Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A76857
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Bloody Babylon discoverd
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[Londinatus, Christianus].
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1659
(1659)
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Wing B3227; Thomason E1928_3; ESTC R209991
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bloody_a babylon_n discover_v or_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n reveal_v write_v long_o since_o and_o now_o publish_v for_o the_o instruction_n and_o information_n of_o great_a britain_n in_o general_a more_o particular_o intend_v for_o that_o once_o famous_a flourish_a and_o for_o civil_a government_n admire_v honourable_a city_n of_o london_n by_o christianus_n londinatus_n melius_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la barbaros_fw-la sub_fw-la specie_fw-la captivitatis_fw-la esse_fw-la libre_fw-la quà m_fw-la sub_fw-la specie_fw-la liberâ—atis_fw-la esse_fw-la captivus_fw-la salu._n de_fw-fr gub_n dei_fw-la quaerendum_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la apud_fw-la barbaros_fw-la angliae_fw-la humanitatem_fw-la quia_fw-la apud_fw-la anglos_n barbaram_fw-la inhumanitatem_fw-la far_o non_fw-la possum_fw-la salu._n if_o thou_o warn_v the_o wicked_a and_o he_o turn_v not_o from_o his_o wickedness_n nor_o from_o his_o wicked_a way_n he_o shall_v die_v in_o his_o iniquity_n but_o thou_o have_v deliver_v thy_o soul_n ezek._n chap._n 3._o vers_fw-la 19_o print_a in_o the_o year_n 1659._o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n reveal_v as_o the_o compassionate_a bowel_n of_o a_o tenderly-affecting_a father_n towards_o his_o son_n though_o refractorie_a in_o their_o demeanour_n unnatural_a in_o their_o return_n of_o expressive_a unsonne-like_a disobedience_n for_o his_o dear_a expression_n of_o a_o fatherlike_o affection_n still_o continue_v woo_v with_o intermix_a sigh_n and_o tear_n those_o obstinate_o wicked_a child_n nature_n work_v as_o it_o be_v against_o nature_n his_o natural_a affection_n as_o a_o father_n prevail_v over_o his_o angry_a inclination_n by_o nature_n as_o a_o man_n with_o weep_a rhetoric_n persuade_v their_o return_n from_o those_o self-destroying_a path_n by_o such_o win_a mean_n invite_v they_o to_o the_o avoid_n of_o approach_a misery_n and_o enjoyment_n of_o their_o almost_o irrecoverable_o loâ—t_v felicity_n even_o so_o notwithstanding_o these_o line_n like_o that_o passionate_o wooing-father_n only_o aim_v at_o the_o temporal_a and_o eternal_a happiness_n of_o all_o those_o who_o past_a and_o present_a worst_a of_o action_n so_o obvious_a to_o the_o world_n eye_n need_v not_o argito_fw-la monstrari_fw-la plain_o word_n to_o speak_v the_o concern_v person_n because_o for_o these_o line_n alone_o i_o can_v but_o expect_v to_o be_v meet_v with_o by_o envy_n so_o unwilling_a guilty_a man_n be_v to_o read_v their_o crime_n though_o but_o in_o a_o silent_o speak_v line_n pursue_v by_o malice_n ill_a requital_n for_o real_o confer_v favour_n to_o return_v discourteous_a persecution_n and_o overtake_v by_o bloody_a revenge_n though_o perchance_o palliate_v with_o that_o false_a and_o cheat_a veil_n of_o new-minted_a law_n and_o justice_n strange_a man_n to_o endeavour_v the_o ruin_n of_o those_o who_o endeavour_n tend_v only_o to_o the_o preservation_n of_o they_o from_o ruin_n my_o inward_a thought_n notwithstanding_o all_o these_o contrary_a persuade_a danger_n inhuman_a and_o un-christian_n requitall_n incline_v i_o to_o a_o passionate_a compassion_n of_o my_o dear_a country_n still_o by_o the_o prevail_a rule-lesse_a overrule_a bloodily-destroying_a faction_n of_o that_o headless_a dismember_a thing_n false_o style_v parliament_n with_o the_o additional_a treachery_n of_o some_o stupid_a passiveness_n of_o other_o grasp_a those_o flame_n which_o already_o have_v sensible_o destroy_v their_o once_o flourish_a peace_n consume_v their_o formerly-happy_a government_n into_o a_o ashy_a heap_n and_o ere_o long_o unavoidable_o will_v render_v each_o particular_a man_n abound_v in_o nothing_o but_o in_o the_o abundance_n of_o misery_n want_v store_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o of_o want_n unhappy_a even_o beyond_o the_o addition_n of_o great_a unhappiness_n be_v already_o become_v obedientiall_a slave_n to_o the_o peremptory_a command_n will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o irrational_a irreligious_a lawless_a blood_n thirsty_a and_o sacrilegious_a man_n these_o have_v under_o unjust_a pretence_n of_o free_v they_o from_o a_o former_a falsely-supposed_n tyranny_n free_v they_o from_o hope_n of_o be_v what_o former_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o law_n be_v protection_n they_o be_v freeman_n indeed_o to_o this_o purpose_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n who_o be_v my_o shield_n buckler_z and_o defence_n now_o even_o while_o it_o be_v yet_o day_n before_o the_o approach_a night_n of_o darkness_n overspread_v these_o three_o kingdom_n with_o a_o general_a cloud_n of_o destruction_n i_o shall_v by_o draw_v the_o curtain_n of_o error_n which_o have_v overcast_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o most_o even_o to_o the_o visible_a deprivation_n of_o that_o distinguish_a character_n between_o man_n and_o beast_n reason_n endeavour_v hominem_fw-la homini_fw-la ostendere_fw-la show_v unreasonable_a man_n himself_o in_o the_o glass_n of_o reason_n again_o dispel_v also_o that_o thick_a misty_a veil_n of_o atheism_n for_o it_o be_v no_o better_o let_v they_o give_v it_o what_o seem_v god_n seem_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n saintlike_a title_n they_o please_v which_o many_o with_o as_o much_o boast_a confidence_n put_v on_o as_o if_o it_o be_v the_o white_a robe_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n the_o pulpit_n too_o often_o wilful_o declare_v the_o irregular_a faction_n of_o that_o monstrous_a house_n impudent_o promulgate_a paint_a truth_n which_o indeed_o be_v no_o other_o than_o real_a falsity_n and_o many_o people_n but_o i_o hope_v ignorant_o embrace_v they_o instead_o of_o substantial_a verity_n be_v lead_v by_o these_o pratler_n these_o independent_a pratler_n light_n which_o like_o the_o last_o blaze_n of_o a_o spend_a taper_n quick_o vanish_v leave_v they_o as_o lose_v man_n in_o the_o dark_a in_o stead_n of_o that_o glorious_a sun_n of_o light_n christ_n jesus_n who_o unmixed_a pure_a beam_n apparent_a only_o in_o his_o reveal_v will_n the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v the_o direct_a mean_n able_a alone_o to_o guide_v they_o to_o that_o celestial_a place_n where_o there_o be_v eternity_n of_o light_n for_o evermore_o and_o because_o these_o kingdom_n notwithstanding_o those_o many_o recipe_n for_o spiritual_a disease_n leave_v we_o by_o the_o physician_n of_o our_o soul_n in_o the_o cabinet_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o these_o repeat_v in_o almost_o a_o daily_a application_n by_o true_a protestant_a divine_n his_o faithful_a servant_n continue_v still_o sick_a of_o obstinate_o progressive_a sin_n which_o like_o insensibility_n of_o a_o disease_n in_o a_o disease_a man_n be_v a_o sure_a presage_n of_o destruction_n i_o shall_v by_o revive_v some_o medicine_n proper_a for_o our_o present_a distemper_n for_o what_o be_v truely-orthodox_n book_n but_o like_o physic_n to_o consume_a body_n as_o so_o many_o restorative_n to_o a_o languish_a nation_n endeavour_v the_o recovery_n of_o they_o to_o a_o re-possession_n of_o their_o former_a peace_n now_o breathe_v their_o last_o the_o re-enjoyment_n of_o truth_n gospell-truth_n lose_v almost_o under_o a_o confuse_a heap_n of_o heretical_a schismatical_a and_o atheistical_a error_n and_o the_o return_n of_o their_o notlong_a since_o admire_a plenty_n now_o decline_v into_o a_o necessitous_a and_o almost_o unavoidable_a poverty_n but_o because_o man_n be_v but_o a_o dull_o persuade_v orator_n unless_o the_o god_n of_o spirit_n speak_v effectual_o also_o to_o their_o obdurate_a heart_n therefore_o o_o thou_o omnipotent_a omniscient_a all-working_a lord_n god_n the_o fountain_n from_o whence_o stream_v every_o good_a thing_n in_o who_o hand_n be_v the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n and_o can_v turn_v and_o wind_v they_o at_o thy_o pleasure_n cause_v all_o the_o people_n of_o england_n scotland_n and_o ireland_n to_o return_v unto_o thou_o by_o a_o obedientiall_a subscription_n to_o thy_o everlasting_a truth_n and_o a_o practical_a obedience_n according_a to_o its_o direction_n in_o exchange_n for_o their_o heart_n of_o 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wicked_a spring_n as_o grass_n and_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n do_v flourish_v yet_o they_o shall_v be_v destroy_v for_o ever_o summon_v they_o by_o the_o effectual_o sound_v trumpet_n of_o thy_o spirit_n to_o a_o condescension_n to_o thy_o bless_a will_n and_o pleasure_n which_o be_v