Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	disciple_n	know_v	mystery_n	1,896	5	9.7001	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84832	A visitation to the Iewes, from them whom the Lord hath visited from on high, among whom he hath performed his promise made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to his seed, which Moses saw, and the prophets gave testimonie of, to which seed the Apostles witnessed, which seed we are, which seed of Abraham Christ came according to the flesh, which we now witness, glory to the Lord for evermore. Also, a visitation to all you that have long had the Scriptures; but found out of the life of them that gave them forth, that are stumbling about the words, fighting and contending about them, imprisoning and persecuting them that witness the life that gave them fotth [sic]. / Given forth by G.F.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1656 (1656)	Wing F1978; Thomason E883_7; ESTC R202191	39,450	39

are blinde and are such as run into the lust whose hearts grows fat and are such as have a wisdom and a prudent understanding but as to hearing or seeing the things of God their eyes are made blinde and ears they have but hear not and hearts they have but understand not and cannot understand with their hearts nor see with their eyes lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and I should convert them and they should be healed Now this ear and eye which is from the life of the Law heareth not sees not and the heart waxeth gross and that eye must be made blinde before Christ come to heal them and convert them He that hath an ear to hear let him hear And to such as were from the life of the Law and Prophets in the transgression Christ spoke parables them that were from the life of the Law seeing they saw not and hearing they heard not nor perceived nor understood to them in parables that were from the life of the law and Prophets which Christ saw these having the words but being out of the life were them that were blinded gross and could not hear nor perceive nor understand the mysterie of the kingdom Unto these Christ spoke in parables And the Disciples said to Christ VVhy speakest thou unto them in parables and he said unto them To you it is giv●●●o know the mysterie but to them it is not who have eyes and see not ears and hear not but blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear For whosoever hath to him shall be given mark and he shall have more abundance mark and whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that which he hath He that hath an ear to hear let him hear So they knew the mysterie of the kingdom which was in the Light and they law not the mysterie of the kingdom which were not in the light therefore spoke Christ to them in parables because in seeing they saw not and hearing they heard not neither did they understand So in them is fulfilled the Prophesie of Isaiah which saith By hearing you shall hear and shall not understand and seeing ye shall see and not perceive for this peoples heart is waxed gross and their ears are dull of hearing and their eyes they have closed lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should be converted and I should heale them Therefore parables were spoken to these which were from the life of the Law which did not understand with their heart the Mysterie of the Kingdom to be converted and Healed For such as understood came with their heart to the life of the Law the Light to converting and healing others stood against it and that eye was blinded so saw not and was not converted and all dulness of hearing was from them that were from the life of the Law the Light which life of the Law gives to see before transgression was and so these that did not understand with their hearts not converted not healed were them that were gone from the light the life of the Law such could not see the second Covenant when he was come and to these Christ opened his mouth in parables and uttered forth things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world to the fulfilling of the Prophets words who was in the life and to those that were out of the Light the life of the law was the Parables spoke but blessed saith Christ to his disciples are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear Matt. 13. now is the life manifested that was with the Father before the World was which all the Prophets of God did give testimony to which while Moses is read the vail is over the heart but where is the life of Moses that sees the end of the first covenant Christ Iesus so they that were out of the life of the first were in the hardness such as had the words of Moses but out of the life whose ears were dull of hearing and served God with their lips out of the life the light but their hearts afar off such were in the days of Isaiah the Prophet in the days of Christ in the flesh these Christ plainly told them he came to make blind who said they saw but were out of the life of what they profest the l●ght which is the eye such the God of the world blinded the eye of their minde and for judgement Christ came into the world to make them to see that saw not and to make them blinde that said they saw where the God of the world ruled And John speaks of the fulfilling of Isaiahs words Joh. 12. who saw the glory of the Lord and spake of him he saw them that were from the life of the Law the light and the Prophets that could not see with their eyes nor understand with their hearts whose serving God was with the lip but the heart afar off these could not hear Christ when he came nor understand with their hearts nor be converted nor healed such were for judgement and such Christ judged and made blinde for these could not understand with their hearts nor be converted nor healed which was from the light and had it not And the Apostle speaking of the hated and loved the Election and Reprobation that the purpose of God according to the Election might stand not of works but of him that calleth as it was said The Elder shall serve the Yonger Esau have I hated Jacob have I loved mark so it is not of him that runneth Rom. 9. but of God that sheweth mercie as the Scripture saith of Pharoah For this purpose have I raised thee up that I may shew my power in thee and that my Name may be declared throughout all the earth Of this take notice The Power which overthrew Pharoah brings the Seed out of bondage therefore hath he mercie on whom he will have mercie and whom he will he hardneth But thou wilt say unto me VVho hath resisted his will why doth he yet finde sault Nay but O man Who art thou that repliest against God who is Light thou who art from the Light shall the thing formed say to him that formed it Why hast thou made me thus Hath not the Potter power over the Clay of the same Lump to make one Vessel unto Honor another a Vessel to dishonor mark But what if God will shew his Wrath to make his Power known endured with much long suffering the Vessels of Wrath fitted to destruction the children of Disobedience mark Iacob is loved but Esau is hated Esau was the first a Prophane person Pharoah a Persecutor of the Seed of God who was hardned God had mercie on his Seed and made his Power known in overthrowing the one and delivering the other And him that