Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	heart_n	lord_n	way_n	4,954	5	4.7237	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49852	Judgment brought forth unto victory, and mercy kissing j[udgm]ent being t[he] work and mercy of God (upon my soul) which conduceth to his praise : also a tender invitation of love unto the professors and to the prophane, to come unto Christ that they may have life / written in the fear of the Lord, and as moved by his Holy Spirit through his servant, Francis Lea.	Lea, Francis.	1671 (1671)	Wing L764; ESTC R41437	8,877	31

after this manner made known unto me I immediately received in the love of it without Conferring or Consulting with Flesh and Blood Now no sooner had the Lord opened my dark understanding and in some measure revealed his Righteous Judgments against the Man of Sin and poured forth his fierce Wrath and Indignation upon the Worker of Iniquity But this old Enemy of Mankind sought by all Wayes and Means Imaginable to draw me from that pure manifestation of truth which the Lord in measure had made known unto me and so many and great were his Snares and and Wiles that I often Cryed unto the Lord that he would Preserve me Faith-full and give me Strength to withstand the Adversary of my Soul And earnestly did I beseech the Lord to pour forth his Righteous Judgments upon all that which was contrary to his Holy Mind and Will and the Lord who had Regard unto the Cry of the Just in me which had Long been oppressed as a Cart with sheaves and even Groaned and Travelled to be delivered from under the Cruel Yoaks of Bondage poured forth his Fury upon the Oppressor which Burned as fire against him at the appearance whereof the Just rejoyced and the Righteous was exceeding glad And no sooner was the Innocent and Just in me deliver'd from under the hands of Pharaoh but he persued vehemently after him then I Cryed unto the Lord and said O Lord how shall I be able to stand How shall I be able to escape O! Better had it been for me O Lord never to have known thy Truth and thy Way then after the knowledge thereof to fall from them and sin against thee O Lord I beseech thee let not the Enemy Prevail against me O! let me not fall Thus was I pouring forth my Supplications to the Lord and spreading my Sorrowful Complaints before the Most High not knowing how I should be able to withstand and escape the fierce Persuit of Pharaoh and his Strong Host For I saw no Way of Deliverance But as it were Mountaines of each side and the red Sea before and the Enemy even at my heels as if he were ready to overtake me Yet the Lord in that day of never to be forgotten Calamity and time of sore Distress wonderfully wrought Deliverance by his Mighty hand and Out-stretched Arm of Power So that I can indeed say the Right hand of the Lord hath Done Valiantly Pharaoh and all his Host hath he Overthrown in the red Sea of his fierce Wrath Glory and Everlasting Praises be given unto the Lord for Ever And though the Lord had wrought so Great Deliverance for me by his Mighty Hand and Out-stretched Arm Yet the Evil One strove to raise and beget murmurings in me against the Lord tempting me to Look back again unto Egypt and many a time was I ready to Look back and thinking to Return again And had not the Dealings of the Lord been towards me even as a Tender Father towards his Child I had not Remained in Truth unto this Day For many times was it with me like Jonas who said I do well to be angry unto death and the Enemy taking all advantages who was many times stirring me up to write against the Truth so that I have sometimes thought in my heart to forsake it and my Hand hath been neer setting pen to paper to write against the Truth Yea the Enemy had once so far Drawn out my Eye to look at the actions and behaviour of some that were in Truth before me that it had like to have been my Fall and utter Ruin For such struglings were within me concerning the same as if Life and Death had been striving for the mastery Yet the Lord was pleased to let me see the Enemy who had thus strove to Work in me an Enmity against the Truth and in some measure brought him under and gave me Victory over him and then I desired of the Lord that he would judge out the Evil one in all his appearances and Preserve and establish me in his blessed Truth though afterwards by reason of Many and great Exercises I have often said in my heart surely I shall one day fall by the hand of the Enemy O Whose Tryals Whose Exercises Whose Sorrows and whose Afflictions are like unto mine Was ever any ones Condition like unto my Condition Surely nay And when the Lord hath at any time withdrawn his Refreshing Presence from me then have I sate Mourning as one Desolate and Forsaken often wishing that I were in some Solitary Place where no Eye might behold me there to mourn continually before the Lord to pour out my complaints before the Most High So that I have often said in my heart Hath the Lord forgotten to be Gratious Will he be favourable no more Hath he in Anger shut up his Tender Mercies Thus was it with me many a time for many were the Inward and also the Outward Exercises and Tryals which did attend me But through the Tender Mercies of the Lord whose tender Care towards me words cannot express have I been hitherto Preserved and the more I consider the Tender Dealings of his unspeakable love towards me the greater Admiration arises in me Concerning the same insomuch that I have often said O Lord what manner of love is this wherewith thou hast Visited me For truely O Lord among all the sinful sons of Men I have the most deserved to be made a Monument of thy fierce Wrath and sore Displeasure but thy Mercy hath been such towards me that thou hast Spared me to become a living Monument of thy Tender Mercies and to Publish and Declare the same unto the Sons and Daughters of men And though I have been oftentimes like a ship Tossed to and fro and many times ready to make shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience and the Blessed and Everlasting Truth of God Yet the Lord hath been pleased to speak Comfortable things unto my Soul O thou tossed with tempests Afflicted and not Comforted behold I will lay thy stones with Pretious Colours and thou shalt no more be called Desolate and Forsaken for thy Maker is thy Husband and though for a Moment I have hid my face from thee yet with everlasting loving kindness have I Visited thee which shall never Depart from thee And though in days by-past thou hast walked in Rebellion against me yet now shalt thou walk before me and I will Take Delight in thee to Do thee Good for I have Removed thine Iniquities from thee as far as the East is from the West And thou shalt be an instrument in my hand to turn Transgressours from their Evil Wayes for my power will I manifest in thy weaknes that no Flesh should Glory in my Presence Then said I O Lord if thou wilt Destroy and subdue the Enemy of my Soul and bring me into Everlasting Peace with thee Then will I teach Trangressours thy Way and sinners shall be Converted unto thee Now many times when

in True and tender Bowels of Love unfeigned and to beseech you all to put away the Evil of your Wayes and Doings which have caused a separation between God and your Immortal Souls O! That you would a little consider your latter end and the sad Estate and Condition which you are now in for if the Lord should say unto any one of you this night thy soul shall be required of thee how sad and miserable would the Estate of any such be Wherefore to prevent the same I beseech you all to Turn unto that which maketh manifest your Evil Doings and you will find by so doing that you will not only come to see but also to leave off and witness Victory over and Salvation from your Evil Words and Works But if any should say that that Eight which the People called Quakers direct all People unto is a great delusion and therefore to be avoided I answer if that Light of Christ Jesus which shews the Drunkard he should not be Drunk and the Swearer that he should not Swear will also if loved followed and obeyed by them Lead them out of and Save them from their Drunkeness and Swearing and all other their Abominations why then should it not be Regarded and Peoples minds directed unto it for I hope none will count that Principle a delusion by which any one comes to Know and Witness a Leading out of and being Saved from Sin But that Principle of Truth which the People called Quakers Direct all People unto and Admonish and Exhort all to follow doth not only Manifest and Convince of Sin but also is able to Save unto the Uttermost all that Belive in and Obey it as the Scriptures of Truth do largely Testifie concerning the same for that which convinced the World of Sin Joh. 16.8 lead the Saints into all Truth verse 13. and all things which are Reproved are made manifest by the Light for whatsoever doth make Manifest is Light Ephe. 5 13. but God is Light and in him is no darkness at all 1 John 1 5. who is able to Save unto the Uttermost all that Believe in and Obey him Therefore to Direct all Peoples minds unto that which Shews Convinces and Reproves of Sin is no delusion but that Faith and Doctrine which was once Delivered unto and Preached by the Saints which we are earnestly to Contend for But Friends I do believe that none of you will deny but that when you have Committed any Sin you do Perceive some thing to Manifest and Discover the same unto you which hath made many to say God forgive me I was drunk such a time and I Swear very oft at such a time though they have afterwards Commited the like Offences again Now the reason why your Sins are so Prevalent and you so often Commit them again is because you have n● Tender Regard unto but Slight that which sheweth you Sin in its first appearance which if you did Obey then you will not Act and Commit Sin the Wages whereof is Death Eternal Now if any would a void and Escape that Death which is the Wages and Reward of Sin let them Turn and joyn unto that Pure Principle of God in themselves which never Consents unto the least motion of Sin but as hath been said before appears against the First Motion of it for God hath placed a Witness for himself in every Man and Woman which will Teach to do justly to love Mercy and to Walk Humbly before God Wherefore Gease to do Evil Learn to do Well amend your Evil Wayes and put away the Evil of your Doings and let the Time by-past suffice and Turn unto the Lord and he will have Mercy upon you and to our God who will abundantly Pardon Written by one that heartily desires that none might sin out their day but Obtain Mercy and Salvation by Christ Jesus who is your Assured Friend F. L. The latter end of the 1st Moneth 1671. THE END