Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	holy_a	lord_n	spirit_n	8,095	5	5.0560	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92193	A tender exhortation to Friends at Bristol, to bring to remembrance how it was with them in the beginning.	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.; Fox, George, d. 1661.	1700 (1700)	Wing R3; ESTC R182323	5,268	16

A Tender EXHORTATION TO FRIENDS AT Bristol To bring to Remembrance How it was with them in the Beginning This Paper is not only to go to Bristol but London or elsewhere where it may come because it is a trying Day and none of the least that we have had but I hope it will drive the honest-hearted to lay hold of the Standard of Truth and Righteousness and let that be their chief support and then they need not fear their Enemy without nor within for the Lord never fails any that put their trust in him only for their is no confidence in Man and therefore the Lord is to be exalted above every Name to which every Cedar or Oak must bow London Printed in the Year 1700. A Tender Exhortation to Friends at Bristol c. Friends or to whom these may come I Being young did live near the City of Bristol and about the time of the Massacree in Ireland it hapned that there was a poor People that came from thence to that City that fled for their Lives both Men Women and Children And after things were a little settled there was a sort of zealous People in that City that went by the Name of Puritans which were afraid to speak their own Words or to wear ●heir own Cloaths for fear they should offend the Lord and were kept in a ●oly Fear according to their sight and knowledge in that day But afterwards 〈◊〉 Persecution rose in the Nation by the Bishops which they bore very well in that day and if they met in the Field there have some come with Staves and Clubs to beat them but in length of time the Times turned and the Bishops were turned out themselves both there and other places then when People came to have Liberty and Freedom there was a division amongst the Professors that were not of their mind Then there was another Turn and the City of Bristol was taken by Prince Robart and these People went thorough it through great difficulties by an Enemies Army and then to London they came and were received with great gladness of Heart in this City and with unexpressible Love amongst the honest People in this City the Lord made way for them in the hearts of his People O! Friends let this never be forgotten the tender dealings of the Lord in a time of trouble whom they found to be a God near at hand and not afar off in that day Then it hapned so that there was another Turn and they were sent home by the Parliament and great care was taken for them and their Enemies were forc'd to flee before them Now when things began to be settled in London and in the City of Bristol they were settled again in their Habitations than they began also to look into the Prophecy of latter days and what should be enjoyed in the latter Times and the Cry was that they might come to suck at the sweet Breast of Consolation and for that cause many Prayers were put up and Days set apart to Pray for the pouring down of the Spirit and there were many Seekers in that day seeking the Way to Sion with their Faces thitherward Oh that these travailing days may never be forgot what way the Lord took to gather a People to himself tho' through many hardships and difficulties yet he crowned all with his Heavenly Presence in standing by them in the worst of Times endless Glory to his Name for ever And after great crying for the Spirit to be poured down the Lord heard their Cry and news came to the City of London that there was a poor People in the North that could give their Backs to the smiter and their Cheeks to them that pulled off their Hair and that the Everlasting Gospel was Preached amongst this poor People And then they came to London and were scattered amongst the Nation with much Reproach and Contempt yet they were made to bear all things and some of these that did Pray for the pouring down of the Spirit and it came in so low an appearance that they could not readily receive it because it did not come in the Wisdom of Words yet to many thousands it was received in much sincerity and uprightness of Heart and a joyful sound it was to them that truly waited for it and especially this City of Bristol I know no People received it more readily than they did and it was a joyful sound to them and many of them that were in that day are gone to Rest with the Lord for ever And after they had received the Truth in the love of it there was a Spirit of Division rise amongst some Friends which put a stop to the Prosperity of Truth for a time but at last there hapned another Persecution yet notwithstanding all the Difference they stood the Day and the Lord was with them and they suffered joyfully the spoiling of their Goods and Imprisonment and some lost their dear Lives Now Friends after the heat of the Persecution was over there was a rest and the Enemy took some advantage after that but I hope that was made up again But now Friends the thing that lies chiefly upon me is how we have answered the Lord's Call out of many Evils and that in no wise we may go back to Egypt again as I am afraid too many are gone into that which the Lord by his right Hand brought out of them that which was displeasing unto him And now I do desire as for my own Soul you may look back through all those things and see the Lord's dealings all along from one time to another and do not despise the day of small things though the Lord has given Riches and made up your Losses both in London and Bristol especially Bristol I mean what you have lost by suffering for Truth and as he hath made it up to you many ways the desire of my Soul is that none of us that have partaken of the Loving-kindness of the Lord that we may do nothing that may cause him to with-draw his Holy Spirit from us for if it should be so we should be as miserable as any People whatsoever for what can we do without the Lord we cannot stand of ourselves because all our fresh springs are in him and therefore we are to watch and pray continually that we may not be carried away by the great Enemy of our Souls or turned out of the way for he will be ready to betray the simple-hearted therefore I do desire that in the simplicity of our Hearts we may look about us and see how many ways the enemy hath taken to betray the Simplicity of the Truth since the breaking forth of it And now Friends I have a Word or two to the Young Generation let them be where they will in City or Country that have not known much of this travail to consider with themselves whether they ought not to be concerned in this Work as well as the Ancient that