Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	jesus_n	lord_n	spirit_n	7,577	5	4.8812	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27122	A briefe declaration to all the vvorld from the innocent people of God called Quakers of our principle and beleif [sic] concerning plottings and fightings with carnal weapons against any people, men or nations upon the earth ... and to answer that common objection whether we would not fight if the Spirit moved us.	Bayly, William, d. 1675.	1662 (1662)	Wing B1520; ESTC R29029	6,977	9

works the Author and ground of Strife Wars and Confusion and to guid the feet of all people in the way of peace So this is our principle not as an Opinion or Judgement which may faile us or in which may be mistaks or doubts but it s the infallible ground unchangeable foundation of our Religion that is to say Christ Jesus the Lord that spirit Divine Nature of way of Life which God hath raised and renewed in us in which we walk and in whom we delight to dwell and cannot but worship and yeild obedience unto even him which destroys all enmity and reconciles to himself and in himself all things in Heaven and Earth who by his power bringeth down the high looks lays low the haughtiness of men in which is the ground of strife and wars and exalts truth and Righteousness in the Earth even his Kingdome over all which is an everlasting Kingdome of peace into which no uncleane thing Dogs Sorcerers unbeleivers or Hipocrites can enter but only them whose minds are redeemed from the Earth and the spirit of Enmity and wickedness whose Robes are washed white in the blood of the Lamb. So that if any be yet doubtful concerning us or our principle in this particular whether we have any secret intents or private reservations that if we had opportunity we would fight or raise outward force of the arm of flesh for our defence or preservation and not any longer suffer such grievous oppressions and cruel provocations as these many years past we have undergone with patience c. This we do declare and that in and by the spirit of the Lord that we are in our measures redeemed by the pretious blood of his Son Jesus Christ the Lamb of God that takes away the sin and reconciles unto him and to all men from that nature and spirit of enmitie from whence the wars and fightings comes and we are taught led and guided by and are possessors of a measure of the same spirit of Grace and Truth that was in that person Christ our Elder Brother that suffered patiently the contradictions and false accusations of sinners as a Lamb without the Gates of Jerusalem of whose Resurrection and life we are eye witnesses even of his Majesty and glory and the coming of his Kingdome with power full of grace and truth so that the tree being now made good the fruit is the same also and a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit to wit wickedness enmity mischief or violence against any of the children of men upon the face of the earth so we have not only the name or outward profession of Christ in words as it is in the world but we are made partakers of a measure of the same divine nature and we are now being regenerated raysed and renewed into his own image of truth and love righteousness and peace his of-spring and he is our God and Father who rebukes the strong nations and makes wars to cease to the ends of the earth Glory and honour be to him in the highest over all for ever And now as concerning the objection which sometimes hath been asked as a question some thinking thereby to ensnare us viz VVhether or no we would fight if the spirit should move us c. To which we answer in the fear of God in the truth and simplicity of our hearts as it is in Jesus that we do really and confidently beleive that the Lord our God who is that good spirit that guids us in all Truth will never move us to do that or those things again for which he hath rebuked us and smitten us by his righteous Judgements and for which he will smite and rebuke the strong Nations and not only so but hath redeemed us from the very root Nature Spirit and ground of the Enmity and curse from whence the wars and the fightings comes So that to us it seemeth as impossible for us to be found in such things plottings fightings and violence as for a good tree to bring forth evil fruit or for one Fountain to yield salt water and fresh for we have felt Gods rebukes because of that strong nature that dwelt in us from whence envy pride wrath malice and hart-burnings one against another sprang and all manner of evil thoughts which defiles men proceeded the which rebukes reproofes and just judgements of God have melted and broken our hearts and taken out the stone the hardness and made them soft and tender towards God and towards all people and that love is now felt shed abroad in our hearts which thinks no evil much less can we act evill or mischief against any So that our kingdome and glory delight joy and peace is not of this world but we are as strangers in it as all our Fathers were for if it had been so we would long ere this have plotted and contrived to defend and preserve our selves from these many great and cruel sufferings which we these many years with patience have borne and endured and shall yet beare and endure all things in the measure of the love and charity which the holy God of all power hath endued us with and made us partakers of committing our cause and all things concerning us to him that judgeth righteously who will plead for his seed with all flesh in his own due time and season even in the hearts and consciences of all his enemies that wrong and abuse his children and what is done to us is done to him for we are his and he careth for us And now if any subtilty of the Serpent should arise in any and boast it self over us because we have declared the nakedness of our hearts in simplicity and truth in Gods sight and in the sight of all people in this perticular and say now they have declared that their principle is not or leads not to fight or to destroy mens lives or to resist or strive with flesh and blood with carnal weapons c. But to be patient in whatsoever is laid upon them without plotting mischeif or doing violence against any though it be done to them Therefore we now may use them as we list without fear of oposition or violence again from them for they are ingaged by their everlasting Principle not to do violence or plot mischeif or shed any mans blood but to indure all in patience whatsoever is said or done against them c. To which we reply and that from the spirit of the Eternal all powerful God of truth Wo be to that man people or Nation that shall seek advantage against us hereby or take occasion to harme us because of our harmeless principle which is of God and for his sake of our good will to all people No prosperity from God shall be to that people man or Nation in that state and it were better for that man or people that they had never been born or that a Milstone were hanged about their necks and cast into the