Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	deed_n	light_n	manifest_a	2,272	5	9.7572	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06790	The blemish of government, the shame of religion, the disgrace of mankinde; or, A charge drawn up against drunkards, and presented to His Highness the Lord Protector, in the name of all the sober partie in the three nations. Humbly craving, that they may be kept alone by themselves from infecting others; compelled to work and earn what they consume : and that none may be suffered to sell drink, who shall either swear, or be drunk themselves, or suffer others within their walls. / By R. Younge of Roxwell in Essex.	Younge, Richard.	1656 (1656)	Wing Y139; ESTC R229124	20,070	16

hate all that any way resemble him are flint unto God wax to Satan have their ears alwaies open to the Tempter shut to their Maker and Redeemer will chuse rather to disobey God then displease great Ones fear more the Worlds scorns then His anger and rather then abridge themselves of their pleasure will incur the displeasure of God Who will do what God forbids yet confidently hope to escape what He threatens Who will do the Divels work● onely and yet look for Christs wages expect that Heaven will meet them at thei● last hour when all their life long they have galloped in the beaten Road towards Hell Who expect to have Christ their Redeemer and Advocate when their consciences tell them that they seldom remember him but to blaspheme him and mote often name him in their Oaths and Curses then in their Praiers Who will persecute Honest and Orthodox Christians and say they mean base and dissembling Hypocrites Who think they do God service in killing his servants Joh. 16.2 Who will boast of a strong faith and yet fall short of the Divels in believing Jam. 2.19 Who turn the grace of God into wantonness as if a condemned person should head his Drum of Rebellion with his Pardon resolving to be evil because God is good Who will not believe what is written till they feel what is written and whom nothing will confute but fire and brimstone Who think their villainy is unseen because it is unpunished and therefore live like beasts because they think they shall die like beasts Considering the swarms Legions Millions of these I say and many the like which I cannot stand to repeat As also in reference to Levit. 19.17 Isa 58.1 And out of compassion to their pretious souls there are above twenty several Books purposely composed wherein are proper remedies of the same alloy for each soul seduced or afflicted to be had without any expence which Books like Glasses will shew them from Gods Word the very faces of their hearts And like Peter to Cornelius Acts 11. tell them words whereby with blessing from above both they and their Associates by their means may be saved Vers 14. And that they might the better recompence the Readers pains whether he propound to himself pleasure or profit they are as many Reverend Divines deem a brief Collection of the most winning and convincing Arguments out of the choicest Authors very pithily orderly and elegantly conveyed and embellished with much both variety of graceful and delightful illustration Yea if such as they concern shall be pleased to make use of them they may with God's blessing not onely have their vices lessened their knowledg increased and their mindes cheered and comforted but probably they shall finde in them the flower cream or quintessence of what would otherwise cost them twenty years reading to extract It remains onely that the Patients for whom this Physick is proper be prevailed withall to take it For although here is all necessary provision made and the Guests lovingly invited yet of themselves they will refuse to come as in that Parable of the Lords Supper Luke 14.16 to 25. Because as good meats are un●●● 〈…〉 persons so is good counsel to obstinate sinners Here is 〈◊〉 but they love darkness rather then light lest their deeds which are evil should be re●●ved Onely they that do well and love truth will come to the light that t●● deeds may be made manifest John 3.19 20 21. Also many young novices in sin 〈◊〉 entertain them as Lot did those Angels that came to fetch him out of Sod● Gen. 19. And probably some Parents and Masters will desire them to preve● the spreading of these Gangrenes in their Children and Servants But as for 〈◊〉 parties principally concerned and invited and that stand in the greatest need 〈◊〉 are most to be pitied they will even storm at this very Offer of Help and hiss 〈◊〉 Serpents because it troubles their Nests Being like him Luke 8.27 28. who l●ving been possest with Divels a long time was at length very loath to part wi●● his Guests Indeed if some whose hearts God hath already changed would put them i● to their hands and use their best Art to make them relished For like Bab●●●neat must not onely be given them but prepared too and put into their mouths some return of good might happily come thereof As weak means shall serve th●●urn where God intends success Even a word seasonably spoken God blessing i●●ike a Rudder somtimes steers a man quite into another Course Antiochus by he●●ing from a poor man all the faults which he and his Favorites had committe● carried himself most virtuously ever after Antoninus amended his future life an● manners by onely hearing what the people spake of him The very crowing of 〈◊〉 Cock occasioned Peters repentance Augustine that famous Doctor was converte● by onely reading that Text Rom. 13.13 Let us walk honestly as in the day-time● c. Learned Junius with reading the first Chapter of Saint Johns Gospel was wo●● to the faith of Christ And Melancthon much after the same manner I have rea● of two famous Strumpets that were suddenly converted by this onely Argument● That God seeth all things even in the dark when the doors are shut and th● curtains drawn And Mountain tells of a libidinous Gentleman that sporting with a Courtizan in a house of sin happened to ask her name which she said was Mary whereat he was so stricken with reverence and remorse that he instantly both cast off the Harlot and amended his whole future life Bilney's Confession converted Latimer yea Adrianus was not onely converted but became a Martyr too by only hearing a Martyr at the Stake allege that text Eye hath not seen nor Ea●● heard c. 1 Cor. 2.9 Yea it was an observation of Mr John Lindsay that th● very smoke of Mr Hamilton converted as many as it blew upon Yea even tho●● Jews that crucified the Son of God were converted by hearing those few words o● Peter Act. 2. And it pleased God when I my self was in as hopelesse a condi●ion as any of those Sensualists before-mentioned I mean as much fore-stalled with prejudice against Religion and the Religious that a poor man's perswading ●ne to leave reading of Poetrie and fall upon the Bible was a means of changing my heart before I had read out Genesis being but twenty years of age Who● 〈◊〉 more bless God for then for my Parents from whom I received life And this 〈◊〉 because I know no better way to express my thankfulness to him who hath free●●●d me from frying in Hell-flames for ever and ever then by endeavouring to wi●●●●hers from Satans Standart to Christs makes me do the like to others For 〈◊〉 ●●●dom hear any one swear or scoff or see any drunk or the like but I prefe●●●em with one of these fore-mentioned Messages from that God whom they 〈◊〉 ●●a●ingly and audaciously provoke Nor do I alwaies miss the mark at