Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	according_a	know_v	word_n	2,143	5	3.8658	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07683	A demonstration of God in his workes Against all such as eyther in word or life deny there is a God. By George More Esquire.	More, George, Sir, 1553?-1632.; More, George, Esquire, attributed name.	1597 (1597)	STC 18071.5; ESTC S112856	95,106	174

in the foode of wormes is truly sayed to be a man though in truth he is not halfe a man For that he wanteth the inward that is the heauenlie man which being much the better part is much to be esteemed the greater halfe And yet must it be confessed that in respect of that lesser and worser halfe hee doth beare the name of the whole And for as much as that part doth onely appeare and without that the other can haue no being in the world nor can exercise his power but by means thereof therefore it commeth to passe in regard of that secresie and neere coniunction betweene them that the open shew of the outward man causeth all a like to be taken for men because the better sort are apt to thinke the best of that which is doubtfull and the worser will not suspect others least they should condemne them selues But when it happeneth that a shamelesse mouth bewrayeth a a godlesse heart and that the follie of a sencelesse braine breaketh out into the forehead euidently to be seene then boldly because truly that mouth and that forehead may be iudged not to be of a man sith manifestly it doth appeare that the inward man is extinguished and gone But wherof then should they be thought to be The proportion remaineth and the lyuing body of man True but the minde wanteth which is the breath of life whereby not the body but the soule of Adam was sayed to become aliue before which breathed into him hee was a dead body and without which breathing within vs we are though not dead bodies because our flesh lyueth yet dead in soule for as much as the soule onely of a brute beast doth liue within vs and so being we are inwardly beasts and men onlie in outward appearance and therefore to be named rather beasts then men for that it is the life and not the shape the nature and not the picture that causeth true things to be discerned from counterfaite and truly giueth the denomination to euerie thing VVherefore it hath pleased God who alone is truth and knoweth all things as they are in his word to call him by the name of a man which is according to the likenes and image of him selfe and all those wretched sinners in whom that image is defaced and that likenes blotted out according to their brutish nature by the name of some brute beast or other Math. 7. The corrupt and vncleane he calleth doggs and swine forbidding that which is holie to be giuen vnto them Math. 23. and pearles to be cast before them the mischeeuous and hurtfull Serpents and vipers the subtill Foxes the cruell Lyons Luke 13. Psal 5 6 32. and those which haue no vnderstanding Horses and Mules So doth God name and note them to be beasts which in wickednes or folly degenerate from the nature of man and not onely them selues but euen their workes he marketh with the same brand saying that they hatch Cockatrice egges Isai 59. and weaue the Spiders web and he that eateth of their eggs dyeth and their web shall be no garment whereby it is to be gathered that theyr wickednes bringeth forth poyson and their folly that which serueth to no vse And to shew to the world that amongst all the wicked and foolish children of men such wicked fooles as in the pride of their hart dare stand at defiance with God as if his name were a vaine thing and his power of no force are least to be accounted men and that they are brute beasts in very deede Daniel 4. it pleased him to make Nabuchodonozer being a King an example very notable therof in causing him to be driuen from men and to eate grasse as the Oxen His fashion not his shape was altered for he retayned the shape of a man lyuing without vnderstanding after the fashion of a beast his body to be wet with the dewe of heauen till his haires were growne like Eagles feathers and his nayles like birds clawes So was he transformed into the fashion and liued the life of a beast by the space of seauen yeares which dayes being ended he lifted vp his eyes to heauen his vnderstanding was restored hee gaue thankes vnto the most high and praysed and honoured him that liueth for euer VVherefore that all fooles which deny God be denied to be men and be taken for brute beasts which haue no vnderstanding let it not be greeuous to them selues nor seeme strange vnto others for that the Lord God hath proued it to be true whose power is an euerlasting power whose kingdome is from generation to generation but rather by remembring Nabuchodonozer they may learne to know them selues both what they are and what they should endeuour to be VVhen his hart was puffed vp with pride and his minde voide of reason then he sayed to Shidrach Misach and Abednego VVho is that God that can deliuer you out of mine hands But after being humbled by the mighty hand of that same God and his vnderstanding restored I Nabuchadnezer prayse and extoll and magnifie the King of heauen whose workes are all truth and his wayes iudgement and those that walke in pride he is able to abase VVhich example teacheth what they are and ought to seeme who think with them selues and say with their mouthes there is no God God shewing by the outward shew of him what inwardly he was and such like are beeing blinded with ignorance of the Almighty a beast he continued and was not restored to the fashion of a man vntill he returned to the knowledge of his God Happy were it for all Atheists if in like sort God would lay his rod of correction vppon them whereby at the length though after many yeares they might be brought to know both God and them selues that heere they might see the end of their miseries which heereafter will be endlesse if they continue in their wickednes But if they enioy the societie and take the foode of men yet let not the sufferance of the Almighty cause them to glory and to thinke that God is not which is and them selues not to be that which they are For assuredly the Lord God will poure out his wrath vpon those heathen which haue not known him whereby they shall perrish in their folly and he tryumph ouer them in the end Because lyuing they were dead in sinne dying they shall liue in torment being iustly rewarded with punishment of continuance VVhat they are which continue in Atheisme for continuing in deadly ignorance without repentance VVherefore in a word to say what they are men they are without the nature of men men of chiefe imperfection borne to vtter destruction better neuer to haue beene then such to be Chap. 3. That out of the works of God to sence and reason it is euident that there is a God DArknes and light sight and blindnes are not more contrary then wisedom and folly then ignorance and vnderstanding which