Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	great_a	land_n	lord_n	2,551	5	3.2299	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40949	The saints duty, and safety, in a trying time, and when they are attended with a suffering condition: or, The saints duty in meeting together in the way of God, as worshippers of him and their safety and happinesse in continuing and abiding with the Lord in that wherein the Lord hath appeared, & doth continue and abide with them, to minister unto them both in a time of suffering, and in a time of rejoycing. And also, the danger of being negligent in meeting together, to per- [sic] perform their duty and service to God, through any wile, and crafty mysterious working of Satan, whereby he labours to seduce and deceive them, &c. Written in the 4. moneth, 1664. by R.F. To be read amongst Friends at their meetings, and upon occasions, to such as there may be a service,	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1664 (1664)	Wing F502A; ESTC R215744	12,166	18

THE SAINTS DUTY and SAFETY In a Trying Time And when they are attended with a Suffering Condition OR The Saints Duty in Meeting Together in the Way of God as Worshippers of him and their Safety and Happinesse in continuing and abiding with the Lord in that wherein the Lord hath appeared doth continue and abide with them to minister unto them both in a Time of Suffering and in a Time of Rejoycing And also The Danger of being negligent in Meeting together to perperform their Duty and Service to God through any wile and crafty mysterious working of Satan whereby he labours to seduce and deceive them c Written in the 4. Moneth 1664. by R. F. To be read amongst Friends at their Meetings and upon occasins to such as there may be a Service London Printed in the Year 1664. The Saints Duty and Safety in a Trying time and when they are attended with a suffering Condition c. IT is a duty to meet together in the way of God as worshipers of him and it is a danger to be negligent in that Respect therefore let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering and let us consider one another to provoke unto Love and to good works not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approaching for if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth Thereremaineth no more sacrifice for sins but a certain fearfull looking for of judgement and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries Heb 10.23 24 25 26 27. It was the manner of some in the Primative Time to be negligent in assembling and meeting together with the people of God under the Gospel dispensation and when they did wilfully neglect that duty either out of prejudice against them that continued faithfull in a Godly exercise or to flee the Cross so as to grow secure and careless or else to avoid a suffering condition It was accounted all one with the sin of presumption by sinning not ignorantly but wilfully and that after they had received the knowledge of the Truth and as it was dangerous so to do then it is as unsafe and dangerous to sollow the like example and be so negligent now But perhaps some may think it will be the way to avoid a great danger and be for their saftey now to neglect assembling and meeting with the people of God in a way differing from the worship of the world to the number of five or above because they are prohibited by the Law of the Land under great penalties to meet upon the account of Religion and worship of God as aforesaid Contrary to the Liturgy or practise of the Church of England To such I answer Art thou truely acquainted with God hath he appeared in Spirit unto thee and called the out of the way and worship of the world called thee into the way and worship of God and hast thou obeyed the call of the Lord art thou departed accordingly out of the way and worship of the world and art thou admitted of and entered into the spiritual way and worship of God how was it with thee before thou left the one and come into the other was not God angry with thee when thou offered to tarry and stay behind in the way and worship of the world after he had discovered it unto thee and called thee to come out of the same and did not he by his good Spirit testifie against thee for so doing moreover did not the Lord pursue thee and withstand or beat down the carnal reasonings and gainsayings of thy heart and make thou weary untill thou didst depart and come out thereof if so was it not the Lords own doing and didst not thou own and confesse it so to be as first to unvail thy vailed heart and secondly to discover unto thee the spirit of errour and what it had led thee into and thirdly to advise and perswade thee to come out thereof and also to forsake the way and worship of the world That thou might be admitted into the way and worship of God and did not the Lord in making known himself unto thee make known his worship and either answer or beat down the fleshly objections and gainsayings of thy heart and call thee and guide thee into his own pure worship in spirit Iohn 4.23.24 and afterwards signifie unto thee how he owned the same and thee as thou didst abide and continue therein if so what cause hast thou to desert him or offer to depart from him and his worship again for fear of an outward suffering from men or hast thou any toleration from God so to doe consider well of it and let the Lord judge in this case as doubtlesse he will for he hath not called thee out of the way and worship of the world into the way and worship of God to allow of thee to forsake him in a suffering time so as to forsake the Lord and his worship to comply and joyn with that spirit and worship of the world which he hath called thee from neither will he tolerate and juflifie thee therein but rather condemn and severely punish theefor so doing To Sin wilfully after the knowledge of the Truth by forsaking the Assemblies of the people of God when they are forbidden by men Heb. 10.23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31. to avoid an outward danger or suffering from them is not the way to safety and happinesse in a way that God doth own but is the way rather to everlasting misery and ruine by turning the Lord against them 2 Thes 1.5 6 7 8 9. therefore how doth it concern all that offer to decline from the truth rightly beforehand to consider what they are doing and to be advised and take warning in time so as to mind their continuation and standing in the Truth and upon the sure and certain foundation 2 Tim. 2.19 And since you received the Truth have you not had many perswasions within and without 2. Tet. 2.4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Phil. 1.29 2 Tim. 3.12 to forsake it again because it is attended with a suffering condition but know this assuredly that when you are perswaded either without or within from the way and worship of God in Spirit which he hath called you into and doth own to depart and goe back again into that which God hath called you from that such perswasions cometh not of God who hath called you therefore you may justly deny them for there were some in the primative Time that once did run well and were afterward hindred that they should not obey the Truth but such a perswasion did not come of him that had called them as by the Scripture is evident and plain Gal. 5.7 8. The Apostle of Christ did account it a kind of witchcraft to be seduced and drawn from the Truth and