Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	death_n	sin_n	sin_v	6,726	5	9.1768	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27123	Deep calleth unto deep, or, A visitation from on high unto the breathing seed of Jacob which is not satisfied among all the professions in the earth, or with the husks cannot fill its belly, but is pincht with hunger, and feels a secret cry for the true bread that comes down from heaven which gives eternal life : wherein is opened some of the mysteries of Gods kingdom ... concerning God ... and concerning Christ ... / by William Bayly.	Bayly, William, d. 1675.	1663 (1663)	Wing B1522; ESTC R25911	26,065	33

Deep calleth unto Deep OR A Visitation from on High UNTO The Breathing Seed OF JACOB Which is not satisfied among all the Professions in the Earth or with the Husks cannot fill its belly but is pincht with hunger and feels a secret Cry for the true Bread that comes down from Heaven which gives Eternal Life Wherein is opened some of the mysteries of God's Kingdom to the clear understanding of the Poor in Spirit to whom it belongs but to others it's Parables Concerning GOD what he is and where he is and of his Worship And of the First-day and the Seventh or Sabbath day Also shewing plainly in what day God is rightly and truly Worshipped and the difference and Character of the true Worshippers and false clearly described And concerning Christ what he was before the Law and in the time of the Law to this present time and what and where he is now Also something concerning the Word and the Gospel and the Scriptures and of the Body of Christ and Resurrection and Ascention and of his Coming and Reign and of the Kingdoms of this World becoming his Kingdoms c. Which may give much satisfaction to the upright inquiring mind being given forth in the true love and compassions of my breathing soul that so the simple might be turned to hear the voice of Wisdom which crieth in their streets and forsake the foolish and live By William Bayly The day-spring from on high hath visited us to give light to them that sit in darkness c. Luke 1.78 79. London Printed in the year 1663. A Visitation from on high c. Of the fall and and Restoration c. IF man who was made upright after Gods own Image had never sinned or transgressed against him there had been no need of sacrifice and offerings for sin or of a Saviour from it If man had never fell from the Knowledge of God and lost unity and peace with him thorow disobedience against his word of command and so become degenerate there had been no need of a restoration reconciliation or of salvation If man had never gone into darkness out of the right way of blessedness and everlasting happiness there had been no need of preaching or declaring the way which is the light to lead him out of darkeness into the way of peace and unity with God again If there had not been a departure from the invisible God who is a Spirit of Truth and Righteousness then had been no need to say to the Sons of men Return why will ye dye If death were not the end of that path which leades from God the invisible Fountain of life If man had never been in bondage and captivity to sin and Sathan the author of it there had not been need to have mentioned or declared of redemption and freedom from it c. But seeing as the Scripture saith all have sinned and fell short from the Glory of God and death hath passed upon all men and darkness hath covered the earth and gross darkness the people and a vail have been over the face of all nations and blindness hath happened to Israel so that the Ox and the Asse hath more knowledg of their owner than they of the Lord their maker and all have gone out of the way of peace which was the good old way before transgression was and the fear of God was not before their eyes as it is written and the true voice of God the shepperd hath scarcely been understood by dream vision or prophet man hath been so degenerate by the deep sleep of ignorance wilfulness and perversness from the pure God and his wayes that it is hard to be uttered by the tongue of men or Angels the invisible eye that only sees God have been so blinded and the wrong eye have been opened in the imaginations and in the visibles that it hath been frequent among the children of men to call good evil and evil good to put light for darkness and darkness for light because the God of this world hath blinded the eye and then by the blind both leaders and followers he himself is worshipped as God even that wicked one which leads out from God and then exalted himself in man the temple of God governing and ruling in the hearts of the children of disobedience and this great Whore hath sate and raigned over Nations Kindreds and tongues and the Kings of the earth and this is that Antichrist whom the Lord will consume with the Spirit of his Mouth and destroy by the brightness of his comming which day is at hand But now seeing as I said it is and hath been thus as before mentioned all have been concluded under sin and in the bondage of corruption darkness ignorance where the mysteries of God and Godliness have been hid and the way of peace not known being departed from by transgression which is the onely ground of separation between God and man who thereby is captivated and become as sold under it so that without being awakned by the voice of the Son of God and made alive and redeemed from transgression and reconciled to God again man will utterly perish from Gods comfortable refreshing presence and be for ever driven into darkness where they shall never see light but to their perpetual torment and anguish this will be the portion of them who knoweth not God nor desireth the knowledg of his wayes therefore there is a necessity of a Restorer a Redeemer and Saviour for them who are sencible of this their fallen captivated and miserable state for while man is in this state he neither knows God nor his vvorship but this inscription is vvritten upon all their Altars their prayers sacrifices and vvorships to the unknown God for no man knovves the things of God but by the Spirit of God though they may imagine and talk about them in their darkned minds and none have received the Spirit of God as to know his doctrine and worship but they who turns and have turned at its reproof which is in the inwards parts which reproofs are because of transgression that it may be turned from which is the onely ground and cause of the separation from God and of the Ignorance of his will wayes and worship which is in the spirit and in the truth which no man can know or comprehend or walk in acceptably but by the guidance and direction of Gods good Spirit which is the leader of his Children and people into all truth and righteousness So now seeing there is a necessity of a Saviour to help and restore redeem and reconcile man unto God again and of a way to enjoy that happiness and blessedness again which was once lost by disobedience and transgression And that unity and peace with God must again be witnessed or else all the talk of Hope Faith worships or religions are but in vain except the Soul which is in man invisible and Immortal comes to enjoy the invisible eternal God

begun in the Spirit and would you now be made perfect by the lesh and the Spirit is within and the flesh is without Mark They began in the Spirit and afterward run in observations of days and months and times and parties who were saying J am of Paul and J am of Apollo c are ye not now carnall and walk as men J am afraid of you saith he lest J have bestowed upon you labour in vain yet he travels again in birth with some of them that Christ may be formed in them who is the end of the outward days months and years the wisdom and power of God whose years never fails but is the same yesterday to day and for ever the beginning and the ending of the Works of God which is but one whom the heart in which this world is and the love of it knows not though be came into it and is come into it and the World was made by him and for him and he is before all things blessed is the man that doth witness this in his own particular for such only have the comfort of the Scriptures which declares of these things Therefore come to the Spirit of God which reproves the vvorld for sin and walk in the Spirit that it may lead you into all truth and shevv you things to come in vvhich is no occasion of stumbling or disputing about dayes or times meats or drinks or the like but you vvill see plainly of the Father and it vvill take of Christ vvhat he did and suffered and shevv it unto you that you shall not need to say Whatis this meaning and vvhat means the other Scripture and the like but you vvill being faithful be made partakers of his sufferings vvithin and vvithout and knovv his death vvhen you are made conformable unto it bearing in your body his dyings that his life may be manifest in your mortal flesh c. This the Apostles and Saints did and do vvitness vvho began in the Spirit and vvalks in the Spirit and vvorships God in the Spirit and in the truth vvho have no confidence in the flesh but are Jewes invvardly vvhose circumcision is not outvvardly of the flesh but invvard of the heart and of the spirit vvhich the other vvas but a type of or a shaddovv as vvas also the Seventh or Sabbath day of the rest prepared for the seed and heritage of God So if you would rightly know and observe the day in which God is only acceptably worshipped you come to the Light which is the first day and in which God dwels for ever and is the last as it is written In thy Light shall we see Light for with thee is the Fountain of Life and the secrets of the Lord are with them that fear him and he will shew them his Covenant Now what canst thou desire more O man then the Fountain of Life and to know the secrets and everlasting covenant of his mercies and loving kindness in which is the treasures of wisdom and knowledg which are made manifest unto them who waits at that wisdoms gate which was before the hills was whose voice cryed in the streets to the simple saying turn in hither eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled forsake the foolish and live Therefore take my advice in Gods Counsel and come now to the fear of the Lord and wait in his Light which makes all things manifest for that is the beginning of wisdoms path which leads unto the perfect day in which the most holy unchangable everlasting God is worshipped and out of this there is no true knowledge of him or his worship or any acceptance with him or any assurance stability or satisfaction which will endure for ever and this is the word of the Lord unto you all For the hour is come that the true worshippers who know what and whom they worship do worship God in the Spirit and in the truth these are the true worshippers who worship the Father this is the childrens worship that honours their Father and their Mother whose days are long in the Land of the living even the everlasting day which sprang from on High So all the worship and sacrifice without the guidance of God's good Spirit of truth is false and they that run strive and act without it are false worshippers let them profess in words and show what they will for the Spirit is the guide of its children the true vvorshippers into all truth in vvhich they vvorship their father vvho seeketh such to vvorship him And all such as are not guided by it do run before it and talk of the things of God in their dark understanding sensuality out of God's covenant of Light and doubt of his fear in the contentions and debates strivings disputings and vain janglings about them and those things that shall for-ever in that state be hid from their eyes So that all people upon earth in all their professions of religion vvithout the leadings of God's Spirit are at best but vvill-vvorshippers like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord and the Lord is that Spirit the beginning of vvhose kingdome is Babel confusion read your state vvith God's vvitness the Light in all your consciences vvhich vvill ansvver the truth and do not dissemble not strive to make coverings vvhich vvill be too narrovv For it is even so The very beginning of that Kingdom worship or building where the Spirit of God is not the guide and leader is Babel and there the mighty hunter who is a mighty one in the earthly comprehension goes before the Lord that Spirit which should guide and go before them But the day is at hand that Nimrod and his Kingdom both City and Tower which was built in the high imaginations must fall and all the untempered morter-daubers shall fall with it and the wall shall be no more at all nor them that daub it the Life of God hath spoken it which is come down to confound the Language of all the Earth and to restrain them from what they have imagined to do Therefore hear all ye people in whose hearts are any honest desires or true breathings after the true and living God and the Knowledge of his wayes and worship come ye all to the Light of Christ Jesus with which you are Lighted in which as you abide you will come to know the one pure Language in which the Righteous Pure God of Truth is onely worshipped with one consent which was before Babel the many Languages and before the hunters confusion and contentions about these things was in which you will come to feel the path of Peace and way of Holiness in which a fool shall not erre where your Immortal Souls may be satisfied as with marrovv and fatness in Gods House vvhere the Bread is sure and the Water fails not vvho makes Rivers in the desert and the dry Land springs of vvater and makes the Wilderness a fruitful field and the barren