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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	darkness_n	heart_n	shine_v	3,010	5	9.0570	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89851	A second answer to Thomas Moore, to that which he calls, his Defence against the poyson, &c. Wherein is shewed the crooked wayes, the Serpent is forced to take to keep God and his creatures at a distance, and yet would do it under the name of a teacher. But is seen to be the same, that perswaded man out from his guide in spirit, and now would keep him so, lest his unclean wayes in the heart of man should be discovered with the spiritual light of Christ; and so man should turn to the Lord, who is that spirit, and the vail be done away, ... Here is also 54. lies gathered out from amongst a multitude more, with T.M. hath heaped up for his defence, against the truth, which he calles the poyson of Satan, which are sent him back to the 48. that I sent him before, that he may either prove them, or they root with the founder, for the truth they touch not. / Set forth to clear the truth from this froth, cast upon it by the enemy thereof, By a friend to the seed of truth, called James Naylor.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1656 (1656)	Wing N314; Thomason E868_9; ESTC R202991	29,892	39

11. 34 35. 36. that the light of the body is the eye and if it be single the whole body is full of light as the bright shining of a Candle doth give light And keep thy heart with all diligence for from thence are the Issues of life And saith Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin and Commune with your own hearts and be still and the Law of God is written in the heart and the heart of the wise Prov. 4. 23 Psal 119. 11. Psal 4. Heb. 8. 10. Prov. 16. 23. Joh. 16. 13 teacheth his mouth and the spirit of truth is that which must lead into all truth Nay doth not all the Scriptures testifie to the light and spirit-teaching within and that they are none of Christs who have not the spirit of Christ and is it counted a familiar spirit now with thee Now is it seen to all the Children of the light that Antichrist is revealing as the Scriptures hath foretold and the Man of sin pleading against freedom from sin and the blinde Guids preaching against the light and he that is born of the flesh against the spirit and its teachings and the Children of darkness against the light that manifests the evill deeds and he is discovering who abode not in the truth and the spirit and light is that truth which thou would preach down to lead out into the world where the lyer is who hates the light because his deeds are evill And this is thy work in thy books and to thy Master and his work thou art faithful using thy utmost subtlety to do his work thorowly to preach Christ out of his Creatures that none should minde his light and spirit but without in another world that so the Devill may have his will in the heart in this World while any one lives and serve God and be made free when they are dead and can do their Master no more service if they would and when thou hast struck them off from looking at any light or spirit within then like the Serpent least his head should be seen thou hides thy selfe with telling of Not to lean to their own understanding and sayes thou though the word be nigh them in their hearts that it might be yet it is not received by them in their hearts or dwelling there as a light or principle to direct them while in their naturall estate when thou hast done what thou can to perswade them that the looking to it is but as to a familiar spirit But is that their own understanding which condemns their natural understanding as they are fallen from God and lets them see that all their understanding wisdom and prudence is God hid from and manifests all their deeds in that state to be evill this hath every natural man in him from the Father of Spirits which manifestation of spirit is given to every one to profit withall if it be but minded and not quenched and without this can be no knowledge of God and if this Candle be put out there is no doing the work of God till it be lighted further then to wait and there is no waiting but with the heart in spirit till it shine out of darkness again and till then all the Creature doth is but deeds of darkness and not accepted by God his prayers are abomination and his plowing sin yea though all the world should flatter such a one they could not save him nor unite him to God nor give peace of Conscience with God nor Sealing in spirit and this the Children of light know though blinde Serpents and deaf Adders oppose it who walk in crast and deceit but the Apostles who handled not the word deceitfully did commend themselves to that in every mans 2 Cor. 4. 2. Conscience in the sight of God and the Ministration of Christ is to the spiritual seed whereby the spiritual seed is quickned and raised out of darkness and death but the Ministration of the Hireling and false Prophet is to the itching eares and so the Beast and the false Prophet joynes against the seed of God to keep it in death and darkness and if it be born up then they persecute him in whom it is born And these take the letter there with to deny the light and oppose that spirit that gave it forth and whereof the letter restifies because they have not the John 5. word abiding within them and this was the work of the Pharises and Hirelings but never any one of Christs Ministers denyed the light and spirit within as thou dost yet slaidly and covertly so as if thou be taxt for it thou may have an excuse to come out of and deny thy work with a meaning and consequence but if none disproves thee then goes on with thy work to lead out simple people from the light of Christ in spirit to follow thy Imaginations without a spirit and light without which thou never saw Yet in this one thing there is not many exceeds thee for when ever thou layes down a deceit the end whereof is to deny the light or spirit or perfection or to slander any who own the truth in these things thou makes sure before thou leave it to make two or three wayes for escape least it fall upon thy head knowing before the thing to be such thou cannot stand by with Scripture and this the least Child of Light may see in thy books wherefore I shall not much need to trace thee therein the thing being so plainly evident to all that in the light read thy books and my answers thereto And when thou hast told a lie and being told thereof thou on purpose having left out a word or syllable there thou makes an escape As for instance in thy answer to the last Query which asks What that grace of God is which brings salvation and hath appeared to all men thy lie is that indeed we believe no such thing as the grace of God appearing to men which I finding this to be as answer to the Query I tell thee Thou answers with a slander saying that indeed we believe no such thing as the grace of God appearing to all men now thou having left out the word all for escape which is in the Query and in the Scripture also In thy defence sayes thou my words are They believe no such thing as the grace of God appearing to men and this thou would charge upon me to be a lie when the lie is thy own and hath both abused the Query and the Scripture on which the Query is grounded leaving out the word all to make it and such holes as this thou creeps out of to hide the lyer from being seen And in other places where thou hast gone a crooked way to fetch a compasse to make a lie for otherwise thou could not which when I come to answer and takes the sum of the thing in brief which otherwise might fill a volume then thy escape

thou dost not gather thy charge against me that I preach down the person and work of Christ in one body for us c. from my letter because I witnessed the flesh of Christ the food of the inner Man But from my comparing my Confession of the flesh of Christ in me with the Apostles preaching down Circumcision c. Wherein all that ever reads my letter in thy book may be witness against thee if in any part of my letter I have compared these two together nor ever did it enter into my heart so to do But the end of my letter is this to let you see your selves more blinde as to the knowledge of the spirit and its reaching and revelation then the Jews was as much as if I had said if you oppose my Testimony when I confessed the flesh of Christ which the letter doth declare of what a Generation would you have been had you lived in the time of the Apostles who preached down Circumcision which the letter said should continue So the comparison stands betwixt your opposing the testimony of the spirit in me which is according to the letter and the Jews opposing the Apostles Testimony in spirit which disannulled the Letter wherein you are found double to them in blindnesse Now how this preaches down the person of Christ or whether I made that comparison thou sayes I did let any judge who all may see thou hast made it thy selfe to slander withall without the least ground from me and then sayes I made it O thou shamelesse man how dost thou bend thy tongue for lies and slanders Also having in thy book called perfection a devilish Doctrine and being told of it and confounded in it by Scripture now thou covers it as though thou call'd our Doctrine of perfection devilish and sayes thou no where findes Christ gave gifts to perfect men in lying c. I say When didst thou read of any other Doctrine of perfection preacht by us but the Doctrine of Christ and his Light and Spirit for perfecting the Saints and this is it thou callest divelish and for thy lies our Doctrine layes thee open therein else we should not be so much opposed by the●● and the Generation of lyers who deny the light of truth within as thou Child of darkness dost who sayes the grace of God that brings salvation to all men instructs them not to look to any light or spirit in them for direction herein shewing thy selfe wholly ignorant of the spirit of Christ and his light for all who have the spirit of Christ they have it within them and his light in them which thou denies for direction and so art Antichrist opposing the spirituall light and teaching without which none can come to know God or themselves and that is the cause of all thy lies thou hast told in thy books for who denies the spirit of truth which is appointed of God to lead into all truth must needs be led with the contrary who are sensuall not having the spirit nor light in them and if thou hadst said no more in thy books this had been enough to have shewed thy selfe a blinde Guide who denies the teachings of the spirit and light within to be from the grace of God for none can have the grace of God to appear with its light and teachings and salvation but within for the grace of God is spirituall and that which is spiritual is within else no Creature can have it to salvation wherefore Christ saith the Kingdom of God is within you Not lo here lo there as you Luk. 17 20. 21. Rom 10. 8 Pharisees would have it And saith he Go not forth and the Apostles preached the word of Faith that was in peoples hearts to whom they preached and they came to the knowledge of God and his glory by the light that 2 Cor. 4. 6. Col. 3. 16. Hob. 13. 9. Gal. 4. 6. Eph. 4. 18 19. shined in their hearts and the Saints had their grace in their hearts and the word of God dwelt in them richly yea God himself dwelt in their hearts by his spirit and yet thou sayes the grace of God teaches not to look to any light within and here thou art clearly manifest to be heart-blind and would have all in thy State for herein your Kingdom would fall and you could no longer raign over peoples Consciences and Estates if they come once to know Gods grace in their hearts and the teachings of the spirit within them they would soon see your Idoll-worship and high place-preaching to be out of both form and power of that which the Saints liv'd in and practised and no longer would they give their money for that which is no bread and their labours for that which doth not profit and then could you no longer ride upon the Nations 2 Cor. 3. as Masters and the Whore would fall so thou and the rest do what you can to keep people spiritually blind from looking within that so they may come to you for teaching and so be ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth ever loadened with sin but never set free being led out by you and kept from entering in where freedom is for the vail must be over the heart till they turn to the spirit Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit is there is liberty from sin from glory to glory by the spirit which no litteral Ministration Luk. 17. 20 21. Isa 51. 7. Psal 119. 11. Jer. 20. 9. 2 Cor 6. 16. can ever come to though the Letter be read every day and so you deny both Letter and Spirit also for saith the Letter you shall be all taught of God and none can be taught of God but by the light of Christ within in spirit and thou that denies this art against Christ and his Kingdom is in the heart and his Law in the heart and his word in the heart and he himself in the heart therefore thou his enemy would not have his people to look there for teaching so let all who desires to be united unto Christ avoid thee and thy Antichristian Doctrine and it is no matter what thou sayes as touching the things of God who art heart-blinde and hast not thy teaching from the light and spirit of Christ-within thee All that comes out must needs be of the Devill and so it is in all who hath it not from the light and spirit of Christ within them for he that speaks of himself is the lyer and the Father of it and so it is seen of thee in thy books and also thy blasphemy who sayes to direct to look to the light within is the lame as directing men to seek to a Familiar spirit and of that brood thou art who ever called Christ Beelzebub and light darkness O thou blasphemer did Christ direct to a familiar spirit when he told them The Kingdom was within them and Luk. 17. 21 Luk.