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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	father_n	son_n	spirit_n	9,815	5	5.8235	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54906	Bowells of compassion towards the fettered seed. Or a visitation to all, who hath been seeking the resting place, but hath not found it the cause why shewed, and the way to it manifested, wherein is something shewed also, of the emptinesse, and unsoundnesse of all profession, without the light of Christ, to be the guide. Also an information to all the honest-hearted who desires to know the truth in the simplicity of it concerning us, the people of the most high who is by the world called Quakers: ... Written in love to the scattered people in America: and is to be sent to all the islands belonging to it, that all may be warned, and left without excuse. By one who am a witnesse what the Lord hath done for his people, and hath obteined with him among the rest of the faithfull, whom he hath gathered into his fold of rest; where they are throughly satisfied; and lies down in peace and rest. Richard Pinder.	Pinder, Richard, d. 1695.	1659 (1659)	Wing P2261; ESTC R220527	12,556	15

God and lyes down together in the resting place where their waters is sure And now the Lord is fulfilling his promise made of old and is ri●en to gather his elect from the four corners of the earth into his everlasting fold where there is one shephard and one fold witnessed according to his promise who hath promised that he will seek save that which was lost and bring back that which was driven away And this is a visitation unto you the scattered in America who hath any true and living breathings after God who hath professed him in words but hath not found thath which your soules longed after by one whom am a witnesse what the Lord hath done for his people and having obtained deliverance and favour wim amongst the rest who is constrained by the love and power of God to visit you that you may also be gathered and made pertakers of the same love and power which now the Lord is manifesting to the glory of his everlasting name and to the peace and comfort of all tha● have waited for him and sought him in sincerity and uprightnesse of heart now hath he caused his glorious light to shine forth to guide their feet in the way o● peace and salvation in which fooles shall not erre nor goe astray and all tha● walkes in it shall find pasture and feeding and shall grow to his praise that hat● called them and shewn them the way of life who hath visited them with the da●● sprung from on high which hath given the knowledged of salvation and hat● brought deliverance with it even unto those that sate in darkness● and under th● shaddow of death behold light i● sprung up which hath caused many to rejoyc● Arise arise you that are yet in darknesse and come forth that Christ may gi●● you life that you may come to witnesse deliverance to your soules which is pr●c●ous in the eyes of the Lord who doth not desire your death but rather that yo● should repent and live that he may have mercy on you that you might be gather●● in this day of his love least it be said unto you how often would the Lord have g●thered you but you would not Oh be not stiff-necked neither harden your hearts gainst him least the day of your visitation pass over your heads it be hid from yo●● eyes but while the Lord calls and waites to be gracious unto you that you may return with speed that he may shew mercy unto you who hath said that in the day that the wicked man turnes from his wickednesse and doth that which is just he will remember his sin no more But know assuredly that if you neglect the day of your visitation and continue and go on in sin and wickednesse that the day of the Lord will overtake you and that his fury and indignation you must pertake of which must be poured out without mixture and will fall heavy upon the head of the wicked and ungodly that turnes his pure grace into wantonnesse which hath appeared unto them and would teach them to deny all ungodlinesse if they were obedient unto it and to live godly and soberly in this present world But if you go on in wickednesse after you are warned and do despite unto the spirit of grace then your candle shall be put out and know then that utter darknesse shall be your portion where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for ever and ever And unto all you whose hearts is tender towards God and desires to know the truth as it is in Jesus and is afraid of being deceived and led in the way of errour a few lines I am moved to write unto you that you may be more fully informed concerning us whom the Lord hath made witnesses of his truth seeing many false reports and many slanders is cast upon us by those that know not God nor his worship which is in spirit and in truth and this worship we own and set up and witnesse it amongst us and therefore is it that we are so much hated and re●roached by all sorts of people that are in the false worship and ways because we ●estifie against them all who are in the Sects and opinions that are setting up their ●wn inventions and so is worshiping the work of their own hands against all such ●●ve bear our testimony who knows not a principle of God to guide them in their worship but is worshipping by tradition for this we say that it is neither cir●umcision nor uncircumcision that avails any thing with God but a new creature ●●o this in short we are against all those that professe that which they live not ●●e life of such we account as hypocrites and all such teachers that professe the ●criptures and Saints words and yet be out of their life all such we doe deny ●nd turn from them as having the form of godlinesse but not the power of it who ●●enies the light which Christ hath enlightened every one withall with which they ●●ould be led into the life of what they professe and this we say that none comes ●nto the life which the Saints was in who gave forth the scriptures but those that ●ome to be guided by the same spirit as they were nor into the power which the ●●ints lived in but those that receives the light of Christ which shi●es into their own consciences And I say again that those professed Teachers who doth de●● the light of Christ to be manifested within people to guide and teach them ●●ch we account as blind guides for we knowing and being assured that there is ●othing that can guide any in the way of God but the light which comes ●●om him and all they that doth deny the appearance of it to be within we say they are ignorant of the anointing which was in the Saints and did teach them and as they continued in it they needed not any man to teach them and all who deny the teachings of the anointing within we account as Antichrists and deceivers and say they were never sent of God for those that were sent by him they were sent to turn people from darknesse to light from Satan● power unto God And again we say that none brings any unto God nor profits people but those that turnes them to the light for how is any like to come into the knowledge of God while they remain in darknesse and them Teachers which doth not bring people to the anointing within to be taught by it we account of that sort which keepes people ever learning but never able to come to the knowledg of the truth For it was the spirit of truth by which the Saints was led into all truth and the spirit did reveale the things of God unto them and it was within them and what may be known of God is manifest within So not any one knows any thing of God but as his spirit reveales unto them For no man knows the Father

but the Son and h● to whom the Son reveales him and who ever comes to know the Father and the Son to dwell in them they must come to the light and wait in it to feel the Fa●her and the Son revealed and here you will know the doctrine of Christ and all that abides in it they have both the Father and the Son and if any bring any other doctrine then this you are not to receive them into your houses neither bid them God speed least you be partakers of their sins And all that reads this may see that that accusation is falsly cast upon us to say that we deny the Ministers of Christ for it is none but those that professe themselves to be his ministers and doth not abide in his doctrine it is those that we deny and declare against those that we find walking in the steps of the false Prophets which we read of in the scriptures So this is for the simples sake that they may cleerly understand that we do not deny the true Ministry nor Ministers but own them and witnesse th●● true ministry among us And praises be unto the Lord many have the word of reconciliation committed unto them and are faithfull ministers of it not of the letter but of the spirit which gives life by which many comes to be converte● unto God and turned from darknesse unto light So it is none but those that can not witnesse this ministry that we speake against who runs for their own ends but is not sent of God and so doth not profit people those indeed we do declar● against as all those ever did that was sent by God and did receive their ministr● from him freely and so was to minister freely unto those whom the Lord sen● them and so the Lord he cared for them And those that make a prey upon th● people and through covetousnesse make Merchandize of soules those we do deny such as watches not for the good of soules but for the flee●e such we exhor● people to turn away from least they be destroyed by them such who feedes n●● the flock but feeds themselves those teachers we declare against in what Countrey or place soever we find them and seeks to redeem people out of their mouth●● that so they may no longer make a prey upon them that they may be brought 〈◊〉 know their true shephard and true Teacher who is now come to teach his people by his own spirit and is fullfilling his promise made with Israel all the children of the Lord shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be their peace and now he is gathering the residue of his own seed into his covenant of ligh● where they shall not need to teach every man his neig●b●ur and brother saying know the Lord but all shall know him from the least to the greatest and he is pouring forth of his spirit upon all flesh and many both Sons and Daughters is brought to Prophesie according unto his promise and this he hath fullfilled and brought to passe among his gathered flock other great astonishment of all the heathen round about who knows not God nor his power by which he subdues Kingdomes and over-turnes them untill the Government of them come into his hand whose right they are who reignes in righteousnesse in justice and in equity who must rule all Nations with his Iron rod and will dash them to peices like a Potters vessell that opposeth him in his work which now he is bringing to passe by his own Arm even his work his strange work his act his strange act So this the Lord hath put in my heart to warne all both high and low both rich and poor bond and free that you take heed how you lift your hand against the Lord and his people whom he hath made witnesses of his out-goings which hath been as in times of old least it come upon you as spoken of by his Prophet behold yee despisers and wonderers and perish for the abomination which hath caused desolation is seen and he that stands in the holy place reads and understands So I say again this is a warning unto all sorts of people in these forreigne Countreyes that they be not hasty to speake evill of things that they know not nor to judge rashly of things they doe not understand but that they may with patience wait to see what the Lord will bring to passe least they be found fighting against him and so be consumed by the breach of his nostrills for surely his stroke will be grievous and fall heavy upon all that withstands him for consider was there ever any that strove against the Lord and prospered Nay though the heathen rage and the wicked imagine vaine things against the Lord and his people they shall be confounded and his Son he will exalt upon his holy hill to be both Lord and King and Law-giver unto whom Kings and Princes shall be made subject and shall lay downe their Crownes at his feete and this the Lord will bring to● passe contrary to all the wills of men that so he may be exalted and get himselfe a name for his own works sakes whose out-goings was ever strange unto the World and this I say for your sake whose hearts is after God that you may not be filled with reports from the mouthes of wicked and ungodly men concerning us the people of the most high but that you may be single in your mindes from judging of us untill you see further of us And mind the testimony of Gods witnesse in you that you may be preserved from passing Judgement nastily upon u● onely from the reports of such as know not the Lord. For a people that is hated of the World we are and the Lord hath redeemed us out of the pollutions of it whereby we give our testimony against it that the deeds of it is evill wherefore we are hated of the World as those ever was whom the Lord called out of it and chose to beare his testimony against it and unto his truth whereby they become a by-word and a reproach unto the World as we are now whom he hath redeemed unto himselfe out of the vain glory and customes of it whereby we have the testimony of his spirit that we are of him and that the whole World lies in wickednesse and because we obey his commands and they are not greivous but joyous to us And because the love of God dwels amongst us and is perfected in us and one towards another whereby we know that we are passed from death to life where Satan hath no power but is cast out which hath caused great wrath upon them that dwels in the Earth that so many times they have sought to devour us and hath had power to cast some of us into Prison and to inflict punishment upon our outward bodies for a time in which time the Lord was with us our stay and refuge when all the powers of darknesse rose