Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	faith_n	heart_n	work_n	7,151	5	5.4540	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49839	Something concerning my convincement of God's truth the way, work & manner thereof.	Laythes, Thomas, d. 1701.	1691 (1691)	Wing L754; ESTC R24138	4,012	7

the Gates of Hell do not preva●●… Glory to our God forever But to return again to my own State and Condition In t●● Year 1659. I went first among Friends and to Friends Me●●ings and though I was much perswaded in my Heart a●● Mind of Truths way and that they were the People God yet by being conversant amongst them and freque●● in Meetings I was much confirmed and strengthened in m● former Faith And as for my Convincement of Gods Eternal Truth a the work and manner thereof which was much in my E●●● at the first this I say was a secret inward and spiritu●● Work vvrought upon my Heart and Soul by the effectu●● vvorking and operation of the holy Divine Spirit of Go● and much vvithout the help of outvvard means or outvva●● instrument though some did endeavour it but the vvo●● was the Lords and to him alone be the Praise and Glo●● forever And if I here declare what God hath done for my So●● and made me a vvitness of both in the time of my Convin●●ment and since I knovv it vvill be hard to be believed b● many but this I may say oh the travel in Spirit Day an● Night the many great and vveighty Exercises both invvard●● and outvvardly the Watches the Fasts for seven Days for ni●● Days for ten Days and for fourteen Days unless only 〈◊〉 little Water sometimes and the last day thereof I travell●● five miles to a Meeting and as far back again that d●● on foot and this vvas in the Year 1661. besides at man● other time and times even such vvas that great desire th●● was begotten in my Heart after God and love to him abo●● all natural and visible things though being at the very poi●● 〈◊〉 Death in my own apprehension and scarce discerning whe●●er in the Body or out of the Body my Visage more altered ●●en many in that day insomuch that some of my familiar ●cquaintance have said There 's none looks like him for indeed ●●e Lord did chasten me sore though he hath not given me ●ver unto Death but in and through and over all hath ●●ised me up and fully satisfied my Soul for Religion for ever Having often richly pertaken of Gods Living Power and Divine Presence in our blessed Assemblies and Meetings and ●t many other times which to me is an evident token that ●he God of Heaven is our God and that we are his People ●or the Pearl of great price hath been found and purchased ●●ough with the loss of all and the Truth bought which I ●ope can never be sold nor parted with for all the Worlds ●reasures Delights and Pleasures and now after all those ●●rrowful Days and mournful Nights great is that Peace ●nd Comfort that is enjoyed by many in the Lord. And as ●itherto a faithful Testimony hath been born for God and ●is Truth so it is my Belief and Confidence that in the ●●rength of the Lord I shall continue unto the end waiting 〈◊〉 Faith and Patience for that blessed Reward of an eternal ●nd everlasting Inheritance of rest and Peace with God the ●ather and his eternal Son Jesus Christ and that for evermore And now God Almighty for the continuance of thy Love ●nd Goodness which thou hast made my Soul sensible of ●nd in that thou hast made me any way serviceable in thy ●hurch and amongst thy People now in the declining time 〈◊〉 my Age and when my Eyes are growing dim oh how ●●st thou hereby engaged my Heart Soul and Spirit to Bless ●nd praise thy great and holy Name And oh thou Living and Eternal God as hitherto thou hast made me sensible of thy great Power and admirable wonderful Works oh do thou evermore keep me keep me that my Heart and Spirit may never withdraw nor depart from thee but keep me keep me near and close unto thee even unto the end that I may Bless and Praise and Magnifie thy great and holy Name both now and forever and forevermore Amen From one who hath rather chosen to suffer Affliction with the People of God then enjoy the pleasures of Sin for a season Thomas Laythes From Dailehead near Keswicke in Cumberland the 18th 10th Month 1686. THE END