Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	devil_n	father_n	lie_n	3,415	5	9.0726	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86368	Eighteene choice and usefull sermons, by Benjamin Hinton, B.D. late minister of Hendon. And sometime fellow of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge. Imprimatur, Edm: Calamy. 1650.	Hinton, Benjamin.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2065; Thomason E595_5; ESTC R206929	221,318	254

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return_v with_o his_o army_n and_o to_o save_v his_o oath_n withal_o save_v the_o city_n and_o we_o read_v of_o regulus_n and_o some_o other_o of_o the_o roman_n that_o hannibal_n have_v take_v prisoner_n that_o have_v take_v a_o oath_n that_o they_o will_v go_v to_o rome_n and_o if_o some_o of_o the_o carthaginian_n be_v not_o exchange_v for_o they_o they_o themselves_o will_v return_v when_o they_o come_v to_o rome_n and_o effect_v not_o that_o for_o which_o they_o be_v send_v yet_o they_o be_v so_o religious_a in_o observe_v their_o oath_n that_o though_o they_o know_v for_o certain_a that_o the_o save_n of_o their_o oath_n will_v be_v the_o loss_n of_o life_n yet_o they_o return_v again_o so_o heinous_a a_o sin_n be_v perjury_n their_o account_v even_o among_o the_o heathen_a and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o this_o sin_n have_v always_o be_v so_o grievous_o punish_v sometime_o with_o banishment_n as_o among_o the_o roman_n sometime_o with_o death_n as_o among_o the_o egyptian_n for_o 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commit_v his_o sacred_a name_n as_o a_o seal_n unto_o we_o 6.6_o heb._n 6.6_o for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o the_o end_n of_o strife_n both_o which_o the_o confirmation_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o contention_n make_v much_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o good_a of_o all_o man_n now_o he_o that_o swear_v false_o abuse_v god_n name_n to_o the_o confirm_v of_o a_o lie_n which_o be_v most_o dishonourable_a to_o god_n who_o be_v the_o god_n of_o truth_n most_o acceptable_a to_o the_o devil_n who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o lie_v and_o most_o injurious_a to_o man_n among_o who_o there_o can_v possible_o be_v any_o society_n if_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n nor_o fidelity_n among_o they_o if_o a_o man_n have_v a_o tower_n or_o castle_n commit_v to_o his_o keep_n shall_v betray_v it_o to_o the_o enemy_n he_o shall_v be_v count_v a_o traitor_n to_o his_o prince_n and_o country_n god_n name_n say_v solomon_n be_v a_o strong_a tower_n whereunto_o the_o righteous_a resort_n 15.10_o prov._n 15.10_o now_o when_o a_o man_n swear_v false_o he_o betray_v this_o tower_n unto_o the_o devil_n who_o be_v god_n enemy_n which_o be_v a_o infinite_a wrong_n to_o god_n sacred_a name_n second_o he_o that_o swear_v false_o be_v most_o injurious_a to_o man_n for_o by_o this_o mean_v many_o time_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o juror_n give_v up_o a_o false_a verdict_n the_o judge_n pronounce_v a_o unjust_a sentence_n and_o the_o party_n that_o be_v innocent_a be_v deprive_v of_o his_o right_n three_o against_o himself_o for_o by_o calling_n god_n as_o a_o witness_n to_o that_o which_o be_v false_a while_o he_o seek_v to_o escape_v the_o censure_n of_o man_n he_o fall_v most_o fearful_o into_o god_n hand_n and_o to_o avoid_v a_o pecuniary_a mulct_n or_o a_o bodily_a punishment_n do_v bind_v his_o soul_n over_o unto_o god_n judgement_n who_o have_v threaten_v beforehand_o that_o he_o will_v not_o hold_v he_o guiltless_a this_o then_o be_v so_o heinous_a and_o horrible_a a_o sin_n both_o before_o god_n and_o man_n what_o may_v we_o think_v of_o those_o who_o hold_v it_o lawful_a to_o swear_v and_o for-swear_a and_o both_o practise_v it_o in_o action_n and_o defend_v it_o in_o writing_n thus_o the_o romish_a priest_n and_o jesuit_n be_v bring_v before_o the_o magistrate_n and_o put_v to_o their_o oath_n they_o hold_v it_o lawful_a to_o swear_v and_o for-swear_a themselves_o for_o this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n which_o be_v maintain_v among_o they_o that_o unto_o dangerous_a interrogatory_n a_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o answer_v according_a to_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o magistrate_n demand_v but_o that_o he_o may_v lawful_o equivocate_v and_o frame_v a_o safe_a meaning_n unto_o himself_o and_o swear_v unto_o it_o as_o if_o a_o priest_n be_v examine_v before_o the_o magistrate_n whether_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n or_o no_o though_o indeed_o he_o be_v yet_o he_o may_v mean_v that_o he_o be_v not_o one_o of_o baal_n priest_n and_o so_o he_o may_v equivocate_v and_o swear_v that_o he_o be_v not_o thus_o garnet_n superior_a of_o the_o jesuit_n in_o england_n be_v examine_v before_o the_o council_n &_o put_v to_o his_o oath_n whether_o he_o have_v not_o have_v any_o conference_n with_o hall_n the_o priest_n while_o he_o be_v in_o prison_n he_o take_v it_o upon_o his_o oath_n that_o he_o have_v have_v no_o conference_n with_o he_o and_o when_o it_o be_v prove_v to_o his_o face_n to_o be_v false_a and_o that_o he_o be_v forsworn_a he_o answer_v only_o this_o that_o he_o have_v offend_v if_o equivocation_n do_v not_o help_v he_o thus_o tresham_n the_o traitor_n while_o he_o lie_v in_o the_o tower_n upon_o his_o deathbed_n and_o die_v present_o after_o he_o take_v it_o upon_o his_o salvation_n that_o he_o have_v not_o see_v garnet_n of_o sixteen_o year_n before_o which_o be_v afterward_o find_v to_o be_v false_a and_o that_o by_o garnets_n own_o confession_n garnet_n be_v ask_v what_o he_o think_v of_o tresham_n 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