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	paul_n	pillar_n	3,773	5	10.4418	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06473	London and the countrey carbonadoed and quartred into seuerall characters. By D. Lupton	Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.	1632 (1632)	STC 16944; ESTC S108946	28,518	158

it then otherwise neuer so Great and 〈◊〉 in it I thinke it to be 〈◊〉 Changling for shee still ●epes the old fashion It ●ay bee sayd to bee the Schoole of Morall Philosophy for it ciuilizes Lyons and other Wild beasts the Officers ought to bee faithfull Stewards for they are much trusted they had ●eed be wise for they doe ●ot onely keepe themselues but others too Those that are in it are reserud still and well stayed men those that keepe it are well payd for it keepes them Those that come to see it rather ●dmire at euery thing 〈◊〉 ●eight any obiect It is th●●ublick Megazine for warlick● prouision it doth seeme terrible to those that doe offend her Prince for her owne part she hath taken Allegiance and withall Loyalty intends to keepe it This Land hath affoorded this place many brethren strong fortified Castles but through rebellion through times malice and the frownes of Princes they cannot bee knowne almost but by their ruines this kept her obedience to her Rulers and so escaped as yet destruction To conclude shee is the glory strength both of City and Kingdome 3. Of S. Paules Church OH Domus Antiquae a fit obiect for pitty for Charity further Reported of then knowne it is a compleat Body for it hath the ●hree dimensions of Longi●ude Latitude and Profundity and as an excellent O●er-plus famous for height It was a maine poynt of Wisedome to ground Her ●ppon Faith for Shee is the more likely to stand ●ure the great Crosse in the middle certainly hath bin and is yet ominous to this Churches Reparation S. Paul called the Church the pillar of Truth and surely had they not beene sound they had fallen before thi● time The Head of this Church hath beene twice troubled with aburning Feuer and so the City to keep it from a third danger let it stand without an head I can but admire the Charity of former times to Build such famous temples when as these Ages cannot finde Repaire to them but then the World was all Church and now the Church is all World then Charity went before and exceeded Preaching now there is much Preaching nay more the● euer yet lesse Charity o● fore-Fathers aduanc'd the Church and kept their Land These times loose their Lands and yet decay the Churches I honor Antiquity so much the more because it so much loued the Church There is more Reason to suspect the precise Puritaine deuoyd of Charity then the simple Ignorant fraught withgood Workes I thinke truly in this one point the ends of their Actions were for good and what they aimed at was Gods glory their owne happines They builded Temples but our degenerating Age can say Come let vs take them into our hands and possesse them Amongst many others this cannot be sayd to bee the Rarest though the greatest Puritaines are blowne out of the Church with the loud voice of the Organs their zealous Spirits cannot indure the Musicke nor the multitude of the Surplices because they are Relickes they say of Romes Superstition Here is that famous place for Ser mons not by this Sect frequented because of the Title the Crosse. The middle I le is much frequented at noone with a Company of Hungarians not walking so much for Recreation a● neede and if any of these meete with a yonker that hath his pockets well lined with siluer they will relate to him the meaning of Tycho Brache or the North-Star and neuer leaue flattring him in his own words and sticke as close to him as a Bur vppon a Trauailers cloake and neuer leaue him til he and they haue saluted the greene Dragon or the Swanne behind the Shambles where I leaue them Well there is some hope of Restoring this Church to its former glory the great summes of money bequeathed are some probabilitles the charity of some good men already in cloathing and Repayring the inside is a great incouragement and there is a speech that the Houses that are about it must be puld down for Paules Church is old enough to stand alone Here are prayers often but sinister suspition doubts more formall then zealous they should not be worldly because al Church-men there are none dumbe for they can speake loud enough I leaue it and them wishing all might be amended 4. The Bridge IT is almost Arts wonde● for strength length beauty widenesse height It may be sayd to be Polypus because it is so well furnished with legges Euery Mouth is foure times filled in eight and forty houres and then as a Child it is still but as soone as they be empty like a Lyon it roares and is wondrous Impatient It is made of Iron Wood and Stone and therefore it is a wondrous hardy Fellow It hath changd the forme but as few doe now a dayes from worse to better certainely it is full of Patience because it beares so much and continually It 's no Prison for any one goes through it It is something addicted to pride for many a Great man goes vnder it and yet it seemes something humble too for the poorest Peasant tread vpon it It hath more Wonders then Arches the houses here built are wondrous strong yet they neyther stand on Land or Water It is some praeiudice to the Water-mans gaines many goe ouer here which otherwise should row or sayle It helpes many a Pennilesse Purse to passe the water without danger or charges nothing afrights it more then Spring-tides or violent inundations It is chargeable to keep for it must be continually Repayred it is the onely chiefe crosser of the water his Arches out-face the water and like Iudges in the Parliament are plac'd vpon woole sackes one that liues heere neede not buy strong Water for heere is enough for nothing it seemes to hinder the Water-bearers profit for the Inhabitants easily supply their Wants by Buckets He is a setled fellow and a maine vpholder of houses hee is meanely plac'd for there are diuerse aboue him and many vnder him his houses may wel bee called None-such for there is none like them and to conclude he pertakes of two Elements his nether parts are all for Water his vpper for Land in a word it is without Compare being a dainty streete and a strong and most stately Bridge 5. Thames THis is a long broad slippery Fellow Rest hee affects not for he is alwaies in motion he seemes something like a Carrier for he is stil eyther going or comming and once in sixe or eight houres salutes the Sea his Mother and then brings Tydings from her He followes the disposition of the VVind if that be Rough so is the VVater if that calme so is this and hee loues it because when the VVinde is at highest then the VVater will best show her strength and anger it is altogether vnsteedy for it commonly is sliding away Mans vnconstant state and Vncertayne frayle condition is truely Resembled by this alwayes either ebbing or flowing beeing in a