Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	angel_n	city_n	zion_n	339	4	8.5407	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40939	Moses message to Pharoah, or God sending to the heads of England go undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, to serve Him in the wilderness, that he may do them good in their latter dayes. For Israel shall be many dayes without a king, without a priest, without an ephod, and without a teraphim, afterward they shall look [...]he Lord their God, and David their king, and shall [...]ar the Lord, and his goodness in his latter dayes, ...	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1653 (1653)	Wing F491B; ESTC R218272	26,840	33

light and were guided by the Spi●●● God and their consciences was purged from ●●ncleanness by the blood of the covenat and were all gathered together by the Spirit of tr●●● out of all the wayes and works of darkness 〈◊〉 light did lead them out of all the worlds wayes of all the worlds worships which was outward carnal saith the Apostle to them Touch not 〈◊〉 not handle not which all are to perish with using Col. 2.21 22. This light of God in them 〈◊〉 lead them out of all the worlds customes and ●●●ons which the Apostle did exhort them to 〈◊〉 he Be not conformed like unto this world but be t●●● formed by the renewing of your minds that ye● know what is that good that acceptable and pe●●● will of God this light of God in them did them and guide them out of all the worlds 〈◊〉 and did lead them into the way of peace and 〈◊〉 and they were gathered by this light out of al●● crookedness and perversenss out of all lying 〈◊〉 maliciousness for they was to put off anger a●● speak the truth one to another for the Lord● delight in them who walk in righteousness be●● him saith Jesus Christ Let your yea be yea your nay Mat. 5.37 nay in all things being faithful in wa● one towards another faithfulness grows ana●●nesty grows and uprightness grows and so the●● come faithful to bring forth fruit To the 〈◊〉 and glory of God by this light was they ga●●●● together up to unity of spirit they were a●●tized into one body Joh. 15.8 1 Cor. 12.12 13 14. Eph. 4.4 5 6. by one Spirit and they we●● made to drinke into one Spirit they were come u●●● to mount Sion and unto the City of the living Ge●● heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable c●●● of Angels and to the Spirits of just men made p●● the Church of the first born Heb. 12.21 22. The S●●● did enjoy the substance of the second cove● made manifest in them which was Christ rea●●●● in them 1 Cor. 2 7. Gal. 1.16 the life of Christ was made manife●● their mortal flesh and the glory of the Lord ●●realed in them 2 Cor. 4.10 11. Rom. 8.1 1 Joh. 2. 15 16. Mat. 6.2 they had the substance of what ●●e first covenant did contain which was outward 〈◊〉 the Jew outwardly made manifest in them and ●y the light of God revealing and manifesting it to ●●eir souls after they came to the enjoyment of it 〈◊〉 caused them to deny the world and they exhor●ed others to take heed of it saying Love not the ●orld not the things of the world for say they If ●●y man love the world the love of the Fther is not in ●im no man can serve two masters they cannot ●erve God and the world for the love of the world 〈◊〉 enmity with God and by experience from the enjoyment of this mystery of godliness made manifest in them they said Eye hath not seen 1 Cor. 2.10 ear hath not heard neither hath it entred into the heart of man 〈◊〉 conceive those things that God hath laid up for those that love him The Saints did possess that which the world doth but now profess they had the full enjoyment of those things which the Scripture doth declare and they did live the life of the righteous and they were gathered out of the world and did walk up in obedience to the commands of God therein was they known to differ from the world for saith Jesus Christ If you love me 1 Joh. 2.6 1 Joh. 5.2 3. keep my Commandments now they did so wherein say they by this we know that we love God because we keep his Commandments and his Commandments are not grievious but joyous 1 Joh. 2.3 It is the delight of those that are borne againe to do the will of God none can but those that are born anew for every man by nature is a childre of wrath and the naturall man he knows not the things of God because they are spiritually discerned and again no man knows the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Faher but the Son and he to whom the Son reveals him all the wisdom of the world cannot enter into the knowledge of this mystery to unfold it it was revealed to the Saints that had the enjoyment of it wh●● the world hated at every appearance of God in t●● discovering himself to his people the world is in e●●mity against it marvel not if the world hate you sai●● Jesus Christ it is not to be marvelled at for saith he hated me before it hated you saith he if ye were of i●● world Joh. 3.13 ●oh 15.17 ●3 19 20 ●● ●●ak 6.22 ●● Pet. 4.13 ●● ●at 5.11 ●● ●●h 17.18 ●● 20 21. the world would love you but because I have chosen you out of the world therefore doth the world ha●● you and again saith he Ye shall be hated of all men fa●●● my names sake but saith he Blessed are you when 〈◊〉 revile you and persecute you and say all manner 〈◊〉 evill against you falsly for my names sake rejoyce a●● be exceeding glad for great is your reward in He●ven for so persecuted they the Prophets that were before you And where the Lord is appearing in his people now great is the rage and madness of the world for whom God loves the world hates nay the highe●● profession persecutes the Lord in his Saints whe●● he is made manifest in power all profession without possession is hypocrisy and dissimulation Al●● the holy men of God were possessers but the world now lives in words deceiving themselves and di●sembling both with God and man and practising nothing but deceit and the Priests are the grand enemies to Jesus Christ and the great deceivers of the people they tell the people they are the Ministers of Jesus Christ and indeed they are Antichrist acting altogether against Christ and they are the greatest upholders of oppression of any which Jesus Christ came to throw down the whole creation is burdened by this stinking professed Ministery they act the same things that the Scribes and Pharisees did they hold up those things that Jesus Christ came to throw down and laid down his life for and yet these deceivers that deceive the nations say they are sent of Christ but they are found lyars Jesus Christ foretold of such that should ●ome for saith he there shall come false prophets in ●●eeps clothing Mat. 7 1●.16 17 1● 19 20 21. but inwardly are ravening woolves but saith he By their fruits ye shall know them Mat. 7. ●hey say and do not Is it not so with the false ●eachers in England they say they are sent of Christ but he that saith he is in Christ 1 Joh. 2.6 ought to ●alk as he walked Jesus Christ was an example ●or all his to follow and the Apostle who was a ●rue Minister of Christ did exhort the people to ●ollow him Heb.