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	lord_n	way_n	4,531	5	4.7348	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51570	A cry, a cry a sensible cry for many months together hath been in my heart for the Quakers return out of that Egyptian darkness they have long lain in, to the grief of the souls of the righteous, and those that truly loved them.	Mudd, Ann.	1678 (1678)	Wing M3037; ESTC R32095	5,893	7

A Cry A Cry A sensible Cry for many Months together hath been in my Heart for the QUAKERS Return out of that Egyptian Darkness they have long lain in to the grief of the Souls of the Righteous and those that truly loved them O Ye that were my Friends I am constrained in bowels of Love and much tenderness to beseech you who are not stupified that you will with all speed consider seriously what is become of the Talent I say that Talent which was given in to prove you for the Most High this day calls for an Account of You unjust Stewards Oh how excessively do you run headlong wasting that which was committed to your charge Oh be ashamed and blush But indeed the unjust Steward will know no shame Verily the Lord s Hand is against you and even a great Mist and thick Darkness is fallen upon You so that you grope at Noon-day Therefore in the simplicity of my heart I desire you to arise from your self-conceitedness for in the Power of Him that is the searcher of all hearts I tell You that this is not your Rest it is polluted and the Famine is grievous to behold for the Corn is wasted and the Fig-tree doth not bear yea the Plague is begun in some of your Houses and yet You search not diligently to heal the Wound it is deep it is deep O return return unto the LORD ye fallen Men how have you betray'd your trust Have you not put the Lord of Life to open shame have you not cryed Crucifie him Crucifie him have you not spoken loftily against the Lord 's Anointed are you not found in the Ballance of scant measure yea scant measure indeed Therefore I must tell you O that you could feel me in the just ballance of Love for your Backsliding and Rebellion to Judgment you must come A true saying indeed They which led thee caused thee to err Wo unto you that are revolted from the Lord Oppression Oppression is in the midst of you for you are found to deal very treacherously with your Brethren Therefore He that searcheth the Heart and trieth the Reins He it is that hath made you a Contemptible People Oh consider when you were Children and little in your own Eyes how were you beloved O seek now the Peace of the City and let the Captives return for it is high time In the Humility Peace is found If a search be made with all your Hearts then will the Faithful say Come and let us return unto the Lord for we have polluted his holy Name Oh what will become of you that have turned Judgment backward and have hated him that reproveth in the Gate and him that speaketh uprightly unto you you have daily in derision Doth not Cruelty lodge amongst you O ye backsliding false-hearted Men Why do you call your selves the People of the Lord surely you must first arise from the dead before you can assume that weighty and honourable title for it belongs not unto you but to the Children the Lord's Heritage O you that are fat and full and very rich too I must tell you that it is the Meek and the Lowly that shall inherit the Kingdom and not You because you are so seated upon the throne of Iniquity that the Throne of Righteousness can have no fellowship with you O when will you cry out unto the Lord and say My leanness my leanness I pray you now consider in the cool of the day how often the Lord's Love hath been handed forth unto you for your everlasting Redemption surely He will not always strive with you ye vain Men you have highly provoked Him yea your provocations have been very grievous against the Lord and His little Ones verily the time is fulfilled which a Servant of the Lord Prophesied concerning you That the Sword of the Lord which is now drawn is not to be put up until you humble your selves and be brought low O consider how your Elders and Teachers are found Revolters this day the beloved Fruit of whose Womb is as Dung before the Lord. Wherefore be awakened and look about you and behold and see how the Cities are shut up and few amongst you that mind it but the Upright-hearted that are separated from you they lay it to heart O when will you speak very Man Truth to his Neighbour and execute the Judgment of Truth and Peace in your Gates If you do this in Truth and Sincerity as to the Lord then surely He will not loath your Offerings for verily as yet they are Abomination unto His Righteous Soul O why are you slidden back by a perpetual backsliding And do you not hold fast the deceit of your corrupt Hearts and refuse to return to the living God Nay have you not set your Abominations before the eyes of the Just One Verily you have forgotten the Lord and that to the hurt of your own Souls Therefore now amend your ways and your doings and obey the voice of Him that cries for Purity It is high time to call for cleansing a clensing is required this day yea verily the Camp of the most High must be clean there is no room for the running Issue nor the Leper O that my Counsel might find acceptance with you then would you break off your Sins by Righteousness and turn every one from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands that there may be a ceasing from innocent blood and from all manner of iniquity Which day hath long been lookt for by the Upright-hearted O have you not been an Assembly of treacherous Men O return again and be valiant for the Truth and proceed no longer from evil to evil for why do you refuse to know the Lord and why are you gone from the Antient Paths and walk in paths not cast up where the rubbish choaks up the Good old Way Now consider the Lord knows your manifold Transgressions and your mighty Sins how they afflict the Just and oppress the poor Alas alas He regardeth nor the offering of your fat Beasts surely if you were the Ministers of the Lord there would be found amongst you in this dismal day great searching of Hearts and a sinking down saying What is the matter that we are under so many Calamities O why transgress you thus against the Lord Verily you can never prosper Why because you have forsaken the Lord and He hath forsaken you O bear with me a little seeing that many amongst you glory and boast exceedingly after the flesh I must tell you Not You that commend your selves are approved but whom the Lord commendeth indeed that is he But no marvel that this is come upon you for Satan himself is crept in amongst you that love the chiefest Seats in your new Synagogues and the uppermost places at your Feasts who devour Widows houses and for a shew make long Prayers for which your Condemnation will be the greater O what iniquity have you found in the Just