Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	darkness_n	light_n	walk_v	4,073	5	8.1342	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86912	Truth cleared from reproaches and scandals, laid upon it by those, who goes by the name of judges, and who went the northern circuit. Also some examinations of those whom the world calls Quakers.	Hunter, Cuthbert.	1654 (1654)	Wing H3765; Thomason E821_7; ESTC R207367	9,854	16

doe then I was willing to hold up my hand as a sign which I hope is not contrary to the Law well said he you had best take heed for there are many false Foxes but I was silent and he said moreover that he would lay a fine upon my head for not prosecuting Christ Iesus saith swear not at all who spoke with authority and thou who art a Iudge saith when one is before authority he must swear the truth and here thy authority is contrary to Christs and who is in the truth is in the doctrine of Christ who saith swear not at all and he that sweares is out of the truth for Christ Iesus is the truth the way and the life and he saith swear not at all and thou saith this is but in their Communications and yet in this thy Communication thou would have him to swear and all who are out of the truth acts thus in confusion Thomas Ralingson being moved to goe to Lancaster and walking in the streets he that was the Sheriffs Trumpeter that sounded before the Iudge fell upon the said Thomas Ralingson that had been speaking to a Priest and threw him down and struck him rudely wickedly and desperately and afterward run after him and got a stick and struck him before many people and abused him that did not give him any word And another day he met the said Thomas Ralingson and struck him and abused him and drew bloud on him Now you that be Rulers Iudge and Sheriffe who hath no more rule over your own men but bring such peace-breakers and strikers in the high-way without any molestation here all may see you that suffer such things how you strengthen the hands of evill doers of strikers and bloud-shedders against the innocent and you suffer this to goe unpunished say you they should keep peace and you keep a man to break peace and the said Trumpeter went up to the Goale and threw a stone into the Goale among some prisoners which have lain in a year because they could not pay the Priest Tythes and he broke therewith the face of Richard Mire one of the prisoners and made him bleed sore shedding much of his bloud and of Thomas Raling sons before this was the Sheriffs Trumpeter that sounded before the Iudge who after that went up into the prison among the prisoners and beat Richard Asburner in the prison and then opened a Coffer which was in the Goale where the prisoners had things and took out of it many bookes and packs and carried them away The word of the Lord to thee Nudigate who goes by the name of a Judge and should take upon thee the seat of Iustice and in the execution of thy place thou goes about to accuse the just and to flander the innocent and to speak evill of things thou knowest not and goes about to strengthen the hands of the wicked against the people of God and suffered them to be beat and abused and persecuted by those that was under thy own authority and that thou saw with thy own eyes but for which know assuredly that the just and righteous God will be avenged of all such unrighteous ones as thou before him who is the righteous God of heaven and earth shalt thou and all such as thou be arraigned to give an account for the thing done in the body for all thy actions is upon record before the Lord God of heaven and earth that thou hast done and suffered to be done to the servants of the most high God and the Iudgements of God thou shalt not escape Thou that should be a Minister of the Law and a Minister of Iustice and equity over the people but in thy place thou hast ministred untruths scandals and reproaches and false accusations upon the innocent and hath blasphemed the Name of God in saying that the light leads into sin And whereas Christ Iesus saith I am the light of the world and doth enlighten every one that comes into the world And this light every particular hath a measure of which thou saith leads into sin and this is the condemnation of the world the light and such as thou loves darknesse rather than light because thy deeds are evill the light is thy condemnation and thou that saith the light leads into sin hath made it manifest that thou art not a child of light but a child of darknesse for God is light and in him is no darknesse at all and in thy dark naturall mind which knowes not the things of God which art in the envy and strife which is out of the light which is with the light to be condemned in this mind thou utters forth scandals and reproaches upon the children of the light which live in the light and walk in the light which thou knowes nothing of but art an enemy too but to the light in thy conscience I speak which shines in darknesse and darknesse comprehends it not which light if thou hearken to it which checks thee it will let thee see that thou ought not to lie nor to stander nor to blaspheme the Name of God nor to speak evill of things thou knowes not and if thou would hearken to it it would lead thee to Iustice Equity and Righteousnesse for the light of God in every ones conscience is just and righteous and leads to Iustice and Equity and out of sin and if thou would hearken to it it would let thee see thy grosse darknesse and blasphemy that thou should say that leads into sin which is pure and cannot sin the light which is and ever was the Saints Teacher and it shall be thine eternal condemnation for all thy hard speeches that ever thou hast spoken Oh be ashamed and tremble before the Lord God that thou should utter forth such untruths and make thy folly so manifest in a place where thou ought to doe justice And a Warning to thee and all that ever takes upon them that place to beware of speaking evil of things you know not you may read your portion in Jude and the children of the light who walk and dwell in the light and bring their deeds to the light that they may be proved and tried them you cannot touch and the scandals laid upon them by the children of darknesse are by the children of light made manifest and set in their own places where they ought to be and herein is the truth cleared and false accusers of truth are made manifest and the light which thou saith leads into sin shall stand and make manifest all works of iniquity and by it thou art eternally condemned FINIS