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	worship_n	4,803	5	8.0593	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54906	Bowells of compassion towards the fettered seed. Or a visitation to all, who hath been seeking the resting place, but hath not found it the cause why shewed, and the way to it manifested, wherein is something shewed also, of the emptinesse, and unsoundnesse of all profession, without the light of Christ, to be the guide. Also an information to all the honest-hearted who desires to know the truth in the simplicity of it concerning us, the people of the most high who is by the world called Quakers: ... Written in love to the scattered people in America: and is to be sent to all the islands belonging to it, that all may be warned, and left without excuse. By one who am a witnesse what the Lord hath done for his people, and hath obteined with him among the rest of the faithfull, whom he hath gathered into his fold of rest; where they are throughly satisfied; and lies down in peace and rest. Richard Pinder.	Pinder, Richard, d. 1695.	1659 (1659)	Wing P2261; ESTC R220527	12,556	15

God and lyes down together in the resting place where their waters is sure And now the Lord is fulfilling his promise made of old and is ri●en to gather his elect from the four corners of the earth into his everlasting fold where there is one shephard and one fold witnessed according to his promise who hath promised that he will seek save that which was lost and bring back that which was driven away And this is a visitation unto you the scattered in America who hath any true and living breathings after God who hath professed him in words but hath not found thath which your soules longed after by one whom am a witnesse what the Lord hath done for his people and having obtained deliverance and favour wim amongst the rest who is constrained by the love and power of God to visit you that you may also be gathered and made pertakers of the same love and power which now the Lord is manifesting to the glory of his everlasting name and to the peace and comfort of all tha● have waited for him and sought him in sincerity and uprightnesse of heart now hath he caused his glorious light to shine forth to guide their feet in the way o● peace and salvation in which fooles shall not erre nor goe astray and all tha● walkes in it shall find pasture and feeding and shall grow to his praise that hat● called them and shewn them the way of life who hath visited them with the da●● sprung from on high which hath given the knowledged of salvation and hat● brought deliverance with it even unto those that sate in darkness● and under th● shaddow of death behold light i● sprung up which hath caused many to rejoyc● Arise arise you that are yet in darknesse and come forth that Christ may gi●● you life that you may come to witnesse deliverance to your soules which is pr●c●ous in the eyes of the Lord who doth not desire your death but rather that yo● should repent and live that he may have mercy on you that you might be gather●● in this day of his love least it be said unto you how often would the Lord have g●thered you but you would not Oh be not stiff-necked neither harden your hearts gainst him least the day of your visitation pass over your heads it be hid from yo●● eyes but while the Lord calls and waites to be gracious unto you that you may return with speed that he may shew mercy unto you who hath said that in the day that the wicked man turnes from his wickednesse and doth that which is just he will remember his sin no more But know assuredly that if you neglect the day of your visitation and continue and go on in sin and wickednesse that the day of the Lord will overtake you and that his fury and indignation you must pertake of which must be poured out without mixture and will fall heavy upon the head of the wicked and ungodly that turnes his pure grace into wantonnesse which hath appeared unto them and would teach them to deny all ungodlinesse if they were obedient unto it and to live godly and soberly in this present world But if you go on in wickednesse after you are warned and do despite unto the spirit of grace then your candle shall be put out and know then that utter darknesse shall be your portion where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for ever and ever And unto all you whose hearts is tender towards God and desires to know the truth as it is in Jesus and is afraid of being deceived and led in the way of errour a few lines I am moved to write unto you that you may be more fully informed concerning us whom the Lord hath made witnesses of his truth seeing many false reports and many slanders is cast upon us by those that know not God nor his worship which is in spirit and in truth and this worship we own and set up and witnesse it amongst us and therefore is it that we are so much hated and re●roached by all sorts of people that are in the false worship and ways because we ●estifie against them all who are in the Sects and opinions that are setting up their ●wn inventions and so is worshiping the work of their own hands against all such ●●ve bear our testimony who knows not a principle of God to guide them in their worship but is worshipping by tradition for this we say that it is neither cir●umcision nor uncircumcision that avails any thing with God but a new creature ●●o this in short we are against all those that professe that which they live not ●●e life of such we account as hypocrites and all such teachers that professe the ●criptures and Saints words and yet be out of their life all such we doe deny ●nd turn from them as having the form of godlinesse but not the power of it who ●●enies the light which Christ hath enlightened every one withall with which they ●●ould be led into the life of what they professe and this we say that none comes ●nto the life which the Saints was in who gave forth the scriptures but those that ●ome to be guided by the same spirit as they were nor into the power which the ●●ints lived in but those that receives the light of Christ which shi●es into their own consciences And I say again that those professed Teachers who doth de●● the light of Christ to be manifested within people to guide and teach them ●●ch we account as blind guides for we knowing and being assured that there is ●othing that can guide any in the way of God but the light which comes ●●om him and all they that doth deny the appearance of it to be within we say they are ignorant of the anointing which was in the Saints and did teach them and as they continued in it they needed not any man to teach them and all who deny the teachings of the anointing within we account as Antichrists and deceivers and say they were never sent of God for those that were sent by him they were sent to turn people from darknesse to light from Satan● power unto God And again we say that none brings any unto God nor profits people but those that turnes them to the light for how is any like to come into the knowledge of God while they remain in darknesse and them Teachers which doth not bring people to the anointing within to be taught by it we account of that sort which keepes people ever learning but never able to come to the knowledg of the truth For it was the spirit of truth by which the Saints was led into all truth and the spirit did reveale the things of God unto them and it was within them and what may be known of God is manifest within So not any one knows any thing of God but as his spirit reveales unto them For no man knows the Father

which light the things of God comes onely to be seen and known in that which is spirituall and eternall for it is the eye which is eternall and invisible that sees into the invisible things of God So all they which be from the light which is the eye they are blind as concerning the things of God for it is only the light which gives the knowledge of God and searches into and sees into the things which is eternall and the things of God are onely spiritually discerned for the naturall man doth not perceive them neither can see into them So all you that are speaking of the things of God and are professing the Saints word which was given forth by the eternall spirit which dwells in them and did reveal the things of God unto them Now you that profess their words and yet denies the light that Christ hath enlightned you withall and calls it naturall and so excludes your selves from having any thing in you which is eternall of God you are wholly blind in the things of God For any who ever comes to know any thing of God as concerning the salvation of their soules they must know it by the light in them for God is only light and in him is no darknesse at all and so the darknesse that cannot reveale him nor comprehend him who is light it selfe who hath immortallity and dwells in the light and only reveales himselfe to his Creatures in the light that so they in his light may know what concernes the good of their soules and as they are kept in it they are kept in unity with him who is the Authour of it And so as the Saints walked in the light they had unity with God who is light and one with another and in it knew the washing and cleansing by the blood of Jesus from all unrighteousnesse And all they that deny the light deny that which should wash them and cleanse them and so tramples under foot the blood of the Covenant and counts it an unholy thing and so neglect that which is ordained of God to be the salvation of their soules and despises the day of their visitation and slights it and so remaines in darknesse and knows not what way they go because darkness hath blinded their eye with which they should fee the way of salvation and their eye being blinded then they stumble and so erres from the way of God and stumbles at Christ the cheife corner stone who is a stumbling stone and rock of offence unto those that doth not beleeve in him but take pleasure in unrighteousnesse But who loves his light and walkes in it the occasion of stumbling comes to be taken away for all stumbling that is in the night in the darkness from the light and so all who stumbles it is because they beleive not in the light which Christ hath enlightened them withall and so the light is their condemnation because they doe not beleeve in it but loves their evill deeds which the light if they were obedient unto would lead out of and so lead out of condemnation for this is the condemnation that light is come into the World but men love darknesse rather then light because their deeds are evill and will not bring their deeds to the light because the light will reprove them And so he ●s the ground why so many both teachers and people hates the light and speakes evill of it because they love their evill deeds but all that love the light brings their deeds to it whereby they are manifest that they are wrought in God and is justified by his light which hath led out of the love of the evill deeds So all you that are breathing after peace and fellowship with God and hath longed for it but hath not found it come to the light and this will let you see what hath kept you from it for this for your sakes is written that you may understand where the way of life and peace is to be found and that you may be brought into it where you will see the emptinesse and unsoundnesse and unprofitablenesse of all that profession which is without the light and of all those performances which is acted but not led into by the light which is the Principle of God So never any comes to find true peace neither in performing nor in not performing but those that are led into the obedience of what they doe by the principle which is of God for this orders their service and worship unto him aright and is accepted with him where an answer from him comes to be knowne and received which none comes to know or receive but those that are led into what they do by the motions of his own spirit For his worship and service that stands in the spirit and in the truth And all whose minds are abroad from the principle of truth in them they are strangers to the worship and service of God who are waiting for him and his appearance in outward observations you are mistaken and the God of the world hath blinded your mindes for his kingdome comes not by observation nor stands not in words but in power and in peace and joy in the holy Ghost and the appearance of it is to be found in you as a graine of mustard-seed and the increase of it you are to wait to feele there And all you that have been seeking loe here and loe there you must turne back and feele the appearance of it in your selves and not be as fooles whose eyes is abroad For you have been deceived by those that hath cryed loe here and loe there they have drawn you forth from the principle of God in you which should have led you into the knowledge of God and so you have come short of what you have desired after ●nd sought for and you have spent your mony for that which is not bread and your labour for that which hath not given you true satisfaction Now the Lord have ●ing remembred the travell of all such and having regarded the cry of the oppressed it hath caused bowels of compassion that so after the time of your long darknes he is risen to gather you with thoughts of love towards you if you be not stiffnecked rebellious but be willing and obedient unto he will gather you the resting place to ly down with those whom he hath caused to understand his councell and made known the way of life unto them and hath established their feete upon the sure foundation and rock of ages this the Lord hath done for many thousands after their long travell and much seeking hath brought to the knowledge of the truth it selfe whereby they are throughly satisfied and lyes down in his arm by which he hath gathered them into his fold of rest This the Lord hath brought to passe to the praise and honour of his own name in the Island of England where many is brought to walk in the light of the Lord their