Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

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
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

to stand against the evill which hee hath given you a light to see and with this light you come to know the M ssias your Saviour to save you from your sin which he discovers and to see the everlasting offering But you that do hate this light and go into the evill and love the darkness more than that which shews you your evill deeds and evill wayes when God is not in all your thoughts when your heart revolts and when you call on him with your lips and your hearts afarre off This is the light of Christ that shewes you this and lets you see your covetousness and idolatry and if you go on in these things before-mentioned the light will be your condemnation even the light saith Christ who inlightneth every man that cometh into the world This light of Christ tells you you should not do unjustly one to another that you should not be drunk nor oppress one another nor wrong one another It 's the light that shews you this and measures things aright and this word is nigh you in the heart and in the mouth to obey and do it Now as you love the light and bring your deeds to it you will come to know the light Moses was in and come to know the Prophet which he said God would raise up whom you should hear and come to know the Covenant of light which brings in the Gentiles to serve the living God from dead Idols which the Prophet spoke of which is the glory of Israel And as you love this light before mentioned you will come to know the Law in your hearts written the new Covenant the everlasting Covenant which the Prophet prophesied of which now thousands do witness with which light they know God the glory of Israel Zions King and him are come to worship and this light will tell you you must not bow to any likeness but unto God alone nor commit adultery nor serve graven images the Gods of the Heathen nor follow their customes which are vaine for against that Gods hand is turned who is one with the Light which Light the darkness cannot comprchend though it in darkness shines and Christ the light came to his own and his owne received him not even among your fathers that had the Oracles of God and the darkness could not the light comprehend though the light in darkness shined neither could the darkness see him by whom the world was made the light who is glor●fied with the Father with the glory that he had with the Father before the world was Therefore to the light in you I speak that with it you may be turned from darkness and the power of Satan to God and receive the covenant of light and the power of God Christ Iesus that you may come to life regeneration and c●nversion and the renewing of your mindes remission of sinns and receive the refreshing into your souls And as you love the light that shews you the evill that ever you have done 2 Cor. 4.6 ye love Christ and that light is it which gives the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ which shines in the dark heart and none comes to the knowledge of God but by the light which shines in the heart and this treasure have we in earthen vessells that the excellency of the power might be of God and not of Man But if you do this light hate you hate Christ and remain stumbling blinde and scattered refusing the Corner-stone whom all the builders stumbles at who are out of the light and none comes from stumbling to know the words of the Scripture declared from the life but such as own the light To the light in you I speak if you go on in your evil deeds and unbelief not believing in the light the light is your condemnation hateing the light you hate Christ for you do not come to the knowledge of God but by the light He that comes to the knowledg of God knowes his Son now none comes to the Son but who owns and comes to the light which from the Son doth come And this light brings to one heart one minde one People one God one Mediator betwixt God and Man and this light unites and brings Iew and Gentile together and he that believes not in the light doth not believe in God who is light nor know his Son who inlighteneth every man that cometh into the world And to you this is the word of the Lord. 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 forth TO all you who are from the life of the law and the Prophets which is the light and from the spirit of understanding which gave forth the Scripture and hearing hear not and seeing see not having hearts and understand not whose ears are heavy whose eyes are shut and whose hearts are fat who are in the transgression out of the Law of God and his Covenant first and second against all such the Lord sent his Prophet to declare and commanded him Go tell this people Is● 6 9.10 hear yee indeed but understand not and see yee indeed but perceive not make the heart of this people sat and make their ears heavy and shut their eyes lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and be converted and I should heal them who is the light such as was from the light who with that ear could not hear Now the Prophet was here in the life of the Law the people was here from the life of the Law therefore the life turned against them that were from that of God in them and the life of the Law the life turning against them being one with that of God in them which they were gone from so the life blinded them and their ears became heavy and their hearts fat and their eyes shut and they could not hear with their ears nor understand with their hearts nor be converted even such as were gone from the life with which the spirit of God was one in which the Prophet was And saith the Prophet Isaiah to this people that were gone from the life of the Law what the Lord would do with his vineyard he would take away the hedge thereof and it should be eaten up and break down the wall thereof and it should be trodden down and I will lay it waste and it shall not be pruned nor digged Isai 5.5 6. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the House of Isreel and the men of Iudah his pleasant plant Hee looked for judgement but behold oppression for righteousness but behold a cry These were those that were blinde where the judgment was not

words saying Go unto this people and say hearing you shall hear and not understand and seeing you shall see and not perceive for the heart of this people is waxed gross and they are dull of hearing and their eyes are closed lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and should be converted and should heal them To them he said Be it known unto you the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles and they will obey it So here the Apostle Christ and Isaiah saw them that had the words of Moses and the Prophets but out of the life the light such could not hear nor see being from the life of God such were blinde and such Gods Hand often turned against and carried them into captivity yea to the bringing down and bringing forth of his seed out of Captivity so in bringing them down that were in captivity they often came to remember God and so Gods promise stands with the seed sure and his election sure All along you may see in the days of the Prophets Christ and his Apostles such as had not the life the light of the Prophets and Apostles being found out of the life of the spirit of God had the spirit of slumber had hearts and could not perceive eyes they had and could not see eares they had and could not heare and such eyes God made blinde and eares God made deaf and knew not the mysterie of the Kingdom having their hearts gross and far from God and served him but with the lips and they that were from the life of the Law were here they that were in the life of the Law they saw such as were from the life of the Law here one saw and the other did not one saw and the others eye was to be made blinde And they that did carry Gods seed into captivity should be brought into bondage and God would judge them and they had the eye which was blinde so you may all see that which was from the life of the Law the life of the Prophets the life of Christ which is the light doth harden which is the deceit and such as hear the voice of the Son of God are not hardened but such as hear not the voice of the Son of God are hardened through the deceit among these there was warres one destroying another and carrying captives But who are come to the life of the Law and the end of the Law the end of the first covenant the everlasting Priesthood from the changeable to the unchangeable witnesseth that which doth not vail change nor harden and make to see captive and lead out of captivity while Moses is read the vail is yet over the heart which doth harden but take away that which doth harden and bring the minde out of the changeable which their minde was in in the outward to the life the light which was hardened and blinded having the spirit of slumber to the covenant of light the everlasting covenant the end of all shadowes types and figures to the substance that covenant is decayed and so with this that is kept out which doth harden mark the deceit which is out of the truth the life which is in the transgression having a pretence of the worship but out of the life of it all such are blinded and can neither hear with their ears nor see with their eyes nor be converted nor healed and from the life of the Law are whose hearts are afar off from God so all these that have the words of Moses and of the Prophets that are from the light the life with the life come to have all their wisdome and knowledge overthrown such had their eyes blinded and had a spirit of slumber and Hearts gross and these the life of the Law overthrew from top to bottome and all that profession without the life of the Law calling upon God with the lips but Hearts afarr off God overthrowes and judges judges and blindes he that hath an ear to hear let him hear That which overthrowes the Jewes outward brings in the Jewes inward in the spirit to the King the light which is one in the spirit and baptizeth them both Jew and Gentile into one body and here he comes to the life of the Law and the Prophets and Christ and the promise fulfilled where there is seeing and hearing and conversion the Heart being brought to the Lord God to perceive and to you this is the word of the Lord. And this eye the Lord doth not blinde God doth not blinde his own eye but that eye which is out of the life of the Law the Prophets and Christ and that eye is blinded which receiveth not the testimony of the Prophets nor the Son and this the Prophet saw with the Holy Ghost and Christ saw who by the Holy Ghost was conceived and the Apostle saw with the Holy Ghost such as was blinded and is to be blinded and the Holy Ghost was not blinded that which goes from the life cannot believe the life but is hardened they being from the life could not hear nor see the life when the life spake unto them to be converted their eyes was so closed lest I the Light should heal them to them woe was from the light to them which were from it they went from the life and the life was against them so the light cast them away that held up the outward Priests that had the outward Covenant their eyes they have closed mark they have closed their eyes lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their eares and unde●stand with their hearts and should be converted and I should heal them mark they have closed their eyes lest they should see Christ that owns not the light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world they have closed their eyes lest they should see it and hear it and come to understand with the heart and should be converted and Christ should heal them They closed their eyes lest they should see the light who was from it and owned it not the healing which brings to be converted and turns the heart from being gross and the new heart comes to be received these that have closed their eyes lest they should see the light at any time say they see but are blinde so being from the light the sin remains these call on God with their lips but being from the light the heart is afar off these are the unconverted understands not with the heart and are unhealed and follows the world which sayes they can see which Christ came to make blind and for judgment is he come into the world that they that say they see may be made blinde they that see not might see and this light brings Iews and Gentiles to see one another and this raises up the tribes of Jacob gathers together in the unity in one and with it doth them reconcile up to God with the