Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	ghost_n	holy_a	inspire_v	2,844	5	10.2489	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04917	A godly letter sent too the fayethfull in London, Newcastell, Barwyke, and to all other within the realme off Englande, that loue the co[m]minge of oure Lorde Iesus by Ihon Knox; Admonition or warning that the faithful Christians in London, Newcastel Barwycke and others, may avoide Gods vengeaunce	Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.	1554 (1554)	STC 15059.5; ESTC S108135	51,203	96

Gods woorde / you shew your selfe to put your trust / in somwhat els besydes God / and so are you Idolatours Marke brethren / Trusting in mans vvisdome is Idolatrie that many maketh an Idoll of their owne wisedom or fantasye / more trusting to that / which they thinke good / nor vnto God / who plainly sayeth not that thinge / which seameth good in thy eyes / do vnto thy God / but what thy Lord God hath commaunded them But of this some other tyme / God willing / more shal be spoken herof / I suppose it be plaine / that lyke as God is immutable / who / by his law / hath not only forbiddē all felowship with Idolators in their Idolatrie / but also hath cōmaūded that vengeaūce / punishment be taken vpō thē And as the saintes of God were inspired with the holye ghoste / who wolde not so much as ones fauourablye speake of Idols / Marke laste as the scriptures be infallable / which promiseth that God maye not abyde / that our bodies serue the deuill / in ioyning our bodies with Idolatrie / so is it off more necessitie / that both in bodye soule / we abstaine frō thesame / yf we wil haue the leage betwene God vs to stande sure I will not troble this tyme with aūswering to any such obiections / as men sekinge to leue as they liste / dothe now a daies inuent / seing that partely in another letter I haue aūswered thesame / yf God shal graūt any rest in this wicked world / I purpose by the grace of God / as occasiō shal be offered fully to aunswere what can be sayd for their defence / whiche in very dede / when all is sayde that they can / they haue sayde nothing that God will admit By frequentin of Idolalatrie men shevv them self to haue no faith Now restith to shew that in haunting Idolatrie / we declare oure selfes too be withoute fayth / and dothe denye to beare witnesse vnto God / but that fayth purgeth the hart / I trust none of you will denye But whether that inwarde fayth requyreth an eternal confession / and yf a man maye not haue faythe / and yet doo in ceremonies of the Churche / as the worlde dothe / herein perchaunce you doubte As too the fyrste the Apostle aunswereth in these woordes / Rom. 10. in the harte it is beleued vnto Iustice / but by the mouthe is confession vnto saluacion And Dauid sayth I haue beleued / therefore I haue spoken / but I was sore trobled / as Dauid wolde saye / I wolde not counsaile the confession of my faith / howbeit / troble did ensew thesame Thus the holy Ghost ioyneth fayth and confession / as thinges that be inseperable the one from the other / and therefore dare I not take vpon me to disceauer them / but muste saye / that where trew faith is / there is also cōfession of the same / Note wel when tyme and necessitie requireth / that where confession is not foūd that their faithe is a slepe / if we be not frome home Now is it to be considered / if this tyme requireth the confession of our faith Vvhether this tyme requireth confessiō of our faith Christ and his Euangile are oppugned / his holye sacramētes are prophaned Christes messengers are some exiled / some cruelly tormented in pryson / our aduersaries hath gotten the vpperhande / and an execrable Idol / the masse erected vp in confirmation of all iniquitie What now shall I do that am assured that all this is abhominaciō / here Christ is in battaile / shal I do as the multitude / or as Christes enemies doth / what cōfession geue I then Assuredly euen such as the rest doeth / for neither doeth foote / hande / eye / nor mouth witnes the contrary Note The feete carieth the bodye to serue an Idoll The eye beholdeth it with a certayn reuerēce The mouth dare not whisper what the hart thīketh / yea / the handes are extended / and geueth significacion of humble obedience Haue I not nowe iustefied the deuell / and damned Christ it can not be denyed But let me haue no credit / onelesse thesame be yet proued by moste plaine demonstrations of Gods sacred scripture The Lord by hys prophete Esaye / sayeth his people of Israel / and this is aunswer also to the secōd question / yf I may not do as the worlde doth / and yet haue faithe / You are my witnesses Esai 44. whether there be anye God but I alone / is there any creator that I should not know him These woordes were spoken / as it were making an entresse too rebuke all Idolatrie the vaine inuētours of the same / as the Lord wold saye Thou house of Iacob / and your naturall chyldren / discending from Abraham You are my people / whom peculiarly I haue chosen to shew in you the greatnes of my name / and for that ende haue I spoken vnto you / hidde thinges from the beginning / that you may vnderstande and knowe that there is no knowlege but in me alone / that you perswaded of my infinet wisedome / power and goodnes may testefye / and beare witnes of thesame / too suche as hath not then lyke vnderstanding with you Hereof it is playne / that of suche as to whom God geueth knowlege / he requireth a confession to prouoke the ignoraūce to embrace God and his worde / or at least that by the vnderstāding man / the vanitie of the folishe shoulde be rebuked So zelous is God ouer hys giftes / that yf we labour not to employe them to the glorie of God / and to proffit of others his creatours / he will according to the threatning of Christ / take the talent from vs / and will geue it to suche as will labor there vppon Some perchaūce wolde gladly labo● / but theyse not what frute shall succede / therfore iudge they better to cease Euen as God could bring forth no fruite / except he make vs fyrst of counsaile God is to be obeyed in his commaundementes / and the successe is to be committed to him / whose wisedome is vnsearcheable / he cōmaundeth vs refraine Idolatrie / to let other mē see that thei do wrōg Vvhy vve should absteine from Idolatrie This ought we obey / albeit the present death should folow / for we are called as witnes betwene God the blind world / as is beforesaid Israel thou arte my witnes The world asketh / Note is the mans Gods seruice / or is it Idolatrie God hath opened to vs / that it is abhominable Idolatrie / but when that we for feare of our vyle carkases / The masse is abhominable Idolatrie do as the blinde world doth What witnes beare we Assuredly false witnes against God / for that we iustefye and mayntaine that with our presence / which God condemneth against our