Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	work_v	world_n	worldly_a	223	3	8.3059	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53263	The old leaven purged out, or, The apostacy of this day further opened being a true and faithfull narrative of the orderly prooceedings [sic] and dealings of the lesser part of the congregation formerly walking with Mr. John Sympson, with and against severall souldiers of the army, who (being fallen in with the apostacy of this day, contrary to professed and declared principles, and the many out-goings of the Lord thereupon) are withdrawn and separated from, together with Mr. Sympson their chief abettor, and others, after neer two years labouring whilest while we were in the congregation, and neer two years more since : as also the true coppies of seven of the letters which Mr. Sympson wrote with his own hand, and sent to the congregation an answer to several objections that have been, or may be raised against printing and published the whole : all humbly presented to publique view, not in strife, vain-glory, or to be seen of men, but we hope out of conscience, to endeavor a recovering of the name of the Lord ...	Hathorn, Humphrey.	1658 (1658)	Wing O205; ESTC R32246	96,744	101

for a time have acted their parts with applause upon this stage How bravely did Judas act his part in praying preaching working of miracles by Christ and afterward betrayed his Master How well did Demas manage his businesse before he embraced this present world Alexander the Copper-Smith who did much wrong unto Paul and against whom he prayed in the Spirit of the Gospel that God would reward him according unto his works had almost suffered death as a Martyr for Jesus Christ Acts 19.33 May we go so far in paths of light and righteousness and afterwards prove like the Renegado Turks the greatest Persecutors of Christians in the world Oh! Then how ought we to examine our works our prayers our hearing our speaking of the things of God lest there should be any root of bitternesse in them which at length springing up should discover us to be Liars Impostures Mamonists Hypocrites before God Angels Saints and sinners My Letters unto you as yet have been as suits of clothes made up but not fitted for any particular person if they fit any Men and their guilty Conscience do apply particularly unto themselves the things spoken and prophesied of in them in general I shall begin to be perswaded that I do not drop Ink upon paper in vain give me leave therefore to come home into your bosoms hearts and consciences in a word of Trial of your works gifts duties actions professions performances and the like First try the original of your Actions if the spring of your Actions be poysoned the streams cannot be healthy if flesh be the fountain whatsoever proceeds from it is fleshly If the tree be evil the fruit cannot be good Ask thy soul this question dost thou pray and speak of spiritual things by a gift or by the Spirit of regeneration the prayers of the Formalists though never so well guilded are abominable unto Jehovah because they are not from the spirit of the New Creation Secondly Try the rule of thy Actions Christians are to walk exactly by rule and by line darest thou bring thy heart and thy Actions to be tryed by the good light of the word of God Thirdly Try thy wayes by the good example of Saints and prophets Take my brethren the prophets for an example Jam. 5.10 Not the court Chaplains and Temporizing Demases of this backsliding generation Fourthly Try thy Actions by thy faith two men may do the same thing Abel and Cain the one doth the will of same thing it is not the same thing which they do One man Preaches Free-grace and the Interest of Christ and Saints in the flesh and then abhors his own Preaching the other doth Preach the same things in faith and hath the smile of God for the present and his Crown of glory hereafter for a reward Fifthly Try thy wayes by the sincerity and uprightness of thy heart upright walking is sure walking Let Jehu say Come see my Zeal for the Lord of hosts But be thou able to say with Hezekiah Lord thou knowest that I have walked uprightly before thee Sixthly Try thy Actions by thy affectionate willingness to do or suffer for God Gods people are a willing People in the day of his power Psal 110. Christ loveth chearfull and obedient Servants Seventhly Try thy Actions by the Testimony of a pure and enlightned Conscience Beloved if our hearts condemn us not then have we confidence towards God and whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we keep his Commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight 1 John 3.21 22. Lastly that my Letters may not be burthen some try and search your wayes by your aims and ends do nothing as to man or to your selves but all as to God and the glory of God 1 Cor. 10.31 I put you not to a harder task then by the help of Christ I have done many times since I came into this place And after my most exact scrutiny and search into my own heart the Spirit of truth bearing me witness To me it is given not onely to believe but to suffer as a Prisoner for Jesus Christ By the light of the Spirit I do like my Cause in which I suffer every day better and better I do rise higher in my faith for obtaining promises Heb. 11.33 That God will bring down Tyrants and Persecutors new and old I do not repent but rejoyce in the things which I have delivered and am confident that within a few years not to say moneths I shall be found without Cromwells timely repentance as true a Prophet unto him as I was to the long sitting Parliament In the mean while abstain from all appearance of evil abhor Jezabels Fasts pray down the Antichristian Clergy and their Nasty Nests the Universities Believe down Antichrists High Commissioners with Patrons Parsons Vicars Curates Lecturers and their Tythes and all things belonging to that New Hierarchy wait for the pouring forth of the Spirit in grace and gifes and the power of God and the grace of Christ shall be with you and him who is Christs Prisoner John Sympson Windsor the last day 1. Moneth 1654. This is a true Coppy of the Original examined by us Tho. Cary. John Clementa Brethren in Christ GOd hath brought you upon the stage of this world to live in such times in which the hearts of many Hypocritical Professors shall be discovered and the inward parts of all Saints shall be very much tried And thereofre it doth concern you all to be much in Trying and Examining your base deceitful hearts lest any of you having walked a great way hand in hand with the Saints should at Lengt shamefully and wrectchedly forsake them and with Demas imbrace this present world If ever the Devil had an advantage against Professors he hath an advantage against them in these times He cometh unto them as he did unto Christ with his last and strongest temptation Matth. 4. 9. These things will I give you How many eminent Professors doth the Devil swallow down his wide throat and doth bury them alive in the belly of this world Secondly How evident doth that truth of Christ shine forth at this time Ye cannot serve God and Mammon Your gilded Mamonists in London will not be able to hold long their profession without wavering but will basely and unworthily desert the Cause and Interest of Christ and his People for a morsel of Bread You will finde that many who were very Zealous for the interest of Christ when it was calm will not be able to hold it out in a storm They that pleaded for Christ and his Interest in the Sun-shine day will in the clouldy rainy and stormy day plead against him and his People such Christians who have not learned to deny themselves daily and to take up their Gross and follow him will forsake him The whole world will wonder after the Beast and his horns Rev. 13.3 If God doth not put you among

Secondly I know that Christ knoweth the poverty of some of you but you are rich Rev. 2.9 The Lord hath left in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people and they shall trust in the name of the Lord Zeph. 3.12 Woe be unto the full for they are empty blessed be the empty for they are full Woe be to the rich for they are poor Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God Labour therefore to be poor that you may be rich And if any man seem to be wise among you let him become a fool that he may be wise He that will be nothing shall be something and he that will be something shall be nothing He that hath ears to hear let him hear what Christ saith unto his Church Thirdly some of you live where Satans seat is and yet hold fast the Name of Christ and do not deny the faith of your King Rev. 2.13 Some are labouring in spirit to help Christ to the throne of England Others if you can but give them some comfortable hopes of a place or preferment or some other worldly thing they care not whether the interest of Christ sink or swim they are contented that Satan shall keep his seat and the throne if he will but gratifie their lusts But the Kingdom of England shall be the Kingdom of Christ let Souldiers and Devils and carnal Policy do what they can to hinder it For the Kingdoms of this world are become already to out saith Kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever Rev. 11.15 Fourthly There may be some among you though very few of whom Christ may say I know thy works and love and service and faith and patience and thy works and the last to be more then the first Rev. 2.19 Hold fast this Crown the Lord Jesus doth lay none other burthen upon you and therefore I will not That which you have already hold fast til he come Rev. 2.24 25. But fifthly I am afraid that Christ may say to some of you as to the Angel of the Church of Sardis Thou hast a name that thou livest but thou art dead Rev. 3. There may be dead sinners in a congregation of Saints Oh! What will it advantage you to be in Church Communion with Saints here when you shall keep company with Fiends and Devils and Judases in hell to all eternity Externel priviledges and common gifts in the kingdom of heaven here will but agrivate our condemnation in hell hereafter unlesse Christs findes burning oyl in our Lamps internal and unfeigned graces in our souls Lay a carkass in the midst of a congregation of living men and will the carkass be enlivened by it so the presence of living members in a Church cannot quicken Church members who are dead in sins and trespasses strive therefore rather to be then to be accounted living Christians Sixthly There are some of you concerning whom Christ in the spirit doth inwardly give this testimony that they have a little strength Rev. 3.8 As Christ gave the same testimony concerning Philadelphia's Angel To you that have grace in truth more grace shall be given the weak shall be made strong grow therefore in grace and in the knowledge of the mystery of the Father Son and Spirit And while the lusty youths who are strong in their own strength shall faint and be weary and utterly fall They who have no might shall encrease their strength And they who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint Isa 40.29.30 Seventhly I would that I had no ground to fear that there are some lukewarm Laodiceans among you whom the Lord will spue out of his mouth Rev. 3.16 One end of our redemption by Christ is zeal in good works Titus 2.14 He who is a professor in these dayes without zeal will not be a professor long The Lord will suddenly bring his furnace to Zyon to burn up the hypocrites and refine the true Saints I do beg this at the hand of my God that you may all in this Looking-glass behold the graces and spots of your souls and behold your several conditions I shall reminde you of that which I moved when I last spake among you That our Brother Wise may be called forth from among you to be a teaching Elder I apprehend that by the grace of God it may be to Gods glory your edification and confirmation in faith and love and my great comfort and refreshment And likewise desire that you will endeavour to walk in the order of the gospel as becomes the Churches of Christ A City may as well be without Government an Army without Military Discipline as a Church of Christ without discipline and government the Lord compleat you in graces gifts and officers in the knowledge and practice of all the ordinances of Christ our Saviour and in the fulness of his Spirit which in the Spirit is and shall be the prayer of him who by grace am made Your Companion and Brother in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ John Sympson 16th day 12th Moneth 1653. from my Prison in Windsor Castle This is a True Copy of the Original Examined by us Tho. Cary. John Clements Brethren in Christ GRace Wisdom Discretion Valour Gentlenesse Meeknesse Zeal and Peace be multiplied upon you through the Knowledge of God and our Father who is God Blessed for ever Amen Rom. 9.5 The word which I have from the Lord unto you at this present is to direct you in the right manner of doing that which is good unto the glory of the Father When we seriously consider how many in these times have held forth most glorious truths and done many righteous things and afterwards have apostatized from the way of truth and righteousness we cannot but conclude that they never did any of them well the heart of foolish man doth not deceive him more in any thing then in holding forth truth and in doing that which is good in it self if we are for truth and do that which is good our deceitful hearts are ready presently to canonize us for Saints when in the mean while we may be rotten hearted Hypocrites It is not enough to do that which is right and just but that which is good must be well done any defect though never so small in an action may make it evil but there must be a joynt concurrence of all Causes and Ingredients to make an action really good There is a broad way to hell in doing that which is materially good Praying Preaching Fasing meeting with the Saints breaking of Bread with them and to them may be a stage upon which a man with the approbation of the Saints may act his lusts and the truths of God in all ages have never suffered more sadly then by some zealous and religious Stage players who

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