Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	church_n	infallible_a	pillar_n	1,606	5	10.4793	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60223	The reasons of the conversion of Mr. John Sidway from the Romish to the Protestant religion together with what usage he hath since received in the Church of England : as also a brief account of his travails / humbly communicated to the high court of Parliament.	Sidway, John.	1681 (1681)	Wing S3770A; ESTC R25150	50,639	86

Inhabitants in and about Jerusalem Zac. 12.10 21. That immediately after his Passion the Second Temple should be destroyed Dan. 9.25 And seeing they were all fully and perfectly fulfilled in him whom we thus adore it was a certain undoubted and manifest truth that this same Person was the True Messias And now being fully satisfyed in this in the next place I desired to know of him what he had to say for the Truth of Christian Religion he told me that the Truth of Christian Religion manifestly appeared by the Miracles wrought by Christ his Apostles and other Saints whereby it was confirmed and established I told him that I had heard the Jews say that those Miracles were wrote by Art Magick He answered that the Miracles done by Christ his Apostles and other Saints could not possibly be wrought by Art-Magick for the greatest Magicians upon Earth seeking to imitate them found it altogether in vain Nero and Julian he shewed me gave themselves more to Magick than any that had ever been before them meerly upon Emulation of the Miracles done in Rome by Peter and Paul when Nero lived and by other Saints and Disciples in the time of Julian and yet were able to effect nothing in that kind Pliny he shewed me that was a Pagan writeth thus of Nero that as no man laboured more than he in the Art Magick so no man ever left a more certain Testimony of the marvellous exceeding vanity thereof Plin. lib. 30. Nat. Hist cap. 1. The like in effect he shewed me writeth Zozimus of Julian though he himself was a malicious Heathen Zoz in vit Julian And if this same had not been written he told me yet their several extraordinary Calamities and most miserable Deaths which by all their Magick they could not foresee doth sufficiently testifie the same to us especially the last words of Julian Vicisti Galilaee vicisti thou hast overcome O Galil an thou hast got the victory acknowledging thereby as well the divine power whereby Christ and his Followers wrought their Miracles as also the folly vanity and madness of his own endeavours And now through my discourse with this Fryar I was more convinced of the truth of Christianity than with whatever before I had either read or seen And therefore rendring him innumerable thanks for what he had shewed me I withal besought him to tell me which of all Christian Churches he judged to be the best and truest He told me the Church of Rome I desired his Reason he told me the true Church was infallible which none but the Church of Rome ever so much as pretended to be That the true Church was infallible he seemed to prove from Joh. 16.13 where t is said when the Holy Ghost cometh he shall teach you all truth and from 1 Tim. 3.15 where t is also said The Church is the ground and Pillar of Truth And that none but the Church of Rome ever so much as pretended to be so I could not but acknowledg and therefore now I resolved to continue in the Church of Rome And from thence coming into Dalmatia Bonifacio Albano Archbishop of Spolato advised me to enter into Orders made me Sub-Deacon and after I had continued with him some small time having a desire to go into Italy recommended me to the Grand Duke of Tuscany whilst I remained with the Grand Duke I went to Legorn where I saw Bishop JEWELL's Defence of the Church of England and Dr. Willets three Centuries against the Church of Rome and observed that these their Writings were agreeable to what I had read before in the Fathers After this the Grand Duke of Tuscany recommended me to Cardinal Howard Cardinal Howard promised to see me provided for maintained me whilst I stayed at Rome caused me to be better instructed in the Ceremonies of Mass and designing me afterward for a Mission into England procured me a License from the Pope that I might read the Holy Scriptures in any Language I found them in I no sooner read the Holy Scriptures but I greatly doubted whether or no any Adoration were to be given to Images and fearing that their Adoration might be Idolatry or at least wise displeasing to Almighty God I would when they were to be adored as much as lay in me continually avoid the same And the rather in regard I apprehended that even the Moral Law which the Papists themselves say is still in force did altogether forbid any such Adoration Exod. 20. All I found they had to say for the same was in the understanding a rightly the Commandment some would have it to forbid Latria but not Dulia other some to forbid Idols but not Images for say they the word in the Original is Pesel and in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which altogether signifieth an Idol and to this they add an Idol is nothing in regard it represents nothing and therefore is not to be adored because in its Adoration we deifie it whereas an Image in regard it is a Representative is something and what Adoration is performed to it redounds to the Person whom it represents and therefore falls not under the notion of this prohibition Upon this I was fully resolved could I possibly understand where to meet with one to speak with some Jewish Rabbie verily believing that since the Commandments were first given to the Jews he could tell me by their continual observance thereof since in what Sence the said command was given and how Originally it was to be observed but enquiring of certain Jews for some Rabbie they fearing it was for some ill durst not discover any one to me so that for that time I was forc'd to let it rest nevertheless some few days following I came to the speech of one without any difficulty and that too by a meer accident which was as followeth Having a desire to see some Remote Parts in Rome which then I had not seen I took my way toward Via Flumina not far from which seeing a great Multitude of People gathered together I drew near to see what was the matter and coming near them I saw a Jesuit preaching out of a Pulpit Erected a considerable height above the Peoples Heads in the open street All Commers and Goers at least-wise for a while there staying and giving him an Audience amongst the rest I remained also my self a while to hear his Doctrine greatly wondring especially in Rome to see such an action performed in the open Streets in regard it was not common where I had not loytered long but I saw a great Multitude of Jews drawing near them which I supposed having been upon some occasion or other at their Synagogue were returning to their Habitations which the Jesuit also seeing and knowing they must come by that way gave a sign to one who there attended him for the Crucisix who fetching it out of a House just by brought it immediately to him which the Jesuit receiving in his Arms turning his Discourse altogether