Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	fruit_n	good_a	tree_n	4,830	5	9.4106	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80101	Gods truth is faithfull in what it speaketh unto sin and death: It giveth it not too bad a name, because truth is justifi'd by him, which is just; therein it hath a crown of life, and shal have, though death like swarms of wasps are round about it. / Written by one called, John Cole-Venman.	Cole-Venman, John.	1658 (1658)	Wing C5096A; ESTC R174030	8,135	17

GODS Truth is faithfull in what it speaketh unto Sin and Death Jt giveth it not too bad a name because truth is justifi'd by him which is just therein it hath a crown of Life and shal have though death like swarms of Wasps are reund about it Wirtten by one called John Cole-Venman London Printed in the yeer 1658. THere is much talk of Christ being a Saviour without understanding what the Soul must be saved from and unto the soul being under deceit and torment it standeth in need of truth and rest the Saviour by placing truth and rest in the soul wil level so that none shall possess more then they want he will first level the inward by casting out the thief-mind then these outward riches will fall into necessities possession it s the souls necessity that must be joynt-heir with Christ in possessing It s father hath power to bruise the Serpents head and body which doth withhold from necessity to its lust which lust or thief-minde is instituted by the Serpent to do all wickedness he causeth some to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel and they do falsly assume they sin not when some of them have many slaves and acres of land houses horses linnen wollen corn wine oyl and flocks of cattel and all manner of the fruits of the earth that necessitie is kept in slaveri● from them This murderer and thief doth act all evil in scorn and contempt of truths union which it hath in it self and it wil fil the soul with it self to the downsal of that young Harlot that doth strain at a gnat which gnat nature hath a lust in it and it doth swallow all that it can from the slave necessitie to its self● destruction that which is in more haste for the true Sun for to shine then it hasteth in it self to shine must be by its beams consumed It s a common thing for the young Harlot to say Minde the light in thee now saith Truth thy ly-light must be putout nay saith she I am sent of God to fore-warn thee of evil and to turn thee to the light This false lye-light in its coming in exhortations doth assume perfection therein Truth-union doth hold some souls from the mother of Harlots and her daughters so that their threatning wooing exhortings is all as rubbidge in their way The yong Harlot doth transform her selfe like truths appearance in words and in straining at a gnat there is no straining in truthunion the straining is in that which doth dress or shape its self like truths government that it may the more bewitch that which can be bewitched The yong Harlot falsly loves or lusts for to have all her kindred for to commit adultery with her calling them harlots and bastards if they do not The true Spouse hath been very often wooed to commit adultery with her she saying she was the Spouse of Christ and did loath to commit adultery The mother of Harlots have many daughters as bad as her self all the daughters do fall out one with another and with their mother crying Harlot harlot harlot Truth knows that she that is a shaping her self like it in words is the beautiful yong Harlot which wil stand against the union-nature longer in some ●ouls then others None that live with God do lodge with her Them that true union doth hold they can be bold all her evills to unfold without being by her power controld Her Mother and her Sisters do all cry her downe saying she is not worthy to live they all hate her for her beauty because she is almost like the Spouse of Christ in words not in deeds The yong Harlot can but mend evill old Adam by her exhortations and instructions and wooings and threatnings she doth fright some unto her obedience in setting them to look to her Ly light in them This Harlots power is the tree of good and evil and this is the cause why it 's called a tree of good and evil it rejoyceth some and it woundeth others it starveth some it seedeth others it giveth some too much of the earth and its fruit and others too little it giveth some the best of things and others the worst it maketh some great Landlords and others Slaves it causeth sickness and health to its people it causeth some to depart out of the body and some to live its life therein it causeth its slave Necessity to come to its tyrants to say with his hat in his hand What curious works shall I do for you alas poor Necessity thou hast a hard Master it s not long that he shall reigne over thee At the first fall this tree or power did exalt some of its fruit-eaters higher then other so that those exalted ones did thieve from the rest the greatest part of the earth and its fruits did cause them to make Laws which yet are in force by the same tree or power to the oppression of all poor men This gold and silver ticket they caused to be quoined in opposition to the want of poor men so that they was quite shut out of all unless they would come to be their slaves and tenants then they should have some of the fruits of the earth or their ticket of gold or silver or any ticket that was in force It s so yet that the gold and silver ticket are the devils Ticket and true wanting necessity is Gods ticket for it shall purchase of him whatsoever it needeth one day without the Devils ticket yet for present it s ordained that 〈…〉 necessity so long as its in its enemies country it should carry its enemies ticket This was and is contrary to the tyrant for he made Lawes that they should not have his ticket or any of the earth or its fruits without being his slaves the tyrant said and doth say to necessity if thou wilt not be my slave thou shalt not eat Now saith Necessity thou hast stolne from me all that thou possessest that is more then thy Necessity wantest Now saith the tyrant I have made a Law for thee if thou takest any thing back from me thou shalt be hanged till thou art dead and if thou wilt not work for me but go a begging thou shalt be whipped Thus is poor Necessity the Devils slave unless the God of uprightness doth take it into his blessedness his blessedness is thus Needest thou truth and rest or any of the earth or its fruits he will supply thee one day without thy death-obedience for it s not to him that death obeyeth The young Harlot saith she is Christ God life light and all good when he which is so savoureth nothing of her he savourelh life unto life or a clean soul All her inward and outward preachings are uncertain for they do not give to the soul the union-nature of God but are enemies to it The young Harlots threatning and exhortings doth evilly reform the Aegyptians mindes but its righteousness that must lead them to Canaan not