Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lawful_a	oath_n	swear_v	2,912	5	8.9124	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02885	The catechisme, or manner how to instruct and teach children and others in the Christian faith appointed to bee read in all the lands and dominions of the late right and mightie prince, Frederike, countie palatine of the Rhein, one of the electors of the Holy Empire, and duke in Bauier / newly translated out of Latin and Dutch into Englishe.; Heidelberger Katechismus.		1578 (1578)	STC 13029; ESTC S3764	26,578	74

table teacheth in it sixe cōmandements what duetie good deedes and gentlenesse we owe vnto our neighbour Question What requireth God of vs in the first table Answere That euen so dearely as I loue the saluation of my soule so earnestly should I shunne and flye Idolatrie Maumetrie or worshipping of false gods witchchraft Sorcerie Enchauntmentes superstition or worshipping of God by other meanes then hee hath taught in his worde calling for helpe of Saintes or any other creatures But that I should rightly confesse and acknowledge the only and true God and only trust in him and should with great lowlinesse submitte my selfe vnto him and looke for all good thinges of him alone and that with all my heart and withal the desires of the same I should loue him and with reuerence worship honour him so much that I had leauer forsake all creatures then to doe anye thing contrarie to his will. Question What is idolatrie Answere It is in the stede of one God or beside him that is the true God who hath opened and shewed himselfe plainely and clearely in his worde to feigne make or haue any thing wherein thou beléeuest or puttest thy hope in Question What requireth the second commaundement Answere That we shoulde not shewe set out or expresse god by any Image or figure neither shoulde we worshippe him any other wise then he hath commaunded in his word himselfe to be worshipped Question Whether then ought any images or likenesse of thinges to be made Answere God neither ought neither can by any meanes bee counterfetted shewed or declared by any caster Founder Karuer or Painter And although they bee suffred to expresse creatures as herbes trées fishes and birdes and such like yet GOD forbiddeth their images to be made or had that through them wee should worshippe or honour God or giue to them any worship or outwarde reuerence Question Whether ought images to be suffered to stand in Churches to bee lay mens bookes or nor Answere No no. For it is not séemely that we should be wiser then God who willeth that his Church should bee taught with the liuely preaching of his word and not with dumme images Question What doth God ordayne in the third commandemente Answere That we should not onely not vse his name spitfully vnreuerently in banning cursing forswearing and rashly without a iust cause in any manner of swearing at all neither should we he partakers of those horrible and wicked sins either by holding of our peace or in wincking at them but that wee should vse that holy name of God no otherwise but with deuotion reuerence and worship that he may be worshipped honoured in all our wordes and deeds with a true stedfast comessione inuocation or calling vpon his name Question Is it then so gréeuous a sin to dishonor the name of God in swearing in cursing that God is also angrie with them that will not asmuch as lyeth in them hinder forbid and let it Answere Surely it is the most gréeuous sinne neither is there any that angreth and displeaseth him more then the spightfull misusing of his name Wherfore it was his wil the it shold be punished with deth Question May not a man sometime godly and lawfully sweare by the name of God Answere He may Either when the Magistrate Gods officer requireth or commandeth a man to swear or otherwise when néed requireth that by this meane a mā may get credit and the trueth may be proued and stablished therewith that thereby God may be glorified and praised men may be holpen thereby For such a lawful othe is approued as holy by the word of God and therfore it was wel vsed of the fathers both in the olde and newt Testament Question Is it lawfull for a man to sweare by saintes or other creatures Answere Noe for a lawfull othe is the calling vppon or inuocation of God that he as onely the knower of the secretes of the heart may giue witnesse vnto the truth and punish the swearer if wittingly he sweare falsely but this honour is to be giuen vnto no creature Question What hath God commaunded in the fourth commaundement Answere First that the seruing in the office of preaching and ministring of the sacramentes and that the scholes should bee kept mainteined and prouided for that I on the hollyday and at other times when the Church is for some necessarie cause gathered together shoulde ioyne my selfe vnto that holy fellowshippe to heare the word of God diligently héedfully and to vse the sacraments wyne my praiers with the cōmon praiers giue somthing according to my ritches to the poore afterward for all my life time kéepe holliday and forbeare from all ill déedes giuing place and graunting vnto God that throughe his holy spirite he may work his workes in me and so may beginne the euerlasting Sabboth or holy day in this life Question What inioyneth God vs to do in the fift commaundement Answere That we should giue due honour and shewe faithfulnesse to our fathers and mothers and to all that are gouernours ouer vs and should submitte our selues with all conuenient obedience vnto their faithfull commaundementes and chastening and that we should suffer be are with their vices and maners euer thinking this in our minde the God wil gouern guide vs by their hand Question What doeth God require in the sixte commaundemente Answere That I shoulde do no iniurie wrong or reproch to my neighbour neither with my wordes gesture or outwarde behauiour either by my selfe or by anye other man hate him hurte him or kill him but to leaue and giue ouer al the desire of reuenging vnto god neither that I shoulde hurt my selfe nor cast my selfe wittingly into any ieoperdie Wherefore God hath armed the Magistrate his officer with the sworde that there should no murder be done Question Doth this commaundement onely forbid manslaughter Answere Almightie God by forbidding of murder teacheth that he hateth 〈◊〉 roote and beginning of murder anger enuy hatred and desire of wreaking or reuenging and that hee taketh all these thinges for murder Question Is it ynough for vs to kill no man by those meanes that are before rehear sede Answere Is it not ynough For when as God forbiddeth anger enuie and hatred hee requireth the we shoulde loue our neighbours as our selues shoulde vse towarde them gentlenesse mildnes méekenesse patience and mercy and to turne away or stop asmuch as lyeth in vs such thinges as may be hurtefull vnto them And finally that wes shoulde be so minded toward them that we should bee good euen vnto our enemies Question What is the meaning of the seuenth commaundement Answere That God defieth all