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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	father_n	worship_n	worship_v	5,600	5	9.7787	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26275	A short description of the true ministers and the false how they differ in their call, ministry, doctrine, and fruits that any that are desirous may know the one from the other : also, something concerning the apostacy ... which was in the Apostles dayes ... : something further concerning the true ministers of Jesus / testified by one that hath been a true witness of all that he has here written, J. Aynsloe.	Aynsloe, John, d. 1693.	1672 (1672)	Wing A4297; ESTC R27199	9,389	18

ready to say as the Jews did We have Abraham to our Father yet this Birth Immortal having receiv'd the Blessing of the Dew of Heaven is not discouraged though they that have the Fatness of the Earth for their Portion make more Noise and greater Shew in this World labour what in them lieth to stir up Enemies against this Blessed Innocent Seed and to Persecute all those where its Apperance is But this is my Testimony concerning it They shall never prevail no Weapon formed against it shall Prosper their striving against it is to no Purpose they only making themselves Manifest what spirit they are of For the Lord God Omnipotent hath raised it up in this the Day of his Power that it may bear witness to his Name through his Faithful Witnesses in whose Hearts God hath raised it up by his own Mighty Power and Out-stretched Arm after a Long and Dark Night of Apostacy since the Apostles dayes which soon after the Apostles did creep in only having the Form without the Power lost the Life of Religion and Motion of the Spirit of Life in the Inward Man which was to be Guide unto all Spiritual Worship and Obedience unto God according to Christ's Saying The Time cometh and now is that he that worshippeth the Father must worship him in Spirit and in Truth This being lost by many since the Apostles dayes and never known by others hath been the great Cause Ground and Rise of the many Sorts and forms of Religion made in man's Will and he giving way to his own Self-will the Enemy of his Soul did easily prevail with him to be of that Form of Religion which most suited the Inclinations of his Heart blinding the Eyes of his Understanding and made him Insensible of the many inward Strivings of the Lord with him and although Reproved in secret yet not regarded or at least not believed it to be the Grace Light and Spirit of God so that the Continuance of the Apostacy and Unbelief that came in by it were from one Generation to another out of the Remembrance of the Appearance of the Lord of his being near to man or of Jesus Christ Within they grew into the Subtilty of the Serpent and having eaten of the forbidden Fruit got unto himself Coverings of his own making serving only himself and his own Interest that he could turn to be of any Form of Religion to save himself Thus Painted Jezebel got up and the False Church did begin to flourish with her False Teachers False Doctrines and False Worships Then she held forth a Golden Cup full of Abominations unto all Nations Kindreds Tongues and People and they drank of the Wine of her Fornication and were drunk with it and then the False Church got up and False Prophet began to ride upon the Beast and they made War with the true Woman and the Remnant of her Seed that remain'd upon the Earth and they prevailed for a time and the Woman the true Church fled into the Wilderness where she had a Place prepared her of God and the Man-Child was caught up to God and there she remained as a Widow alone and as a Dove without a Mate according as it is written until the time of her Mourning and Widdowhood should be accomplish'd and all this while the Harlot the false Church bore Rule both within and without and all that would not receive the Mark of the Beast and of Antichrist on their Fore-heads and on their Right-hand should be put to Death or should not be suffered to Buy or Sell. Then was set up Outward Force to Compel all to bow to their Worship for the Power and Spirit of the Lord that was in the Apostles days was lost that made peoples hearts tender and gather'd them to God into his Spiritual Worship and the Form without the Power was set in its place and so fell short of the Power and of the Order that was in the Spirit Then Humane Learning Arts and Inventions got in the Powers Place thinking to supply what was wanting which an Immitation of the true Church and the Order that was in the Apostles dayes could not do But finding their shortness both in Doctrine and Conversation that Sin and Evil had Dominion over them and that erring from the Spirit they could not be without sin then they set it up as a Foundation Doctrine That no man could be without Sin and Corruption on this side the Grave and this they have desended as well as they could by Word and Writing but where that fell short they made their Inquisition Fire and Faggot and Strong Prisons to make it out with the rest of their False Doctrines and Practices resolving their Tryal by Outward Force and Compulsion and if any Eye were in measure opened to see beyond any of their Dark Doctrines or Ceremonies and so could not bow unto them then were they branded with the Name of Hereticks and if they would not put out that little Sight which God had given them and become as Blind as they were then they Persecuted them and put them to Death This hath been the Practice of the False Church for several Hundred Years and Examples thereof were before and in Queen Mary's days and since But now the Time is come That Babylon is come up in Remembrance before the Lord and as she has done unto others so will the Lord do unto her for Strong is He that is risen to judge her And he hath made an Entrance into her Borders and is laying waste her pleasant Pictures and discovering her Whoredoms and drying up the Tongue of the Egyptian-Sea so that many begin to suspect her and others do see she is but an Harlot not withstanding her being cover'd with Scarlet-coloured Robes so she shall not deceive the Nations much longer and as she had a time of Rising so must she have time to Fall and surely the time is at hand and her Overthrow is witnessed in many Hearts and as it hath been within so must it be without And this hath been the Ground of the many Testimonies that have been born against her in this Day and Generation wherein the Lord hath appear'd in his Might and Power beyond what hath been in times past and revealed himself unto many by his Light and Spirit and hath made known the Way of Life and Salvation as in the Apostles days and the Man-Child is come down from God again and she that fled into the Wilderness and was Childless is now coming out leaning upon the Breasts of her Beloved according as it was written of her Rejoyce thou Barren that didst not bear and break forth into Joy thou Virgin Daughter of Jerusalem for more shall be the Children of the Barren then of the Married Wife and this is the Lord 's bringing to pass that he may take away her Reproach For many have brought forth though a false Birth while she has been barren for none could give her Children but the