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	ground_n	pillar_n	2,288	5	9.7053	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27903	The voice of thunder, or, The sound of a trumpet giving a certain sound, saying, Arise ye dead, and come to judgement the light, to guide you to judge out the evil, that righteousnesse you may learn, and so come to have a true discerning betwixt the precious and the vile, betwixt those that in truth serve the Lord, and those that pretend to worship him, a day, when in truth they serve him not, but grieve his spirit : with a few words to them whose faces are Sion-ward, travelling to the good land of rest, whereunto those that believe not in the light cannot enter : with a dear, tender visitation to the holy, meek, suffering seed, which is already entered and entering in, where none can make afraid / by Humphrey Bache.	Bache, Humphrey.; D. B. (Daniel Baker), fl. 1650-1660.	1659 (1659)	Wing B254; ESTC R15086	7,334	9

The Voice of Thunder OR The Sound of a Trumpet giving a certain sound Saying Arise ye dead and come to Judgement the Light to guide you to judge out the evil that Righteousnesse you may learn and so come to have a true descerning betwixt the precious and the vile betwixt those that in Truth serve the Lord and those that pretend to worship him a day when in truth they serve him not but grieve his Spirit With a few words to them whose faces are Sion-ward travelling to the good Land of Rest whereinto those that believe not in the Light cannot enter With a dear tender Visitation to the holy meek suffering Seed which is already entered and entering in where none can make afraid By Humphery Bache LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659. The Voice of Thunder c. O Earth earth earth Tremble tremble tremble before the pure Eternal Lord God of unlimmited power which is risen in Majesty to shake terribly the earth and to do such things at which the ears of them that hear it shall tingle and all faces shall gather paleness who in this day of his power are found out of his fear working the works of unrighteousnesse when Gods unchangeable witnesse the light in their consciences ariseth to plead with all flesh for by fire and sword is the Lord God come and coming to plead with all flesh And woe woe woe woe to the inhabitants of the earth for it is plainly so in the sight of the Lord and those that fear before him that the Devil is come down amongst you and hath great rage because his time is but short Witnesse the last first dayes work in Tower-street and other places wherein he was working in the hearts of the children of disobedience against the obedient children of the Lord who stand in his Counsel and walk in his fear from day to day and do violence to no man yet these harmlesse Lambs of Christ the Lamb of God because they have not fellowship with the World in their unfruitful works of darknesse but rather stands faithful witnesses for the Lord in opening their shops in obedience to the Lord least they should partake of their plagues who are mockers of God and pretend to worship him that day which they falsly call the Sabbath whilest pride fulnesse of bread and idlenesse Sodoms sins appears in the Divels rule in and over them therein that day more then any other and so the earth is full of violence as any are purely moved of the Lord to witnesse against this their evil practise then the Divels kingdom who is king over all the children of pride being struck at by any that fear before the Lord and do not conform therein with the World that lies in wickednesse Then the Devil rageth and his instruments bestir themselves some with throwing stones and dirt in their faces others pulling and haling the Friends of those their enmity riseth up against though they meddle not with them in word or deed but are peaceably coming to a meeting of the Lords people some spiting in our faces others uttering forth vile unsavoury Language being in the nature of dogs and wolves and bears greedily and unnaturally foaming out their shame in rending and rearing and pulling and haling those whose natures are changed from such and is of and in the Lambs nature whom they follow and obey in witnessing against the World that the deeds of it are evil who though they are reviled revile not again if persecuted they suffer it committing themselves to him that judgeth righteously who will give to them which patiently continue in well doing glory honour Immortality eternal life whilest they that are contentious and do not obey the truth Christ the Light of the World in them to such Indignation and wrath tribulation and anguish is their portion who do evil not dealing as they would be dealt withal but doing violence to a peaceable quiet people who harm no man But the Disciple is not greater then his Lord who said If they persecute me they will also persecute you and he said if you were of the world the world would love its own but because you are gathered out of the world therefore doth the world hate you but said he it hated me before it hated you and it hated me because I testified of it that the deeds thereof are evil Now all ye who gaze on us we being as Monsters unto many consider who they are that are of the Army of the Lamb Christ Jesus who gave his back to the smiters and his cheek to them who plucked off the hair and withheld not his face from shame and spitting and ponder in your hearts whether it be not the better choice of us to suffer all things and reign with him over the world then to conform to the world in their worship and imagery which they are in that imagine that whilst they live in pride in envy in lust in covetousness in wildeness and wantonness out of Gods fear and dread which should keep their hearts clean from such evils yet if that they forbear their outward labour and pass to a place which they falsly call a Church but there is but one true Church and that is in God the pillar and ground of truth made up of living stones elect and pretious gathered together by the grace of God out of the world which hath and doth teach them to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live righteously soberly and godly which Church they that call the Steeple house a Church are ignorant of yet notwithstanding though you are ignorant you will seem to strive and plead for a day which God never commanded in Scripture to be observed without working for it is the first day of the week of the six dayes wherein God commanded men should labour and now men stand up and command the contrary to what God commanded and say that men on the first day of the week whereon God commanded men should labour they say men shall not open their shops to labour But what would such have said had they lived in the dayes of Isaiah the Prophet of the Lord who said to a rebellious people that walked in disobedience to the Law of the Lord which is Light To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me saith the Lord I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts and I delight not in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of hee-goats bring no more vain oblations incense is an abhomination ●nto me the new Moons and Sabbaths the calling of assemblies I cannot away with it is iniquity even your solemn meetings Why did the Prophet say this might the wicked men say then who were then worshipping him as the world is now out of his fear did not God Command to offer sacrifice did not God Command the observing the new Moons and Sabbaths and doth he now