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	lie_n	pleasure_n	1,929	5	6.7621	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85147	The ranters principles & deceits discovered and declared against, denied and disowned by us whom the world cals Quakers. With a discovery of the mistery of the crosse of Christ. And a discovery of the true light and the false, with their wayes, worships, natures, properties and effects. &c. A vindication for the truth against the deceit. to clear the truth, of scandalls written for simple ones sake, that desire to know the truth as it is in Jesus.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1655 (1655)	Wing F501; Thomason E830_14; ESTC R207442	21,296	22

who lives in the lust the old nature and the fall know it not for great is the mistery of godlinesse from whence all purity springs and blessed are they who are reconciled to God and under the dominion and government of the spirit of truth where the pure life and the heavenly food is and spirituall lawes statutes and ordinances are to walk in and the Lord God and the Lamb the light and glory of the spirituall kingdom where all variecies is in their purity but who are yet reconciled to God are under the dominion of the Prince of darkness and sucks poison from the corrupt ●oor and so feeds the flesh and wallowes in the mire and lust of their own conceivings inventions and fleshly imaginations and so are under the curfe and wrath of the almighty but God hath not called us to uncleaness but to holiness 1 Thes 4. I know she vain light mind and the carelesse dark spring will say Object let the seed of the serpent be accursed and let it be damned so that God save his own I care not what he doth with me c. But be thou assured and know this Ans that as the seed of the serpent is accursed from God he that is joined to the seed of the serpent is one and body and soul and all is polluted by reason of sin and except thou know thy redemption by the power of the Lord to separate the seed of the serpent and thou asunder and to un●te thee to the power of truth thou wilt be accursed from God both soul and body and all that is one with the serpent and be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the presence of the holy Angels for as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over to 2 reprobate mind to work all uncleanesse with greedinesse 2 Thes 1.7 8. Rom. 1.18 29. and when they knew God they glorifi●d him not as God but became vain in their imaginations and their foolisih hearts were darkened for the mistery of iniquity doth work there strongly with all deceiveablenesse of unrighteousnesse in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a lye that they all might be damned who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousnesse 2 Thes 2.7 8 9 10 11 12. Thou maist say that there is no evil nor no Divell Object Ans but thou shalt knew that there is a Divell and a hell and a root from whence all evil doth proceed and though thou saist it is but a conceit yet be sure O vain man whatsoever thou art God will be aveanged of thee and suffer the tormented to plague thee for thy spirituall wickednesse blasphemy and despight to the spirit of grace for all sins and blasphemies against men shall be forgiven but the sin against the holy Ghost which is to sin wilfully after grace received and to speak evil of the power of truth that sin shall never be forgiven neither in this world nor in that which is to come Thou maist say it is but a conceit to tell of sin and the Divell Object Ans but it is but a deceit which tells thee there is none and so thou art swallowed up in uncleanesse and the custome of sin taketh away the conscience of sinning and thou art seared and makes no conscience of what thou dost but thou maist as well say it is but a conceit to say the Sun is not the Sun it is but a conceit to think so as to say there is no sin nor Divell but good and evil are all alike c. But will any who are endued with naturall knowledge believe thee if thou saist there is neither Sun nor Moon night nor day they are all alike only they conceive it to be day and night Sun-light and Moon-light but it is but their conceit that they have of these things But is it so because thou sayest so will not the very naturall man that hath his naturall sight and knowledge of those things tell thee thou art a lyar and speakes but only thy conceits and fleshly conceivings and carnall inventions but it is vain for thee to deceive one that hath his eyes in his head in those things But if it were to a naturall blind man that never saw any of these but were born blind thou mightest deceive him in those things soon to tell him there is neither night nor day Sun nor Moon but as mens conceits carrieth them forth to conceive of these things according to their low apprehensions that they have of those things thou mightest deceive a blind man in those things because that he never saw them but only as he heard others speak of them but he that seeth and knoweth or those things he will tell thee thou art a fool to labour to perswade him to believe thy conceits when he seeth it to the contrary evidently before his eyes So on the contrary to say there is neither God nor Divell heaven nor hell nor sin nor sorrow will any believe thee that knows those things whose eyes are in his head hath evidently seen the nature and property of these he that is born again and enlightened by the spirit of Jesus Christ knows that thou art a lyar to say that good and evil righteousnesse and unrigteousnesse is all one and proceeds from one root it is but only their low apprehensions and conceits to think otherwise as thou sayest but thy saying is false And I testify against thee that sayeth so be what thou wilt or who thou wilt thou art guided by a lying spirit and art of thy father the Divell who was a lyar from the beginning and the father of it Joh. 8. 44. the Divell that deceived thee was a lyar from the beginning and he hath since the beginning got into thy heart and hath been working upon thy imaginations and drawn thee out into conceits and carnall imaginations of things through the wiles and craftinesse of his deceiveablenesse whereby he hath plunged thee into the pit of inventions and divinations of thy own brain but thou art shut out of the truth and art blind and ignorant altogether of unfolding the divine and heavenly mystery and art kept in the fountain of filthinesse of the Divells suggestions who acteth thee by the power of darknesse and casts a mist before thy eyes the eyes of thy understanding that thou shouldst be blind and groap by thy faln wisdom and the knowledge in the history but art yet in wickednesse and deep in the mistery of iniquity and knowest nothing but the evil it self and calls that good but the wo is to thee that dost so for thou art blinded by seeking to comprehend the light by thy carnall wisdom thou mayest as well seek to comprehend the Sun in thy band for light

have came to the hidden name but not abiding under the wrath the light vain mind is got up in you and the flesh is at ease but wo to all careless ones that are at ease in Sion Rev. 3.12 Rev. 22.9 Rev. 21.27 so soon as the pure law did break out in force and give in some refreshment to the seed in prison and the love and joy did spring into the imprisoned seed from him who lives out of time to refresh that which is captivated by that which lives in times and time and so the will turned into the conceiving of something from what was made out to the seed and the faln wisdom joined with the corrupt will and got liberty from under the cross and the Divell he wrought strongly upon the imaginations and so sought to comprehend the light and drew a vail over the heart and there he acted in the mistery of the iniquity after the pure were vailed and he brought all into question and pleaded for liberty to the flesh through his workings upon the imaginations and the comprehensions by carnall reason and the faln wisdom joining to conceive and comprehend to have all at command and be as God knowing good and evil and now saith the Divell all is good and there is nothing evil but as thou conceivest it to be so and thou art brought into the knowledge of this that is all good and it was but thy weaknesse to think that there was any thing evil now thou art the son of God and thou knowest it all is thine take thy liberty and rejoyce let thy heart be merry use all things in righteousnesse and there is no sin in them thou hast been so crittick that thou couldst scarce look chearfully or partake of any thing that was for thy comfort but now thou art a son and thou seest how thou hast been kept from thy l●berty meerly through thy conceits and apprehensions of ev●l and an angry God against sin and fear least thou shouldest go into a place thou callest hell but saith he now thou maist see it was but the weak and low apprehensions in those things there is neither hell nor Divell nor any such thing but what as was in thee and thou hast got through those conceits now rejoyce and be merry and take thy pleasure use thy freedom thou art a son and if a son then an heir and thou maist laugh the heathen to scorn poor fooles that they should so deprive themselves of their liberty and freedom as they do and be bound so to false conceits as they are because that their judgements are not rightly informed to know all things to be good and this which they call sin to be but a conceit and that i● they knew their freedom they might rejoyce and he glad c. and thus the Devill he works strongly upon the imaginations when the light breakes forth and the love comes to be made manifest to the seed in prison not abiding in the crosse the will is seeking to comprehend and get out from under the judgement and here Satan doth delude and deceive under fair colours like an angell of light and leads out into fleshly love fleshly joy fleshly liberty and fleshly pleasures and calls all good and calleth that a freedom by the son but it is but by the son of perdition that doth exalt himself above all that is called God and that liberty which he leads into is a false liberty and thou shalt find it whoever thou art that takes his counsell after that the light do arise in thee then he useth all his devices to deceive withall which before were not known afterwards comes to be made known and wo to them that turn out of the strait way and the daily crosse to seek ease to the flesh there they took counsell of the Devill and he will work them into such a strong combination with the powers of darknesse that they shall find that of the Apostle to be true those that were once enlightened and have tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the world to come if they shall fall away to renew then again to repentance they crucify to themselves the son of God afresh and put him to an open shame and wo is thei● portion Heb. 6.4 5 6 7 8. for the earth that drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed receiveth blessing from God so do they that abide in the teaching and counsell of God who works them into a fruitfulnesse to bring praise to his name to receive his blessing which is as the dew of ●●aven to water nourish and comfort their souls but that nature which is contrary to the light and all that go out of the counsell of God and the daily crosse turneth into the crooked paths of fleshly delights and pleasures and dishonoureth the Lord and is as the ground that beareth nothing but thornes and is rejected and is nigh unto cursing and burning and so are they who turn the grace of God into wantonesse and lasciviousnesse and will not abide the fire and the sword to c●t down the thorny nature and the fleshly corrupt heart and to burn the earth and place of the serpents abode in them therefore must they know the eternall fire and vengeance of God to be revealed from heaven for they who sin wilfully after that they have received the knowledge of the truth there remains no more sacrifice for sin but a fearfull looking for of judgement and fiery indignation of the Lord which shall devour the adversaries Heb. 6.4 to the 8.2 Thes 1.6 7 8 9. Heb. 10.26 27. Look to your selves all Ranters and Libertines who turns the grace of God into wantonesse the Devill he hath deceived you and you seek to deceive others preaching to them liberty when you your selves are the servants of sin but wo and misery is your portion yet the Lord may pluck some as brands out of the fire that they may be witnesses for the truth against the deceits to forewarn all of that dangerous way whereby the Divell lyeth in wait to deceive if it were possible the very elect but for the elects sake doth the Lord discover your deceits and false light Liberties Rests and pleasures which you live and take delight and pleasure in wo is your portion for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it and this I testify unto you from the word of the Lord. But you may object and say Object Gal. 5.1 Rom. 14.14 2. Cor. 5.18 did not the Apostle say stand fast in tnac liberty wherewith Christ hath see you free Gal. 5.1 and he said all things are lawfull for me but all things are not expedient and I know and am perswaded by the Lord Iesus that there is nothing unclean of it self but to him that esteemeth it to be unclean to him it is unclean and to the pure all things are p●re and