Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	dear_a	friend_n	love_v	2,516	5	5.8302	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41850	A Short account of that faithful servant of the Lord, and diligent labourer in his vineyard, George Gray, who finished his testimony, and laid down the body at Achorthies, in his native country of Scotland, the 8th day of the 12th month, 1689/90 whereunto are added two epistles written by himself in the time of his imprisonment for the truth at Aberdene.	Gray, George, d. 1689 or 90.	1692 (1692)	Wing G1623; ESTC R18552	6,447	30

the Light yea and all your Hearers and sit down in Silence until the Lord by his Power Spirit and Life raise you up and open your Mouths and then will you be true Ministers and never till then pretend what you will And so take Warning in time before the dreadful Day come upon you which shall come upon all the Inhabitants of Babylon which that ye may do is the desire of my Soul George Gray A Copy of a Paper sent by George Gray to the Country Meeting at Collihill dated from the Tolbooth of Aberdene the eight day of the third Month 1676. MY Dear Friends in the Truth the Salutation of Love and Life be multiplyed in and among you from the Father of Life and Love and in the sence of the Pure Love of God which flows in my Heart towards you do I warn and exhort you to walk in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ which Crucifieth us to the World and the World to us and watch in Patience Meekness and Calmness of Spirit against every thing that would draw out the mind in any measure from the true Meeting-place either in Meeting or out of Meeting For truly my Friends he or she that doth not watch diligently out of Meeting but let their minds go a gading to the ends of the Earth and take no heed to have them gathered in before they come to Meeting truely it 's no wonder to see such disappointed and therefore my dear Friends be careful every one in particular to have your minds stayed upon the Lord and the Lord will not be wanting to you for great is his condescending to us in this day and wonderful is his work to those that truely watch and wait upon him Therefore my dear Friends every one know your place and let not any go out nor look out beyond your measures and let none Speak nor Sing nor Sigh nor Groan but in a true sence of their Conditions and let none make haste to speak any thing before the Lord which they know not to be from the true power but all to wait for the Power and Life and the Love of God for truly where the Love of God is not placed in the Heart the true Power will not attend their performances neither will God regard their Speech or Prayer Therefore dear Friends dwell in Love and walk in Love towards all Men and Women and feel the Love of God in your Hearts flowing forth to all whether they love you or hate you for truly my Friends where hatred is brought forth against any Person upon whatsoever account it be although you may think the cause just yet it will separate you from the Love of God for envy and hatred is of the Devil and he is there where it is and Christ Jesus will not dwell with him in Unity And therefore my dear Brethren and Sisters Love one another in that Love wherewith Christ hath loved you and likewise your Enemies for Love gathereth to God but envy scattereth and therefore I warn you in the Fear and Dread of the Everlasting God that ye be not Hinderers of the Work of the Lord for dreadful will their Portion be that let or hinder it in this day or bring an evil report upon it So take warning my Friends and every one look to their way and to the prosperity of Truth And my Friends I thought the Zeal of Truth should have had more effect upon some then I see it hath but I shall forbear leaving every one to their own Master But they that follow for Loaves and Fishes when they get them not they will fail even in that Zeal also My Little Children Love one another George Gray THE END His Spiritual Accomplishments beyond Mens natural reach His care not to make the Gospel chargeable Weighty expressions upon his Death-Bed A Remarkable Passage * It is to be observed that the Priests of Aberdene did strongly contend against the absolute Necessity of Grace to the Constitution of a Minister of Christ