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	hear_v	see_v	2,202	5	3.2179	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86014	The Quakers shaken, or, a warning against quaking. Being I. A relation of the conversion and recovery of John Gilpin, of Kendall in Westmorland, who was not only deluded, but possessed with the devill. II. A vindication of the said John Gilpin, from the aspersions of the Quakers. III. Twelve lying blasphemous prophecies of James Milner of Beakly in Lancashire; delivered by him Novemb. 14, 15, 16. IV. A relation of a horrid buggery committed by Hugh Bisbrown, a Quaker, with a mare. V. A relation of one Cotton Crosland of Ackworth in York-shire, a professed Quaker, who hanged himself.; Quakers shaken	Gilpin, John, 17th cent.	1655 (1655)	Wing G771; Thomason E831_25; ESTC R207504	16,588	23

other devils worse then himself telling me withall that he was Christ and solliciting me to entertain and imbrace him as I had done formerly I resisted the suggestions of this power for a time having been so often deluded whereupon as a motive to perswade me to entertain it he represented to my memorie all or most of the remarkable passages of my life both in England and Scotland told me how long I should live viz. ten years and where I should die viz. at London that I had a weak body but he would strengthen it and thereupon caused me to rub my body all over with my hands at which instant I conceived my body to receive strength the members thereof to be more in substance then before with divers other passages promising me prosperity in the world and speaking these words to me Joh. 4. 29. Behold a man that hath told thee all things that ever thou didst is not this Christ whereupon I was at last perswaded to imbrace this power thinking that it was Christ indeed whereupon I was presently sensible of a working throughout my whole body which soon ceased and then I thought that my condition was good and Christ to be really in me afterwards this power told me that I had highly offended God in all my former passages in giving way to Satan and that I was guilty of all sins except that against the Holy Ghost but told me that I did it ignorantly and therefore he had pitty on me I was further perswaded by the same power that I should lie seemingly dead which I did not daring to stir till the power moved me Lying thus a while the power began first to move one of my legs and then the other after that my hands then my head at last my whole body causing me to sit up in my bed telling me that thus should my body be quickened raised up again at the last day then the power told me that I must pull off my shirt and my cap and the napkin which I had about my neck saying that whatsoever was about me was polluted and that he bated the Garments spotted with the flesh whereupon I pull'd them off and threw them on the ground uttering these same words that I bated the Garment spotted with the flesh the power also told me that all my bonds were broken my cords loosened that Christ had set me free whereupon calling for a clean shirt and other linnen I arose concluding my self to be in a good condition yet finding my self being up no better nor my body more strengthened but rather weakned I began to see that I had been deluded in this last busines as formerly whereupon I was strucken with fear walking into the Garden I thought one while that the Devil would pull me into the earth and another while that he would pull me into the air so that I was afraid to continue abroad and came again into the house and suspected every thing that I heard to be the Devil waiting to fetch me away being in this perplexity of soul I began to consider how grievously I had offended God in rejecting the use of all externall means as reading hearing prayer c. in the use whereof God hath commanded us to wait upon him and therefore that it was most just with him to leave me to my self and to give me over to strong delusion that I should believe lies which was my condition for a time by the just judgement of God upon me as for other provocations so especially for reiecting the revealed will of God in his word and hearkning only to a voyce within me because what was spoken by it was seconded by lying wonders of which God hath given notice in his word that so his people might not give credit to them nor be deluded by them I hope the Reader will so far give heed to what I have related concerning my self as to le●rn thereby to take heed of being imposed upon by the devil though he doth transform himself into an Angell of light which advantage if any reap by it I have my end it hath been no small burthen to my conscience since Gods gracious deliverance of me from this snare that I should so far gratifie the grand Adversary as not only to listen to his suggestions imbrace his voice for the voice of Christ but also wholy to neglect those means in the constant conscientious use whereof God hath promised to reveal himself unto his people to give in comfort to them which because I found not though through my own default I did in effect say why should I wait on the Lord any longer and so turned unto lying vanities O! that all who affect novelties would seriously consider of it take warning by it for Turpi 〈…〉 withstand the Devil at his first assault than to expect him being once admitted Many besides my self have been and are in the like condition but few or none to whom the Lord hath manifested his grace in such a manner as to my self I had before this made this known to the world had I had tranquillity of conscience and composure of Spirit which blessing the Lord having in his Grace restored to me I desire the Christian Reader to joyn with me in returning praises unto the Lord for his goodnesse towards me I rest fully perswaded and I think it doth evidently appear by what is mentioned in this Relation to persons unpreiudiced that my quaking and trembling was of the Devil that I was acted wholy and solely by him whilst in this condition and I do really believe that others in the like condition which I was then in would be of the same mind with me upon serious tryall of their condition by the principles of Christian Religion and sanctified Reason Lest the strangeness of some passages in this Relation should put the faith of any one upon the rack or make them question the truth thereof I have not only given testimony my self of it by subscribing my name but also procured severall persons of known fidelity living in or neere Kendall ●hose names are under written to testifie the probabilitie if not the certainty of the truth of it by what they have seen and heard JOHN GILPIN I believe this Relation to be true Edward Turner Maior of Kendall By what I have heard of the carriage of John Gilpin and his actings J do believe this Relation to be true Jo. Archer J saw him when he went through the Town declaring himself the way truth and life Ja. Cock We believe this Relation to be true T. Walker Pastor of Kendall J. Myriell Master of the Free-Schoole there Rich. Prissoe Thomas Sands Allan Gilpin John Washington Robert Fisher FOr the prevention of any suspition of the truth of what this contained in this Relation the Reader is desired to take notice not only of the fidelity of those witnesses who have subscribed their names to