Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	church_n	err_v	1,967	5	9.6697	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16945	A sermon very notable, fruictefull, and godlie made at Paules crosse the. xii. daie of Noue[m]bre, in the first yere of the gracious reigne of our Souereigne ladie Quene Marie her moste excellente highnesse, by Iames Brokis Doctor of Diuinitie, [and] master of Bailye College in Oxforth, with certein additions, whiche he at the tyme of vttering, for auoidyng of tediousnes, was faine to omitte.	Brooks, James, 1512-1560.	1553 (1553)	STC 3838; ESTC S117364	39,014	158

the Spirite of trueth to abide with you to the worldes ende to instructe you in all kinde of trueth as by this absurditie vnreasonablenesse which Tertullian gathereth to ensue of the contraire Age nūc omnes errauerint deceptus sit Apostolus non respexerit Spiritus sanctus uti Ecclesiam in ueritate deduceret ad hoc missus a Christo ad hoc postulatus à patre ut esset doctor ueritatis Neglexit officiū Dei Villicus Christi Vicarius sinēs Ecclesias aliter interim intelligere aliter credere que quod ipse per Apostolos praedicabat quid uerisimile est ut tot ac tantae in unam fidē errauerint Et m●x Interea perperam euāgelizabatur perperam credebatur tot millia millium perperam tincta tot opera fidei perperā ministrata tot uirtutes tot charismat● perperā operata tot sacerdotia tot ministeria perperā fūcta tot denique Martyria perperam inuacuum Go to now saith he admit all haue erred admit the Apostle hath been deceiued toe admitte the holy Ghoste hath not regarded to leade the Churche in the waie of trueth for that purpose being sent of Christ for that purpose being sued for frō the father to bee the teacher of trueth admitte Goddes Baiely Christes vicar regarded not his dutie suffring the churches otherwise for a seasō to vnderstand beleue then that he by thappostles preached is this likely that so many and so gret churches haue erred in thunitie of faith And a litle after marke what absurdities he reciteth In the meane time saith he it must be graunted y t the Gospel was mispreached the worde of God misbeleued so many thousande thowsandes mischristened so many workes of faith misministred so many miracles so many godly giftꝭ miswroughte so many presthods so many ministeries misexecuted briefly so many martyrdoms in vaine missuffred And this much for this point Thirdly our mother the holie catholike churche in that she hath children to nourish and instructe she hathe aucthoritie to make lawes tradicions and or dinaunces for them for the better conseruation of order and the more reuerent ministration of the worde of God For otherwise why did the Apostle geue tradicions Why did he say Haec ego dico non Dominus This is my saiyng and not the lordes Why did he reproue certein for breaking customes of preching of praiyng of cutting heire not conteined in scripture Why did S. Ihon the Baptist bind his disciples to certeine fastes and certeine Praiers besides the scripture Why did S. Iames by the consent of the rest make a decree that euery man should abstein from strangled beasres from bloud and from thynges offred vp to Idolles which no Scripture commannded Why durst the Apostle after that decree make himselfe so bolde as so saie all thinges are cleane to the cleane and whatsoeuer cometh to the shambles that eate you hardelye Why durste our forefathers againe accordyng to the time be so bolde as in a sort to make a restraint herof The holie Doctour S. Augustine in this behalfe letteth not this muche to saie ▪ In hijs rebus de quibus nil cert● statuit Scriptura mos populi Dei instituta maiorum pro legetenenda sunt sicut praeuaricatores diuinarum legum ita contemptores Ecclesiasticarum constitutionum coercendi sunt In suche thinges wherein the scripture doeth determe no certentie the custome of Godlie people and the decrees of the elders are to be kept for a law and loke how the transgressoures of Goddes lawes are to be punished so are the contemners of the ecclesiasticall cōstitutiōs punishable in like maner And I neuer yeat hearde prooued that any suche cōstitutiō by the whole churche approoued was euer hitherto by any good mā reproued But rather taken alwaies as a veritie confirmed no more after to be doubted disputed or reasoned vpon as the same Saint Augustine againe in an other place affirmeth saiyng Vnde haec cur ita facienda sint disputare insolentissimae insaniae est When thinges are ones throughly agreed vpon ▪ and decided ones ratified and confirmed by the catholike churche afterwarde to dispute and reason why thei ought so to be it is a poincte of most proude madnes and most madde proudenesse Christ he saied who that is not with me he is against me And the churche cōuerting y e same she saith who that is not againe Christe he is with Christ Christ he said I●iuniate Fast you tellyng neyther howe neyther whan The Churche shee hath tolde bothe how and when Christ he saied Orate pray you and added semper euer But that euer I feare me woulde bee turned into neuer with some if the lawes of the churche were not Al other thinges for the most part whiche our Sauiour Christe saied and commaunded excepte the Churche hadde added the time the place the circumstaunce the maner woulde perhappes be obserued of some not al of y e best I had almost said not at al And this muche for this point Furthermore our mother y e holy catholike church in y t she hath to her childrē al faithful christiās both good bad as it appereth by the parables of the net the vine the floore the ten virgins and other mo shee cannot bee as some woulde haue her inuisible hid vnknowen althoughe the Churche taken for thonely predestinate be such in very dede For if that wer true as it is as false as they that saie it Howe then coulde the churche be assembled of Christ to a citie set on a high hil which cannot be hid Non potest ciuitas abscondi supra montem posita How then coulde the obstinate offender be cōuented before the churche as Christ willeth hym to be dic Ecclesiae how thē could the churche be persecuted of S. Paul as himself witnesseth she was ●secutꝰ sū ecclesiā de● how thē could Herod lai hād to take afflict cērtein of the churches mēbres as S Luke affirmeth he did Misit Herodes rex manus ut affligeret quosdam de Ecclesia Could the mēbres of a churche inuisible hid and vnknowen be takē imprisoned and afflicted of any man at lest wittinglie What reasonable man callyng to his remembraunce any reason at all will not thinke it vtterly vnreasonable This was the filthie sinke and swillowe of all these tragedies whiche hathe raged well nighe ouer all Christendome oute of the which hath roked of late so many stinkyng filthie contagious Heresies as sins Christes passion hath neuer the like ben heard of attones And no merueil ▪ when the hedge is broken euery man lightely goeth ouer For this gappe ones opened that y e church is inuisible hid vnknowē when thei fere not the censure and verdicte of the visible open knowen church thei affirme decree and define vncontrouledlie what euer to eche one semeth best And this muche for this