Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	father_n	spirit_n	worship_v	16,413	5	10.3152	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42713	A false witness examin'd and rebuk'd, and the stedfast, sincere obedience of the people called Quakers, unto Christ Jesus, their souls captain bishop and high-priest, asserted and vindicated : being an answer to a book, entituled, A declaration concerning the people called Quakers, &c., given forth by I know not who, there is subscribed to the said book, Christidulus Ecclestion, but whether this be the name of the author, or only a feigned name, is a question but I do not know the author by that name, nor do I hear of any that doth, neither did I ever know any man or woman by that name / by ... Wilson Gibson.	Gibson, William, 1629-1684.	1674 (1674)	Wing G683; ESTC R9682	18,480	20

A FALSE WITNESS EXAMIN'D and REBUK'D AND THE Stedfast Sincere Obedience Of the People called Quakers unto CHRIST JESUS Their Souls Captain Bishop and High-Priest ASSERTED and VINDICATED Being an Answer to a Book entituled A Declaration concerning the People called QUAKERS c. Given forth by I know not Who There is subscribed to the said Book ●HRISTODVLVS ECCLESTONE but whether this be the Name of the Author or only a Feigned Name is a Question But I do not know the Author by that Name nor do I hear of any that doth neither did I ever know any Man or Woman by that Name By a Servant of Christ William Gibson For he said Surely they are my People Children that will not Lye so he was their Saviour Isa 63.8 A faithful Witne●● will not Lye but a false Witness will utter Lyes Prov. 14 5. Ye are of your Father the Devil and the Lust of your Father you will do he was a Murderer from the beginning and abode not in the Truth when he speaketh a Lye he spe●keth of his own ●●r he is a Lya● and the Father of it Joh. 8.44 A false Witness shall not be unpunished and he that speaketh Lyes shall not escape Prov. 19 5. They bend their Tongues like their Bows for Lyes but they are not valiant for the Truth c. Jer. 9.3 His Lyes shall not so effect it Jer. 48.30 Printed in the Year 16●● The EPISTLE to the READER Reader CHrist Jesus in whose Mouth never Guile was found hath said that God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in the Spirit in Truth And he hath said that No Lye is of the Truth And the beloved Apostle John said God is Love they that dwell in God dwell in Love and he that loveth God lovet his Brother also 1 Cor. 13. read it throughout And another beloved Apostle saith Love thinketh no Evil it Envieth not it doth not behave it self Unseemly Love is the fulfilling of the Law as it is written Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart and thy Neighbour as thy self God is that holy immutable infinite Spirit whose Presence fills Heaven Earth who hath given Life and Being to all Mankind and whom all ought to fear and serve with their Souls and Bodies which are his He is that immutable holy Fountain from whom all Good doth originally come as Love Meekness Patience Justice Equity and Mercy and all other Blessings and Mercies whether spiritual or temporal which the Sons of Men do enjoy And this God who is an infinite Spirit he is near unto all Mankind to shew them what is Good and what he requireth of them that is To do justly one to another to Love Mercy that is to be Merciful as he is Merciful And this is he of whom the Prophet testified saying He that formed the Mountains and created the Winds and shews unto man his Thoughts the Lord of Hosts is his Name Amos 4.13 And this is he of whom the Apostle testified saying 2 Cor. 4.6 God hath shined in our Hearts to give us the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ and this Treasure says the Apostle have we in Earthen Vessels that the Excellency of the Power may be of God and not of us Oh! happy are all they who are given up to follow and obey this holy Fountain of Love Life Joy Peace Justice and Mercy c. for them will he fill with these heavenly Vertues and bring them into his heavenly Likeness in which man was made in the beginning But alas there is another spirit which hath gotten by Vsurpation the Rule and Government over many of the Sons and Daughters of Men Ephes 2.2 which the holy Apostle calls the Prince of the Power of the Air who worketh in the Hearts of the Children of Disobedience 2 Cor. 4.4 and he is also called the God of the World who hath blinded the Minds of them that believe not in the true God This is he that lead man first from the true God This is he that lead Cain to kill Abel because his own Works were Evil and his Brother s Righteous This is he that led the Old World into those many provoaking Sins which caused God to overthrow it who preserved Noah that Preacher of Righteousness and did not destroy him with that Vngodly Generation This is he that led the People of Sodom and Gomorrah into those many Grievous Abominations for which God destroyed them with Fire from Heaven but delivered just Lot who was vexed with their Vngodly Conversation This is he who led Pharaoh King of Egypt and his Task-Masters to oppress the Israel of God whom God delivered out of their Hands and overthrew them in the Red Sea This is he who Raigned in the Apostate Jews who went from the Law of God and made them mad against the Lord's Prophets so that they put them to Death This is he who led Judas to betray his Master for Thirty Pieces of Silver and led Demas to forsake Paul in his Suffering and to turn to the Evil World This is he who set the Hypocritical Professing Jews into a Rage against Christ Jesus the Right Heir when he came amongst them and did the Mighty Works that never man did they would not believe him but said By Beelzebub the Prince of Devils he cast out Devils They spit upon him he was crowned with Thorns afterwards crucified whom God rais'd the third day according to the Scriptures and who is ascended and exalted at the Right Hand of the Majesty on high c. These Professing Jews were the chief Instruments against him though they were assisted in this work of Wick●dness by the Gentiles This is he who was those Persecutors Father as Christ told them You are of your Father the Devil saith he f●r the Works of your Father you do for he was a Lyar a Murderer from the beginning when he speaks a Lye he speaketh of himself for he is a Lyar and the Father of it And this is he who led the Heathens to Belye the Primitive Christians and their Principles and to put them to Death And this is he who hath led an hypocritical Generation of Professors of Christianity who are in the Apostacy from the Life of Christ to belye us and our Principles and to persecute us for our Obedience to Christ Jesus yea even some of us to Death Oh! that they might find a Place of Repentance and obtain Forgiveness at the Hand of the Lord God This is he who hath led this Author to Belye us and our Principles and Practices as may be seen in the following Book So as it is written He that is born after the Flesh persecutes him that is born after the Spirit and they that will live God-like in Christ Jesus must suffer Persecution and Evil Men and Seducers wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived Oh!