Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	heart_n	lord_n	sincerity_n	1,662	5	9.7763	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55996	A call in the universal spirit of Christ Jesus to all the wicked and impenitent sinners in the world, but more especially to the inhabitants of England, with the city of London, that they all may repent and turn to God, with all their hearts, before his wrath be more kindled, and his future judgements more appear to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their manifold horrible sins and transgressions : this came upon me to write, at the apprehension I had of that sudden fear which many people were suprised with, at the late earthquake, of what would befall them / [by] J.P.	Parke, James, 1636-1696.	1692 (1692)	Wing P366; ESTC R32315	7,878	11

by such as at present are spared from being so smitten as some Countries have been and still are although possibly not greater Sinners or more sinful Nations then this and yet sorely punished wasted and spoiled by the present Hand of the Lord in Judgment And if the People of this Nation go on in these grievous Sins and Trespasses in Rebellion against God he will certainly make them sick in smiting of them and put them in Fear and Astonish them more and more and lay their Honour and Glory in the Dust as he hath done in other Countries already for how soon can he work Wonders to the Amozement of People and Nations How soon can he lay a City on Heaps and make a strong Nation desolate What is a fenced City or strong Nation before the Lord when he in his Wrath entreth into Judgment and pleadeth with People in his sore Displeasure who can turn away his Wrath or stop him from pouring out his Fury and Indignation of which now the Inhabitants of this City and Nation are apparently warned by the late dreadful Earthquake that you all might prepare for whatsoever may follow after it and not perish in your Pride you Proud Ones nor you Drunkards in your Drunkenness nor you filthy unclean persons in your Filthiness and Debauchery nor you Swearers Lyers Cursed Speakers or Covetous Ones might dye in your Iniquity nor any Evil which the City and Nation even so horribly abounds with And Repent Repent all you Backsliders who are revolted and slidden back from the Truth and Way of God and love and have chosen the Way of the Wicked which is Darkness whereby you have been led and have walked in Crooked Ways and By-pathes and taken a liberty out of the Truth and use it to your own and other Peoples hurt and to the grief of the pure and holy Spirit of the Lord God eternal I have Compassiod truly in my Heart towards some of you that have a Sincerity remaining yet in you that know the Truth and that no Lye is of it how beit ye do not obey it nor do after the pure Requiring of it the Lord is angry with you and will now plead with you in his Wrath except you Repent and turn to the Lord and his Truth with your Hearts which you own and profess in Words but are gone from the Life and Power of it I know some of you began well to run in the Heavenly Race that God by his Light set before you and walked many Years on with the Flock of God in the Path of the Just in much Love Unity and Concord but afterwards departed in your Hearts from the Lord his Truth and the comfortable Society of his People and the Lord is much displeased with your Spirit of Seperation and Division and you Backsliders in heart shall be filled with your own Wayes and Evil Devices your seperation will become Loathsome and an Abhorrence to all who are spiritually minded and the longer you cleave to it the worse you will be more hardened and separated from God and your own good being seperate from the Spiritual Fellowship and Communion of the faithful Flock of Christ Jesus the only Saviour and Redeemer your shelter in the World and spirit of it will fail when Calamity cometh upon Evil-doers lean thereon never so much and flee to it as much as you will for help that help will stand you but in little stead in this dreadful Day of God's Judgments you will be judged and your Works of Darkness punished by the great Judge of Heaven and Earth who will Reward every man according to his Works And all you great Pretenders to Reformation who are out of the Life and Power of God and are even strangers to the divine Nature of Christ Jesus and know not him within you the Hope of Glory being Ignorant of the Life and Power of Christianity which you do profess in Words and outward Appearance Repent repent the Lord hath a Controversie with you he will afflict and punish you yet more and more for your Sins which you stand charged with and are found guilty of in the Eye of the great Judge of Heaven and Earth especially you that have afflicted or helped forward the Afflictions the of Righteous and their Sufferings as Evil Instruments in the hand of Satan and by his Power the Lord will afflict you and sorely punish you for your Iniquity and Wickedness which you have acted and committed against the Lord and his Faithful Servants when Persecution did arise because of the Word How many pretend Preachers or Ministers of the Word who have in their Malice and Envy raised or spread abroad false Reports against the Truth and Innocent Professors thereof to hinder the progress and spreading of the Truth of God with their Lyes and Scandals against the Upright and the Just who have been and are Doers of the Truth and Faithful Followers of Christ Jesus Wo wo from him is coming upon you you whited Walls and painted Sepulchres and all you Daubers with untempered Morter your inward Darkness and Blindness of mind is seen that you are black inwardly you whited Walls your Whitening wherewith you white your outside is seen and discovered with the Light of Christ Jesus your painting your selves with the Prophets Christ's or the Apostles Words whilst you are from the Life of the Word and the safe Guidance of the Spirit of Truth that will profit you little nor cover you in the day of the Lords Wrath God will shake and undo your Directory or Church-Faith made by Men whereby many have been kept from waiting for the Spirit of God and to receive Faith from him which purifieth the Heart whereby the only true God is pleased you may appear fair and beautiful before men you Idol-Sheepherds and principal of the Flocks and gatherings together about worship of God whilst you do not Spiritually know him the Shame of your Nakedness will shortly appear to the People blindly led and deceived by you and daubed over with your untempered Morter howling and bitter Lamentation will come upon you many are desiring Eye-Salve that they may see and such who buy that will see and more loathe and hate your Merchandize how finely painted or daubed soever it may appear outwardly to Men you Wolves in Sheeps cloathing many do see and Nations will abhor you and your dishonest Gain which so long you have sought and gaped after People comes to see your Deceit and are ashamed of your Covetous Practices and your Works of Darkness I was constrained in the Spirit of the Lord God at this time to write and upon the occasion and Remembrance of the Judgments of the Lord already past as well as what now is with a deep Consideration of what may yet proceed from God as Threatned by the late Dreadful EARTHQUAKE to call all People to Repentance and Amendment of Life speedily before it be too late that those so very grievous provoking Sins and Abominations now committed in this City and Nation with many other Cities and Nations may be Repented of which indeed hath kindled Gods fierce Wrath to that degree which may bring great Ruin and Desolation if you continue therein but if by Repentance Weeping and Lamentation you yet turn to God with all your Hearts and put away the Evil of your Ways and Doings from before the Eyes of the Lord from the highest to the lowest both Rich and Poor Bond and Free and not add Sin to Sin as you have long done and which now abounds almost every where who knows yet but God may turn away his Wrath now threatned to be poured forth and executed So Rent your Hearts and not your Garments be truly humbled under the Hand of the Lord that is now lifted up in Judgment Fear the Lord and believe in his Name cease from Evil and do Good in your time for upon such the Lord will have Mercy they will not dye in their Sins when they dye but will dye in the Lord the Death of the Righteous and will have the Reward of the Righteous even Everlesting Rest and Peace Which that you all may come to know and Inherit and that it may go well with you in this World and that which is to come is the real Desire of your Friend and a faithful Well-Wisher of all Mankind James Parke THE END