Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	commandment_n	keep_v	liar_n	1,680	5	11.3944	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40250	Several papers some of them given forth by George Fox; others by Jame [sic] Nayler, minister of the eternal word of God, raised up after the long night of apostacy to direct the world, to wait for the revelation of Jesus Christ, and to turn their minds to the true light, that they may be reconciled to God; of the world is not worthy, and therefore doth hate, persecute, and whom inprison them, under the name of Quaker[s]. Gathered together and published by A. P. that the truth may be spread abroad, and deceit be discovered. Wherein the plain, honest, and sober conversation of the saints in fear and trembling, is justified, against the idle bablings of formal professors ... and of all sorts of persons, under pretence of civility. Also the priests of England, with their imaginary doctrines and worships discovered to be the grand enemies of Jesus Christ; and the true worship of God in spirit and truth made manifest. ... With a word to the people of England ...	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Naylor, James, 1617?-1660. aut; Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.; Killam, John. aut; Parnell, James, 1637?-1656. aut	1654 (1654)	Wing F1904; ESTC R218791	32,715	40

a covenant with hell and death you are resolved to serve the Devil and please your selves while you live and you will repent at your death you have forgot that your times are in the hand of the Lord and that this is the day of grace and repentance which you turn into lasciviousness and wantonness you make it plainly appear that you love your lustfull pleasures and filthiness more then God you that are friends of the world are the enemies of God you that love the world and the things of the world the love of the Father is not in you How can you say you love God and follow the lusts of your flesh for whom you love him you follow Christ saith if you love me follow me keep my Commandements and those who follow him he leads them out of all the waies of sin into the waies of purity and holyness and so he is the way to the Father For without holiness none can see God for he is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity and no unclean thing can stand in his sight Where will you where will you appear you blind creatures whom the Devil hath deceived you that follow the Prince of the aire who rules in the children of disobedience bringing forth fruits of sin and unrighteousness having your conversation in the earth and earthly things following your corrupt wills and pleasures and yet you will profess you love God draw near him with your lips own him in words but the Devil in practice O horrible hypocrisie Canst thou deceive God shall not the righteous Judge find thee out and reward thee according to thy works Thou are deceived who thinkst to be heir of two Kingdoms thou wilt have pleasure of sin here and thou sayest thou hopest to be heir of the Kingdom of Heaven too but the hope of the hypocrite shall perish Remember thy father Dives in whose steps thou walkest and the same way leads the same end The Lord saith the wicked shall be turned into hell and all than forget God But the Devil in thee saith Thou mayest live in sin and have thy thoughts in the world and mayest enter into the Kingdome of Heaven too Now who must be lyer whether God or thee O vain man was it not sin that separated God and man at the first and thinkest thou to be restored again as long as sin stands in thee Man was not created in sin but pure and holy in the Image of God and while he stood here he had communion with God and had the pure wisdom of God communicated to him by which he was able to see into the wonders of God and to give names unto all living creatures but as soon as he had sinned he was stript of all that he became naked and was thrust out of Paradise and was cursed from the Lord yea the ground was cursed for his sake and all this because of sin which thou thinkest so light of and art so loath to part with so odious is sin in the pure eyes of God who is holy and didst thou but know thy condition as thou lyest in sin in the first birth a childe of wrath and one to whom all the curses in the Book of God are due thou shouldest tremble at sin and not plead for it wherein thou shewest thy self plainly a servant of the Devil and plead'st for his Image and Kingdom and were it not that he had blinded thine eyes thou mightst see where thou art when thou abusest the goodness of God that because he hath left the sins and fallings of others upon Record to the end they should be warnings to all that come after not to do the like and these thou mayst muse on to incourage thee on in thy sin and filthiness and because God is mercifull to pardon sins at what time soever they repent therefore thou art incouraged to live in thy sins the longer unrepented of Now all who are not plainly blind may see whose child thou art for the Apostle saith Know ye not that the long suffering of God leadeth to repentance it doth so to the children of God But whose child art thou that Scripture is fulfilled in thee which saith because judgment is not specily executed upon evil doers therefore their heart is set in them to work wickedness and thus thou makest the mercies of God a cloak for thy unrighteous actions and yet thou wilt talke of a Redeemer and of Faith in Christ But O Friend where is this Redeemer witnessed whilst thou art yet in thy sin what art thou Redeemed from who art in bondage to thy lusts and what is thy liberty thou art Redeemed into while thou art a slave to Satan and at his command those who are Redeemed are see free from sin and the servitude of sin but thou servest sin while tho u obeyest the motions of sin Then where is thy freedome canst thou witness Christ died for thee and thy sin still alive How wilt thou witness his death in thee or thy self dead with him How hast thou put on Christ who art clad with sin the Saints who was dead with Christ and saith Paul How can you that are dead to sin live any longer therein and saith Those that are dead with Christ are free from sin and become servants of righteousness and saith he Now being made free from sin and become servants of God ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life but while thou livest in sin thy fruit is unholy and the end is death who are Redeemed by Christ are Redeemed from the earth and earthly things up to God again from whence they are fallen out of every kindred tongue and people and Nation are made unto God Kings and Priests to reign above sin on earth and are made conformable unto his Image again which they had lost by sin but what conformity is there in thee while thou livest in sin thou art not like him but like the Devil for every sin is the Image of the Devil who sinned from the beginning and while thou committest sin thou holdest out his Image in thee who is thy Father and thou his son begotten in his own likeness And Christ told the Scribes and Pharisees who professed themselves the children of God but lived in sin That they were of their father the Devil for his work they will do for every sin is the worke of the Devil And saith John He that commits sin as of the Devil and saith for this purpose was the Son of God manifested to destroy the works of the Devil whosoever can witness the Son of God manifested in them can witness sin Destroyed but if thou say thou canst witness Christ manifested in thee and yet commit sin thou art a lyar For saith John whosoever abideth in him sinneth not whosoever sinneth hath not seen him neither known him For he that saith I know him and keepeth not his Commandements is a lyar and the truth is not in him And