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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	bless_v	lord_n	praise_v	4,649	5	10.4003	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50608	The Memory of that servant of God, John Story, revived shewing what manner of man he was from his youth to his grave, by the testimonies of several friends, to whom he was well known, and by whom, for his work sake in the truth, he was greatly beloved : to which is adjoyned something written by him, &c., in his latter years, wherein his judgment is shewn concerning some particular things, and his great desires for love, unity, concord, and peace in the church of Christ.	Wilkinson, John, d. ca. 1683. Brief relation concerning the life and death of John Story.	1688 (1688)	Wing M1702; ESTC R19789	42,298	47

didst Preach the Glad-tyding of Salvation unto many that were far from the Almighty bearing a Faithful Testimony unto Christ Jesus the true Light that inwardly enlightens every Man and to the Word nigh in the Heart and in the Mouth to the Anointing within and unto the universality of that Grace which brings Salvation of its Appearing to all Mankind and to the Manifestation of the Spirit of Truth that is is given unto all to profit with labouring to undeceive all and to bring from the Outside Forms Beggerly Elements Traditions Rudiments and Inventions of Men wherein many had been kept in Bondage to Christ Jesus the Living Way the Truth and Life the true Shepherd and Bishop of the Soul in his Light to wait for Counsel and Directions in all things to be Led Guided and Governed by him alone who was and is the Lawgiver and unto whom all Power in Heaven and Earth is committed whose Kingdom is not of this World who alone hath power over the Conscience and over the Inward Man this is his Glory which he never did nor never will give unto another and in this thou wast a Faithful Messenger and Minister turning many from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan unto God and so taught many the way through Judgment unto Life that their Hearts did burn within them whil'st in their Hearts they did learn Righteousness which made many to confess to the Glory of God That thou wast sent of God to shew the way unto the Rest that God had prepared for the Vpright Hearted And truly such a Power went with thee that not I alone but many of the Land came to hear the joyful Sound and were turned to the true Light and the God of Heaven was with thee and a true Ambassadour of Christ Jesus wast thou beseeching Men to be reconciled unto the Lord assuring of us That God had sent his Son to Redeem our Souls by changing of our Natures and to bless us by turning every one of us from our Evil Doings And having a Convincing Ministry committed to thee of God thou became an Instrument in his hand to the opening of our Understandings and to the building us up in the Living Faith which made us bless the Lord for thy coming in his Name and for the Change that in due time was wrought in us and God gave us a Witness in our own Bosomes That thou wast an Apostle of the True and Heavenly Profession and that thou by the assistance of the Power of God accompanying thee directed our Feet into the Way of Peace For which my Soul Praise thou the Lord and all that is within me shall bless his Name with many more who can set to their Seals that thou wast an Instrument in the hand of God of their Conversion and a Man through whom the Way of Life was demonstrated amongst us and many became Witnesses That the Earth was rent asunder and the Stout-hearted bowed and the Strong did fall before thee Thou valluedst neither Riches nor Glory neither did any of those Things overtake thee but as an Armed Man and a Champion indeed thy Warefare was against Spiritual Wickedness and thy Travel was That the Ax of God might be laid to the Root of the Corrupt Three that no untimely Fruit might grow amongst us and thou sought not the Treasures of the Earth nor to be great amongst thy Brethren but to do the Will of thy Master was thy delight thou wast a true Traveller in thy Day and thy Journying was much on foot several years the Rain abstructed thee not in the Morning neither could the Scorching Sun at Noon-day hinder thy Progress for thy Feet were shod with the Preparation of the Gospel and a true Traveller wast thou in the Work of the Lord for thy Bow did abide in its full Strength and the Opposers were made to fall and the Wicked fled before thee thou didst not turn thy Back but often encounteredst Gainsayers on many Occasions and never wast worsted as ever I could hear in any of thy Assaults for thou was not only experienced in the Work thou undertook'st but very well read in that excellent Book the Holy Scriptures and an aptness was in thee to perceive the Weakness of thy Opposers and having gotten hold of thy Adversaries no Flattery could prevail nor Inchantment pervert thee until thou made him confess unto the Truth for the God of the whole Earth was with thee and the Slain of the Lord were many and such Divine Counsel did attend thy Habitation that no Profession was able in Truth to withstand thy Testimony and thou wast plentifully endued with the Spirit of the Lord whereby thou appearedst as his Battle Ax and the Stroak thereof made the Rocks give way and the Mountains cleft in funder insomuch as the Wisdom of the Wise-men failed them and the Counsel of the Prudent was not found amongst them for their Learning could not hide them nor the Logician's Subtilty could not preserve them but over all their Baits thou trampled'st and many times caught them in their own Snare and all this Conquest was not gotten by Outward Bow or Spear but by the Spirit of the Living God and to speak the truth of thee It was thy Meat and thy Drink to do the Will of thy Master thy Care was great in visiting the Mountains where many the Sheep of Gods Pasture were scattered and what wrestling with the Power of Darkness thou hadst to recover the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel the North can tell the deep Exercises of that Day and the continual Burthen that was then with thee to visit the Dark Corners that were full of Cruelty and what haste thou made then then to visit the Steeple-house forgetting thy ordinary Food until thy Master Christ Jesus his Work was accomplished But O the hardship that sometimes thou met with Were not the Cudgels sometimes laid on about thy Head by Ungodly Men And did not they in great fury dash thee in the face with their Clouted Shoes until the Blood hath gushed out of thy Mouth in a large measure Doubtless such like Treatment thou hast imbraced that the Oppressed might be recovered and the Prisoner brought out of the horrible Pit in which there was no Water and thy Legs did not fail thee in this Travel because the Lord was with thee neither did thy Strength depart from thee because the Bread from Heaven was thy Delight and often Honey out of the Rock did the Lord bestow on thee Springs can tell the Joy they often administred and the Comfort that they often bestowed on thee in that Day when the Bowels of the Earth feemed to be shut up and all other Outward Comforts departed from thee and this from one Week to another was thy Travel so that the North sounds out thy Praise and the West do tell of thee many in the South besides my self cannot but rejoyce in the Lord and be glad that God prepared