Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	believe_v	faith_n	preach_v	2,636	5	7.0466	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89859	Weaknes above wickednes, and truth above subtilty. Which is the Quakers defence against the boaster and his deceitfull slanders. Clearly seen in an answer to a book called Quakers quaking; devised by Jeremiah Ive's against the dispised contemptible people trampled on by the world, and scorned by the scorners. In which the deceits are turned into the deceivers bosome, and the truth cleared from the accuser. In much plainesse, that the simple may see and perceive, and come to be gathered to the Lamb, from amongst the armies of the wicked, who have now set themselves against the Lord, and sees it not. Also some queries to Jeremy Ive's touching his false doctrine and deceits. / by one who is called, James Nayler.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1656 (1656)	Wing N327; ESTC R207303	22,439	32

must wait for another to perform to which thou art an enemy in thy Book for that which leads to tell a lie doth not lead to repent of it That is he wherewith thou a long time hast been a Sayer and not a Doer And if to the light of Christ in thy conscience thou doe not turn which shewes thee this thy wickednesse by it to be led to repentance to the Pit thou wilt goe in this thy wickednesse notwithstanding thy fained Promise So the many lies and false accusations which doth not so much strike at the truth I passe by as not willing to multiply words to clear that which our practise proves innocent in all places through the Nation where the light is followed and either that must clear us or words will not so let the Lord who is our life plead for us Onely some few Queries I shall Propound to lay open Truth and error to which if thou be as ready to answer in simplicity as thou hast been to slander in subtilty that which lies hid may sooner be brought to light The Queries are as followeth I. WHose Spirit is that which men understands the Scriptures with and tryes Spirits with who are without the Spirit of God seeing thou affirms that a man may understand Scriptures and try Spirits without the Spirit of God and whether that triall be not it which condemns the just or hath God set up such a tryer to judge yea or no II. Seeing thou confesseth Christ to be the true light and that he lighteth every man that cometh into the world but denyes that light to be within shew in plainnesse where he doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world and not within and how they come by it and seeing thou sayest every man hath it how have they it and not within III. Seeing thou confesseth that the Heathen hath a light that reproves them of sin but not within shew where it is what it is whether the light of Christ or no and how they came by it IV. Whether that which reproves the Heathen when they sin be the same that reproves thee when thou sins and the rest who call your selves believers and whether it be in the same place and of the same nature or wherein doth it differ as to place nature and operation V. Whether your light who call your selves believers be within you or no and if within how you came by it when you were in darknesse as the moving cause and if without how doth it enlighten you and not within and where doth it abide for you that is not in you VI. Whether that light which is not within can enlighten the heart and under standing whether the Gospel be not hid to all who have their hearts and minds blinded and whether it be not the work of the God of this world to blind hearts whether such as deny the light within and preach against it least people should believe in it be not in his work and Ministry yea or no VII What kind of faith thine is who hast denyed that faith that is the gift of God and how thou came by it which God did not give thee and whether that faith which is not of God be not of the Devill yea or no VIII Did ever any of the Saints professe a faith which they received not of God and whether thy contention be for the faith once delivered to the Saints and if so from whom hadst thou it seeing thou denyes it to be the gift of God IX What faith is that which pleads for sin and preaches against perfection that believes that they can never be free from six nor come to perfection while they are in this world show the Saint that so believed and so preached X. Was not the end of Christs Ministry for perfecting the Saints and is not that Antichrist whose Ministry is against it or is Christs Ministry now changed against what it was XI Whether that faith that is not of God can receive the things of God or can be imputed for righteousnesse to him that hath it and is not his righteousnesse of himself whose faith is of himself or can it be otherwise if it be the righteousnesse of faith XII Whether he that hath not received the faith of God be not an Infidell or is he to be believed in matters of God and Christ and being of a false faith is it safe to believe what he saith against the Children of light XIII Whether it be not plain nonsense to say that Christ doth enlighten every one that comes into the world as thou doest confesse in thy Book and then to deny that light to be in that enlightens XIV Whether Paul was rightly called and endued to the Ministry who was not sent to Baptize and whether it was not a signe that John was decreasing and Christ increasing that being left out in Pauls Command who was called after Christ was offered up or cannot a man now be a Minister of Christ and not sent to Baptize XV. Seeing the last of Matthew is your strength for water baptism I ask whether one may not be baptized into the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost without being dipped in carnall water also whether all you dip in the water you doe baptize them into the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost if the first of these be yea and the latter no then I conclude carnall dipping is not the thing XVI Doth every one that reads the Bible hear the word of God or hath every one the word that hath a Bible and what difference is there betwixt the ministration of the letter now and that in the Jewes time both denying the light and the faith which is the gift of God and will this save now without the ministration of the Spirit more then in their dayes XVII Whether that righteousnesse that a man reads of in the letter sets himself to doe the like without that faith which is the gift of God or the leading of the light of Christ the ministration of the Spirit be the righteousnesse of faith or selfe righteousnesse Now I appear to every honest heart that I have not proposed these Queries out of curiosity or to dive into things above the measure of a Christian but that which every one ought to know who professes not so high as thou doest So that if it be not thy subtilty least thou shouldest be discovered thou needest not be letted from answering in plainnesse that thy faith may be known what it is thou contends for that so simple ones may not be beguiled with fained suttlery instead of faith for if the faith be false that profession stinks and the Professor thereof is not to be believed in whatever he saith touching Religion FINIS

an affirmative out of a negative if our mouths doe prove the Scripture to be the word then stop thy mouth who charges us for to denie it But thou goest on with thy divination because we say the Scriptures are a declaration of the mind of God from that thou devinest thus That which declares Gods will is Gods word But the Scriptures declares Gods will Ergo It is Gods word As much as if thou hadst said Balaams Asse declared Gods will Ergo Balaams Asse is Gods word Which I think few will affirme yet such is thy divination and thy proofe in this like the rest of thy Book And when thou hast thus done thou belyest us againe saying that we say the Scriptures are not Gods word which is false for where the Scriptures are given by Inspiration of God it is Gods word but when the Devill or the Infidell steals them out of a Book he gets but the letter which he wresteth to his own destruction in denying the Spirit therewith and opposing Christ the light of the world which is the next thing thou settest upon And though thou be made to confesse that Christ is the true light that lighteth every man that coms into the world yet would thou make people believe it is not sufficient and calls it an Errour for us to say that this light is able to teach a man to worship God rightly and yet here confounds thy selfe and confesseth that its nature and property hath such attendency that is sayest thou as if God had said I have done that which is sufficient for thy purgation and thus thou applyest to the light of Christ to prove that it is not sufficient and in plaine words afterwards confesseth that Christ had done that which is able to enlighten and informe the world and this light thou confessest he hath enlightned every one withall and yet calls it an Errour for us to say that his light is sufficient Hath not thy imaginations blinded thee herein doth this true light enlighten every man that cometh into the world and is able to enlighten and informe the world into the knowledge of it and hath it such a nature property and tendency and yet must be an errour to say that it is sufficient to guide in the wayes of God It seemeth thou mayest say a thing and confesse it for truth who denies it in the life but if we say it that live in it it is counted an Errour The next piece of thy divination is that if every man have received this light then every man hath received Christ for he is that Light and in this here is a double deceit First in seeming to deny what before thou confessed that Christ enlightens every man that comes into the world Secondly because Christ is that light thou wouldst make that light Christ which many have the light of Christ which lets them see their evill deeds but not believing and following never come to the new Birth or Christ formed in them but walk in darknesse though they see the light that doth reprove them thou bringest that Scripture John 11. 10. But if a man walk in the night he stumbleth because there is no light in him And with this thou wouldst deny that the light is in every man when as the words hath relation to his way which is true in the way of the wicked there is no light yet in the heart of the wicked there is a light which condemns his wicked wayes who is gone out of the light into the darknesse and so being in the night stumbles because the light is not in that way but in that which reproves that way so that he that is in selfe is in darknesse yet doth the light shine in the darknesse which manifests the deeds of darknesse and reproves them and this shall all men witnesse to whereby thy deceite shall be daily more laid open Thy next thing thou wouldst prove that the day of Judgement is not past I say my desire is that thou wouldst mind it and prepare for it by leaving thy lying and deceit and wicked envy for a wofull day will that be to thee if thou be found in thy sin pleading for it unrepented of all this heap of confusion in thy Book which thou hast raked together to cast upon the Truth will then lye heavy upon thy Head For thy Water Bread and Wine c. I have spoken to formerly which may stand till it be disproved Thy next work is to prove respect of persons a thing which God never commanded but hath often forbidden neither canst thou find one Scripture that commands it yet thy impudency is such that thou perverts that Scripture Lev. 19. 32. into a lye and faith it is Thou shalt honour the person What a standing Rule is this word of yours that the deceite can thus turne quite into another thing then it speaks the Devill likes such a word as he can turne every way to plead for his kingdome With it he can plead for his pride though it condemns pride For respect of persons though it forbid respect of persons For swearing though it say Swear not at all Nay is there any thing so vile which his subtilty in his servants cannot plead for therewith no wonder though in all his he thus contends for that to be the word which he can thus wrest for if the creature once believeth that to be the word which God hath written in their hearts which the Devill cannot change then is the Devill undone and his kingdome broken and his many wayes of deceit hedged up when that one way and one word comes to be known which word didst thou minde would judge the lyar in thee who faith we make it a note of our infallible ministry that we doe not reverence men and charges us with denying honour and respect due to Parents Masters Husbands and Wives c. a thing which never entred into our hearts but what our words and live doth witnesse against Another lie thou tellest That thou dare say not one of ten of us shall give the same Answer to a Question To which I say There is little that may be a reproach to the truth but thou dare say it But upon what ground doest thou say this having never proved ten of us therein and denying the Spirit of Prophesie in thee must it not be by the Divination of witchcraft by which thou can foretell such things as never was seen nor heard and indeed the more to be suspected because it is a lie Thy next thing thou would prove that Christ hath two bodies This I know That Christ is the head of one body and that Christ I own but how he hath two bodies and but one head or how thou wilt sever Christ from that body which ascended which is the head or make that into a head and a body I shall not here dispute with thee it serveth me to know that that body is my head and of the