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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	faith_n	reveal_v	5,457	5	8.8529	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76775	The black and terrible vvarning piece: or, a scourge to Englands rebellion. Truly representing, the horrible iniquity of the times; the dangerous proceedings of the ranters, and the holding of no Resurrection by the shakers, in Yorkshire and elsewhere. With the several judgements of the most high and eternal Lord God, upon all usurpers, who deny His law, and His truth; and the manner how 130 children were taken away by the devil, and never seen no more; and divers others taken, rent, torn, and cast up and down from room to room, by strange and dreadfull spirits, appearing in the shapes of, a black boar, a roaring lyon, an English statesman, and a Roman fryer. Extracted out of the elaborate works of Bishop Hall, and Sir Kenelm Digby; and published for general satisfaction, to all Christian princes, states, and common-wealths in Europe.	Hall, George, 1612?-1668.; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.	1653 (1653)	Wing B3039; Thomason E721_7; ESTC R207217	4,352	8

The Black and Terrible VVARNING PIECE OR A SCOURGE TO Englands Rebellion Truly Representing The horrible Iniquity of the Times the dangerous Proceedings of the Ranters and the holding of no Resurrection by the Shakers in Yorkshire and elsewhere With the several Judgements of the most High and Eternal Lord God upon all Usurpers who deny His Law and His Truth and the manner how 130 Children were taken away by the Devil and never seen no more and divers others taken rent torn and cast up and down from Room to Room by strange and dreadfull Spirits appearing in the shapes of A Black Boar A Roaring Lyon An English Statesman And a Roman Fryer EXtracted out of the elaborate Works of Bishop Hall and Sir Kenelm Digby And published for general satisfaction to all Christian Princes States and Common-wealths in Europe LONDON Printed for George Horton 1653. The Black and Terrible WARNING PIECE AMongst the rest of the strange and Infidel opinions sprung up in these our tottering and staggering times there is a generation most erroniously c●ept within the bounds of this Nation who hold themselves to be above Ordinances and that they have walked through all dispensations denying the sacred Scriptures the Resurrection of the Saints and like the sons of Perdition contemn all Gospel promises and Christian priviledges saying that there is no God no Divel no Heaven no● Hell and that the soul is mortal denying likewise that the Son of God commeth with recovering Grace and discoveries and tenders of a spiritual and eternal Happinesse and Glory But to confute them of their Errors and to evince and make forth unto the world that there is a God we need look no further then Iustin Martirs Sermon ad Gentes proving the unity of the Godhead out of the Heathens themselves Orpheus the Sybils Sophocles Homer Plato Pythagoras c. Nay further hear what Seneca saith if the Dev●ll be so diligent as to deceive men of eternal Happinesse and bring them to unspeakable misery then sure there is such a happinesse and misery and the former being true ergo the latter for saith he as the joys of heaven are beyond our conceiving so also are the pains of Hell everlasting torment is unconceivable torment Alas doth it not plainly tell us that there is a Divell labouring to deprive man of his Happinesse when men are drawn to commit such monstrous sins Such cruelty as the Romans used to the Jews at the taking of Jerusalem so many thousand Christians so barbarously murthered such bloudy actions as those of Nero Sylla Calligula Messala Caracalla the Roman Pontiffs the French massacre the Gun powder plot the Spanish Inquisition and their murthering of 50 millions of Indians in 42 years according to the testimony of Acosta their Jesuite Men invading their own neighbours and brethren with an unquenchable thirst after their bloud and meerly because of their strictnesse in the common professed Religion as the late cruel wars in England have declared As touching the clear and frequent discovery of the verity of the Scriptures though many deformed Creatures in stead of reformed Christians in this latter Age say they are needless and deny the Authority thereof it is the Word of God as great Chamier calleth i● who likeneth it to the Revelations made to the Prophets and Apostles And indeed of what exceeding great necessity is it to the salvation of all true Beleevers to be soundly perswaded of the truth of Scripture As Gods own veracity is the prime Foundation of our Faith from which particular Axioms receive their verity so the Scripture is the principal foundation quod patefactionem Revealing to us what is of God without which Revelation it is impossible to beleeve Therefore should not the foundation be both surely and firmly laid the Superstructure cannot be firm where the foundation is sandy neither can the affections and actions of any be sound or strong where their Beleef is unsound or infirm Again Learned Mr. Pemble saith That the loose and unsetled Faith of many in these times in denying the Scripture and eternal Rest proceeds from the fiery Darts and forcible Engines of Satan And whereas many of them deny that the Soul of man remaineth and liveth after Death because they see nothing go from him but his breath it is undeniable but that the Saints do ascend to the most Highest Throne And this every true Beleever ought to apply unto himself implicitely Though many in this Age are grown to that impiety that they laugh at all that is said of another Life and say that there is no such thing as a Devil c. But famous Zanchy affirmeth that it is as clear as the Sun that the Air is full of Devils because besides Gods Word experience it self doth teach it and sundry arguments we shall here recite to maintain it to wit Luther affirmed of himself that at Coburge he oftimes had an Apparition of burning Torches the sight whereof did so affright him that he was near swooning Also in his own Garden the Devil appeared to him in the likenesse of a black Boar but then hs made light of it Sozomen in his Ecclesiastical History writes of Apelles a Smith famous in Aegypt for working Miracles who in the night while he was at work was tempted to uncleanness by the Devil appearing in the shape of a beautifull Woman And learned Cyprian saith that one like a glorious young man being the Apparition of a good Angel stood by one of his fellow Presbyters at his death as he was afraid and praying against death and said to him Are you afraid to suffer Are you afraid to go forth What shall I do with you As chiding him for his lothness to suffer death for Chr●st Yea Godly sober Melancton affirms that he had seen strange sights and Apparition and many credible persons of his acquaintance have told him that they have not onely seen them but had much talk with spirits Among the rest he mentions one of his Aunts who sitting sad at the fire after the death of her Husband there appeared one unto her in the likeness of her Husband and another like a Franciscan Frier The former told her that he was her Husband and came to tell her somewhat which was that she must hire some Priests to say certain Masses for him which he earnestly besought her Then he took her by the hand promising to do her no harm yet his hand so burned hers that it remained black ever after and so they vanished away Lavater also himself who hath writ a book wholly of Apparitions a Learned Godly Protestant Divine tells us That it was then an undeniable thing confirmed by the testimonnies of many honest and credible persons that sometime by night and sometime by day they have both seen and heard such things and that some going to bed had their cloaths plucked off them others heard somewhat lying down in the bed with them others heard it walking in the chamber by them saying