Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	mercy_n	peace_n	righteousness_n	4,695	5	7.7703	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38595	The abridgement of a sermon preached on the fast-day appointed to be held for the good successe of the treatie that was shortly to ensue between the King and the Parliament, Septemb. 12, 1648 by Mr. Despagne ... ; faithfully translated into English by Umfrevile, Gent.; Abbrégé d'un sermon prononcé au jour de jusne indict sur le sujet du traitté futur entre le roy et le Parlement, le 12 de septembre 1648. English	Espagne, Jean d', 1591-1659.; Umfrevile, William.	1648 (1648)	Wing E3254; ESTC R20881	6,427	24

yeeldeth to do evill the disgraces and discountenances that it puts upon good men bring the world to that passe that it is a fault to be without fault But when the King is good the wickednesse of the people hath no excuse but on the contrary they are so much the more condemnable and liable to greater punishment But oh how happy is that Kingdom where the King and his People are united in goodnesse Oh how precious and odoriferous is that oyl which descends from the head to the feet For the remainder I will not here handle again the Question wee treated of not long since concerning two parties that make war one upon another viz. if it be alwayes true that one is alwayes in the right the other in the wrong it often happens that both are in the wrong in divers respects In the War between Abimelech and the Sechemites both sides were faulty and God destroyed the one by the other Judg. 9. often also hee that is in the wrong thinks hee hath good title In this War of David upon the Tribes if God had not decided the strife would not any man living have said that the right had been on the peoples side David for title of his Royalty alledged that he was annoynted by the hand of Samuel The Tribes that were willing to continue the Crown in the house of Saul pleaded Saul's unction his installing in the Royal Throne performed by the hand of the same Prophet not onely in private as was the unction of David but in the presence of all the States of the Kingdom after he had been chosen of God and by him recommended to the people Besides might they not have stood upon the many yeers of Saul's Reign and his Family in possession of the Garland Doth not all this I say seem to condemn David's claim and justifie the arms of the adverse party But to conclude Put case the right be all on one side shall the sword devour continually O doleful sword How long shall it hold do wee not know that the fruits of War are bitter even to the Conquerours themselves Shall we never be glutted with eating bread kneaded in tears and tempered with humane blood For the Countries are all bedew'd with blood and all our channels run over with it as wel as did sometime those of Egypt our cups are full of it and our drink is nothing but horrour all the veins of the body of this State are open from the soale of the foot unto the top of the crown there is nothing but black and blue bruises and bloud-shot she is stretched out at length upon the ashes that our combustions and firings have left her heart is quash'd hardly panting between life and death with a dying eye shee looks about if there be any will have pity upon her wounds O King and yee Ancients of Israel how many souls this day conjure you with tears of bloud which would move the very rocks themselves and that by the holy bowels of Christ that you would put some end to these calamities Let then the Heads of Israel go tell their King Behold wee are thy flesh and thy bones Thou and wee together let 's stanch this bloud quench this fire and remove these pitifull ruines let 's restore to the Church its lustre to the Lawes their vigour to the Common-weal an happy peace Let both sides endeavour to out-goe one another in benignitie sinceritie and pietie Let all ambitious aimes private interests sinister respects cunning wiles and fraudulent designes be far apart from this Meeting When they shall treat thus on both sides will it be matter of difficulty think you to finde means of agreement The highest mountains will stoop and become plains before you the lowest valleys shall be filled and this great gulf which severs both sides shall be levelled that both may come together into one Now let us call upon the God of heaven that hee would be pleased to come and take his place betwixt the King and the Ancients of Israel as Judge of their Treatie Moderatour and Decider of their differences If wee be not enemies to our selves if wee have not sworn our own utter ruine if wee do not take pleasure in perishing Mercie yet and Truth shall meet one another Righteousnesse and Peace shall mutually kisse Truth shall bud forth out of the earth and Righteousnesse shall look down from heaven FINIS