Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	father_n	power_n	right_a	6,418	5	6.7725	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03609	A description of the true temple and worship of God. And Jesus Christ manifested to be the head of the Church, which is his body, and the onely pastour and also the members of the body of Christ, known by their fruits, from the synagogue of Antichrist, with a few words to the Romane Catholicks. Likewise the order of the church in God the body of Christ made manifest, and the disorder of the synagogue of Antichrist.	Harwood, John.	1658 (1658)	Wing H1103; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 4152.f.21[12]; ESTC R28064	21,102	30

not own him to be their Pastour and chief Shepheard as the Church in God owned him and confessed him as the Scripture of truth makes manifest yet account themselves to be his Church and people but such as cannot own him to be their teacher and leader clearly manifests themselves to be none of his flock for the Sheep of Christ know his voice and follow him and regards not the voice of the stranger and they who know his voice observe his counsell and follow his leadings and directions for how doth any man follow Christ if he doe not hearken to his pure Counsell and obey what he requires Christ saith himself I am the good Shepheard and know my sheep and am known of mine and such as know Christ and are known of him need no other Pastour or Shepheard he is sufficient to guide his own flock and such as make a profession of him in words and shew outwardly as the various formalists doe and will not own him to be suflicient without other helps to teach them the way of life and salvation shews that they know him not for if they knew him they would know that there is no salvation in any other all power and authority is committed unto the true light Christ Iesus the everlasting unchangeable high Priest who is over the houshold of God their head and Pastour and who are not under his Scepter and Government what ever they profess in words of him they are none of his subjects none of his body none of his Church but the subjects of Antichrist for whose Scepter and Government ye are under his servants and subjects ye are if Christ govern then are ye guided in the way of truth righteousnes which is the strait path which leads to life eternall and ye cannot follow the broad path of wickedness and unrighteousness which leads to perdition and eternall destruction for the Church of Christ who are subject to him are restrained by his saving power from the evill way and kept in the pure way the way of holiness for he goeth before and his flock follow him and they that follow his leadings cannot erre from the way of truth and holiness who goe on in the ways of wickedness follows not Christ he doth not goe before them but Anti-christ the enemy of Christ he is the King of unrighteousness and the wicked his subjects follow him so that ye who be in the sin and unrighteousness and plead for sin remaining in you so long as ye live upon the earth ye are none of the subjects of Christ for he saves his people from their sins Christ is none of your King Priest nor Prophet who are not governed by him and saved from your sins ye are none of the members of his body who be in your sins the members of his body are purified and cleansed without spot or blemish Take dilligent notice the Church in God which is the body of Christ Eph. 5. is without spot or wrinkle or any such thing holy and without blemish and of this sanctified body Christ is the Head and Saviour who saveth to the utmost all them that come unto God by him and such a glorious high Priest becometh the Church of God who is able to save and defend them from the power of sin and Satan and to present it without spot or fault unto God the Father of Spirits who hath set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places and hath put all things under his feet Eph. 1. and hath given him to be the Head of his Church which is his body such people as choose a man or men and set him or them up to be their teacher or teachers Christ is not their pastour nor teacher such as set up man and dishonours Christ ye that choose a man and set him up to be your Head and receives Orders and Commissions from him you goe about to take the authority from Christ and to rob him of his glory who in all things ought to have the preheminence who is the everlasting unchangeable high Priest in whom there is no variablenesse nor shadow of turning he alone is the Supreme of his Church and the members of his body receive orders and directions from him they know his voice and follow his Counsell and need not seek unto man so sets not up man but Christ to be Supream Ruler head and Governour who is most worthy to have the Government of his own body who is over all God blessed for ever he is the same yesterday to day and for ever and his Church is the same the chast pure holy Virgin which he hath chosen to be his espouse for ever he is not espoused nor will not espouse himself to an harlot an adulterer that followeth after other lovers such as follow their imaginations and inventions and loves themselves the world and its glory such are none of Christs espouse for the Bride the Lambs wife follows the Lamb denies the world its pomp and glory and tramples upon all vain traditions foolish inventions and earthly imaginations and over all the earth reigns and gives glory to him who redeems them from the earth Therefore all people upon the face of the whole earth who make a profession of believing in the name of Christ turn in your minds to his light in you with which he hath enlightened you and in it wait patiently that you may come to know his saving power which is nigh you if ye were but acquainted with it which if you cease from man and your own works and imaginations and take heed to the light of Christ in you which shew you your thoughts desires and evil deeds the saving power of his love you would shortly come to know and feel which would rend the vails which hath darkned your understandings and give ye to see into the secrets of God the Church in God you would come to know and Christ to be the chief Shepherd the everlasting unchangeable priest the light is the eternall eye which sees and searches into the deep secrets of God and ye cannot come to know the true Church nor the order and Government thereof untill you come to the light in you and receive it to be your guide which light leads to Christ from whence in comes who reveals and makes known the deep secret mysteries of life peace and eternall salvation which you can never attain unto by any other means for man by reading studying praying in his own will and observing duties and outward Ordinances can never find out the knowledge of God and his secrets for whatsoever man doth in his own will and time is but his own work and not the work of God and all men and women upon the face of the whole earth must cease from their own works before they enter into the true rest the rest prepared for the children of God which is in Christ the true light which enlighteneth every one that cometh into the