Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lead_v	light_n	spirit_n	4,475	5	5.5430	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10049	To the musicioners, the harpers, the minstrels, the singers, the dancers, the persecutors; from one who loved dancing and musick as his life, which being parted with, and the light being come, which was before these things, in which they are all seen, and from it is declared, the ground, foundation, beginning, and father, and children, and compass, and end, and the effects of all the harpers, mucisioners [sic], singers and dancers: who may reade what I have learned, who have tryed their wayes, and also searched into the things of God, and declare this according to Scripture, and have found the joy which man cannot take away, in which I rejoyce for ever, because the marriage of the Lamb is come.	Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1658 (1658)	Wing S4082; ESTC R234931	7,451	10

likenesse without set up by the will of man And therefore it is this day that the Governours and Captains the Judges the Treasurers the Counsellers the Shriefs the Justices and all the Rulers in the earth who are of Babels stocke and of their Fathers Cain Lamech and Jubal are joyning together to pe●secute them that worship God in spirit who commanded not to bow down or worship any Image or likenesse and so their likenesses are denyed the substance being come and Christ revealed within who is a man of Sorrowes who said the world should rejoyce Iohn 16. 20. But their joy should be turned into sorrow and his light in the conscience is it which judgeth those vaine delights in carnall musick which is to perish with the using For when the Spirit was departed from Saul he sought for one to play upon a Harpe before him and for a time he was satisfied with that and when he heard the musick he would be well but afterwards his delight in the musick could not overcome that murthering spirit in him but at the very time that Saul heard the musick he sought to slay him that was to be King and such as Saul who rejecteth the Counsell of God slayes him that is the light and would not that he should Raign who is a man of sorrows and he that loved the musick had an evill spirit or something that troubled him and that which moved in him while he heard the musick to murther that which was to Raign the Lords Annointed the same thing lead him to the Witch and so first he left the Spirit of God then sought ease by musick then sought counsell from the Witch and he was shortly after destroyed they follow witchcraft who obey not the Truth which makes free and he that is the Light is the Truth and the Lamb slain by that which takes delight in that which is out of the Truth invented by the generation of Cain a fugitive in the earth of whom his deceived mother said I have gotten a man from the Lord whose seed loves that which keeps from the Lord and leads into the Witchcraft like Saul not obeying the Lord nor the Truth of his Son who is the Light and Saul being required made use of the Harp to quiet him for a time from whom the spirit of the Lord was departed and afterwards the seed of the evill doers even the chief of the Nations did chaunt to the sound of the viall and invent unto themselves instruments of musick like David putting far away the evill day lying upon beds of Jvory drinking wine in bowls but not grieved for the afliction of the Righteous seed and these were them that were at ease in Sion who were to go into captivity with the first that go into captivity whom the woe is to as may be read Amos. 6. And Solomons wives mensingers women singers and instruments of musicke drawed away his heart from the Lord and after he cryed against the vanity of these things for it leads out from the Spirit and fear of the God of order within into the many confused things without and such as follow that are of Babel the mother of Harlots who have made all nations drunk in whom the time is come that the voice of Harpers and Musitioners shall be heard no more at all for the foundation and Skirts of that great vvhore and her Craftsmen are discovered vvith the Light vvhich judgeth these things From a prisoner of Christ in vvhom my life is hid H. S. Concerning Poets Jesters Rhimers and all that wanton crew ALL ye Poets Jesters Rhimers makers of Verses and Ballads who bend your wits to please novelties light minds who delights injests toyes more then in the simple naked truth which you should be united to you are for the undoing of many poor souls it is your work to tickle up the ears of people with your jests and toyes this proceeds from a wrong heart where dwells the lust and feeds the wrong heart and mind and wits which brings them to the grave and dust and there buries the minds and clogs the nature which is a shame to all that be in the modesty and pure sincerity truth and cleaness of mind therefore all you young wits learn not to make verses for it is the Ballad-makers trade and fidlers road and the scholars of Oxford Cambridges gaine and learning and lay aside all your learning of Logistical Arts for that brings you into and keeps you in the dark but come to the naked simplicity of truth that with that you may rule that a pure understanding you may have you think your selves witty when verses you can make and rhimes this you learn in your Schooles like unto Ballad-makers and when you have gotten on your garment and coat of Lodgick you think to deceive the hearts of the people but that is out of the path of Christ and his road and way that he walked in as you may read in the Scriptures of truth you Jesters and Rhimers and Logick inventers which you deceive vain and light peoples minds withal amongst whom you are called witty But I shall tell you the Schollers of Oxford and Cambridge in your rhimes and in your jests in your verses and in your Lodgick it would be more pleasing to God for you to get a spade on your backs a great old glove and a bill in your hand and stop gaps and make up old hedges and thresh out corn go amongst the day labouring men for 3. d. a day and this is more wholesome and this is a sweet savour and burn all your Logick books and verse books ye schollars of Oxford and Cambridge you Ballad-makers and Fidlers and Players and Mountebancks who poysons the world and poor people but now are you discovered and throw away your inventions for the rod of God and the power of truth is gone over you and stands a top of your heads and with the wisdome of God you are comprehended and the wrath of God is come upon you all and your swimming seen and what you swim in with all your verses and your Logick and your Ballads and Rhimes both Ballad-makers and Mountebancks and Schollars and Fidlers the ground of your Scholistical Phrases and Verses Rhymes and Jests Verse makers Schollars Fidlers Players and Mountebancks are all from the witness of God in you and the Lord hath a controversie with you who will answer the witness of God in you by his power by his sword by his hand for all your inventions and actions Rhymes Verses Lodgick is from the plain innocent witness of God in you which if ever it stirr and be awakned in you it will judge you for your actions for the terrible God is come to reign and you have no place to hide your selves when every hailestone shall fall upon you the weight of a Talent this is in love to your souls G. B. This may be Translated truely into Latine French or other Languages by any friend in truth