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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	eternal_a	sin_n	wage_n	5,908	5	10.9941	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91798	A true catechisme concerning the word of God and the power of it, which is quick and lively in the heart the manner of its working by dividing and setting before the creature good and evil ... : also several questions answered by the experimental working of the spirit ... / written by one who is brought into the true Christian faith, and for the testimony of the same faith hath been cast into prison ... and scornfully called Quaker, whose name is Thomas Richardson.	Richardson, Thomas.	1664 (1664)	Wing R1415; ESTC R42602	17,030	43

anointed with eye salve that it can see and discern the thoughts and intents of the heart And also to discern words and actions oathes and lyes and the intent of the heart in all carriages towards God and man now to discern the intent of all words and to discern the intents of the thoughts and the intent of a lye and the like as in this manner how the devil worketh who abode not in the truth who was a lyar and murtherer from the beginning who is the authour of all evil that is to say to draw the minde and heart of man from God to believe lyes Aud thus the Serpent did to Eve by alluring her to eat of the forbidden fruit saying it is good and Adam in like manner by eating therof lost his blessed estate Thus the authour of sin the authour of evil deceived and deceiveth mankinde by drawing the mind from the good to the evil and in presenting the evil delightsome to the eye of the minde and alluring the heart thereafter to be affected therewith as into one lust after another and also divers lying vanities divers lyes to get ungodly gain and so into pride of heart and oathes and the like as covetousness oppression envy and malice and persecution Thus the author of sin hath allured the heart of man from God and inticed it to sin and sinners that such and the like above mentioned lusts which war against the soul Man in the fall is overcome with evil and where the Devil sits as king in the heart who is called the prince of the aire that ruleth in the children of disobedience It is his work to blinde the eye that such should not see the light of the gorious Gospel shining in their hearts and such are carried captive by Satan at his will into such strong holds and hurtful lusts as is before mentioned And being blinde they cannot see nor discern the thoughts and intents of their hearts their eyes being shut up in unbelief in departing from the living God and lending an ear an eye and an heart unto the author of sin and so into the fleshly lusts that war against the soul And such whose eyes are blinded whose ears are stopped and hearts hardned by the deceitfulness of sin in that state such cannot believe that the truth is the truth but as the unbelieving Jews that rose up against the Lord of life even so now do such unreasonable men who have not faith persecute those who bear testimony to the truth as it is made manifest in them so that as it was it is they that are born after the flesh persecute them that are born after the spirit in such a manner that many have thought they have done God service as Saul did Thus man in the fall being drove from God in the state of degeneration his eye is blinded and heart hardened through the deceitfulness of sin committing wickedness with greediness until the Lord opens his eyes by the manifestation of his Spirit whereby the understanding comes to be enlightned and a discerning given into his heart to discern his own estate that he is fallen into by the temptations of Satan and his instruments And also that which gives a discerning of the heart sheweth how the heart is run with delight into several fleshly lusts strong holds and wicked practices and lying vanities which the Devil is the authour of and by so doing is overcome with evil and as the Serpent told Eve that the forbidden fruit was good she might eat so hath the Devil taught many to call evil good and to eat thereof and so by eating thereof the sin is committed and so death entered as it was to Adam and Eve and so it is with all the sons and daughters of Adam in the fall as it is written As in Adam all dye so in Christ shall all be made alive But to know how all in Christ are made alive is a mystery for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life which gift of God is the Son of God and he that hath the Sonne hath Life but he that hath not the Son hath no life for the Son is the way the truth and life to the believer which way is described how it may be obtained by the answers of several questions in this Book which may be useful to the honest hearted for their recovery out of the state of Adam in the fall unto Christ the second Adam that never fell HEre followeth a declaration of an opening in my heart as by vision in me as I lay in bed in the night season in the twelfth Moneth 1663. in which Vision there appeared unto my view a sumptuous building in form like to a spacious Lords Pallace standing on a hill and I beholding of it delighted in it and as I looked upon it it appeared to me that there were several pipes of lead laid round about the walls of that building ordered in mine eye to serve the whole house with water And I stood considering from whence this water should come to serve such a spacious place being it stood upon a hill And it further appeared to me that the water that served the whole house came from a Fountain and the Lord of that building had ordered conveyance from the Fountain to serve the whole house And it being such an excellent work I greatly desired to see the Fountain and how the water was conveyed from the Fountain And then I was shewed an excellent place called a Porters Lodge where the Porter abode continually and it was shewed me that that Porter was highly esteemed of the Lord of the building and commission were given to him to serve the whole house with water and that both the Fountain and the conveyance of the water were to be ordered at his pleasure Then I greatly desired to see into the house how the house was supplied with water and withal way was made for me to enter into the house and as I walked into several rooms there were several servants and every servant had his office and I looked for the water and in some of the rooms the water came in abundantly and those servants of those rooms kept all things under their charge in good order very pleasant to behold to the great honour of the Lord of that house and then I walked further in the house into other rooms and I looked for the water and the water came into those rooms very slowly and the servants of those rooms were not industerous in their places for their Lord but were part for their Lord and part for themselves and their rooms were not clean and it was shewed me that there were many of those unfaithful servants and unclean rooms Then I desired to see further into the house and going further along into other rooms I looked for water seeing the rooms exceeding foul and the servants of those rooms wholly at ease and it was shewed me that there was

and the danger yet the lustful mind rusheth into the sin as the horse to the battel and many times when man is overcome with strong drink then the word that forewarned of the evil when the creature is overcome with evil then the word in the heart afflicts the heart and soul and conscience What torment is there in body and soul and spirit who through the wilful mind in vexing God How doth the Lord vex such even in the very time and after such evil actions are brought forth yet the word that warned of the evil from it remains in the heart and condemns the creature many times for the misdeeds so as it is written Tribulation and Anguish upon every one that doth evil and to be short there may be felt in the heart good and evil the gift of God is the word of God every good gift and every perfect gift comes from above and God is the Author of it and there is an evil principle in the heart and that the Devil is the Author of and both these will move upon the heart the good moveth unto that which is good and the evil moveth unto that which is evil and as their is a yielding to either of these his servant thou art whom thou dost obey whether of sin unto death or obedience to righteousness but that which moveth to good if it be not obeyed it remaineth in the heart and changeth not its property but stands a witnesse in the heart against all wickedness and uncleanness and such as regard iniquity in their hearts the Lord will not hear their Prayer but he will make such to fear his wrath because of disobedience Question I perceive that man of himself hath not power to chuse the good and shun the evil but no want of strength to run into evil Answer Nay mans heart being overcome by the Serpents subtilty to redeem the heart again to God Christ the Way is to be made known in the heart who openeth the understanding and enlighteneth the heart and causeth man and woman to see into their own hearts what the hearts delight is in and whether they do to all men as they would be done by in outward dealing or no for he that is not faithful in the unrighteous Mammon who will commit to him the trust of the true riches Question It is true to deal justly and to love mercy is required and many men I hope who are in several forms of worship are indeavouring thereafter if that sacrifice be acceptable with the Lord. Answer The acceptable sacrifice is from a Believing heart who believes that God is and that he is a rewarder which is beyond a self righteousness which doth to be seen of men or to be so and so accounted for the just Spirit of God in the heart believed in constrains the creature to deal justly in all his dealings as in the sight of God for Gods fear stands in the heart which awes the man or woman who believe in Christ to deal justly and the same spirit constraineth to love mercy and also to walk humbly with God and this humility that I write of goes before honour Question How may I know a believer and an unbelieliever assunder seeing that the believers saerifice is accepted and the unbelievers rejected Answer By their fruits for a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit for such as the tree is such is the fruit a good man out of the treasure of his heart brings forth good fruit and an evil man out of the treasure of his heart brings forth evil fruit even as Cain and Abel for Abels sacrifice was accepted and Cains sacrifice was rejected Question What is the fruit that a good man brings forth out of his heart that I may take notice of it Answer The fruits of the Spirit is Love joy peace long-suffering gentleness patience and the like according to the Scripture Question What are the fruits that an evil man bringeth forth out of his heart Answer Murders adultery fornication uncleanness idolatry witchcraft mallice hatred variance strife and the like Question Why doest thou tell me of Abel and Cain that were so many years ago what doth their sacrifice resemble unto me Answer Abel and Cain they resemble two generations the wicked and the righteous Cain in envy persecuted the just as it is written He that envies is a murtherer and no murtherer hath eternal life abiding in him and such as live in envy this day perfecuting the just are of Cains spirit and of Cains generation and their sacrifice is rejected by the Lord. Question Why or to what purpose doth the wicked offer sacrifice if it be rejected by the Lord Answer Nay to no purpose the very prayers of the wicked are abomination with the Lord. Question But in case I be a sinner and in Cains nature finding in my heart much envy and wickedness wrath and malice and the like is there no way to finde mercy and forgiveness and redemption from sin Answer Yea by true repentance and godly sorrow which worketh true desires in the heart after the Lord and a true hunger and thirst after righteousness and also a hatred of evil feeling Gods fear placed in the heart for in the true fear standing that is the godly awe that keeps from sin the fear restraineth from evil and whosoever is restrained from evil it is by an invisible arme of God that rebukes the sinner by a secret reproof in the heart and conscience and this secret reproof being owned and loved and the sin forsaken the same arme that reproves the sin begets life in the soul so that the same arme that brings destruction to the sin in the heart the same arme which is the Spirit of God doth bring salvation to the soul for for this purpose is the Son of God come to destroy the works of the Devil and to work out mans salvation by placing the fear of God in the heart and so the fear of the Lord is to depart from iniquity and iniquity departing from a love and belief is raised up in the heart by the Spirit of God and this is the Faith that God is the Authour of And such as come hither findes the minde changed and turned from darkness to light from the sin and vanity to be guided by the Spirit and such come to see that to be spiritually minded is life and peace such feeleth the true Faith that removes mountains and reconcileth the heart to God and there is no other name under heaven whereby salvation cometh but by the Spirit of Jesus in the heart believed in that brings down pride that brings down envy and strife and every evil work and breaks down the partition wall and reconciles the heart to God and bringeth life to the soul who comes and his reward is with him Question It appears that true Faith God is the Author of But I would learn how this Faith