Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	speak_v	spirit_n	worship_v	2,123	5	8.9605	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86442	Some observations upon a sermon bearing the name of Mr. Astley's; preached in opposition to a testimony, and sign unto them, of their spiritual nakedness; wherein he is found to wrest and pervert the scriptures : to be ignorant of the truth, as it is in Jesus; and consequently no minister of Christ, &c. / By a lover of the truth, John Hogg.	Hogg, John, fl. 1675-1698.	1675 (1675)	Wing H2368A; ESTC R178082	15,967	23

Some OBSERVATIONS Vpon a Sermon bearing the name of Mr. Astley's Preached in opposition to a Testimony and Sign unto them of their Spiritual nakedness Wherein he is found to Wrest and pervert the Scriptures to be Ignorant of the truth as it is in Jesus and consequently no Minister of Christ c. By a lover of the truth John Hogg 30. Isa 1 2. Woe to the Rebellious children saith the Lord who take councel but not of me and cover with a covering but not of my Spirit But the way of the just is as a shineing light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day Pro. 4.18 Printed in the Year 1675. FRiends and Readers of the following discourse esteem me not your Enemy For behold I have no other end then love to your Immortal souls The Advancement of Gods Truth the vindication of those walking in it and the Answering of a good Conscience towards the Lord. I plead not for all that make a Profession of it knowing that there may be a shew of Godliness without the Power Therefore be neither hasty nor high minded Pride goes before a Fall and Anger resteth in the bosome of Fools I observe that we are reflected upon to be as Seducers using Lying Signes and Wonders by some who think they stand clear thereof 2 Thes 2 but let such take heed least they fall For seeing it is said in the place quoted against us that the day of Christ could not come except there was first a falling away Therefore I advise such as a Friend to consider their present standing and see if it be not in a falne away state from what the Ancients stood in If so as I question not but they will confess upon examination 1 Cor. 6.19 3.16 17. if they lay Judgement to the Line and Righteousness to the Plummit then consider if the man of Sin which is to be revealed sit not in the Temple of God in you So be serious and see if it be not thus with you First because it is called the Mi●tery of Iniquitie Secondly because he sits not as a man of sin or as Sathan Obs but as God in the Temple of God shewing himselfe that he is God Again consider after what manner he is to be destroyed it is by the Spirit of the Lords mouth and by the Brightness of his Coming Therefore mind you miss not of his coming by expecting him according to your Immaginations like the Jews who would not accept of him because he came not according to their wills and Expectations We are also Reflected upon to be as the False Christs spoken of Mat. 24. in that respect I have a certain Testimony to bear for the Truth which I would have you seriously to consider a Time was in which I stood as it were in the mi●●lest beholding all Professions hearing and observing how every particular Perswasion called Saying come Worship with us Lo here is Christ in our Form he is to be found in this or that Observation And whilest I thus considered their Plurality of Voyces it Amazed me because they did all appear to stand in one Ground all Professing but one God and g●…nerally with a like Zeal notwithstanding their variety of Calls and Voyces So being uncertain with whom to joyn I took up this resolution to love all but joyn with no particular Least I should thereby disrespect the rest now as I was in this Bewildred State the Lord God of Heaven and Earth ●h●…el me by the Light of his Eternal Spirit shining in me plainly to whom I should joyn to walk with them in Spirit in the Light of the Lord And therefore I cannot but speak well of his Name and by shis Light I plainly saw God was a Spirit and was not to be found in any of their dead Forms nor to come to by any of their Observations without but to be Worshiped in Spirit Obs and in Truth Therefore mind the Voice of Truth and see how contrary it is to all the Voyces of Loe-heres and the Loe-theirs which sayes go not forth Ro. 1.10 Mal. 3.1 Heb. 2.20 what is to be known of God is manifest in you turn Inward and wait for the Appearance of the Lord in his Temple there must you obtain certainty for his Coming is as the Lightening which shineth from the E●st unto the West this Testimony is true whether you will believe it yea or nay Lastly I would not have you to think that because I have observed somany Errors and contradictions where●he is one of the Leadersy it appears which causeth the People to erre which your selves may easily perceive by ingeniously reading my following observations made upon his Sermon that I have prejudice to him or to any of you For verely God having shed abroad his love in my heart hath tought me to love my Enemies c. But rather make this Ingenious construction of it which may answer my end in respect of you that is if I cannot perswade you to receive the Truth through the love of it then I may by making Errour and Deceit manyfest as before expressed oblige you to a serious consideration of your present standing that so at least you may come to see if the Blind lead the Blind they must both fall into the Ditch thus I am clear of you Giving you this Caution to be sure not to call true speaking Railing or Revileing but if you doe So that thereby be raised up in you against me Cain Ishmael or Esau's Spirit I shall not regard knowing my peace in the Lord who is the Portion of the Righteous c. The 25th 9. Month. 1673. Thus I am Your Friend John Hogg Some Observations on Richard Astleys Sermon c. FIrst passing by much of his discourse in the beginning not because it cannot be found fault with but because it is frivillous and not pertinent to our purpose So where he begins to reflect upon Daniel Smith as a Lying Sign unto them I shall observe the strength of those Reasons given by him to prove it First He sayes there is but three pretences that he can Immagine any make for such a naked carriage in the sight of others I shall shew you sayes he the vanity of them all c. Obs. It is very easy for a man to State his own Immaginations and then shew the vanity of them His first Immagination after the Fall sayes he they apprehend that Man by Jesus Christ was Restored to the same condition from which he fell by sin meaning an outward State But he is mistaken for we intend no more his meaning then those words Import an outward covering Wo unto them that take Council and not of me and cover with a covering and not of my Spirit saith the Lord Isa 30. because a covering must it needs be Outward Is there no other but if all be outward spoken of in the Beginning Tell me what day Parradise was made on Seing it is said in