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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	know_v	lord_n	see_v	7,565	5	3.3975	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43751	A Christian salutation and greeting unto all the true Christian people of God (often in scorn called Quakers) who are the true church of Christ, the first-born in England, in this latter age and generation / from a Friend, brother and companion with all the saints and children of light, in their sufferings and tribulations, and also a partaker (through the Grace of God) of the blessed inheritance with all the saints in light, John Higgins.	Higgins, John, 1633-1667.	1663 (1663)	Wing H1952; ESTC R18523	4,298	9

A Christian SALUTATION AND GREETING Unto all the True Christian People of God Often in scorn called QVAKEKS Who are the true Church of Christ the First-Born in England In this latter AGE and GENERATION From a Friend Brother Companion with all the Saints and Children of Light in their Sufferings and Tribulations And also a Partaker through the Grace of God of the Blessed Inheritance with all the Saints in Light John Higgins LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson 1663. A Christian Salutation and Greeting unto all the true Christian People of God often in scorn called QVAKERS c. MOst dear and well-beloved Friends and Brethren who have received Grace Mercy and Peace from God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ in this the glorious Day of his blessed Appearance with the day-spring from on High unto the turning of your Captivity and freely ransoming your Souls out of the horrible Pit and Gulf of darkness and misery which is the dwelling you know of all the Children of disobedience O ye dear Children of the Light and true born Sons of the Morning you above all the Families on the Earth are known unto the Lord through your Faith and Obedience unto Christ the true Light and Power of God who is indeed become the Captain of our Salvation and you whose Souls are made subject to the Light and Power of his eternal Spirit and become Followers of the Son of God the Lord from Heaven who is a quickening Spirit here his precious Life is felt known and enjoyed by all his faithful Followers and blessed are you ye dear and well-beloved of the Father who are become willing and obedient Followers of the Lamb in Righteousness in this the day of his mighty Power and blessed Appearance unto you all who were once as well as others scattered upon the barren Mountains and knew not the voice of the Shepherd of Israel and then Oh then what were your Travels your Sorrows and Weepings and Mourning because of the want of your Beloved This was once my state with you O ye that were oppressed and afflicted in spirit and travelled in pain until the dawning of the Light and Day of the Lord that we came to see Him whom our Souls loved and to follow him faithfully in Righteousness who is now become our Leader and Commander and the Captain of our Salvation Oh! what might we now say of the wonderful Works of the Lord our God which he hath wrought for us and in us since the day of his blessed Appearance that our Souls became subject unto his Power and Followers of Him in Spirit and in Truth Oh! how did he utter his Voice against the man of Sin insomuch that the Earth did fear and tremble at his Appearance And how caused he the Rocks and the Mountains to melt as wax before Him for his Appearance was to Ransom his own Seed that was then in great Captivity and Bondage and to chain the Devil and Satan that crooked Serpent never more to Deceive Oh this is He whom we have seen and known leading Captivity captive and He it was that wounded and healed that killed and made alive that the living might praise and magnifie his Name that now lives and reigns for ever and for evermore O ye Children of the Light and Sons of Sion's King there 's none knows the Womb of your Conception but the Children of her own Bowels who is the Mother of us All nor none of the Sons of Bondage knows the Royalty of your Birth and Generation but those of the same Off-spring and Linage of the everlasting Seed of blessing unto which all the Promises of God are Yea and Amen for evermore And O thou Daughter of Sion there 's no Stranger that ever knew the Travel and Sorrow of thy day before Conception and now indeed there 's none of the uncircumcised Children of Bondage t●at can inter-meddle with thy Joy and the Lot of thine Inhe itance O thou that wast once as a silly Dove in the Wilderness and as an Owle in the Desart and even as a Pelican in the most desolate places and then didst thou travel on as in a vast howling Wilderness beset with sorrow and travels on every hand and then Oh how did all the Egyptians and the Vncircumcised rejoyce at thy sorrow and sported themselves with the brokenness of thine Heart and the travel of thy Soul not considering that all this came upon thee as the disposings and orderings of thy Maker thy Husband the Lord of Hosts is his Name so as to humble and sanctifie thy soul and to cleanse thee from all Fornication that thou mightest be his own Beloved and his peculiar Treasure and the choicest of ten thousands O ye dearly beloved of my Soul surely that eye which hath seen the great and wonderful Works of the Lord our God wrought in us and for us cannot but admire his infinite glorious Acts even with great Admiration And certainly that Heart that understands these things cannot but fear and dread and reverence his holy Name and Power even from henceforth and for evermore Now at his first Appearance dearly Beloved you know it was he that made us to differ from the world of Ungodly he made us sensible of his eternal Light and Truth shining in our hearts and thereby he gave us an understanding to eschew the evil and cleave unto that which was good and thus he changed our minds and converted our hearts from the darkness unto the Light and from Satan's power unto the power of the Lord our God And in this eternal Power and Spirit in the Light of the Lord Jesus Christ we have waited upon him and he hath been with us and answered us and now dwells in us and amongst us according to his Promise and he is become our Teacher and Leader and the Captain of our Salvation And thus he becomes Wisdom Sanctification and Redemption unto all his faithful Followers whom he hath led and is leading as his ransomed Ones out of the great Captivity and Bondage and Servitude of the Devil the power of Darkness who hath ruled in times past as Lord and King over them and hath led them also captive at his will into the disobedience against God And now blessed are all ye that are come to know him whom the Father hath ordained to be the Messenger of his everla●iing Covenant and that is leading on unto Salvation And blessed are you that follow him in faithfulness whither soever he goeth for now he is not only leading of you out of the sin and Pollution that once lodged in your own hearts but he is also leading of you by his eternal Spirit and Power out of Antichrist's Kingdom out of Babylon and Egypt's Darkness that ye may be a peculiar People a Royal Nation and a chosen Generation faithfully holding fast the Testimony of the Lord your God in Righteousness against all the Impositions and carnal Commandments of Babylons Merchants Oh this is your