Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	good_a	great_a	see_v	4,003	5	3.1544	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47535	Gold refin'd, or, Baptism in its primitive purity proving baptism in water an holy institution of Jesus Christ ... : wherein it is clearly evinced that baptism ... is immersion, or dipping the whole body, &c : also that believers are only the true subjects (and not infants) of that holy sacrament : likewise Mr. Smythies arguments for infant-baptism in his late book entitled, The non-communicant ... fully answered / by Benj. Keach ...	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1689 (1689)	Wing K68; ESTC R17190	114,897	272

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person_n or_o otherwise_o why_o be_v you_o baptise_a afterward_o who_o can_v justify_v you_o in_o this_o practice_n i_o be_o persuade_v our_o brethren_n can_v will_v not_o do_v it_o if_o they_o right_o consider_v the_o light_n or_o dictate_v of_o your_o conscience_n in_o this_o matter_n it_o be_v not_o what_o they_o be_v in_o their_o own_o sense_n but_o what_o they_o be_v in_o your_o judgement_n speak_v be_v they_o baptise_a or_o be_v not_o that_o they_o call_v baptism_n in_o your_o conscience_n a_o nullity_n nay_o worse_o a_o tradition_n of_o man_n nay_o a_o profanation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n how_o then_o can_v you_o justify_v yourselves_o in_o such_o a_o practice_n i_o have_v as_o much_o charity_n for_o our_o brethren_n i_o hope_v as_o most_o of_o you_o have_v and_o love_n and_o honour_v they_o yet_o dare_v not_o transgress_v or_o invert_v christ_n holy_a law_n and_o gospel-order_n and_o therefore_o take_v heed_n what_o you_o do_v if_o there_o be_v no_o baptise_a 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the_o more_o upon_o this_o account_n not_o only_o to_o deliver_v your_o soul_n from_o temptation_n and_o disorderly_o walk_v but_o also_o because_o i_o know_v it_o grieve_v many_o very_a gracious_a person_n and_o weaken_v the_o hand_n of_o those_o who_o carry_v on_o the_o work_n of_o god_n among_o we_o and_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o obstruct_v the_o further_a glory_n and_o reformation_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o i_o be_o for_o such_o communion_n with_o our_o brethren_n as_o we_o may_v warrantable_o promote_v as_o to_o pray_o and_o preach_v together_o and_o to_o love_n and_o encourage_v grace_n and_o holiness_n in_o one_o another_o i_o will_v say_v no_o more_o i_o have_v do_v only_o remember_v that_o excellent_a say_n of_o the_o apostle_n now_o i_o pray_v you_o brethren_n that_o you_o remember_v i_o in_o all_o thing_n and_o keep_v the_o ordinance_n as_o i_o deliver_v they_o to_o you_o will_v to_o god_n i_o can_v say_v so_o of_o you_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o keep_v the_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n but_o so_o to_o keep_v they_o as_o at_o first_o deliver_v to_o the_o saint_n let_v we_o go_v forward_o and_o not_o decline_v or_o seem_v to_o draw_v back_o in_o our_o zeal_n and_o testimony_n for_o the_o truth_n let_v we_o walk_v as_o we_o have_v attain_v god_n may_v bring_v our_o brethren_n to_o see_v wherein_o they_o come_v short_a as_o well_o as_o wherein_o they_o know_v they_o be_v get_v before_o other_o i_o hope_v what_o i_o have_v write_v will_v be_v receive_v in_o good_a part_n and_o none_o will_v be_v offend_v for_o i_o can_v appeal_v to_o god_n the_o searcher_n of_o all_o heart_n i_o have_v do_v all_o that_o i_o have_v do_v or_o write_v in_o this_o treatise_n in_o the_o integrity_n and_o uprighness_n of_o my_o heart_n and_o in_o sincere_a love_n to_o christ_n and_o his_o despise_a ordinance_n and_o to_o discharge_v my_o conscience_n hope_v a_o blessing_n will_v attend_v it_o and_o that_o it_o will_v redound_v to_o his_o glory_n and_o the_o profit_n of_o his_o church_n and_o if_o so_o i_o matter_n not_o what_o censure_v i_o lie_v under_o for_o my_o record_n be_v on_o high_a and_o my_o witness_n be_v in_o heaven_n i_o be_o content_v to_o be_v any_o thing_n or_o nothing_o if_o i_o know_v my_o own_o deceitful_a heart_n that_o god_n may_v be_v all_o in_o all_o to_o who_o be_v praise_n and_o glory_n by_o jesus_n christ_n now_o and_o for_o evermore_o amen_n finis_fw-la the_o table_n of_o the_o content_n chap._n i._o baptism_n of_o water_n only_o intend_v in_o the_o commission_n prove_v by_o eight_o reason_n from_o page_z 1_o to_o p._n 6._o water-baptism_n to_o continue_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n from_o p._n 7_o 8_o 9_o baptise_a in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n prove_v to_o be_v according_a to_o the_o commission_n p._n 11_o 12._o the_o objection_n that_o the_o baptism_n in_o water_n be_v john_n baptism_n answer_v p._n 12_o 13_o 14_o 15_o 16._o object_n that_o paul_n be_v not_o send_v to_o baptize_v answer_v p._n 20_o 22_o chap._n ii_o open_v the_o true_a genuine_a literal_a proper_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n baptizo_fw-la p._n 24_o 25_o 26_o chap._n iii_o baptism_n be_v dip_v etc._n etc._n prove_v from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n p._n 32_o 33_o etc._n etc._n chap._n iv._o baptism_n dip_v or_o plunge_v prove_v from_o the_o spiritual_a signification_n of_o the_o ordinance_n p._n 42_o 43_o etc._n etc._n chap._n v._o baptism_n prove_v immerge_v or_o dip_v from_o the_o typical_a and_o metaphorical_a baptism_n speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n p._n 56_o 57_o etc._n etc._n chap._n vi_o believer_n the_o only_a subject_n of_o baptism_n from_o the_o commission_n p._n 63_o 64_o etc._n etc._n chap._n vii_o baptism_n of_o believer_n prove_v the_o only_a subject_n of_o it_o from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n p._n 76_o 77_o etc._n etc._n chap._n viii_o believer_n the_o only_a subject_n from_o the_o end_n of_o baptism_n p._n 78._o seven_o end_n of_o baptism_n p._n 80_o chap._n ix_o 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