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	speak_v	word_n	6,852	5	4.5022	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01900	The happinesse of the saints in glory, or A treatise of heaven, on Rom. 8. 18 For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. By Tho. Goodwin. B. D.	Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.	1638 (1638)	STC 12039; ESTC S118384	22,138	106

there shall be neither soule nor body sicke Isa 33. 24. And they in Heaven shall not say I am sicke the people that dwell therein shall bee forgiven their iniquity there shall be no thought of the pardon of sinne for the inhabitants that dwell therein shall bee forgiven their iniquities that is those sinnes which they have committed in this life shall bee forgiven there There is no thought of sinne in Heaven there they shall be everlastingly buried in oblivion Obiect But you will say this glory may wither and decay it may waxe old and decline Answ There is no fading in Heaven for with God there is no variablenesse no not so much as shadow of changing The glory of Kingdomes decay daily and Monarchies fall as the Roman Empire what a glorious Monarchy was it but now it is come almost unto a bare title But in Heaven there is no decaying no failing there is alwaies a full spring-tide without ebbe That infinite masse of glory which thou shalt receive at the last day thou shalt keepe for ever after as many millions of yeeres expired as there are haires on thy head it shall bee as bright as it was on the last day and the reason of it is because of Gods presence wee shall be present with him who is the fountaine of life whose streams of glory must needes issue to eternity for at his right hand is fulnesse of joy and rivers of pleasure slow from him for evermore so long as God fades not Heaven will never fade when God himselfe fades when that fountaine can be dryed up then those rivers of pleasures shall cease flowing but that is impossible for hee is the Well of life What is the reason that precious stones decay not but that there is no drosse or corruption in them as the Diamond being pure in it selfe fades not away but alwaies keepes a lustre and splendour in it whereas other base stones that have drosse in them soone decay and moulder away In like manner though this World have drosse in it and by reason of that perish yet in Heaven there is no drosse of sin or corruption and therfore it cannot fade Why now you will say againe grant all this you have said before yet I doubt I may be bereaved of it it may be taken away from me by violence for Kingdomes in this life are taken away Kings deprived of their dignities Why but there is no feare of this in heaven it is kept for you sure enough no mothes of corruption to make you sin no violence of Satans temptations to make you fall The divell and sinne crept into Paradise but neither of them shall come into Heaven Matth 6. 20. Lay up treasures for your selves in Heaven where neither moath nor rust doth corrupt nor theeves breake in and steale But you will say againe if I could once get thither I had no cause to feare I should never fall if I were once in heaven but I feare the vilenesse of my owne heart I feare I shall be defiled with my corruptions and by Satan and as David said I shall one day perish by the hand of Saul I am afraid I may perish hereafter though I now be in the state of grace I may fall and never come thither But looke further it is said It is reserved for you who are kept by the power of God to salvation you are kept for it Christ hath reserved it for you who saith further Of those which thou hast given mee I have not lost one If all the power of the Creatour lie for it you shall not lose it but it doth therefore you shall not lose it And lastly thou shalt not stay long for it thou shalt not bee a probationer but till thy death at the farthest it is laid up ready for thee a Crowne of glory waites and staies for thee but now all these things are shewed this is the misery that wee will not beleeve In my Fathers house saith he there are many mansions If it had not beene so I would have told you he will not deceive us beleeve him on his word we use to beleeve the promise of a man we judge saithfull much more let us credit God who is truth it selfe Therefore as ever we would be partakers of these joyes and have part and portion in these eternall comforts let the beleefe of them bee stedfast and though there be many uses to bee made of this yet this is the chiefe that wee would believe this truth Indeed you believe but I say unto you beleeve and againe beleeve those that entered not into the promised Land entered not because they did not beleeve This is the cause that men perish and enter not into Gods rest I say therefore believe God seeing hee hath fulfilled all his promises hee hath not failed in one promise since the beginning The Land of Canaan he gave according to his promise long before 1 King 8. 23. Lord thou keepest Covenant and mercy with thy servants verse 26. Blessed bee the Lord that hath given rest to his people Israel according to all that hee promised by the hand of his servant Moses If he hath promised that ten Kings shall destroy the whore as indeed hee did she shall be destroyed hee will not faile in his promise he hath spoken and hee will make it good he is abundant in mercy and truth yea hee will bee better than his word Let me speake therefore to you that are yet in the state of nature who still delight in your sins if you beleeved these things surely you would not dote on your sinnes as you doe it would make you utterly abandon them and also let mee say something to you whose eyes God hath opened who are in the state of grace surely if you laboured more and more to petswade your selves of this you youl l not bee so glued to the world as you are it would make you like men of another World you would be transformed and be even as if you were in heaven Let then all your carriage and manner of conversation bee here as if you were in your heritance let all your thoughts be in heaven let your hearts take possession of this incorruptible Crowne whilest your bodies are on earth FINIS