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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	faith_n	heart_n	spirit_n	4,438	5	4.9670	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32894	Christian unity exhorted to being a few words in tender love to all professing of Christianity in old England, the land of my nativity : wherein the difference between profession and possession of that which is really the substance of true religion, is clearly manifested : also, the great breach of Christian charity, caused by their furious contentions about formality : with a few words to the poor in spirit, concerning my opinion of a saving knowledge of Christ Jesus / by one who dearly loves all those whose conversation becomes Christ's Gospel.	One who dearly loves all those whose conversation becomes Christ's Gospel.	1678 (1678)	Wing C3950; ESTC R270	11,173	17

unto thee what my opinion is concerning a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ it is not my desire that thou shouldest vow Allegiance to my Dictates or pin thy faith upon my sleeve as I doubt we have both ●oo much formerly upon others but my heart earns towards thee that thou mayst be perswaded to hearken to the teachings of Christs spirit alone and then thou wilt not need any of mans teaching for the Scriptures of Truth testifie that no man knoweth the things of God save the spirit of God which spirit is ready and willing to instruct thee in all things that are necessary for thee to know so this is one great benefit thou shalt partake of by this inward acquaintance with Christ in knowing him to be with thee at all times and in all places Nay when thou art in thy bed if thy mind be retired he will make thee remember what thou hast done in the day past for he sits in thy conscience judging all thy actions note therefore that conscience is not the Judge but the Seat wherein the Judges sits therefore pray mistake not the Seat for the Judge for I cannot but make mention of this thing because of the great mistake that thousands are in about this matter for when they have been afraid to commit some gross sin they say their conscience will not suffer them not considering who it is that is in their consciences restraining them from sinning so Christ hath been robbed of his honour and many hundreds have been in want of his Divine power because they have not known him so near them Friendly Reader let me intreat thee when thou art in a serious frame of spirit examine thy own heart and I doubt not but thou wilt find some sense of these things in thy own particular and it shall be the desire of my Soul that the Lord may increase in thee more and more a lively powerfull sence of his Truths that it may be to his glory and the everlasting welfare of thy poor immortal Soul and for thy farther satisfaction search the holy Scriptures for I desire not to write any thing but what they testifie and wait on the Lord alone for Direction and Counsel therefore consult not with flesh and bloud and thou shalt receive an inward sence of that which thou desirest to know for the seeking that of mans wisdom which alone belongs to the Revelation of Gods spirit hath been the only cause that many have been always a learning and yet never come to the knowledge of the Truth friendly Reader I doubt not if thou art one who desires to be acquainted with the holy dictates of Christs spirit but that thou wilt have a clear un-understanding of the vast difference between thy seeking knowledge from the precepts of men and the Revelations of Gods spirit too too much slighted by many in our Nation therefore pray let us beware of doing despite to the spirit of Grace and resisting the Holy Ghost in working on our corrupt wills and affections in order both to our conviction and conversion for though there is no power in our natural Wills to act that which is good yet there is an ability to refuse resisting of that which hath power to work otherwise how could it be said in Scripture that men grieve and quench the holy spirit of God and resist the Holy Ghost and turn from the grace of God to wantonness which hath provoked the Lord to declare by his holy Prophets that his spirit should not always strive with man which makes me to conclude that there is a Passive though not an active power in mans will for certainly the Lord would not so much complain on the Children of men for rebelling against his good spirit if they were not destitute of all power in yielding obedience to its holy operation how did our dear and ever blessed Saviour Jesus Christ lament the sad state and condition of the City of Jerusalem when he said How would I have gathered you as a Hen gathereth her Chickens under her wings but you would not which to me is a plain demonstration that there was a possibility of their receiving as well as rejecting the tender offers of Christs love and doubtless he would not have intreated them were they wholly incapable of receiving his kind Intreaties Oh there fore Dear friends our destruction is of our selves for the Lord said by his Holy Prophet in the days of old why will you dye O House of Israel clearly shewing forth that we our selves are the cause of our own destruction Oh let us consider what could he have done more for us then he hath done he hath written his holy Laws in our hearts which are holy Rules for us to walk by he hath sent his only begotten Son to be our Mediator and Redeemer that we may be saved from our sins here and the punishment due to them hereafter he it is who is the Captain of our Salvation but if we will not be his faithful Souldiers we cannot expect his protection Oh how great hath his long-suffering been to us-ward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance and to the knowledge of his blessed Truths Certainly had not our God been a God full of compassion slow of anger and of great kindness who retaineth not his anger for ever but in wrath remembreth his mercy because his compassions fail not we might have long since been destroyed and been now roaring in endless wo and misery but blessed and for ever blessed be the name of our God whose mercy endureth for ever that he hath been pleased to continue unto us a day of visitation whereby we have been made to cry out what have I done Lord what have I done How have I rejected the tender visitation of thy love how have I extinguished the Divine motions of thy holy Spirit how have I sinned against thy loving kindness which is better then life and abused all thy mercies Oh therefore let us beware of letting slip the day of our visitation being there is an Eternity of felicity depends on our improving so gracious an oppertunity but such are the base inclinations of our corrupt natures that we use all our dilligence and watchfulness rather to enjoy momentary pleasure then to make sure our Calling and Election how little do the generality of men regard that which is the most noble part of men how earnestly do they pursue their sensual delights which have anxiety always for a companion Oh that they would be perswaded and entreated to set a part some time for a serious contemplation on Eternity whereby they may be truly sensible of the sad and dangerous state that hitherto they have lived in Oh that they would beware of being rocked asleep in the Devils Cradle of carnal security which is a great cause that so many have dis-regarded the knocking 's of Christs spirit at the door of their hearts and if at any time they