Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	bless_v	lord_n	zion_n	2,766	5	12.0182	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65955	An epistle to Friends every where to be distinctly read in their meetings, when assembled together in the fear of the Lord / by a friend of truth, and a lover of righteousness, Katharine Whitton.	Whitton, Catharine.	1681 (1681)	Wing W2050; ESTC R15697	9,423	14

strong City Salvation hath God appointed for Walls and for Bulwarks and will keep in perfect peace all those whose minds are staid upon him but he will bring down those that dwell on high yea the ●o●●y he will lay low but the way of the Just is uprightness the most upright doth weigh his paths yea in the way of his Judgments have we waited for him and the desire of our Souls hath been to his Name and to the remembrance of it yea with our Souls have we desired him in the Night season and with our Spirits within us have we fought him early for when his Judgments are in the Earth then its Inhabitants learn Righteousness O living Praises unto him who hath appeared in our age and brought forth Judgment into victory and ransomed redeemed and raised by his ancient power his own suffering Seed which in every age hath found acceptance with him from the beginning as was manifest in righteous Abel Enoch and also Noah whom he preserved though he destroyed the old World and though Sodom was destroyed yet Lot escaped by flying out of it and getting into Zoar. And dear Friends it is upon me yet once more to entreat if any there be in any measure guilty of any of those Evils for which the Lord is angry with this Nation the land of our Nativity that such by true Repentance while mercy is proffered would return and get out of the same for the Angel of the Lord hath warned therefore linger not but I say get out of every thing where with the Lord is displeased for he is a holy God and of purer eyes then to behold Iniquity and without holiness none can come unto him Therefore saith he be ye holy as I am holy So dear Friends in this holy life let us fly unto the Name of the Lord for it is our strong Tower in which he will preserve the Righteous until his indignation be over and past for he is angry with this Nation because of the many gross evils which hath abounded in it with the oppressions of his people because of all which he is grieved and is preparing as a man of war to cut down the workers of iniquity and sweep the Nation of Evil doers and will finish Sin and put an end to transgression and bring in everlasting Righteousness that the knowledge of his glory may cover the Earth as the waters cover the Seas for he hath taken notice of his suffering Seed and hath remembred the afflictions of Joseph and will set his Seed and heritage free and bring the prisoners out of the prison-house for Joseph came forth to answer the end for which he was appointed though he was afflicted from a Child to be a Saviour and a preserver of much People for the promises of the Lord to our father faithful Abraham stands sure for ever who said in blessing I will bless thee and i● 〈…〉 I will multiply thy Seed as the Stars of Heaven and as the San● 〈…〉 sh●re which cannot be numbered in whose Seed also all the Nations of the Earth shall be blessed So dear Friends in the blessed Seed let 〈◊〉 ●●●…ly wait upon the Lord to feel its breathings and travels and wrestlings of the Almighty for Sions sake yea let those Spiritual Prayers ascend up unto him which in every age is his delight and avails much with him for Sions prosperity and for Jerusalem's welfare and not only so but for all that have their faces Sion wards and desire to inhabit within Jerusalem's walls for good is the Lord slow to anger and of great mercy willing to shew kindness to all Sions wel-wishers And so dear Friends let us give our Attendance in all heavenly obedience upon him in his own pure life begotten and brought forth by him that so by his own off-spring he may be honoured and in that may sway the Righteous Scepter and lift up his Standard and display his Ensign that the Nations of those that must be saved by him may flock unto him that so many there may be from the East and West North and South that may come to sit down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob to praise him in the beauty of holiness unto whom all praises honour and renown belongeth and to him it is given and returned saith my Soul Dear Friends this hath long laid upon me from the Lord but I would have hid my self and have been as one unconcerned but his hand was heavy upon me and gave me no rest until with many tears I cryed unto him that he would help me and enable me to do my duty and discharge my Conscience and deliver his Message and then I gave up and in obedience found peace and according to the ability he hath given me and as he opened in my heart have I delivered it desiring it may be received in the same bowels of love in which it is given forth and its end answered which is only and alone that the Lords People may be preserved and he over all glorified who is God worthy for ever and for ever and for evermore From a Traveller in Spirit for Sions prosperity and your true and loving Friend in the universal and unchangeable love of our God in which I bid you all farewell CATHARINE WHITTON