Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	know_v	life_n	spirit_n	4,772	5	5.1324	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43714	A word of advice to all such as are going on in sin and more particularly to my neighbours and townsmen in and about Colchester; to forsake their evil ways, and turn to the Lord while they have time, with a word of incouragement to such as mourn for want of salvation. And a word of advice to the priests of this nation, that they choak not the tender desires that are begotten in people after holiness.	Hailes, John, 1666 or 7-1732.	1693 (1693)	Wing H191; ESTC R221265	5,459	1

taking up a daily Cross and denying thy self Thy will to vain Delights may be to Gaming Sporting and Pastimes so called and sometimes when thy old Companions are at ease in these things doing them willingly then the Devil may be ready to tempt thee who in some Measure may be gathered out of them to return back to them again and if thou do not join with them they may laugh at thee and say why can you not do as you used to do Now thou my fellow Traveller this is my Testimony for the Lord that if thou keepest low before him he will give thee victory over them all and they shall be ashamed for Righteousness exaltes a Nation but sin is a reproach and shame to any people and thou mayest be a Preacher of Righteousness in thy Life and Conversation wherever thou comes and thy Yea will be thy Yea and thy Nay Nay and if some things seem hard for thee then look to the Lord and he will make hard things easie and rough things plain and all things will work together for good if thou truly love and fear the Lord and he will bless thee in thy goings out and in thy coming in and thus if thou keep thy Eye single to the Lord thy whole Body will be full of Light and thou wilt see thy prosperity in thee truth and give God the Honour unto whom it doth belong both now henceforth and for evermore And all you Priests of this Nation of what sort soever where you meet with any tender hearted People that are breathing after the Sincere milk of the Word of God which gives spiritual Satisfaction to the Mou●ners I warn and intreat you to have a care of stifling these desires that are begotten in them for these are as the hindmost of the Flock of God therefore be not found seizing upon them as the Amalkites did for some of you to my knowledge have sought to hinder the Light and Truth from shining and have been offended with me when I have said that if we followed and obeyed Christ he was able to keep us out of Sin in this Life for he was called Jesus because he should save his People from their Sins not in them and why should any be dissatisfied that we extol the love and strength of God for we do not say we can save our selves from one Sin nay we cannot think a good thought and yet in and through him there is a possibility to do all things that he requires of us as the Apostle said through him that strengthens us we are able to do all things and if so then to live free from sin in this Life which is my desire for you as for my self that so through his cleansing power you may come to know it and so enjoy that peace that passeth all under standing Your Friend in the Truth JOHN HAILES Colchester the 3d. of the 6th Month 1693 POSTSCRIPT HAving for long time gone with a bowed down Spirit before the Lord to see sin and wickedness abound in this Age and time and to see that many both Priests and People do conclude that it is impossible to live without sin on this side the Grave which is not only a great contradiction to the Scrip●ures but doth also cast contempt upon Jesus Christ who was sent for that very purpose to save his People from their sins Mat. 1.21 It Reflects upon him as if he were not able to finish the work that his Father gave him to do which was to destroy the Work of the Devil whose work is to cause People to sin 1 John 3.8 It is therefore in my heart to answer three or four Objections which are commonly made against those that say that there is a possibility through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ to live without or be free from sin in this life The first Objection is from Proverbs 24.16 for a just man falleth seven times and riseth up again Now if people wou●d seriously weigh these words they would find that those words m●ke nothing to their Purpose for the Text doth not say that a just man sinneth seven times c. ●ut that he falleth seven times and riseth up again Vnderstood of troubles and temptations James 1.2 Rejoice when ye fall into temptations or trials such a fall must this be understood to be which is the tryi●g Lot of all good men at one time or other And it is no sin to be tempted but to be overcome with the temptation which the just man that feareth God is not for his God upholds him by his hand Psalms 37.24 and succours him in his tempted state Heb. 2.18 And with the temptation makes out a way for his escape 1 Cor. 10.13 and he riseth again as saith the Scripture or Text. So though he falls which fall is into temptation yet he is not overcome but by the Divine help of the Divine Power does stand his tryal and becomes a Victor Object 2. But John saith John 1.8 If we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us Answer so James saith Chap. 3. v. 9. Concerning the Tongue saying therewith bless we God and therewith curse we men I hope no man will be so rash to conclude that the Apostle was a Curser but it was the manner of the Apostles to condescend so for the sake of the weak to rank themselves amongst them and so put the word we instead of you so no more then the Apostle James was a Curser nor John then a sinner for he bends his whole Epistle against sin Object 3. But Paul cryed out he was a wretched man and askt the Question who should deliver him Rom. 7.24 Answer Paul was a telling the State he was in in times past as doth appear for when he had asked the Question who should deliver him he answered the Question himself saying Thanks be to God who hath given me the Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ So he could not be a wretched man and Victor over sin and all at the same time 1 Cor. 15.57 the Conside●atio● of these things dear Reader I leave unto thee and leave thee to the heart melting Power of God that is able to change and save thy Soul Farewell London Printed by T. Sowle at the Crooked Billet in Holy-wel-lane in Shoreditch 1693. Isaiah 1 ch from 10. to the 17. ver Joel 2.13 Exod. 34.6.7 Mal. 3.6 Lam. 3.40 Mat. 11.29 John 10.3.16.27 chap. 8.12 v. Acts 26.17.18 Isai 30.20.21 Mica 4.12 Jer. 31.32 33 34. Isa 58.10.11 Job 22.21 Amos 4.13 Ps 17.7 Pro. 30.5 Isa 59.1 v. ch 63.1 v. He. 7.25 Gen. 39.9 2 Cor. 5.11.20.1 Joh. 1.7 Ps 144.15 Job 42.6 Is 55 6. Gen. 6.3 Jude 18. Gal. 6.7.8 Rom. 8.9 Jude 1.9 Rom. 8.1 2 v. 4.9 11 14.15.16.26 Rom. 6.16 Job 28.29 Luke 12.31 Is 57.15 Mat. 11.28 Acts 10.35 1 Cor. 6.9.10 Eccl. 12.1 Lam. 3.26.27 Job 20. ch Job 36.13.14 Ec. 9.12.2 Joh. 4 ver La. 3.22 Rom. 13.11 1 Cor. 15.34 Eph. 5.14 Rom. 2.3 4. Jer. 2.27 28. Hos 5.15 Isa 1.5 Job 22.27 Ps 22.25 cha 50.14 Ga. 6.7.8 Isa 63.8 Mat. 12.36.37 Psa 139.4 Is 45.22 ch 66.2 v. Ez. 3●… 11 Mat 16.24 Mar. 8.24 Luk 9.23 Jam. 5.5 Rom. 13.13 1 Pet. 4.3.4 Luk. 9 62. 2 Pet. 2.19.20.21 Ro. 6.21.22 Pr● 14.34 Job 7.20 Ps 31.23 ch 116.62 Mat. 5.16 Gen. 18.14 Ps 103.11 Isa 41.10.11.12.13.14 Rom. 8.28 Deu. 28 2 3 4 5 Mat. 6.22 Is 3.12.9 ch 9.16 Ps 4.6 Ez. 36.10 Ma. ●3 13 Joh. 7.47 c. 3.20 v. Heb 7 25. Mat 1.21 Joh. 15.5 Phil. 4.13 Psa 37.37 5 Is 7.1.2