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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	christian_a	church_n	faith_n	4,160	5	5.1937	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10121	A testimony and wholesome advice concerning marriage.	Seaton, Alexander.; Edmundson, William, 1627-1712.; Bingley, William, 1651-1715. Epistle of love and tender advice, to friends and brethren in America, or elsewhere.; Whitehead, Anne, 1624-1686. Epistle for true love, unity, and order in the Church of Christ.; Elson, Mary, 1623 or 4-1707. Epistle for true love, unity, and order in the Church of Christ	1680 (1680)	Wing T807A; ESTC R221301	6,513	15

withhold giving such disobedient Children any outward Portion until such time they be reconciled to Truth and Friends as aforesaid for the withholding that may be instrumental to cause them to enter into a consideration of their Disobedience to the Lord and their Parents from whence true Repentance may spring and not only so but it may be an occasion to prevent others from falling into the same Snare and may put a stop to some of the World in seeking after our Children on that account Fourthly We do desire that Friends in every place will have such a watchful Eye over one another in the fear of the Lord that if they see any Parents negligent in their duty by too much indulging their Children in those things that Truth doth not allow that they admonish them of it in the Love of God and Sence of Truth that so things may be kept well amongst us Fifthly As in the weighty Sence of the blessed Truth we have given our advice and counsel in this particular So in the same Sence we advise and counsel Friends in the general that in all things they walk as becomes the Gospel taking heed that in no respect they give way to any liberty which the Truth doth not allow of for that is so far from the true Christian liberty that it hath a tendency to imbondage the Soul again as the Apostle said Hold fast the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made you Free and be no more entangled with the Yoak of Bondage And as the Lord hath set Limits and Bounds in his Truth our preservation doth consist in keeping within the bounds of it in which we may expect the Blessings and Mercies of the Lord to rest upon us and to be multiplied unto us and our Children to the Praise of his Name for ever Given forth at the National Men and Womens Meetings Assembled together in Dublin the 10th day of the Third Month 1680. Signed in behalf of the said Meetings By Alexander Se●● THE END AN EPISTLE FOR True Love Unity AND ORDER IN THE Church of Christ Against the Spirit of Discord Disorder and Confusion c. Recommended to Friends in Truth chiefly for the sake of the Weak and Unstable Minded for Information and Encouragement in our Christian Vnity and Society held in the Spirit of Christ both in Faith and Practice By Two Servants of the Church according to our Measures Anne Whitehead Mary Elson But God hath tempered the Body together that there should be No SCHISME in the Body but that the Members should have the SAME CARE one for another 1 Cor. 12. LONDON Printed and Sold by Andrew Sowle at the Crooked-Billet in Holloway-Lane near Shoreditch in their own Wills adventuring the Estates of others without their knowledge or cons●nt ●hen they themselves knows well enough 〈◊〉 if th●● Adventures fail their Security must fail 〈…〉 how many Widdows and Orphans Old and 〈◊〉 are there oppressed and wronged by these things Doth not such think and believe that the Want Poverty and Cry of these will bring down Vengean●● 〈…〉 the Righteous God or think they not that God will vis●●●or these things for his pretious Truth and Names ●●ke and for the Cry of the Opressed yea assuredly he will plead their Cause and will disburthen and clear his Truth and People of them their unrighteous Deeds together Is it not our duty both Old and Young to set our Affairs in such a posture as that we may be out of danger that any Body should suffer by us while we in the mean time only aim at our own profit advantage Oh let the Truth here be judge and then I know the Elder Friends will labour to quit themselves in this matter and so have power to put a stop and bridle to such young Ones as takes this course or else the peril and reproach of both will lie at their Door in a great measure Oh! that a holy Zeal may increase in many Hearts for the removing of this great Evil and let go the eager desire of great profit and every one to be content with his own and serve the Lord and his Truth therewith according to his Ability and if he please he will increase it And take care of the younger sort and become good Examples to them in this matter that the stink of offences in this kind may be stopped and the Truth of God may prosper and flowrish more and more Amen Colchester the 29th of the 9th Mon. 1677. Geertruyd Derik Niesen