Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	believe_v	faith_n	implicit_a	1,688	5	13.6300	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73882	The Christian's theorico-practicon: or, His whole duty consisting of knowledge and practice. Expressed in two sermons or discourses at S. Maryes in Oxon. By Robert Dyer, Mr. of Arts, late of Lincolne Colledge and Hart-hall in Oxon, now lecturer at the Devizes in Wiltshire.	Dyer, Robert, b. 1602 or 3.	1633 (1633)	STC 7393.5; ESTC S125218	27,164	126

affliction_n and_o judgement_n i_o may_v be_v overcopious_a but_o i_o hasten_v our_o bless_a saviour_n himself_o affirm_v that_o eternal_a life_n consist_v in_o this_o endowment_n of_o knowledge_n joh._n 17.3_o this_o be_v life_n eternal_a that_o they_o may_v know_v thou_o the_o only_a true_a god_n &_o jesus_n christ_n who_o thou_o have_v send_v and_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n in_o that_o sublime_a testimony_n of_o god_n the_o father_n concern_v his_o son_n make_v it_o equivalent_a to_o &_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o true_a &_o save_a faith_n isa_n 53.11_o by_o his_o knowledge_n shall_v my_o righteous_a servant_n justify_v many_o see_v here_o that_o happy_a work_n of_o our_o justification_n attribute_v to_o knowledge_n which_o the_o prophet_n habakuk_n chap._n 2._o v._n 4_o and_o the_o grand_a apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n in_o more_o than_o a_o full_a jury_n of_o testimony_n assign_v only_o unto_o save_v faith_n 5.6_o vid._n rom._n 1.17_o cap._n 3.28_o cap._n 4.5.13_o cap_n 5.1_o gal._n 3.11_o &_o 5.6_o you_o have_v the_o lord_n himself_o often_o complain_v of_o the_o defect_n of_o this_o habit_n of_o knowledge_n in_o his_o people_n place_n 2._o cor._n 1.24_o ephes_n 2.8_o heb._n 10.38_o and_o many_o other_o place_n isai_n 1.3_o israel_n say_v he_o do_v not_o know_v my_o people_n do_v not_o consider_v and_o then_o follow_v that_o severe_a commination_n of_o the_o almighty_a ah_o sinful_a nation_n a_o people_n lade_v with_o iniquity_n a_o seed_n of_o evil_a doer_n etc._n etc._n intimate_v that_o all_o their_o impiety_n proceed_v from_o the_o want_n of_o knowledge_n of_o their_o spiritual_a estate_n and_o consideration_n of_o their_o way_n and_o in_o the_o 5._o of_o isai_n verse_n 1._o therefore_o my_o people_n be_v go_v into_o captivity_n because_o they_o have_v no_o knowledge_n so_o likewise_o by_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n chapter_n 4._o ver_fw-la 22._o my_o people_n be_v foolish_a they_o have_v not_o know_v i_o they_o be_v foolish_a child_n they_o have_v no_o understanding_n etc._n etc._n and_o by_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n chapter_n 4._o vers_fw-la 6._o my_o people_n be_v destroy_v for_o lack_n of_o knowledge_n because_o thou_o have_v reject_v knowledge_n i_o will_v also_o reject_v thou_o etc._n etc._n as_o if_o all_o the_o affliction_n and_o judgement_n of_o the_o jew_n their_o captivity_n rejection_n and_o utter_a desolation_n have_v proceed_v only_o from_o this_o defect_n of_o spiritual_a knowledge_n but_o what_o need_v i_o light_v a_o candle_n to_o the_o sun_n the_o scripture_n condescend_v to_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o mean_a do_v almost_o every_o where_o implicit_o compare_v the_o understanding_n to_o the_o eye_n the_o will_n and_o affection_n to_o the_o foot_n that_o direct_v these_o walk_n that_o confer_v the_o insight_n of_o good_a these_o the_o prosecution_n now_o how_o vain_a it_o be_v for_o a_o blind_a man_n to_o undertake_v a_o journey_n how_o many_o danger_n he_o must_v needs_o sustain_v by_o the_o way_n yet_o never_o 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so_o that_o if_o it_o be_v casual_o perform_v and_o not_o out_o of_o the_o ground_n of_o praeelection_n and_o knowledge_n the_o action_n perhaps_o may_v be_v good_a for_o the_o substance_n but_o the_o agent_n no_o more_o conscious_a to_o the_o goodness_n thereof_o then_o baalam_n ass_n of_o what_o she_o speak_v to_o her_o master_n or_o pilate_n of_o the_o salvation_n of_o mankind_n by_o deliver_v our_o saviour_n to_o be_v crucify_v in_o a_o word_n scientia_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la dirigit_fw-la conscientia_fw-la scientiam_fw-la perficit_fw-la our_o knowledge_n must_v be_v the_o directory_n of_o our_o conscience_n in_o its_o practice_n and_o our_o practice_n the_o perfection_n of_o our_o knowledge_n we_o must_v know_v to_o do_v before_o we_o can_v do_v what_o we_o know_v blush_v than_o you_o grand_a impostor_n startle_v you_o merciless_a seducer_n who_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o take_v away_o the_o key_n of_o knowledge_n from_o your_o silly_a flock_n to_o pluck_v out_o the_o eye_n of_o your_o proselyte_n and_o withdraw_v the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n from_o they_o and_o then_o send_v they_o that_o long_a and_o difficult_a journey_n to_o heaven_n how_o can_v the_o choose_v but_o err_v who_o be_v thus_o extrude_v into_o more_o than_o egyptian_a darkness_n and_o like_o the_o sodomite_n gen._n 19_o who_o be_v strike_v with_o such_o blindness_n that_o they_o can_v not_o find_v out_o lot_n door_n so_o be_v these_o silly_a one_o so_o blind_a in_o ignorance_n that_o they_o can_v find_v the_o gate_n of_o the_o heavenly_a palace_n or_o new_a jerusalem_n ignorance_n with_o they_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o devotion_n but_o saint_n augustine_n stick_v not_o to_o call_v she_o pessimam_fw-la matrem_fw-la a_o very_a bad_a mother_n and_o that_o of_o two_o as_o bad_a daughter_n august_n august_n pessimae_fw-la matris_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la pessimae_fw-la itidem_fw-la sunt_fw-la dvae_fw-la filiae_fw-la falsitas_fw-la scilicet_fw-la &_o dubitatio_fw-la falsehood_n and_o doubt_v be_v 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suppose_a founder_n this_o be_v no_o more_o regard_v by_o they_o than_o the_o perusal_n of_o the_o scripture_n a_o implicit_a or_o enfold_v faith_n will_v content_v they_o if_o they_o believe_v with_o the_o church_n though_o they_o know_v neither_o what_o the_o church_n nor_o themselves_o believe_v they_o imagine_v they_o be_v in_o the_o right_a way_n to_o canaan_n when_o they_o be_v lead_v blindfold_a to_o egypt_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o church_n many_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d babe_n in_o christ_n and_o child_n in_o faith_n and_o knowledge_n i_o confess_v that_o a_o implicit_a faith_n may_v be_v in_o some_o case_n tolerate_v so_o it_o be_v not_o impose_v by_o a_o peremptory_a determination_n of_o the_o church_n but_o ground_v on_o the_o general_a truth_n of_o scripture_n when_o we_o want_v either_o faculty_n or_o mean_n for_o the_o attain_n of_o that_o knowledge_n which_o afford_v we_o a_o distinct_a

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