Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	divine_a	reason_n	revelation_n	1,875	5	9.2536	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52857	An English inquisition for a heretick Or, The punishment due to hereticks. Together with the nature and causes of heresie. Declared in a sermon preached at a visitation at Ware, upon the 19th. of April 1672. By Robert Neville, B.D. late Fellow of Kings-Colledge in Cambridge, and now Rector of Ansty in the county of Hertford.	Neville, Robert, 1640 or 1-1694.	1673 (1673)	Wing N519; ESTC R220263	15,927	31

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to_o the_o art_n and_o skill_n of_o interpret_n scripture_n 4_o heresy_n sometime_o proceed_v from_o a_o desire_n in_o man_n to_o shroud_v themselves_o under_o the_o great_a name_n of_o some_o famous_a person_n jud._n 16._o have_v man_n person_n in_o admiration_n hence_o spring_v that_o rhapsody_n of_o heresy_n with_o which_o the_o church_n do_v ever_o abound_v the_o cerinthian_o nicolaitan_n arrian_n manichee_n pelagian_n socinian_o etc._n etc._n both_o the_o time_n and_o your_o patience_n will_v fail_v i_o if_o i_o shall_v recite_v all_o those_o which_o irenaeus_n epiphanius_n st._n augustine_n alphonsus_n à_fw-fr castro_n and_o other_o have_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o reckon_v up_o such_o man_n as_o those_o which_o i_o but_o now_o name_v to_o you_o usual_o place_v the_o founder_n of_o that_o heresy_n to_o which_o they_o be_v retainer_n as_o a_o star_n in_o the_o firmament_n and_o walk_v by_o the_o light_n which_o he_o cast_v and_o by_o no_o other_o though_o it_o come_v from_o the_o 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orator_n do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o have_v he_o a_o witness_n against_o his_o client_n murena_n so_o tolle_fw-la mihi_fw-la è_fw-la causâ_fw-la nomen_fw-la calvini_n aut_fw-la socini_fw-la take_v away_o the_o name_n of_o calvin_n or_o socinus_n if_o you_o will_v discover_v the_o truth_n there_o be_v but_o one_o name_n by_o which_o you_o can_v be_v save_v act._n 4.12_o and_o his_o name_n alone_o must_v prevail_v with_o you_o 5_o heresy_n oftentimes_o grow_v from_o covetousness_n which_o 1_o tim._n 6.10_o be_v the_o root_n of_o all_o evil_a which_o while_o some_o covet_v after_o they_o have_v err_v from_o the_o faith_n thus_o 3●_n thus_o lib._n 5_o c_o 3●_n theodoret_n tell_v we_o of_o vlphila_n bishop_n of_o the_o goth_n who_o be_v entice_v and_o allure_v by_o money_n draw_v all_o the_o barbarian_n into_o communion_n with_o the_o arrian_n heretic_n and_o holy_a magnes_fw-la holy_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n epistol_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la ignatius_n describe_v some_o heretic_n that_o do_v then_o infest_v the_o church_n tell_v we_o that_o they_o be_v covetous_a of_o other_o man_n good_n and_o greedy_a of_o wealth_n this_o send_v that_o swarm_n of_o fly_n and_o locust_n the_o novatian_o the_o puritan_n of_o those_o time_n disciple_n of_o novatus_n who_o will_v needs_o be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pure_a but_o as_o pure_a as_o he_o pretend_v to_o be_v he_o be_v say_v nazianzen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o covetous_a person_n this_o sin_n be_v the_o great_a coiner_n of_o heresy_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o invention_n of_o worldly-minded_n man_n work_v out_o of_o the_o elaboratory_n of_o their_o fancy_n some_o new_a doctrine_n which_o may_v favour_v and_o feed_v their_o covetous_a humour_n and_o make_v they_o rich_a and_o great_a in_o the_o world_n this_o build_v a_o throne_n for_o the_o pope_n and_o a_o consistory_n for_o the_o disciplinarian_a this_o have_v state_v many_o question_n and_o sit_v as_o precedent_n at_o most_o council_n for_o be_v the_o man_n what_o he_o will_v private_a interest_n be_v common_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o chair_n and_o è_fw-la cathedrâ_fw-la determine_v all_o thing_n and_o whatsoever_o be_v once_o find_v advantageous_a shall_v soon_o be_v determine_v sound_n and_o orthodox_n 6_o heresy_n sometime_o proceed_v from_o exalt_v reason_n too_o high_a in_o matter_n of_o pure_a faith_n i_o say_v matter_n of_o pure_a faith_n for_o those_o principle_n which_o the_o scripture_n contain_v be_v of_o two_o sort_n mix_v and_o pure_a the_o mix_v be_v those_o that_o be_v both_o discover_v by_o reason_n and_o declare_v by_o revelation_n and_o so_o be_v principle_n both_o of_o reason_n and_o faith_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v the_o attribute_n of_o god_n moral_a good_a and_o evil_a and_o the_o soul_n immortality_n the_o principle_n of_o pure_a faith_n be_v such_o as_o be_v know_v only_o by_o the_o divine_a testimony_n as_o the_o miraculous_a conception_n the_o incarnation_n and_o the_o trinity_n and_o to_o this_o purpose_n have_v eulogius_n a_o excellent_a oration_n against_o those_o who_o think_v to_o be_v able_a to_o comprehend_v those_o sublime_a truth_n in_o scripture_n that_o concern_v the_o trinity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o wit_n or_o reason_n of_o man_n these_o principle_n of_o pure_a revelation_n reason_n can_v immediate_o demonstrate_v nor_o can_v we_o expect_v it_o shall_v for_o they_o be_v matter_n of_o divine_a testimony_n all_o that_o it_o can_v do_v herein_o be_v to_o assert_v the_o credibility_n and_o truth_n of_o those_o testimony_n that_o relate_v such_o matter_n in_o prove_v the_o divine_a authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o it_o be_v no_o more_o disparagement_n to_o our_o reason_n that_o they_o can_v evince_v these_o sacred_a truth_n of_o pure_a revelation_n by_o their_o own_o strength_n than_o it_o be_v a_o disgrace_n to_o they_o that_o they_o can_v know_v that_o there_o be_v such_o thing_n as_o colour_n without_o the_o 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as_o