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spirit_n	flesh_n	life_n	reap_v	6,710	5	11.2413	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52300	The standard of the Lord lifted up in New-England, in opposition to the man of sin, or, The trumpet of the Lord sounding there with a visitation to the suffering seed of God in New-England or elsewhere with a warning from the Lord to the rulers and magistrates, priests, and people of New-England, but more especially to the rulers and magistrates of the bloody town of Boston, who have put the servants of the living God to death / written (in the prison at Boston in New-England in America) by ... Joseph Nicholson.	Nicholson, Joseph, 17th cent.	1660 (1660)	Wing N1109; ESTC R4235	17,642	26

that comes to live among them only because they are tituled Quakers and thus they have entertained their country men and friends in New-England and especially at the town of Boston where they cannot endure to see one walk in the street who they in scorn call cursed Quakers though truly the people in scorn called cursed Quakers by them are they who truly fear the Lord God of Heaven and Earth and are witnesses for him against the man of sin against the Beast and the false Prophet which they worship here in New-England much most of all at this Town of Boston for all that will not worship in their way though a false worship they must be banished out of their Town and their Jurisdiction and if they come again put them to death And their fruits have made them manifest to be no Church of Christ but of Anti-christ hypocrites got above the Light of Christ in themselves painted Sepulchers having got the Saints words declared from the life but are found persecuting the same life where it is made manifest as they were in that they gave forth the Scripture truly they are like the seaven lean kine of Egypt which eat up the wel-favoured kine and behold they wear still ill-favoured so they as much as in them lyes they devour all the appearance of that which is good in any and yet they remain wicked still so the Scripture comes to be fulfilled of them evil men seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived but truly their condemnation slumbers not for the Lord is coming near to Judgement to reckon with them for their Stewardship for they have been long persecuting and now they have put to death its like they have long thirsted after blood as their fruits have made it manifest indeed to be no Church of Christ as they call themselves but such as the cheif Rulers and Priests were of who put Christ to death who said they had a Law and by their Law he ought to die so here we have a law said they if they come here again we will put them to death they are afraid their kingdom should fall for it shakes already for they think either now or never when their kingdom of sin which they so much plead for comes to be opposed and the Priests trade called in question who have got so much a year by the Scripture telling the people of other mens conditions things made ready to their hands and pleading for sin it plainly appears that they are Satans messengers indeed who plead for sin and say men shall never be perfect while they are here and yet they must have so much a year for preaching the Word of God as they say when the Word is not to be bought and sold for money but he that wills may buy without money or without price as the Prophet of old have said he that thirsts let him come and he that will may come and buy wine and milk without money or without price and the Word nigh in thee in thy mouth and heart the word of faith which Paul preached So people this is not a chapter or a verse in Scripture other mens conditions but this is a measure of the Spirit of Truth which the Lord foretold by the prophet of old saith he It shall come to passe in the latter days that I will poure out my Spirit upon all flesh and your Sons and Daughters shall prophesy and now is the Lord fulfilling his promise and his Sons and Daughters doth prophesy whereby the world begins to rage when they see the kingdom of Antichrist is like to fall and the Merchants of Babylon their wave will not passe for currant as formerly it hath done therefore they have combined together against the Lord and against his people whom they in scorn call cursed Quakers and have made a law in their will to put them to death therefore all people who desires after the Lord God of Heaven and Earth and hopes for mercy and forgivenesse for your sins as you will say by Jesus Christ to such I say own the Light of Jesus Christ which you be enlightned withal which shews sin and evill which lets you see when you have done wrong that condemns you for so doing it will let you see all that ever you have done in your life time if you take heed to it to be guided by it and the same Light being minded and obeyed it will bring you to hear Christs voice for his sheep hear his voice and they follow him but the voice of a tranger they will not follow and he that hears the voice of the Son of God shall live For the life that I now live said Paul is by the faith of the Son of God in me and the same life is now made manitest in these our dayes as was in the Apostles time and Christs time who said He would send the Comforter the Spirit of Truth which should lead into all Truth Now this people is not a chapter or verse in Scripture other mens conditions for this is no profit for me or for another what other men enjoyed except I come to enjoy the same as they did who spoke forth the Scripture so people it is not for men and women to take the Scriptures or get words out of the Scriptures and say Thus saith the Lord and this is the Word of God because they find it written in the Scripture this was other mens works the Lord said so to them But wait in the Light of Christ within our selves to know the Word there as they did who gave forth the Scriptures and as David said hark what the Lord saith for he it is that speaks peace to his people and to the Saints upon earth that they turn not again to folly and you may read in the Scripture that Paul said to Timothy thou ha known the Holy Scriptures which was able to make him wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus the second of Timothy the 3. Chap. and 15th verse So all people that desires to know the truth as it is in Jesus you must come to that of God in your selves and know the Scriptures there from that which is holy of God in you as Paul said to Timothy that which is or may be known of God is manifest within as it is said I have shewn it to thee O man what I would have thee to do to chuse the good and hate the evil So people be not deceived God will not be mocked for such as you sow such shall you reap He that sows to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corrvption but he that sows to the Spirit shall reap life eternal and this life is in the Son of God and where he is revealed and made manifest he is revealed within as Paul said it pleased the Lord to reveal his Son in me and where he is now revealed as ever he was he sets free from sin for

THE STANDARD Of the Lord lifted up in New-England In Opposition to the MAN OF SIN OR The Trumpet of the Lord sounding there with a Visitation to the suffering Seed of God in New-England or elsewhere With a Warning from the Lord to the Rulers and Magistrates Priests and People of New-England but more especially to the Rulers and Magistrates of the Bloody Town of Boston who have put the Servants of the Living God to Death The Lyon hath roared who can but fear The Trumpet hath sounded who can but prepare himself to Battel before the great and notable day of the Lord come Fear ye not me saith the Lord will ye not tremble at my presence which placed the sands for the bounds of the Sea by a perpetual Decree that it cannot passe it and though the waves thereof tosse themselves yet can they not prevail though they roar yet can they not pass over it Jer. 5.20 Written in the Prison at Boston in New-England in America By a Friend of Israels Commonwealth known to the world by name Joseph Nicholson LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson at the Signe of the Black-spread-Eagle and Winde-mil in Martins Le grand 1660. The Standard of the Lord lifted up in New-England or the Trumpet of the Lord sounding there THe mighty day of the Lord is coming wherein the secrets of every mans heart shall be revealed with the Light of Jesus Christ which comes from Jesus Christ the Son of God who lighteth every man that comes into the world John 1. ver 9. And this is my beloved Son saith God hear you him who lighteth every man that comes into the world Drunkard hates the Light Lyar hates the Light Swearers and cursed Speakers you all hate the Light and all you who live by stealth you hate the Light all you that live in envy as Cain did who slew his Brother you hate the Light all you that are proud as Haman was ye hate the Light all you who commit adultery you hate the Light all you who live by cozening and cheating your fellow-creatures by deceitful merchandize in buying and selling and speaking otherwise by your commodities than it is you hate the Light and all you who live in any form of Profession whatsoever and persecute them who are in the life who come to witness forth the Truth as it is in Jesus Christ made manifested in them as it was in the Apostles you are all to be condemned with the Light that comes from Jesus Christ For ●his is the condemnation of the world the Light saith Christ ●hat Light is come into the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil John 3. ver 19. For every one that doth evil hateth the Light neither cometh to the ●ight lest his deeds should be reproved but he that doth truth ●●meth to the Light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God Therefore all people high and low rich and poor bond and free take warning betime and put not the evil day afar off and the good day afar off and say in your hearts the Lord delayeth his coming and so eat and drink with drunkards and beat and persecute your fellow-creatures who witness the life and Power as they did who spoke-forth the Scriptures for the Scriptures was given forth by Inspiration of the Spirit holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost and as the Spirit gave them utterance Now people consider the Scripture was not given forth for men to talk of or make a trade of or for men to get money by as your hireling Teachers of the world do who have so much a year for preaching and talking of the Scriptures of things made ready to their hands other mens conditions saying in such a Chapter and such a verse saying Hearken my beloved brethren in such a Chapter and such a verse to the Word of God as it is written for your instruction when truly people the Lord never spoke unto them Why may some say is not the Scriptures true yea they are true but the Scripture as a declaration of other mens conditions the Prophets conditions Christs words the Apostles words given forth from the life but I am against him saith the Lord that steals the Word from his Neighbour and saith The Lord saith when the Lord never spoke to him but as they find it written in the Scriptures other mens conditions who were made partakers and possessed and enjoyed what they spoke this was not a Chapter or verse in Scripture other mens conditions but this was and is the same as ever was from the beginning the Innocent life the holy life Adams state wherein he was created at first in the Image of God but being fallen from that estate in Adam there must be a coming back again as the Scriptures speaks of I will bring the blind by a way that they have not known and there must be a bringing back again the Captivity a restauration out of the fallen estate For as in Adam all die so in Christ shall all be made alive As many as believe on him whom the Father hath sent into the World he was in the world and the world knew him not but as many as received him he gave power to become the Sons of God and he that hath the Son hath Life he that hath not the Son hath not Life and this life is the light of men he was in the world and the world was made by him and the world became flesh and dwelt amongst us and we saw the only begotten Son of God full of Glory Mercy Grace and Peace and to him that is at rest saith Christ will I give of the water of life freely he that hath an eare may hear what the Spirit saith he that overcomes shall reign with me saith Christ Therefore all people take warning berime and do not deceive your selves by a profession of God and Christ in words and have not the life and power of what you profess for it is not profession without possession that will stand you instead in the day of the Lord God which is coming upon all the ungodly of the world who are out of the life and power of that which the Scriptures were given forth from for except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdome of God this Birth is not by mans will but by the will of God and where this Birth is known and witnessed in the least measure it is hated and persecuted by the world as ever it was in the dayes of the Apostles and Christ for if they persecuted me saith Christ they will also persecute you and if they have done this to the master of the house how much more to them of his houshold for the Scribes and Pharisees knew where Christ should be born but when he came they put him to death The same is now made manifest as ever was in the Apostles