Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	call_v	faith_n	word_n	4,676	5	4.3616	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90680	Autokatakrisis, or, Self-condemnation, exemplified in Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Barlee, and Mr. Hickman. With occasional reflexions on Mr Calvin, Mr Beza, Mr Zuinglius, Mr Piscator, Mr Rivet, and Mr Rollock: but more especially on Doctor Twisse, and Master Hobbs; against whom, God's purity and his præscience ... with the sincere intention and the general extent of the death of Christ, are finally cleared and made good; and the adversaries absurdities ... are proved against them undeniably, out of their own hand-writings. With an additional advertisement of Mr Baxter's late book entituled The Groatian religion discovered, &c. By Thomas Pierce rector of Brington in Northampon-shire.	Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691.	1658 (1658)	Wing P2164; Thomason E950_2; ESTC R210640	233,287	279

c._n 2._o p._n 272._o to_o p._n 279._o favourable_a nature_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n and_o man._n whereas_o the_o matter_n of_o god_n leave_v the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o mankind_n under_o a_o desperate_a impossibility_n of_o be_v save_v be_v of_o a_o 284_o a_o see_v the_o sinner_n impl._n part_n 2._o c._n 2._o p._n 280._o to_o p._n 284_o odious_a nature_n in_o all_o respect_n now_o we_o have_v general_a 16._o general_a 1._o in_o non_fw-la odiosis_n sumenda_fw-la verba_fw-la secundum_fw-la totam_fw-la proprietatem_fw-la usus_fw-la popularis_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o in_o favorabilioribus_fw-la verba_fw-la laxiùs_fw-la sumenda_fw-la 3._o in_o odiosis_n sermo_fw-la figuratus_fw-la admittitur_fw-la quo_fw-la onus_fw-la vitatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n grot._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la l._n 1._o cap._n 16._o rule_n for_o the_o interpret_n of_o any_o matter_n in_o dispute_n by_o reason_n of_o any_o ambiguity_n which_o may_v be_v pretend_v to_o lie_v in_o word_n and_o such_o unquestionable_a rule_n as_o the_o law_n of_o all_o nation_n of_o what_o religion_n whatsoever_o be_v wont_a to_o go_v by_o in_o all_o debate_n that_o so_o controversy_n and_o jar_n may_v not_o certain_o be_v endless_a which_o yet_o they_o certain_o will_v be_v if_o there_o be_v not_o some_o stand_a rule_n by_o which_o the_o word_n of_o all_o compact_n be_v to_o be_v measure_v and_o make_v certain_a as_o to_o their_o sense_n and_o signification_n such_o rule_n be_v these_o in_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o be_v found_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 1._o in_o thing_n not_o odious_a word_n be_v to_o be_v take_v according_a to_o the_o whole_a propriety_n of_o popular_a use_n rule_n the_o first_o rule_n so_o as_o the_o masculine_a may_v include_v the_o feminine_a and_o the_o indefinite_a the_o universal_a 2._o in_o matter_n more_o favourable_a word_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o the_o most_o lax_n and_o wide_a signification_n that_o they_o will_v bear_v rule_n the_o second_o rule_n 3._o in_o thing_n of_o a_o odious_a nature_n a_o figurative_a sense_n must_v be_v admit_v rule_n the_o three_o rule_n to_o avoid_v rigour_n or_o absurdity_n and_o a_o great_a restriction_n be_v to_o be_v use_v then_o for_o the_o rigid_a propriety_n of_o the_o wo●d_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o as_o when_o god_n be_v say_v in_o scripture_n to_o harden_v the_o heart_n to_o pollute_v his_o temple_n to_o profane_v his_o sanctuary_n and_o the_o like_a i_o say_v it_o be_v figurative_o speak_v and_o must_v be_v only_o understand_v by_o the_o common_a hebraism_n so_o when_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n the_o propitiation_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n the_o saviour_n of_o all_o man_n and_o to_o have_v taste_v death_n for_o every_o man_n and_o the_o like_a i_o say_v it_o be_v mean_v in_o the_o propriety_n of_o those_o universals_z and_o if_o whole_a in_o one_o text_n have_v not_o be_v add_v to_o the_o world_n as_o we_o know_v it_o be_v 1_o joh._n 2.2_o yet_o that_o indefinite_a the_o world_n must_v have_v include_v the_o universal_a my_o reason_n of_o both_o be_v take_v à_fw-la diversâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la materiae_fw-la odiosae_fw-la &_o favorabilis_fw-la but_o now_o my_o adversary_n on_o the_o contrary_a do_v take_v the_o word_n in_o their_o propriety_n where_o the_o matter_n be_v odious_a and_o they_o contend_v for_o a_o synecdoche_n such_o as_o never_o be_v hear_v of_o before_o the_o broach_n of_o their_o heresy_n where_o the_o matter_n be_v the_o most_o favourable_a to_o be_v imagine_v unless_o they_o think_v it_o no_o odious_a thing_n for_o god_n to_o be_v conclude_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o a_o thing_n very_o odious_a for_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n to_o be_v over_o all_o his_o work_n and_o for_o other_o man_n to_o be_v saveable_a as_o well_o as_o themselves_o misbelief_n 3._o the_o extreme_a absurdity_n of_o dutiful_a misbelief_n 3._o mr._n b._n confess_v p._n 87._o that_o in_o the_o general_a proposal_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o every_o creature_n mar._n 16.15_o there_o can_v possible_o lurk_v any_o mental_a reservation_n or_o insincerity_n and_o that_o a_o untruth_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o he_o who_o be_v the_o god_n of_o truth_n the_o lord_n primate_n call_v the_o 25._o the_o the_o primate_fw-la judgement_n of_o the_o true_a intent_n and_o extent_n of_o christ_n death_n p._n 24_o 25._o extreme_a absurdity_n into_o which_o the_o arminian_o do_v drive_v the_o calvinist_n nor_o do_v he_o doubt_v but_o mr._n culverwel_o be_v drive_v to_o the_o extremity_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n by_o the_o 25._o the_o ib._n p._n 25._o absurdity_n which_o he_o discern_v in_o this_o extremity_n on_o the_o left_a for_o say_v the_o primate_n what_o will_v not_o a_o man_n fly_v unto_o rather_o than_o yield_v that_o christ_n die_v in_o no_o way_n for_o the_o reprobate_n and_o that_o none_o but_o the_o elect_a have_v any_o kind_n of_o title_n to_o he_o 27._o p._n 26._o p._n 27._o and_o yet_o many_o thousand_o reprobate_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o believe_v that_o he_o die_v for_o they_o and_o tie_v to_o accept_v he_o for_o their_o redeemer_n and_o saviour_n yea_o and_o shall_v be_v condemn_v to_o everlasting_a torment_n for_o want_n of_o such_o a_o faith_n if_o we_o may_v call_v that_o faith_n which_o be_v not_o ground_v on_o the_o word_n of_o truth_n whereby_o they_o shall_v have_v believe_v that_o which_o in_o itself_o be_v most_o untrue_a and_o lay_v hold_v of_o that_o in_o which_o they_o have_v no_o kind_n of_o interest_n gospel_n interest_n mr._n w_n tenet_n that_o only_o the_o least_o part_n of_o the_o world_n ought_v to_o believe_v the_o gospel_n yet_o mr._n w._n say_v plain_o that_o all_o man_n be_v not_o command_v to_o believe_v but_o only_o the_o least_o part_n of_o the_o world_n p._n 75._o thereby_o infer_v 1._o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o world_n do_v not_o sin_n in_o not_o believe_v as_o be_v not_o command_v to_o it_o 2._o that_o none_o of_o that_o great_a part_n be_v damn_v for_o not_o believe_v 3._o or_o if_o they_o be_v they_o be_v damn_v for_o not_o do_v that_o which_o not_o to_o do_v be_v no_o sin_n 4._o or_o that_o they_o actual_o do_v sin_n without_o offend_v against_o precept_n 5._o and_o so_o by_o a_o consequence_n unavoidable_a that_o s._n john_n have_v false_o define_v sin_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n he_o far_o say_v 60._o say_v his_o reproach_n cast_v upon_o all_o christendom_n &_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n see_v prosper_n de_fw-fr vocatione_n gentium_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 1_o &_o 2_o &_o 16._o &c_n &c_n prove_v that_o god_n do_v never_o leave_v himself_o without_o a_o witness_n in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o world_n compare_v act._n 14.17_o psal_n 76._o &_o psal_n 118._o isa_n 60._o that_o the_o gospel_n be_v only_o preach_v to_o the_o least_o part_n of_o the_o world_n ibid._n as_o if_o he_o know_v nothing_o either_o of_o church-history_n or_o cosmography_n nor_o do_v believe_v any_o truth_n to_o be_v in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n or_o in_o the_o oeconomy_n of_o the_o new_a it_o seem_v the_o 1._o protestant_n and_o 2._o papist_n and_o 3._o greek_n and_o 4._o muscovite_n 5._o the_o asiatic_o under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n 6._o the_o melchites_n under_o that_o of_o antioch_n 7._o the_o armenian_n under_o 100_o bishop_n 8._o the_o jacobite_n who_o be_v mingle_v with_o the_o mahometans_n through_o a_o great_a part_n of_o asia_n under_o their_o patriarch_n at_o caramite_n 9_o the_o christian_n under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o mozul_n about_o assyria_n mesopotamia_n parthia_n and_o media_n account_v more_o than_o all_o the_o papist_n 10._o the_o georgian_n in_o iberia_n 11._o the_o circassian_n 12._o the_o mengrellian_o 13._o the_o christian_n of_o all_o anatolia_n under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n 14._o those_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o cazan_n and_o astracan_a under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o moscow_n 15._o the_o maronites_n 16._o the_o indian_n of_o s._n thome_n 17._o those_o under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n who_o jurisdiction_n have_v reach_v from_o the_o gaditan_a strait_n to_o the_o river_n nile_n 18._o the_o abassin_n christian_n in_o aethiopia_n under_o their_o abunna_n 19_o those_o in_o congo_n and_o angola_n 20._o beside_o all_o the_o american_n through_o new_a spain_n castilia_n nova_fw-la peru_n and_o brasile_v 21._o beside_o all_o the_o english_a dutch_a and_o french_a plantation_n in_o mexicana_n and_o the_o island_n on_o either_o side_n that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o few_o word_n europe_n asia_n africa_n and_o america_n do_v pass_v with_o mr._n w._n for_o the_o least_o part_n of_o the_o world_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o teach_v this_o bold_a affirmer_n be_v there_o time_n or_o necessity_n for_o

question_n dare_v he_o have_v write_v against_o my_o doctrine_n of_o conditional_a decree_n as_o it_o seem_v he_o dare_v against_o his_o own_o he_o dare_v have_v cite_v my_o word_n wherein_o my_o meaning_n may_v have_v appear_v which_o why_o dare_v he_o not_o do_v but_o because_o he_o find_v that_o my_o word_n be_v not_o liable_a to_o exception_n he_o know_v he_o be_v destitute_a of_o argument_n against_o conditional_a decree_n as_o i_o have_v always_o understand_v they_o but_o as_o he_o understand_v they_o he_o can_v order_v they_o at_o his_o pleasure_n a_o goodly_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o much_o good_a do_v it_o he_o with_o all_o his_o conquest_n in_o that_o war_n which_o he_o wage_v against_o himself_o nonsense_n he_o be_v equal_o unfortunate_a whether_o he_o intend_a sense_n or_o nonsense_n 2._o but_o what_o be_v mr._n w'_v conditional_a decree_n against_o which_o mr._n w._n prepare_v to_o argue_v he_o tell_v we_o they_o be_v such_o as_o wherein_o the_o condition_n do_v go_v before_o the_o decree_n itself_o do_v he_o intend_v this_o for_o nonsense_n or_o do_v he_o not_o if_o he_o do_v how_o mean_a and_o abject_a a_o opinion_n must_v he_o have_v have_v of_o his_o enterprise_n who_o think_v it_o not_o safe_a to_o speak_v sense_n for_o fear_v the_o people_n shall_v understand_v he_o if_o he_o do_v not_o it_o seem_v he_o think_v it_o good_a sense_n to_o say_v that_o the_o condition_n in_o the_o decree_n be_v before_o the_o decree_n itself_o wherein_o it_o be_v have_v he_o not_o embark_v himself_o in_o a_o most_o desperate_a adventure_n as_o very_o short_o he_o will_v find_v he_o will_v have_v tell_v we_o that_o a_o decree_n be_v therefore_o say_v to_o be_v conditional_a because_o it_o be_v make_v with_o a_o condition_n annex_v to_o it_o or_o concomitant_a with_o it_o or_o in_o a_o foresight_n of_o something_o in_o respect_n of_o which_o it_o be_v decree_v for_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o word_n conditional_a be_v common_o explain_v by_o the_o word_n respective_a as_o absolute_a be_v on_o the_o contrary_a by_o irrespective_a for_o example_n god_n foresee_v or_o foreknow_v that_o adam_n and_o cain_n will_v determine_v their_o will_n to_o sin_n the_o one_o in_o eat_v as_o the_o other_o in_o kill_v what_o be_v forbid_v decree_v to_o permit_v and_o to_o punish_v both_o in_o which_o case_n his_o decree_n be_v call_v respective_a or_o conditional_a because_o it_o be_v make_v in_o a_o prescience_n and_o praeconsideration_n that_o they_o will_v both_o determine_v their_o will_n to_o sin_n which_o prescience_n be_v concomitant_a because_o coaeternal_a with_o his_o decree_n whereas_o according_a to_o mr._n w._n god_n do_v absolute_o decree_v that_o adam_n shall_v eat_v against_o precept_n and_o that_o cain_n shall_v kill_v his_o brother_n which_o if_o he_o shall_v venture_v to_o deny_v and_o say_v he_o hold_v as_o i_o do_v that_o god_n do_v only_o decree_v to_o permit_v they_o to_o sin_n in_o a_o foreknowledge_n that_o they_o will_v free_o and_o voluntary_o do_v it_o if_o not_o forcible_o hinder_v from_o use_v the_o freedom_n of_o their_o will_n he_o will_v then_o be_v exact_o of_o my_o opinion_n and_o overthrow_v his_o whole_a fabric_n by_o subvert_v and_o even_o null_v his_o whole_a foundation_n for_o to_o decree_v one_o thing_n in_o intuition_n of_o another_o and_o both_o from_o eternity_n respect_v their_o object_n which_o shall_v be_v in_o time_n be_v to_o make_v a_o respective_a or_o conditional_a decree_n now_o because_o when_o god_n be_v say_v to_o decree_n and_o foreknow_v he_o be_v imply_v eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la to_o decree_v something_o and_o foreknow_v something_o it_o be_v plain_a the_o thing_n now_o in_o time_n which_o be_v decree_v and_o foreknow_v from_o all_o eternity_n be_v some_o way_n present_a to_o the_o almighty_a when_o he_o foreknow_v and_o decree_v they_o because_o the_o act_n imply_v the_o object_n about_o which_o it_o be_v conversant_a and_o how_o can_v that_o which_o be_v mere_o temporal_a have_v 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free_o cast_v himself_o either_o by_o not_o comprehend_v or_o by_o dissemble_v his_o comprehension_n of_o these_o so_o plain_a and_o obvious_a thing_n condition_n 3._o he_o be_v equal_o unhappy_a whatever_o he_o mean_v by_o the_o word_n condition_n 3._o forsooth_o he_o mean_v such_o decree_n by_o conditional_a decree_n who_o condition_n go_v before_o the_o decree_n itself_o as_o well_o as_o before_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o decree_n very_o well_o but_o what_o do_v he_o mean_v by_o the_o condition_n as_o be_v in_o act_n a_o temporal_a thing_n or_o only_o in_o idea_n as_o be_v eternal_o in_o god_n foreknowledge_n if_o the_o first_o than_o his_o meaning_n be_v wonderful_a and_o never_o enough_o to_o be_v celebrate_v with_o admiration_n for_o his_o project_n be_v but_o to_o prove_v that_o temporal_a be_v not_o before_o eternal_a and_o that_o that_o which_o come_v after_o god_n decree_n at_o a_o infinite_a distance_n can_v not_o possible_o go_v before_o it_o a_o very_a visible_a truth_n 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the_o very_a confession_n of_o the_o adversary_n but_o that_o his_o decree_n may_v be_v conditional_a sect._n 13._o colour_n mr._n w_n mistake_n of_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n represent_v in_o clear_a and_o fair_a colour_n but_o if_o mr._n w._n and_o his_o partisan_n will_v mean_v what_o they_o please_v by_o conditional_a decree_n and_o then_o confute_v their_o capricious_a meaning_n and_o entitle_v other_o to_o those_o overthrow_n which_o with_o pain_n and_o charge_n they_o give_v themselves_o i_o will_v leave_v they_o in_o their_o affliction_n from_o this_o time_n forward_o for_o what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v with_o such_o a_o disputant_n who_o undertake_v to_o demonstrate_v that_o a_o man_n can_v possible_o be_v a_o animal_n shall_v begin_v his_o enterprise_n with_o this_o explication_n of_o his_o meaning_n by_o the_o word_n animal_n we_o understand_v such_o as_o wherein_o the_o animality_n do_v bear_v the_o chief_a sway_n and_o because_o of_o animal_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n &_o 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