Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	darkness_n	glory_n	shine_v	2,497	5	9.0823	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25352	A visitation in love to those of the people called Baptists, with whom the Lords Spirit yet ceaseth not to strive, that have not slain the witness by making war, and contending against the light ... by one who travels in the Spirit for their souls good ... J.A.	Anderdon, John, 1624?-1685.	1660 (1660)	Wing A3084; ESTC R35	11,450	16

God whereby yee have gained it may be praise of men the which you would fain keep up above the Crosse of Christ But down you must bring all your glory and excellency under the feet of the Lamb if ever you expect to be crowned with him in glory everlasting in that Kingdome which is not of this world that consists not in meates and drinks not in words but in power in Righteousnesse Peace and Joy in the holy Ghost unto which the Light will shew you the onely way which shineth in the darknesse which is in the heart of man gi●eth us the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ What think you of your Arguments Disputations and literall knowledge of the way of truth and the way of life what sins doth it give you victory over and what stands it you instead in the day of tryall is not all the excellency and glory thereof but a barren empty thing that refresheth not nor comforteth your immortal soules which onely with that bread of life which came down out of heaven are satisfied Try your selves have you that Life in you which is to be felt and handled in the presence of the Lord or else it is but a thing in notion that you feed upon which starves your soules I know you cannot but be sensible that you have lost that in your selves which sometime in a measure gave you the sence and savour of the things of God in the dayes of your infancy when the Lord was plucking down the lostinesse of man before you went about to set up a building after your own inventions and imaginations which will come to nothing It being not upon the Rock of Ages the foundation of many Generations as moved and directed thereunto by his eternall Spirit And now I believe as you deale faithfully and honestly with your own hearts you cannot but see and confesse that by all your hard labour study and performances of duties as you may call them from the letter of Scriptures and use of your ordinances you cannot again recover that which you have lost of the savour of life but grow dead yea wax worse and worse though it may be more frequent in your ordinances than ever you cry but God hears you not neither doth he regard the work of your hands which are abominable in his sight your sacrifices being not offered up in Abels nature from the new birth find not acceptance with God but are wholly adulterated from the present teachings of his Spirit as if the Scriptures were given forth to stop his mouth for ever so that you have lost your judgements and understanding in the things of God and know not the voyce of the true Shepheard from a Hireling a Wolf that comes to you in sheeps cloathing and shall never come againe to find that which you have lost nor to the knowledge of God and of Christ whom to know is eternall-life but as you come out of all your own wayes wills and worships unto the everlasting Light of the Son of God in your selves which will shew you the way to the Father and let you see how far wide you are of the straight and narrow way that leadeth unto the Kingdome of God unto that pure principle of God that will shew you all that ever yee have done must you be reduced which will bring you to the beginning of Gods Creation that the state of a little child you may come to know waiting in the filence of flesh to hear the Fathers voyce which will lead you to do his will in every particular that no longer your own wills but the will of God may be done in earth as it is in heaven that righteousnesse and truth may be made manifest in your mortall bodies which is Christ in us the hope of glory who is come to do the will of the Father in us And this is he that we have waited for and we know him to be our Saviour because he saveth us from our sins and not because he told the woman of Samaria all that ever she had done do we believe but because his wonderfull works done in us declare him to be the Son of God whose manifestation is to destroy the work of the Devill in the Creature and so set him free in Soul Body and Spirit to serve the Lord God of the Spirits of all flesh Come down from selfe-conceitednesse and all the Mountaines that you have set up and account it not much to be ashamed of all your hope which is but dead and to account all as dung and drosse that you may yet at length win Christ whose love is better than wine and though the world hates and scornes him yet he is the fairest of ten thousands and unto his Light in you must yee be turned from the darknesse if ever you expect to see his appearance and behold his glory to the comfort of your soules who is now appearing the second time without sin unto salvation what will it profit you to talk of his Reign and come not to the Kingdome wherein his power and glory is revealed that in the heart where Satans seat hath been you may witnesse all his and your soules enemies subdued and destroyed that you may know the Kingdoms come whereof Christ Jesus is the King and Law-giver unto whom the Father hath given all Power and Authority in heaven and earth unto whom all principalities and powers must how Stand no longer about needles questions but come to know Gods work wrought in your selves that the heir of life may be brought forth that your soules may inherit substance that you may eat his flesh and drink his blood and be guided by his Spirit who is the Son of God for ever that your souls may be satisfied that this is the man Christ Jesus whom ye have waited for and that you may see his salvation and say that this is he and that you look not for another of whose Power Kingdom and glory there shall be no end And now friends to you that yet retain some integrity and have longing desires after the way of Gods salvation it s the Lords Councell that you delay not but come away from all your blind guides and leaders which cause you to erre and wait upon the Lord to know the teachings of his pure Spirit which will bring you to the endlesse Fountain of life and to feed on that bread which will nourish your soules up unto everlasting life and dwell no longer in the tents of the wicked though never so fairly covered least your Talents be also taken from you and given to others And believe it it is far better to suffer persecution with the people of the Lord for righteousnesse sake than to enjoy the pleasures of sin in this world for a season which will end in sorrow and do not reject the light and make war against Gods witnesse as some have done and perished in their gainsaying least