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	faith_n	work_n	2,131	5	5.9364	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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7_o long-suffer_v as_o punish_v iniquity_n as_o pardon_v sin_n be_v not_o knowable_a by_o moses_n a_o man_n well_o verse_v in_o the_o creation_n as_o a_o historian_n until_o it_o be_v discover_v and_o reveal_v by_o a_o high_a dictator_n than_o nature_n 9_o justitia_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la dei_fw-la quâ_fw-la omne_fw-la rectè_fw-la juxta_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la ipso_fw-la convenire_fw-la dictat_fw-la sayientia_fw-la ejus_fw-la administrat_fw-la arm._n disp_n priu._n thes_n 21._o equitas_fw-la est_fw-la secundum_fw-la quam_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la omne_fw-la fiunt_fw-la juxta_fw-la non_fw-la ā_o et_fw-la praescriptum_fw-la sap_n entiae_fw-la ejus_fw-la episcop_n part._n 2._o disp_n 9_o 2._o suppose_v that_o a_o heathen_a man_n can_v know_v by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n that_o god_n be_v just_a tanquam_fw-la in_fw-la actu_fw-la primo_fw-la yet_o how_o can_v he_o know_v that_o his_o justice_n consist_v in_o be_v infinite_o bend_v in_o hatred_n and_o severity_n against_o 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