Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	lord_n	sing_v	song_n	1,893	5	9.6892	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34984	An alarum sounded in the borders of spiritual Egypt vvhich shall be heard in Babylon, and astonish the inhabitants of the defiled and polluted habitations of the earth. And the power of the Prince of Darkness called into question; and he himself examin'd by the truth, how he came to raign over mankind; and how long his time shall be, till he comes to be cast out of his dominion, and the creature be deliver'd from under his tyranny; to serve God in spirit and in truth, as Christ, the prince of peace, has order'd them. Also the number of him whom the world hath wonder'd after, found out; and demonstrated to be near at an end: and withal, that it is no wayes unlawful, nor in vain, both to hope, and to expect the utter desolation, and destruction of sin in this life, and the setting up of perfect righteousness in the souls of men, where sin has too long raign'd. Written in a testimony to the truth, and against the false position of the devil, and his servants; by a servant of God, Steven Crisp.	Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692.	1671 (1671)	Wing C6922; ESTC R215182	35,940	50

in the worst way viz. By Sin which is so very contrary to his nature But Let but these Sin-Pleaders suppose That if God should stretch forth his Power so far in man that it should destroy all the Works of the Devil and cast out Sin and cause his Soul to take as great Delight and Joy in Well-doing as ever it had in Sin and should plant Humility as naturally in the Soul as the Devil has planted Pride in it Now the Question is Whether this Power that works this change be not as able to keep the Creature in this Condition as to bring him to it without any help of the Devil or his Work But they will say To suppose a thing that is Impossible is either against Reason or Presumption I Answer All things are Possible with God except to Lye and as concerning this It is not only possible but the contrary is impossible because God hath so often promis'd it to make a perfect Work and to finish his Work in all them that trust in him And for this End is Christ Jesus come That he might destroy the Devil and his Works And in the Parable he saith When he comes that is stronger he shall bind the strong Man and spoil his Goods and cast him out This seems as if Christ who is the stronger had no need of the Devil or his Goods either to keep his People Humble thereby But the Apostle said That they were kept by Faith through the Power of God unto Salvation Except you will say as the Priests in Scotland say Cursed is he that sayes Faith it without Sin and let all the People say Amen Then the words of the Apostle must be read thus You are kept by a Faith which is mixed with sin in the Power of God unto Salvation But if you will have it so speak it out as they have done but being you profess That Faith is the Gift of God we may well say It is able to clense the Heart and to give Victory over the World and also over the Devil and Sin and then there is no need of sin to keep us Humble For if Humility was a Fruit of sin it would not be so acceptable unto God as it is for the Prophet says He giveth his Grace to the Humble and dwelleth with such that are of a Contrite and Broken Heart Again if a few sins yea though they be but a Remnant can keep men Humble then a great deal of sin must needs make a man more Humble so then let us plentifully sin that we may plentifully be Humble But God forbid that such doctrine or such Teachers should go unreprov'd for they have exalted the work of the Devil beyond the Work of God And it is because such Teachers have been countenanc'd that the People have been led into so much Blindness Ignorance and Hardness of Heart and that People have wholly lost the Hope and Expectation of a Day of Deliverance and have taken up a Rest in a sinful and slavish state And now If any come to Preach the Gospel which brings Deliverance and Freedom to the Soul their Souls being in a Rest already though a False Polluted Rest such are look'd upon as Disturbers of their Rest and Breakers of their Peace and such like even as it was with the Prophet Micah when he cryed out Mic. 2.10 Arise ye and depart for this is not your Rest because it is polluted it shall destroy you even with a sore Destruction But Blessed be the Lord God of Heaven and Earth forever for he hath brought forth his Day of Salvation which many have long'd after and are longing and are in travel that they might come to know it to whom a sinful state is no Resting-place but is unto them as a strange Land in which they cannot sing the Songs of Sion but still have Jerusalem in their remembrance which is Free-born from above longing after the Day of Gathering that the Lamb and not the changeable Priests and Teachers may be their Light and Leader Unto such I say and testifie in the Name of the God of Heaven Lift up your Heads for the Day of your Redemption draweth nigh and Deliverance shall come out of Sion the City of our Solemnity Isa 33.20 And a Mighty Voice shall be sounded forth from the holy Mountain from the Lord of Hosts and those that hear it shall live and the dead Bones in the Valleys shall be enliven'd and the Joy of that Day shall be greater then the Joy of the Harvest Now How and in what manner these things will be brought to pass is a great Dispute among many that are yet seeking in the carnal Wisdom to conceive and comprehend spiritual things and so they come to be scatter'd divided in their imaginations And therefore in the mean time those that are become willing to sit down in Quietness in the Light of Christ Jesus that sheweth every running-out of the Mind they come to feel the Pure Fear of God to be planted in their Hearts so that they dare not think their own Thoughts nor speak their own Words And here is the beginning of the true Wisdom by which Wisdom it is given unto them to understand those things which they could not find out in all the time of their Travel and Pains in the faln Wisdom And whil'st they were hearkening after the different Voices of men they never could have a Certainty But now hearing him by whom God speaketh who is manifest within them whom their Ear is inclin'd unto within they come to know certainly that which they know through the Testimony of the Holy Spirit who alone is able to reveal unto those that Fear Him the Mysteries of God's Kingdom and he shuts them up from the Wise and Prudent of this World And therefore you that desire to have an understanding of these things come down from your high Builded Towers of Knowledge and Comprehension and sit down in that Pure Light that brings a Death upon the Earthly Wisdom and become as Fools that you may be wise and that Wisdom that is so received shall lead to know the Number of the Beast which the whole World with all their Accademical Wisdom and all the Sects with their Inventions are strangers unto at this day and are carrying about with them his Name and the number of it or his Mark by which they are accepted among Men and yet do not know what it is But when they come to a wise enough to know it and honest enough to forsake it then they will see that the Friend-ship of this World comes to be broken and the Enmity to work against the Holy Seed and the Seed comes to arise and bruise the Head of the Enmity and to nail it fast to a Cross till it Dye and then comes Freedom then there is War no more then there is peace on Earth and nothing but good will towards all Men yea to Enemies Then Anguish and Sorrow