Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	spirit_n	temple_n	worship_v	2,613	5	9.6572	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77959	The testimony of the Lord concerning London. Witnessed in truth and faithfulnesse, to the consciences of all people in it, that they may returne to the Lord, and repent. Also, the great abominations discovered of this people, who draws near God with their mouths, and professes self-separation, when as their hearts be far from the Lord. With a warning to all sorts of people in it, what the Lord requires of them. By a lover of all your soules, E.B.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6033; Thomason E925_9; ESTC R207563	12,904	19

the wrath Fear ye the Lord and doe not offend him in any thing stand in awe and transgresse not love righteousnes and truth touch no unclean thing and the Lord will receive you meddle not with their worships nor bow not to their Images nor sacrifice not to their Idoll gods have no fellowship with them in their prophanesse nor yet in their hypocrisie but hearken ye to the voyce of the Lord that you may know his judgements in your hearts and his Law and Covenant established with you depart from all iniquity and cast away all your Idolls and forsake all your lovers Give not your selves to the wayes and pleasures of this world but give your selves to chastity to sobernesse and meeknesse and above all things be upright in heart towards God and towards man speak the truth one to another and let no guile dwell in your lips nor a deceitfull tongue in your mouth And cease from all vaine glory and vaine customes and fashions of the world which are evill And cease from all Men-teachers which deceives the People by flattering words who cries peace when the Lord hath not spoken peace and daubes with untempered Morter such hath not profited you at all but your soules are starved under your Ministry and leannesse is upon you though you ever learne of them yet you cannot come to the knowledge of the truth by them Cease from them all and from all your gathered and selfe-separate Congregations and waite upon the Lord that you may know him to be your Teacher who is the Teacher of all his people and he teacheth in the perfect way of peace and truth and gives peace unto all that waite upon him and causeth the heart of the upright to rejoyce he taketh away sin and removes it from his people and he forgiveth all their iniquities and healeth all their back-slidings and blessed are all they that put their trust in him for he is a God near at hand for he dwells in his people and he is worshipped onely in the Spirit and in the truth He dwells not in Temples made with hands neither is he worshipped in outward observations his soule hath no pleasure among any selfe-separate People who cryes I am holier then another neither is he well pleased with a Sacrafice of the proud all their Baptismes and Fellowships and Meetings is but a wearinesse to the Lords soule and he hath no pleasure in any of their works who follows their own spirit and are not led with the pure Spirit of God alone but unto every one of such will he look who is poor in spirit and of a contrite heart and of a single and upright mind he gives regard unto every one that feares his Name who thirsts and hungers after him in truth and righteousnesse and this is of exceeding great prize in the sight of the Lord yea more then all offerings and oblations whatsoever even more then thousands of rames and ten thousands of river of Oyle Therefore hearken diligently to the voyce of the Lord and seek him with an upright heart and thirst for him as for your daily food I ose not your precious time but call upon his name while he is near for he is come near unto many he stands at the door if any will open he will come in and will dwell with them for evermore All sorts of People be awakened be awakened how doth the Lord wait to be gracious unto you he even tarries for you till you returne to him that his soule may have pleasure in you who hath long been grieved by you Therefore search your own hearts and see how you stand prepared to meet the Lord by following of his Counsell who hath so loved you and all man kind that he hath given his Son into the world to be a light unto you all and every one of you is lightned by him and with the light you will know your evill deeds and are convinced of them and reproved for them and with this Light Jesus Christ calls you sinners to Repentance to turne from your evills that you may be restored If you love this Light you love Christ who will save you from all your sins and from condemnation If you hate this Light you hate Christ and you remaine in your sins to be everlastingly condemned And thus is the way of life and the way of death set before you all if you follow the light of Christ Jesus it will teach you to deny this world and all the vanities of it it will teach you to deny your own wills and the counsells of your own hearts and whatsoever is contrary to God in thought word or action and in all things it will teach to follow Jesus Christ that you may be justified by him But if you follow not the light then you chuse your own wayes to follow your own wills and your own lusts and all temptations and you deny Christ and the way of truth and so the wrath of God abides upon you for you continue in unbeliefe and in hardnesse of heart and are the servants of sin unto death if you follow not the light which Christ hath enlightned you withall who lighteth every man that comes into the world that they may believe and be saved Therefore take heed to the light if you be guided by it you shall not transgresse against God but you will receive the power of God to overcome all evill all sin and iniquity will be condemned in you and your hearts will be made clean for the Lord to dwell in whose dwelling is in his people and you must all cease from professing of what you doe not posesse and from talking of what you doe not enjoy for that is hypocrisie and to be judged So all ye Professours be awakened Christ without you will not justifie you except yee know Christ within you the Profession of him will not take away sin nor justifie in the sight of God except you come to witnesse the operation of his Spirit in you and to teach you from all evill and into all good Therefore come to the feeling of the Spirit of Jesus in you and the working of it which changeth reneweth and sanctifieth and brings to witnesse the same truth to be manifest in the heart which the Scripture speaks of without and as you receive the same Spirit which gave forth the Scriptures so you will understand the Scriptures and by no other means For all your Preaching and talking of the Scriptures without the Spirit is but vaine babling and that mouth is to be stopt for God is not known where the operation of his Spirit is not felt in the heart nor he cannot be worshipped in truth but where his Spirit leads and guides Much vaine Profession ther 's in thee O City in which the Lord hath no delight And this is the Testimony of the Lord which I give concerning thee and doe yet once more call unto thee as often I have done and doe