Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	heart_n	know_v	3,560	5	3.6423	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44640	A warning from the Lord unto the rulers of Dover And so to all men which stand guilty of the like practises, that all may know a day of repentance before it be too late; for the night will come when as no man can work, in which the son of man will come as a thief unto all such the workers of iniquity, and give to every man according to his deeds done in their body in their life-time. Then wo to the eveil-doer, for it will go ill with him. Also, the Christian man's plea for his liberty, as he is so indeed and in truth: and also, as he is a free-born English-man, he lays claim to his birth-right, by way of expostulation with the rulers of Dover, who rob him and many others of it, refusing to shew us any order for their so doing. Together with a true testimony born to the Light of Jesus, the power of God, yea the power of the endless life, from everlasting to everlasting: by Luke Howard.	Howard, Luke, 1621-1699.	1661 (1661)	Wing H2988; ESTC R215380	18,231	25

take off the heavy burdens and set the oppressed free by undoing every heavy yoke and unrighteous Decree which my hand hath been set to and help to lay on for in this am I now satisfied and that from the Lord by his Witness x Gods witness in the conscience teacheth all to deny themselves in evil that loves it and is led by it to wit the Light in my own conscience that he which doth not do even to all as he would have another to do to him is no Christian in nature whatsoever he is in name neither can he fulfil the Law of God which is to love our enemies and also our neighbours as our selves and unto this state of life must all men come that ever know true peace with the Lord and he which is not here is out of the life which all the holy men of God were in in all ages past and is under the curse as saith the Law and denies the Faith the power of God as saith the Gospel of Peace and so is a servant to the power of darkness which rules as Lord in the hearts of all men which hateth the Light which shineth therein to shew them the desperate wickedness thereof for all wickedness proceedeth out of the y The heart of man is the very seat of all Evil whilest he hateth the light which shineth therein evil and wickedness of the heart the seat thereof and the pure Light of Jesus the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world shineth therein also as saith the Scripture for to make it manifest to man's clear understanding unto which all men shall one day confess to the glory of God and that is God's everlasting love even to all men which do receive it in the love of it and that is the Grace of God which appears to all men yea the same Grace which bringeth salvation even to as many as believe in it for he which believeth in the Light wherewith he is in his heart lighted shall not abide in the darknesse which first ruled in his heart and is made manifest by the Light but he shall have the light of life yea the same Life which gives him power over those deeds of darkness and evil which the Light makes manifest to his clear understanding to be evil so that he which doth well and takes good heed to the Light in his own heart shall have little need to ask another what is good and what is evil hee may know it plain enough in his own Conscience by the Light as he watcheth to it and this is the same Grace which the Lord unto Paul in his doubting estate gave his full Testimony unto saying My grace is sufficient for thee and Paul found z He which receives the grace of God the light which shines in his heart in the love of it grows into the knowledge of the Lord which is life eternal and to the fulfilling of the Scriptures it so to be and testifies to it saying By the grace of God I am what I am And he gives forth the same Testimony of its bringing salvation in his Letter to Titus in these words saying The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us Mark that to deny all ungodliness and worldly lust and to live soberly and godly in this present world So that this is a true Testimony by the Spirit of the Lord born unto all men that all which loveth it as it shines in the heart from the Lord the Fountain of Life and Light they are taught by it to deny all ungodliness as Paul and the rest of the Christians in their dayes were and all which hates it are not taught by it neither can they receive it whilest they hate it for no man's heart can be joined to the thing which in his heart he hates but first man must feel a springing of love to the thing he receives and something must appear to him to beget his love to spring Now Light in it self is lovely a All men must love the thing they receive aright therefore love the Light aright that you may know its vertue which is life to the eye which can behold it now the eye which can behold the Light of the glorious Gospel the God of this World hath blinded or the power of the creatures hath stole away the affections of the heart from the Creator who is Light so darkness comes to rule as God in the heart Now that which sometimes even as it were darts into man's heart in secret that is Light and Love from the God of Light and Love and as this is taken heed unto the power is felt which reacheth unto the seed of God which witnesses to the truth which the Light and Love declares in the heart so then a springing begins to be felt from the Seed of God towards the Light and Love which is in it self of a begetting nature and then as the Light is still taken heed unto the springing of the love of the Seed encreases so the eye comes to be open which can see a beauty in the Light that it should be desired for Light is lovely in it self and still as the Light is taken heed unto the love of the Seed encreases as the love encreases b This is a true growing from one degree of Grace to another in the Lord who is that Spirit and as he comes to rule in the heart so comes liberty strength and power is felt to stand over that which the Light maketh manifest to be evil and as a measure of power is felt to deny some evil which the Light reproves then the power of darkness appears to make war against the Power of the Light and this is the true warfare between the flesh and the spirit and in this state most men cry out O wretched man that I am because sin now appears out of measure sinful yea that which man formerly thought to be no sin he now sees to be great and so the ground of sin appears and the whole body of iniquity stands up with which he is now to make war in righteousness and now he seeth his strength though it be but small to stand wholly in the light and love which hath begun the Work in the Spirit to war against the flesh And this is the time to wait on the Lord c He which waiteth on the Lord shall not be ashamed but shall renew his strength in the Lord dai●y to feel the living hope to spring yea the exspectation of the Seed which loves the Light to receive power in the Light from the Fountain of Life to overccome the whole Body of Death and he that hath this hope purifieth himself as God is pure and although he meet with many encounters with the power of darkness yet the hope stands fast in God the Fountain of Life and Light from whom he daily expecteth a supply of

into my heart and moved me to declare it in writing from the place of my abode for the Testimony of a good Conscience unto God in the House of Cruelty in Dover-Castle Common-Goal but a place of Comfort and great Joy unto us in and from the Lord whose Mercies and loving-kindnesses I hope and pray may never fail unto me his servant LUKE HOWARD Here is also a small Paper the which a Necessity fell upon me to write for the clearing of my Conscience in the Matter it speaketh of THis is in my Heart to clear my Conscience that the Guilty may bear their own Burthen unto all sober-minded-people which have not given over themselves to work wickedness with greediness and cannot join themselves with such against the Righteous God and his peaceable People to destroy them and their Families by preventing them of providing for them by their Labours in which they are willing to abide in obedience to the Lord to work and get their own Bread their Wives and Childrens and to be helpful to others which by reason of Age Sickness or Lameness are not able to help themselves And therefore O you people of Dover be yee my witnesses that have known me from my Child-hood unto this day that I have lived all along by the sweat of my own face in honesty and therein I have through God's blessing provided for me and my Family which the God of my Life hath set me as a Steward over Therefore be yee my Witnesses in my last imprisonment in Dover for the Testimony of a good Conscience if I did not take all opportunities to labour and provide for my Family according to my duty both to God and them but it seemeth that was not punishment bad enough to bee hindered in part in the eye of the angry-destroying Spirit which seeks to destroy honest men their Wives and Children all at once for John Golder the Town Mayor said to us whom hee sent for to his house the twenty second day of the seventh Month 1661 in his angry threatning spirit That wee should not have such imprisonment as wee had the last time so it seems plain by him hee thought it too good and why except it was because we could work a little to provide something for our Families after small and low Rates unto which it would be hard for him to come but truth teacheth us to live so and content to us is very precious Therefore this is wrote to clear my conscience in the sight of God and man that if I remain here under this Restraint for ought I can see or any man can shew me and I have well considered of it that my best way is to let my Workmen cease from working for if they continue working and I continue in Prison as I am that then my damage may be greater then if they work not as men of understanding in our Trade will confess so for my men to forbear working that must I chuse and that in obedience to the Lord whose fear is before my eyes in it and whose presence is with me and the Word of his Patience runneth through me to bear all losses for his Name sake with patience in the feeling of which I shall chuse rather to part with all outward things yea life it self then sin against the God of my Life whose love is great to me unto whom I shall commit my cause and the care of my Wife and little ones who are dear and near to me whose care I know is over all that put their trust in him and his just hand over their oppressors to deal with them in due time according as they deal with others to the fulfilling of the Scriptures of Truth and so shall every man have from his just hand according to their deeds done in the body whether good or evil and then a Conscience void of offence to God and man wil be exceeding precious in which I rest in peace and love to my Enemies a Prisoner for Conscience-sake in the House of Bondage in Dover-Castle Common-gaol but a Free man in the Lord in the freedom of Jesus which is best of all and more then all Even so Amen Luke Howard Written the 28. of the 7th Month 1661. FINIS