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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	angel_n	behold_v	face_n	3,405	5	7.0868	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54917	Nil novi This years fruit, from the last years root. The souldiers posture, to the right, to the left, faces about, as yee were. The royall maxime, no bishop, no king. The first-fruits of new prelats, amounting to as much as the tythes of old bishops. All summed up in an impartial relation of the partial proceedings, and uprighteous rumors raised against Henry Pinnel, concerning his endeavouring to get a parsonage. Occasioning a sudden glance upon the true resurrection, present perfection, and perfect obedience. Written in a letter to a friend.	Pinnell, Henry.	1654 (1654)	Wing P2278A; ESTC R221490	41,685	60

2.20 1 Cor. 15.10 or ascribe any thing to our selves as they Mat. 25.44 Act. 3.12 13.16 As Christ our Lord Phil. 2.7 submitted to an exinanimation of himself to come down to us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 16.24 25. so should we suffer an annihilation of our selves to go up to him lose our lives to save them Our lives are safer out of sight in Christ and neerer unto heaven then in never so great appearance in us or a name that we are alive While we behold the face of our Cherub we vanish out of our own sight 2 Cor. 3.18 As our head Christ had wings to flye up unto his head which is God Joh. 17.1.5 so have we wings to fly up to our head Rev. 12.14 Isa 40.31 we have the creation and the Scriptures in them Law and Gospel Letter and Spirit History for the rational and Mystery for the spiritual man which as the Armes and wings of the body are placed in contraposition though they be of opposite dispensation yet in service use and end they are concentrick and meet in one in Angels and Cherubims in body and head in Christ and the Saints The Cherubims were set one directly against the other each looking on other Exod. 25.19 20 37.8 9. and both upon the mercy-seat the Law and Gospel those two great configurations of Heaven have a mutual aspect both centring in Christ their body head substance and truth Joh. 1.17 Col. 2.17 The Gospel is a mystery hid from us under veiles and coverings of figures and shadows in the former ages of our fleshly life Col. 1.26 while we are under tutors and governors Gal. 4.1 2. And then the spirit of prophesie in the Saints is enquiring and searching diligently after the time of Grace promised 1 Pet. 1.10 11 12. and the Angels of the first tabernacle who walked in the worldly Sanctuary whose feet touched the earthly things Joh. 3.13 they desired to pry into this mystery but when Christ is revealed in us Gal. 1.16 as the hope of glory Col. 1.27 then are the Law and Prophets fulfilled and all promises performed 2 Cor. 1.20 The Jew bewailes her little sister Cant. 8.8 the Gentiles condole her divorced the Jew groans after the Gentiles conversion the Gentile longs for the Jews recovery and return the Jew grieves to see the Gentile lie in heathenisme and Atheism as without God in the world the Gentile would be glad to see the Jew cast off their whorish habit and attire of an harlot to forsake the traditions of men and ceremonies of Moses and imbrace the faith of the Gospel the Law longs for the liberty of the Gospel Rom. 8.19 c. the Gospel mourns for want of obedience to the Law the Law desires the manifestation of the sons of God the Gospel requires the adoption to be obedient to the Law Relations cannot be void of mutual affections To conclude Christ appears as a Cherub that is as a master over-mastering over-coming and over-ruling all principality and power sin curse and death Col. 2.14 15. As an Angel or Ministering spirit he walked with us on his own feet and washed ours Joh. 13.5.10 15.3 then like an Archangel he is cut off Isa 53.8 from the natural life and walking with men in the flesh lifted up a little higher from the earth upon the cross where like Michael he fought with and overcame the Dragon and his Angels Heb. 2.14 15. then he flyes upward in his resurrection and ascension and like the Cherubims spreads both his wings of divinity and humanity Law and Gospel Letter and Spirit both united in him over the Mercy-seat Rom. 8.1 that there might be no more condemnation to us but that we should have boldness at the throne of grace and finde help in time of our need Heb. 4.16 because our Cherub our Christ appears in the presence of God for us Heb. 9.24 this our Angel doth alwayes behold the face of our Father in heaven Mat. 18.10 whose face is the mercy-seat Psal 4.6 17.15 John 14.8 for like his name Exod. 34.6.7 it is merciful gracious pardoning c. Forasmuch then as all things work together for our good and that by the Creation Law Gospel Letter Spirit c. God intendeth to draw us nearer to himself let us not neglect his great Salvation God gave thy soul brave wings Mr. G. H. P●●●●hant put not those feathers Into a Bed to sleep out all ill weathers 4. Lastly Christ is as a Seraph a fiery flame without any imaginary fashion or forged Idea of the shadow and finite reason and thought of man Though in the dayes of his flesh and after his resurrection he appeared in many forms yet he left all and forsook them at his ascension to the Father by his reduction and resolution into the Godhead disappearing and deserting all visibilities when he delivered up the Kingdome to the Father that God might be all in all Now all Ministrations Ordinances Christ himself our life 1 Cor. 15.24.28 the word of truth by which we were begotten all return into God this is the perfect state of Christ and in this state we are perfected with him Now are we dead indeed unto all that is self and alive onely in and unto God Col. 3.3 this is pure and perfect salvation salvation by fire 1 Cor. 3.15 Heb. 12.28 29. of which none but hypocrites and carnal Gospellers are afraid Isa 33.14 2 Thes 1.8 In this state Christ our Saviour is an everlasting Father Isa 9.6 Fire is the generating and productive principle of all things without fire no prolifical vertue fire also is the consuming and destructive power of all things so Christ is Alpha and Omega the first and the last the beginning and end of all things he will never rest till he burn devour all intermediates Psal 90.2 From everlasting to everlasting he is God everlasting à parte ante a parte post whatsoever is interposed between these two everlastings is but temporal and must pass away meats for the belly and the belly for meat but God will destroy both it and them Compare Gal. 4.3 2 Pet. 3 10. in Greek God will not spare the work of his own hands even the heavens shall wax old and the firmament melt away Those 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 those Elements and rudiments of the Law by which we were disciplined and taught in our non-age shall be dissolved by the conflagration of the Seraphical or fiery dispensation Gal. 3.19 We read that the Law was ordained by Angels 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I had rather read it Disposed by Angels as it is Acts 7.53 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the disposition of Angels To ordaine implies a magisterial supremacy and Legislative authority which pertaineth onely to Christ in matters of the Church but to dispose of what is ordained is the office of a Steward or Minister appointed thereunto thus the Angels of the lower