto Christ but they cannot conform to fashions and traditions they cannot live in the lust of the flesh and the pride of life they cannot be excessive in meats drinks and apparel but what is needful they use it in its place but cannot use any more 5. They speak the words of truth and sobernesse but that which is out of the Truth they cannot speak for You to one is not in the truth but Thou to one is in the truth and they speak it as it is the Language of the Spirit 6. Their word is truth in what they speak and they faithfully answer what they promise but they cannot be bound by bonds of men to cause them to perform what they may require for by their word they are bound to perform if they make a promise for their word is truth 7. They testifie the truth when they are required but they dare not swear at all They love Christ and keep his command and they cannot answer what is commanded contrary for all his commands are righteous unto them and they chuse to obey him rather then men 8. They love the Lord God and one another but the wickednesse of the wicked their souls abhor They are truly tender to that which is good in all but they cannot join with that which is evil for the good is their rest These things with much more of this nature is practised by such as are led by the Spirit of Truth and is manifested from the Spirit as fruit of its nature and where it is not so the Spirit of Truth doth not lead and so people professe Christ but conform to the customs and fashions of the world which they that are led by the Spirit cannot do for the Spirit teacheth them to deny all customs of the world which are vain and not only so but teacheth them to testifie against the World and the deeds of evil which by them are observed and this is good fruit brought forth from the good Tree and is not like the corrupt fruit of the corrupt Tree and so the Tree is known by its fruit for thereby doth every Tree manifest its nature Now let him that readeth understand for this is declared that all may believe that Christ is the Power of God and that the Power of God is in man and that the Power of God worketh the Work of God for you that cannot endure to hear of the Light and Power of Christ within you wil not endure sound Doctrine but cry out against it as the greatest delusion and you say your Faith is in Christ without you and you be-believe that by his death he hath done all for