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	reprove_v	2,125	5	10.3012	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65862	The divine light of Christ in man, and his mediation truly confessed by the people called Quakers. In a brief and gentle examination of John Norris his two treatises concerning the divine light. Intended to wipe off his undue reflection of grossness and confusion on the Quakers notion of the light within. With a postscript to J. N. By G. W. a servant of Christ.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1692 (1692)	Wing W1924; ESTC R220968	14,045	25

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3._o 20._o apology_n f._n 355._o thus_o far_o r._n barclay_n with_o much_o more_o of_o this_o kind_n in_o his_o work_n which_o i_o forbear_v far_o to_o recite_v here_o be_v i_o think_v sufficient_a to_o evince_v to_o any_o rational_a and_o intelligent_a person_n that_o he_o do_v not_o nor_o do_v any_o of_o we_o confine_v the_o light_n of_o christ_n within_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o act_n of_o illumination_n or_o enlighten_v to_o certain_a man_n or_o to_o ourselves_o only_o but_o the_o knowledge_n and_o experience_n of_o its_o more_o powerful_a operation_n unto_o salvation_n and_o deliverance_n of_o man_n from_o sin_n and_o satan_n be_v only_o effectual_o receive_v and_o experience_v in_o they_o who_o return_v inward_a unto_o and_o obey_v this_o divine_a light_n of_o christ_n within_o when_o it_o unavoidable_o convict_v and_o reprove_v they_o of_o sin_n and_o transgression_n christ_n be_v the_o author_n of_o eternal_a salvation_n to_o they_o that_o obey_v he_o though_o he_o actual_o 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christ_n the_o flesh_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n which_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n p._n 37_o 38._o on_o which_o j._n n._n observe_v thus_o viz._n i_o think_v it_o be_v plain_a from_o this_o account_n mr._n barclay_n give_v of_o the_o light_n that_o though_o it_o be_v a_o substance_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o but_o real_o distinct_a from_o the_o substance_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v not_o deus_n but_o vehiculum_fw-la dei_fw-la thus_o far_o j._n n._n ans._n 1._o by_o the_o way_n be_v sensible_a where_o the_o stress_n of_o his_o objection_n lie_v and_o what_o word_n it_o most_o here_o pinch_v upon_o i_o do_v sincere_o propose_v that_o the_o divine_a light_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o word_n of_o god_n can_v be_v confine_v to_o those_o or_o any_o such_o explication_n here_o object_v in_o a_o strict_a or_o literal_a sense_n neither_o shall_v i_o insist_v upon_o the_o same_o if_o j._n n._n shall_v write_v another_o book_n or_o more_o thereof_o i_o shall_v not_o 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