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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	day_n	earth_n	firmament_n	2,551	5	11.8366	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60500	Anti-christ in man, or, A discovery of the great whore that sits upon many waters wherein is declared what that whore or inward mystery is, together with the destruction thereof, by the powerfull appearing of Christ in us / by Joseph Salmon ...	Salmon, Joseph.	1647 (1647)	Wing S413; ESTC R39105	36,300	80

fought to establish their Kingdome in the Soul but the Lambe hath overcome them and set up his Kingdome in the Christian And the Kings of the earth as namely the powers of the creature bring all their glory and Honour unto it thus you see that the whore shall bee destroyed in the last day at the Second coming of Christ in us and likewise I have discovered unto you one Signe of the last day or day of Spirituall Judgement which is those Combates Warres and Commotions that are in a Christian I will but instance two particulars more and so shall draw to a conclusion Therefore Secondly a second signe or symptome of the last day is the Desolution of the World how that the Earth and all that is therein shall be burnt up the Sonne turned into darknesse the Moone into bloud the Starres shall fall from Heaven and thus God will shake the Heavens and the Earth and mens hearts shall faile them for feare expecting the end of such sorrowfull beginings Even thus it is with and in a Christian at the aproaching of the spirit of Christ in him the World begins to be dissolved the World is sayd ver 3. to bee placed in mans heart which World in mans heart shall be dissolved by the Fire of the Spirit of Christ the Heavens and the Earth are Mystically in man and the Waters with their Ebings and Flowings are to be seene in the Mysterie in man her 's God deviding the Light from the Darknesse to be seen in man the waters below from the waters above the Firmament all this is fullfilled Mysteriously in man in whom God separates himself who is pure and light from the darknesse and nothingnesse of the creature The Fouls of the Ayre and Fishes of the Sea are Mystically in man as namely those flying Phantasies and swimming Notions of the creature in a word her 's every thing bringing forth Fruite after its Kind in man And all Gods creation good in its own kind in this first World which is in mans heart But now this first World this first Creation must be dissolved what ever excellency God hath endued man with all in this first creation what ever maturity of Wit and ingenuity the Lord hath lent man how high so ever and how large so ever the Lord hath Naturallized the creature yet all this excellency shall vanish away all this worldly glory as I so call it shall be cosumed and burnt up but alas how hardly is this believed how impossible is this to carnall man that all this goodly creation and worke of God in his nature should bee anihilated that Reason Naturall understanding and wisdome nay Nature it selfe should be consumed but this is the Lords act his strange act his work and wonderous worke in a Christian Now therefore consider Christian that this is but the old World or first or lowest manifestation of God in thee which old world must pass away and bee no more John tels us that he saw a new Heaven and a new Earth Rev. 21.1 for the first Heaven and the first Earth was passed away and there was no more Sea what 's all this Truly Christian in me it s thus much when this day dawnes and this day Star Christ Jesus ariseth in our hearts when the morning Sun even Jesus breakes forth upon us in his Glory Warmth and Splendor then begins this world within us to be dissolved the Heavens and the Earth in us begins to melt with the fervent heate of this Sun and fall away to nothing and the Lord instead of these frames a new Heaven and a new Earth So that all that was Nature and pure Reason and Ingenuity is quite dissolved and a new worke wrought in the Soul that takes up the heart above its former excellency and glory although that were good in its kind yet God will please by the more glorious discoveries of himself to drowne all this former Creation and to beget all things new in the Creature and then not only the Heaven and the Earth passed away but also there was no more Sea This Sea or these Waters in man are those great overflowings and inundations of Nature the swellings and roarings of proud selfe and creature this deep silence shall be dried up by the heat of the Sun of Righteousnesse These Waters are the very Throne of the Whore or the very Seate of the wisdome of the flesh now when this Sea shall be dried up then there shall be a place no longer for this Spirituall Whore found in Heaven nor yet in the Soul of a Saint Oh what cause of Joy is here for all the Saints yea what eager pantings after the power and Kingdome of Christ should this beget and operate in us to consider that in the day of Christ the whore shall be destroyed in us the Sea shall be dryed up and the Heavens and the earth shall passe away If any man yet shall aske when this last day shall come and the end of the world shall be accomplished I answer then with Christ That this generation shall not passe away till all these things be fulfilled all these things thou must expect to be fulfilled in thee even in this life O thou Christian although happily not in the fulnesse and glory as shall be hereafter Tell me therefore O thou experienced Saint whose conscience can testifie all these things to be true how hath the appearance of Christ in thee many a time confounded as it were all thy naturall vigour and power how hath it spoyled Principalities and powers the might and dominion of all naturall excellency how hast thou seen thy selfe out of thy selfe as it were beyond and above that earth thou hast been in formerly wrapped up with Paul in the third Heavens as it were beholding that Glory that all thy old created light could never discerne living for a time in that peace of God which passeth all understanding Nay shall I yet further tell you at the second comming of Christ in us our Sun shall be turned into darknesse and our Moone into blood our Stars shall fall from their Centre All that light of reason and nature all those fleshly meteors as also fixed Stars which have appeared at their severall seasons in man which did discover something of God to him in a word all the inferiour with the superiour discernings of God that the creature hath had formerly shal be extinguished and shall appeare to him to be but darknesse and obscurity the Sun or the superlative light shall be turned into darknesse and the Moone or that light which guides the more obscure part of man shall be turned into blood and confusion and God will now create a new world in us old things shall passe away and all things shall become new in us when the Apostle had been treating of the dissolution of the world in the 2 Pet. 3 chap. he comes to mind the Saints of the mysterie of that history vers 13. Neverthelesse

the new light of God manifested in them O Christian I tell thee thou art a thrice happy man whom the Lord hath made the Lamb a light unto thee this Lamb light is an innocent light a righteous light a pure light a discovering light it is this light that discovers the hidden and obscure whore unto thee it is the light of Christ that uncovers and strips the whore starke naked before thee of all her glory and excellency so that now thou beholdest her out of her purple and scarlet colour even in her very nakednesse and shame And thus you see how Christ in his day in a Christian does first of all discover the whore to him But Secondly in this last day or Sun rising of Christ in a Christian it is the worke of Christ to destroy as well as to discover this whore in us as it is the property of light to destroy darknesse so it is the property of Christ to destroy antichrist in the day of his appearance it will be the worke of Christ by his comming in thee to roote out that spirit of antichrist head and tayle root and branch insomuch that there shall not be left one hoof of the beast in thee when John saw the Angell come downe from heaven endued with great power Revel 18.1 Who inlightned the earth with his glory immediatly he heard this voyce Babylon is fallen is fallen and is become the habitation of divels the hould of every foule spirit and a cage of every uncleane and hatefull bird all which teacheth me thus much that when that Angell of the everlasting lasting covenant Christ Jesus is by the Father sent down into the hearts of his Saints who comes by the power of his Spirit and enlightens the earth or earthly man with his glory when the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord when the glory of this Sun comes to enlighten and beautifie our earthy hearts then is the time of Babylons downfall now is the season of the whores destruction now is the Saints time of Halelujah now rejoyce over her thou Heaven and all the holy Apostles and Prophets for God hath avenged you on her vers 20. The Prophet Malachy tells us chap. 4. That the day comes that shall burne as an Oven this day is Christ Jesus who indeed shall so baptize us with the holy Ghost and Fire as that he shall consume and burne up waste and destroy all the appearances of the Whore the wisdome of the flesh and therefore the same prophet tells us Chap. 3.34 That he shall sit as a Refiners fire and as Fullers Soape and he shall purifie the Sons of Levi that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousnesse this day must burne in us this Jesus must be a refiners fire to us before we shal see the downefall of mysticall Babylon the worke that Christ hath to doe in us is to destroy mortallity and to cloath us with immortality to destroy this corruption and to cloath us with the incorruptible righteousnesse of himselfe After the downfall of the whore Revel 19. John tells us vers 8. That there was granted to the Lambs wife that she should be arrayed in fine linnen cleare and white c. In which I observe first the love of Christ to the Soul Christ did first of all by his blood and passion purchase the Soul to himselfe to the end that she should be a constant Spouse unto him but she hath adulterized from her husband committed harlotry from her first lover and hath taken part with antichrist against him upon which adultery the jealousie of the Lord arises in himselfe and as jealousie is said to be the rage of a man so the Lord as I may say in the rage of this jealousie comes and destroyes this antichrist kils sin in the Christian sheaths the sword of the spirit in the bowels of this spiritual antichrist breakes the head of this serpent in us but yet notwithstanding entertaines this adulterized creature into his love and favour does yet once more espouse her to himselfe by a fresh act and manifestation of love and favour you may see an embleme of this love in Hos 3.1 where God commands the Prophet to go with a message of love to the woman that had played the harlot with him Goe yet love a woman beloved of her friend yet an adultresse though she an adultresse yet I am her friend though she an harlot yet I send love greetings towards her though she hath been unconstant towards me yet I will owne her to be my wife my Spouse my beloved and therefore the text saies that it was granted to the Lambs wife that shee should bee arrayed in linnen clean white which likewise dictates to me 2. In the Second place the purity that this day of burning Christ Jesus in Spirit works in the heart of his People he doth not only take from it the garment spotted with the flesh but likewise Cloathes it with the shinning Robe of righteousnesse he doth not only empty a Soul of its owne corruption but likewise fills it with his glory beautifies it with his own adornings O Faire beautifull amiable creature whose beauty and excellency consists in Christ that divine centre of bri●htnesse and glory this will send a Saint to the depth of admiration behold what manner of love hath the Father bestowed upon us that we should be called the Sons of God that God should thus by the power of the Spirit consume all this dross and coruption in us and bring us by that divine light to see our vnion with the Father in the Son and to see the glory of our Adoption in Jesus and to behold our selves in the flesh of our elder Brother at the Right-hand of the Father this is mercy past discerning and worth admiration Thus will God in the power of his Spirit Judge this spirituall Whore in us and ease us of the vassallage and servitude we were in to our owne selves thus shall the brats of this spirituall Babylon the wisdome of the flesh be destroyed by that happy man Christ Jesus God saith Jsa 17.12 concerning this destruction of Babylon That hee will make a man more precious then fine Gold or the Golden wedge of Opher this man is Christ who in the day of his power and in the confounding of this Spirituall Babell in us shall be made unto us more precious then the highest creature excellency never till now will the Saints come to value and to prize Christ till they see what he doth in them Now how beautifull upon the mountains are the feete of them that bring glad tidings of good things that publisheth Salvation that saith unto Zion thy God raineth Thy Messenger upon the Mountaines is Christ Jesus who comes Leaping over the mountaines and skiping over the hils of difficulty that lies in the way and appeares in glory to his Spouse or beloved Christian and declares the message of glad tidings to him