Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

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mercy_n	lord_n	soul_n	time_n	6,068	5	3.8390	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60664	Univeral love In which a visitation floweth through the creation, that all people may be informed into the truth, and in their several places come to walk in the truth, and live in the truth, to be a good favour unto God, and honour God. 1. To parents of children. 2. To masters and dames of families. 3. To servants in their places. 4. To aged people. 5. To such as live a single life. 6. To young people. 7. To children. 8. To such as are in outward government. 9. To ministers of parishes, so called. 10. To such as practise in the nations law. 11. To such as trade in wights and measures. 12. To such as buy and sell in the markets or in any other places. With a general exhortation. Also something concerning faith, and hope, and love, and the word, and mans restless part, and the election, and a particular place of bondage opened. ... William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1668 (1668)	Wing S4344; ESTC R219638	76,293	165

fear to be cheated or deceived because the uprightness deals plainly and simply and speaks of things as they are and not otherwise and cannot conceal any fault if it know it to be a fault and then there would be a closing in few words as the Commodity was liked and yea and nay would stand on both sides And in this is the good order and is comly and commendable amongst men and a good savour unto God whereby he is honoured And when you have done your markets then repair to your outward dwellings and do not sit and drink and revel in Ale-houses for by that you many times doubles your offence and when you have gotten some dishonest gain by deceit in bargaining then to sit at an Ale-house until you have spent it and it may be much more then had you not better been without it every way for it adds sin to sin with grief Therefore be careful and eschew such evils and when you have refreshed your selves as need requires then do not run into excess for many are taken and wronged in that place who goes to use the creatures only for refreshment and when they fall into company and the strength of drink doth begin a little to strike upon their naturalls then they are overcome to continue until they wrong themselves every way Now the light of the Lord Jesus Christ guides out of all those evils If that you mind it and obey it it will guide you from lying and learn you to speak truth it will guide you from drunkenness and learn you soberness and so will change you from all those Evils wherein ye walk as it hath done many in this day who sometimes were such in some degree but now are washed and changed by the light and walks in the way of peace with God and can commend it unto you from a certain ground if you can but receive the report and they can tell you in truth that it is better to walk one day in the light though it be in the Cross unto themselves than to satisfie themselves by gaining the world through Invention and this is the Word of the Lord God unto you all people forsake your way and live and walk in the way of understanding that you may honour God in your generation and that you may be a good savour unto God and unto one another and in all things chuse the good and let the evil go then will your dayes end in peace which otherwise will end in sorrow and in that day you will remember the time you have mis-spent which then you cannot recover again though you may seek it with tears therefore whilst you have it prize it and do not spend it vainly for you have spent too much after that manner A General Exhortation NOw as there is a view taken of this great body and every particular state being seen in its several place how it lyeth and an Information being gone forth in the universal love of God unto them all whereby they may behold their error from the Created uprightness in every place and may also behold a way open to come in again into the good and blessed state of Innocency and to be gathered into the way and path of simplicity where no deceit nor guile nor hypocrisie can have beeing and so to come into the holy and good order of wisdoms Government and to stand as so many branches in their several places to be a good savour to God and honour God for if there were unity in the life and power of God through the universe how sweet would every one be in their place and what a good savour there would be through the Creation and then the Creation would be set free from that which now burdens it and God would have honour and glory and praise in his own work and his goodness and his blessing would rest upon it and there would be plenty to every man in his particular place and he would rejoyce in his own portion and then no deceit nor guile nor lying and swearing would be used amongst people to get dishonest gain and how would such a generation honour God! and how amiable would such a generation be in their places how amiable a thing would it be to see parents of children to bring up their children in the fear of God and to nurture them in the wisdom of God and to train them up in love and peace and unity together and to see Masters and Dames of families to order their families in Gods wisdom and to keep them in good order every way and to see servants in their places serve with diligence and to see aged people filled with sound wisdom and gravity and to see single people wholly given up to serve God and to see young people remember their Creator in the dayes of their youth and to see children fear the Lord in their infancy and to see such as are in outward Government to be cloathed with the wisdom of God and to see Ministers of Parishes deny deceit and come into the truth and to see Lawyers in true Judgement and Equity and to see all Trades-men with Just Weights and Measures and to see all Buyers and Sellers in the created uprightness then would hearts and minds come neer together in the one principle of God and unity and peace would abound amongst people And therefore as one body you are all exhorted to fear the Lord God and turn to his light with which you are enlightned and yield to obey it when in your Consciences it doth reprove you hearken diligently to that voyce which calls you to return and do not reject the Counsel of the Lord in any wise but be still and quiet and bow to the light in every manifestation and believe in it as it doth manifest it self that with the light the disorderly nature may come to Judgement in every place and that through Judgement the Creation may be delivered which at this day travels in pain grief and sorrow for the disorder is above and by disorder you are all out of your places and so runs in wicked practises with which you dishonour God and wrong your own souls Therefore you are all exhorted to mind the Light which would do you good and do not run your selves wilfully into eternal misery for the Lord would not have you perish but would that ye might come to the truth and be saved And this is his compassion towards you and his patience and forbearance concerning you for who amongst you that have not deserved cutting down if the Lord should not exercise his mercy every instant of time he may justly smite you and bring your dayes to an end in a moment Therefore consider for what end you are yet a breathing Generation and have yet time given you is it not that you may behold Gods goodness and come to repentance and that you may know the Light with which you are enlightned to be your redemption from

manifest and in the Light he reveals his secrets and opens the Parables and declares the hard sayings and all that fear his name they put their trust in him and are contented with what he reveals unto them and they that seek in this and comes to the Righteousness through it they find the Kingdom and the treasure and there is all things added and this is Godliness which brings great gain and the mind being kept in the Spirit it goes with the Spirit into the Life and in the Life the deep things of God are known and understood and not by any other way So who can discern the glory of the Sun and the glory of the Moon and in what they differ may cleerly distinguish between that which is revealed and that which is comprehended for though the Moon gather her light from the body of the Sun yet it is not the light of the Sun as it is sent from the Moon neither doth that light rule the day and this is a plain similitude So many tender people are wronged and deeply betrayed whose minds are after a search into the Divine Mysteries and in Nimrods nature hunts before the Lord they run into many dangers and in many places are taken captive by the subtil part and through a presentation from the body of darkness they are carried into a strong belief of what is presented and closes with it as a true and firm ground And such lays another foundation then that which God hath laid which is Jesus Christ the wisdom from above and the belief of man being closed with that which is presented from that belief divers things are observed and practised and every one sets up the thing with which their belief is closed and into which they are joyned and unto that thing they stand strongly engaged and in that part is all strife and contention for every man would maintain his own faith and he cannot joyn but with such as are of his own belief and Nimrod sitting King at Babel and being chief in that work the end of his labour is distraction and confusision and that doth consequently attend such a belief and who do search and hunt and with that part comprehend they do erect and build in their observation and one erects and builds his observation in his belief and he cryes Lo here another erects and builds his observation in his belief and he cryes Lo there And there is something of a belief in all touching the matter which they do erect and build to observe and through the strength of this belief they strive and contend one against another and that is Nimrods part who sits King in Babell and all that ever hath been found out by the deepest Searchers in the hunting part it rises no higher than Babel and at Babel it ends and whether a belief lye to something outward or something inward if it lye in that which is gathered by hunting and comprehending within the compass of mans own wisdom it is Babel and bondage to the Seed and though in some places there may not be strife manifested yet there may be such narrowness in that part with which the belief is closed as the Seed may before afflicted by it and in that part man seats himself and in the strength of his belief he defends his place and his ground though it be a slippery place for his feet to stand upon and though in this place he seem to be fixed yet the hunting part is most at liberty in such a man and he is in a restless state alwayes searching to find something which he hath a will to know and in that place a presentation being offered he runs to gather it and adds that to his belief But this finds not the mercy For not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth but in God alone is the mercy and he shews it when he will and how he will and to whom he will mark it is God that sheweth mercy and he shews mercy to whom he will shew mercy mark again he shews it to whom he will and in what time he will and it is the election that obtains it and not the hunter the willer and runner and comprehender he doth not shew mercy to that part neither doth that part obtain it or enjoy it for Esau is reprobated mark that Therefore who would know the things of God and find the mercy they must stand still and wait in the Light And this is the Word of the Lord God to all people for in the Light the mercy is shewed and the Election obtains it and there is Gods purpose sure according to Election and his mercy is sure to the Elected and in the mercy the Election is raised and the restless hunting comprehending part is laid waste and subjected and so the mercy is given to Jacob the birth of the Seed because God loves him and it is withheld from Esau the birth of the Flesh because God hates him and though Esau search in the depth of his wisdom and hunt to the farthest end of his imagination yet he can never find the mercy in his way for the purpose of God according to Election must stand and quiet Jacob that waits in stilness he is beloved and unto him God shews the mercy and he obtains it because he is Elected but restless Esau that hunts abroad he is hated of God and rejected so in the mercy is Jacob raised and exalted and Esau he is put down and subjected then perfect freedom in the Seed is known and mercy and peace is possessed in that habitation Therefore all must cease from their own labour in which they are wearying themselves and come into stilness quietness and stayedness and feel the Seed of God with which he keeps Covenant and mercy for Ever in which Seed stands the Election before the worlds foundation and there the Simple Innocent minde in its tender breathings receives Consolation for in the stillness the Everlasting Springs opens and the mercy goeth forth in freeness and the Election obtains it and the Soul rejoyces in it and that is true Joy in the Lord yea fulness of Joy in his presence for now the Ransomed of the Lord comes from Babylons Rivers where it hath sitten weeping and in the mercy it returns to Sion Rejoycing and comes to be placed in Sions holy hill and learns the Songs of Sion and in the true Joy of a Redeemed state it sings the praise to him that lives for Ever And here is the possession in the Everlasting Kingdom and a sitting down in Everlasting peace and blessing and this is the faith of Gods Elect which is true and the faith gives victory over Nimrod and Esau for Christ is the Authour of it and in his power it standeth and it is justified and not condemned and here is the one only true wise God known and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent and all that are of this faith they have fellowship with the

Universal Love In which a Visitation floweth through the Creation that all people may be informed into the Truth and in their several places come to walk in the Truth and live in the Truth to be a good savour unto God and honour God 1. To Parents of Children 2. To Masters and Dames of Families 3. To Servants in their places 4. To Aged People 5. To such as live a single life 6. To young People 7. To Children 8. To such as are in outward Government 9. To Ministers of Parishes so called 10. To such as practise in the Nations Law 11. To such as trade in Weights and Measures 12. To such as buy and sell in Markets or in any other places With a General Exhortation Also something concerning Faith and Hope and Love and the Word and Mans restless part and the Election and a particular Place of bondage opened That all may come to the Light of the Lord Jesus Christ and to his Life and Power and Wisdom through which all people may love one another and be at peace one amongst another and deal justly one with another upon all occasions that Justice and Mercy and Equity Sobriety Moderation Chastity Temperance Righteousness Holiness Peace and Love may have a free and an universal course and the Creation may be set at liberty which yet travelleth in pain and bears the burthen of all disorder William Smith The Second Edition Printed in the Year 1663. A Table of the Principle Heads contained in this Book 1. TO Parents of Children Page 2. 2. To Masters and Dames of Families Page 3. 3. To Servants in their Places Page 22. 4. To Aged People Page 29. 5. To such as live a Single Life Page 35. 6. To Young People Page 41. 7. To Children Page 48. 8. To such as are in outward Government Page 57. 9. To Ministers of Parishes so called Page 67. 10. To such as Practise in the Nations Law Page 82. 11. To such as Trade in Weights and Measures Page 92. 12. To such as buy and sell in Markets or in any other places Page 99. 13. A General Exhortation Page 106. 14. Concerning Faith Page 112. 15. Concerning Hope Page 117. 16. Concerning Love Page 121. 17. Concerning the Word Page 127. 18. Concerning mans restless Part and the Election Page 134. 19. A particular place of Bondage opened Page 143. An Epistle dedicated to the Measure of Light and Life in all People THis Book is dedicated unto the most noble and honourable and worthy of all things the Principle of God in every man knowing that it is the ●ost excellent in vertue and that from the 〈…〉 hath loved the best things and deligh●e●● i● the plain simple path of Truth and hath no● at any time cunningly devised inventions it hath ever been vertuous in goodness and a true Lover of such as hath loved uprightness it hath ever despised vice and vanity and never could joyn with any evil thing it hath ever been of an humble meek nature and tender in compassion to all people it hath ever been of a peaceable disposition and condescending to the lowest state it hath alwayes loved the good and delighted in the best things and in innocency and simplicity the most perfect and in wisdom the most excellent and it is most renownable in glory and full of all riches and treasures the graces and excellency of its vertue and beauty doth far excel the praise of men And unto this principle alone is this Book dedicated as being unto me the most lovely renownable and for ever honorable for it is that unto me which is the chiefest good and it doth communicate from it self the riches of it self and that to the glory and honour of its own power and wisdom over all and the matter which in this Book is contained being received and accepted by it I shall rejoyce in my labor however men distinct from it may esteem it for it is not the praise of men that I seek howbeit I am moved to labour in the work of the Lord but I desire to be manifest to every mans Conscience in the sight of God and to be approved by his pure eye that seeth secrets and let all glory and honour and praise and renown be given unto him alone for ever and ever and unto the measure of himself in every man I commend this Book in all humility reverence and fear W. S. To the READER Reader WHen thou settest thine eye to read this Book set the fear of God before it and be not so hasty to read as diligent to understand for there is much communicated and from the life of God published that is not read in that from which it is given forth but run over with a hasty mind out of Gods fear through which the benefit that might be received is lost and the labour of those that would do good doth not become so effectual for when people do not read with a sound mind they do not weigh the substance of the matter nor do not prove their own present states but hastily read without understanding and then the matter slips out of their minds and the profit is lost and the good intended is not reaped Therefore Reader be thou careful and first set Gods fear before thee and read with that of God in thee and consider through the several states which in this Book is opened and try where thou canst find thy own place or unto which thou art nearest for thou mayst certainly know with that of God in thee and with that thou mayst feel when thou read'st thy own state for the witness of God will find thee and will come close to thee when thy state is opened and will manifest how it is with thee in thy place and what order thou art in and read with a single eye and a simple mind and then thou wilt profit And do not charge the matter in this Book to lye too much in duty or to stand too much in outward things for if thou read it diligently thou mayst observe that there is nothing pressed in duty but what is required by the principle unto which the duty ought to stand in all things and though there be much which lye outward yet the information reaches to the principle inward unto which thou joyning thou wilt know that all outward things that is not manifested from it will be reproved by it unto which reproof thou art to yeeld thy self in obedience and by obeying the principle which reproves unrighteousness within thou wilt find that all unrighteousness without must be denyed also and that in obedience to the principle within and thou may observe that salvation is not published through any thing done but by Jesus Christ alone yet there must be obedience given unto him before salvation be witnessed by him So be sober and vigilant and judge nothing rashly but weigh things cooly and the answer will be given unto Truths testimony by that of God in thee and

are drawn to love God again and so there is not any people in the fall that first loves God untill he have manifested his love unto them by Jesus Christ which love is certainly manifested through Christ unto all people which love being received it draweth to its self and begeteth a love to it self whereby man comes to love God not that he loved God first but that God first loved him and gave his only begotten Son for him and through his own love manifested in Christ Jesus he begetteth man to love him again and as man receives Christ Jesus in the reproof he receives the love of God for if man do not joyn unto Christ when he reproves him and close with the tender of love in that dispensation he is an opposer and a rejecter of Christ in whom the Fathers love is made manifest and so will not come to Christ to receive the love and the life that is in him and hence it is that so many are destitute of God Christ and wants the salvation and the peace and the vertue of love because they are more in love with those things that are reproved than with that which doth reprove and though Christ do come to do the Fathers will and tender the love of the Father in himself yet many do reject him and outstand him and proves rebellious against him and though he waite to shew mercy and from time to time doth manifest his kindness in tendering yet there is not a readiness of receiving but rather of despising and contemning and here he comes to many but they receive him not and here he wooes many but they will not come unto him that they might have life in him so do many turn their backs upon him and with their rebellious nature grieves him and causes him to draw his love into his own bosome and so they lye destitute of love though in it self it be large and full and in its manifestation universal And such are miserable and wretched who rejects the love of God which is tendered in Christ Jesus But to as many as do receive him to them he gives power to become the Sons of God even to as many as believes in his Name which are born not of flesh nor of blood nor of the will of man but of God Mark they that receives Christ Jesus they come to be born of God and Christ gives them power to become the Sons of God and this is a state beyond the birth of flesh and blood and the will of man for that birth hates the light and loves darkness rather and will not come to the light left the light should reprove its deeds but they that love the light they bring their deeds to the light and they are manifest to be wrought in God and such grows in the love and springs in the love and is nourished with the vertue of the love and the love is the babes consolation for the babe bring new born in the love it is brought forth a little child filled with Innocency it waits for nourishment from the brest of love and waits to grow in strength through the nourishment and it hath no will to any thing but delights to do the will of the Father only and thus God is known to be love through the measure of his love manifested and received in Christ and all that have received Christ they have received the love of God and in that love they love God again and are born of God and knoweth God for every one that loveth are born of God and knoweth God and there is the true knowledge of God and of his love by Jesus Christ and they that do not thus know God they have not yet received Jesus Christ his Son and so neither knows the Father nor the Son with a true knowledge neither do they walk in the way of peace nor feels the vertue of the streams of love and all such are dry and withered and only please themselves with their own imagined way But the birth born of love drinks in the streams of pure water and it knows the fountain that holds it and it grows up to the enjoyment of the fountain and so comes to the spring and drinks full draughts of an overflowing cup of blessing and rejoyces in the possession of its portion And thus to know God is life Eternal for all born of love they know the Son and the Son reveals the Father and is the way to the Father and they that have the Son they have life and are in the possession of life which can never be compassed by the wisest part of man nor fathomed with all his wisdom but to an innocent babe it is revealed and the babe knows the secret and gives thanks to the Father that he hid those things from the wise part which would have gained them for knowledge out of the life and this is the greatest attainment who are born into it such knows the End of all flesh and sees faith hope and love remain but the greatest of all is love and if love be wanting there is nothing profitable though a man should give all his goods to the poor and his body to be burned if he want love it profits him nothing so that the greatest of all is love for there is the fulness known and there is the Inheritance sealed and that is the End unto which faith looketh and for which hope hopeth in the travel which being possessed and enjoyed then the End of faith and hope is fully answered and the salvation of the soul is witnessed and the heir rejoyces in the fulness of his portion which is love And here is faith hope and love briefly opened and in themselves are in one perfect body united which in every manifestation there is comfort found according to measure but the greatest of all is love and in love the Babe sits down and is in co-heirship with Christ and in the Kingdom Everlasting and in the Power of an Endless Life it possesseth the durable Riches and Treasures and is filled with joy and peace and blessing and crowned with glory and renown for Ever Concerning the Word THe Word is pure and the whole Universe is upheld by the Power of it all things that were made were made by it for it was in the beginning with God and was God and it hath never changed from what it was in the beginning Adam heard it in the Garden and Abraham heard it in his own Countrey and it called him forth and he obeyed and followed it and he was blessed Moses heard it in the Mount and he received the Law from it the Prophets heard it and they prophesied in it and in fulness of time the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst men and they beheld it as the glory of the onely begotten of the Father full of grace and truth And the Apostles had the Word and they preached the Word and that was their Message and they