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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	believe_v	faith_n	jesus_n	17,223	5	6.3565	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65904	A reproof from the Lord declared by the movings of his Spirit to certain professors, whose habitations is in and about Hull and Beverley, who take delight in approaching to God, and to know his wayes, as a people that did righteousness, and yet seeks to limit him, and stumbles at this light, in which the knowledge of his wayes is received: with an admonition to all to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisie, who for a pretence, make long prayers, whilest iniquity is regarded in the heart, and disobedience lived in, lest you receive greater damnation. As also, an invitation to all, who are groaping in the dark, to own the light in which the pearl is found, which gives strength against sin, and rest to the soul; published for the information of such as desire to know the truth, and would enter into the kingdom, were they not deceived by the sleights of men, who shut up the way, and will neither enter themselves, nor suffer those that would go on, that you may try all things, and hold fast tha	Whitehead, John, 1630-1696.	1656 (1656)	Wing W1980; ESTC R214122	9,328	8

secret lust pride and high-mindedness covetousness love and conformity to this world as also your respect of persons anger and peevishness with your false accusing deriding foolish laughter wantonness and so forth which dead works and your saying that you have not power against them is a greater testimonie of your unbelief and disowning of Christ then all your profession of Faith in him and talking of his excellency in words can be for you which profession and fair saying is nothing but hypocrisie whilest you do not the things you say and the hope you have in that nature is not sure and stedfast but must be cut off and perish and you also except you repent and this shall you witness to be truth declared in plainness when the worker of iniquity from Christ is forced to depart and rewarded according to the deeds done in the Body and those onely who have done the Fathers will enters into the Kingdom Mat. 7.21 23. Iohn 12 3● A warning may this be to all that mentions the name of the Lord Iesus Christ not any longer to deceive your selves with a vain hope that purifies not neither let any deceive you with vain words but believe in the light of the Lord Iesus and singly wait that therein you may receive power for obedience to the Faith and put away the evill of your doings and the abhominations that are in your hearts which shuts out your prayers that they pass not through but you ask and receive not desire to have and have not because you ask amiss to consume it on the lust of your own wils which is not subjected in the Cross Iam. 4.2 3 and although there does a joy arise in some of your affections at the uttering forth of words that makes mention of the thing you want which joy for a time you may feed on yet anon it withers and sades away and you are but where you were before at a loss in your selves sticking fast in the mire and clay and bondage to the corruption and evil of your hearts not believing in the light which opens the blinde eye you know not where to finde the power which should slay the enmity and crucifie the flesh with the affections and lusts but are struggling and striving by what you can do to enter often pleading your actions before the Lord and filling your mouths with Arguments to perswade him to accept your indeavours and prayers which are seen to be exacted labours and a forced work performed in the strength of the natural understanding and wisdome by vvhich you knovv not God nor his minde but have a zeal not according to knovvledge from vvhich ariseth many deceitfull vvorkings as feigned cryings and the like in vvhich you call for fire from heaven not knovving of vvhat spirit you are But the Lord who searcheth all hearts and knows your intents hath shut out your wisdom from knowing him or his way and to touch of the Tree of life you cannot come by all your climbing Cor. 1.20 1. turning and striving the flaming sword being set to keep its way you cannot pass through to feed on it whilest you live in that nature and wisdom wherein pride strife and every evil work lodgeth but before you have a right to the tree of Life must become fools Gen. 3.24 and cast down your Crowns at the teet of Christ who lighteth every man that comes into the world and own his Witness Iohn 1.9 who hath kindled a burning under your glory and testifies of your works that they be evil in whose Light stand you still and you will see condemnation upon all your ovvn vvilling and running and acting in your ovvn strength as also upon all your vvickedness and self-righteousness vvhich are both abhomination to God and a profession of faith and talk of Christ and his Kingdome to come vvill not serve to cover you that are found therein and vvill not that the Lamb shal reign over you in spirit that humbled himself to the Cross whose appearance you cannot own nor the glory thereof which is not the glory of this world nor of the Princes of this world which shall come to nought but stands in righteousness judgment purity and in this world suffering and reproaches whipping and imprisonment in Dungeons and holes to be numbred amongst Transgressors buffeted stoned spit upon and accounted a Devil a Deceiver c. even by such as have gotten the Scriptures which testifies of him to talk of ●ph 1.20 1 22. Cor. 15.4 25. and yet in all these things the Lamb reigneth and shall reign till all rule and authority be put under him though I say his appearance and glory in this world can no more be owned by such as look for an outward kingdom power and dominion and in the mean time lives in pride fashions and lust of the world then it could by the Jews who looked for his appearance in an outward pomp and for an outward restoration of their kingdom when he appeared did not know him nor the voices of their own Prophets ●cts 13.27 but fulfilled them in crucifying him who was not born by the wil of man nor appeared according to their expectation and thoughts of him and how like your thoughts and expectations of his appearance are unto theirs let his Light in your consciences judge the which you may do well to take heed unto untill he be manifest who brings to light that which hath layen hid in darkness and makes known the Councels of the heart Then will you cease from all ouward expectations of his coming ●u 17.20 1. ●an 2.23 ●… 5. Pet. 2.6 ●… 8. Loe here and loe there and know his Kingdome to be within and feel the Scepter of it which is Righteousness smiting at the feet of that glorious Image which in your Comprehensions is set up but must be dashed in pieces by the stone cut out of the Mountain without hands which is stumbled at set at nought and rejected of your builders as being the light 〈◊〉 the world that lighteth every one that comes into the world which light declared you account a low mean thing and a fancy or some thing the is insufficient to salvation without a further light But this I say unto you Iohn 1. and testifie in the Lord that his height you cannot comprehend who is far above all powers of darkness and was from the begining with God by whom all things was made and do consist whose name is called the Word of God which is the life and light of men shining in darkness though thereby not comprehended which was testified in due time and became flesh and dwelt amongst the Saints and they beheld his glory as of the only begotten Son of God and what they heard and saw they Witnessed forth and we know that their witness is true who testified of him that he is the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world and there

is not any besides him that makes manifest the deeds of darkness or can lead out therefrom So all that expect or hold our another light then that which lighteth every man and deny its sufficiency are in the fancy exalted and puffed up in their knowledge and wisdome with which they know not the Scriptures nor the power of the Lord Iesus Christ Iohn 8.21 1 Pet. 2.4 Psa 118.22 1 Iohn 1.7 who is the light of the world sufficient to lead out of darkness for he that follows him shall not abide therein but have the light of life and here is the stone which the builders reject made the head of the corner and is a pretious sure foundation to all them that believe and walk in his light who are witnesses of the vertue of his blood which by vain talkers is made a cloak for sin washing and cleansing from all sin of his fulness who is able to save to the uttermost have we received power to become the sons of God in that obedience and righteousness which is perfect where all that be found are justified which righteousness is revealed from faith to faith in all them that believe in the light which manifests and condemns sin in the flesh with which light all you that stumble at it are seen to come short of the righteousness of God which makes a man righteous and are shut out of the Covenant of grace and light wherein salvation and the power against sin is placed yet left without excuse in that light is come into the world lighting every man and you say you see in which light the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men and there is your condemnation that abide in darkness Iohn 3.19 2●… Titus 2.11 that light is come and grace hath appeared in which power against sin is freely tendered and yet darkness rather loved and lived in because of evill deeds and the free grace of God into wantonness is turned by all of you that live in the ungodliness and follow after the worldly lusts which the Saints are taught to deny And you are the murmurers complainers and slothfull servants Isa 55.2 3 Acts 7.51 which foolishly would charge the fault upon God as though he did not draw nor give power against sin when as he hath freely given him for a witness to the people in whom all power and fulness dwells and by his spirit hath striven with you ever since you began to yeeld the members of you bodies servants to unrighteousness for which you have often been checked in secret and felt the spirit moving to purity contrary to your wills but how often ye have resisted the holy spirit and quenched his motions let the light of your consciences judge ye stiffneckned and uncircumcised in hearts and ears how will you be able to stand when the Lord shall visit upon you the evill of your doings who have a form of godliness but denyes the power which overcomes sin how deeply are you fallen into the Enemies snare who ownes his power to keep you in sin and cannot see nor own the spirit and ●ower of God that would lead you out from it though it be a Reprover of you my … ul even laments your captivity how is the whole Head become sick and the who●● heart faint how are you scattered in your imaginations and driven from mountain to hills which be dry and barren how is your beauty and glory withered and your wise men gone backward and their knowledge become foolishness and their language confounded How do you reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man how are you groping in the dark to finde him whom your souls longs after how do your eyes fail whilst your expectations are without looking for glorious dayes and a power to come but when you know not but as you imagine and conceive from the promises written in Scripture which imaginations and conceivings blindes the eye that should apply the promises to their right object and leads the minde outward into groundless hopes which are mixed with doubt and uncertainties and whilst you follow such blinde guides as your imaginations and conceivings which arise from the earthly wisdome which knows not the things of God you often fall into the ditch and are defiled by the pollutions of the world 〈◊〉 ●5 2 3 4. and thus compassing your selves about with the sparks you have kindled are forced to lye down in sorrow And now a word to all amongst you who sit weeping by the Rivers of Babylon and have honest desires after God and his righteousness whom my bowels yearnes over and sounds towards you that you may not any longer be tossed with the sleights of men nor feed on their airy Notions which gives you not the least strength against sin but draws out your minds without to look at Christ at a distance from you and his appearance in power to come hereafter though he be near unto every one of you 〈◊〉 ● 3.20 〈◊〉 10.6 7 8 reproving in the gate or door of your hearts whereat the minde goes forth into vanity even as saith the righteousness which is of faith The Word is neare you in your hearts and in your mouths the Word of Faith which we preach and this is the same Word which was from the beginning preached by the Apostles and witnessed to be living and abiding for ever ingrafted and able to save the soul and this is it vvhich discerns the thoughts and intents of your hearts and bears witness against every vain thought idle word and froward ungodly way which your own wills that are not free but bound to vanity chuseth therefore from your own wisdom labours and self-works which be all wicked cease and stand still in the Light of that engrafted Word of which the Scriptures testifie which is able to save your souls so may your blind eyes be opened and you brought into a true sense of your conditions to see how you have walked in unpleasant places and that notwithstanding all your knowledge and profession all is not right in the inward but corruption still lodgeth in the heart as a Partition-Wall separating you from God and to do good of your selves have no understanding nor ability but for ever might have perished in this state if God in his everlasting love had not given his son a light into the world to manifest and lead out of this darkness So in the Light which shews you fin and inability in self to come out of it wait ●or 1.4 and you will feel in your selves the sentence of death and condemnation upon the first man which is of the earth earthly and by the operation of Gods power which is manifest in the light you will feel desires begotten and moving in your souls after righteousness which motions is the Fathers drawing in his love that you may not perish Ezek. 33.11 Iames 1.10 but come unto Christ which is