Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	faith_n	heart_n	purify_v	3,102	5	11.3066	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89679	Some returns to a letter which came from a general meeting of officers of the Army of England, Scotland, and Ireland, sitting at Jame's Westminster. Also A blast from the Lord, or a vvarning to England, by way of exhortation to take heed, and not run upon their own destruction; which will be speedily, without true repentance. By a lover of the truth, and a prisoner for declaring truth abroad Ben: Nicholson.	Nicholson, Benjamin.	1653 (1653)	Wing N1106; Thomason E689_18; ESTC R203013	13,591	19

made Adam innocent and placed him in a happy condition and gave him a Commandment that he should not do such and such things if he did he should die but Adam aspiring to be wise in himself disobeyed the Lord and followed his own wisdom which was against all pure reason that he being made by God should forsake the Commandment of God and follow his own will and wisdom for surely God that made man only for his own glory and made all other things for his use and service ought to have served God in all things as all things was to serve him and no man ought to rule contrary to the Record of the spirit the Scriptures which are written for our instruction and as the testimony of the word of God within shall teach and direct the which if it had been obeyed Adam had not faln nor Cain kill'd his brother Abel nor Ishmael scoffed Isaac nor Esau hated Jacob neither had the children of Israel murmured and tempted God in the wilderness and there faln but that they lived upon sence neither had Saul the King of Israel any reason to save alive Amalekes King or to spare the best of the sheep and oxen which he had command to slay for which disobedience the Lord rent his Kingdom out of his hands as be hath done all that disobeyed his word and will do all that ever disobey him before which he ever gave warning and still doth complaining against the Rulers which rule with force and cruelty and against oppressors saying Oppressours rule over my people and with force and cruelty do they rule over them and they that lead them cause them to err c. Love is the fulfilling of the Law then sure it is good reason that the Law should be used in love and great reason that man should rather live in honour then like a beast as every natural man is every man being guided and governed by God and that walks according to what he commandeth is in honour but being guided by his own will is a beast but the beast and the false Prophet which deceiveth the people with their lying wonders shall be shortly taken and cast into the lake which butneth with fire and brimstone Dear hearts if our faith were stedfast our hope firm and our Love perfect then should we be established in everlasting peace for faith is powerfull and subdues Kingdoms hope is upright and will keep stedfast to the Lord to walk in holyness with boldness and love being lived in will overcome all things and establish eternal peace these are the Saints heavens wherein they dwell or the three heavens of rest whereof two shall cease but the third shall abide for ever Search and examine your selves where you are try whether you be yet in the faith or no faith purifies the heart from all dead works hope keeps firm to the Lord in true holyness and righteousness nothing can remove it perfect love casts out all fear and overcometh all torments faith is a valliant Champion hope is an upright judge and love an everlasting King of glory that shall reigne for ever If you know the ways of God happie are ye if you walk in them for he that followeth righteousness and mercy findeth life righteousness and honor Pro. 21. ver 21. Thus farewell dear hearts and the God of peace establish you in peace for ever which is the hearty desire of him who dearly loves all appearance of truth though now a prisoner for truths sake York Castle Feb. 8. 1652. Benjamin N●chelson FINIS