Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	know_v	pray_v	spirit_n	10,027	5	5.7156	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

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

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 his 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 to go on That you may try all things and hold fast that which is good By one that seeks not his own but the good of your souls called Iohn VVhitehead Hear ye and give ear be not proud for the Lord hath spoken c. Jer. 13.14 London Printed for Thomas Simmons at the sign of the Bull and Mouth neer Aldersgate 1656. A Reproof from the Lord. THis ensuing Letter was I moved to write and send amongst you who were met to gether at Hassel upon the 31 day of the fifth moneth 1656. in love to your souls as a testimony against your deceits which to your wisdome may otherwise appear to which eye I look not to be made manifest knowing it perceives not the things of God Therefore do I exhort all of you to whom it shall come to read what follows without any prejudice in the fear of the Lord that your understandings may be opened in the light to see and know the minde of the Spirit which will give to each of you what is your portion FRiends consider how you are puffed up in your knowledge and your hearts waxen fat and your eyes blinded by the god of the world and ears become dull of hearing that you cannot savour the things of God nor rejoyce in the truth but accounts Jesus Christ preached the light of the world who in lightneth every man that cometh into the world a fancie and foolishness or simpleness to what you have attained though few of you knows any thing of the fellowship of his sufferings power of his Resurrection or virtue of his Life made manifest in you but have gotten the report and fame thereof to talk of and in your prudence and comprehensions are prescribing a way and seeking to limit the Holy One in it witness your agreeing beforehand who shall speak and rejecting the truth in others and taking your turns by an outward Order of habitation in such a place witness your own words who said it is now Beverley turn and also your agreeing before-hand on particular things to be prayed for as by your own words plainly appeared and going to prayer at the call of one another though some of you acknowledged you had no freeness in spirit to it All which is seen to be contrary to the doctrine of Christ and practice of his Saints who spake and prayed as the Spirit moved and gave utterance and knew not before-hand what they should pray for as you do but having received the first fruits of the Spirit it helped their infirmities and made intercession according to the will of God with sighings and groanings that could not be uttered which spirit you have sufficiently cleared your selves of some of you saying that you want it others that you cannot finde it but prayes much of your selves and slubbers over Gods sacrifices and knows not his mind but are in much darkness and deadness contradiction and strife and not being come to the unitie of the Body of Christ imagines it to be like your selves rent and divided as some of you said who contradicts one another even you who profess to be the Mouth of the rest some of you saying That you want the Spirit and cannot finde it but are in much darkness others of you speaking in behalf of the rest affirms That you have it and are Gods children and does his work which proves some of you at least to be Lyars And notwithstanding you are thus in confusion and darkness as might be mentioned in many other particulars you are not ashamed to speak in derision and contempt of the Children of light because we all speak the same things and declares one truth according to the Apostles Doctrine which truth is the ground of union and stands a witness against all deceit the declaring of which you have contemned because it came contrary to your wills and appointments and doth not feed that which reacheth out to the tree of knowledge which is disobedient and like the Athenians cryed out for some new thing and you would hear it but accounted it babling and a disturbance to declare that which was from the beginning carping at the manner of words and time of their delivery though they varied not from examples and rules in Scripture which saith Cry aloud * Read Isai●… 〈…〉 Mat. 10.17 1 Kings 18 1 Cor. 13.3 spare not and shew my people their sins and that which you have heard in the eare declare on the house-top which you accounted a heynous thing and the fruits of an unmeek spirit † Though 〈…〉 till three of 〈…〉 had ended a fourth b … indirectly pray whilst 〈…〉 waited for Answer to thing propo●ed whose … mulation proved as 〈…〉 was praying Mat. 6.7 8 14. Phil. 4.5 1 Thess 5.2 saying that I would make the Spirit by which I spake odious by speaking in the time of your long prayers though the Scriptures say If any thing be revealed to one that sits by let the first hold his peace and read Elijah and Baalls Prophets and you may see your selves as in a figure and an example for speaking in the time of Prayer and how like in effect your crying is to theirs which the Prophets witnessed against and how far different both you and your Prayers is from Christs Doctrine and the Saints practice let his light in your consciences judge and your Heathen-like much speaking in your Prayers witness against you as also your breaking out into a confused uproar many speaking together to stop the declaring of Truth and not rendring a moderate reason of your sayings contrary to the Apostles rule Let your moderation be known unto all men and try all things and hold fast that which is good which ye refused to do and being lifted up in your knowledg accounts it a needless thing to lay amongst you the foundation of Repentance from dead works though you be even found therein as the light of Christ in all your consciences will witness which shews you your