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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	world_n	wrath_n	year_n	50	3	4.2517	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56584	A letter to some divines, concerning the question, whether God since Christ's ascension, doth any more reveal himself to mankind by the means of divine apparitions? With an exact account of what God hath bestowed upon a noble maid, from her seventh year, until now, MDCXCI. Written originally in High-Dutch, and now set forth in English by the editor of the Laws of paradise, newly published.	J. W. P.	1695 (1695)	Wing P72; ESTC R222652	66,368	174

upon an high Throne in Raiment white as Snow with a goodly Crown on his Head having in one hand a Scepter and in the other a Sword Who spoke thus Look on me I am the Husband of all Widows and the Father of all Orphans I will judge their right for I know it for their misery is come up before me and nothing is hidden from me Wherefore Afflictest thou thy self Cast thy Confidence upon me For I will visit the Daughter of Sion and the Sackcloth that is upon her I will take off and the Ashes that cover her head I will throw away and will anoint her head with the Oyl of gladness I will cure her Wounds and bind up her Sores Mine Arm shall become strong For I am resolved to help her and to place her upon Pillars of Marble She shall be set upon a Pedestal of Gold and shall Triumph even in this Age. Her Countenance shall be bright and her Heart fill'd with Mirth and her Victory shall last to the Children and Childrens Children And think not that this shall be long before it come to pass See! behold thou knowest not as I know The time is not long The time is not long Then also an Angel sounded with his Trumpet these words The time is not long After that she had seen God the FATHER in the Clouds whose Face she could well distinguish she was thereupon wholy carried out of her self and heard these words I am your God and you are the Sheep of my Pasture You are my People which I have chosen before many Thousand my Glory shall be suddenly Published For this end remain stedfast in the Faith XVI This pass'd in the Fifteenth year of her Age and from that time to this present day our Saviour has been pleas'd to manifest himself very gloriously to her and by her and has confirm'd her in her Soul and fully Assur'd her that this was not from Melancholy or the Devil but that it was the Son of God himself who spoke with her as one Friend speaks with another Friend And she firmly believes that God has determin'd some great matter over the World that he will shew his mercy to his Servants and his wrath to his Enemies and will bring forth his SION to the Astonishment of the whole Earth I will produce here some of those Testimonies or Divine Manifestations which amongst several Hundred have been given since the Year MDCXXXVIII to this present MDCXCI from the riches of his Mercy to Mankind XVII 1. In that which follows HE manifests forth his holy Love towards his Well-beloved ones by assuring them that he will free them from the burden of the Cross and do something great in their behalf Dearest Souls behold I beseech you in what manner my Soul longs and pants after you that your Souls may be one with me that we may become one Heart one Spirit one Soul For I desire to dwell in you to govern in you to work in you whom I have always loved whom I have drawn to me and for whom I have deliver'd up my self to the Death being made for you a sacrifice of Propitiation Wherefore should I not then love you after that you are thus made righteous by my Blood And therefore lift up your heads rejoyce cry aloud and Sing with a mighty Noise for he who hath delivered you from everlasting Death and shall deliver you from the burthen of the Cross even he will pass before you in Glory and perform great things for you For I am the Lord and who shall hinder me Who shall say to me What dost thou Am I not the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob a Powerful Lord over Sin Death the Devil and Hell 2. The Bridegroom assures his Bride that she being cloathed with his Righteousness and with the Garments of Salvation is well pleasing to the Father for His sake My Love thou fair one thou lovely and charming Shepherdess how amiable art thou in my Heavenly Father's Sight then when I am united with thee then when I put on thee my righteousness as a Robe and adorn thee with the Gold-work of Faith and Gird thee with the Girdle of Truth and Crown thee with the Palm-Branches of Praise O art thou not then indeed a beautiful Shepherdess O how lovely how charming art thou among the Thorns Thine Eyes have overcome me their Rays have wounded my heart for as the fair Morning Star they Sparkle and are more glittering then the goodliest Splendour For in them shine forth the works that are the delight of my Soul Now in all that is sacred nothing can be loved but what is without all spot and blame And now therefore my sweet Shepherdess since thou appearest so comely in the Garments of Salvatiton thou art not only well pleasing to my Father but also to me thy Shepherd thy Companion thy Bridegroom thy Brother and thy most trusty and fast Friend who shall love thee and cherish thee for all Eternity 3. The King tells the Daughter of Sion that her Guilt of Blood shall be taken from her and that she shall be deliver'd out of Captivity All Hail Dear Friends rejoice ye and be glad for the happy Day cometh that is prepared for you Yea the Hour cometh in which I approach more near to you and in which I fill you with Joy The time is come that I glorify thee the Daughter of SION and make thee again O Virgin to be Holy For thou O Israel art hitherto gone astray and art blind Nevertheless thy Sight shall be restored to thee when that Innocent Blood which thou hast pulled down upon thy self and upon thy Children shall be taken off But now I say unto you Be merry O Daughter of SION for I will bring thee forth out of the Prison of Tribulation and thy Wounds I will cleanse and will dress them with the Oyl of Grace with the sweet heavenly Unction I will anoint thee and thou shalt know that I am thy God who have Created thee redeemed thee and sanctified thee 4. HE assures her that the Joyful Visitation of Grace will come when her Warfare shall be finished and the time of her Reprobation passed over Thou Ephraim my Elect fear not for I am with thee Quit not the Faith for I am thy God Be Vigilant and Slumber not for behold there cometh the time of the Visitation in which I will make Roses to grow upon the dry Thorns of affliction and in which I will again moisten the dead Trunk that it may sprout forth and spread it self as the King's Crown be pleasant to the Eye as the Lilly white as the Snow splendid as Justice in her Pomp. The time of Desolation is passed over Upon thee O Daughter shall Garments be put as at the first and thy Rags shall be taken from thee thine Head shall be anointed with Oil and the Veil of thy Virginity shall be restored again to thee thou shalt put off Mourning thou shalt be