Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	believe_v	church_n	interpretation_n	3,657	5	10.5181	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87473	VVittie obseruations gathered from our late soveraign King James in his ordinarie discourse.	James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1643 (1643)	Wing J149; Thomason E75_12	4,269	9

foundation of truth so had the Papist the Bible but they have all added so much that the first truth is almost lost 38 God never fails of his word but where he threatens ill to man as in the punishing to Niniveh but alwayes performs where he promiseth good that or better as he promised to Abraham and his seed everlasting earthly blessednesse and instead of that gives them heavenly 39 Not onely the deliverance of the Jews till they came into the Land of Promise but even their daily preservation was miraculous for there was never any noted plague in Jerusalem though it stood in an hot climate which had it been would indangered the whole Nation it being to assemble thither every yeer of necessitie 40 Men are often in arguing carried by the force of words further asunder than their questions was at first like to Ships going out of the same Haven their journeys end is many times whole countreys distant 41 Cowardise is the mother of crueltie it was onely fear that made Tyrants put so many to death to secure themselves 42 The fashion of the Romanes of killing themselves was falsly called fortitude for it was onely to prevent the power of Fortune when indeed Virtue lveth quiet out of her reach Nor can any man be overcome but of himself and so most truly were they when they fled to death for a refuge against death 43 Its easier to reclaime a man from heresie then to convert an Atheist to the truth for to beleeve is the first degree common to Religion and an Atheist is to be brought so far before he come to chusing 44 All Gods miracles are above nature but never against nature for that were to destroy his own work which he cannot do but he may excell it therefore the miracles of the Papists Transubstantiation being against nature it self 45 Types are the image of the mind which God allowed the Jews to keep them from images of the Senate and to shew that his worship was to be in spirit and truth 46 The Chu●ch of Rome fell at first from her puritie into i●firmities then into corruption then into errours then into heresies and lastly into abominations God still punishing sin with sin 47 Most heresies have proceeded from mingling Philosophy with Religion from that and policie have all the Papists errours risen when Christ tels them that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven 48 We cannot conceive extremity but by faith we cannot understand what God is and of that ignorance comes all sin for surely if we knew him we could not offend him 49 Men as often fall out about small things as great because after the first contradiction they maintain themselves not the thing 50 Before Christ came it was enough for the Fathers to beleeve onely since they must beleeve and understand both 51 Those Princes which think to secure themselves by blood shall find that the more they kill the more ever they have need to kill 52 The Church is to be beleeved in the interpretation of Scripture but not directly against it for where it differs from that it is no longer the Church 53 There are three kinds of wisdoms that use to be in Kings a sanctified wisdom a politick wisdom which often strains it self to a lesse evil so to avoid a greater and a wisdom of falshood The first is both lawfull and necessarie the second is lawfull but not necessarie the third is neither 54 All governments is severed in their constitutions in their practise tend to a Monarchy and wheresoever the better sort bear rule there is alwayes some one that resembleth a King amongst them Yea though in the State of Venice the Duke is as it were a dead man yet were it impossible that their Common-wealth should long uphold it self without him 55 The preservation of the Bible is miraculous that it should remain pure after it had passed the hands of Infidels which sought to destroy it of Hereticks which sought to pervert it to their own advantage 56 No indifferent gesture is so seldome done without-sin and laughter for its commonly raised upon things to be pitied therefore man onely can laugh and he onely can sin 57 God made one part of man of earth the basest element to teach him humilitie his soul proceeded from the bosome of Himself to teach him goodnesse so that if he looks downward nothing is viler if he cast his eyes to heaven he is of a matter more excellent then Angels the former part was a type of Adam the second of Christ which gives life to that which was dead in it self 58 Much money makes a Countrey poore for it sets a dear price upon every thing 59 At what time the Gospel did flourish all kinde of learning did ever abound and upon the decay thereof there came alwayes a vail of darknesse upon the face of the earth the reason is a part of Religion but errour and superstition is safer by the ignorance 60 A lie of errour is a fault of credulitie not of falshood but a presumptuous lie is that which a man makes as God made the world of nothing This is Licensed and entred according to Order FINIS