Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	holy_a	know_v	word_n	4,020	5	3.9405	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89846	The railer rebuked, in a reply to a paper subscribed Ellis Bradshaw, who calls it The Quakers whitest devil unvailed: but hath discovered a dark devil in himself, as in his paper appears, / replied by him who is called James Nailer.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1655 (1655)	Wing N306; Thomason E830_4; ESTC R203039	7,510	8

rages and saies in them where he is exalted that we would destroy Mgistracy but is a Liar and hath so been proved in all ages for that spirit which denies to honour men in their pride preserves Magistracy even from such as will bow and flatter to the face but would destroy in secret and that seed was manifest in Mordecai who saved the Kings life and yet would not obey his commands to Bow to Hamans pride also in Christ and many of the dear servants of God who never went about to destroy Magistracy but preserved it who said give Cesar his due and God his due and yet was accused to be an enemy to Cesar by those who were enemies both to Cesar and God and yet had a large profession as thou hast who art found in the same accusation and so the devil hath been in all ages who cannot have that seed to bow to him in proud man in whom he is exalted above all that is called God for that seed is taught of God what to honour and to honour that which God honours and this is no spirit of delusion incivility or like brute beasts as thou callest it for that is the Beast which worships the Beast and his Image where it is and thou art the false prophet that pleads for it and this we judge not before the time as thou accusest us for the Son of God is come to whom all judgement belongs and hath given us an understanding in all these things and the spirit of judgement is powred out and the prince of this world is judged and condemned and the Dragon and the hireling and the deceiver and the proud and the carnall thor speakest on which thou would have spared under a pretence of charity and sayes the spirit of God teacheth so which the spirit of God hath ever condemned such but this is the spirit of the devil who under pretence of charity would keep his own workes from judgement the proud the carnall the hireling and the deceiver and demonstrated this is though the blind cannot see it and thy charity I deny who loves these things would hold them up And he that is risen to overturn these his work shall praise him in the gate flatterers shall run to the mountains to cover them and thou saies I bely your doctrine because I deny that faith which cannot believe salvation from sin to the ut●ermost or that saies they have Christ and have not power To which I answer they that say none can be free from committing sin while they live as your teachers do hold forth that faith which I deny And for Christ having impowred any to do the will of God thou thy felf opposes in this paper and here I have not belied your doctrine but the lie is thy own though thou say the spirit teacheth to speak truth in love and meekness and this doctrine is quite contrary to the word and promise of God who said he should save his people from their sins and present holy without spot or wrinckle or any such thing and this we know and are one with him but thou who hast not propriety in his perfection art ignorant of it and therefore thinkes us to be so too And thou chargest us for denying that faith to be in Christ whose righteousness is not perfect because the righteousness of Christ is perfect To which I affirm that because the righteousnesse of Christ is perfect therefore that faith I deny to be in Christ which layes hold upon an imperfect righteousness And thou sayest the righteousness of Christ is not properly ours but onely through frith and here thou denies faith to be proper or the gift of God by faith received to be properly ours then God hath given an improper thing which is not theirs for believers to be saved by and this is thy doctrine and conjured stuff from the letter imagined by a spirit of direct opposition as thou sayest thou hast against us and rather then thou wilt be silent thou wilt speak thou knowst not what And thou takest offence that we should witness the life of Christ or that he that hath this hope purifieth himself as he is pure and when thou hast done thou saist thou endeavourest to purifie thy self even as he is pure and here thou discoverest thy wolfish inside thou tells on who accusest us for witnessing the Scripture in that which thou thy self endeavours after and divers other things thy mischievous mind murmurs at and in thy paper wonldst cast a mist before the truth but dare not deny them and here thy whited devil is seen and bound And thou sayest thou hast learned not to account thy self already perfect I answer what perfection canst thou have who deniest the perfection of Christ to be thine unless thou be perfect in iniquity and the least child of light shall thee judge who art setting the old Covenant above the new to be judge and tryer of it which old the Apostle denies to establish this new for the old Covenant made nothing perfect and there thou art who denyes the perfection of the new to be thine and here thy spirit is tryed with that which is before the old Covenant was to be that delusion of Satan thou tellest on who would try the Covenant of life with that which can give no life and by such a tryall did the Jews put Christ to death for a blasphemer by the letter of their Law who was the life of the Law which life is the end of all laws without yet herein is not laws without denied but fulfilled in Christ for whom they were written and thou saist thou ownes that faith which purifies the heart and produceth holiness within and without and yet thou denyest the perfection of Christ to be tbine or to be impowered by him to do the will of God and this purity and holiness which is not thine in Christ and in his power I deny and the ground of it I judge with that which is perfect that this thy holiness is the silthy raggs And thou talkst of many things without thee as a law without a light without a word without and many such words thou utterest but with that eye which is single which is before the visible was art thou seen comprehended and thy faith that stands in visible things which shall perish for what is seen is temporall but so is not the law and light and word which endureth for ever though thou wouldst prove the letter to be the word which was never given forth to be called by the name of God or Christ who are called the word nor to withstand the appearance of God or his word as you would use them as some of your rabbies have lately affirmed that God hath spoken his last for the Scriptures say they is his last will and no more Revelations since the book of Revelations was written and thus Idolizes a visible thing and gives it the name of God and sets