Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	idol_n	knowledge_n	weak_a	1,298	5	9.3976	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02435	A description of the Church of Christ, with her peculiar priuiledges, and also of her commons, and entercommoners With some oppositions and answers of defence, for the maintenance of the truth which shee professeth: against certaine Anabaptisticall and erronious opinions, verie hurtfull and dangerous to weake Christians. Maintained and practised by one Master Iohn Smith, sometimes a preacher in Lincolneshire, and a companie of English people with him now at Amsterdam in Holland. Whome he hath there with himselfe rebaptised. By I.H.	Etherington, John, fl. 1641-1645.	1610 (1610)	STC 12567; ESTC S118987	75,210	130

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and_o to_o obey_v their_o law_n and_o ordinance_n you_o say_v be_v to_o worship_v the_o beast_n though_o the_o thing_n they_o command_v be_v never_o so_o indifferent_o lawful_a in_o themselves_o to_o be_v do_v or_o leave_v undo_v their_o authority_n and_o command_n you_o say_v make_v it_o abominable_a and_o this_o be_v not_o your_o say_n alone_o it_o be_v a_o sore_a that_o have_v fester_v these_o thirty_o year_n in_o england_n and_o have_v breed_v diverse_a sect_n and_o infective_a error_n our_o teacher_n and_o writer_n for_o pretend_a reformation_n be_v the_o first_o planter_n thereof_o who_o through_o their_o ignorance_n in_o their_o heat_n not_o discern_v between_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n and_o the_o thing_n of_o caesar_n for_o want_v of_o knowledge_n concern_v christian_n liberty_n conceive_v a_o law_n of_o forbid_v and_o give_v it_o out_o charge_v the_o people_n upon_o pain_n of_o condemnation_n to_o be_v obedient_a thereunto_o whereby_o they_o have_v bring_v themselves_o and_o many_o hundred_o poor_a soul_n beside_o load_v with_o sin_n into_o a_o further_a captivity_n and_o great_a bondage_n than_o they_o be_v in_o before_o for_o whereas_o their_o sin_n only_o oppress_v they_o and_o remember_v god_n promise_n have_v almost_o escape_v this_o law_n of_o their_o teacher_n come_v so_o sudden_o on_o the_o neck_n of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v drive_v into_o a_o hard_a straight_o and_o under_o a_o more_o unrecoverable_a burden_n than_o they_o be_v before_o which_o have_v be_v so_o wearisome_a unto_o they_o that_o to_o ease_v themselves_o they_o have_v make_v sect_n and_o run_v into_o they_o have_v fall_v into_o many_o gross_a error_n some_o also_o fall_v to_o and_o embrace_v this_o present_a world_n only_o a_o remnant_n god_n have_v and_o will_v deliver_v from_o these_o wayward_a and_o distasteful_a spirit_n and_o give_v they_o to_o see_v how_o christian_n be_v free_a and_o yet_o subject_n to_o caesar_n and_o how_o the_o conscience_n be_v no_o more_o defile_v by_o the_o commander_n of_o what_o condition_n soever_o he_o be_v in_o their_o obedience_n than_o it_o shall_v be_v by_o leave_v it_o undo_v if_o neither_o man_n nor_o god_n require_v it_o for_o as_o we_o be_v free_v from_o the_o law_n of_o ceremony_n once_o in_o force_n before_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n that_o there_o be_v now_o no_o more_o conscience_n to_o be_v make_v of_o they_o but_o as_o to_o be_v circumcise_v be_v nothing_o so_o to_o be_v uncircumcised_a be_v nothing_o 3._o act._n 16.1_o 2_o 3._o as_o we_o may_v see_v by_o the_o example_n of_o paul_n and_o timothy_n who_o after_o the_o death_n resurrection_n and_o ascension_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v send_v unto_o the_o church_n after_o which_o time_n circumcision_n be_v as_o absolute_o abolish_v with_o all_o the_o whole_a law_n of_o ceremony_n 26._o a●t_fw-la 21.24_o 25_o 26._o as_o ever_o it_o be_v since_o to_o this_o day_n yet_o paul_n do_v purify_v himself_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o circumcise_a timothy_n to_o prove_v and_o show_v unto_o we_o even_o to_o the_o world_n end_n that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o holiness_n or_o religion_n in_o make_v conscience_n to_o abstain_v from_o circumcision_n than_o there_o be_v to_o be_v circumcise_a for_o as_o it_o be_v nothing_o now_o to_o be_v circumcise_a see_v the_o end_n of_o it_o be_v accomplish_v long_o ago_o so_o be_v it_o nothing_o to_o be_v uncircumcised_a 19_o 1._o cor._n 7.18_o 19_o so_o that_o if_o a_o man_n of_o god_n shall_v now_o be_v circumcise_v to_o the_o like_a end_n as_o timothy_n be_v or_o shall_v fashion_v himself_o like_o a_o jew_n 6._o 1._o cor._n 8.4_o 5_o 6._o to_o the_o same_o end_n that_o paul_n do_v he_o shall_v sin_v no_o more_o than_o paul_n and_o timothy_n do_v neither_o shall_v a_o man_n offend_v if_o he_o shall_v sit_v at_o table_n in_o the_o idol_n temple_n and_o eat_v of_o the_o meat_n sacrifice_v to_o a_o idol_n so_o that_o he_o know_v that_o a_o idol_n be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n and_o do_v esteem_v it_o as_o the_o dust_n under_o his_o foot_n he_o sin_v not_o so_o that_o he_o bow_v not_o nor_o give_v or_o show_v any_o reverence_n 29._o 1._o cor._n 10.23_o 28_o 29._o either_o to_o the_o idol_n the_o temple_n or_o the_o feast_n but_o only_o receive_v the_o meat_n with_o give_v thanks_n to_o god_n always_o provide_v too_o withal_o that_o there_o be_v no_o weak_a brother_n that_o do_v make_v conscience_n for_o want_n of_o knowledge_n which_o be_v offend_v thereat_o nor_o yet_o any_o christian_a as_o then_o there_o be_v some_o that_o have_v be_v breed_v and_o bring_v up_o among_o idolater_n and_o long_o accustom_v to_o the_o idol_n service_n do_v yet_o think_v that_o there_o be_v some_o conscience_n to_o bo_z make_v 7._o 1._o cor._n 8._o ver_fw-la 7._o &_o ieverence_n to_o be_v have_v of_o it_o that_o may_v be_v embolden_v thereby_o in_o that_o their_o sin_n or_o encourage_v thereby_o to_o fall_v to_o worship_v the_o idol_n again_o 8._o 1._o cor._n 8._o and_o to_o do_v service_n unto_o it_o i_o say_v 10._o ver._n 10._o all_o these_o thing_n be_v consider_v and_o conscionable_o regard_v and_o prevent_v it_o be_v no_o sin_n to_o sit_v at_o table_n in_o the_o idol_n temple_n and_o to_o eat_v the_o meat_n sacrifice_v to_o idol_n but_o otherwise_o all_o these_o thing_n consider_v and_o do_v as_o be_v aforesaid_a if_o he_o eat_v meat_n sacrifice_v to_o idol_n or_o sit_v at_o the_o idol_n table_n he_o sin_v against_o the_o brethren_n and_o so_o against_o god_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o if_o he_o yield_v any_o reverence_n he_o be_v also_o a_o idolater_n 23.7_o josh_n 23.7_o and_o sin_v against_o god_n in_o a_o more_o high_a degree_n now_o if_o these_o thing_n may_v be_v lawful_o do_v among_o the_o idolater_n and_o in_o their_o temple_n as_o than_o christian_n live_v for_o the_o most_o part_n among_o idolater_n and_o as_o these_o scripture_n do_v evident_o prove_v be_v in_o their_o liberty_n and_o as_o paul_n say_v to_o the_o jew_n i_o become_v as_o a_o jew_n that_o i_o may_v win_v the_o jew_n 9.19.20.21.22.23_o 1._o cor._n 9.19.20.21.22.23_o to_o the_o grecian_a and_o the_o grecian_a etc._n etc._n yea_o i_o be_o make_v all_o thing_n to_o all_o man_n to_o the_o end_n that_o i_o may_v win_v some_o and_o also_o that_o of_o the_o assyrian_a when_o he_o shall_v go_v into_o the_o house_n of_o the_o idol_n rimmon_n and_o bow_v down_o for_o his_o master_n to_o lean_v on_o 5.18.19_o 2._o king_n 5.18.19_o when_o he_o be_v worship_v to_o the_o idol_n when_o he_o make_v doubt_n of_o it_o the_o prophet_n bid_v he_o go_v in_o peace_n i_o say_v if_o these_o thing_n be_v thus_o far_o in_o our_o liberty_n among_o the_o heathen_a and_o in_o place_n of_o idolatry_n where_o the_o end_n and_o intent_n be_v abominable_a and_o also_o among_o the_o jew_n concern_v the_o ceremony_n who_o end_n be_v absolute_o abolish_v as_o also_o in_o rome_n who_o commandment_n of_o all_o other_o have_v in_o they_o the_o great_a abomination_n so_o that_o we_o partake_v not_o with_o they_o in_o their_o sin_n lest_o we_o partake_v of_o their_o plague_n 18.4_o revel_v 18.4_o if_o we_o may_v among_o all_o these_o yield_v and_o obey_v in_o thing_n indifferent_a whatsoever_o the_o commander_n be_v as_o those_o scripture_n before_o mention_v do_v witness_v how_o much_o more_o ought_v we_o to_o be_v obedient_a to_o the_o law_n and_o ordinance_n of_o england_n see_v they_o intend_v not_o neither_o idolatry_n nor_o superstition_n consider_v also_o what_o great_a difference_n there_o be_v between_o our_o commander_n in_o profession_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o commander_n of_o the_o heathen_a and_o of_o rome_n the_o city_n of_o abomination_n for_o if_o i_o shall_v ask_v you_o what_o king_n with_o he_o under_o