Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	apostle_n	error_n	spirit_n	1,694	5	5.1563	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86612	The pagan preacher silenced. Or, an answer to a treatise of Mr. John Goodwin, entituled, the pagans debt & dowry. Wherein is discovered the weaknesse of his arguments, and that it doth not yet appear by scripture, reason, or the testimony of the best of his own side, that the heathen who never heard of the letter of the Gospel, are either obliged to, or enabled for the believing in Christ; and that they are either engaged to matrimonial debt, or admitted to a matrimonial dowry. Wherein also is historically discovered, and polemically discussed the doctrin of Universal grace, with the original, growth and fall thereof; as it hath been held forth by the most rigid patrons of it. / By Obadiah Howe, A.M. and pastor of Horne-Castle in Lincolnshire. With a verdict on the case depending between Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Howe, by the learned George Kendal, DD.	Howe, Obadiah, 1615 or 16-1683.; Kendall, George, 1610-1663.	1655 (1655)	Wing H3051; Thomason E851_16; ESTC R207423	163,028	140

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efficere_fw-la possunt_fw-la virtutes_fw-la acta_fw-la synod_n art_n 4._o p._n 725._o quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la ethnicos_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la christi_fw-la nomen_fw-la non_fw-la pervenit_fw-la illos_fw-la tali_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la absolutè_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la aut_fw-la fidem_fw-la sufficient_a praeditos_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la saepe_fw-la supra_fw-la diximus_fw-la corvin_n in_o mol._n cap._n 37._o sect._n 11._o but_o now_o be_v make_v appear_v through_o the_o appear_a of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o have_v bring_v immortality_n and_o life_n to_o light_v through_o the_o gospel_n 2_o tim._n 1.10_o if_o i_o have_v not_o come_v and_o speak_v to_o they_o they_o have_v have_v no_o sin_n john_n 15.22_o london_n print_v by_o th._n maxey_n for_o john_n rothwell_n at_o the_o fountain_n and_o bear_n in_o cheapside_n 1655._o intelligent_a reader_n dedication_n and_o epistle_n plead_v prescription_n to_o commit_v a_o treatise_n to_o the_o wide_a world_n without_o these_o phylactery_n will_v 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259._o thus_o quibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la si_fw-la recte_fw-la usi_fw-la fuissent_fw-la deus_fw-la ulteriorem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ill●s_fw-la concessurus_fw-la est_fw-la arm._n antiperk_n 259._o all_o man_n have_v some_o knowledge_n of_o the_o power_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o such_o gift_n which_o if_o they_o use_v well_o god_n be_v ready_a to_o give_v further_a grace_n where_o we_o have_v it_o call_v grace_n only_o by_o intimation_n not_o express_o he_o say_v god_n will_v give_v more_o grace_n which_o phrase_n more_o grace_n imply_v some_o precede_a grace_n yet_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v more_o large_o thus_o 218._o thus_o vide_fw-la mihi_fw-la anon_o isto_fw-la dicto_fw-la habenti_fw-la d●bitur_fw-la promissio_fw-la ista_fw-la contineatur_fw-la quâ_fw-la spondet_fw-la deus_fw-la e_fw-la supernaturali_fw-la g●at●â_fw-la illumm●turum_fw-la qui_fw-la lu_o rind_n naturali_fw-la rectè_fw-la utitar_n aut_fw-la saltem_fw-la minùs_fw-la malè_fw-la antiperk_n 218._o consider_v 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it_o be_v very_o improvident_o do_v of_o they_o to_o let_v the_o whole_a credit_n of_o their_o cause_n hang_v upon_o their_o bare_a assertion_n for_o they_o do_v not_o produce_v one_o scripture_n in_o all_o their_o writing_n to_o prove_v that_o god_n give_v divine_a assist_a grace_n to_o enable_v man_n to_o use_v the_o light_n of_o nature_n well_o and_o here_o the_o question_n concern_v universal_a grace_n stick_v betwixt_o we_o they_o affirm_v that_o god_n give_v to_o all_o man_n assist_v grace_n to_o use_v the_o light_n of_o nature_n well_o we_o on_o the_o other_o side_n deny_v it_o and_o provoke_v they_o to_o produce_v one_o place_n of_o scripture_n to_o prove_v it_o and_o they_o have_v not_o produce_v it_o yet_o to_o his_o day_n when_o molineus_n in_o his_o anatomy_n of_o arminianism_n 2._o quod_fw-la dicis_fw-la falsum_fw-la est_fw-la chap._n 39_o sec_fw-la 2._o charge_v they_o thus_o god_n it_o no_o where_o say_v to_o give_v to_o all_o man_n supernatural_a grace_n to_o use_v the_o light_n of_o nature_n well_o corvinus_n only_o answer_v thus_o that_o which_o thou_o say_v be_v false_a when_o it_o have_v

conversion_n and_o faith_n and_o those_o to_o eternal_a life_n hence_o they_o infer_v that_o that_o common_a grace_n be_v mediate_o save_v but_o i_o herein_o break_v the_o chain_n and_o have_v prove_v that_o they_o be_v not_o disposition_n to_o regeneration_n but_o many_o of_o they_o effect_n of_o regeneration_n to_o which_o they_o themselves_o grant_v all_o man_n have_v not_o sufficient_a grace_n and_o therefore_o not_o to_o those_o invent_a action_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n to_o nothing_o second_o i_o shall_v further_o examine_v whether_o if_o we_o grant_v that_o such_o work_n be_v disposition_n to_o convert_v g●●_n they_o can_v prove_v that_o all_o man_n have_v a_o sufficiency_n of_o mean_n to_o do_v a●l_o those_o particular_n mention_v viz._n to_o know_v god_n desire_v good_a thirst_n after_o save_a grace_n grieve_v for_o sin_n strive_v against_o in_o ●r●inate_a desire_n etc._n etc._n whether_o have_v all_o man_n sufficient_a mea●s_n to_o do_v ●hes●_n and_o this_o be_v most_o direct_o pertinent_a to_o our_o purpose_n they_o must_v affirm_v it_o i_o may_v deny_v it_o and_o to_o clear_v it_o i_o thus_o proceed_v corvinus_n treat_v about_o sufficient_a grace_n thus_o say_v 2._o say_v monemus_fw-la iterum_fw-la qu●cquid_fw-la de_fw-la suffic●entia_fw-la dicimus_fw-la assistentiae_fw-la sp●ritus_fw-la tribui_fw-la à_fw-la n●bis_fw-la c._n 8._o sect_n 2._o this_o i_o give_v as_o a_o caution_n that_o always_o when_o we_o speak_v of_o sufficiency_n we_o intend_v it_o to_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n out_o of_o which_o word_n i_o can_v draw_v out_o no_o other_o meaning_n but_o this_o that_o they_o do_v n●t_o hold_v any_o sufficiency_n where_o there_o be_v not_o the_o actual_a assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n then_o i_o p●sse_v to_o another_o expression_n of_o he_o in_o the_o same_o ch●●ter_n ●hus_o 8._o ●hus_o non_fw-la statuimus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la habitualem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la communem_fw-la sed_fw-la 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nature_n of_o sufficiency_n and_o that_o be_v whether_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v true_o say_v to_o be_v sufficient_a to_o the_o work_n of_o any_o good_a in_o man_n but_o what_o be_v efficient_a and_o see_v we_o be_v so_o fair_o lead_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o own_o concession_n i_o shall_v assume_v that_o liberty_n at_o this_o time_n to_o deny_v it_o and_o to_o say_v that_o no_o grace_n be_v sufficient_a to_o conversion_n or_o to_o work_v any_o good_a but_o what_o be_v efficient_a and_o do_v actual_o work_v it_o and_o to_o prove_v it_o i_o shall_v in_o the_o first_o place_n make_v use_n of_o their_o definition_n of_o sufficiency_n in_o general_a which_o be_v that_o it_o be_v a_o position_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v requisite_a and_o necessary_a to_o that_o action_n to_o which_o a_o sufficiency_n be_v grant_v second_o i_o must_v also_o adapt_v the_o question_n to_o the_o particular_a state_n and_o condition_n of_o man_n as_o he_o be_v now_o corrupt_a and_o fall_v and_o by_o 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call_v but_o also_o excite_v man_n drown_v in_o sin_n

guilty_a of_o to_o forge_v such_o a_o gloss_n against_o the_o clear_a text_n at_o this_o turn_n when_o yet_o they_o be_v force_v to_o relinquish_v it_o in_o another_o second_o to_o consider_v the_o answer_n of_o the_o contra-remonstrants_a to_o this_o argument_n thus_o faith_n be_v take_v two_o way_n either_o for_o faith_n present_a or_o for_o faith_n fore-seen_a the_o text_n run_v upon_o faith_n present_a but_o the_o question_n upon_o faith_n foresee_v therefore_o the_o text_n can_v agree_v with_o the_o question_n to_o this_o answer_n although_o very_o pertinent_a and_o plausible_a yet_o the_o remonstrant_n with_o a_o open_a mouth_n reply_v thus_o ibi_fw-la thus_o quis_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la quàm_fw-la contra-remonstrant_a haerent_fw-la quia_fw-la apostoli_fw-la pronunciatum_fw-la est_fw-la absolututum_fw-la &_o universale_fw-la sine_fw-la fide_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la deo_fw-la placere_fw-la act._n synod_n ibi_fw-la who_o see_v not_o the_o contra-remonstrants_a to_o be_v 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with_o they_o shall_v reply_v these_o thing_n i_o prevent_v he_o and_o ease_v myself_o in_o put_v thing_n as_o far_o as_o i_o may_v or_o if_o mr._n goodwin_n please_v to_o interpose_v other_o reply_n i_o be_o ready_a to_o receive_v they_o or_o if_o this_o place_n or_o phrase_n do_v not_o please_v mr._n goodwin_n i_o shall_v give_v he_o another_o and_o so_o let_v he_o take_v both_o together_o thus_o if_o no_o man_n that_o be_v in_o the_o flesh_n can_v please_v god_n than_o not_o the_o heathen_a by_o all_o their_o improvement_n only_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n but_o no_o man_n that_o be_v in_o the_o flesh_n can_v please_v god_n rom._n 8.6_o 7._o therefore_o the_o heathen_a can_v please_v god_n etc._n etc._n this_o argument_n be_v ground_v on_o this_o all_o man_n till_o regenerate_v be_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o so_o long_o as_o they_o remain_v only_o with_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n they_o be_v unregenerate_v till_o these_o argument_n be_v answer_v i_o shall_v conclude_v that_o 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