Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	believe_v	faith_n	work_n	4,530	5	5.8487	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52705	Milk for babes: and meat for strong men A feast of fat things; wine well refined on the lees. O come young men and maidens, old men and babes, and drink abundantly of the streams that run from the fountain, that you may feel a well-spring of living water in yourselves, springing up to eternal life; that as he lives (even Christ Jesus) from whence all the springs do come, so you may live also, and partake of his glory that is ascended at the right hand of the Father, far above principalities and powers. Being the breathings of the Spirit through his servant James Naylor, written by him in the time of the confinement of his outward man in prison, but not published till now.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; Booth, Mary, 17th cent.	1661 (1661)	Wing N299; ESTC R202065	26,742	32

you learn him that kills and makes alive that casts down and raises up that condemns and justifies and so shal know the way of death and the way of life and who that is that is hardned by the Law and who fulfills it and the life and end of both and you wil see the cause and end of all the tribulations earthquakes and thunders and several voices clouds smoak and darkness and great temptations and the trial of your faith herein wil be as that of gold and will bring to inherit the knowledge of God and eternal life and power to judge the Prince of the Air and over the mystery of iniquity and to deny the God of this world with all his snares and traps wherein the unlearned Professors are caught and held captive at his wil though some of them have a knowledg and form of the Truth taught from what others have thus learned all which you shal judg and have power over and all ministration under the Son shal with this be comprehended whether Angels or Spirit Even he that is faithful and diligent unto the end of this great tribulation shal be made white and have judgment committed to him and the Key of Davids house to bind and lose and shal sit in the Lambs Throne of Judgment and Righteousness in heaven and the Grave nor Hel shal have no more power nor shal his old iniquities have any more power over him the strength of sin being dead Wherefore Brethren in the Light be faithful when you come into this condition take heed of Unbelief and hast not out of it least you tempt the Lord of your Life and grieve his meek Spirit and provoke him to leave chastening and so your spot remain and you prove but Bastards and not free-born Children of this Kingdom Power and Glory and so in time your old Iniquities overtake you again For whatever of the old man comes out of the fire unconsumed dead and buried in this Baptism wil be a continual Canker seeking to eat and an Enemy daily waiting his opportunity upon all occasions to get up and overspread the pure Plant of Innocency and so spoil you of your Beloved and so make void all your sufferings past and bring in the old Evils like a Flood upon you as it hath befallen many at this day but be faithful to the end of all Iniquity the Root as wel as the Branch so shall your Righteousness arise clear and unspotted and your old sins shall therewith be buried and never arise again neither to accuse nor raign and this is your victory over death And this know whatever others imagine let none deceive you That though sin the evil Seed be sown when men sleep and take root with pleasure and spring up with ease and delight yet the end thereof is bitterness and great Tribulation but the precious Seed is sown with tears conceived in sorrow brought to light with sighing nights of watching dayes of mourning and with much labour of spirit and travel of Soul must you come to see your desire for though the World have conceived a Faith in the air and so bringeth forth nought but several sorts of Winds striving upon the Earth without Foundation and so builds nothing to perfection Yet with you it must not be so for to you the Light is sprung up which leads to the Foundation of God and you have received a Faith that gives you a sight of the Stone which the Builders see not and to you it is given not onely to believe in him but to suffer for his sake in the behalf of him and so to run as to win him so to strive as to obtain him his Name his Power his Nature for this is that your soul groans for to possess and inherit his Power his Love his Meekness his Patience in all Tribulations his Faith in all fears and to have the Power of all his Grace and Vertue living in you whereby you may be men of able Spirits rightly furnished to every good work and against all evil that in him you may overcome when you are tryed and be more then Conquerors and your Work is to war against whatever would keep you from coming to this Foundation and Corner-stone And it is not beating the air that will fight your Battel for it 's against all these deceits you are to fight and airy notions and all spirits that would possess you with words and forms without the Power of Righteousness and what ever lyes under the power of sin the true Light gives you to see the cursed deceipt that lyes in all this and that these are the subtile paths of the destroyer and nothing less then Victory over sin and subtilty will satisfie your souls so that it 's onely Life and Power that can give you peace and therefore yours is work and not vain words and that which strikes at the root of sin is your best Weapon So it is not Flesh that profits you it 's the spirit that must quicken through hardship that which ease hath slain ere you come to perfect peace For though the Letter tell of a Child that is heir of all things and gives this Inheritance to all in whom he is formed whose Name is Wonderful in Counsel and Strength yet is not this brought forth without hard labour and travel and the pangs of death gone thorow for when you come to the Lord for Counsel and feel that there is two manner of Seeds in the Womb then will you see that great Work is to be done ere you come to rest There is the strong man to be bound before the Babe can reign and strongly is he armed with all manner of Wiles to save himself and it 's not words and thoughts that will cast out the Mother her Son which must not inherit and this must be done or all is in vain He that is born of Flesh is in bondage to things here below this cannot inherit Immortality for sin hath power in him and dye he must that the Son of Righteousness may arise to life in you and bring your life to light with him as he appears and though the Light be above the Transgressor yet the Son is lowly that gives it So being faithful in the Light which from the Son cometh which condemneth all the lofty wayes of the first-born you will beled into ways lowly to cross your life in him through Watchings and Fastings and great Tribulations must he be famished into which the Spirit will lead you where there is nothing for the Lust to live on nor for that Wisdom to walk in that loves it self or seeks its ease and pleasure Then be faithful to your Guide however he storm that is to be destroyed And with all diligence press into that which calls in the wandering mind and give heed with watching and wrestling to get abiding therein which as you are faithful therein it will be enlarged till it become a habitation for your pure

in the day of the deep tryal of his Innocent Lamb even how the Lord was with him when he was beset with darkness and assaulted with strong temptation and how he brought him thorow the Fire and thorow the Sea and under the Mountains and Hills and slevv his Enemy which had Dominion over him and so brought him to know himself and then exalted him over death and delivered him out of the pit in the sight of his Enemies and brought him to the pleasant Valleys Springs again caused his glory to descend upon him in which he met the Flock of his Father in whose Love he became joined and knit unto them that had forsook or stood at a distance from him Also many other weighty Sentences all vvhich are set forth that the vvonders of the Lord may be seen and that flesh may not boast nor glory in the time of prosperity though much of God may be opened and knovvn and that the tender-hearted may not despair in the times of deepest sufferings temptations and tryals but patiently vvait on him vvho worketh all things in his people according to the counsel of his ovvn vvil that he over all and in all things may be glorified vvhose right alone it is So be it Allelujah IT is in my heart to praise thee O my God let me never forget thee what thou hast been to me in the Night by thy Presence in the Day of Trial when I was beset in darkness when I was cast out as a wandring bird and when I was assaulted with strong Temptations then thy presence in secret did preserve me and in a low estate I felt thee near me when the floods sought to sweep me away thou set'st a compass for them how far they should pass over when my way was through the Sea and when I passed under the Mountains there wer't thou present with me when the weight of the hills was upon me thou upheldst me else had I sunk under the earth when I was as one altogether helpless when tribulation and anguish was upon me day and night and the Earth without foundation when I went on the way of wrath and passed by the gates of hell when all comforts stood afar off and he that is mine enemy had dominion when I was cast into the pit and was as one appointed to death when I was between the milstones and as one crushed with the weight of his adversary as a father thou wer 't with me and the rock of thy presence when the mouth of Lions roared against me and fear took hold on my soul in the pit then I called upon thee in the night and my cries were strong before thee daily thou answeredst me from thy habitation and delivered from thy dwelling place saying I will set thee above all thy fears and lift up thy feet above the head of oppressi in I believed and was strengthened and thy word was salvation Thou didst fight on my part when I wrestled with death and when darkness would have shut me up then the light shone about me and thy banner was over my head when my work was in the furnace and as I passed through the fiery spirits thy faith staied me else through fear I had fallen I saw thee and believed so the enemy could not prevail VVhen I lookt back into thy work I was astonished and see no end of thy praises Glory glory to thee saith my soul and let my heart be ever filled with thanksgiving whilst thy works remain they shall shew forth thy power then didst thou lay the foundation of the earth and feddest me under the waters and in the deeps didst thou shew me wonders and the forming of the world by thy hand Thou least me in safety till thou shewedst me the pillars of the earth then did the heavens shower down they were covered with darkness and the powers thereof were shaken and thy glory descended thou fill'dst the lower parts of the Earth with gladness and the valley was opened thy showers descended abundantly so the Earth was fill'd with virtues Thou madest thy Plant to spring and the thirsty soul became as a watered Garden then didst thou lift me out of the pit and set me forth in the sight of mine enemy thou proclaimedst liberty to the captive and called my acquaintance near me they to whom I have been a wonder and in thy love I obtained favour in those who had forsaken me then did gladness swallow up sorrow and I forsook all my troubles And how good is it that man be proved in the night that he may know his safety that every mouth may become silent in thy hand until thou make man known to himself and have slain the Boaster and shewed him the vanity that vexeth thy soul DEar Friends dwell in the pure Power of God and in the undefiled Life walk towards one another and feel one another in harmless hearts and in the bowels of our Lord Jesus Christ judge all straightness in your selves rather then one another How good a thing is Unity of Spirit and Mind And how precious is that Soul that seeks peace with self-denial God is near you who seeth all your Works and evil thoughts slay the Lord of Peace and grieves God exceedingly But that is the Child of his Love and Son of his Bosom that seeks not himself but can lay down his life for another O feel that Spirit and Life my dear Friends and wait for his appearance who is that Life in whom he comes with Power thy Peace shall be as a River that is clear and broad which shall not be dryed up but thou shalt drink into Eternal Rest and Quietness shall fill thy dwelling and the God of Peace and Holiness will delight in thee and in the end thy Fruit shall break out and thou shalt not long be hid but thy God in whom thou delightest shall cover thee with his Glory and make thee to shine in his Light and the Lamb shall speak out of his Temple and shall be confessed too but the self ended Spirit will wither and that which lifts up it self will fall to nothing and back-biters and whisperers and they which carry tales to make debate will God thrust away far from him and the meek shall enjoy his Inheritance alone who hath sought his praise from God and not from men Therefore take heed to your spirits in Gods fear and keep the Unity and Covenant of God and grieve not Gods Spirit nor provoke any to Wrath And again I warn you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ speak not evil nor think evil of Brother or Sister for if you do you cannot be guiltless before God nor stand before the Enemy in the time of tryal for evil thoughts will eat out your peace and precious Life and devour your strength with God and make way for many Evils to enter and prevail upon you Even the Lord God of Eternal Power preserve you all who hath called you

comeunder vvhich it vvill not till it be pined vvith famine and vvearied upon the mountains of prey then shal the Lion lie dovvn vvith the Lamb and the little Child lead to rest and no ravenous beast shal take his feeding from him But in this vvork take heed you be not betraied vvith that Spirit for it is very subtil to run to the one hand or the other either into the eagerness and hast vvhich is its first vvay after Convincement Or else vvhen it gets not its ends there then into sloth and idle carelesness and both these keep it alive in strength above the Seed but a straight Way there is betvvixt these in vvhich the Seed ariseth vvhich is a diligent vvatchful patient meekness feeling the godly Principle moving and following it in faith and obedience in all things vvithout hast or ends further then vvhat is opened in the life of obedience constantly diligent least any thing slip out of the mind vvhich is freely given either for practise or teaching for onely the diligent mind holdeth the true living Treasure but the sloathful and disobedient are leaking Vessels So as wise in the Light prove your Freedom from that nature which is high and fierce and hasty or any way above the meekness for therein stands your perfect Redemption to know that that you are not servants to that nature for it 's the same that hasteth into the greediness after worldly things and fears and distrusts if it hath not in its sight and possession what it lusts after which being convinced of an inheritance in heaven would have that also in all hast by Sight but not through Faith Patience and obedience which if it may not obtain into its own sight and in its own way and time it will be ready to faint and distrust and this will never strip himself of all in hopes of an inheritance it hath not seen so this is in Bondage and not to be Heir but the just live by Faith whose Birth is free from this World your redemption from the other into the leadings of this wchwil bring to the inheritance of the purchased possession Wherefore prove your Freedom in all things that you may not glory in vain but in the Liberty of sons Do not say All things are lawful all things are pure c. and so sit dovvn and say You are redeemed and have right to all but first passe through all things one after another as the Light leadeth you and with a true measure see if you be from under the power of any when you have proved this throughout all things and found your freedom then may you say All things are lawful and know what is expedient and what edifies your selves and others and the Rest to reign over without Bondage thereto And this is the Liberty of the Sons of the new Creation born again not in Bondage whose Liberty is glorious above all created things and these are the pure to whom all things are pure who have proved all things with that which is pure and hold fast onely that which is good and the rest are free from And this ever mind That whatever Freedom you obtain through the sufferings and patience of Christ in Spirit you part not with it to please the flesh but hold it as your everlasting possession purchased for you not with corruptible things so that which is dearly purchased let not lightly go but remember Israel who was redeemed out of Aegypt with much hardships and many signs and sufferings but soon in hast got up that which said Let us return back again and this grieved God above all And this you will find ready to rise upon every further hardship and want as it was with them Wherefore stand fast in that which you have proved to be Liberty indeed and by no means look back nor hearken to that which is behind to let it overtake you again Remember Lot's Wife and the Wrath of God will ever be upon that mind which looks back into old things which are judged in the Light and led out of with the Life Wherefore stand single in your mindes to follow nothing new or old but what the Holy Spirit leads into for the Work is a Work you know not nor the Way you know not but as it is learned in the obedience by which the Soul is purified and cleared by purging out the old Earthly Leaven which hath darkned the Temple of God and God's Work is not seen in that Nature Wherefore give all diligence to the Spirit 's motion leadings what it moves against and what it leades to for now wil God make all things new A new Creation new Heavens and new Earth and new heart and mind and a new Law a new Man to walk therein with his Maker with chearfulness as the old Bonds are broken by the Spirits leading and to serve in newness of Spirit And as you mind the pure Leadings of the Spirit and willingly follow and obey you will come to know your Creator in the dayes of your youth and how he makes the Worlds by the Word of his Holiness and how he is your Father and in what and how he begets you again into the Heavenly Delights who was gone out from him and drove into the Earth with your hearts and affections and so those will lead out still further from God if you look into them but can never come into God again but must dye and be changed by the Spirit and the new Creature is accepted into God the new Heart and Mind and Spirit which is renewed after God by following of his Spirit who createth him And this Work will be darkned to your understanding if your minds come not clear out of the old into the new For Wrath will arise and confusion will be to that mind which is double where the eye is not single kept forward in the belief of the Spirit onely but looks back into the loss and to that which is dying and condemned there is the smoke and darkness and torment and temptations being enticed back into the old but if the eye be single the whole body is full of Light and the Faith ariseth to endure to the end of the world and to look to the beginning and finishing of the new Work of Regeneration And standing single to God herein though the World pass away with Thundering Earth-quakes and a mighty Noise yet shall ye not fear nor faint abiding in the meek patient and suffering-spirit and the leadings of that which endureth all things to win Christ And coming out of Babel you shall not fall with her nor be darkned with the smoke of her torments as all that abide in her must and of her Plagues must partake but the pure mind rejoiceth over her in midst of all A Psalm of JAMES the Servant of JESUS or a Song of Praise which he sung in the day of his Deliverance declaring the wonders of the most High which he wrought