Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	great_a	lord_n	way_n	3,966	5	4.6102	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60641	A manifestation of the love of God unto all such as are convinced of truth and do not obey it.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1663 (1663)	Wing S4315; ESTC R32689	6,708	9

which convinceth thee for now there is a door open and thou knowest not how soon it may shut upon thee and now is the day of salvation and thou art not sure how long it may be continued to thee therefore believe in the Light whilst thou hast the Light that thou mayest be a child of Light for until thou come to be a child of Light and to walk in the Light thou art not in the Saints fellowship and inheritance though with the Light thou be convinced So wait to learn of the Light as thy Teacher and follow the Light as thy Leader that thou mayest not only stand in the knowledge of what thou shouldest deny but deny it nor only stand in the knowledge of what thou shouldest live in but live in it And so ungodliness and worldly lusts will die and righteousness and godliness will spring up and live and in that nature thou wilt bear a right Image after him that hath created thee and as thou learnest thou wilt understand more perfectly for by learning thy understanding will be opened and informed and that will make thee of a good understanding in heavenly things Therefore be mindful to learn of Christ Jesus as thy Teacher and follow him as thy Leader and Way unto God for none can come to the Father but by him nor none can inherit Life but who are born of him and as thou waitest to learn thy understanding will be enlarged and then live in that which gives thee understanding and so thy ignorance will vanish away and sound wisdom will take place and thou wilt there see Christ Jesus in the beauty of his holiness and receive consolation in the virtue of his Life and so thou wilt be able to bear testimony to him from a good understanding of him and if thou here stand faithful he will be with thee in all trials which come upon thee because of thy Testimony and thou wilt know a hiding-place in stormes and a sure refuge in distress for as thou receivest Christ Jesus in his Light and in his Light abidest thou art with him of whom it is said that he liveth and there thou hast darkness under thy feet as a foot-stool and treadest upon the high places of the Earth by which thou comest to be unloosed from all entanglements and to be freed from all burdens and to rejoyce in the glorious Liberty and so thou comest to sit down in a quiet habitation and in a sure dwelling and to feel the presence of the Lord God and peace and satisfaction in it And as some may be hindred from obeying the Truth in not minding to follow it so some may be hindred from obeying the Truth in running forwardly before it and so one may lie questioning and lingring and the other may run hastily in presuming and this is a disobedient state as is the first For if there be not a standing in the fear there may be an intruding into those things which have not been seen and thereby the fleshly mind may vainly be puffed up and where this commeth to pass there is not a holding of the Head from which all the Body by joynts and bands having nourishment ministred and knit together increaseth with the increase of God And so a hasty and forward willer and runner is in the same state of disobedience as is the backward Lingerer for the Light is not minded as a Leader by either And in this disobedient state of intruding and presuming the Seed of God is held in great bondage with corruption So all are to mind the Light by which they may see their present states and conditions and what the Light maketh manifest to be a hinderance from obeying the Truth to deny it and take up the Cross unto it and then the Light will draw such forward as are questioning and lingering and pull such back again as are intruding and presuming and so the way of peace and life will be witnessed by all such as are obedient and the Lord God will manifest himself unto them and shew them his salvation and they will find a sure resting place in him that lives for ever and here every one will know not only a good beginning but also a good ending and then they will finish their course in joy and not in grief and sorrow and so all walking in true obedience to the Light there is no occasion of stumbling nor no occasion of failing or falling either by lingring or presuming but as the Light convinceth so it will lead redeem and save and that is the gathering power and preserving power of the Lord and in that is the unity and fellowship of the Saints and the mind which humbleth it self unto it and liveth in it is directed and ordered by it to the praise and glory of Almighty God William Smith THE END

fruit for want of nourishment for until you obey the Light and come out of Darkness you are rooted in a bad ground and bring forth unsavoury fruit and whilest that standeth the good Seed is hindred from sprouting forth in its own nature and there can be no fruit to Gods glory but what the Seed brings forth in its own nature for in the Seed is the Testimony by which God is glorified and all born of the Seed are Gods Witnesses upon earth and they are not ashamed to confess the Truth before men for where any are convinced of Truth and are ashamed to confess it there is not faithfulness unto that which convinceth and so the Power is not felt that beareth testimony with boldness and this maketh many to conform unto that which they are convinced is not the Truth and to deny that which they are convinced is the Truth so that where they should confess they deny and where they should deny they confess and here the testimony falleth and the hands of evil doers are strengthened and the disobedient bring trouble upon their own consciences for there is no true peace with God in a disobedient state But some may say We see many that have long professed the Truth that do not so fully answer all things in a clear Testimony and we also see others that seemingly did bear a large Testimony and yet are turned again into the course of the world And seeing some fail and others fall we are ready to question whether it be really Truth in the ground because Truth is able to preserve either from failing or falling If thou give way and joyn unto such reasonings and questionings thou mayest soon be hindred from obeying the Truth yea if thou wast going forward such things would draw thee back again and some have suffered loss in that very place for it is the work of the enemy to draw the eye abroad to keep his own Kingdom standing at home and to effect his design he sets his own work in others to be viewed for if thou that makest such an Objection dost but mind the Light and Truth in thy own Conscience and keep thy eye into that thou wilt see and discern that such failings and fallings come to pass by yeelding to temptations by which the mind is enticed and drawn from the Truth and so thou wilt see the Truth stand clear in it self notwithstanding such things may happen unto some that have long professed it For by such questionings the Enemy labours to hinder thee from obeying the Truth in thy self because some that have professed it fail in performance and others fall back and abide not now if thou mind the Truth in thy self thou wilt see that such things are not of or from the Truth but of the Enemy and thou wilt also see that it is the Enemy in thee which draws out thy mind to look abroad and thereby to hinder thee from minding and obeying Truth in thy self and if he can work his work he then saves his own Kingdom and holds thee Captive under his power but if thou mind the Light in thine own Conscience thou wilt see what Truth is in it self and if thou love it to obey and follow it thou wilt witness a going forward in it and that will take away all occasion of stumbling from before thee and the Testimony of Truth will spring and live in thee and as thou livest in that it will preserve and keep thee and then the failings and fallings of such as do not live and abide in the Truth will not come nigh thee and so thou wilt witness a growth in the Truth though some may fail and others may fall and that will cause thee to be more in love with Truth because it preserves thee for the danger lyeth in looking forth by which the Enemy hath an advantage to deceive and so the eye is more abroad and taking notice of what others do amiss than it is at home to behold Truth in its own naked simplicity innocency and purity and then the Enemy begetteth hard thoughts of Truth because some fail and others fall and that must needs hinder from obedience to the Truth where it is so Therefore seeing the Enemy hath such cunning devices to deceive thee thou shouldest watch to the Light with which Christ Jesus doth enlighten thee and wait in the Light for power to resist thy Enemy and so when he would break in upon thee the Light will lift up it self a standard against him and then thou wilt know where the Cross standeth and what is to be crossed when it moveth and as thou abidest in the Cross to every motion that would draw out thy mind from the Truth so thou wilt come to receive Truth in its own power life and virtue and in the Truth thou wilt receive strength to go forward through all oppositions that would hinder thee or drive thee back and the Light and Power will take away stumbling-blocks from before thee if thou be willing to go forward in obedience and that will make the yoke easie to thee and the way plain before thee and then thou wilt come to feel what Truth is in it self and what it is unto thee and that will put the Questioner down because thou art come to understand that to be true which he questioneth Oh therefore love the Truth as nothing may hinder thee any longer from obeying it for if thou so love it thou wilt be drawn by it to live in it and bear Testimony to it and that will free thee from those burdens which thou bearest in the disobedience for whilest the corrupt and disobedient nature liveth above the Seed there is a burdened Conscience and a wounded Conscience and a troubled Conscience but as the Light is obeyed it worketh by its own power and purgeth out corruptions by which the oppressed cometh to be eased And so thou wilt come to receive Faith in the power and thereby get victory over the world and over the flesh and over the devil which is thy Enemy and then thou wilt come to witness a growth in grace and godliness and the Seed will bring forth the fruit of its own nature in thee and thy Testimony will be found to Gods glory and that will multiply peace and blessing upon thee therefore let not the world entangle thee nor scorn or reproach discourage thee nor persecution affright thee but yeeld thy self to obey the Light with which Christ Jesus doth enlighten thee for it will be better for thee to suffer affliction with the People of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season but if thou run with the multitude to do evil thou wilt fall into the same destruction and then thy sorrow will be heavy upon thee and thy perplexity a perpetual misery Oh that thou wouldest consider the things which belong to thy peace before calamity come upon thee and do not stand at such a distance from the Light