Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	heart_n	spirit_n	worship_v	4,411	5	8.9748	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91790	Certain questions propounded to the assembly, to answer by the Scriptures whether corporall punishments may be inflicted upon such as hold errours in religion. / By S.R.	Richardson, Samuel, fl. 1643-1658.	1646 (1646)	Wing R1404A; Thomason E1182_6; ESTC R210206	6,417	16

common religion of the State Acts 19. 20. and when the enemies of the truth raised up any tumults the wisdom of the Magistrate most wisely appeased them Acts 18. 14. 19. 15. 21 Wether it be not better for us that a patent were granted to monopolize all the corne and cloath and to have it measured out unto us at their price and pleasure which yet were intollerable as for some men to appoint and measure out unto us what and how much we shall beleeve and practice in matters of religion 22. Whether there be not the same reason that they should bee appointed by us what they shall believe and practice in religion as for them to doe so to us seeing we can give as good grounds for what wee beleeve and practice as they can doe for what they would have if not better 23 Whether men heretofore have not in zeale for religion persecuted the Son of God in stead of the son of perdition 24 Whether it is not a burden great enough for the Magistrate to govern and judge in civill causes to preserve the subjects rights peace and safety 25 If the Magistrate must judge and punish in matters of religion the Magistrate must ever be troubled with such persons and such causes if after his conscience be convinced he had no such power or see that it was truth hee punished what horrors of conscience is he like to possesse 26 Whether hee is fit to appoint punishments that is not fit to judge 27 If the Magistrate must punish errors in religion whether it doth not impose a necessity that the Magistrate is to have a certainty of knowledge in all intricate cases and whether God calls such to that place whom he hath not furnished with abilities for that place And if a Magistrate bee in darknesse and spiritually blind and dead bee fit to judge of light of truth and error and whether such be fit for the place of the Magistracy then whether it be not a scruple to a tender conscience to submit to such in civill causes because not appointed to that place by God whereas if the Magistrates power be onely civill the doubt is resolved because such as may be fit for Magistrates and men ought in conscience in civil things to submit unto them 28 Whether there bee any Scripture that saith that any mans conscience is to be constrained and whether the Magistrate can reach mens consciences and whether he be fit to make a law to conscience who cannot know when conscience keeps it and that cannot reward conscience for keeping it nor punish the conscience for the breaking of it 29 Whether it be not in vain for us to have Bibles in English if against our souls perswasions from the Scriptures we must beleeve as the Church beleeves 30 Whether the Magistrate be not wronged to give him the Title of Civill Magistrate onely if his power be spirituall 31 Whether lawes made meerly concerning spirituall things be not spirituall also 32 Whether if no civill law be broken the civil peace be hurt or no 33 Whether in compulsion for conscience not onely the guilty but the innocent suffer also As if the husband be an heretick his sufferings may cause the innocent wife and children shall suffer as deeply also 34 Whether such as are spiritually dead be capable to be spiritually infected 35 Whether God will accept of a painted Sepulcher a shadow a meere complement of obedience when the heart is dead and rotten and hates God and all that is good God hath no need of hypocrites much lesse of forced ones God will have those to worship him as can worship him in spirit and truth John 4. 36 Whether the Scriptures appoint any other punishment to be inflicted upon Heretickes then rejection and excommunication Tit. 3. 10. 37 Whether freedome of conscience would not joyn all sorts of persons to the Magistrate because each shared in the benefit 38 Whether those States as the Low-Countries who grant such liberty do not live quietly and flourish in great prosperity 39 Whether persecution for Conscience doe not harden men in their way and make them cry out of oppression and tyranny 40 Whether some Corporall punishments would not make thousands in England face about to Popery as it did in Queen Maries time 41 Whether lawes made concerning religion have not alwayes catched the most holy men witnesse Daniel and the three children the rest will be of what religion you will 42 Whether the Saints crave the help of the powers of this world to bring Christ to them or feare their powers to keep him from them 43 If no Religion is to be practised but that which the Common-wealth shall approve on what if they will approve of no Religion shal men have no Religion at all 44 Whether the Saints ought not to continue their Assemblies of their worship of God without or against the consent of the Magistrates they being commanded to do so Mal. 28. 18 19 20. Heb. 10. 25. By an Angel from God Acts 5. 20. It was the Apostles practice who were not rebellious nor seditious Act. 4. 18 19 20 23. and 5. 22 28. 45 Whether Vniformity in Religion in the State do not oppresse millions of soules and impoverish the Saints bodies 46 Whether Gods people have not disputed and taught a Religion new and worship contrary to the State they lived in and spread it in travelling and open places as appears Act. 17. 2. 17. and 18. 48. yet no origancy and impetuousnesse Yea contrary to publike authority in the Nations Vniformity in false worship Dan. 3. the three children so the Apostle Act. 4 5. The Saints have opēly witnessed that in matters spirituall Jesus was King Act. 17 7. and for this Christ suffered as appeares by his accusation Iohn 9. 19. Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews Psal. 2. 6. Act. 2. 36. Gods People have seemed the disturbers of the civill State upon the Apostles preaching there followed uprores and Tumults and uprores at Iconium at Ephesus at Ierusalem Act. 14. 4. Act. 19. 29 40 Act. 21 30 31. 47 Whether Jesus Christ appointed any materiall Prisons for Blasphemers of him Whether notwithstanding the confidence of the truth they have to which they would force others whether the Bishops their Fathers c. have not been as deeply mistaken for now they are found to be Antichristian 48 Whether it be not a natural Law for every man that liveth to worship that wch he thinketh is God as he thinketh he ought to worship and to force otherwise will be concluded an oppression of those persons so forced Whether it be best for us to put out our eyes and see by the eyes of others who are as dim-sighted In my judgment your judgment is a lye will ye compell me to believe a lye compell ye a man to be present at a worship which he loaths 49 Either the Civill or the Spiritual State must be supream which of these must