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A45520 What is truth. Or, the patern in the mount Wherein many places of scripture are (in pursuit of truth, and the churches peace) explained. Therein, most false opinions and heresies (both modern and ancient) are clearly detected and refelled. By Tho. Harby.; What is truth. Harby, Thomas. 1671 (1671) Wing H686; ESTC R216529 205,140 354

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bare_a ignorance_n balaam_n be_v much_o guilty_a of_o this_o sin_n of_o semi-advertency_a half_a mindful_a of_o god_n command_n and_o half_a unmindful_a therefore_o draw_v by_o the_o strong_a cord_n of_o covetousness_n he_o come_v at_o last_o to_o act_v direct_o coutrary_a to_o god_n command_n but_o a_o angel_n stand_v in_o his_o way_n to_o kill_v he_o and_o he_o be_v slay_v at_o last_o for_o the_o same_o sin_n but_o modern_a semiadvertists_a his_o and_o his_o follower_n antitype_n be_v apt_a to_o stand_v contrary_a to_o that_o angel_n in_o the_o way_n against_o the_o truth_n to_o stop_v the_o progress_n of_o it_o and_o destroy_v such_o as_o do_v assert_v it_o for_o covetousness_n adjoin_v to_o semi-advertency_a be_v soon_o fill_v with_o canine_a anger_n against_o all_o truth_n and_o chief_o against_o the_o practiser_n of_o it_o and_o ready_o complye_v with_o all_o such_o as_o seem_v religious_a that_o be_v most_o ready_a to_o slander_v and_o asperse_v they_o and_o it_o so_o the_o senate_n of_o pharisee_n consent_v as_o one_o to_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n against_o christ_n semiadvertists_a extend_v at_o first_o some_o trivial_a half_n perform_v help_n to_o the_o truth_n and_o the_o witness_n of_o it_o but_o after_o oppose_v it_o and_o desert_n or_o destroy_v they_o they_o hear_v read_v and_o pray_v by_o half_n or_o so_o far_o as_o to_o get_v a_o form_n of_o religion_n but_o not_o the_o power_n of_o it_o begin_v many_o good_a work_n finish_v none_o do_v half_a leave_v half_o undo_v be_v half_o hot_a half_o cold_a which_o god_n abhor_v judas_n when_o the_o seventy_o forsake_v christ_n do_v not_o forsake_v he_o nor_o be_v find_v blame_n worthy_a by_o the_o apostle_n for_o about_o 1260._o day_n but_o then_o through_o semi-advertency_a cause_v by_o covetousness_n turn_v traitor_n what_o family_n or_o church_n can_v be_v more_o pure_a than_o that_o whereof_o christ_n be_v head_n what_o doctrine_n more_o perfect_a than_o that_o he_o teach_v yet_o that_o locust_n lurk_v even_o there_o semiadvertists_a sow_n pregnant_a seed_n of_o perfidious_a prodition_n schism_n and_o apostasy_n even_o in_o the_o best_a church-society_n and_o endanger_v to_o destroy_v they_o three_o mis-animadvertency_a the_o fruit_n of_o charity-wanting_a pride_n and_o parent_n of_o the_o great_a ignorance_n be_v the_o principal_a ground_n of_o the_o spiritual_a apostasy_n who_o professor_n like_o the_o pharisee_n take_v the_o great_a pain_n to_o least_o purpose_n pray_v hear_v and_o read_v not_o by_o half_n but_o amiss_o and_o misapply_v through_o uncharitableness_n all_o their_o devotion_n doctrine_n gift_n and_o part_n to_o deprave_v the_o truth_n and_o destroy_v the_o witness_n of_o it_o these_o search_n the_o scripture_n and_o such_o book_n as_o unfold_v the_o meaning_n of_o they_o and_o find_v in_o both_o so_o blind_a and_o perverse_a be_v wicked_a uncharitableness_n that_o which_o be_v never_o write_v in_o either_o so_o the_o pharisee_n search_v the_o scripture_n with_o much_o uncharitable_a blind_a truth-misapplying_a sedulity_n and_o find_v there_o that_o our_o bless_a saviour_n shall_v die_v as_o a_o blasphemer_n which_o be_v never_o write_v and_o those_o reader_n aforesaid_a may_v read_v through_o cursory_a haste_n and_o uncharitable_a misapplication_n my_o treatise_n and_o find_v therein_o that_o i_o make_v luther_n calvin_n and_o all_o reformist_n to_o be_v the_o locust_n which_o be_v not_o write_v misadvertist_n be_v ready_a to_o cast_v their_o blind_a bolt_n of_o precipitate_a rashness_n against_o truth_n in_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n and_o the_o assertor_n of_o both_o the_o stony_a ground_n own_v they_o and_o they_o receive_v the_o seed_n of_o grace_n like_o it_o they_o aspire_v to_o the_o most_o specious_a pretence_n and_o seek_v tegment_n and_o shelter_n in_o the_o fair_a corner_n of_o the_o court_n that_o be_v cast_v out_o and_o give_v to_o the_o gentile_n herein_o lie_v the_o spirit_n and_o life_n of_o the_o apostasy_n of_o antichrist_n that_o man_n mind_v not_o half_a mind_n or_o mind_n amiss_o those_o proper_a object_n of_o due_a animadvertency_n that_o be_v principia_fw-la praecognoscenda_fw-la the_o principle_n and_o ground_n of_o all_o obedience_n to_o god_n and_o right_a to_o man_n improbus_fw-la non_fw-la animadvertit_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligat_fw-la a_o wicked_a man_n say_v the_o text_n mind_v not_o or_o regard_v not_o that_o he_o may_v understand_v prov._n 29.7_o therefore_o nonadvertist_n must_v needs_o be_v desperate_o wicked_a because_o they_o know_v not_o nor_o mind_n to_o know_v what_o the_o ground_n of_o do_v right_a or_o wrong_n be_v therefore_o semiadvertist_n must_v be_v more_o wicked_a because_o they_o mind_v but_o by_o half_n and_o so_o to_o less_o and_o worse_a purpose_n than_o they_o that_o mind_v nothing_o for_o those_o ten_o semiadvertist-spy_n send_v to_o search_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n give_v in_o part_n a_o good_a report_n but_o otherwise_o a_o evil_a report_n of_o it_o and_o of_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n which_o bring_v swift_a destruction_n upon_o themselves_o and_o cause_v that_o all_o israel_n four_o except_v be_v destroy_v whereas_o nonadvertist_n that_o as_o bruit_v beast_n mind_v nothing_o can_v be_v so_o guilty_a of_o bring_v evil_a report_n upon_o that_o which_o be_v good_a or_o of_o cause_v such_o general_a calamity_n and_o destruction_n in_o state_n and_o church_n last_o misadvertist_n must_v be_v most_o wicked_a because_o they_o above_o all_o professor_n be_v most_o fruitful_a in_o evil_a report_n they_o search_v the_o scripture_n and_o such_o book_n as_o unfold_v they_o and_o find_v in_o both_o as_o the_o pharisee_n do_v what_o be_v never_o write_v in_o either_o you_o say_v our_o saviour_n be_v of_o your_o father_n the_o devil_n and_o the_o work_n of_o your_o father_n you_o will_v do_v lie_v derogation_n and_o worth_a and_o truth-detraction_n in_o careless_a and_o uncharitable_a misadvertist_n especial_o in_o such_o as_o most_o desire_n to_o seem_v religious_a be_v ex_fw-la digito_fw-la daemonis_fw-la opus_fw-la a_o more_o peculiar_a work_n wrought_v by_o the_o very_a singer_n of_o the_o devil_n in_o the_o heart_n and_o mouth_n of_o hypocrite_n this_o threefold_a inanimadvertency_n or_o carelessness_n to_o know_v what_o truth_n be_v in_o practice_n as_o well_o as_o in_o doctrine_n be_v almost_o general_a and_o seem_v to_o overspread_v the_o earth_n as_o water_n cover_v the_o sea_n to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o and_o the_o danger_n of_o it_o if_o it_o be_v true_a and_o how_o to_o prevent_v those_o danger_n be_v a_o duty_n universal_a incumbent_a upon_o all_o and_o of_o the_o high_a and_o most_o necessary_a concernment_n to_o all_o the_o prototype_n apostasy_n of_o the_o old_a world_n be_v almost_o universal_a noah_n preach_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o we_o read_v not_o of_o one_o man_n more_o than_o his_o own_o family_n that_o be_v bring_v thereby_o to_o due_a animadtency_n the_o ground_n of_o true_a repentance_n i_o be_o therefore_o very_a much_o afraid_a that_o the_o grand_a apostasy_n be_v more_o general_a than_o man_n and_o saint_n imagine_v it_o to_o be_v i_o need_v not_o name_v those_o text_n that_o denote_v the_o antitype_n in_o that_o world_n as_o well_o as_o in_o this_o there_o want_v not_o no_o doubt_n many_o learned_a man_n repute_v religious_a if_o not_o famous_a both_o for_o learning_n and_o religion_n and_o yet_o the_o text_n say_v so_o universal_a be_v the_o inanimadvertency_n of_o that_o type-apostacy_n they_o know_v nothing_o till_o the_o flood_n come_v etc._n etc._n this_o therefore_o to_o foresee_v and_o shun_v the_o danger_n of_o such_o a_o epidemic_a sin_n and_o that_o sin_n itself_o of_o careless_a disregard_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o ignorance_n and_o impenitence_n be_v opus_fw-la opere_fw-la dignum_fw-la a_o work_n worth_a all_o acceptation_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o another_o case_n &_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n to_o be_v set_v about_o with_o all_o diligence_n by_o all_o for_o it_o be_v least_o safe_a to_o rely_v upon_o smoke_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n or_o upon_o the_o locust_n crown_n of_o deceit_n and_o the_o righteousness_n of_o true_a saint_n too_o guilty_a of_o this_o sin_n of_o the_o grand_a inadvertency_n and_o apostasy_n be_v like_o the_o oil_n in_o the_o wise_a virgin_n lamp_n but_o enough_o if_o that_o for_o themselves_o only_o the_o find_v out_o of_o the_o gunpowder-plot_n be_v a_o most_o happy_a discovery_n but_o this_o discovery_n to_o prevent_v the_o most_o dreadful_a and_o epidemic_a danger_n be_v of_o far_o great_a concernment_n then_o to_o foresee_v and_o prevent_v the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o great_a city_n or_o the_o total_a destruction_n of_o any_o nation_n and_o admit_v not_o a_o minute_n of_o delay_n by_o any_o that_o be_v at_o all_o animadversive_a we_o shall_v a_o little_a further_o examine_v the_o generality_n of_o the_o grand_a apostasy_n st._n jerom_n be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o serene_a