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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89814	Proh tempora! Proh Mores! or an unfained caveat to all true Protestants, not in any case to touch any of these three serpents; viz. Mr Erbery's Babe of glory. The mad-mans plea, and Mr. Christopher Feakes exhortations. Whose language is infectious, and whose stings are mortiferous, therefore of all Gods people to be shunned, as those which intend nothing more then Christian persecution. Written by J.N. a mechanick.; Proh tempora! Proh mores!.	J. N.	1654 (1654)	Wing N23; Thomason E727_11; ESTC R206819	8,436	8

Proh Tempora Proh Mores Or an unfained CAVEAT TO ALL True Protestants Not in any case to touch any of these three Serpents Viz. Mr Erbery's Babe of Glory The Mad-mans Plea AND Mr. Christopher Feakes Exhortations Whose Language is infectious and whose stings are mortiferous therefore of all Gods people to be shunned as those which intend nothing more then Christian persecution Written by J. N. a Mechanick 2 Thess 3.6 We warn you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you withdraw your selves from every brother that walks inordinately and not after the instruction that he receives of us London Printed by T. N. 1654. Proh Tempora Proh Mores Or An unfained Caveat to all true Protestants not in any case to touch any of these three Serpents Mr Erbery's Babe of Glory The Mad mans Plea And Mr Christopher Feaks Exhortations IN this short Discourse I shall not lay open to publike view the summum totale of Mr. Erbery's painted Jezabel nor so to mention it word by word in way of an Answer if so I might finde enough of his combustible matter to fill a large Volume and that for these two Reasons First Because the chiefest matter therein contained is onely what he hath often expressed at Sommerset house in the Strand by word of mouth in the hearing of many of my friends and now he cryes Cur non liceret scribere si licet effari so that where his breath cannot reach his sting shall But secondly Because he hath in his book neither head nor foot but only a rabble of news from North Wales brought to London by a seduced Disciple I know not wherein I can piece one whole sentence worth an Answer and for this cause I shall onely speak generally concerning Mr. Erberys book stiled The Babe of Glory And first for the Title of his book I do conceive according to their grand Ordinance Except ye be rebaptized you cannot enter into the kingdom of Heaven upon this account of theirs I hold it my duty to new name this Babe and as I suppose it is the Babe of Antichrist or the dawning of the false Prophets springing forth out of North Wales and extending to the utmost cape of its continent generally termed the four corners of the earth but blessed be God that he doth not draw all men after him I am bold that it is but yet a little while and those that see as it were in a glass shall see cleerly the duration of these men to be but for a moment the devil may prevail long with men whilst he is in an Angels clothing but this is sure he shall not continue long but Christians may see his mutability and his subtile wiles wherewith many are led captive Mr Erbery tells us of our becoming so like unto God as that we shall not know how to commit sin and of our super-glorious condition even in this life for my part I sear the continuance of it and therefore to shew you their sainting in their unheard of Principles I shall speak the truth and shame that spirit which is shameless in the hearts of many of them therefore I do affirm and nor unwillingly but as I must appear before God that a man may pray eloquently expound Scripture after the manner of Apostles and sooth his hearers with his sugred and Antinomical tongue for in general men and women do delight to live under such a Ministery as is all for Faith and no Works men do rather affect to hear of King Jesus then of Jesus Christ in all his Offices I say a man may do all this as we say 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and yet want true Grace I do desire that those which read this expression may admire and wonder at it even unto astonishment now experience is the best teacher which experience although at certain times grievous to consider yet in time hath produced such good effects as Patience and Hope which Hope makes me not ashamed of the truth but to grow as it were in an Extasie and be amazed that I should be received to mercy Indeed the Lord for reasons best known to himself doth suffer you to increase to go on in your way of seducing perhaps for the tryal of our Faith and on the other side as the saying is the higher you are gain'd the likelyer to fall ut lapsu graviore ruatis but take it from me there is no surer discerner of an hypocrite then by his non-perseverance in that good and true way which he so much pretended for but it is he and he onely that endures to the end that shall be saved Let Mr. Erbery but consider well of that Scripture in Jam. 1.8 and that also in Rev. 22.18 19. and I am confident for the first he is the very Idea of a weather-cock and the proper subject to whom that verse does relate so for the other it would amaze any man that reads his book to see what addition here and what diminution there what mangling and barbarous dissecting he makes of the holy and divine Oracles but I will let him cease because I do not now intend Polugraphy therefore you that read this may have a great care of a Pamphlet stiled The Mad mans Plea whom I suppose to be more Knave then Fool My friends he that toucheth pitch will be defiled it may be if you once go to hear these men for I know that people were never more curious then now I say perhaps because of the sweetness of their Syrenlike voice you may be enticed to go again and chiefly because you are not as they say come to Mount Sinai where you shall hear the Law with its terrible voice like Johns preaching in a rough garment but unto their Mount Sion where you are past Law and the true Ordinances of Jesus Christ administred in its right form method let me tel you that separate your selves in this age from the true way manner of hearing the Word that there is many of you have fallen very foully and scandalously for all your smooth and glossy tongue I could name some of you that did gain as many followers in that time of your excelling hypocrisie as that Sorcerer Theudas did Jews by his specious pretences but I could be more comforted to hear you lay it open your selves even in your publike Assemblies and Meeting-houses you do in a great measure derogate from that heavenly Apostle of whom you make often mention concerning his dis-esteem and his undervaluing of learning if you do remember Scripture so well as you commonly have it at your fingers end and something more by this then ordinary in making of this sin when we call the days of the week after Heathen names much forgetting if that had been sin St. Paul would rather have omitted the ships name that carryed him that dangerous voyage then to have used this new found sinful expression whose sign was Castor and Pollux but to omit