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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	death_n	life_n	wage_n	10,497	5	10.9120	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60091	A Short relation concerning the life and death of that man of God, and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, William Simpson, who laid down his body in the island of Barbadoes the eight day of the twelfth month, M DC LXX	Fortescue, William.; Hooton, Oliver.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Hooton, Elizabeth, ca. 1600-1672.; Simpson, William, 1627?-1671. Going naked a signe.	1671 (1671)	Wing S3618; ESTC R10632	9,466	16

A SHORT RELATION Concerning the Life and Death OF That man of God and faithful Minister Of JESUS CHRIST WILLIAM SIMPSON Who laid down his Body in the Island of Barbadoes the eighth Day of the twelfth Month M DC LXX My Father my Father the Chariots of Israel and the Horsemen th●●●of 2 Kings 2. 12. And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me write Blessed are 〈◊〉 dead which dye in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit they may rest from their labours and their works do follow th●● Rev. 14. 13. Printed in the Year 1671. A SHORT Relation c. MErciful hath the Lord been to us of this Island beyond expression in sending his faithful Servants amongst us time after time early yea and now of late preaching deliverance to us who were Captives and under the region and shadow of Death turning us from darkness to the light and from Satans power to the power of God being as lights set on a Hill publishing the acceptable year of the Lord to the penitent and the day of vengeance of our God on the rebellious both within and without which is now fulfilled and fulfilling in this day of his power wherin his people are a willing people let his will be what pleaseth him here on Earth as it is in Heaven though there be them that do murmur at it as in the dayes of old saying to the Lord DEpart from us we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes still imagining that the Lord delays his coming according to his promise which is without sin unto Salvation and are still pleading for the Devils work which is sin although that is it which separateth from the Lord and hindereth the will of the Lord to be done on Earth or whilst they are in this world which is that they should be sanctified but let such know that after this Life his Will will be justly done on them whether they will or no though now they may resist the Holy Ghost as their Fathers did of old and they which are not obedient to his call and voice which his sheep do hear and follow whilst here denying him before men he also will deny them before his Father and the holy Angels I do not question but that it will be granted that the Call of the Lord is to depart from sin and not to joyn to that which separates from God Then if we hold sin the term of Life we shall find that its wages will be death We cannot serve two Masters If we serve Sin we are free from Righteousness neither is there fellowship between light and darkness or Christ and Belial for they are contrary and opposite in all things insomuch that the fruits of either are clearly descerned by the children of Light who are not of this world neither of darkness though they once were but are now of the Day and are Light in the Lord being turned thereto by his faithful Servants speaking by the same spirit that of old said Come ye Oh house of Israel and let us walk in the Light of the Lord. This as my Testimony I write to those that have been convinced of the Truth declared largely by that Man of God William Simpson who hath bestowed much labour on us that this may stand as a Witness against my self or any that have received the Truth declared by him if we depart from it which that we may not do let us all watch knowing assuredly that it is only they that continue to the end that shall be saved as this faithful Warrior yea and more than a Conqueror hath done who is entered into his rest having received an immortal Crown of an eternal weight of glory The Spirit of the Lord bears true witness in me to the truth of the same this moment And for the farther confirmation of the same I shall instance something concerning his End which was miraculous I being with him the time that he kept House in his sickness and to his Grave On the third day of this instant being the sixth day of the week he powerfully preached the Word of the Lord and made effectual supplication to him by Prayer at the House of Katherine Norton it being the fifth Meeting that he had been at that week and last publication of the Gospel of Peace except nigh the hour of his death which was so powerfully done that it is beyond my utterance especially considering the low estate of his outward man which confirmeth his last Declaration to be no less than a miraculous voice immediately from Heaven as indeed it was that we might then have said and now do That he being dead yet speaketh the wonderful things of God From which Meeting as aforesaid at K. N s. he with his yoke-fellow John Burneyat went to the house where Richard Clarke now lives who kindly received them and that night our dear Friend William Simpson was taken very ill with a Feaver so that the outward man grew weaker and fainter every day more than other and the inward man was renewed with might to our great rejoycing as appeared by his often making melody to the Lord with rich rejoycings so that though we sorrow for him yet we sorrow not as those which have no hope being Witnesses of the Glory of the Lord which did surround him to the last And his care was much over the Flock of which the Lord by the Holy Ghost had made him an Overseer as appeared by his words to his and our beloved John Burneyat that morning who signified to him That he had freedom to stay with him if he desired it but dear William answered him saying All will not be well except thou be there meaning mens meeting that day and the general meeting on the morrow with other words to that effect Now for the service of Truth these two faithful Stewards had separated themselves outwardly but having bemoaned each other like Turtle Doves that miss their Mates they resolved in the Will of the Lord to enjoy each others company so much as they could yet with Williams consent John went to Town that day And on the eighth day of this Month he grew very weak and faint in Body and with being removed according to his desire he fainted away not speaking nor knowing us as he afterward said And seeing us to be sad he asked If he had given us any words in the time of his fainting that might offend us but we satisfied him that he did not neither did he for indeed he was harmless in all things and was become as a little Child for not one froward or hasty word proceeded from him neither was he any thing less than a perfect man who feared God and eschewed evil yea he walked before the Lord and was perfect insomuch that the Lord hid not from him that which he hath accomplished on him for in the forenoon the Lord shewed him in a Vision that he would take him away and giving a start he gave