Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	lord_n	truth_n	5,252	5	5.3383	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65345	A warning to all such who are making a profession of God, Christ, and the Scriptures and yet are in their blind zeal, persecuting of those who are in the life of what they in words profess. By Christian Web.	Web, Christian, 1678.	1659 (1659)	Wing W1196; ESTC R221967	5,298	7

that they searched the Scriptures to know whether that which the Servants of the Lord spake forth was according to the Scriptures yea or no but the god of this world hath so blinded your eyes that you cannot behold the true light Now you Professors what Change is wrought in you do you not run wiht the multitude to do evil do you not call them forth to help you to carry the servants of the Lord where you will in your blind and ignorant zeal will not the Lord be avenged of such Professors as these Yes surely this was not the Practices of the Lords People but you say you stand for Gods Cause when you persecute them that live in Gods fear Oh! you blind leaders of the blind know you not that the Lord will have none of your blinde-services the Lord have no need of your Carnal weapons to fight in his cause nor your carnal profession neither for the Lord hath a Sword to cut down and a Fire to burn up all that stubble that you in your imaginations are building Therefore be warned all you professors of England that are worshiping of a God afar off somewhere without you but where you cannot tell that you turn to Gods witness in your selves that will let you see who you are following if you will be obedient to it you must take up that great ordinance wch you are strangers to even the daily Cross and self-denial the Cross of Christ Jesus and follow him Now that which crosseth thy vain mind and teacheth thee to deny thy self to that you must be obedient now the Cross of Christ to the Worldly wise is foolishness but to them that believe it is the Power of God to the saving of their souls In the fear of the Lord God am I moved to declare unto you who say that we tell you of a Light within you but you say you hope to be saved by Christ that was crucified at Jerusalem without you which truth we own and verily believe that Christ Jesus was crucified without the gates at Jerusalem and that he suffered under Pontius Pilate and that he was dead and buried and rose again the third day from the dead and that he likewise suffered in Sodom and Aegypt but what is this to you that hath but heard of his fame and have neither heard his voice nor seen his shape Now that which is to be known of Christ is manifested within now you that have put the Lord to death and slain the just principle of God in your selves by reason of sin and iniquity this Testimony do I bear for the Lord that sorrow and great lamentation must come upon the head of the transgressor before the ransomed of the Lord can be witnessed you must all come to feel that crucified in you that have crucified the just before you can have fellowship with the Father or with the Son Jesus Christ you must feel the Lord to strike the Rock that a cleansing you may know in your selves before you can be refreshed with the pure refreshments that cometh from the Fountain of Living Waters I say in the fear of the Lord that you must come to know a cleansing in your own particulars that that may be cleansed out which have been gathered in the corrupt mind You who live in sin and iniquity and have not felt the movings of Gods Spirit to cleanse you have corrupted your ways and the Lord can take no delight in any thing which is not of his own begetting Therefore all turn to that which begets to Gods the Light Christ and know that to be a Light to your feet and a Lanthorn to your paths now that which sets free from sin is Light God sent his Son into the World that whosoever believed in him should not perish but should have the Light of Life now Christ Gods gift sets free from the bondage of corruption Now that the Law could not do by reason of the weakness and unprofitablenesse thereof now the Lord sent his Son in the likenesse of sinfull flesh and for sin condemning sin in the flesh that the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in them that believe now all to feel the tender Plant that is of the Lords own planting to grow and bud forth in the earth that pure tender plant that lyeth low in you like a little grain of Mustard-seed under earth the Plant lyeth low in the earth the ground must be opened and digged about it and that taken away which do hinder the growth of it before it can fructifie and spring forth you must come to feel Gods tender Plant that he hath planted in you to spring that which stands a witnesse in you against all your ungodly wayes this must you all come to feel and know in your own particulars Now in love to the Seed am I constrained to declare that which my eyes have seen and my ears heard and my hands handled and I have tasted of the good word of God in measure according to the manifestation of his powerful working in me Now you who are looking to the Mountains to cover you and the Halls to overshadow you all in vain for the Lord is making bare his own arm and he is riding Triumphantly to turn and overturn overturn till he come whose right it is to reign and he will give it him Now all you Rulers and Governours of the earth who are Ruling and Governing in your wills the word of the Lord God is to you that you run not before the Lord in your own wills but you are to stand still and wait to be guided by Gods pure witnesse in your own particulars and to know that it is not in man to direct his way for it is not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth but in God who sheweth mercy but you that are running before the Lord and wait not to be guided by Gods pure Principle in your selves you condemn the just and let the guilty go free Therefore a lamentation is to be for you as it was for Jerusalem in times past that had they known in that day the things that belong to their peace they would not have put the Lord to death Therefore are you warned you that rule in your wills that you turn from the evil of your doings and be obedient to the Light Christ Jesus before the day of Gods anger overtake you and before the day of Gods visitation pass away and then many of you may seek the blessing with tears and may not find it while you are worshiping of God in the perishing things the blessing is not felt now none can know God the Father but as the Light doth make him manifest that that makes the Truth manifest is that that reproves for sin and iniquity now you being ignorant of the way of the Lord and not learned by his pure Spirit the Book is sealed to you Now the Lord complains of such Rulers and Professors therefore saith the Lord in Isa 29. v. 13. Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth and with their lips do honour me but have removed their heart far from me and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men Therefore behold you Rulers and professors the Lord will proceed to do a marvelous work amongst this people and a wonder for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid Wo be to them that seek deep to hide their Councel from the Lord therefore all come to the light and wait at the Pool that you step in and be cleansed Given forth by one who have tasted of the love of the Lord through the Spirit of burning and who desire to be made manifest to your Consciences in the sight of God THE END