Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	let_v	see_v	word_n	4,072	5	3.9829	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40767	A faithfull and conscientious account for subscribing the engagement discussed in four sections : I. Motives for just expediency of giving such account, 2. The account truely stated and explained, 3. Reasons justifying the faithfulness of it, 4. Objections against it, satisfactorily answered.	Paget, Thomas, d. 1660.	1650 (1650)	Wing F265; ESTC R25205	22,683	38

that any knowing Christian and least of all that any Minister of the Gospell could have had such a scruple sith neither it's notation nor the obvious use of the word as it is either in the Scripture which is full of it or as it is in ordinary speech and acception amongst men can give any rise for such a groundlesse scrupulous fancy 2. A doting about strifes of words produceth no profit but strife envy railings evill surmisings perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth even to the subverting of the hearers see 1 Tim. 6. 4 5. 2 Tim. 2. 14. let therfore the godly wise Christians and Ministers avoid such questions about words clear in themselves studying to shew themselves approved unto God c. 2 Tim. 2. 15. 3. Let such wordy Questionists remember that the pious and prudent contrivers of the Directory for the publike Worship of God throughout England Scotland and Ireland established by our Parliament in that part of it which directeth about the solemnization of Marriage they thought it meet that the persons to be married together should promise mutually to be faithfull unto one another In the Directory for the Ordination of Ministers it is Ordered that such as shall be ordained do declare a promise of faithfulnesse as well as of other duties in the exercise of their Ministery I do hence demand whether persons to be married or Ministers to be ordained should the one sort of them scruple the accomplishment of their marriage or the other sort scruple their Ordination because of the Engagement to be faithfull in their relative conditions and whether they should surcease rather therefrom upon a phantasticall conceit that the sense of the word faithfull may be strained to some insnaring afterwards I conclude therefore that as in Domestical and Ecclesiastical relations there is a requisitenesse of promising to be true and faithful so it ought to be likewise in the relation in the Common-wealth that there be an Engagement of faithfulnesse thereunto If any man be otherwise minded touching being faithfull in the mentioned relations in Family Church and Commonwealth surely he seemeth to give ground of just jealousie that he meaneth not fairly that I say no more VI Object There was a liberty granted and directed by Order of Parliament that Preachers in giving of the Covenant should explain it and accordingly the Preacher explained it in such sense as he apprehends stands not with his freedome of conscience to subscribe the Engagement Ans. 1. The liberty allowed and directed unto Preachers for explaining the Covenant ought to be understood of such explaining it as stood with the just and genuine sense of it as all rationall men will easily acknowledge If any Preachers took a liberty otherwise they did abuse their liberty yea it was a collusion and imposture in the Preacher whoever he was to put a sense thereon of his owne not agreeing thereto frustrating what in him lay the end of the Covenant and the taking of it 2. They that thus object do not speak out what the sense of the Preacher was that he gave of the Covenant inconsistent with the Engagement so as it cannot be expected that a full and satisfactory answer should be made thereto his sense being in the dark may be reputed an act of darknesse albeit confused and uncertain speech be of it in the streets at noon day 3. This Objection giveth occasion to suspect that some persons yea some who pretend for Presbytery but are loosly minded thereunto sith such do thus object do make an advantage to put the Covenant to their own sense to free themselves thereby from the sacred bonds of it in its own sense and meaning 4. Let such Objecters be pleased for the undeceiving themselves and their adherents plainly and punctually in their own consciences and conferences with their Associates answer these demands without any tergiversation for arguing their sincerity towards God and towards men about the Covenant 1. Whether the Covenant was not obligatory in its due sense and meaning in every article of it as well as in some branches of some of the Articles more specially affected 2. Whether there were not some main things primarily and other things subserviently covenanted And what those maine things and what the subservient things were that thus truth and faithfulnesse may be discerned hereabouts 3. Whether the chief ends of the Covenant were not Reformation and defence of Religion and the safety of the People 4. Whether the honour and happinesse of the King was absolutely covenanted albeit he should remain obstinate in his tyranny and in other unnaturall capitall crimes unto which God had appointed temporall death 5. Whether the grand Priviledge of Parliament unto which others are subservient be not that above forty members of the House of Commons acting freely in the House doe continue the being of the House of Parliament And consequently whether by vertue of the Covenant such House of Commons ought not to be acknowledged the Parliamentary supreme Power FINIS