Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	keep_v	know_v	liar_n	2,027	5	11.5863	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75616	Armilla catechetica. A chain of principles; or, An orderly concatenation of theological aphorismes and exercitations; wherein, the chief heads of Christian religion are asserted and improved: by John Arrowsmith, D.D. late master both of St Johns and Trinity-Colledge successively, and Regius professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. Published since his death according to his own manuscript allowed by himself in his life time under his own hand.	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1659 (1659)	Wing A3772; Thomason E1007_1; ESTC R207935	193,137	525

expression_n in_o solomon_n song_n because_o of_o the_o savour_n of_o thy_o 91._o cantle_n 1._o 3._o nescit_fw-la divina_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la optat_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la amal_n jo._n euseb_n nicomb_n theopolit_fw-la pag._n 91._o good_a ointment_n thy_o name_n be_v as_o a_o ointment_n pour_v forth_o therefore_o do_v the_o virgin_n love_v thou_o he_o do_v not_o know_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n say_v a_o late_a writer_n well_o who_o do_v not_o desire_n and_o love_v they_o §_o 6._o three_o sense_n of_o interest_n of_o the_o zidonian_o god_n say_v they_o shall_v know_v that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n but_o of_o his_o own_o people_n 13._o ezek._n 28._o 22._o compare_v with_o verse_n 26._o ephes_n 1._o 13._o israel_n they_o shall_v know_v that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n paul_n of_o the_o believe_a ephesian_n concern_v christ_n in_o who_o you_o trust_v after_o that_o you_o have_v hear_v the_o word_n of_o truth_n the_o gospel_n of_o your_o salvation_n other_o may_v consider_v 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and_o keep_v 4._o 1_o john_n 2._o 4._o not_o his_o commandment_n be_v a_o liar_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v not_o in_o he_o and_o that_o of_o job_n behold_v the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v wisdom_n last_o job_n 22._o last_o and_o to_o depart_v from_o evil_n be_v understanding_n aphorism_n iv_o goodness_n and_o greatness_n be_v attribute_n so_o comprehensive_a as_o to_o include_v a_o multitude_n of_o divine_a perfection_n exercitation_n 1._o 1_o exerc._n 1_o god_n describe_v from_o goodness_n and_o greatness_n both_o without_o and_o within_o the_o church_n a_o lively_a portraiture_n of_o his_o goodness_n in_o the_o several_a branch_n thereof_o exod._n 34._o 6_o 7._o bowel_n of_o mercy_n imply_v inwardness_n and_o tenderness_n our_o bowel_n of_o love_n to_o god_n of_o compassion_n to_o brethren_n mercy_n not_o to_o be_v refuse_v by_o unbelief_n nor_o abuse_v by_o presumption_n §_o 1._o the_o most_o learned_a among_o the_o heathen_a make_v account_n they_o have_v sufficient_o characterise_v their_o jupiter_n when_o maximus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d optimus_fw-la maximus_n they_o style_v he_o good_a and_o great_a yea_o the_o best_a and_o great_a of_o being_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v deny_v that_o these_o two_o attribute_n if_o we_o take_v they_o in_o their_o latitude_n 4._o aph._n 4._o comprehend_v very_o many_o of_o those_o perfection_n which_o common_o go_v under_o other_o name_n and_o this_o perhaps_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n why_o david_n in_o psalm_n one_o hundred_o forty_o five_o which_o the_o rabbin_n be_v say_v to_o have_v esteem_v so_o 145._o coppen_n in_o argumento_fw-la psal_n 145._o high_o of_o as_o to_o determine_v but_o with_o more_o superstition_n than_o truth_n that_o whosoever_o repeat_v in_o thrice_o every_o day_n may_v be_v sure_a of_o eternal_a life_n have_v set_v himself_o to_o extol_v god_n and_o to_o bless_v his_o name_n as_o appeareth_z by_o the_o first_o and_o second_o verse_n insi_v chief_o on_o these_o two_o great_a be_v the_o lord_n and_o great_o to_o be_v 3._o psal_n 145._o v._n 3._o praise_v and_o his_o greatness_n be_v unsearchable_a short_o after_o they_o shall_v abundant_o utter_v 9_o verse_n 7._o 8_o 9_o the_o memory_n of_o thy_o great_a goodness_n the_o lord_n be_v gracious_a and_o full_a of_o compassion_n slow_a to_o anger_n and_o of_o great_a mercy_n the_o lord_n be_v good_a to_o all_o and_o his_o tender_a mercy_n be_v over_o all_o his_o work_n i_o shall_v according_o treat_v of_o both_o and_o first_o of_o his_o goodness_n §_o 2._o moses_n be_v skilled_a in_o all_o the_o 22._o act_n 7._o 22._o learning_n of_o the_o egyptian_n yet_o as_o not_o content_a herewith_o he_o become_v a_o humble_a suitor_n to_o god_n for_o some_o further_a and_o better_a knowledge_n i_o beseech_v thou_o say_v he_o 18._o exod._n 33._o 18._o show_v i_o thy_o glory_n other_o notion_n may_v fill_v the_o head_n of_o a_o moral_a man_n nothing_o short_a of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n can_v satisfy_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o saint_n wherefore_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o request_n the_o lord_n make_v he_o a_o promise_n say_v i_o will_v make_v 19_o verse_n 19_o all_o my_o goodness_n pass_v before_o thou_o the_o thing_n desire_v be_v a_o sight_n of_o his_o glory_n the_o thing_n promise_v a_o view_n of_o his_o goodness_n which_o intimate_v that_o however_o in_o themselves_o all_o the_o attribute_n of_o god_n be_v glorious_a yet_o he_o glori_v most_o in_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o goodness_n neither_o do_v any_o bring_v he_o in_o so_o much_o glory_n from_o the_o creature_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o magnify_v this_o most_o i_o will_v mention_v the_o 7._o isai_n 63._o 7._o love_a kindness_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o praise_n of_o the_o lord_n according_a to_o all_o that_o the_o lord_n have_v bestow_v on_o we_o and_o the_o great_a goodness_n towards_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n which_o he_o have_v bestow_v on_o they_o according_a to_o his_o mercy_n and_o according_a to_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o love_a kindness_n so_o the_o church_n in_o isaiah_n now_o the_o forementioned_a promise_n make_v to_o moses_n in_o exodus_fw-la the_o three_o and_o thirty_o be_v make_v good_a in_o chapter_n the_o thirty_o four_o where_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o have_v pass_v by_o he_o and_o proclaim_v the_o lord_n the_o lord_n god_n merciful_a loc_n exod_a 34_o 6._o 7._o totum_fw-la hunc_fw-la locu●_n ad_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la dei_fw-la pertinere_fw-la asserit_fw-la ludovic_n de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr auimadvers_fw-la in_o loc_n and_o gracious_a long-suffering_a and_o abundant_a in_o bounty_n and_o truth_n keep_v mercy_n for_o thousand_o forgive_a iniquity_n and_o transgression_n and_o sin_n and_o that_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n clear_v the_o guilty_a visit_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n and_o upon_o the_o child_n child_n unto_o the_o three_o and_o to_o the_o four_o generation_n all_o which_o clause_n even_o the_o latter_a expound_v by_o most_o of_o god_n justice_n may_v be_v 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araunah_n the_o jebusite_n not_o to_o offer_v unto_o the_o lord_n of_o that_o which_o cost_v he_o nothing_o 24._o 2_o sam._n 24._o 24._o the_o second_o be_v willing_a to_o 15._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 15._o spend_v and_o to_o be_v spend_v in_o the_o work_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o not_o to_o be_v bind_v only_o 13._o act_n 21._o 13._o but_o to_o die_v at_o jerusalem_n for_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n who_o have_v there_o suffer_v not_o bond_n only_o but_o death_n for_o he_o the_o three_o during_o his_o retirement_n in_o the_o castle_n at_o coburga_n for_o the_o 142._o nullus_fw-la abit_fw-la dies_fw-la quin_fw-la ad_fw-la minimum_fw-la tres_fw-la horas_fw-la casque_n studiis_fw-la aptissimas_fw-la in_o orationem_fw-la parat_fw-la melch._n adam_n in_o vita_fw-la lutheris_n pag._n 138_o 142._o safety_n of_o his_o person_n have_v then_o more_o time_n to_o spare_v for_o devotion_n then_o his_o many_o public_a employment_n have_v be_v wont_a to_o afford_v he_o be_v no_o niggard_n 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truth_n god_n abound_v in_o it_o so_o as_o to_o have_v no_o mixture_n of_o the_o contrary_a although_o the_o best_a of_o man_n have_v some_o whence_o that_o of_o paul_n let_v god_n be_v true_a that_o be_v 4._o rom._n 3._o 4._o own_a and_o acknowledge_v for_o such_o but_o every_o man_n a_o liar_n a_o lightsome_a body_n may_v have_v somewhat_o of_o darkness_n in_o it_o for_o example_n a_o precious_a stone_n some_o speck_n or_o cloud_n but_o light_v itself_o admit_v of_o none_o god_n be_v light_n and_o in_o he_o there_o be_v 5._o 1_o john_n 1._o 5._o no_o darkness_n at_o all_o so_o god_n be_v truth_n and_o in_o he_o there_o be_v no_o falsehood_n at_o all_o god_n that_o can_v lie_v say_v the_o apostle_n satan_n be_v so_o the_o father_n of_o lie_n as_o that_o he_o do_v mendax_fw-la tit._n 1._o 2._o deus_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la siac_a fallacia_fw-la bonitas_fw-la sine_fw-la malitia_fw-la selicitas_fw-la sine_fw-la miseria_fw-la fulgent_n lib._n 1._o ad_fw-la monim_fw-la 2_o tim._n 2._o 13._o diabolus_fw-la semper_fw-la fallax_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la mendax_fw-la notwithstanding_o at_o time_n speak_v some_o truth_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v deceive_v the_o better_a god_n so_o the_o father_n of_o truth_n as_o that_o he_o can_v never_o lie_v no_o more_o than_o he_o can_v deny_v himself_o which_o be_v utter_o impossible_a if_o we_o believe_v not_o yet_o he_o abide_v faithful_a he_o can_v deny_v himself_o now_o his_o truth_n appear_v especial_o in_o two_o thing_n first_o the_o fulfil_n of_o all_o his_o promise_n which_o shall_v as_o sure_o receive_v their_o accomplishment_n in_o due_a season_n as_o that_o of_o christ_n incarnation_n do_v when_o the_o fullness_n 4._o galat._n 4._o 4._o of_o time_n be_v come_v and_o that_o of_o bring_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n at_o the_o 41._o exod._n 12._o 41._o end_n of_o four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n which_o be_v most_o exact_o perform_v the_o selfsame_a day_n in_o which_o that_o 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18._o micah_n 7._o 18._o mercy_n mercy_n please_v he_o as_o much_o as_o ever_o any_o sin_n do_v thou_o what_o though_o thy_o rebellion_n have_v be_v long_o continue_v the_o 17._o psalm_n 103._o 17._o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v from_o everlasting_a to_o everlasting_a upon_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o yea_o what_o though_o to_o former_a guilt_n thou_o have_v add_v backslide_n and_o relapse_n to_o rebellion_n yet_o remember_v that_o in_o jeremiah_n return_v 22._o jerem._n 〈◊〉_d 22._o you_o backslide_n child_n and_o i_o will_v heal_v your_o backslide_n together_o with_o that_o in_o the_o last_o of_o hosea_n where_o israel_n have_v no_o soon_o say_v in_o thou_o the_o fatherless_a find_v mercy_n but_o it_o follow_v immediate_o i_o will_v heal_v 4._o hos_fw-la 14._o 3_o 4._o their_o backslide_n i_o will_v love_v they_o free_o but_o lest_o any_o shall_v surfeit_v on_o these_o sweet_a meat_n take_v we_o heed_n §_o 5._o second_o of_o abuse_v mercy_n by_o presumption_n mercy_n improve_v open_v to_o we_o the_o sure_a refuge_n mercy_n abuse_v bring_v upon_o we_o the_o sore_a vengeance_n it_o will_v be_v consider_v that_o there_o be_v one_o kind_n of_o presumer_n who_o mercy_n itself_o be_v resolve_v to_o have_v no_o mercy_n on_o so_o long_o as_o they_o continue_v such_o to_o wit_n those_o that_o dare_v expect_v it_o notwithstanding_o their_o resolution_n to_o go_v on_o in_o their_o impenitence_n and_o ignorance_n of_o god_n for_o thus_o say_v the_o god_n of_o heaven_n concern_v he_o who_o bless_v himself_o in_o his_o heart_n say_v i_o 21._o deut._n 29._o 19_o 20_o 21._o shall_v have_v peace_n though_o i_o walk_v in_o the_o imagination_n of_o my_o heart_n to_o add_v drunkenness_n to_o thirst_n the_o lord_n will_v not_o spare_v he_o but_o the_o anger_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o jealousy_n shall_v smoke_v against_o that_o man_n and_o the_o curse_n that_o be_v write_v in_o this_o book_n shall_v lie_v upon_o he_o and_o the_o lord_n shall_v blot_v out_o his_o name_n from_o 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that_o 18._o psal_n 103._o 13_o 17_o 18._o fear_v he_o the_o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v from_o everlasting_a to_o everlasting_a upon_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o to_o such_o as_o keep_v his_o covenant_n and_o to_o those_o that_o remember_v his_o commandment_n to_o do_v they_o not_o they_o that_o presume_v but_o that_o fear_n not_o such_o as_o break_v but_o as_o keep_v his_o covenant_n not_o those_o that_o forget_v but_o that_o remember_v his_o commandment_n to_o do_v they_o or_o at_o least_o who_o earnest_a desire_n and_o endeavour_n be_v that_o way_n bend_v may_v expect_v and_o shall_v 2._o exerc._n 2._o receive_v mercy_n from_o he_o they_o shall_v find_v by_o sweet_a experience_n the_o infallible_a truth_n of_o what_o mr_n peacock_n once_o say_v 87._o mr_n r._n bolton_n instruction_n pag._n 87._o upon_o his_o recovery_n out_o of_o a_o deep_a and_o long_a desertion_n viz._n that_o the_o sea_n be_v not_o more_o full_a of_o water_n nor_o the_o sun_n of_o light_n than_o the_o lord_n be_v of_o mercy_n exercitation_n 2._o grace_n what_o from_o it_o spring_n election_n redemption_n vocation_n sanctification_n and_o salvation_n a_o caveat_n not_o to_o receive_v it_o in_o vain_a it_o purge_v and_o cheer_v gloss_n upon_o titus_n 2._o 11_o 12._o and_o 2_o thess_n 2._o 26_o 17._o the_o exaltation_n of_o free_a grace_n exhort_v to_o long-suffering_a not_o exercise_v towards_o evil_a angel_n but_o towards_o man_n of_o all_o sort_n it_o lead_v to_o repentance_n be_v value_v by_o god_n and_o must_v not_o be_v slight_v by_o we_o a_o dreadful_a example_n of_o goodness_n despise_v §_o 1._o a_o second_o branch_n of_o god_n goodness_n be_v grace_n which_o relate_v to_o unworthiness_n as_o the_o former_a do_v to_o misery_n god_n be_v merciful_a to_o the_o illdeserving_a gracious_a to_o the_o undeserving_a so_o far_o be_v we_o from_o be_v able_a to_o merit_v so_o much_o as_o the_o crumb_n which_o fall_v from_o his_o table_n that_o even_o temporal_a favour_n be_v all_o from_o grace_n noah_n be_v preserve_v in_o the_o deluge_n why_o because_o he_o find_v 8._o gen._n 6._o 8._o grace_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n jacob_n be_v enrich_v and_o have_v enough_o how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v because_o god_n say_v he_o to_o esau_n 11._o gen._n 33._o 11._o have_v deal_v gracious_o with_o i_o but_o beside_o that_o common_a favour_n which_o all_o share_n in_o more_o or_o less_o there_o be_v a_o more_o special_a grace_n which_o the_o psalmist_n pray_v for_o remember_v i_o o_o lord_n with_o the_o favour_n that_o thou_o bear_v unto_o thy_o people_n o_o visit_v i_o with_o 5._o psal_n 106._o 5._o thy_o salvation_n §_o 2._o this_o three_o be_v draw_v throughout_o the_o whole_a web_n of_o salvation_n and_o there_o be_v not_o a_o round_a in_o the_o ladder_n to_o heaven_n which_o do_v not_o give_v every_o one_o that_o step_v upon_o it_o just_a occasion_n of_o cry_v grace_n grace_n do_v the_o lord_n elect_v thou_o to_o life_n and_o glory_n when_o so_o many_o be_v pass_v by_o what_o reason_n can_v be_v give_v of_o this_o but_o free_a grace_n paul_n style_v it_o the_o election_n of_o grace_n in_o his_o 5._o rom._n 11._o 5._o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o tell_v his_o ephesian_n that_o god_n have_v choose_v they_o in_o 6._o ephes_n 1._o 4_o 5_o 6._o christ_n before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n according_a to_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n to_o the_o praise_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o 7._o ibid._n vers_fw-la 7._o grace_n have_v thou_o obtain_v redemption_n through_o the_o blood_n of_o jesus_n that_o also_o say_v he_o there_o flow_v from_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o grace_n have_v the_o lord_n effectual_o call_v thou_o bow_v down_o thy_o head_n and_o adore_v free_a grace_n as_o the_o cause_n thereof_o for_o he_o save_v and_o call_v we_o 9_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 9_o say_v the_o same_o holy_a apostle_n with_o a_o holy_a call_n not_o according_a to_o our_o work_n but_o according_a to_o his_o own_o purpose_n and_o grace_n so_o in_o the_o act_n when_o a_o great_a number_n believe_v and_o be_v turn_v to_o christianity_n barnabas_n see_v the_o grace_n of_o 23._o act._n 11._o 21._o 23._o god_n shine_v forth_o in_o their_o conversion_n have_v thou_o receive_v any_o ability_n tend_v either_o to_o thou_o own_o sanctification_n or_o to_o the_o edification_n of_o other_o do_v the_o like_a upon_o this_o occasion_n too_o as_o paul_n do_v say_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n i_o be_o what_o 10_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 10_o i_o be_o and_o his_o grace_n which_o be_v bestow_v upon_o i_o be_v not_o in_o vain_a but_o i_o labour_v more_o abundant_o than_o they_o all_o yet_o not_o i_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o be_v with_o i_o in_o a_o word_n do_v