Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	apostle_n	ghost_n	holy_a	3,494	5	5.9254	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60630	The faithful witness, or, A hand of love reached forth, that the blind may be guided, and the scattered gathered also, mans sinne and rebellion declared and the long-suffering of the Lord shewed: with a true call unto all people to meet the Lord by speedy repentance ..., also the state of professors plainly manifested ..., with a warning unto all the tender hearted amongst them to arise, and receive the hand of love ... : also, truth defended and cleared from the lyes and slanders declared by Ionathan Iohnson of Lincoln, a Baptist in profession / from one who bears no evil will to any man, but wisheth well to all men, and am known to many by the name of William Smith.	Smith, William.	1659 (1659)	Wing S4300; ESTC R38932	32,830	41

declared from the motion of the Spirit and sets them in opposition to the same light and spirit which now as truly moveth in the children of obedience as it did in them who were made Witnesses of the Grace of God and through the operation of the spirit did declare it Therefore be not so rash in your minds as to call good evil and Truth a delusion but sink down in Gods fear and know that which is near you to reprove you in your ignorance and then you wil know there is nothing so sure as that which was before the World or Man or Scriptures were which is that which changeth not but is to day as yesterday and abides the same for ever And this is the everlasting truth which from the beginning hath been made manifest through ages and generations according to the dispensation of Gods good pleasure which all the holy men of God have walked in and been obedient to and declared of whose sayings are all true and faithful and are owned to be a true Declaration of the living Word which from the beginning was novv is vvhich changeth not in vvhich they felt Gods loving kindness made manifest unto them as they vvalked in obedience unto him and likewise declared of Gods severity and displeasure revealed against the ungodly and unbelievers and thus was the truth known from the beginning to instruct and lead and guide the righteous in the holy Way wherein they erred not and to convince and condemn the World for sinne who walked with a froward heart against the Lord Be not deceived for all visible things must perish and that which hath a beginning hath an end howsoever it may appear in shew unto you there will be no help found in any created being in the needful time for your foundation which in your own Wisdom you have laid and in your own strength you are building upon one tempest will beat it all down and your labor will be lost after so many years spent Therefore be meek and lowly in your hearts and ●ink down to the Corner-stone and reject it no longer for it will not fail neither can the Gates of Hell prevail against it All wait for the Hand of Love to bring you thither that there your footsteps may be placed and your goings ordered that a spiritual House you may know raised up by the Arm of the Lord and here Christ is known who is true for evermore and leads into all truth those that believe in him and are guided by him the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending the first and the last there is none besides him nor any to be compared into him who baptizeth all that believe in him into one body by one spirit and there cleanseth them by the washing of Water through the Word where the regeneration comes to be witnessed and the answer of a good conscience received the pure Water flowing forth which washeth and cleanseth the body inwardly by which believers comes to be baptized into Christ and puts him on and this is the one baptism known and witnessed by all that follow the light of the Lord and walks in obedience to his commands and if you do not wilfully outstand Gods Witness you cannot but confess this is the baptism in which believers are baptized and is the one baptism the Scriptures declares of and that there is not another to be continued Therefore be silent before the Lord and yeild obedience to what he commands you by his spirit in the inner man and there know that one baptism which all believers are baptized with in which they are washed and cleansed to follow Christ in the regeneration and newness of life He that can receive it let him For you cannot prove by plain Scripture that Christ was a Minister of Water Baptism or that he did command it or preached it for Doctrine or pressed it as a duty but he sent his Disciples forth to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom and to give that which they had received freely and you cannot prove that when they were thus sent forth that they had received Water-baptism but what was made manifest in them and which they had received that they gave and declared thereof in Gods power and this reached the inward parts and pricked the hearts of those that heard it and brought them to enquire what they might do unto whom Peter said Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the holy Ghost Acts 2. 38. This day is this Scripture fulfilled praises be unto the Lord God for ever and many are true Witnesses of this baptism whose hearts have been pricked by the eternal living Word in their own conscience that they have been brought to enquire what they might do and the living Word hath been obeyed and the reproof thereof which hath vvrought the godly sorrovv unto repentance never to be repented of and there the Fountain hath been opened which washeth avvay sin and uncleanness and baptizeth into the Name of Jesus Christ where sins are remitted and the gift of the Holy Ghost received And in this Scripture Water is not once named where the Apostle preaches the Doctrine of Baptism and was the first which vvas preached after the Holy Ghost fell upon them Therefore be not so envious against those who witness the truth as they know it in Jesus and are baptized with the Holy Ghost and Fire and hath felt him whose Fan is in his hand thoroughly purging his floor and cleansing the inward parts from all unrighteousness and this licks up the Water and consumes it as the fire did which fell from Elijah's Altar which was a true figure of the two Ministrations if you could read it for had you obeyed that which once did truly move in you and opened Gods love unto you and gave you a sight of many things which in your hearts were secretly lodged and let you see the Ways and Worship of the World to be vain if you had continued faithful unto this pure Guide it would not have left you on Jordans brinks nor in the midst thereof but would have opened it unto you and led you thorow it and over it and given you an inheritance in the true rest for ever Therefore be awakened and lift up your eyes and behold where you are for you are not come where ●ongs of deliverance are sung but are set down short of the pure rejoicing from whence you are all called to arise and join to the Hand of Love which is still reached forth unto you that thereby you might be gnided in the Way of peace that leadeth to eternal life and though many of you may swell in Wrath because the little stone is smiting your Image and that you know not how to uphold it but by contending for it and talking of the Scriptures yet this will not uphold it nor your Worship and