Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	saviour_n	spirit_n	worship_v	2,314	5	9.2452	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61129	Of trust in God, or, A discourse concerning the duty of casting our care upon God in all our difficulties together with An exhortation to patient suffering for righteousness, in a sermon on 1 S. Pet. III. 14, 15 / by Nathaniel Spinckes ...	Spinckes, Nathaniel, 1654-1727.	1696 (1696)	Wing S4978; ESTC R1589	208,951	357

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a_o prediction_n as_o true_a as_o it_o seem_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o be_v improbable_a for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n c._n cell_n l._n 4._o not_o many_o year_n have_v pass_v after_o they_o have_v barbarous_o put_v to_o death_n the_o lord_n of_o glory_n when_o whilst_o part_n of_o that_o generation_n be_v yet_o alive_a titus_n vespasian_n the_o roman_a general_n come_v against_o they_o and_o cut_v they_o off_o with_o a_o very_a great_a slaughter_n as_o de_fw-fr bello_fw-la jud._n l._n 4._o c._n 21_o etc._n etc._n josephus_n their_o own_o historian_n report_v at_o large_a their_o tembury_v in_o its_o ruin_n at_o which_o time_n l._n 7._o c._n 17._o be_v slay_v by_o the_o enemy_n no_o few_o than_o eleven_o hundred_o thousand_o person_n and_o ninety_o seven_o thousand_o carry_v captive_a beside_o the_o vast_a number_n that_o have_v perish_v before_o by_o the_o famine_n and_o the_o pestilence_n and_o the_o intestine_a fury_n of_o their_o fellow-citizen_n and_o countryman_n and_o 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other_o add_v a_o material_a intimation_n omit_v by_o other_o author_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o they_o do_v in_o this_o case_n be_v do_v on_o purpose_n to_o deseat_v our_o saviour_n prophecy_n and_o adu._n judaeos_n l._n 2._o s._n chrysostome_n together_o with_o this_o mention_n also_o two_o other_o attempt_n to_o this_o purpose_n the_o one_o under_o adrian_n the_o other_o under_o constantine_n which_o both_o prove_v likewise_o abortive_a though_o not_o interrupt_v in_o so_o miraculous_a a_o manner_n and_o though_o there_o be_v a_o city_n build_v by_o the_o emperor_n aelius_n adrianus_n in_o the_o room_n of_o jerusalem_n yet_o neither_o be_v it_o call_v jerusalem_n but_o aelius_n adrianus_n à_fw-la quo_fw-la postea_fw-la de_fw-la ruinis_fw-la jerusalem_n vrbs_fw-la aelia_n condita_fw-la est_fw-la d._n hieron_n in_o dan._n 9_o ult_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o aelia_n from_o the_o emperor_n who_o build_v it_o nor_o be_v it_o ever_o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o jerusalem_n be_v but_o on_o the_o contrary_n have_v a_o baron_fw-fr annal._n to._n 2.137.2_o 3._o sow_n and_o pig_n set_v over_o its_o gate_n towards_o bethlehem_n as_o it_o be_v in_o direct_a opposition_n to_o the_o jew_n nor_o be_v it_o ever_o famous_a for_o any_o thing_n beside_o our_o saviour_n tomb_n there_o 2._o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o jewish_a polity_n and_o dispersion_n of_o the_o jew_n into_o all_o part_n to_o continue_v a_o last_a monument_n of_o god_n just_a vengeance_n upon_o they_o for_o all_o their_o impiety_n and_o especial_o for_o their_o intolerable_a rage_n and_o malice_n in_o procure_v the_o crucifixion_n of_o our_o everblessed_n saviour_n s._n luk._n 21.23_o there_o be_v to_o be_v great_a distress_n in_o the_o land_n and_o wrath_n upon_o this_o people_n ver._n 24._o they_o be_v to_o fall_v by_o the_o edge_n of_o the_o sword_n and_o to_o be_v lead_v captive_a into_o all_o nation_n and_o jerusalem_n to_o be_v tread_v down_o of_o the_o gentile_n until_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v fulfil_v according_a to_o our_o saviour_n prediction_n and_o thus_o much_o adv_n jud._n l._n 2._o s._n chrysostome_n urge_v to_o have_v be_v declare_v by_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n and_o admit_v for_o truth_n by_o josephus_n in_o that_o the_o prophet_n from_o the_o information_n of_o the_o angel_n gabriel_n foretell_v their_o captivity_n by_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n limit_v it_o to_o a_o certain_a time_n after_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v deliver_v from_o his_o tyranny_n as_o they_o have_v also_o long_o before_o have_v a_o time_n prefix_v for_o their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o have_v be_v deliver_v according_o but_o in_o this_o prophecy_n of_o the_o overthrow_n of_o their_o city_n and_o nation_n by_o the_o roman_n he_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o recovery_n but_o affirm_v at_o large_a that_o their_o city_n and_o temple_n shall_v be_v destroy_v acquaint_v they_o with_o the_o 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the_o four_o evangelist_n dr._n lightfoot_n comment_v upon_o our_o saviour_n word_n but_o that_o those_o place_n and_o that_o manner_n of_o worship_n shall_v fall_v and_o be_v abolish_v and_o that_o it_o be_v therefore_o needless_a for_o she_o to_o inquire_v whether_o jerusalem_n or_o gerizim_n be_v the_o more_o eminent_a place_n of_o worship_n for_o the_o time_n be_v just_a now_o in_o come_v when_o neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o shall_v be_v the_o place_n of_o worship_n at_o all_o woman_n believe_v i_o say_v our_o saviour_n the_o hour_n come_v when_o you_o shall_v neither_o in_o this_o mountain_n nor_o yet_o at_o jerusalem_n worship_v the_o father_n the_o hour_n come_v and_o now_o be_v when_o the_o true_a worshipper_n shall_v worship_v the_o father_n in_o spirit_n and_o in_o truth_n for_o the_o father_n seek_v such_o to_o worship_v he_o god_n be_v a_o spirit_n and_o they_o that_o worship_v he_o must_v worship_v he_o in_o spirit_n and_o in_o truth_n and_o not_o only_o their_o worship_n but_o their_o polity_n too_o be_v to_o have_v a_o period_n put_v to_o it_o by_o the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o they_o for_o their_o sin_n gen._n 49.10_o the_o sceptre_n be_v to_o depart_v from_o judah_n and_o the_o lawgiver_n from_o between_o his_o foot_n he_o that_o have_v the_o dominion_n be_v to_o be_v take_v away_o from_o judah_n and_o the_o scribe_n from_o his_o child_n child_n as_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v expound_v this_o prophecy_n or_o as_o the_o jerusalem_n targum_fw-la have_v it_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n king_n or_o as_o jonathan_n king_n and_o prince_n or_o precedent_n be_v to_o cease_v from_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n and_o doctor_n that_o teach_v the_o law_n from_o his_o child_n child_n this_o indeed_o be_v not_o to_o be_v accomplish_v till_o the_o come_n of_o the_o shiloh_n †_o ‑_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o messiah_n say_v

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vespasian_n justin_n hist_o l._n 20._o l_o flor._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o &_o l._n 3._o c._n 3._o valer._n max._n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o by_o castor_n and_o pollux_n flor._n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o cic._n de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 17._o aurel._n vict._n in_o vitâ_fw-la tarquin_n prisc_n lactant._n inst_z l._n 2._o c._n 7._o by_o attius_n navius_n hierocl_n fragm_n pythag._n p._n 264_o 266._o philostrat_v de_fw-fr apoll._n ty._n passim_fw-la et_fw-la euseb_n c._n hierocl_n by_o apollonius_n tyanaeus_n by_o plurarch_n in_o vit_fw-fr pyrrhi_n pyrrhus_n lactant._n instit_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o herodian_a l._n 1._o sect_n 35._o by_o claudia_n porphyr_n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr pythag._n by_o pythagoras_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n praep._n ev_n l._n 4_o c._n 1._o other_o of_o miraculous_a appearance_n to_o liv._o hist_o l._n 2._o c._n 36._o tiberius_n attinius_n plurarch_n in_o bruto_fw-la to_o brutus_n to_o tacit._n annal._n 11._o curtius_n rufus_n and_o valer._n max._n 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