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	scripture_n	6,970	5	5.7262	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41057	False prophets, antichrists, deceivers which are in the world, which John prophesied of, which hath long been hid and covered, but now is unmasked in these last dayes with the eternal light which is risen ... ; also a word to the heads and governors of this nation, who have put forth a declaration for the keeping of a day of humiliation for the persecution (as they say) of the poor inhabitants in the valley of Lucerna, Angrona, and others professing the reformed religion which hath been transmitted unto them from their ancestors / by M. Fell ; and also James Milners condemnation upon that which erred from the light.	Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.; Millner, James.; Millner, Elizabeth.	1655 (1655)	Wing F631; ESTC R36427	18,386	25

he lacked yet If thou wilt be perfect Sell all that thou hast and give to the poor as in Matth. 19.20 21. And again the Apostle saith We speak wisdome among them that are perfect And when he parted with the brethren he bad them Be perfect Be of good comfort be of one mind 1 Cor. 2.6 2 Cor. 13.10 11. And your Teachers tells you that you must never be perfect but that you must sin as long as you are upon Earth And so they are Ministers of Antichrist and upholders of sin and the Devils Kingdom try them by the Scripture and you shall find them contrary to the doctrine of Christ and of the Apostles and not to have received the gifts which he gave to the Prophets Apostles and Evangelists for the perfecting of the Saints as you may read in Ephes. 4.11 12 13. And the same Apostle went about warning every man in all wisdome that he might present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Now see your Teachers and Leaders if they have not another spirit then that Christ and the Apostles had who makes it their trade to plead for sin and against perfection which all that ever were sent of God prayed and preached for As the Apostle did night and day praying exceedingly that he might see their faces and might perfect all which was lacking in their faith 1 Thess. 3.10 And the Apostle Peter prayed that they might be perfect when they had suffered awhile And the Apostle said who was a Minister of Christ that the Scripture was given forth by Inspiration of God that the man of God might be perfect And here your Teachers are found to be denyers of the Scriptures and so are found to be Ministers of Antichrist and not so much as Ministers of the letter who pleads against it and the ends it was given forth for And they are out of the practice of all that ever taught for God Noah was a Preacher of Righteousness and he was a perfect man Abraham was a friend of God and God said unto him Walk thou before me and be thou perfect and Lot was a just man and the Lord delivered him and Iob was a perfect and a just man and David saith Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Psal. 37.37 And Solomon saith that the upright shall dwell in the Land and the perfect shall remain in it Prov. 2.21 And again he saith The righteousnesse of the perfect shall direct his way Prov. 11.5 Now all people search the Scriptures and try these deceivers and betrayers of your soules And let them be witnesses against themselves that they teach nor you receive nothing of God from them for what ever is of God in the least measure is perfect the first principle that comes from God is perfect Every perfect gift is from above And the Apostle said As many as be perfect be thus minded Phil. 3.13 And the Apostle saith We are glad when we are weak and ye are strong and this also we wish even also your perfection And again he saith Let us go on to perfection Now see your blind guides whether they be not the Ministers of the Mystery of Iniquity and under the dark powet who pleads for sin and against perfection which all that ever were sent of God preached for and prayed for and laboured for for the perfecting of the Saints and for the perfecting of holinesse in the fear of the Lord 2 Cor. 7.1 Eph. 4.12 Given forth for the good of poor deceived people by the Spirit of God as the Scriptures was by the Holy men of God who spoke them forth as they were moved by the Holy Ghost TO all you who look outward to your Teachers without you blind guides which plead for sin contrary to the Scriptures and the Apostles and all the holy men of God Who were sent of God were sent to reprove sin and to direct their minds unto that which leads out of sin up to God who is pure and cannot behold Iniquity And contrary to this your Teachers brings those Scriptures that were spoken to the wicked and to the world and so keeps you in sin and blindness and thereby maintains the Kingdom of sin as some of them have said Ye must still be sinners and never be perfect nor without sin and for the upholding of this they bring such Scriptures as these where Solomon is speaking of Drunkards Mockers and of the Sluggards and of those that have divers weights and divers measures and he saith to those Who can say I have made my heart clean I am pure from my sin And this they bring to crosse Christ and the Apostles and all the holy men of God who ever taught and laboured and prayed for holiness and perfection and purity And likewise Solomon saith in the same Chapter The just man walketh in his Integrity Now all people try your Teachers by that Chapter and see who it is that Solomon is speaking amongst when he spoke these words and see how grossely you are deceived by them and how they betray and murther your soules Another Scripture they bring in Eccles. 7.20 Solomon speaking of the things he saw in the daies of his vanity and of the just and righteous man that perisheth and of the wicked that prolongeth his life in wickedness and he saith in the 29. verse Loe this onely have I found that God hath made man upright but he hath sought out many Inventions And when he is speaking of these he saith that there is not a just man upon the earth that doth good and sinneth not And this they bring to maintain sin and speak against that which Christ said and the Apostles and all the Holy men of God And the same Solomon saith The labour of the righteous tendeth to life the fruits of the wicked to sin fooles make a mock of sin and sin is a reproach to any people Now try and see whether ye be not bewitched with these Idol Shepherds that prophesies for Baal and makes merchandize of your soules and keeps you under their bondage But Christ is come to redeem you from their mouthes who goes about to devour you Another Scripture they bring in 1 Iohn 1.8 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us And this Scripture they bring to testifie against Iohns own words in the same Chapter who saith in the next verse if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and in the sixth verse he saith If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth but if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin Now dear people see how you are besotted and blinded with these Babylons Merchants which sells