Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	15,514	5	10.0914	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89682	An apology for the service of love, and the people that own it, commonly called, the family of love. Being a plain, but groundly discourse, about the right and true Christian religion : set forth dialogue-wise between the citizen, the countreyman, and an exile : as the same was presented to the high court of Parliament, in the time of Queen Elizabeth; and penned by one of her Majesties menial servants, who was in no small esteem with her, for his wisdom and godliness. With another short confession of their faith, made by the same people. And finally some notes & collections, gathered by a private hand out of H.N. upon, or concerning the eight beatitudes.	Niclaes, Hendrik, 1502?-1580?	1656 (1656)	Wing N1122; Thomason E1610_1; ESTC R210332	24,412	73

treasures of God and Christ and only to such is that high office of preaching or prophecying committed and to none other for such will not resist the godly life in the Love whereunto we are all out of grace undeservedly and lovingly called and warned in the service of Love now in these last days of our preservation Citizen I think no less but that thou hast expressed unto me thy mind aright herein but yet tell me Wilt thou then say the Pope is not Antichrist Exile I know not the man notwithstanding to say what I conjecture of him I do not otherwise imagine of him but that he is or may be possessed with the spirit of Antichrist which is the will of the flesh or of the devil the contrary anointed one and enemy to Christ rhrough which spirit many ignorant ones in these perilous days as well among the high learned as among the ignorant have taken to themselves a freedom to work all manner of blasphemies oppressions persecutions with all other uncomely abuses both against God and men But yet such a freedom and liberty understand doth not the Gospel of Christ bring in or teach but rather the Devil and that spirit of Antichrist Citizen Thou hast doubtless made me afraid and also astonied at these thy wonderful answers so that I dare scarce demand any more matter of thee lest haply any one should ly in waite in some secret place and over-hear us and so carry this our communication to some of our learned that now be in authority for then we all haply if they might find us should sing a Counter note unless we did recant all the same and yet hast thou spoken an unconfutable truth Exile The case is lamentable the whilst the truth may not be spoken freely notwithstanding if you have ought else to demand of me either touching naturall or Heavenly things ask of it freely and I under permission and according to my understanding will answer as the Lord shall give me in minde for as much as all things needfull both naturall and spirituall are expressed at large unto us in the Service of Love Citizen Of fellowship then shew me a little of thy understanding touching the naturall creatures that are earthly and elementish how and in what manner they live move and have their course of being for that my dull capacity might the better conceive of the Lords workes in the Spirituall creatures Exile I find out and perceave according to my simple understanding that the Lord the maker of Heaven and earth hath ordained and set all things naturall that they should remain in the upright form and order and that likewise the whole masse of the earth as man beast fish foule hearb tree with all else that is earthly and elementish which is under the Sun is to be beheld and considered of him in five parts of the which four be elements viz. Ayr Earth Fire and Water of whose substances every particular living creature is partaker The fifth part is a naturall living Being wrought through the almighty power of the heavenly word whereby every creature is sustained and liveth in his naturall kind or being and bringeth forth likewise thereout his fruit or increase And there is no visible substance or creature being earthly and elementish that is not or hath not been partaker thereof And allbeit now that this whole masse hath from in the beginning of Creations increased it self mightily in many creatures on the earth yet do we see in as much as every element so soon as the life is taken away from the creature or the creature from it claymeth or taketh him his own viz. the fiery element his the ayry his the watery his and so leaveth to the earthly onely his own yet the earth is not therefore any whit the bigger the water not any whitt the more increased the ayre never the fuller or larger ne yet the fire any thing at all augmented thereby And why Like as the same increase out of Gods workmanship hath proceeded from them in the life even so doth every element at the departure of the life claim again to himself no more but his own like as is said c. Citizen I perceive more by these thy words then ever I could consider of before For I see now that God hath ordained or set the natural creatures and every one in his course for to remain in a comely order to an everlasting praise of his holy name But yet I pray thee like as thou hast spoken some what of thy understanding things natural so let me also hear a little of thee concerning the spiritual and heavenly workmanship of God in man for his preservation in Christ Jesus Exile The great mercifulnesse of God the Father concerning his gracious workmanship in the man and how he hath in the beginning formed him according to his own Image and similitude is to be beholden or considered in an heavenly or spiritual manner viz. in the very like being of his God-head in perfect righteousness and holiness Notwithstanding now the man being fallen away through Adams transgression from this his former glorious estate wherein he was set so is there no way or mean for him to come again to be brought therunto but through faith in Jesus Christ and that only by his death and passion blood-shedding and resurrection when we as Christians become turned clean about viz. When we out of Gods grace upon the founding forth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ do repent us unfainedly of our sins past amend our lives take up our cross daily on us against the sin and even so crucifie the flesh with the lusts and desires thereof c. according to the Scriptures and also like as we are raught and counselled thereunto at large in the Service of Love To this end and to the mans preservation will the Almighty God now in the end of the world prepare him his Angels or Ministers And all what is gone out from God enranged would gladly return to him again the same shall they now through the sounding forth of his Gospel or last trump gather together as good wheat All those shall be brought again through Christ unto God And contrarywise all middle walls ignorant knowledges false wisdoms wicked imaginations which are not proceeded of God but are risen up out of the bottomless pit of darknesses together with all whatsoever hath handfast it self or holden fellowship therewith and will not have any better shall be in like manner gathered together as unprofitable weeds yea all those shall be found as incorporated members to the iniquity and thrown soul and body into the bottomless pit of the everlasting condemnation as likewise into the hellish fire which is prepared for the Devil and his Angels from the beginning Lo thus shall every one claim his own The bottomless pit of the condemnation from whence all evil doth proceed shall through the sounding forth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ claim