Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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The mirror of pure devotion: or, The discovery of hypocrisie Delivered in sixe severall sermons, in the Cathedrall Church of Chichester, by way of an exposition of the parable of the Pharises and the publican. By R.B. preacher of the word, at Chidham in the county of Sussex.
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Ball, Robert, fl. 1635.
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carpocrates_n his_o disciple_n that_o he_o understand_v more_o than_o paul_n or_o peter_n with_o all_o hail_n unto_o their_o seraphical_a rabbi_n and_o hosanna_n hosanna_n to_o their_o irrefragable_a doctor_n magnify_v they_o as_o pythagoras_n his_o scholar_n do_v their_o tutor_n with_o a_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d he_o say_v it_o and_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v so_o or_o as_o dunce_n carolus_n argue_v it_o be_v so_o because_o it_o be_v so_o woe_n worth_a this_o multiplicity_n of_o opinion_n this_o wrack_a of_o scripture_n and_o this_o squeeze_v and_o wire-drawing_a of_o text_n and_o this_o pharisaical_a pertinacy_n and_o stand_v upon_o it_o too_o which_o be_v worse_o than_o all_o the_o rest_n humanum_fw-la est_fw-la errare_fw-la non_fw-la retrahere_fw-la belluinum_fw-la perseverare_fw-la diabolicum_fw-la it_o be_v the_o part_n of_o humane_a frailty_n to_o fall_v into_o error_n of_o swinish_a beastliness_n not_o to_o retract_v but_o devilish_a pertinacy_n to_o persist_v or_o 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