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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	seek_v	spirit_n	worshipper_n	2,020	5	12.2044	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81535	A discovery of the great fantasie, or, Phantasticall conceitednesse. That is to say, of the antichristian blindnes of those, that out of a meer false imagination and phantasticall conceitednesse, do hold themselves to be Christians, sprituall divines, deputies and messengers or spokes-men of Christ, and take upon them, as mediatours, to save others, whom they call the secular lay-men; therewithall, reviling, traducing, condemning, excommunicating, persecuting, exiling, and putting to death the true children of God, for not yeelding unto this phantasie of theirs, conceiving, that therein they do God great service, when they busie themselves in weeding the ground thus, according to their phantasies, and endeavouring to save the angels a labour against the time of the harvest. Together with a discovery of the great arch-whore, and her paramours or lovers, whereof the spirit of God beareth witnesse.		1642 (1642)	Wing D1651; Thomason E124_28; ESTC R6001	19,094	24

their clamours and outcries lest in any wise ye should draw neer to your heavenly Father without their means and Mediatourship for do but observe I pray how Christ doth answer the Pharisees as they demanded of him when the Kingdom of God should come Luk. 17.20 that it cometh not with outward observations or ceremonies neither shall say lo here or lo there is it but the kingdom of God is inward and within Man and St. Paul saith The kingdom of God doth not consist in eating drinking 1 Cor. 4.20 Rom. 14.17 1 Cor. 2.4 nor in great swelling words or artificiall prating but in power and in the demonstration of the Spirit of God it being righteousnesse peace and joy in the holy Ghost that Man is to serve God in this kingdom in spirit and truth God being a Spirit himself Ioh. 4.23 M●tt 6.10.23 and requiring such worshippers as do worship him in spirit and truth Ioh. 24.21 Therefore also Christ hath taught us to seek above all things the kingdom of God and earnestly to entreat and pray to God that it may come unto us and be revealed in us Unto this kingdom of God Col. 1.27.27 Matth. 13.44 2 Cor. 4.7 Eph. 2.21 which lies already hid within thee all the faithfull teachers do direct thee when as they speak of Christ that great mystery within us how thou art a Temple and dwelling of the holy Ghost how thou dost carry the treasure in the field and in an earthen vessell Deut. 30.11 that the grace may be God through Christ the word of life Rom. 10.8 which is neer thee in thy heart and in thy mouth What do our Phantasticks pray to this O say they that is not to be understood these be Pauliniall Phrases certain usuall experssions the Kingdom of God ought to be sought with them in their vile stone Churches where you may hear them make Cicero like a number of quaint and curious Declarations and discourses out of the holy Scriptures after their manner according to the Idoll Brain or Glosses of Antichrist and humaine learning every one as he is taught and principled by those humane sects Where also in the chancell or quire of their auticular confession they do forgive the people their sins in Gods stead Matth. 24. and administer their Sacraments there there they say is the kingdom of God thither men are called and invited to the great supper by the peal of the Bels and their pulpits there they are the stewards of the mysteries of God what others say of the kingdom of God within Man that is nothing to them but Phantasterie Enthusiastrie in man there dwelleth nought that is good how should the kingdom of God be within him Men ought say they to repair and frequent to their Churches there is the house of God the gates of heaven the Citie that he hath chosen where he hath set up the memoriall of his Name where the great supper is celebrated where Christ is cried into men from without See beloved how these men are carried and hurried by the giddinesse and spirit of Darknesse Art 7.48 ● 17.24 Ier. 3.16 ● 7.4 Lies and blasphemies When the true children of God do speak of the kingdom of God through Christ within them and prove or redargue that Phantasterie of God dwelling in houses or Churches made with hands whereof the Jews were wont so much to boast and glory saying here is the Temple of the Lord and the Ark of the Covenant and indeavour to withdraw their neighbour from such Phantastery to the living God Isa 57.15.66 whose Throne are the heavens and the earth his footstool and whose dwelling is in a contrite heart then the spirit of lies doth belch forth in his Phantasticks and giving out the children of God do forbid to come to any Churches or Assemblies For they are vexed when the word of Christ is cast in their teeth touching the false Prophets in sheeps clothing Matth. 24. that say Here is Christ or He is in the wildernesse and in the chamber or chappell and when thereby their Antichristian Phantastery is discovered But beloved be not thou daunted with such lies for the children of God do not forbid to come to Church or to frequent the assemblies of the congregations such namely as are gathered in the unity of the spirit this they are falsely slandered withall by the lying spirit that swayeth these Phantastiques onely they do point at the false and fond op●nion of these Bablers and Idols that would have men imagine and believe their Phantasteries as if God had his dwelling and abode in their stony rotten Churches wherein the screech-owls Bats crows and sparrows nestle there the kingdom of God were to be met withall perswading people that there God would hear them in an especiall manner and what they do propound and tell men in these places they ought to receive and obey as the Word of God and there none should dare to controul or gainsay them thus and thereby laying waste and desolate the living Temples of the holy Ghost that is the souls and hearts of men thereof they say nothing or at best but little and in a very confused and intricate manner This indeed is insufferable to Gods children and directly against the glory of God that there they should hear of the lies and calumnies of those Phantasticks and by their silence and connivence as it were approve and ratifie the same before all the congregation and to deny Christ and his glory and therefore they have reason to absent themselves from their meetings seeing their gainsaying or protesting against them 1 Cor. 14.26 would be held a great sin although among true Christians it should be lawfull to every one But yet they have as good reason altogether to speak against these wayes thereby to withdraw the straying from such false opinions that they may possesse their heart with God Ioh. 4.21 Luk. 17.20 and seek for the kingdom of God according to the doctrine of Christ within themselves not suffering themselves to be tied to any place whatsoever In the mean while they do not despise the gathering of the congregations together whether it be a house of wood or stone or in the open field either nor do they simply find fault with frequenting of Churches provided it be done out of a true love to Gods word and to stir up one another with praiers to the praise of God in the great congregation and solemne devotions as likewise that the younger sort may be taught and instructed 1 Cor. 14.23 Hebr. 10.24 25. Ier. 7.4 the elder exhorted and encouraged in their courses and erring and stumbling ones be reclaimed heartned and strengthened Therefore now lay this to heart and rely on lies no longer when ye hear them say Here is the Temple of the Lord we have the true Religion here is the kingdom of God but amend your lives and doings dealing righteously one with