Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	let_v	lord_n	name_n	9,327	5	5.7485	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62880	A faithful vvarning to all backsliders, who hold the truth in vnrighteousness, for to return to the Lord and cleave to the light which leadeth out of darkness	Tompkins, Anthony, d. 1699.	1668 (1668)	Wing T1829; ESTC R10283	9,718	11

thou Lord spoke unto me to the informing of me just as a man doth his Friend all but the sound of the tongue Oh what a Father have I what a God have we that pardoneth sin and transgression in us though we have rebelled and done despite to his Spirit of Grace in resisting it in its appearance which would have taught us to have denied all ungodliness and worldly lusts and to have lived godly and righteously in this present world Oh Lord thy Love is never to be forgotten what shall separate thee from us O Lord shall tribulation shall persecution nay Lord in thee is my strength thou art my Captain thou hast gathered me from off the barren Mountains thou hast pluckt me out of the horrible pit out of the mire and clay thou hast set my feet upon a Rock thou hast established my goings this can I say Lord thou knowest the Covenant that I have made with thee it is in thy Wisdom I write and in thy Stength of my self I cannot do it but thou art my chief Captain thou art my Strength thou art my Fortress therefore I give thee the glory who is worthy of all thanks all the praise for ever When thou camest unto me as I lay upon my bed thou didst shew me that there was yet a door of Mercy open if I would return did it not then arise in my heart Speak Lord thy Servant heareth glory be unto thee who hath caused the Light of thy self to appear in me who was in bondage to sin and to the power of darkness which is the Devil who is the God of the World and ruleth in the children of disobedience praises be unto thee whose presence is with me who art my Strength and doest put me upon this great work which is of weighty concernment for there he many Gazers at me and us who are wise in the comprehending part they would be glad to have me to write my own words but I am in the Will of my God who is my Guide who leadeth me into all Truth not to write any thing that is in my own will but what I do is in the will of the Lord insomuch that the mouthes of some will be stopped which otherwise would be apt to say I did it in my own will to be seen of men but the Lord knoweth my heart I have no reservation at all in my mind but that my God may be glorified and my Soul comforted and strengthened that I may never grow faint or weary but still press forward toward the mark which is set before me which is the end of Gods calling me out of darkness into his marvellous Light and this doth arise in my heart that whither soever these lines may come which were written in the fear of the Lord and in obedience unto his Name that they be not read in a mind that is filled with prejudice let all of that be removed as it is out of me at the writing hereof the Lords Love is raised in me which doth cause me to write to inform all that there is yet a day of mercy held forth for all that will come out from among those that are resisting the Counsel of the Lord yea those that resisteth his Will and are doing the will of the Devil I bear my Testimony for the Lord there is yet a day of mercy If you will return unto him he will return unto you and he will heal your backslidings and remember your sins no more Therefore be encouraged for I was as bad as some of you yet the Lord hath appeared to me by his Light which never consenteth to sin this as is heeded and obeyed it will lead unto the Father For none cometh unto the Father but by the Son who is the Way the Truth and the Life nor doth any come unto the Son but whom the Father draweth So in love to all have I took my pen in hand who am of my self altogether insufficient but God hath hath hid those things from the wise and prudent and hath revealed them to Babes and Sucklings that his Name may be glorified and your Souls comforted for ever praises be unto my God for ever and for ever world without end Amen saith my Soul And by me this is written in the simplicity of my heart without any self end the Lord knoweth my heart therefore let all be carefull of speaking evil of what they know not lest in so doing they should offend This being all I find of necessity to write at this time I rest in the Love of my Father who hath in measure begotten me again unto himself and hath caused me to make a covenant with him never to leave him but to follow him through good report and through evil report knowing that I shall reap if I faint not for it is they that indure to the end that shall be saved This in pure love to all who are yet resisting the Light in their Consciences to warn them to return whilst it is day for it is to day if you will hear the Lords voice in you harden not your hearts as they did in the old World who lived in pleasure marrying and giving in marriage till the Flood came and swept them away all but Nōah and eight persons as the Scriptures of Truth doth declare Oh Father who is sufficient for these things I could not do this without thy Presence without thy Counsel without thy assistance Lord take thou the glory who art worthy of all and none besides thee of all praises and thanksgiving now and for evermore Amen Written in the true fear of the Lord by me his Servant Anthony Tompkins The 2d day of the 11th Moneth 68. 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