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	spirit_n	worship_v	2,552	5	8.9760	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79865	The wise taken in their craftiness, and their wisdom made manifest to be foolishness with God; and their actions discovered to be contrary to the pure law of righteousness given forth by the pure law-giver, Christ Jesus the light; by which light some one judge, or judges of this nation are made manifest, how he, or they have acted contrary to the law of God, and the law of this nation; and contrary to all the kings, rulers, and judges, spoken of in Scripture; by setting fines upon men, and sending them to prison till payment of the same, for not putting off their hats, and stand bare-headed before them in their court of assises, and goal-delivery. Also, here is shewed, that it is no sin for a man to stand with his hat on his head, before any emperor, king, ruler, judge, justice, or other magistrate, either alone, or in open court; neither is the putting the hat off, and standing, bare-headed before them, the honour that is due unto magistrates, which the Scripture speaks of. / VVritten by, me who am known by the name of Henry Clark.	Clark, Henry, 17th cent.	1656 (1656)	Wing C4459; Thomason E882_3; ESTC R207280	20,416	20

by writing preaching or other wayes inform openly or in secret contrary to the Catholike Faith and determination of holy Church as they called it and the Pope should be counted Hereticks and openly be burned to the view of all people and so eager saith the History of those passages were the Bishops and the Clergy the Suffragans Abbots Priors Deans Arch-Deacons Priests Canons Parsons Vicars Chaplains and Clerks to have those called Hereticks to be burned that after they had passed definitive Sentence upon Tho. Saultre and delivered him over to the secular powers for them to burn him according to their invented Law that for fear it should not be done speedily enough they called upon the King who was ready enough to satisfie their blood-thirsty humors who made made a strict Decree and sent it to the then Mayo● and Sher ffs of London requiring them to take the said Tho. Saul●r● whom they had in their custody and to put him in the fire and burn him openly and really to the great horror of his offence which was accordingly done and many more after him as the History relates And this cruel bloody invention lasted till Queen Maries dayes and a little after for see if there were not some of those called Anabaptists burned in queen Elizabeths dayes And so you may see here how man whom God created upright Eccles 7.26 sought out many wicked inventions and plotted against the just and set themselves and took counsel together against the Lord and against his annoynted and imagined mi●chief both by a Law and without a Law saying Let us break their bonds asunder cast away their cords from off us Psa 2.3 and as the heathen did rage then so they do now and as the people imagined vain things then so they do now in these dayes imagine vain things and seek out new inventions whereby to afflict the servants of the living God So here followeth a new Invention sought out by mans imagination and in mans will is acted as he sits in Judgement so called for which he hath neither Law from God or man to bear him out in passing his Sentence as some of those who are counted grave wise Judges of this Land have done upon some of those people called quakers and setting a Fine of twenty Marks a piece upon them and sent them to prison to lye there till payment of the same and for their so doing I say they have neither Law from God nor no Law of this Nation to bear them out but what is done in this case is done without any law upon the innocent who have transgressed no law by standing with their hats on their heads in open Court before the Justices of Assises for the which they are fined twenty Marks a piece and sent to prison till payment of the same for where there is no law there is no tran●gression therefore the parties are innocent in this thing by keeping their hats on their heads and not putting them off to stand bare-headed before them in the Court and where there is no law to transgress there ought no sentence to pass upon any man for punishment to be inflicted either by death or loss of limb bani●hment or imprisonment nor no Fine set to to the confiscation of Goods unless there were a law given with a penalty thereunto to be inflicted upon the transgressors thereof And therefore I say Whatsoever Judge or Justice that passeth Judgement upon any man or men for which he hath no law acts in his own will and by his own invention contrary to the rule of the law which is holy just pure and good given forth by the pure law giver Christ Jesus and is written in their heart according to the Covenant of God who saith he hath shewed thee O man what is good and what the Lord doth require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God who standeth in the Congregation of the mighty and judgeth among the Iudges saying How long will ye judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked saith the Lord defend the poor and fatherless do justice to the afflicted and needy Psa 82. You Judges the Lord God saith You must deliver the POORE and NEEDY and rid them out of the hands of the wicked and see that ye respect no mans person in judgement for with the Lord there is no respect of persons nor taking of gifts Therefore you are not to judge for man but for the Lord and upon the Transgressors of the Law are you to inflict punishment and not upon the just as some of you have done here in England upon some of those people called quakers for not putting off their hats and not standing bareheaded before you in your Court and for no other thing whom ye ought to have set at liberty and so have rid them out of the hands of the wicked for I tell that if they had put off their hats and stood bare-headed before you respecting your persons then they had transgressed the law as saith the Scripture for James a witness of Christ James 2.9 and a Minister of the Word said but if ye have respect to persons ye commit sin and are convinced of the Law as Transgressors for whosoever shall offend in one point he is guilty of all and he that respecteth mens persons hath not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ for Christ Jesus said How can ye beleeve that receive honour one of another and seek not the honour that cometh from God only Christ Jesus leaving us an example Joh. 5.44 1 Pet. 2.21 Mat. 22.16 Mark 12.14 Luke 20.21 1 Joh. 3.4 6 8 9 10. that we should follow his steps who respected no mans person And God saith Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement thou shalt not respect the person of the poore nor honour the person of the mighty he that respecteth mens persons committeth sin by transgressing the Law for every sin is the transgression of the Law and he that committeth sin is not of God but of the devil as ●aith the Scripture but every knee shall bow to the Name of Iesus and every tongue shall confess him to be Lord and King and the Lord God alone is to be worshipped and the people of his Pasture and the sheep of his hand they worship him in spirit and in truth and come and bow and kneel down before the Lord their Maker and not to man Mordecai would not bow to Haman nor do him reverence according to the Kings command which was contrary to Gods command Shadrach M sh●ch and Abednigo would not bow down to the golden Image that the King had set up nor worship his Gods according to the Kings command which was contrary to Gods command ANd yet I say that the great God of heaven and earth commands every soul to be subject to the higher powers for conscience sake which are ordained of God and likewise to