Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	apostle_n	holy_a	lord_n	6,631	5	3.5276	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29303	A short declaration of the purpose and decree of the everlasting counsel of Gods heavenly host concerning his royal seed, and noble off-spring, the eternal plant of his own renown, the everlasting covenant of light, and of the arraignment of all that wilfully oppose and fight against it, at the barr of Gods righteous judgement : with a warning to them to repent, and to fear and dread the infinite, eternal God, who will undoubtedly set up His Son, His light, life, spirit, and seed over all to reign in the pure dominion and authority in the kingdoms of men.	Brend, William, d. 1676.	1662 (1662)	Wing B4360; ESTC R3134	6,333	10

to the seed and have hindred the goings forth of it to do the Fathers will as much as in you hath layn but before him your nicities and punctillioes nor subtleties of you the wise Disputers Lawyers and Counsellors and Learned Judges of the Earth shall stand you in no stead when you are called to the Barr of his Divine Judgement and to give a True Just and Clear answer to the True and Infallible Bill of Indictment preferred against you by the Infallible witness of the Eternal Light of the Everlasting God in your Consciences which Bill will be found against you by the Grand Jury of Gods holy Martyrs which have suffered by you for this seeds sake and have sealed to it with their blood by your pretended fallible false infamous Bills of Indictment against them which will add much to your Condemnation for the Light hath and will clear them before the Throne of God against you and it will charge you for high Treason against the King of Kings and Lord of Lords the Everlasting Jehovah and before him you must all appear and give an account of every deed done in your body and if you have any thing to say for your selves you will finde more favour though you be guilty then the Innocent have had from you when they have been brought and falsly accused before you for Disturbers and Tumulters and to meet with force and arms when they have been meeting together to serve the Lord in obedience to the seed of Light and so have been worshipping the Living God in peace and quietness and believing in his True and Faithful Witness the Light of his Son Christ Jesus in them which is the hope of glory which you have persecuted them for and therefore I know you shall all be dumb before the Pure Just Righteous and Holy Judge of all the Earth whose nature is to do Righteously and he will do no other but render to every man according to his deeds whether they be good or evil and therefore the charge preferred and the witness to prove the same shall be so clear and evident for the Accuser and the Witness knows your secret workings and is free from any guite or deceit or any desire of revenge or seeking your destruction as you are men as you do and have done to the Innocent but being perfectly pure and infallibly true just and merciful seeks and hath sought your Salvation and Preservation and doth seek your Repentance from those dead works of which the witness of God can do no less then bear witness against and accuse you before the Throne of the Infinite Majesty on high which hath manifested it from himself for that end that man might believe in it and by it to turn from the evil Works and to receive the Testimony of that Everlasting Witnesse that by it they may be led to do the Works of Righteousnesse which is to be to the praise and Glory of his Grace that hath so freely given his Light his Witnesse in men to lead from the Evill to the Good And therefore the standing against the Light the Witnesse and Accuser and wilfully and maliciously resisting of it and hating its Reproof it can do no lesse than do its Office and stand up and witnesse against the Prisoners a 〈◊〉 Bar of Gods righteous Judgments and spread the cause against them before the Righteous Judge who can do no other than receive the Righteous witnesse of his own Seed the Light from himself which testifies that they have wilfully and maliciously made void his Righteous Law the Light by their own Traditions and inventions their corrupt wills set up to make void if they could the unerring will of God and have wickedly by the instigation of the Devil risen up in a high contempt of his infinite Majesties Crown and Dignity and Royal Scepter of his everlasting Righteousness in setting up of their own Righteousnesse their feigned and invented worships and their unrighteous lusts their pride and covetousness which is the root of many more evils and therefore are they ignorant of Gods Righteousness which is the glorious goings forth of his Eternal Power by the bright shining of his Light and Spirit which leads all that believe to worship him in the same which these have by the force of the arm of Flesh with Instruments of Carnal Weapons sought to frustrate and make his Counsel and purpose of none effect and have sought to overthrow his whole work from the beginning unto this days both by the ministration of Angels and of Moses and the Prophets and of the glorious manifestation of his Son in the flesh and of the glory of his spirit in his Apostles and Servants in the Churches after his Ascention and the glorious Records of all the holy men of God the Scriptures of Truth and of their Prophecies of the pourings forth of the abundance of the Spirit of the Lord God upon his Sons and Daughters in the latter dayes and in the Last dayes in which we are fallen according to Christ our Lords Saying to the Woman of Samaria The time is and shall be that the true Worshipers shall worship the Father in Spirit and Truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him and this is fulfilled and fulfilling in this the day of our God and this is Gods Prerogative Royal that all his Worshippers should worship him in his spirit and Life of his noble Seed which you Bishops Judges and Rulers of the Earth and worldly Powers of the Darknesse of this World seek to make void by your Inventions and Traditions and to binde the Consciences and would set Judges there by your Edicts Canons and Articles and Books in Gods Throne and Seat and would at the least set your posts by Gods post and your Thresholds by Gods Threshold and would thrust out and binde down the Glorious Workings of the pure Power of the Spirit of the LORD GOD in the Hearts and Consciences of his People And therefore you are and will be found guilty before the Lord of high Treason against Him and his Son whom he hath appointed Heir of all things and is the head of his Church which he hath purchased with his own blood which you trample upon and so being bought with such a price they are not to be the servants of men no not to touch nor taste nor handle the Commandements nor Doctrines of men which have a voluntary humility and pretence to worship God but it is in a false manner and not in the seed of life and this have you done and are doing teaching for Doctrines the Commandements of men in this the day of the Lord wherein he hath Redeemed and is redeeming of a People from all mens Traditions and inventions in his worship and service And because this people fear the Lord and obey his Son which is his power in them by which they worship him in whom he is well-pleased therefore do you Cain-like hate and revile them beat

knock down wound kill and destroy imprison oppresse emulate malign dispise molest fine and keep in sore Captivity by your instruments and so you are fighters against the Lord and kickers against the pricks the Light both in your own Consciences and in them that obey it and you are willfull Resisters of the of Holy One of Israel and therefore you cannot prosper but stand guilty before the Lord and must expect the severity of his indignation to be poured forth upon you except you speedily repent and confesse and forsake your Trasons and Rebellions against his Royal Law Crown and Scepter the Son his Light which must rule over all the powers of the whole Earth the immortal Seed of his Everlasting Kingdom which shall honour him for ever and ever And therefore be wise O ye Kings and Judges of the Earth Kisse the Son ●east he be angry with you and ye perish from the way in which kissing of the Son you may finde mercy which is more then many have had from you which have been innocent and have been kept in the holy fear of the Lord God and you have caused them to suffer for the same when they have been clear of offence before the Lord and also in the eye of any just and equal Law of the Land and therefore take heed that you touch not his anoynted and do his Prophets no harm and consult not against them nor make no unrighteous Decree against the innocent People of the Lord called Quakers for this is the saying of the Spirit of the Lord unto you and to all that sit in counsel against them My purpose it shall stand and my Counsel is that you obey my unalterable decree concerning my seed for what you do against me in my People I will turn it to my praise and my Peoples good and your rage I will restrain though you in your hearts intend evil to me and my people it is in my people to believe that whatever you intend to do with them I intend their good though I may try their faith hope confidence and trust by you that you may know of their faith hope Confidence and trust stands in Me and in my Son who is my Light and Life the power of my right Hand and Arme revealed in them which they know hath been their strength in the times of their needs in which I have made them to trust when your violence hath been upon them and therefore they are made willing to suffer and to undergo whatsoever I suffer you to inflict upon them For I restrain your rage that would go forth out of your wicked hearts against them to destroy But I will preserve them by the word of wy power and Life and chain your wicked revengfull spight against me in them and make it turn to their joy and your torment and a Crown of deliverance they shall wear and you of shame and contempt except you repent though you in counsel sit your ends to bring to passe against my people which in my truth do stand I sit and see and you behold to frustrate all your intents I will not be wanting Wo unto them that decree unrighteous Decrees and that write grievousnesse which they have prescribed to turn aside the needy from judgment and to take away the right from the poor that widows may be their prey and that rob the fatherlesse Behold the Lord God will come with a strong hand and his arme shall rule him behold his reward is with him and his work before him and he shall feed his Flock like a shepherd he shall gather his Lambs in his armes and carry them in his bosome and shall gently lead those that are with young Isay 10.1 2.40.10 11. Christ the Arm of God shall rule and feed his Flock and gather the Lambs with his Arme the Light and carry them in his bosome and gently lead the young with his Love and Life the Seed which is immortal The 8th Moneth 1662. W. B. THE END