Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	know_v	soul_n	spirit_n	3,987	5	5.1512	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60627	A epistle to the flock of Christ being a heavenly portion distributed from th[e] love of God.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1670 (1670)	Wing S4298; ESTC R32141	5,319	8

AN Epistle to the Flock of Christ. Being a Heavenly portion distributed from th● Love of God DEar Friends and Brethren Beloved in the Lord who have obtained Grace Mercy and Peace in God the Father through the Lord Jesus Christ unto whom God hath appeared in Light and life where ye have seen the excellent Glory of Immortality and the riches and treasures of that Kingdom which is not of this World and having seen that glorious sight or spectacle by the appearance of the heavenly seed in your inward parts so you have seen both what the truth is and from whom it comes and you know that it is God of all truth who hath manifest truth unto you and you having loved truth in the manifestation so you are in measure acquainted with its vertue and operation and 〈◊〉 hath drawn you with a cord of love out of your dead works to serve the living God in holiness of life and you being joyned to the truth with constant and stedfast minds your love and obedience is more enlivened and quickned to the leadings and working of it so that you are followers of the truth in love to your own satisfaction and comfort and this was the gift of God which unto ●●u was given in th● beginning to lead you out of Egypts darkness ●●d bondage and by which the word of salvation was first preach●● unto you for you Restauration and recovery out of that th●al●●m and as your love and obedience hath stood in Faithfulness 〈◊〉 the Word of Salvation that was first p●eached unto you so you ●now the blessed effects of it unto your deliverance out of Egypts ●arkness and bondage and also knows that glorious liberty and ●●eedom which in the truth you have obtained by the mercy of God and so you know how the appearance of the heavenly seed ●●th withered the Earthly Weeds and how the light hath driven ●way darkness and truth deceit and life death and love envy ●nd meekness wrath and patience fretfulness and temperance in●rdinacy and faith unbelief and peace trouble and joy sorrow ●nd as truth hath thus changed you by the operation of its power 〈◊〉 bringing with it all these heavenly vertues and graces into ●our Souls so it hath made you new creatures by regeneration in overcoming that spirit and nature in which ye were prone to evil and where darkness had dominion over you to oppress you with heavy burthens and by this ye are come to know that the Almighty hath shewed you kindness and tender mercies by manifesting himself unto you in a needful time and stretching forth his arm to help you when distress and trouble was upon you in your captivity for then did you travail in pain and groan in sorrow as wanting deliverance and the Lord did pitty you in your mournfull state and sent a visitation to you in an acceptable time and a deliverer came in power that hath broken the bands of death and raized you from under the region and shaddow of it and so you have seen the Lord in his appearance and goings a●● are acquainted with his power both in killing and making a li●● and also in pulling down and raising up and how he hath shewn kindness to you for your everlasting good so that ye are beco●● as Plants of his Right hand and Babes of his own Family a● Lambs of his own Flock and now knows your portion in the he●venly Seed and Life which is immortal and have taken up yo●● rest in that land which strangers doth not possess where know the Inheritance sealed unto assurance and so cannot look 〈◊〉 any other thing to be your comfort peace or satisfaction b● the heavenly inheritance in Christ Jesus and hath drawn y●● from things below and fixed your eye upon things above a● that which comes from above is your portion and consolati●● and every one hath a part according to the kindness of him th●● disposeth and this heavenly portion is distributed amongst the heavenly plants Babes and Lambs whose satisfaction is the will of God the bread from heaven is broken unto your feed upon and water of life floweth unto you for your refres●ment the heavenly seed is an open Fountain from which Etern●● life is freely ministred unto you that have renounced evil are a● good things prepared therefore my dear Friends and Brethr●● be not careful or a portion or Inheritance in fading things for you are dead to all fading things so life and immortality wi●● take you up into heavenly Mansions and into a heavenly por●io● and inheritance and there you will know that all things are h●● with Christ in God for you and that will ease you of the bu●densome care that may come upon you by looking 〈◊〉 Temporal Possessions and you will feel the Heaven●● Power and Li●e in Dominion over that which woul● draw you into Temporal things to weaken your Faith wit● doubtful Fears and there your Immortall Souls will be 〈◊〉 liberty and freedom in the Immortal life and you will have ●●e rejoycing in your heavenly portion as being the only good 〈◊〉 God is the only good from whose heavenly love a heavenly ●rtion is distributed amongst you and as God is the only good ●en so is his gift that proceedeth from him and his gift being 〈◊〉 only good it is eternal life and they that receive the heavenly ●rtion receives eternal li●e and lives by their portion and 〈◊〉 that lives by their portion they praise the good which is ●od Oh this is the excellent treasure and portion which is immor●l and never dies happy for ever are you that have a part in it ●d keeps it to the end your tree is planted by the Rivers of Waters and bringeth forth Fruit in due season your leaf doth ●●t fall in Winter nor wither in Summer but you always flourish ●●d are fair in fruitfulness for the heavenly power is over you to ●●eserve and keep you at all seasons and so you are the branches ●●at the living Vine sendeth forth to bear Fruit to Gods glory ●●d this being the work of the Lord by the operation of his hand 〈◊〉 is in his hand preserved from being blasted and though Win●er storms may be violent and Summer may yeild a scorching ●eat yet the hand of the Lord preserves you from the extreams ●f both and your Fruit doth not decay because it is of that seed ●hich henceforth and for ever God hath blessed Oh glorious God full of good thy name is wonderful and thy ●lect remembers thee Oh holy life full of light thy appearance draws unto thee and ●hy off-spring loves thee Oh living power full of operation thy work sanctifieth and ●hy workmanship depends upon thee Oh infinite spirit full of vertue thy Fountain ministreth and ●hy Family praises thee Oh blessed truth full of grace thy word instructeth and thy Followers exalt thee Oh heavenly wisdom full of divinity thy counsel ordereth and thy children honours thee Oh Eternal Majesty thou art