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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89500	Meate out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and distracted times. Discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable house of Commons at Margarets Westminster on their solemne day of fast, June 30. 1647. / By Tho: Manton Minister of Stoke-Newington.	Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1647 (1647)	Wing M525; Thomason E395_1; ESTC R201634	37,335	60

small offence to the godly the dead body of Amasa in the way to discourage the people of the Lord from going on to union and accord the sons of Eli that cause many to abhor the offering of the Lord partly as those that are very apt to be the cinifloes that will blow up the coales of strife amongst us The first stirs about religion in the Low Countryes were occasioned by the Ministers of the old Leaven whom they were faine to take in out of necessity in that scarcity of Ministers and to allow some of them because of their parts in eminēt places * The story nameth Wiggerus Collhaasius and others who kindled those sparks of trouble which afterward were blown up by James Arminius into a great flame Many observe that the Jesuites goe over to the Lutherans and foment differences between them the reformed truly we may feare their influence men that have the old malice a new irritation will stirre in a way of revenge The Lord guide you I am sorry to heare the complaints that are abroad Fourthly In the liberty that you give use great caution some things you may be forced to beare with for a time take heed of endangering the truths of God you ought to be tender of Christs little ones woe to those that offend them Mat. 18. 6. But you ought to be more tender of Christs truths you owe somewhat to Christs Saints and servāts but I say again more to his truths T is somewhat unheard of that these two should come in contest and competition however you will find Christ more jealous of his ways then of his servants of his truths then of his Saints 't is truth makes Saints Joh. 17. 17. Sanctifie them by thy truth thy word is truth and husbandmen are ever more carefull of their seed-corne then of the increase and besides we may be deceived in Saints wee doe not know hearts but we cannot so easily in truths because there is a sure standard to measure them by Therefore take heed of doing any thing against truth 't is a good old caution In veste varietas sit scissura non sit though there be divers colours yet let there be no rent in the Churches coate I will not take upon me to state the matter what libertie you may give and how far perhaps that may be unfeasonable however 't will not I hope be too much presumption to present you with the most obvious miscarriages of Magistrates in this matter Three sorts of men there are in the world and concerning every one of them wee may say The way of peace they have not knowne 1. Some are of a preposterous zeale in lesser differences and are all for extremity and violence towards those from whom they differ in the least degree and circumstance most of the censures inflicted by the late Bishops were because of Ceremonies things not weighty in any regard no not in their own esteeme some men breath out nothing but rage and threatnings upon the least dissent I remember I have read of Joab David's Generall that when his teacher had falsely vowelled one word in the Hebrew hee slew him the place was that charge to destroy Zechan He read it Zachar the males of Amalec It is good to preserve truth but small distempers will not need so violent a cure 't is as if a man should fire an house to destroy the mice in it Union is good but rigorous inforcements especially in trifles things that lie farre from the heart of Religion are not so warrantable Paul is every where most zealous against errours there is never an Epistle of his but hath some what against them However none more earnest then he to bring circumcision and uncircumcision to a profession of brotherhood Secondly Some are for medleyes and compounds of religion as if that would be peace Thus Charles the fifth thought to please all by that wicked booke called the Interim it did a great deale of harme and did not any way heale the difference many of late amongst us and in other reformed Churches endeavored to blend us Rome Babilon and Zion together God hateth those iniquos syncretismos prophane mixtures and intermysticall designes unity consists in an agreement in the truth not in a coagulation of errors strings that are in tune must not be stirred others must be set up to them The disobedient must bee brought up to the wisedome of the just not that brought downe to them Luke 1. 17. when the language is pure the Souldier is one Zeph. 3. 9. little hopes of agreement till you set up pure doctrine unmixed disipline the new cloth set upon the old will make the rent the greater the world thinks the lesse purity the more unity but 't is otherwise all the troubles are because Iron will not mixe with Clay Gods waies with man's inventions Thirdly Some drive at a promiscuous leave and toleration of all opinions and differences though never so contrary to truth as if this were the best way to bring things to any peace and quiet ôh consider how great a prejudice this is to Religion this is the very way that Julian the Apostate tooke to destroy it Socrates Scholasticus Ammianus Marcellinus and others that write of him say that to ruine religion he would equally tolerate and countenance all parties I shall but take notice of what * one saith that he was thoroughly set upon this as knowing it to be the ready way to bring all to naught indeed 't was not onely the policy of this subtile adversary but of all the enemies of truth as the * margine will informe you And indeed where it doth not destroy Religion it doth imbase it partly because men content themselves in having made a better choyse then others about them partly because men spend all the heat and first-borne of their strength and zeale in the contentions and letthe practicks goe certainely there would be but little security to truth and it's followers where there is such a promiscuous toleration where men are godly they cannot be so easily amassed into one body and confederacy with persons erroneous they being bound up by conscience and having religion of their sides are not so flexible and then the others cannot so well agree with them for two different errours can better agree and cotton among themselves then one errour and the nearest truth darknesse and darknesse can better agree then light and darknesse alwayes you will find it men hate the nearest truth as being that light by which their deeds are reproved The Eunomians the Arians though they held different errours the one denyed the Godhead of the Sonne the other of the Spirit could better agree with one another then with the Orthodox the Pharises and Herodians though of different principles the one being for the other against the liberty of the Jewes yet both could conspire together to entrapp Christ Iebal and Ammon