Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	faith_n	overcome_v	temptation_n	1,809	5	9.3055	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44789	A general epistle to the dispersed and persecuted flock of Christ Jesus in the dominion of England and all parts and regions where this shall come who have believed in Christ the Light of the World and now suffers for his names sake / [by] F.H.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1665 (1665)	Wing H3161; ESTC R30345	10,851	16

A General Epistle To the Dispersed and PERSECVTED FLOCK OF CHRIST JESUS In the DOMINION of ENGLAND AND All Parts and Regions where this shall come who have believed IN Christ the Light OF THE WORLD AND Now suffers for his Names sake F. H. Printed in the Year 1665. A General Epistle to the Dispersed and Persecuted Flock of Christ Jesus c. DEarly beloved whom God hath called and redeemed out of the World and the vanities thereof to follow the Lamb in the Regeneration through the Cross and suffering in this age wherein the Whore Beast and false Prophet and all that have drunk of her Cup and have received the mark of the Beast and are led aside to believe lyes that proceeds out of the mouth of the time serving flattering deceitful workers of this Generation who are all joyned together in their strength and power to act every way against the Lamb and his meek Appearance who takes away the sins of the World and against all them that are made clean through his blood and are come out of the pollutions of the World and to make War against the remnant of the Seed of God who are begotten again to the lively hope of Christ Jesus and to the Inheritance that fades not away and to root out and destroy and weary out through cruell sufferings the Saints of the most High that so the Prince of darkness might rule in his full Power and Authority in his Instruments and Servants without opposition or any gain-saying And as God out of his everlasting love hath redeemed and translated many from great darkness wherein they have been held in the time of unbelief into his marvelous light to walk in it and to bring forth the fruites of the day of light faith and righteousness to the praise and glory of his grace who hath called them and translated them for that very end to shew forth his power and glory in the Earth who have been quickned and raised by it out of the Grave that they might bear witness thereunto and testifie of it both in word and work against the World and the God thereof who now rules in the Children of Disobedience therefore is his wrath the more kindled and his fury grown great against them that are departed out of his Kingdome and will not yeild their hearts and necks to be subject any more unto his yoak by whom they have been enslaved and held Captive under many and divers lusts which the wrath of God is revealed against and to be revealed against and because they are made free by the brightness of the glorious rising of the Sun of righteousness in his power and quickning life in their hearts which hath broken his yoak of bondage and destroyed the Law of sin and death which sometimes had power over them but now being made Conquerors of them through the power of Christ The old Dragon the Deceiver of the Nations who is out of the Truth labours by all meanes to bring them back again to under his yoak and his devices are not a few which are set on foot at this day to make all bow unto him which the Children of light are not ignorant of who are and have been watchfull against the mysterious working of his power within and also without in his Instruments who have received great power from him to propagate his Kingdome that stands in wrath evil doing and cruelty And therefore all had need to watch and be circumspect that they that are escaped be not insnared and intangled again least their bondage be greater and the yoak heavyer then before Therfore the Lord moveth often in my heart to exhort all unto watchfulness and diligence and so much the more because the dayes are perilous and the times dangerous and the temptations many on every hand so they that look out are in danger to be insnared and let in the Enemy and doubts and fear and unbelief enter and questioning in the hast Can God deliver or will he deliver or hath he any regard unto our afflictions and because the time seemes long and they cannot see to the end thereof their hearts failes and their faith is in danger to be shaken and they loose their states therefore it concerns every one to watch and pray that they enter not into temptations neither be overcome with the wicked one neither of the fadeing pleasure profit and ease that the Children of this World do enjoy which is but for a time and then is the begining of endless misery Therefore all dearly beloved look over all the sufferings and troubles and temptations and necessities and over the Devil and all his works to the begining and to that have an eye which was before they had a being to the Lord God everlasting who made Heaven and Earth have an eye and let your eye be fixed on him which destroyes the Devil and all his works and will reward the workers of Iniquity according to their deeds with everlasting torments Dearly beloved who have been under great sufferings and loosers for Christs sake and the Gospels in this Age like as many faithful witnesses have been in former Ages I am a sufferer with you and am sensible of your griefes afflictions necessities and tribulations which are many and do bear and suffer with you all in my heart and in the true sence and feeling of you all dispersed every where where God hath placed you in the Earth my heart soul life and spirit breatheth forth unto you all and your burden is mine your afflictions are mine your sufferings is mine I do weep with them that weep I am sorrowful with them that are sorrowful and that which is a grief and vexation unto the spirit of God in any in the spirit of Christ which is but one in all I am burdened with them and do bear a part of their grief I speak without austentation or glorying for what have I to glory in any but the Lord or to rejoyce in but that which all the World hates because it testifies against it and therefore we are become the objects of scorn and hatred in this World by them that are of it who glory in sin who rejoyce in Iniquity whose end is destruction and perpetual misery and their rejoycing shall be turned into endless sorrow and grief Elected of God our portion in this World is to be sufferers in it and by it because God hath chosen us out of it and its nature therefore we are hated despiced and persecuted in our Generation like as all the People of God were in former Generations we cannot be exempted from drinking of the same Cup which Christ the Heir of all things drank neither to be exempted from being Baptized into his suffering And therefore Christ told his Disciples In the World yee shall have trouble and the Apostles and Ministers and Believers in Christ did drink of the same and were Baptized into the same Baptisme and therefore testified That them that