Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	age_n	church_n	true_a	1,952	5	4.9061	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17014	The second part of the Protestants plea, and petition for preists and papists Being an historie of the holy preisthood, and sacrifice of the true Church of Christ. Inuincibly prouing them to be, the present sacrificing preisthood: prouing also the sacrifice of the Masse, vsed in the Catholike Roman church: and that these were promised, and foretold by the Prophets, instituted by Christ, and exercised by all his Apostles. Morouer that they haue euer from the first plantinge of Christianitie in this our Britanye, in the dayes of the Apostles, in euery age, and hundred of yeares, beene continued and preferued here. All for the most part, warranted by the writinges and testimonies of the best learned Protestant doctors, and antiquaries of England, and others.	Broughton, Richard.	1625 (1625)	STC 3895.7; ESTC S118746	270,592	733

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we_o see_v by_o the_o testimony_n both_o of_o the_o britan_n and_o protestant_n themselves_o that_o these_o be_v more_o zealous_o observe_v of_o the_o christian_a britan_n at_o that_o time_n who_o faith_n and_o religion_n be_v so_o much_o commend_v by_o our_o protestant_n writer_n than_o they_o be_v by_o s._n gregory_n or_o s._n augustine_n then_o or_o be_v at_o this_o time_n by_o the_o present_a church_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o member_n thereof_o 11._o therefore_o it_o be_v the_o common_a and_o general_o receve_v opinion_n both_o of_o our_o english_a protestant_n bishop_n as_o parker_n bale_n godwin_n with_o other_o and_o their_o doctor_n and_o antiquary_n as_o powel_n fox_n fulke_n middleton_n gosceline_n stowe_n howes_n holinsh_v and_o too_o many_o to_o be_v recite_v that_o at_o the_o come_v of_o s._n augustine_n hither_o the_o faith_n and_o religion_n of_o the_o christian_a britan_n here_o be_v in_o all_o material_a point_n sound_v and_o perfect_a and_o the_o same_o which_o they_o receve_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n much_o more_o and_o rather_o must_v they_o needs_o yield_v and_o allow_v that_o honour_n to_o the_o religion_n and_o doctrine_n of_o s._n augustine_n and_o the_o other_o disciple_n of_o s._n gregory_n which_o they_o preach_v and_o plant_v here_o be_v by_o so_o many_o and_o all_o humane_a testimony_n before_o acknowledge_v in_o all_o matter_n controverse_v between_o they_o to_o be_v the_o undoubted_a true_a and_o perfect_a religion_n of_o christ_n parker_n antiquit·_fw-la britan._n pag._n 6.45.46_o balaus_n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr act._n pontific_n in_o gregorio_n magno_fw-la &_o l._n de_fw-fr scriptor_n brit._n centur_fw-la 1._o in_o augustin_n dionotho_n godwin_n conver_n of_o brit._n powell_n annotat_fw-la in_o l._n 2._o giraldi_n cambr._n the_o itinerar_n cambr._n cap._n 1._o fox_n act._n and_o mon._n pag._n 463._o edit_n a_o 1576._o fulke_n answ_o to_o counterf_n cathol_n pag._n 40._o middlet_n papistom_n pag_n 202._o io._n goscelin_n hist_o eccl._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr arch._n cantuar._n stow_v and_o how_o be_v hist._n in_o k._n ethelbert_n holinsh_fw-mi histor_n of_o engl._n cap._n 21._o pag._n 102._o 12._o and_o to_o make_v all_o sure_a and_o unquestionable_a except_o with_o athest_n and_o infidel_n enemy_n to_o christ_n himself_o we_o have_v both_o the_o present_a and_o prophetical_a witness_n of_o god_n himself_o that_o by_o no_o possibility_n can_v deceive_v un_fw-mi in_o this_o case_n and_o this_o confess_v and_o receve_v even_o by_o our_o protestant_n writer_n who_o first_o assure_v we_o that_o in_o the_o controversy_n between_o the_o britan_n and_o s_o augustine_n god_n give_v so_o miraculous_a testimony_n for_o s._n augustine_n &_o his_o roman_a companion_n to_o teach_v the_o truth_n in_o all_o thing_n controverse_v then_o between_o they_o and_o the_o britan_n that_o the_o britan_n be_v thereby_o so_o extraordinary_o convict_v and_o confound_v to_o speak_v in_o protestant_n word_n that_o they_o confess_v in_o deed_n that_o to_o be_v the_o true_a way_n of_o righteousness_n which_o augustine_n have_v preach_v and_o show_v they_o stowe_n and_o howes_n histor_n in_o k._n ethelbert_n and_o god_n can_v not_o possible_o give_v other_o testimony_n by_o these_o protestant_n and_o all_o learning_n except_o he_o will_v or_o can_v blasphemy_n to_o affirm_v contradict_v himself_o for_o by_o all_o professor_n of_o christian_a religion_n he_o have_v promise_v that_o catholic_a church_n universal_a shall_v never_o err_v and_o yet_o protestant_n with_o other_o thus_o confess_v all_o other_o church_n throughout_o the_o world_n agree_v with_o augustine_n in_o christ_n of_o god_n prophetical_a testimony_n hereof_o we_o have_v many_o witness_n catholic_n and_o protestant_n s._n asaph_n in_o the_o life_n of_o s._n kentegern_n many_o manuscript_n the_o british_a history_n matthew_n of_o westminster_n with_o other_o for_o catholic_n and_o among_o protestant_n their_o first_o protestant_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n their_o protestant_n bishop_n bale_n with_o other_o s._n asaph_n in_o vit_fw-fr s._n kentegern_n m._n s._n antiq_n in_o eod_n galfr._fw-la monum_fw-la l._n 7._o cap._n 3._o matth._n westm_n a_o 465._o matth._n parker_n antiquit_n britan._n pag._n 49._o io._n bal._n l._n the_o script_n britan._n cent_n 1._o in_o kentegern_n this_o last_o speak_v of_o the_o pagan_a saxon_n invadinge_n this_o kingdom_n and_o overthrowinge_v christian_n religion_n bring_v s._n kentegern_n thus_o to_o prophesy_v long_o before_o how_o s._n augustine_n and_o his_o associate_n shall_v restore_v it_o again_o not_o only_o unto_o the_o ancient_a state_n of_o religion_n but_o a_o better_a than_o it_o enjoy_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o britan_n christianae_n legis_fw-la religio_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la praefinitum_fw-la tempus_fw-la dissipabitur_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o pristinum_fw-la statim_fw-la immo_fw-la meliorem_fw-la miserante_fw-la deo_fw-la in_o fine_a reparabitur_fw-la 13._o the_o ancient_a manuscript_n history_n of_o s._n kentegerns_n life_n s._n asaph_n capgrave_n and_o other_o say_v s._n kentegern_n prophesy_v this_o and_o public_o tell_v it_o to_o his_o disciple_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o death_n of_o s._n david_n which_o as_o our_o protestant_n write_v be_v above_o 50._o year_n before_o the_o come_v of_o s._n augustine_n hither_o m._n s._n antiq_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la s._n kentegerni_n io._n copgrau_n in_o s._n kentegerno_n episcopo_fw-la &_o confessore_fw-la who_o be_v at_o that_o time_n as_o often_o very_o earnest_a at_o his_o prayer_n and_o much_o lamentinge_v after_o be_v demand_v by_o his_o disciple_n the_o cause_n of_o his_o great_a sorrow_n after_o a_o short_a silence_n thus_o answer_v know_v you_o my_o dear_a child_n that_o s._n david_n the_o ornament_n of_o brittany_n father_n of_o his_o country_n be_v even_o now_o loose_v from_o the_o prison_n of_o his_o flesh_n and_o go_v to_o the_o heavenly_a kingdom_n understand_v you_o that_o brittany_n deprive_v of_o so_o great_a a_o light_n shall_v lament_v the_o absence_n of_o so_o great_a a_o patron_n who_o oppose_v himself_o against_o the_o sword_n of_o god_n half_o draw_v against_o it_o for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v full_o draw_v and_o bring_v it_o to_o destruction_n our_o lord_n will_v give_v brittany_n over_o to_o foreign_a nation_n that_o know_v he_o not_o and_o the_o isle_n shall_v be_v empty_v of_o the_o inhabitant_n by_o pagan_n the_o religion_n of_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n shall_v be_v destroy_v until_o a_o certain_a time_n in_o it_o but_o by_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n it_o shall_v be_v again_o repair_v unto_o the_o former_a and_o unto_o a_o better_a state_n than_o it_o be_v before_o seruo_fw-la dei_fw-la quodam_fw-la die_fw-la prolixius_fw-la orationi_fw-la intento_fw-it facies_fw-la eius_fw-la quasi_fw-la ignea_fw-la apparens_fw-la stupore_fw-la &_o extasi_fw-la circumstantes_fw-la replevit_fw-la intucbantur_fw-la enim_fw-la faciem_fw-la eius_fw-la tanquam_fw-la vultum_fw-la angeli_fw-la stantis_fw-la inter_fw-la illos_fw-la completa_fw-la oratione_fw-la gravissimis_fw-la lamentis_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la discipuli_fw-la causam_fw-la tristitiae_fw-la humiliter_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la peterent_fw-la paulisper_fw-la in_o silentio_fw-la residens_fw-la tandem_fw-la ait_fw-la noveritis_fw-la silij_fw-la charissimi_fw-la sanctum_fw-la david_n decus_fw-la britanniae_fw-la patrem_fw-la patriae_fw-la carnis_fw-la carcerem_fw-la modo_fw-la egressum_fw-la regna_fw-la caelestia_fw-la penetrasse_fw-la credit_n mihi_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la angelorum_fw-la multitudo_fw-la in_o gaudium_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la illum_fw-la introduxit_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la ei_fw-la obuiam_fw-la procedens_fw-la ad_fw-la portas_fw-la paradisi_fw-la gloria_fw-la &_o honore_fw-la coronavit_fw-la eum_fw-la i_o vidente_fw-la scitote_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la britannia_fw-la tanto_fw-la lumine_fw-la orbata_fw-la tanti_fw-la patroni_fw-la lugebit_fw-la absentiam_fw-la qui_fw-la gladio_fw-la domini_fw-la propter_fw-la malitiam_fw-la inhabitantium_fw-la semi_a evaginato_fw-la super_fw-la illam_fw-la ne_fw-la penitus_fw-la ad_fw-la internitionem_fw-la extractus_fw-la percuteret_fw-la semetipsun_fw-it opponebat_fw-la tradens_fw-la tradet_fw-la dominus_fw-la britanniam_fw-la exteris_fw-la nationibus_fw-la deum_fw-la ignorantibus_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o à_fw-la paganis_fw-la ab_fw-la indigenis_fw-la evacuabitur_fw-la insula_fw-la christianae_n legis_fw-la religio_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la praefinitum_fw-la tempus_fw-la dissipabitur_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o pristinum_fw-la stati●…_n immo_fw-la meliorem_fw-la miserante_fw-la deo_fw-la iterum_fw-la reparabitur_fw-la 14._o our_o protestant_n historian_n do_v likewise_o relate_v the_o actual_a change_n of_o religion_n here_o then_o for_o the_o better_a and_o for_o better_a 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