Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	great_a	know_v	speak_v	4,061	5	4.0748	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60651	A short testimony on the behalf of truths innocency declared in plainesse and simplicity : being done at the command of the Lord God that all out of the truth may see their way and proceed no further : vvith a discovery of the national ministry, whose time now is, and is no more / by one who loves truth and rightousnesse and desires the nations peace, and the good of all people, who amongst many brethren is called a Quaker, but known by the name of William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1660 (1660)	Wing S4328; ESTC R15197	12,349	16

up Errour in truths stead and give judgement against Christ who is the truth and Life of whom we testifie and confesse him before men and that with boldnesse in his power and we are not ashamed of the Gospel but beares witnesse of it to be the Power of God and necessity is laid upon us so to do and we cannot be silent but as the Lord gives utterance we are constrained to make mention of his Name and to declare his Truth from day to day And we do not take thought concerning men that rise up against us neither heed them as to what they can do unto us therefore let not the preaching of the cross of Christ offend you neither stumble at that stone any longer least it fall upon you and grind you to powder for our Testimony is unto the Name of Jesus and that there is not Salvation in any other name and this is known in the light which is manifest from him that lets all see the need of salvation for this is your great want who are from the light you want Gods Salvation and so remains in your sins and in your lusts from whence wars and contentious do arise And this is Truth unto you all people and do not count us your enemies because we tell it you in plainnesse and labours for you that you might come to the knowledge of it and besaved by it And though we have born much from you and suffer much by you yet this is our care for you that you may be saved and our desires to God for you that he would not lay to your charge what you do unto us and we stand innocent before the Lord in all things that have been done unto us or intended towards us and we seek not Revenge upon any man and though Truth be counted Heresie by such as are yet in darknesse yet we know the power of it and the salvation in it and after that way now called Heresie so worship we the God of our Fathers Therefore all people behold and see what your way is and go not on to your own destruction but cease from evil and let not envy and malice lodge in your hearts nor strive not in your wills against the Truth of God for he is establishing the throne of his glory and who art thou that contends against him It were better for thee to be still and quiet and meddle not in things too wonderful for thee but let that alone which concerns the most High Therefore all people in time your wayes consider and proceed no further in that which is evil which tends to persecution and destruction but all take warning from the Lord and all turn unto him before the day of his fierce wrath come for if you neglect the light of Christ in your consciences you neglect your Salvation and if you turn against the appearance of God in his people and conspire against the Just and murder the Innocent God will finde you out and the hour of his judgement will come and his wrath will abide upon you for ever So all mind the Light of Christ within you that is manifest from God unto you that you may depart out of evil and be led unto God from whence the Light comes that you may come to discern the things of God and understand that which belongs to your peace for all that the Lord hath gathered in this day of his mercy to make known in them his wonderful works in his mighty power they walk in Gods fear stand in his Counsel and knows all things in their place and what is of God they honour what is of man they cannot own for God hath raised his own Seed that cannot consent to any custom or fashion or tradition of the World but testifies against them all and we are born of the Seed which hath no part in the World and in the power of it we are redeemed out of the World therefore we cannot conform to the World neither in custom fashion or tradition nor we cannot exercise our selves in any thing we are convinced of to be contrary to the Truth and this is all that you have against us because we answer a conscience void of offence towards God and man and walks in obedience to the teachings of God which doth not answer your vain minds which are puffed up so you cannot receive the pure language of Truth but rejects and scorns it and are angry and if you be not bowed unto and spoken unto according to your customs then you are offended and so you fret your selves in the pride of your hearts because we cannot answer your vain minds in your Customs Fashions and Traditions and this is the great offence you take at us which provokes you to anger and fills you with wrath and indignation against us when we walk simply in the Truth of God and do not give offence to any in the Truth speaking or in not moving or bowing to any mans person to have it in respect for such things are out of Truth and where they are practised the leading of the Spirit is not known so you that are in those things you are in the vain customs of the Heathen follows your own wills and satisfies your vain minds in your lust which grieves the Spirit of God and we cannot own them nor be conformable unto them we dare not speak any other Language but thou to a single person knowing it is the spirits Language and hath been from the beginning and the Scripture declares of no other We cannot put off our hats and bow unto the persons of men knowing that he who respects persons commits sin and is convinced of the Law to be a Transgressor and we know that when our hat is on our head it is where it ought to be being given for a covering unto that part so we cannot move it or put it off in honour to any man but as our freedom is in God for we have denied such things in obedience to God and we cannot return again into them to be intangled with them but stands in the freedom of God into which we are redeemed by his mighty power and we see all these things to be vain which are practised in the World and are not after the Spirit but after the Flesh and from the heart which is deceitful and desperately wicked and we cannot joyn with them nor be conformable unto them for conscience sake for we are set free by the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus and we know them to be works of darknesse and so we testifie against them and we have the answer of a good conscience therein and peace with God and in this we rejoyce that we have not at any time suffered as evil doers but for the Testimony of a good conscience in simplicity and Innocency in the sight of God who upholds us in his arm and preserves us in his power from the wrath of