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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	jesus_n	lord_n	spirit_n	7,577	5	4.8812	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40005	A declaration of the bountiful loving-kindness of the Lord manifested to His hand-maid Mary Harris, who stood idle in the market-place, till the eleventh hour, yet afterwards received her penny : this is that none might despair : also a discovery of her sufferings through her disobedience and rebellion against God's precious truth, that none might presume, or harden their hearts in the day of God's visitation : as also, a few words of encouragement from experience, to any who knows the name of the Lord in the least measure, to fear the Lord, and trust in his mercies.	Forster, Mary, 1619?-1686.	1693 (1693)	Wing F1603A; ESTC R10779	6,761	14

A DECLARATION Of the Bountiful Loving-Kindness OF THE LORD Manifested to His Hand-maid Mary Harris who stood idle in the Market-Place till the Eleventh Hour yet afterwards received her Penny This is that none might Dispair ALSO A Discovery of her Sufferings through her Disobedience and Rebellion against God's Precious Truth that none might presume or harden their Hearts in the Day of God's Visitation As Also A few Words of Encouragement from Experience to any who knows the Name of the Lord in the least measure to fear the Lord and trust in his Mercies LONDON Printed and Sold by T. Sowle at the Crooked-Billet in Holywell-Lane in Shoreditch 1693. A Declaration of the bountiful Loving-kindness of the Lord manifested to one who stood idle in the Market-place till the Eleventh Hour yet received her Penny This is that none might dispair Also a discovery of her Sufferings through her disobedience and rebellion against God's precious Truth that none might presume or harden their Hearts in the Day of God's Visitation A Maid young and beautiful that often went with her Relations to the Meetings of the People of God called Quakers and had a love raised in her Heart to the most precious Truth and also to them who indeed held it in a pure Conscience yet did not give up to the Obedience of Faith but still lived in the Customs and Fashions of this Evil World to the wounding and stifling of the precious Life of Jesus Christ in her but the same Love of the Lord that had begotten a tenderness in her and raised up a love to Truth followed her and would not suffer her to sit down in the World without trouble for although she was much taken notice of by them who loved vanity and delighted in beauty more then vertue and she by this became further off from faithfulness yet here she must not take up her rest for the Lord visited her with great weakness and she grew ill and declined and fell into a Consumption and lived in a consumeing state about three years outward means and medicines were used for her recovery yet from first to last not any thing that was done to her or for her did her any good as she often declared but she still grew weaker and weaker and besides this she had such a soreness all over her poor Bones as hath not been known in such weakness which being taken notice of by a Friend which was nearly related to her she said Surely this is more then ordinary this is more immediately the Hand of the Lord upon thee then is usual this is the Judgment of the Lord upon thee for thy Disobedience and she being in a low condition considered the matter and the Lord set it upon her Heart and she cried unto the Lord for Mercy as she said mightily and it was shewed her one night that if she did not speedily Repent and submit to God's precious Truth she should be smitten with Lameness from Head to Foot then did she apply her Heart unto the Lord and his faithful Messengers whose Feet are beautiful upon the Mountain of Holiness bringing the Glad-tydings of Salvation unto the weary and heavy laden saying I have hardened my Heart at many a precious Meeting when the Lord hath smitten me and I have seen plainly the Lord would have gathered me but I said in my Heart if I receive this if I give up to it I must be a Quaker and I cannot be a Quaker then said she would I take my Heart from attending upon the Ministration of Truth and then my Heart became more hard What shall I do said she that now I may receive the Faithful sayings of the Servants of the Lord Ah that my Heart were open but it is shut and hard when shall I find Mercy in this State She remained for some time and grew weaker and weaker in Body and on the first Day she took her Bed she was much under the Righteous Judgments of the Lord and felt his Word in her Heart as a Fire but the Lord in Judgment remembred Mercy and having brought her very low he shewed her the Childs state which she with great delight desired and indeed she became as a little Child fit for the Kingdom of Heaven Then did the Lord rend the Vail and shewed her his Glory and the preciousness of his pure everlasting Truth and the Light shined out of Darkness and in it she saw Light and received the Knowledge of God whom to know is Life Eternal and her Heart was filled with Joy and her Mouth with Praises and she lay for many hours without the sence of pain or weakness sounding forth the Praises of the Lord refusing to take any Cordials or ought else to support the natural Spirits saying I am well I feel no pain I am full my Cup runs over I am filled as with Marrow and Fatness I have seen his Glory and tasted of his most precious Truth and it is sweet unto my taste Ah how precious how pure is Gods Everlasting Truth nothing so pure and they who indeed receive it are made pure by it praised be the Lord who hath made me partaker of it and placed me amongst his People Ah Blessed God who hath given me cause to sing aloud of thy praise then some about her seeing her very week thought it might wear her too much told her she might praise the Lord in her Heart and bid her try if she could sleep but she said she was well and needed no sleep neither is my Mouth dry said she nor I faint but she was perswaded to take something and so lay still but after some time she said Surely I should not have been stopt but I will now try if I can sleep which she did sweetly and in the morning said Although I have slept yet my Heart hath been exercised in the Praises of the Lord and that day lay very preciously speaking to several persons as came to visit her to their several conditions shewing to some who lived in pleasure her Hands saying See here the Lord hath made these Bones bare for my rebellion because I would not submit to his most precious Truth he hath brought me to the dust and I must lay down this Body as a Sacrifice Oh do not you stand out it will cost you dear if ever you find Mercy and such like then would she sing Praises to the Lord and declare much concerning the purity of Truth exhorting all who were not made partakers of it speedily to embrace it and much more she said which will be too much to relate On the next day being very weak and it was thought she might have departed she called for some young Persons that were related to her and set before them their conditions clearly in the Light of our Lord Jesus Christ warning and exhorting them praying for them blessed them in the Spirit of discerning which the Lord gave her in the day of his Power and when some Friends came to her that was in the fashion of the World she would say What Friends who know Gods precious Truth put

on their Hoods so that is like me in my other life Friends who have received Gods precious Truth need no other adorning and having spoken long in this wise she laid her self in silence waiting for her dissolution having said I shall shut mine Eyes and Sleep but she lay several weeks in great weakness after this having her Heart exercised on this wise And if she had spoken an unadvised word then would she cry to the Lord to wash her throughout and say Judge me Lord judge me with thy great Judgments let nothing remain in me or be spoken by me but what is pure search me throughly Ah cursed be that nature and that disposition this at first kept me from receiving Gods pure Truth cursed be that disposition and lying longer then one would have thought one so weak could have lain taking very little of any outward sustenance some would say to her it may be thou mayst recover No no would she say I must lay down this body for my rebellion in my other Life if any had said I should recover it would for a little time seem to refresh me and if they had said surely I could not live long or so it would cast me down but now I long for death I must lay down this body for said she when I received Gods precious Truth I received the sentence of death And this she was very positive in all along and when she was preswaded to be passive in this matter she said I have indeed cause enough to desire life now for the Lord hath made me partaker of his blessed Truth and if I live I know I shall bear a Testimony a faithful Testimony for the Lord and he hath placed me amongst his People and I shall have their company this is desirable but I must lay down this body great was her love to the Lord and his People and when the Servants of the Lord came to her it was such a reviving that she had not the sence of her weakness her Heart being overcome with the Love of the Lord in his Servants she lay a rejoycing Often was she assaulted by the Enemy sometimes to desire Life sometimes with worldly things but she would say even in Gods Authority Away Satan away I desie thee in the Name of the Lord touch not that which is pure and one time when she was under this temptation a precious Servant of the Lord coming to visit her Ah said she to him now the Tempter flees he cannot stand before thee then after she had been thus tryed she was usually filled with joy in God through whom she had obtained victory then would she sound forth the praises of the Lord. And grew still more weak and sometimes would say I am weak and full of pain but it is below me to complain and with much patience and comly behaviour she lay and in the morning before her departure she called for several things to drink and gasped for breath but said I shall not go so And afterwards did as it were lay her self forth in silence waiting for her dissolution but at the coming in of a good Friend she revived and lived till Evening and about half an hour before her departure she was taken with a very great trembling and seemed to be somewhat troubled it was said by one near her what 's the matter what ailest thou I fear said she whether it be a true Spirit or a Temptation it was said to her what meanest thou art thou in any doubt as concerning the Truth of which thou art made partaker No no said she that 's Gods pure and Everlasting Truth the Truth which the People of God called Quakers are made pertukers of and for which they suffer that is everlasting that is the true Spirit and their God is my God and although I see it not now as I have seen it yet I bring in my Testimony that 's the Truth that shall abide for ever that 's pure and nothing that is defiled must be sheltred under it that 's the Truth which enlightens every man that cometh into the World The little Seed in me is become great great great Blessed be God who hath placed me among his People and I possess what they possess and when the Faithful lie as I lie my Portion will be their Potion and my Cup is full it runs over over over Then she breathed a little thicker about the space of one quarter of an hour and without groan or sigh or the least motion she shut her eyes and slept Glory be to God for ever A few Words of Encouragement from Experience to any who know the Name of the Lord in the least Measure to Fear the Lord and Trust in his Mercies Friends IN the Living sence of Gods Love and manifold Mercies wherewith he hath compassed me as one every side it hath been often yea very often upon and in my heart What shall I render or wherwith shall I appear before the Lord And the Answer was and is Keep low in his Fear and do thy Duty declare his Goodness spread forth his Praises that they who have not such experience of his Mercy may by thy Declaration speak good of his Name and be encouraged to fear him for ever and trust in his Mercies Then first whosoever thou art that shalt read these Lines and hast Hungrings and Thirstings begotten in thee after Righteousness fear the Lord and trust in his Mercies and thou shalt be satisfied let the Lord God of Heaven and Earth be thy fear and let him be thy dread yea keep in the fear of the Lord all the day long and that will purifie thy Heart and make it a fit receptacle for the manifestation of Gods Love and Power Or art thou in any doubt concerning the Truth or the Way or Manifestation of it as it now appears wait thou in God's Fear and trust in his Mercy and assuredly the Light will shine forth it will arise and expel the Darkness and discover to thee the Path of Life in which the wafaring man although a Fool shall not err Again Art thou in God's Eternal Truth poor low and little seeing and knowing little of the mystery of Godliness having little faith love or zeal for God his Truth and People yet sayst thou in thy Heart this little is of the right kind and I would not part with it for all the World Well Friend be content with thy Portion and keep in the pure fear of the Lord wait on him and trust in his Mercies and he will arise in thee and increase thy store yea when he hath by his righteous Judgments as with a Rod of small Cords whipt out the Buyers and Sellers out of his Temple and the House is clean and thou fit for it the time of refreshment being come he will assuredly open the well-springs of