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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	father_n	love_v	spirit_n	6,375	5	5.5823	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19860	A true narration of the strange and greuous vexation by the Devil, of 7. persons in Lancashire, and VVilliam Somers of Nottingham Wherein the doctrine of possession and dispossession of demoniakes out of the word of God is particularly applyed vnto Somers, and the rest of the persons controuerted: togeather with the vse we are to make of these workes of God. By Iohn Darrell, minister of the word of God.	Darrel, John, b. ca. 1562.	1600 (1600)	STC 6288; ESTC S109297	131,635	124

he which doth righteously is borne of him And again * God is light If then we walk in the light as he is in the light we haue felowship with the father with his sonne Iesus Christ and againe * euery on that loueth is borne of God knoweth God for God is loue And Christ saith * loue your enimies doe good to them that hate you that ye may be the children of your father that is in heuen for he maketh his sunne to wise on the euill and the good and sendeth raine on the iust and vniust And presently after ye shal be perfite as your father which is in heven is perfite And on ther side concerninge the other spirituall father It was to this purpose to some of his children said somtimes by our sauiour Christ ye doe the workes of your father ye are therefore of your father the diuil and the lust of your father ye will doe because also of this Iohn saith * he that commiteth sinne is of the Deuill and why for the Deuill sinneth from the beginning Both these our Saiour teacheth in twoo wordes I speake that which I haue sene with my father and ye doe that which ye haue sene with your father intimatinge this for the reason therof that so it is otherwise can not be Becaus the spirituall childe followeth and can not but followe the disposition of the spirituall father so as looke how the father is affected and giuen whether it be God or the Deuill euen so is the childe and must nedes be because beinge a childe he is partaker of his fathers nature whether it be diuine or diuilish and otherewise he is no child and therefore beinge of the selfesame nature they must needes be affected alike so as what and whom the one loueth hateth c. the other will doe so likwise Here vpon it necessarily and ineuitably foloweth that as they are the sonnes of God who as God infinitely so they accordinge to there measure are holy righteous in the lighte in loue yea louinge there enemies and doinge good to them which hate them ct striuinge also dayly to be more holy righteous ct that so they might be perfecte as is there heauenly father As such I saye which haue this image similitud and stampe of God set vpon them and shininge in all there speaches actions and thoughts are the ch●●●dren of God yea all such and none but such becaus of his chil● onl● he bestoweth this spirit that is these gifts of the spirit a● to that of the Apostle * as many as are led by the spirit of 〈…〉 the sonnes of God so as they deceiue them selues which 〈◊〉 spirit of god and Christ to lead them into the holy and righteous waies of God are yet notwithstandinge perswaded that God is there father they his children euen so they who in there speaches actions and thougths represent the diuil and haue his stompe orimage vpon them beinge together with him giuen to blasphemie swearinge lyinge vncleannes deceite in a worde to the commiting of sine are the children of the deuil haue him for their father they doe greatly deceiue themseues which doinge the same works with the deuill and being ruied by his spirit do neuertheles hope that god is their father Let every on of vs then compare our selues with another and seriouslie examine our selues and consider whom wee are most like whom in our workes we most resemble God or the diuill for certain lye to him we belong to whom we are likest and he is our father But here you must not so take me as though I ment that whosouer maketh a lye vseth an oath commiteth any vncleanes at any time deceiueth his neighbour in bargainning is the child of the diuill God forbid For Noah Lot Dauid and Peter sinned greuously against God and yet were his children and there are amongst vs no doubte which haue there s●●ppes and falles and yet are Gods children It is not then the commitinge of a sinne although it be a hainous sinne which argueth the child of the Deuill But the * scruing of sinne and obaying it in the lusts thereof when sathan stirreth vp in man a lust after lying swearing adultery deceipt and other transgressions of the lawe and hee forthwith willingly and very readily falleth to put the same in practise and thus not only once or twice but vsually doth the workes of the diuel such a one saith christ is of hi● father the diuell And yet howsoeuer the fallinge into some haynous transgression prooueth not one to be the child of the diuill yet such slipe or fall giueth the child of God iust cause not only of weeping but with Peter * to weepe bitterly In that he after so great grace receiued even the spirit of God I meane the spirit of adoption and sanctification * which God bestoweth vpon his children only shall so highly offend him who hath bene so good and gratious vnto him recompencing him with euill for his vnspeakable good and therby also greatly dishoneringe God and causinge his holy name to be blasphemed and euill spoken off Neither must any so vnderstand me as though I ment that all those which are now the children and vnder the power of the deuill should certainly goe vnto the deuil and haue the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone for their portion and by consequent all such as are before described For he who is the diuils child and captiue vnto Sathan to day may be to morrowe the sonne of God and deliuered out of that sprituall bondage yea very sure it is that in his inwarde and spirituall estate and condition this happie chaunge shall be if he chaunge and alter his conditions and * be a newe creature so as olde thinges being passed away all things become new with him hauinge a new minde and a new hart which is when he hath new thoughtes new affection which will carry with them the body all the members thereof and make them newe likewise so as hee shall haue newe eyes new eares a new tongue new hands c euery one of these and the rest of the members according to his seueral office or duty performing newe that is other and better thinges then in former tymes hee did man chaunging or being thus changed he is therwith translated from sathan vnto God from being his child to be adopted into the nomber of the sonnes of god hauing * this priuiledge and dignity bestowed vppon him in Christ whome by faith he hath receaued or as S. Paul saith he is turned from darknes into light from the power of sathan vnder which we are all by nature and vntil this turning be vnto god and elswhere to the same effect deliuered * out of the snare of the diuell of whom wee are taken prisoners to do his will into the glorious liberty of the sonnes of god So as henceforward he is no more a

sett behinde his bones thrust out and into their proper ioynts yf he be depriued of his sences now seinge now blynde now hearinge nowe dease yf he be ordinary in his fits without feeling also som times speachlesse som times likewise eating and drinkinge vnsatiably at other times takinge no foode at all for certaine da●es together and yf other such strange accidents besides and against nature fall out wherof we haue heard at large Then forasmuch as in experience these thinges haue bene seene in those which were possessed you may therby be further confirmed in his possession Thirdly out of the premises we are to learne what to do in case we seon possessed what counsell aduise to giue when any such thing shal fall out that for the curinge of this vnnaturall or rather supernaturall disease for it cometh not from nature but somthinge els euen asuper naturall power within on I meane the diuill no herbes potions or other naturall medicins must be vsed or applied which God hath appointed for diseases of another kind but the supernatural medcine of praier and if that preuail not for the curinge of the partie thus diseased we must tak another of the fam kind but more soueraigne which is fasting praier and therby we doubt not but that the patient shall be healed yf God hath appoynted that the partie so diseased shall recouer as certainly as one sick of a natural disease by the applyinge of the best medicine Because it is the meanes or medicyne which the Lorde himselfe the best phisition hath ordayned therunto Fourthly The bates Satan ordinarily vseth to catch men with are here to be obserued by the way which eyther are some fare promis or feareful ther at To Evah he said * eate and your eys shall be opend yee shal be as gods knowing good and euill and hereby was Evah snared as appear eth by verse 6. And to Christ he said ” All these will I gine thee if thou wilt fall downe and worshipe me One the other side to Cain he sugested that his punishment was greater then he could beare And to Iudas that he had sinned so greuiouslye in betrayinge innocent bloud that it coulde not be pardoned wherupon he went and * hanged himselfe Thus he delt with these possessed persons making them faire promises of siluer gould c. so that he might enter and threatninge to to destroy them yf they woulde not consente and after this manner he dealeth with vs all in the temptatiōs wherwith he continually assalt eth vs somtimes yea vsually settinge before our eyes the pleasure of that sinne he intiseth vs vnto yf that will not serue his turne as for the most partit doth then goeth he another waye to worke by callinge to our remembrance our sinnes past aggrauating them euerye waye he possiblye can as by the innumerable multitude of them the greatnes of them in that thei haue bene committed against God so greate and worthy a person after knowledge yea after some repentanc and vowes made to God to the contrary and by other such like circumstances of these baites let vs in the feare of God and loue of our owne soules take heede for as these children yf they had giuē their consente vpon the perswasion of the spirits vndoubtedly they had entred into them and possessed them corporally so sureli if Satan thus assaltinge vs we yeelde and giue assente vnto him he then entereth into vs and possesseth vs spiritually for marke what is sayd of Iudas the Deuill put in the hart of Iudas to betraye Christ there is Sathans suggestion and that this motion might the rather preuaille together withall no doubt he set before him beinge couetous the rewarde woulde be gyuen him for the same also how acceptable a thing yet woulde be to the scribes and Pharisees who were the cheife amonge the Iewes and there gouernors and what great fauour and grace he shoulde therby obtaine at thire hands and the pleasure of both these Iudas considered of these things and in the ende beinge alured by these baites resolued to betrave Christ Iesus and there it is sayd Satan entred into him And th●s as it is a more common so it is a worsse kinde of possession then this of the childrens and not so easely and quicklie cured Let vs therfore so much the more beware of it and of giuinge consent to Satans tempting wherby only it is compassed for let Satan tempt neuer so much and often yet if we yelde not to his temptations but as Christ did by the word resist them he can not enter For beinge resisted as saith Iames * he will flee This also is shadowed out vnto vs and to be seene in this worke of God for the spirits bejnge resisted and not consented vnto they after a while gaue place and vanished away And here not vnfitly we may remember the lyinge and deceit of the deuill he bare the aboue named possessed persons in hande a litle after there dispossession that if they would consente vnto him in that he desired he would giue them what they coulde desire siluer gould c. in abundanc and made as it were a tender therof vnto them On the other side yf they denied him his request he woulde then surely destroye them Now who seeth not that Satan herein did but lye deceiue for thoughe in appearance yet in truth there was neyther siluer nor gold silkes nor veluet and hath a bone of any of them since that time bene broken or so much as an heare of one of there heades perished no verely Thus he Lyed vnto and cozened our Grandmother Euah makinge her beleue that * shee should not die at all and that if she did eate of the forbidden fruite she shoulde be equall with god and of as greate knowledge and vnderstandinge as he In like manner he lyed to our blessed Sauiour and would therby haue deceiued him if it had layen in his power but he had nought in him VVhen he had shewed I●sus all the kingdomes of the worlde in the twinkeling of an eye he sayd vnto him all this power will I giue the and the glori of thes for that is deliuered vnto me and to whom soeuer I will I giue it If thou ther fore wilt worship me they shall be all thine wherin the Deuill lyed for though he be * priuce and ” God of this world becaus the greatest part of this world yea all the worlde a lyttle flocke excepted are ruled by him and as his subiects doe homage vnto him being the children of disobedience yet hath he not of his owne so much as a pile of grasse for Christ is * heire of the world In lyke sorte he dealeth conty●ually with vs alwayes lyinge and cogging vnto vs tellinge vs ” this pleasure will come by this sinne and this pleasure by that sinne therby entising vs to commit that sinne wherin he doth nothing but lye