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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	false_a	spirit_n	try_v	3,332	5	9.2261	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60442	A paper shewing who are the true spouse of Christ and who are not	Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1662 (1662)	Wing S4070; ESTC R23648	4,216	5

A Paper shewing who are the true Spouse of Christ and who are not THe true Sponse of Christ is his true Church which is in God our Father 1 Thes 1 1. which hears his voice feels his power and is made one with him that is the light have him neer unto her even in her bosome brings forth increase by vertue of his power or life that is in her who is not of the world as he is not of the world but is bated by the world as now under the reproachful name of Quakers the like The Whore is not truely espoused to Christ nor one with him but is the false Church which is not in God who is a spirit but is in of the world which iso posite to the spirit and spiritual worship which hears not the voice of Christ but onely the letter or men reading in a book which such as are not Christs sheep may hear read and know neither doth she feel his power but denies them that do or that any do neither is she made one with him that is the light nor have him so neer unto her as within the hope of Glory Col. 1. 27. but only as far as above the skies or as Ierusaleni and so far from increasing in the increases of God Col. 2. 19. or in the fruit of the spirit or to increase her number by vertue thereof but onely by an outward power law learning or letter that killeth 2 Cor. 3. 6. which harlot or false Church is of the world and not of Christ and hath the worlds love being truely named Mystery Babylon the Mother of harlots Out of which God hath redeemed us Rev 18. 4. Now this false Church and painted harlot having not Gods power in her to uphold her is upheld by mans power and is alwaies subject to the changeablenesse thereof which Church or harlot is to fall with great violence Rev. 18. 21. Then now will I leave it to understanding men to judge whether ever there were greater violence in this confused mother of harlots then now is with what violence are some of her late chiefest pillers now going down that upheld her a long time and with what violence are others setting up which violence causeth the people to mistak● them and so to cry them down and what violence is used in her between her Priests and teachers themselves one against another and all compassing the holy City about in which God dwelleth who promised and doth dwell in his people as though they would devour us all at once but whether our help be of ourselves or from heaven rea● Rev. 20. 9. and so let all judge whether violence be not begun And again at Babylons fall the Saints rejoyce according as it is said rejoyce over not bowing under her my people Rev. 18. 20. And seeing Gods servants do begin to rejoyce and shout for joy though few can he●… it and make melody in their hearts to the Lord notwithstanding they are with muc● violence persecuted slandered all manner of evil spoken against them and cast out o● the Sinagogues threatned to be cursed out of their Church because they cannot ge● 〈◊〉 in and brought before Rulers for his names sake who said I am the light Iohn Re●… 10. 8. which turns to us for a testimony Luke 21. 13. Now men may mind the words of Christ when the signs begin to come to 〈◊〉 then thereby to know what is neer Luke 21. 30. 31. And now being it is so that Babel is to fall with great violence and that the servants and Prophets of God are then to rejoyce And seeing also that they who are come out of her do begin to rejoyce over her Let it now be considered what is to follow or what God will bring to passe or what is neer at hand and whether the destruction be not neer when they cry peace all th●… are safe or whether the dreadful coming of Christ be not at the midst of the dark night like a theif upon all the ungodly werkers of darknesse over whom the Saints rejoyce My heart is filled with the power of God 144 Lines of secret inward melody not written to lift up any from that which gives it MY heart shall sing of thee who doest my soul defend Whose life hath saved me Who didst my waies amend Whose strength hath me upheld Whose love is in me still Whose grace doth vertue yield Who hast taught me thy will Oh blessed be thy name Who hast my life redeemd That I may sound the same With them that once were grievd Oh let me now rejoyce And praise the Lord my strength Who long hath been my choice And drawn my dayes in length Oh that I could declare Unto the sons of men His gifts and riches rare Which he hath yet for them Oh that my heart could dite The goodnesse of his love Or that my pen could write His mercies yet above Oh that I might expresse With heart with tongue or pen His sweet delight somnesse 〈…〉 men Oh that I could unfold Or in meeknesse declare His strength which maketh bold And keepeth from the snart Behold his Throne is love His seat is mercy pure Descending from above Is he both day and houre Behold his glory shines Unto his jewels rare He visits them betimes When they in darkenesse are Behold his heart is bent Towards his little ones His love their hearts doth rent And in his vertue comes Behold he draweth neer To all the poor and weake And he to them is dear Who will them not for sake Behold he doth arise In might vertue and power To bring in his lost prise Into his refuge Tower The weak he doth defend The poor he still uphold For needy he contend And 〈◊〉 them more then Gold His Lambs he still doth lead His little ones he teach The hungry have his bread The thirsty he refresh He makes the feeble strong He makes the barren bear He leads the blind along 〈◊〉 the light most clear He cometh as a dew In heat of Summer time 〈…〉 his plants below That forth their fruit may shine He feedeth every babe He seeketh every lost His love doth never fade For his he spares no cost His life virtue and strength His wisdome and his power He gives to his at length And they of him are suer He never doth for sake His dear and little flock Who of that bread partake That 's hidden in the rock The heavens and the earth He with himself doth fill He dwelleth in our hearts And doth reveale his will He maketh known his way That all his flock shall goe And them in light aray 〈◊〉 to withstand the foe He helps in time of need 〈◊〉 leaves not in distress He doth effect the deed Of mans deliverance He casteth down to hell ●is power is so great 〈◊〉 doth the living kill And none can him defeat He raiseth from the grave And makes the dead alive From him there 's none

can save Nor from his presence hide Hee 's alwaies neer at hand From trouble to deliver Hee 's joynd with his in band To live with them for ever No God is like to him No honour like to his No man is said to win Whose soul is lost from blisse O prayse him all ye Saints Who feels his vertue neer Unto him still give thanks Who is our Father deer Let wicked men lament Let all ungodly howl Too late shall some repent When down his judgements roule When Babels turnd in lake When beast is thither thrown When drunkards reele and shake When wrath is powred down When vengeance much with might Is poured on the Whore And all secret deceit Destroyd for evermore Then Sion shall be glad Then God shall honoured be Then prayses shall be had Then worship shall be free Then comfort shall abound In all true mourning lambs And Gospel free shall sound Throughout all nation Lands The times hereof's at hand The Captives shall be free Gods seed in every land By him shall g 〈◊〉 thered be Let friends rejoyce in fear Let fear in love abound Let Thousands more draw neer For we the pearl have found Let all in patience dwell And in the Lord still trust That we in love excel In which with you I rest As I was walking alone in my close Prison at Winchester upon the 24th day of the 5th month 62. in much quietnesse and inward refreshings by the rising vertue of Gods refreshing love these lines began to run gently through me with melody in my heart to the Lord and when I was free in my self to begin to write it departed not from me but came so easie and so fast as I could well right whereby in a very little part of the foresaid day this was begun and finished with ney own hand yet would not I have looked upon to be a great thing nor a pattern nor example for others to run into the like for since I came into the life and obedience of truth I durst not write any thing in verse until this time Humphery Smith The 30th of the 4th month 62. AS in a vision the Sheep that I saw they lodged on the side of a Mountain as high as Heaven and they lay one by another and one upon another yet not in the least offensive one to another but lay as quiet and as loveing as if they had been asleep or sleeping one by and upon another yet were perfectly awake And though the whole world roaled from under them whereby they were like to fall and no visible ground or thing was seen to receive them or to fall upon which was in such a manner that 〈◊〉 cannot well expresse it yet were they not afraid thereat but lay as quiet in themselves as before being upheld by an invisible power and they that were tumbling down 〈◊〉 were falling had not the least harme but their removeal was to them as it is to a●… child to be removed in the Nurses Armes out of one place to another more then it expresse or though some of them seemed to be a little removed or to fall when th● whole world roaled from under them which was but to try them yet they that 〈◊〉 so were not in the least harmed thereby but were very well supported in a 〈◊〉 were recovered and climbed up the most steepest mount of the whole world that was ●…fore them and as for themselves they were more large fair and comely than ever 〈◊〉 natural eyes beheld and their wool was all over them as perfect shining gold After I had written this little thing and had also found that it was shewed 〈◊〉 the very time that the Rulers of the Earth in London began to deprive friends of 〈◊〉 worldly helps and things which seemed thereby to be wholly rolling from them 〈◊〉 did I send one coppy of it to a friend in that City to see who informing me that 〈◊〉 friends desired to see it wherefore I thus open it more plainly The world was the outward visible world with all things that are upon it or per●…ning to it the rolling away of it was so that nothing thereof was left them at that 〈…〉 to lay hold on or to stay themselves upon As for the sheep Christ termed his 〈◊〉 ●…thren and members so and as for their wooll they had aboundance thereof upon th●… yet no more then comely or rather glorious and it was as Armor to them not to be ●…ced through nor to be taken from them neither was it in the least defiled which 〈…〉 Printed for M. W. The End