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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	heart_n	soul_n	word_n	4,757	5	4.1373	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10044	A testimony concerning the life and death of William Sixmith, being sent with the following matter to London, in order to be made publick.	Sixmith, William, 1655 or 6-1677.; Sixmith, Bryan, d. 1679.	1678 (1678)	Wing S3923B; ESTC R184261	13,685	28

A Testimony concerning the Life and Death of William Sixmith being sent with the following Matter to London in order to be made Publick William Gibson MY very dear and well-beloved Friend the dear Salutation of my Life salutes thee in the most pure and dearest Love with which at this present my Heart is filled and the Remembrance of thee in the Immortal Life in and through which I have often been refreshed by thee and at this time have sweet Vnity with thee and my very Soul is affected with thee in that spiritual Relation in which I am perswaded that neither Heights nor Depths Principalities nor Powers things present nor things to come shall be able to separate us from that Love of God in Christ Jesus And so having a Sense upon my Spirit at this time how the Lord God hath made thee an Instrument in his Hand by his Mighty Power for the turning many from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan unto God amongst whom my Son William Sixmith was one who was touched and made sensible of the Lord 's heavenly and blessed Power which in thy Ministry did reach unto him and it was effectual as thou may'st understand by these his Writings which I have sent to thee for to peruse we found them scattered amongst several other Papers in his Trunk several We●ks after his Death and had I seen any convenient Oppertunity would have sent them to thee long since for through thy Ministry was a Door of Hope opened in him and the Love of God was shed abread in his Heart in which he desired the Prosperity and Welfare of all People and being I find freedom in my Spirit shall a little acquaint thee how it was with him before this powerful and heavenly Visitation From his Childhood he was inclined to that which was good and never that I know of did he seek to cover any thing that he did amiss by any excuse but would readily confess the Truth though against himself And I can truly say I never knew him tell a Lye either directly or indirectly to the day of his Death neither was he given unto those Youthful Vanities that most young People are Naturally inclined unto and though at this time the Lords secret Arm of Power did preserve him out of many Temptations yet still the Vail was over his understanding and he was very ignorant of Gods Heavenly Power that converts the Soul untill by the Testimony of the Spirit of Truth through thee he was awakened which gave such a certain sound that it did penetrate his very Heart and his Soul was affected with the Virtue of Gods Heavenly Power which did out ●●ke a Rasor and thy Words were to the Seed that was raised as sweet as the Honey-Comb and although his love was very dear unto all the Houshold of Faith yet did his love more abound and flow forth unto thee then to many others And in the time of his Sickness thou wast often in his remembrance and the Night before he departed this Life he was refresht in the remembrance of thee and spoke of thee and of thy being with him which in a Spiritual ense might be the Apostle saith Col. 2.5 For though I be absent in the Flesh yet am I with you in the Sp●●● ●●j●ying and beholding your Order and the stedfastness of ●our Faith in Christ In the beginning of his sickness he did most cheerfully and willingly resign up himself both Soul Body and Spirit into the Hands of the Lord God and would not have any thing to do with any Physician nor any Physick at all but only a little Water for his Mouth and Throat which were very Sore which did him good he sometimes saying that He was satisfied with the Lords love and that he knew his Redeemer lived which was able to restore him to his Health if he pleased and if not he was contented And in the time of his weakness we did perceive that the Spirit of Supplication was in his Heart and often was his Mouth filled with the living Praises of the God of Heaven whom his Soul loved and he was very patient and quiet all the time of his Sickness not in the least shewing any discontent but most-what of a very cheerful Countenance and his Words were even as in the Time of his Health till such time as great Weakness came upon him and the Pangs of Death seized on him And a little before he departed I being in another Room he desired I might be called and when I came unto him he set his Eyes upon me and with a very Innocent Look gave me his Right Hand and desired I would not be Troubled with other words which I did not understand he speaking so weakly the Pangs of Death being upon him and in a short time after he laid down his Head in Peace upon the Twenty Fourth Day of the Seventh-Moneth 1677. He was Twenty One Years and about Seven Moneths Old And in the time of his Health he was a Patern of Piety and a good Example to my Family and to those that were inwardly acquainted with him he was lowly for indeed the Truth was precious to him and the Company of those that truly feared God was his Delight for his Heart was affected with them and indeed many such did truly love him And I know it was a Trouble to him if at any time Business should so fall out to hinder him from any Meeting where friends came together to Worship God in the Spirit in 〈◊〉 Truth for I know it was his very Heart's Delight to be in such M●●●ings and I have good cause to believe that he never thought the Time either Long or Tedious that he was in such Exercise And I do certainly know that nothing did bring so much Grief and Trouble upon his Spirit as those that did make a Profession of the Truth yet walkt Disorderly and some such he did often Reprove very sharply some by Word of Mouth and others by Letter which few knew of but those it did concern for indeed he was a very lowly and meek-spirited Young Man and very Dutiful to his Parents and would not neglect any Opportunity wherein he might be serviceable to the Truth and a very Tender and Affectionate Carriage to his Brother and Sisters and his Eye was continually over them for Good and his Counsel and Advice to them at all times was to stir them up to Live in the Fear of God And the last Paper that he writ upon the Truth 's Account was to John Dunbabin of Sauky who had lent him a Book that John Cheney had written against the Truth so when he had read the Book he did return the Book back again to John Dunbabin with the Letter which I have also sent thee which thou mayst read over at thy leisure and conclude with the Remembrance of my dearest Love which is in Deed and in Truth to thee thy Wife and Children and to