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	damn_v	delusion_n	1,893	5	11.0930	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30025	A short view of the Antinomian errours with a briefe and plaine answer to them, as the heads of them lye in order in the next page of this book : being a nest of cursed errors hatched by hereticks, fed and nourished by their proselites : being taken as they were flying abroad were brought as the eagle doth her young ones to see if they could endure to looke upon the sun-beams of truth with fixed eyes, the which they could not : were presently adjudged to be a bastard brood, and their necks chopt off, and their carkasses throwne to the dunghill.	Bakewell, Thomas, b. 1618 or 19.	1643 (1643)	Wing B537; ESTC R38704	43,620	40

spirit that are wrought in his people I meane such as these 2 Cor. 7.11 tell them what carefulnesse godly sorrow hath wrought in you and they will answer that their care is taken and what a cleering of your selves and they will say that they are as cleere from sinne as Christ and of anger for sinne and they will say that they have none to be angry at and of feare to offend God and they will say that they cannot sinne to offend him tell them of a desire to please God and they will say that Christ hath done that already and what need they to trouble themselves tell them of a zeale for Gods glory and revenge on sinne and they will say these are legall things which they are freed from and so of all other graces they know not what we meane But they have faith to see that all is done by Christ without faith or application onely when faith is come by it they can see what was done in them before and without it they say Christ lives in them and acts and moves them as we move a stone and they are still as an empty trunke for his spirit to move in so that nothing is required of them but onely to let the spirit of God-doe his owne vvorke in them and by them they remaine still but dead stones they are not acquainted with that principle of life that is put into Gods people they are not as yet made living stones but they like Balaams Asse remaine as they were a though shee speake with mans voyce yet an Asse still and so are they but the child of God is quickned that vvas dead in trespasses and sinnes Ephe. 2.1 saith Christ ●he that heareth my word and beleeveth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death to life Joh. 5.24 from all this vve may cleerly see that duties of obedience are required of beleevers and they will be easily convinced of it that are living members of the misticall body of Christ and living stones in his spirituall building but for dead stones and empty trunkes we wonder not much at their folly which breaks out into all licentiousnesse and abominable practises as for example a woman prostrating her selfe to uncleannesse said you thinke that you should sinne if you should lye with me but what law doth forbid it unto us O horrible practise of lawlesse people but when they see any to live as neer the rule of Gods law as they can those they reproach with such names as these duty-mongers duty-doers followers of legall preachers scorning that word of God which condemnes their sinfull courses and to expresse their dislike of the duties of holinesse they say What have we to doe with the dungie durty duties of sanctification we thanke God through Jesus Christ we have nothing to doe with them these they say are workes for home-booke Christians they tell us that beleevers doe duties onely in respect of men for God requires none at their hands they are so deluded that a woman said Jesus Christ came and tooke her by the hand and asked her why shee was so sad and bad her leave off her mourning for sinne and be cheerfull for shee greatly dishonoured the Gospell in being troubled for her sinnes another as shee was sitting by the fire Christ came to her and bad her pray for such a one of her acquaintance that she may have assurance which she did and presently the party received by a light from Heaven full assurance and another said nothing troubled her so much as the time shee had spent in prayer and other duties which held her so long from her comfort these are they that will not be guided by the law of God who are given up to strong delusions to beleeve lyes that they may be damned who beleeve not the truth 2 Thess 2.11 12. But when these men with their owle eyes cannot abide the Sun-beames of cleare Scripture against them they would hide themselves with some humane testimonies wrested and distorted from the true meaning and intention of their alleadged Authors First they boast highly that Master Luther is theirs wholly and they hold nothing in this point but what they sucked from his breasts but by this instance you may see how they serve the rest for Master Luther was so farre from being an Antinomean that no man doth more expresly and soundly overthrow and contradict this wicked opinion then he neither can any man desire a stronger humane witnesse against them then Master Luther read his words with a pause and judge satan saith he stirreth up daily new Sects and now he hath raised up a sect of such as teach that the ten Commandements are to be taken out of the Church and that men should not be terrified with the law see this in Luthers Preface to his Commentary on the Gal. and in pag. 171. he speaketh of three sorts of men that abuse the law first those that seeke justification by the law secondly those that will utterly exempt a Christian man from the law and on page 153. he admonisheth all those that feare God that they would learne out of Paul to understand the true and proper use of the law which I feare saith he after our time will be troden under foot and abolished by the enemies of the truth but if Master Luther thought that Christ had abolished the law he would never desire men fearing God to learne the true use of it and if he feared that men would abolish it then sure he thought in his judgement that it ought not to be abolished and if he esteeme them that would abolish it to be enemies to the truth then sure he is not their Patron and in page 154. he saith we doe plainly testifie that we reject not the law nor workes as our adversaries doe falsly accuse us but we doe altogether establish the law and require the workes thereof and we say the law is good and profitable and chap. 5.14 page 154. saith he it is necessary that godly Preachers should as diligently teach the doctrine of good workes as the doctrine of faith for satan is a deadly enemy of both but then is Luther an Antinomean doth he not directly contradict your foolish tenents and disclaime you as adversaries and false accusers you reject the law and workes but he rejecteth neither you abolish the whole law but he establisheth it you reject them for legall preachers that teach not Christ aright who urge men to the duties of the law but he imposeth it as a necessary part of their office to urge the law as to teach the doctrine of faith for shame never claime Luther more But they object to small purpose that Luther should say Christ hath abolished all the law of Moses so I say too that he hath abolished all the ceremoniall law of Moses but they say he saith pag 177. man is not justified by Gods law nor