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	spirit_n	word_n	8,255	5	4.2520	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78569	A message from God, by a dumb woman to his Highness the Lord Protector. together with a word of advice to the Commons of England and Wales, for the electing of a Parliament. By Elinor Channel. Published according to her desire, by Arise Evans.	Channel, Elinor.; Evans, Arise, b. 1607.	1653 (1653)	Wing C1936; Thomason E1471_3; ESTC R208699	5,491	17

A MESSAGE FROM GOD By a Dumb woman To his Highness the Lord Protector Together with A WORD of ADVICE to the Commons of England and Wales for the Electing of a PARLIAMENT By Elinor Channel Published according to her desire by ARISE EVANS PROV 31.8 Open thy mouth for the Dumb in the case of all such as are appointed to Destruction Printed in the Year 1653. Or as the Vulgar think 1654. To his Highness the Lord PROTECTOR OLIVER CRUMWEL The humble Petition of Elenor Channel MAy it please your Highness to understand That your Petitioner is an inhabitant at Cranley in Surrey who upon a Sabbath-day about two Months agone at night as she was in bed in a slumber had a Blow given her upon her heart which blow awaked her And immediately with that the thoughts of her heart were changed and all the corruption thereof taken away that from that day to this she could think of no evil And then she heard an audibble voice which said unto her Come away I will send thee on my message to London fear not to go for I thy Lord am with thee And the thoughts of your Petitioners heart was so directed that she was given to understand how that the Spirit of the Lord had called her to the end that she should be sent to your Highness and by the same Holy Spirit inwardly though she be but a weak woman in expression she was taught in brief how to express her message from God to your Highness And your Petitioner being three times hindered by her Husband who is a very poor man and hath many small children three of them very young ones her mind was sore troubled that her sleep went from her and at sometimes she was speechless whereupon your Petitioners Husband seeing her restless condition consented to let her come to London that she might express her mind to your Highness and have rest in her spirit The premises being considered and further to give your Highness to understand the Petitioners message to you which she hopes will not onely be accepted of you but will be also effected by you The words of her Message are these that follow 1. She is to say upon her Coming to you Peace be to this house and peace be to the whole Kingdom and the peace of God be with us for evermore Amen 2. She is to say to you The God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob hath opened the mouth of the Dumb to speak for peace By the Dumb she meaneth her self cause she had been dumb The sword must be stayed The world draweth toward an end and the knots of peace love must be made in all Christian lands 3. She is to say to you Sir you have taken upon you to be a Protector of your Lords Vine-yard By the Vine-yard she meaneth the Church Kingdom but he requireth that you should make the Hedges and the Walls of it By the True Gospel she meaneth that worship we had once By the Steward she means the King By the Bodie that paid the debt she means the late King that died By the Heir his Son which is Peace Love and the true Gospel And that you should protect the Steward to plant his vine-yard 4. She is to say unto you If a man fall into the hands of a Creditor if his Creditor be one of Gods servants he will not take Bodie and Goods if his Bodie pays the Debt his Heir shall have the Inheritance Be it known to your Highness that your Petitioner is a true Member of the Catholick and Apostolic Faith as it was Reformed and Established in the Church of England by King Edwa●d the 6. continued by Queen Elisabeth King James and King Charles And though the Petitioner can say or dispute but little for it yet she believeth that to be the true and onely way of salvation which in due time shall prevall over all the earth Amen Elenor Channel April 19. 1654. This poor woman came to the Court upon the 17. day of last April and thought immediately to have spoken with his Highness the Lord Protector and to return again the same day but alas she found it other ways And some of the Gaurd about the Court told her if she had but five pounds to give them they would help her to the presence of the Lord Protector Whereupon after two days waiting in vain at Court being much troubled that she could not come before his Highness to discharge her conscience she came to the Citie of London and wandered up down to see if she could get any body to take it from her mouth and publish it in Print that she might get some ease that way but of a long while she being a stranger she could get none to hear or regard her At last she met with some compassionate bodie that talked with her and sent her with a note to me who took all the Report from her mouth as you have it above and then sent her away promising to get it Printed if she could not get the Copie delivered to his Highness which she had to give him and have seen her no more since But hearing now that such a like woman is about the Citie and that she is Dumb that she was in Fleet-street on Sunday June 18. where she stood mute for a long while and as it is said the cruel Bedles dragged her to Bridewel and wounded the poor soul for nothing but because she stood harmlesly in the street and that they refused her at Bridewel and turned her our again among the wanton mad crew who flocked about her and abused her when indeed if there had been any charitie in them at Bridewel as some pretend the house is for that use there was for them a fair object to shew their charitie upon but she stayed thereabouts until night what is become of her since God knows we hear nothing more of her Now this woman was very sensible profound in what she spake to me but as she said when she is Dumb all her sences are taken up and then the matter which troubles her mind is dictated and made plain to her by the Spirit of God so that when she comes to her self she has it by heart And though it be but short yet you shall find more truth and substance in it than in all Hana Trampenels songs or sayings whom some account of as the Diana of the English Acts 19.34 as may appear by this that was written for her A WORD FROM GOD To the COMMONS of ENGLAND WALES BEloved since it pleased Almightie God by the wisdom of his Highness the Lord PROTECTOR and his Council to put once more your Libertie into your own hands for to choose a Parliament Now it behoves you to be wise and that you send not up Factious Men for all the hopes of the former unsavourie Parliaments is that this next Parliament will