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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	according_a	spirit_n	true_a	2,352	5	4.6188	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54448	Two epistles, written to all Friends in the truth the one touching the perfection of humility, written in Rome-prison of madmen, the other touching the righteous order of judgement in Israel, written at Lyons in France / by the servant of God, John.	J. P. (John Perrot), d. 1671?	1661 (1661)	Wing P1636; ESTC R3555	11,573	16

deal by our Brethren which have halted by the way and not in the way of the dealings of our Father's love mercies and compassions unto us whilst yet we were enemies unto Him then should we degenerate from the brightness of the similitude of His Life and be but as the sons of darkness in Judgement for in the Eternal sweet Spirit of God I am sure that all Judgement out of the Life of this Testimony is but for a day of reproof and also to be tryed in a day of Revelation by Fire and therefore the merciful Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world said Judge not lest ye be judged because every tittle out of his Spirit is to be judged by his Spirit since in all Judgment besides it there is a secret seed of prejudice and enmity in the heart which stirreth up prejudice in the hearts of the persons judged and such judged souls by shyness and strangeness kept at swords point and at severe distance from Friends hardens their hearts from God which saves not but destroys the soul which is a sore weight to fall upon any spirit viz. not to be an instrument of Salvation but rather of Damnation which for ten thousand times ten thousand the price of all the Treasures of the Earth I would not should fall justly upon my back through an act of the spirit of rashness unless first I had exhorted secondly admonished and meekly reproved yea after all this if the person blameable should stand in obstinacy and perversness of heart against God even until the last and utmost occasion of denying such a soul I ought not to deliver such a one over but for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Again All Friends must take serious and prudent heed how they take up matters upon slight reports for that is but of the same which is ready to say Report and we will report for such things will make Israel walk maimed in Counsel and halt in Judgment and make him cast the simple in the ditch and set the subtil to fly swift over fences Wherefore again I say Be ye followers of the Lamb wheresoever he goeth for he took the Testimony of many before he judged the Harlots Cause in the seat of Mercy And be ye careful to take the advantage of countenancing and cherishing the least appearance of Repentance and Contrition of heart in any revolted soul turning not your ear from it but nourish it and cherish it in all that ye may appear as strength thereunto And how know ye but that in so doing ye may convert a sinner to God and turn him from the evil of his way And will you not know in that day that there will be more Joy in Heaven among the Angels of God than for the other ninety and nine of the Flock which never erred nor strayed from the Sheep-fold And will not the sence of the Joy of God's Angels be a sufficient Crown of Reward unto you for so happy and blessed a work Surely yea And therefore my dearest Sisters and Brethren look ye to your Father grow in his Image and walk with Him and blessed shall your Day be unto you for evermore Amen I am your Sister in our Spouse JOHN Sent from Lyons in France to be read by the Flock of the Lord every-where and not among the World who pervert the Judgment of Truth TOuching the fore-going Epistle I mention these few following words for the prevention of the Worlds evil carping and the exaltation of every spirit which hath erred yet which hath seen the weakness of other persons judging them and not according to the true order of the Judgment of the Lamb of God To the World I say thus Though a few in Zeal have stepped forth in Judgment in a particular matter somewhat beyond their measures yet because of infirmity in such a case are not to be cast forth and that because of their Youth and Tenderness in the Truth who in their this dayes birth as new-born babes have not yet attained unto the Perfection of that Wisdom which is to be attained unto but through Experience are growing more and more into the same And to persons imprudently judged this I also insert That if they from a sence of this Admonition unto all which reacheth unto such young and zealous souls in the Truth which have imprudently judged them should rise up and seek to boast over them they would by it bring themselves under the real Condemnation of the Spirit which gave utterance of the aforesaid Epistle which only tends in substance for perfecting Unity Peace and Love in God which may never end THE END