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	know_v	receive_v	2,838	5	4.8154	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95347	Tub-preachers overturn'd or Independency to be abandon'd and abhor'd as destructive to the majestracy and ministery, of the church and common-wealth of England. Proved in a satisfactory answer to a lybellous pamphlet, intituled A letter to Mr Thomas Edwards, with an infamous dedication. Shewing the vanity, folly, madness of the deboyst buff-coat, mechanick frize-coat, lay illiterate men and women, to usurpe the ministery, and audaciously vent their own hereticall opinions, in their hous- (alias tub) -- preachings. viz. Wiet a cobler. Robine a sadler. Sammon a sho-maker. Barde a smith. Kiffin a glover. Patience a taylor. Tue a girdler. Wilkin the meal-man. Fletcher a cooper. Hobson a taylor. Oates a button-maker. Ives a box-maker. Barbone a lether-seller. Parvis a gold-smith. Lamb a sope-boyler. Bignall a porter. Henshaw a confectioner, alias infectioner. Bulcher a chicken-man. Hawes a broaker. Duper a cow-keeper. Reader, I cannot inform thee of their christen names because 'tis questionable whether they have any.		1647 (1647)	Wing T3207; Thomason E384_7; ESTC R201446	10,578	16

Tub-preachers overturn'd OR ●ndependency to be abandon'd and abhor'd ●s destructive to the Majestracy and Ministery of the Church and Common-wealth of England Proved in a satisfactory Answer to a Lybellous Pamphlet Intituled A Letter to Mr Thomas Edwards with an infamous Dedication Shewing the Vanity folly madness of the deboyst Buff-coate Mechanick Frize-coat Lay illiterate men and women to usurpe the Ministery and Audaciously vent their own Hereticall opinions in their hous alias Tub Preachings viz. Wiet a Cobler Robine a Sadler Sammon a Sho-maker Barde a Smith Kiffin a Glover Patience a Taylor Tue a Girdler Willkin the Meal-man Fletcher a Cooper Hobson a Taylor Oates a Button-maker Ives a Box-maker Barbone a Lether-seller Parvis a Gold-smith Lamb a Sope-boyler Bignall a Porter Henshaw a Confectioner alias infectioner Bulcher a Chicken-man Hawes a Broaker Duper a Cow-keeper Reader I cannot inform thee of their christen names because 't is questionable whether they have any Jude ver 13. Raging waves of the Sea foaming out their own shame wandring stars to whom is reserved the blackness of Darkness for ever London Printed for George Lindsey and are to be sold at his shop over against London-stone 1647. Tub-Preachers overturned or Independency to be abandoned and abhorred as destructive to the Magistracy and Ministry of the Church and Common wealth of ENGLAND Proved in a satisfactory Answer to a Libellous Pamphlet Intituled A Letter to Mr Thomas Edwards with an infamous Dedication SIR Worthy Sir Reverend Honoured Grave Dear Friend Father Good Master WE cannot wonder at the loftiness of your looks nor at the exorbitant humour of your spirit when we find you so wofully bespattered and courted from every part of the Kingdom where Sathan we fear hath his Throne Sirrah you the Dictator that in the first word and line call your self we what loftiness of looks what humor of spirit behold you in Master Edwards or how wofully be spattered and courted from every part of the Kingdm which is in the first place amongst your too too many Errors a Contradiction to be bespattered and yet courted Sir I verily beleeve good Mr Edwards as in your ridiculous title is first good in withstanding to your face your most blasphemous evils secondly Master because by him you are ta●ght to amend your manners both of words and doctrines Sir He sets the sadle upon the right hose and has rid you till your gall●d backs compell you to kick But say you these courtings come from every part of the Kingdom where Sathan you fear hath his Throne By which I hope though ye like him have name and nature for name legions nature compassing all the parts of this Kingdom So like to him shal you fall like lightning if ye have two natures this is one of a Sectary The erring spirit transforms and makes to vary From what men should do most yea quite contrary Page 1. line 12. Our thoughts are extreamly divided we know not well whether to look upon you under the blindness of a deluded brother or perverseness of a resolved enemy having once we once beleeved received the knowledg of the truth we will put our charity on the tenters as you have put the Covenant What ribble rabble is this Sir I truly beleeve your thoughts are extreamly divided so your hearts your judgments I spare to say your wives Division is your delightful Harmony your musick 's Concord your thoughts hearts housholds Churches are divided You look upon him under the blindness of a deluded brother yet ye beleeve he once received the knowledg of the truth In this see your own blindness which your wall-eyes look under Not all your delusions of profits advancements which your party hath encroached upon in your new moulded Church-Conventicle-gatherings could be able to shake his foundation nor could he having once the knowledg of the truth be deceived by your errors by all your glozing specious pretences of New-Light Christ upon his Throne Godly Party Free-grace Saints Comfort of beleevers Divine Light Pilgrim of the Saints and Honey-comb and a thousand sweet lyes in them to have a man go slumbring to hell in a feather-bed If Mr Edwards recites to the world the ungodly blasphemous unworthyness of your ways in your own Dialect you fell fouly with him and cry out Persecution the ruine of the Saints c. As though you should go on in your crooked erroneous paths uncontrouled or unrecalled and then if you afford him as you have but few a good thought or word you stretch your charity upon the tenters as he the Covenant when it is notoriously known there hath not been in any age in Christendom like Covenant-breakers to your selves Malignants or others for which I thus brand you The Independent Crew throughout this Nation With eagerness pursue a Toleration For all Religions break their Covenant They once did make with God true Protestant Religion to maintain Sects Heresy To ' bandon and extirpate Popery Blasphemy Avarice by which I gather You THEN Delinquents were NOW perjur'd rather * If you rock not the Covenant Page first line last Sir in the so desperate Carreer give us leave sadly to ask you whence and whither so fast Sir I shal gladly resolve you this post-hast is to overtake you that so madly gallop into all the parrs of this Kingdom where you have vented your blasphemies the doctrine of devils therefore ask you so I beleeve Sathan may be truly said to have his Throne there where ye have crept into widdows houses and have bewitched or deceived silly women men and women servants children and since your entrance ye have like Fezabel painted your brazen fac'd pretences and look out of those uppermost windows No wonder then if Mr Edwards like Jehu drive on furiously for your outhrowing and destruction putting behind him all your messengers of threats and flatteries to peace with you I dare be bold to affirm if ye persist that if the dogs lick not up your blood yet the black Ravens of the valley shall pick out your eyes Page 2. line 14. God shal smite thee thou whited wall that thut in the pride of thy heart flyest in his face and strikest at the very apple of his eye Sirrah call you zealous Mr Edwards a whited wall Sir pray observe the Apostles doctrine and fellowship judge your selves and then if your feared conscience and judgment blinded through too too much New-Light I le inform them and tell truth Your painted Sepulchres nought but ignomy and hollow-hearted rottenness within a noisome cage of unclean birds I should say beasts Sir cal not your party that brood of crocodiles the very apple of Gods eye for very shame to them that know you to be the devils spectacles but because hee s old and crased your New-Lights alias old Heresies and Blasphemies long since adjudged and condemned by all former Councels and Sinods makes him behold you the clearer you Sir are Arrians Antinomians Libertines Soul-sleepers Anti baptists