Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	heart_n	holy_a	lord_n	17,551	5	3.7649	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93599	Englands friend raised from the grave. Giving seasonable advice to the Lord Generall, Lievtenant-Generall, and the Councell of Warre. Being the true copies of three letters, / written by Mr. John Saltmarsh, a little before his death.	Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647.; Saltmarsh, Mary.	1649 (1649)	Wing S480; Thomason E566_13; ESTC R14442	3,046	8

ENGLANDS FRIEND Raised from the GRAVE Giving seasonable Advice To the Lord Generall Lievtenant-Generall And the Councell of Warre Being the true copies of three LETTERS WRITTEN BY Mr. JOHN SALTMARSH A little before his Death HEB. 11. 4. He being dead yet speaketh LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the black Spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1649. To the Reader THese Letters were written and sent according to the superscriptions by the Author a little before his departure they might have continued in silence as they have done ever since but providence hath otherwise disposed through the desire of many friends and you have them truly printed according to the originall copies Mary Saltmarsh For his EXCELLENCY the Lord FAIRFAX Noble Sir GOd having raised me up from the power of the grave though he hath not made known to me yet what further use he hath of me but I wait on him whom I have found to be my God both in sickness and health Sir at present I am prest in spirit to write to you I yet know no other but it is from the Spirit of God There is a mighty noise of unrighteousnesse and injustice in the proceedings at your Councels as to the Kingdom And truly Sir this not in most Counties onely amongst the people but amongst the choicest and the conscientious Christians the hearts of good people are departed from you very much and from your Army and Counsells And Sir whatsoever you or others may think and perswade your selves yet I am thus free to speak that God hath at present brought a dark cloud over you and the Lord shew you a way out of it which is presented to mee to bee this onely way stop not the breathings of God in meane private Christians the counsells of God flow there when the greater persons somtimes for his glory are left naked without a word of advice from him I found this desolating evill beginning in your meetings Be faithfull to your ingagements for Justice to the Kingdome you have many and you promised speedy redresse of many things Consider and compare in the light of God impartially how your first principles and publike promises and proceedings answer each other and where you have been unrighteous delatory or unfaithfull be not discouraged speedily to depart out of those tents least God overtake you with a dispensation of more righteousnesse and judge you Sir the cries the teares the prayers of the oppressed and afflicted and the departing of many of Gods people in their hearts from you are and will b● burdensome stones and cups of trembling The Lord direct you in this your day that you may not depart from your first love lest he who is the holy One the just One the God blessed for ever come against you with the spirit of his mouth Sir I have little more to write the Lord having discharged me of this burden which was as fire in my bones And truly the shadowes that some Councells of the flesh have brought upon this Army lately hath reached to the darkening of all professing Christians in the Kingdome in the hearts of the people of the Kingdome for where should redresse come will they think if not from such as professe higher godlinesse then others Sir Your Servant John Saltmarsh From Laystreet in Essex from M. Waddis house For Lievtenant-Generall Cromwell SIR I Have found the Lord appearing of late in my weak estate and I cannot but from these sweet shinings of his desire to behold the like and more glorious in those who are called to greater actions Sir it is the voice of people but that which sounds loudest is the voice of choice and spirituall desiring Christians that your proceedings have much injustice great delayes and the hearts of many good people are turning from you as you are in these wayes you are much accused of unfaithfulnesse to solemn Ingagements Sir I was moved long since you may remember to tell you what would follow in stopping the breathings of God in private and poor Christians and I must tell you and I know other but it is the voice of the Lord in me that I observe you and some others to begin an estrangement to such who were godly honest and spirituall and to avoid discourse and communion with them Me thinks I see in the light of God a black cloud over some of you in the Army and I am satisfied in spirit that there are great transgressions amongst you against publike Justice and Righteousnesse behold and you shall see before ye the Rock against which both King and Parliament were dashed and truly Sir by what I see in your proceeding and heare of your Councells by honest men some of ye hasten in the flesh to the same distresse Sir break off this sin by righteousness return to your communion with Christians let not the wisdom of the flesh intice you under the disguise of Christian prudence for that wisdome is not from above which is not pure and easie to be intreated run not to the old shifts of the flesh in these your times of straight leane not on Aegypt or any imaginary strength which is not of God if the Lord in his goodness and wisdom will have some of your former glory which was his and you might through temptation think your own to perish be not ashamed of the fiery triall but close in with that which hath most of God in it do you not hear an oppressed and afflicted Kingdome crying out to ye believe it Sir all professing Christians in all places will suffer what evill is done by ye the Lord shew you wherein you have counselled in flesh neglected Christians delayed Justice failed in publike Ingagements neglected or grieved some afflicted Christians whom you should have comforted and then peace glory and excellent power will appear in you and Christians will blesse God in you whilst you walk in that more pure administration and Sir know that you in your person will injoy most of the good or evill that shall follow Sir God powres out fresh abilities freely and of meer grace even rivers and streams of life in such weake vessells of his as we are and at this fountain I desire you may now live SIR Your Servant John Saltmarsh For the Councell of VVarre Honourable NOt to repeat to ye the sad outcries of a poor Notion for Justice and righteousnesse the departure of the hearts of many Christians generally from you the late testimonies of some in your own bowells the withdrawing of that Glory the Lord formerly cloathed ye withall but this I know ye have not discharged your selves to the people in such things as they justly expected from ye and for which ye had that Spirit of righteousnesse first put upon ye by an Almighty Power and which carried you on upon a conquering wing the wisdome of the flesh hath deceived and enticed and that glorious principle of Christian Liberty which we advanced in at first I speak as to Christians hath been managed too much in the flesh Now if the Lord hath opened to any of ye the unsoundnesse of any principles then or in the management of them I hope he will shew ye a better course and path to walk in and now ye are met in Councell the Lord make ye to hearken to one another from the highest to the meanest that the Voice of God wheresoever it speaks may not be despised and think it no shame to passe over into more righteous Ingagements that Wisdome which is from above is easie to be entreated look over your first Ingagements and compare them with your proceedings that you may see what you have done what you must do I know it is unsavoury to nature to be accused or taxed but I hope there will be found that Spirit in you that will esteem the wounds of a friend better then the kisses of an enemy I write I know to such who in their first love were a people loving God and his appearances in the meanest Christian and such as pursued the good and happinesse of the Kingdome cordially and if the Lord hath not thought to take off the Spirit of righteousnesse from ye and put it upon another people he will give you to discerne this last temptation wherein Sathan hath desired to winnow ye and ye shall be a Diadem once more in the hands of the Lord For my self as I am my self there is neither wisdome nor counsell in me but if the Lord hath breathed on my weaknesse for your sakes I shall rejoyce in that mercy and grace of his I rest Yours in all righteous Ingagements John Saltmarsh Laystreet Octob. 28. 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