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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	jesus_n	light_n	shine_v	5,880	5	9.7269	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B16717	Advice from a Catholick to his Protestant friend, touching the doctrine of purgatory ...		1687 (1687)	Wing A632; ESTC R7268	153,167	378

to consider or remember but to resolve to go to my father And no sooner was my heart and eye set thither-ward crying out with David Psalm 2 5. 11. Pardon my iniquity Lord why as if God should have replyed not because they be little or few but because they be great or many as if he should ●…ay Lord take advantage by the greatness of my iniquity to discover thy master-piece thy great love thy Son thine only Son the richest the choicest of thy mercies I was I say but a while here but I found him to his praise for ever be it spoken no less a Father to me then he was a Prodigal for while I was yet a far off scarce gone two or three steps scarce cryed out from the earning of my sad unworthy heart two or three times unto him but he saw me when I was yet a far off far indeed from peace truth holiness or righteousness being in the midst of of nothing but Swine my own base filthy Psal 12. 8. 13. 13. lusts and beset therewith on every side Yet here he saw me even thus far off And come runing came indeed so swift as I saw him not till he met me Can. 6. 12. and fell on my neck and kissed me until he took my sad heart up from his bed of misery and kissed me with the kisses Can. 1 2. Psal 19. 20. 119. 103. 8. Pet. 1. 8. of his mouth which indeed are better than wine and sweeter they were to my taste then the honey-comb filling me on a sudden with joy unspeakable and full of glory Wherefore I jadge it nothing less than my duty to discover according to that small ability God hath given me though indeed the unfittest amongst the sons of men for such a work the subtil snares of Satan whereby I was carried into those far Countries And Luke 15. the parable of the Prodigal being that by which the Lord was pleased to discover unto me the sad condition I was fallen into I shall endeavour by that parable to discover it unto you First You find the Prodigal to be a Luke 1. 5. 12. Son. Secondly The youngest Son. 1. A Son That is such a one as God according to the visible declaration in the Gospel had owned to be his Son a believer one of the Family or Church of God. 2. The youngest Son. By youngest may be understood the last converted or least knowing in the house of God But to proceed The first thing we meet with in this Parable to our purpose is in verse 12. where we find him asking for his Portion saying Father give me my Portion Psal 12. 2. 39. 25 Ecles 1. 11 Man having lived along time in darkness being acquainted with nothing but the vanities of this World coming at ●…ast through mercy to behold some glimps of the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ shining in and upon his dark Joh. 9. heart is immediately set on fire of zeal after more of the knowledge of God Mark this well and his truth thinking that he is able now to eat any meat that there is nothing to be done by him but to get up to the top in knowledge of all the mysteries of the kingdom of Christ whereby in him is hindred the effecting of that work which God intended by his sending and giving of him that glimps to wit The discovering in him the filthiness and wretchedness of his own heart how continually in all its actions it opposes and runs from God and his truth loving its own darkness rather than that light which lightens every man Joh. 3. 91. Joh. 1. 9. Acts 6. 19. 25. Joh. 3. 19. that comes into the World fearing lest its craft should be discovered and therefore it loves darkness rather than light because its deeds are evil Man herein being too hasty catches only the Shell leaves the Kernel behind him whereby he becomes fill'd with nothing but air puffed up with spiritual Pride instead of spiritual truth and righteousness yet thinks that because he is now filled with zeal not knowing that there is zeal not according to truth or knowledge nor what the meaning of the Apostle was by saying knowledge 1 Cor. 81. puffeth up and that only after the knowledge of the things of God when formerly his heart was set only after the World and the vanities thereof That without doubt his condition is good he goes on firm ground where three is no need or fear of his slipping or falling wherefore he cryes out Father give me my Portion Give me all knowledge that I may be able to dispute for or against all opinions able to answer all objections c. To please this foolish young man that he might take his fill of the pleasures of the world as to appear great and famous in the eyes of men his Father gives him his Portion his desire le ts him attain to great knowledge it being the alone mark his spiritual proud heart aims at the only garment desirous in his eye as having a glorious lustre far transcending those filthy rags of drunkenness swearing c. the which he formerly was only acquainted with and did wear and that even a holy-days Immediately after or a while after as some translations render it he gathers all together Attains to the knowledge of all mysteries even of the resurrection it self or at least he thinks so which so puffs him up as he imagines he is what he knows when it may be he never had the least inward experience of the power of God in subduing any corruption and in bringing forth fruits of righteousness and holiness from within but is only at present so busie in following spiritual pride as that it hath caused him to cease from gross and outward abominations Next He takes his Journey He thinks now because he hath gotten this great knowledge as that he is able to talk and make a description of a state and condition without sorrow Imagining of that condition which the Scripture speaks of when all sorrow shall Rev. 21. 4. be wiped from their eyes c. Having builded a Castle in the Air which is as he thinks a true description of that condition being so puffed up as he cannot tell whether he be in the body or out of the body that he discerns nor ● Cor. 12. 2. knows no difference betwixt knowing and being what he knows imagines he 's got into that condition whence he concludes he is now no more to know any man or thing after the flesh that is 2 Cor. 5. 16. saith puft up man not to do any service either to God or man with his body but lay that aside as useless especially in his doing any thing that is commanded him by God. Hence he comes to leave off his obedience to all the commands of God saying what a poor thing it is to be praising and praying to God That 's milk fit only