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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	receive_v	18,187	5	5.7163	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85147	The ranters principles & deceits discovered and declared against, denied and disowned by us whom the world cals Quakers. With a discovery of the mistery of the crosse of Christ. And a discovery of the true light and the false, with their wayes, worships, natures, properties and effects. &c. A vindication for the truth against the deceit. to clear the truth, of scandalls written for simple ones sake, that desire to know the truth as it is in Jesus.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1655 (1655)	Wing F501; Thomason E830_14; ESTC R207442	21,296	22

who lives in the lust the old nature and the fall know it not for great is the mistery of godlinesse from whence all purity springs and blessed are they who are reconciled to God and under the dominion and government of the spirit of truth where the pure life and the heavenly food is and spirituall lawes statutes and ordinances are to walk in and the Lord God and the Lamb the light and glory of the spirituall kingdom where all variecies is in their purity but who are yet reconciled to God are under the dominion of the Prince of darkness and sucks poison from the corrupt ●oor and so feeds the flesh and wallowes in the mire and lust of their own conceivings inventions and fleshly imaginations and so are under the curfe and wrath of the almighty but God hath not called us to uncleaness but to holiness 1 Thes 4. I know she vain light mind and the carelesse dark spring will say Object let the seed of the serpent be accursed and let it be damned so that God save his own I care not what he doth with me c. But be thou assured and know this Ans that as the seed of the serpent is accursed from God he that is joined to the seed of the serpent is one and body and soul and all is polluted by reason of sin and except thou know thy redemption by the power of the Lord to separate the seed of the serpent and thou asunder and to un●te thee to the power of truth thou wilt be accursed from God both soul and body and all that is one with the serpent and be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the presence of the holy Angels for as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over to 2 reprobate mind to work all uncleanesse with greedinesse 2 Thes 1.7 8. Rom. 1.18 29. and when they knew God they glorifi●d him not as God but became vain in their imaginations and their foolisih hearts were darkened for the mistery of iniquity doth work there strongly with all deceiveablenesse of unrighteousnesse in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a lye that they all might be damned who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousnesse 2 Thes 2.7 8 9 10 11 12. Thou maist say that there is no evil nor no Divell Object Ans but thou shalt knew that there is a Divell and a hell and a root from whence all evil doth proceed and though thou saist it is but a conceit yet be sure O vain man whatsoever thou art God will be aveanged of thee and suffer the tormented to plague thee for thy spirituall wickednesse blasphemy and despight to the spirit of grace for all sins and blasphemies against men shall be forgiven but the sin against the holy Ghost which is to sin wilfully after grace received and to speak evil of the power of truth that sin shall never be forgiven neither in this world nor in that which is to come Thou maist say it is but a conceit to tell of sin and the Divell Object Ans but it is but a deceit which tells thee there is none and so thou art swallowed up in uncleanesse and the custome of sin taketh away the conscience of sinning and thou art seared and makes no conscience of what thou dost but thou maist as well say it is but a conceit to say the Sun is not the Sun it is but a conceit to think so as to say there is no sin nor Divell but good and evil are all alike c. But will any who are endued with naturall knowledge believe thee if thou saist there is neither Sun nor Moon night nor day they are all alike only they conceive it to be day and night Sun-light and Moon-light but it is but their conceit that they have of these things But is it so because thou sayest so will not the very naturall man that hath his naturall sight and knowledge of those things tell thee thou art a lyar and speakes but only thy conceits and fleshly conceivings and carnall inventions but it is vain for thee to deceive one that hath his eyes in his head in those things But if it were to a naturall blind man that never saw any of these but were born blind thou mightest deceive him in those things soon to tell him there is neither night nor day Sun nor Moon but as mens conceits carrieth them forth to conceive of these things according to their low apprehensions that they have of those things thou mightest deceive a blind man in those things because that he never saw them but only as he heard others speak of them but he that seeth and knoweth or those things he will tell thee thou art a fool to labour to perswade him to believe thy conceits when he seeth it to the contrary evidently before his eyes So on the contrary to say there is neither God nor Divell heaven nor hell nor sin nor sorrow will any believe thee that knows those things whose eyes are in his head hath evidently seen the nature and property of these he that is born again and enlightened by the spirit of Jesus Christ knows that thou art a lyar to say that good and evil righteousnesse and unrigteousnesse is all one and proceeds from one root it is but only their low apprehensions and conceits to think otherwise as thou sayest but thy saying is false And I testify against thee that sayeth so be what thou wilt or who thou wilt thou art guided by a lying spirit and art of thy father the Divell who was a lyar from the beginning and the father of it Joh. 8. 44. the Divell that deceived thee was a lyar from the beginning and he hath since the beginning got into thy heart and hath been working upon thy imaginations and drawn thee out into conceits and carnall imaginations of things through the wiles and craftinesse of his deceiveablenesse whereby he hath plunged thee into the pit of inventions and divinations of thy own brain but thou art shut out of the truth and art blind and ignorant altogether of unfolding the divine and heavenly mystery and art kept in the fountain of filthinesse of the Divells suggestions who acteth thee by the power of darknesse and casts a mist before thy eyes the eyes of thy understanding that thou shouldst be blind and groap by thy faln wisdom and the knowledge in the history but art yet in wickednesse and deep in the mistery of iniquity and knowest nothing but the evil it self and calls that good but the wo is to thee that dost so for thou art blinded by seeking to comprehend the light by thy carnall wisdom thou mayest as well seek to comprehend the Sun in thy band for light

conceivings but the light that leads out into such things is a false light a blind guide and he that is guided led by such a false light he knows not the true light which leadeth out of all books and histories into the life in the mystery and leads out of pride into humility out of covetcusnesse into compassionatenesse fruits of that nature but the light is in the world and the world knoweth it not the true light which sees all deceits and comprehends all Babylons wayes works and worships and sees where the beast and false prophet is and the mother of harlots with their sorceries and divinations and the cup of their fornications whereby they deceive the nations but God will bring them all into contempt and make them ashamed of their deceits and deceiveablenesse for the light is risen and arising that will lay open all their abominations and give them the cup of fury and make Babylons merchants and craftsmen sick with amazement and with astonishment at the calamity that is to come upon them now read where you are he that hath an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit saith Rev. 17.3 4 5. to the 18. The true light now shineth in darknesse but darknesse comprehendeth it not Even that light which is pure and perfect which proceeds and cometh from God the father of lights but dark mindes knowes it not but walks in darknesse disobeying the light and there is their condemnation the disobedience to the light where it is in measure made manifest Joh. 3.19 20 21. God is supernaturall and this light proceeds and comes from him which is the true light that convinceth of sin and exerciseth the pure senses working in the conscience to bring men up to God into that which is eternall out of corruptions into purity and unity with the divinity to reconcile them to have fellowship with the father and the Son and receive joy and comfort from the holy Ghost to praise and glorify God in the spirit who sendeth the spirit of his Son into their hearts Ioh. 16.13 14 15. Ioh. 14 2● 27. Ioh. 15.1 2 3. to administer true comfort to the soul and this ministry standeth not in the will of man nor in the wisdom of the flesh but in the power of God and in demonstration of the spirit baptizing with the Holy Ghost into the holy union to drink and receive joy and comfort from the Lord Jesus the spirituall vine and these fruits and effects proceeds from the true light that worketh powerfully in the spirituall ministration drawing souls out of darknesse into light out of corruptions into purity out of the false wayes and false worships into the true way that leadeth into life eternall where the mistery of faith is held in a pure conscience and there is no uncleanesse where this is fulfilled for God the fountain of light is pure and of purer eyes then to behold iniquity and he sends this light to enlighten the understandings and draw up souls to God out of the fall into the pure life again and this gift is perfect that cometh from God to draw souls up into perfection and into the powrings forth of the fathers love to rejoyce in him for ever Rev. 21. to the 9. Rev. 21. 23 24 to the end Rev. 22. 3 4. But naturall men that have but learned their naturall things of Greek Latine and Hebrew which the naturall man may easily do and yet be an enemy to God and to his own soul for all his naturall learning and languages and be ignorant of God for the naturall man knowes him not and he is a very naturall indeed that saith this pure light of God which doth convince of sin and uncleanesse is a naturall light he that saith so is a dim light and blind guide indeed and knowes not God For this light that reproves for sin in the conscience is a divine principle and was with the Father in the beginning but in due time he manifests himself by it to the view of the minds and understandings of men to let them see into their selves that they are all gentiles in their first nature and sinners and are under the curse and wrath of God and no reconciliation can be made whilst the seed of the serpent is head unbruised in them had not this come forth from God to give man a discovery of his heart he had not known sin but the light coming and appearing in him he sees himself to be a vile sinner miserable wretch and he would fain quench the light rather then obey it but there is his condemnation for the light will find him out if he hide himself never so closely in his own conceits and thoughts by his carnall reason and falne wisdom and the wo will follow him go where he will this light will not have union with the corrupt nature nor with man whi●st he is one with that nature but the light will check and reprove him both in secret and openly and be a testimony against sin eternally and also against him that is one with the evil this light will leave all naturall men without excuse that they can have no cloak for their sins for it is privy to all their actions both at home and abroad it will not be bribed to hold its peace but it will cry out against sin and give sentence against thee that disobeys it be what thou wilt This light doth not waver nor wander but shewes thee thy wavering and wandering mind and tells thee of all thy base actions and if it were a naturall light it would not so much oppose nature and crosse its desire as it doth and will do more and more as it doth break forth into the understanding it will tell thee that thou art a naturall blind man in the things of God and it wil not be beholding to thee for all thy naturall learning and tongues but crosse it and thee both and tell thee the wisdom of the flesh and the world is foolishnesse with God and the love and friendship of die world is enmity with God and thou must ●ye to thy own wisdom and naturall learning and tongues before thou knowest God indeed and in truth this light was before the fall and cometh forth from God to call out of the fall again and if thou wilt not obey it it will condemn thee eternally as light as thou makes of it but it is because the wilde nature is head but thou maist go where thou wilt it will not leave thee and it will tell thee that all thy worships which thou sets up in thy own will and by thy own wisdom not acceptable with God and this light will tell thee that all thy prayers are an abomination to the Lord whilst thou regardest iniquity in thy heart this light will tell thee that except thou be born again thou shalt never inherit the kingdom of God and when it breaketh thy peace and raiseth