Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	devil_n	divide_v	satan_n	2,318	5	9.3446	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60630	The faithful witness, or, A hand of love reached forth, that the blind may be guided, and the scattered gathered also, mans sinne and rebellion declared and the long-suffering of the Lord shewed: with a true call unto all people to meet the Lord by speedy repentance ..., also the state of professors plainly manifested ..., with a warning unto all the tender hearted amongst them to arise, and receive the hand of love ... : also, truth defended and cleared from the lyes and slanders declared by Ionathan Iohnson of Lincoln, a Baptist in profession / from one who bears no evil will to any man, but wisheth well to all men, and am known to many by the name of William Smith.	Smith, William.	1659 (1659)	Wing S4300; ESTC R38932	32,830	41

delusions many are given up and do believe his lyes in which they oppose the truth and are at open enmity with it being filled with Wrath and Envy against it Now such whose deeds are evil loves not the light neither will come to it but runs from it and speaks despightfully of it as the Pharisees did of him who is the Son of God and though mighty signs and wonders he did amongst them making the blind to see and the dumb to speak yet were they filled with envy against him and said he cast out Devils by Beelzebub the Prince of Devils But he knowing their thoughts said unto them Every kingdom divided against it self is brought to desolation and if Satan cast ●●t Satan he is divided against himself how shall then his kingdome stand But if I cast out Devils by the Spirit of God then the kingdom of God is come unto you this you may read Matth. 12. And here you may read whose off-spring you are for this Scripture is fulfilled this day upon this ungodly generation though your eyes be blinded that you see it not therefore repent and be converted that the hand of love may lead you and that your sins may be blotted out for with a light of Christ are you all enlightned that doth discover your secrets parts and makes manifest the counsels of all your hearts and is the true light that lighteth every man that comes into the World Ioh. 1. 9. This is plain Scripture and you say you believe the Scripture but you say again This Scripture doth not speak of a light within then weigh it wisely and see how every man that comes into the World is enlightned and by it you may read 2 Cor. 4. 6. For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledg of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ This is plain Scripture and this was the Apostles Testimony That the light shone in the heart that 's within people and there gave them the light of the knowledge of Gods glory But then you say These were believers and you grant that believers have a light of Christ in them but not people in their natural state the Apostle was once in the natural state and was a persecutor of those that did believe in the light yet was the light in him shining in the darkness but the darkness comprehended it not but when it came to shine round him and convince him that he was an enemy to it and kicking against it he bowed before it and submitted unto it and yeilded ready obedience Lord what wilt thou have me to do Then did it shine forth of darkness and did shine in the heart in which the knowledge of Gods glory was made manifest read this in Gods pure fear and consider if you be not where the Apostles once were and there stands in open rebellion against that which he came to believe in and bear his testimony unto and further witnessed That a people who held the truth in unrighteousness had a manifestation of God in them Rom. 1. 19. Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them for God hath shewed it unto them Here was a people who was not in the faith and yet that which might be known of God was manifest in them and whatsoever doth make manifest is light Eph. 5. 13. then the light was within them and the truth was within them but they did not believe in it but changed it into a lye Ver. 25. and did not like to retain God in their knowledge Ver. 28. Therefore unto vile affection did God give them up that they might believe lyes because they received not truth in the love of it this is a Witness which none of you can flye from whithersoever you go it will ●●nd you out contend no longer against it for in it doth the Grace of God appear to all men by which the love of God comes to be felt in all that do obey and submits to the teachings of it and though there be many in the unbelief that speaks unadvisedly of it neither knowing what they say nor whereof they affirm who calls it a natural light and delusion yet in that love which unto me is freely opened and through the Grace which I have received in it I am constrained to bear my Testimony and to declare unto all people That the light of Christ with which every man is enlightened is the mighty power of God unto salvation to every one that do believe in it and a living Witness in every mans conscience is placed to condemn the Workers of iniquity who hath not a love to it because their deeds are evil there is no escaping of it for it is quick and powerful searching trying proving all secrets and the counsels of all hearts are naked and bare before it Read this soberly for it is written plainly in the love of God who is rich in mercy and plenteous in goodness and truth whose bowels of compassion moveth in pitty towards a sinful generation who hath no pleasure that any of you should dye therefore in this his day doth he reach forth a hand of love to lead and guide out of darkness all that turn unto it and are made willing to be guided by it Now all prove your selves in the light which you are enlightened withall and examine your selves truly and see if you cannot witness this testimony to be faithful and true and feel the Testimony of the Spirit bearing witness in your inward parts unto what is here declared for unto that of God in all consciences I am manifest which doth not consent to your sins but is seperate from sin and made manifest to take away ●in who is the Lamb of God pure and undefiled and though you have a general talk amongst you of Faith in Christ and living by faith upon him and that he is your Saviour and Redeemer yet you work iniquity daily and pleads for sin term of life and neither knows salvation nor redemption in him who is the Son of Gods love Therefore be not deceived with a vain hope and groundless Faith which stands onely in Words when your Works denies your Faith to be living being yet in your sins for the lusts of the flesh you do fulfil and draws iniquity with Cords of Vanity look inward the light will not deceive you but manifest every secret sin which lodgeth in your hearts which you would keep hidden to have your life in for though you may not be committing all sin so greedily as may stand with your hearts against many things which may be commonly counted prophane yet examine if you have not something secretly lodged which your minds are captivated in and which the light of Christ in your consciences doth reprove you for there is your lover and that must be cast out and trodden under foot if ever you come to vvitness redemption

you your portion with hypocrites Consider all you vain people of the World who live in rioting and drunkenness chambering and wantonness strife and envying what will you do And what account will you make unto the righteous God who is Judge of all the Earth and will re●ard every man according to his deeds Run not so headily in the exercise of Wickedness but stand still and hearken to the still Voice in your conscience which tells you that is not the Way for death and destruction is before you and the pit is near unto you and many of you are come to the brink thereof be stayed in time before you fall therein from whence there will be no recovery and let the time past of your lives suffice that you have spent and lived so many years together in the lusts of the flesh against the light and love of God Therefore all in Gods fear stand and feel it placed in your hearts that from iniquity you may depart and ●in no more but all come into obedience to that of God in you which makes ●in manifest and there Gods power know to sanctifie and cleanse you by the washing of Water through the Word that a new life you may come into and walk in the regeneration He that hath an ear to hear let him hear For the love of Christ constraineth me to bear testimony of what is made manifest unto me in the light that you may all come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved and likewise knowing the terror of the Lord I cannot but perswade men to depart from the evil of their Ways which the Wrath of the Lord is revealed against and that you may all come to know that the long-suffering of the Lord is salvation and that his saving-strength is near at hand to help in the needful time and here you will find power to preserve you from the temptations which the enemy casts in and then labours to draw your minds to join unto for as obedience is given unto the light power is received that destroys the Devils Work and weakens his kingdom and then the Hand of Love is reached forth to take hold of you and to lead you out of darkness and from under his Government into the new and living Way and there gently guides you and order● you and keepes you from all the assaults which the Enemy doth pursue withall and he who hath life in himself will give life unto you and make you able to stand and ●ight the good fight of Faith and here the Divine nature is felt and the glory of the onely begotten of the Father is beheld And this is the testimony of the Faithful Witness which from the Fathers Love is made manifest in the conscience of every man that you might believe in it and know the saving-strength of it working redemption for you and putting an end to sin and overturning the powers of darkness and bringing in everlasting righteousness and this is the Hand of Love reached forth unto you all to lead you out of the House of Bondag● into the glorious liberty of the ●ons of God where your understandings will be opened to know the Scriptures and the power of God for as you give obedience to the reachings of the Spirit so will the things of God be made known unto you and no man can know the things of God by any e●her way either by Art Study Learning or any industry of the natural part but as the spirit of God makes them known in the children of obedience who give up themselves to the teachings of it and by it are guided to know the Scriptures fulfilled in themselves this vvil bring you to a right understanding of the Scriptures as you receive the same spirit of Faith and walks in it as they received and walked in by whom the Scriptures were declared for he that was then light life and power unto all that did believe in him and gave them an understanding to know the things that were true he is the same now and changeth not but wicked men have changed his glory into shame and mindes earthly things yet is his light life and power the same unto all that believe and comes to have the spirit of their minds renewed by him and so the Scripture is truly owned and witnessed being fulfilled in all that walk after the Spirit and have the spirit of their mindes renewed by it as they had who hath declared it in Words which are written and so the same Spirit guiding brings into unity with the same Words which was given forth from its own movings in the hearts of those who by it was constrained to declare them and thus the children of obedience owns the Scriptures and hath unity with them in the same Spirit that gave them forth knows them fulfilled in themselves walking after the same Spirit Let this be wel weighed by you who are wise in your own eyes prudent in your own sight and in that Wisdom talks so much of what is written and gets the Words thereof and with them contend in your Wills and fights against the Lord and every appearance of righteousness brought forth in the motion of the Spirit which is the mysterie hid from your eyes and revealed unto the Babes who walk in the light which reveals secrets and makes them to be of understanding hearts to know the true God and eternal life and here is the door of hope for all you tender ones who are breathing after God come walk in the light that an entrance you may feel ministred unto you and ●n enjoyment of the possession of that which in the door of hope is opened for you where the Rivers of Gods good pleasure runneth freely with which he doth satisfie the poor of the flock who vvaits to be refreshed thereby vvhich he doth renevv their strength in to follovv him in the narrovv vvay in vvhich flesh and blood cannot walk nor no unclean thing must enter Therefore do not you hew broken Cisterns nor feed upon husks any longer but to the streams of life all come and feel how good the Lord is so all wait to know the hand of Love to lead you and the Spirit of truth to teach you which will not deceive you bnt teach you right things though such vvho are at enmity with it speak unadvisedly of it yet it is truth in it self and abides the same for ever and will overturn all who in the height of envy and fury do pursue it with swelling Words of vanity Therefore let all things be tryed and proved in the light and in it search your selves that you may come to the bottom and have all the dross purged out and the tinn taken away that your hearts may be purified in the light that so you may stand approved in the sight of the pure God And here is the right Way of the Lord opened and a Hand of Love reached forth to guide you out