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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	spirit_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	19	3	9.6036	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30524	A generall epistle, and greeting of the Fathers love, to all the saints called and chosen to faithfulness in Christ Iesus ... : and this is to all such as are found worthy to suffer, and is an exhortation to the strengthning of their faith ... : and this is a true testimony of the Father and of the Son ...	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6004; ESTC R14763	15,401	16

that spirit neither follow it which Ministers to others that which it hath not learned of the Father but hath the words without the Power and lives not in the Power of what it Ministers forth in words nor is not what it declares but is in the outward shews in the hypocrisie and feignedness and reacheth not the life of God but vails and covers it and that spirit is not of the Father but is to be denyed and judged and not received nor believed Again believe not that spirit neither follow it which is at liberty in the flesh and makes the offence of the cross to cease which is exalted out of the fear of the Lord in the liberty of the earthly which crucifies the life and darkens the eye and that spirit will boast of joy and peace and experience and knowledge and speak high words in the airy mind and that would lead you out of your conditions to glory above the cross till you be past feeling of the life and that spirit begets into feignedness and hypocrisie and into the love of the world which passes away and beware of that spirit for it is not of the Father but to be condemned Again Believe not that spirit neither follow it which is hasty and forward and rash for that goeth out of Gods counsel and betrayes the Just and strives to be greatest and to be above the weak and despises him and would be Master and not a servant and would rule and not be ruled in the meek lowly government of Christ and that spirit will judge out of thoughts rashly and unfavourily and condemn another in secret in what it self is guilty of beware of that spirit for it is not of God but to be judged with the life of God Again Believe not that spirit neither follow it which seeks it self to have praise of men and to be accounted and would beget into divisions and would have parties to it self and respects persons and glories in gifts and knowledge and parts more then in the Giver and admires men more then he that gives the encrease and feeds of the knowledge in that nature which is to be famished and glories in what hath been done by it as though it had not received power from the Lord and is exalted as though it bare the root not knowing that it is born of the root and that spirit spends its Treasure which it received in the Fathers house amongst Harlots and despises the poor and seeks occasion to glory over the weak that it may be renowned beware of that spirit I charge you all for it is not of the Father nor to be followed but to be condemned and resisted unto death Again Believe not that spirit neither follow it which preaches not from the measure of God received and to be manifest to it in you and approved by it only but speaks above the measure and reaches not to the measure of the grace of God that spirit leads after words and outward shews and cryes peace to the rich and judgement to the poor the word of God is not divided aright but heals up falsly and daubs with untempered morter and cryes peace where Gods speaks war and cryes war where God speaks peace and that spirit is a deceiver and a betrayer and feeds but the ear and not the life and darkens the counsel of God by words without knowledge and is not of the Father but of the world to be denyed and condemned Again Believe not that spirit neither follow it which is not subject to rule and order and is not meek and diligent and long suffering but heady and high and untoward seeking occasions against the Just and watches for evil that spirit will not bear reproof but is idle sloathful and careless and surmising evil and backbiting and conforms in appearance making a fair shew but is not unto God as appearing unto man and that would go and is not called and will not go when it is called and seeks for the praise of men more then God and that is fruitless ground and brings forth bryars and thorns in secret which choaks the seed of God beware of that spirit it is a lover of this world have no fellowship with it for it is not of the Father but a deceiver and is to be denyed Again Believe not that spirit neither follow it which is tossed and unsetled and is given to change and is not established with grace that is an Adulterer and hunts for the precious life and seeks by flattery to beguile the innocent that spirit is zealous for a moment but is soon overcome and is stony ground and brings not forth fruit to perfection but withers and its later end is worse then the beginning That spirit is exalted into presumption and in peace and cast into desparation and trouble and the double mind lodgeth in it and it is unstable in all its wayes is a ground for the seed of Satan and to it there is no peace from God and beware of that spirit for it is not of the Father but to be condemned Again Believe not that spirit neither follow it which is more zealous then knowing whose zeal is without true knowledge and stands in that which is corrupted that flourisheth for a moment but cannot endure for ever it hath no root in it self but is furious and passionate and not long-suffering that spirit knows not it self but would devour its adversary with bitterness and not gain'd by long suffering that is not the Spirit of the Father but must be denyed in all Again Believe not that spirit which draws back into the world into its lusts and liberty and fashions which passeth away that spirit forgets God and draws back for his soul hath no pleasure in it but is vexed with it where the cross is made of non-effect and the false Liberty is walked in which murders the life that spirit is of the Devil and is to be condemned And now all friends of God every where who knows him and are known of him whom he hath gathered out of this untoward generation be diligent in your Callings and keep your meetings in faithfulness waiting upon the Lord that you all may receive of his fulness to be filled with it and may be nourished up unto himself as Trees of righteousness the planting of his own right hand to spread forth his name and glory as a people saved by him and to whom there is none like besides And this know and understand that spirit is not of the Father which confesseth not the Son to be come in the flesh who destroys the works of the Devil and takes away sin and that spirit it believe and follow which condemns sin and destroys it and takes it away and so gives peace with God in your own consciences and leads you into all truth and keeps you from all evil you that witness this the Son you know and the Father you know to dwell with

and for well doing if in the wisdom of God you be guided and the Lord will be your reward and peace for ever lift up your head and rejoice in him and abide in his counsel ye that suffer herein for him and for his Names sake for your suffering is for a Testimony against all this Generation against the Idol Worships and ways which Gods soul loaths and which he will confound and against the Idol Teachers and false Prophets and Priests who preach for hire and make merchandise of souls against whom Gods wrath is kindled and upon whom his indignation will be poured and it is a testimony against the sins of Rulers and people which abounds in this generation till the measure of it be fulfilled through persecuting of you who warn them of the evil and bears witness against their evil deeds that God may be justified when he condemns them and he is risen against the Worships and Wayes and Teachers and people whose abominable iniquities hath overgrown the world and prophaneness hath gone forth from them through Nations Rulers and Teachers and people are all out of the way and given to vanity to covetousnes and Idolatry and the breath of the Lord shall consume you together all who doth oppress the Just Therefore Friends be patient and content under all tribulations and sufferings and feel Gods living presence near you to overshadow you and to be your hiding-place and know the life which the wickedness and cruelty of man cannot touch nor reach unto and dwell in the Power of the Lord which moves to bear witness for him and against all those abominations and that will keep you above all the afflictions which can be cast upon you and you will be on the top of your enemies and the Seed of the Serpent shall hardly bruise your heel Wo unto the Idol Worships and Temples and Teachers to all the Hirelings and Deceivers who feeds themselves and not the Flock which abounds in the world and in this Nation they must down into Perdition the Lord is risen against them all to pluck up the root that the branches may wither and his arm shall watch over them to overthrow them all and to make them desolate that the just may be delivered And all you that suffer anywhere imprisonment or finings or reproaches or any other thing because you cannot swear for conscience sake nor respect persons according to the vain customs of the Heathen but are redeemed out of the customs and superstitions of men which are of the world and are evil and not of God nor justified by him you suffer for righteousness sake and for Christs sake and are witnesses for God herein against the superstitions and wickedness and pride and high-mindedness of men and the Lord is with you if you be ruled in his wisdom and are faithful to him and he will lift up your head till his and your adversaries be confounded And I charge you all in the presence of the Lord who suffers for righteousness sake in these things or in any other who are moved of the Lord to bear witness of the truth and against the deceits of the world be not exalted in the flesh in your sufferings least you forget God Nor be not cast down into sorrow least ye be overcome of the Devil but dwell in the measure of the power and life of God which is above all and more then all and feel Gods living arm to stay your hearts to watch to his own in you to refresh you continually And resist the Devil on every hand with the Armour of Light and Truth that your life may be preserved in Dominion over all things even the life which is not of this world in you may not be vailed nor overcome for to enjoy the life of God with you is enough if you pass through the fire and through the water it keeps you and carries you above all this I witness and it is more then all outward freedom or liberty or riches and treasure of this world and walk herein in boldness and faithfulness and patience as you have us for an example in Christ Jesus who are in Jeopardy every hour often in trials and sufferings and dangers and loves not our lives unto death for the Testimony of Jesus which we hold and that his Name and Truth may be exalted in the earth but as the Lord moves are carryed through Nations among Lyons and devourers such as seeks our life for their prey and yet the Lord is with us our Defence and Arm and Preserver above all Therefore look you at the Lord in all afflictions and distress and know his reward with you that your burden and yoke may be easie and not hard for his presence makes all things joyful and know that it is for the Name of the Lord and for his honor and for his Kingdom which God will set up through suff●ring for this cause are ye called to suffer and your life nor liberty nor any other thing is not to be measured nor compared herewith So unto every one of you I am moved to write and to warn you all 〈◊〉 the fear of God be content and long suffering and patient and finish your Testimony with rejoycing if ye seal it with your blood and dwell with the Lord in his holy habitation of Peace out of respect to time or places or things and give up your selves that his will in you may be fulfilled And think it not strange though you have fiery tryals neither be moved at any suffering without you or troubled in spirit neither let it break your peace nor fellowship with God by any impatiency or murmurings or temptations for then will your sufferings be grievous to you and the Enemy within and without will have ground against you to overthrow you and know it is that which ever was in all ages and no new thing the Seed of God suffered by the seed of evil doers and the wicked alwayes strengthned their hands in cruelty against the righteous and laid heavy burdens upon the just and caused the innocent to groan under them for a time till iniquity was fulfilled that they might be broken and the oppressed delivered and alwayes the Lord exalted his Name by the suffering of his people as we have a cloud of Witnesses of our Forefathers that went before who did bear witnesse to the Name of the Lord through faithful suffering so it is no strange thing hath happened unto you but that which is common to all the Saints who enters the Kingdom through tribulation blessed are you if you be faithful unto the end that you may leap the reward of your works of your sufferings and patience even the Crown of Life that never fades away so the Lord God of Life preserve you And all Friends every where I am moved to warn you Dwell in love and unity and fellowship one with another in the Light and in the Spirit of the Father and fulfil the Law of Christ and bear one anothers burden and suffer with one another that none be oppressed among you in any thing whilest others are free but that the burden of all things and the care of all things in relation to the truth be equal among you according to every ones freedom and as every one is moved of the Lord so to administer to one anothers necessities as members of of one body to the honouring of the Head and spreading of the truth that there be no complaining but equality and justness and the Government of Christ ruling among you and his wisdom in all things feed no excess nor the lustful devouring mind in any neither suffer the distressed to perish for want but reach one to another in love and like mindedness suffering for one another and all caring for the truth above all things that God may dwell among you and be known that he is in you of a truth And in this the wisdom of God guide you all Amen This is diligently to be sent among Friends to be read among them and to be sent from one to another as they are moved by a Companion in tribulation to all the Saints every where Edward Burrough The End