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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	word_n	11,191	5	4.5836	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

the light and life and this is the will of God which begets by the word of truth both to will and do according to his good pleasure Therefore beware of continuing in stiff neckedness least you be found fighters against God and resisters of his will as they are who perish in their sin but while it is called to day Phi. 2.13 hear him that speaks from heaven whose voice shakes the heavens and the earth who is the good shepherd calls unto you that have gone astray Heb. 12.25 26. therefore harden not your hearts but wait in spirit to hear and know his voice who testifies against all sin and calls after him out of the conformity and love of this world and whosoever will be his disciples must sell all deny themselves Mark 12.21 and take up his cross daily and in obedience follow him This is that which you yet want and makes the difference between you and us and is the ground of the enmities standing and sin prevailing over you therefore who amongst you is weary and heavy laden therewith and would be his disciples consult not with flesh and blood nor give way to that nature which stumbles at the cross and seeks to save its own life in the delights and pleasures of the flesh and to keep in the union love and unpure friendship of the world which is enmity to God and whosoever will be its friend is Gods enemy Iam. 4.4 Ioh. 2.15 profess what you will that love the world the love of the Father is not in you therefore do not love it nor the things that be in it neither fear any outward losses nor suffering that you shall meet with in your separation from your former companions nor the frowns nor oppositions of men Matt. 10.37 38. Luk. 9.23 1 Cor. 1.8 for if you count any thing too deer to part with that you may win Christ you are not worthy of him but let self in which the inability to do good lodgeth be wholly denied by you and take up the daily cross to your wills and lusts that wars against your souls which cross is the power of God in all that are saved which crucifies to the world and taking it up and enduring of it you will come to witness the flesh crucified with its affections and lusts and the Partition-wall broken down and that which lets taken out of the way by the Lamb of God in whom dwelleth the fulness both of wisdom and power which together with him is freely given to all that ask not amiss but waits in spirit to know him revealed and his life through death made manifest Col. 1.27 1 Ioh. 4.4 which opens the mystery that hath been hid from ages Christ in you the hope of glory who is greater then he that is in the world and gives victory and dominion over it as it was in the beginning and this salvation is witnessed and freely is tendered unto you in the Covenant of Light Life and Power in which waiting to learn of him who is meek and low in heart his holy arm you will come to see not shortned that it cannot save but stretched out to take you by the hand lead you by a way that you have not known in which you will come to see the wonders of the Lord and the works of his hands brought forth out of bondage to corruption and possess the life of that which you profess in words Now being warned take heed of hardning your hearts against the Lord by continuing in sin and resting in the outward knowledge of these things from what you have read in Scriptures for that is not as you ought to know them which if you do Gen. 6.3 your visitation will pass over and the Spirit of the Lord cease striving by which he would sanctifie and gather you into his fold and then will the things belonging to your peace be hid from your eyes and you shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Son of man and shall not see it and though you be not gathered yet shall he be glorious Act. 28.28 and the Gentiles will hear his salvation and many shall come from the East West North and South and sit down together in the Kingdom of God and your selves shall be shut out who wil not hear So he that hath an ear let him hear and come forth for the time is now at hand and I am clear of your blood at that day who in love to your souls have sent you a warning commending it to your consciences in the sight of God where I look to be made manifest when the book is opened 2 Cor. 4.2 3 c. and till then am willing to bear your reproaches and be accounted your enemy for declaring the truth The 14 day of the 6 moneth 1656. The End