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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	life_n	light_n	shine_v	1,813	5	9.0770	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66862	This is written in plainnesse of heart, and bowels of everlasting love to my persecutors who have shot sore at me, and hated me without a cause. Both magistrates, priests and people in Stafford sheir, of elsewhere, that ye all may be turned from the darknesse to the light, and from anti-christ without, unto Chrust within, who is the light of the world, and hath lighted wvery man therein with his saving light. Some queres also, for such who call themselves ministers of Christ, but are altogether unlike him, or his ministers to answer. Together with a warning from the Lord God of life and power to repent, andleave persecuting, and striving against, or kicking against the Lord. Written from one who have been in the pit, death, grave, and Hell; but am come from far, and am sit down with Abraham, Isaack, and Jacob, in the heavenly places with them that are in Christ, but unknown to you, I am: but by the name I have received amongst you, Humphry Wollrich.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3299; ESTC R219472	14,792	23

stronger to keep man in Sinne than Christ who came to destroy Sinne and to Redeem man out of all Sinne X. Whether you do not make God a hard Task-master and charge him wickedly and make his commands grievous to your Hearers seeing God commands men to be Holy as he is Holy and Pure as he is Pure and John saith his commands are not grievous XI Whether you are not the false teachers that Peter speaks of 2 Pet. 2. which have forsaken Christ the right way and run greedily in the way of Balaam after great Benefices and Rewards and your selves being gone out of the way cannot cease from sinne and tell people they cannot cease from sinne also and so all being gone out of the Councell of God can never profit the people but are in the spirit of Errour and are clothed with the Saints words and Sheeps clothing but are inwardly ravened and erred in your hearts from the Spirit of the Lord And whether such who hear you and learn of you are not they which are ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth which is Christ which he that 's in sinneth not XII Whether the knowledge of sin comes by the Bible to any man or what that Law was which Paul came to the knowledge of sinne by seeing he had the Letter while he was alive without this Law XIII Whether Revelation be now ceased with any but such as ye are which are in the way of Balaam and gone from the spirit by which the things of God are reveal'd Answer this ye false teachers that say Revelation is ceased and that the voice of Christ is not heard but in the Letter of the Scripture seeing the Letter saith John 10. My sheep hear my voice And they that had the Scriptures had neither heard his Voice nor seen his shape at any time XIV Whether any can come to the knowledge of sinne but by the light within and whether this Light be not able of it self alone to bring man to the knowledge of God and whether by any other thing but by the light which shines in the heart man doth come to the knowledge of God and whether this be sufficient alone to Save man and redeem him out of all sinne in this life and keep him pure as Christ is pure XV. Whether the Bible doth open the blind eye seeing the Bible saith Christ was sent to open the blind eyes whether the Bible doth command the Conscience of man as Noah Bryan did affirme in your Idoll Temple at Stafford or whether the Light of Christ in the Conscience doth not exercise and command the Consience XVI What is the Law spoken of Isaiah 8. and the Testimony whether it be the Bible Come answer what it is and where it is whether it be a thing without or within man XVII Where is that Righteousnesse by which man is Justifed Is it within man and in his heart or was it Christs Righteosnnesse at Jerusalem onely which sulfilled the Law or whether the Righteousnesse of the Law must not be fulfilled in man in this generation XVIII Whether Christ were not the same before the World or Virgin Mary was as he was in the dayes of the Jewes and his body the same which descended with that which ascended and whether any other body did ascend into Heaven but the body which is Spiritual and the only begotten of the Spirit and was never seen with any carnall Eye Comme all ye Priests and you which call your selves Ministers of Christ do not think to hide your selves any longer or save your selves in this day of the Lords mighty power by persecuting and imprisoning us whom the Lord God hath raised up to bear a testimony against you all and this is not your way to save your selves from the overflowing scourge that is coming upon you all Butt come down to the Light of Christ in you and honestly consider and ye shall see and confesse that ye are not Ministers of Christ neither do ye speak as the Spirit gives you utterance neither are you Ministers of the Spirit as they were but of the Letter which Kills If this be confessed and owned amongst you then you need not answer these Queres But if you will not confesse to the Lord and owne your shame and all your Worships which is taught you but by the precepts of men then answer these which follow I. Where did the Ministers of Christ hire themselves for so much a year or make a bargain with the people either for lesse or more or whether their Ministry was not freely given them of the Lord and whether they were not freely to give it others or whether that be Gods gift which ye buy at Oxford for so much Money and learn in so long a time and sell it again in the Country for so much by the hour glasse II. Whether the Ministers of Christ who were led by the Spirit of Christ which was never limited by an hour glasse whether they did study in the week day or invent or speak a divination of their own brain to the the people when they were met together or whether they did not speak as the Spirit gave them utterance Again where did the Ministers of Christ teach people to sing Davids Psalmes with another heart than David had or give Davids Psalmes to a company of mockers scorners and persecutors and whether David be not made the Song of the Drunkards by you now as ever he was III. Where did the Ministers of Christ ever sprinkle Infants and tell poor ignorant people it was an Ordinance of God You which say the Scripture is your Rule Answer and shew some Scipture for these things IV. Where do you ever read That the Ministers of Christ did ever imprison persecute or sue any man for filthy lucre as ye do IV. Where do you ever read That the Ministers of Christ did ever imprison persecute or sue any man for filthy lucre as ye do V. Whether you are not those false Teachers and antichrists and false Christs which Christ Mat. 24. said should come in the last times and John who as one of his Apostles in his Epistle said were come already and whether John was not in the Light and they went out from him in the way of Balaam and for filthy lucre sake and whether it be not one thousand six hundred years agoe since John in the Revelations said all the world went out after them and wondered and said who was able to make Warre with the Beast which made warre with the Lamb and slew the Saints which kept the testimony of Jesus Come answer whether you are not of this Church and whether your weapons be such as proceed out of the mouth of the Lamb or such as they used who made warre with the Lamb and slew and cast some of the Saints into Prison VI. If your Church be true then Answer Where did the Church of Christ appoint one and