Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	faith_n	reason_n	scripture_n	3,859	5	5.8873	4	true

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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a_o heretic_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o choose_v some_o other_o doctrine_n or_o opinion_n beside_o the_o truth_n but_o that_o we_o may_v not_o dwell_v always_o in_o cortice_fw-la nominis_fw-la in_o the_o bark_n or_o outside_o of_o the_o mere_a name_n i_o shall_v describe_v the_o thing_n itself_o to_o you_o for_o the_o effect_n whereof_o i_o shall_v out_o of_o the_o large_a harvest_n of_o those_o author_n that_o treat_v of_o it_o glean_v this_o description_n of_o heresy_n repugnans_fw-la heresy_n so_o cardinal_n tolet_n l._n 4._o c._n 3._o the_o instruct_v and_o our_o own_o country_n man_n francis_n mason_n l._n 2._o c_o 10_o p_o 164_o c._n 13._o p._n 197._o 198._o de_fw-la ministerio_fw-la anglicano_n have_v describe_v it_o and_o alphonsus_n à_fw-fr castro_n advers._fw-la haereses_fw-la lib_n 1._o p_o 4_o define_v it_o dogma_fw-la falsum_fw-la fidei_fw-la orthodoxae_fw-la repugnans_fw-la heresy_n be_v a_o obstinate_a error_n in_o a_o christian_a man_n in_o some_o part_n contrary_a to_o the_o catholic_n faith_n for_o the_o better_a understanding_n whereof_o i_o shall_v inquire_v after_o these_o two_o particular_n 1._o what_o thing_n heresy_n suppose_v 2_o what_o thing_n it_o imply_v and_o include_v and_o 1._o i_o shall_v inquire_v what_o thing_n heresy_n suppose_v as_o namely_o 1._o a_o mere_a superficial_a knowledge_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n deliver_v and_o acknowledge_v in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n hence_o we_o read_v in_o 1_o cor._n 11.19_o there_o must_v be_v heresy_n among_o you_o you_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o corinthian_n who_o be_v member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n true_a and_o orthodox_n religion_n always_o go_v before_o heresy_n 3._o heresy_n be_v est_fw-la haereticus_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la suscepto_fw-la baptismi_fw-la sacramento_n haeresin_fw-la amplexus_fw-la est_fw-la addimus_fw-la autem_fw-la suscepto_fw-la baptismi_fw-la sacramento_n quia_fw-la qui_fw-la contraria_fw-la fidei_fw-la dogmata_fw-la sequitur_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la catumque_fw-la dei_fw-la receptus_fw-la est_fw-la infidelis_fw-la potiùs_fw-la quàm_fw-la haereticus_fw-la est_fw-la appellandus_fw-la danaeus_n haeres_fw-la cap._n 3._o danaeus_n therefore_o tell_v we_o that_o a_o man_n must_v first_o have_v bind_v and_o oblige_v himself_o to_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o christianity_n before_o he_o can_v proper_o be_v call_v a_o heretic_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o antichrist_n that_o man_n of_o sin_n be_v say_v to_o sit_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n 2_o thes_n 2.4_o that_o be_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o church_n heresy_n therefore_o be_v a_o error_n not_o of_o any_o kind_n of_o man_n but_o of_o those_o who_o in_o appearance_n and_o as_o far_o as_o the_o outward_a profession_n of_o it_o make_v their_o pretence_n to_o the_o christian_a faith_n from_o some_o part_n or_o article_n whereof_o they_o afterward_o revolt_v and_o fall_v away_o and_o hereby_o we_o may_v easy_o distinguish_v between_o heresy_n and_o schism_n heresy_n maintain_v a_o perverse_a opinion_n or_o doctrine_n in_o the_o church_n schism_n make_v a_o rash_a and_o needless_a separation_n from_o the_o church_n heresy_n be_v a_o desertion_n of_o ecclesiastical_a verity_n schism_n a_o breach_n of_o ecclesiastical_a unity_n 2_o heresy_n suppose_v that_o some_o thing_n may_v be_v retain_v which_o in_o some_o particular_a savour_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n although_o it_o have_v long_o since_o be_v account_v a_o axiom_n in_o divinity_n quod_fw-la articuli_fw-la fidei_fw-la sint_fw-la copulativi_fw-la that_o the_o article_n of_o faith_n be_v copulative_a and_o as_o 7._o as_o part_n 2._o q._n 159._o memb_v 7._o alexander_n hales_n tell_v we_o faith_n extend_v itself_o ad_fw-la omne_fw-la credibilia_fw-la to_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v credible_a so_o that_o he_o who_o deny_v one_o article_n of_o faith_n in_o nullo_n sanus_fw-la judicetur_fw-la as_o 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