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	true_a	word_n	8,834	5	4.4618	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09628	Tvvelve rules, and vveapons concerning the spirituall battel Together with a briefe exposition vpon the sixteene Psalme: with two most worthie epistles, written in Latin by that most worthy and noble gentleman Iohn Picus Earle of Mirandula. And translated into English for the benefite of all good Christian souldiers in the spirituall battaile.; Selections	Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.; W. H., fl. 1589.	1589 (1589)	STC 19898A.3; ESTC S110418	18,502	40

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the_o mind_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v not_o toss_v with_o continual_a care_n it_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o can_v be_v deceive_v nor_o deceive_v the_o hart_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o rage_a sea_n that_o take_v no_o rest_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o unto_o they_o safe_a nothing_o peaceable_a all_o thing_n import_v unto_o they_o fear_n care_n death_n shall_v we_o therefore_o envy_v these_o shall_v we_o have_v these_o in_o emulation_n and_o forget_v our_o proper_a dignity_n our_o country_n and_o our_o heavenly_a father_n shall_v we_o when_o as_o we_o be_v bear_v free_a become_v their_o slave_n and_o bondman_n that_o live_v together_o with_o they_o miserable_o die_v more_o miserable_o at_o length_n in_o eternal_a fire_n we_o may_v be_v torment_v most_o miserable_o o_o the_o blind_a mind_n and_o heart_n of_o man_n who_o be_v he_o that_o see_v not_o truth_n itself_o yet_o nevertheless_o leave_v we_o undo_v the_o thing_n which_o we_o know_v be_v to_o be_v do_v doubt_v not_o my_o son_n but_o especial_o in_o those_o place_n wherein_o thou_o remayne_v innumerable_a impediment_n will_v beset_v thou_o and_o drive_v thou_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a from_o thy_o purpose_n of_o live_v a_o holy_a and_o godly_a life_n and_o fling_v thou_o down_o headlong_o if_o thou_o take_v not_o very_o good_a heed_n but_o among_o the_o rest_n it_o be_v a_o deadly_a plague_n day_n and_o night_n to_o be_v conversant_a among_o those_o who_o life_n be_v not_o only_o in_o every_o part_n a_o enticement_n to_o sin_n but_o whole_o set_v and_o place_v under_o the_o emperor_n the_o devil_n under_o the_o standard_n of_o death_n under_o the_o salary_n of_o hell_n in_o expugnation_n of_o virtue_n fight_v against_o heaven_n against_o the_o lord_n &_o against_o his_o christ_n but_o cry_v thou_o out_o with_o the_o prophet_n let_v we_o break_v their_o bond_n asunder_o and_o cast_v away_o their_o cord_n from_o us._n for_o these_o be_v they_o who_o the_o lord_n have_v deliver_v 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always_o before_o thy_o eye_n it_o behoove_v we_o to_o please_v god_n rather_o then_o man_n and_o also_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n if_o i_o shall_v study_v to_o please_v man_n i_o shall_v not_o then_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n let_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o godly_a ambition_n invade_v thou_o and_o vouchsafe_v not_o they_o worthy_a to_o be_v master_n of_o thy_o life_n who_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v thy_o scholar_n for_o it_o be_v far_o decenter_n that_o they_o begin_v to_o be_v man_n by_o live_v well_o with_o thou_o then_o that_o thou_o omit_v thy_o good_a purpose_n shall_v become_v a_o beast_n by_o live_v ill_a with_o they_o there_o hold_v i_o i_o take_v god_n to_o witness_v sometime_o as_o it_o be_v a_o ecstasy_n and_o a_o certain_a kind_n of_o astonishment_n when_o i_o begin_v i_o know_v not_o whether_o rather_o to_o think_v upon_o or_o to_o be_v sorry_a for_o to_o admire_v or_o to_o deplore_v the_o study_n of_o man_n or_o to_o speak_v more_o plain_o their_o mere_a madness_n for_o true_o it_o be_v mere_a madness_n not_o to_o believe_v the_o gospel_n the_o truth_n whereof_o the_o blood_n of_o martyr_n cry_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o apostle_n sound_v miracle_n prove_v reason_n confirm_v the_o world_n witness_v the_o element_n show_v the_o devil_n confess_v but_o it_o be_v far_o great_a madness_n if_o thou_o do_v not_o doubt_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o live_v notwithstanding_o as_o though_o thou_o doubt_v nothing_o of_o the_o falseness_n thereof_o for_o if_o those_o word_n be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v most_o hard_a for_o a_o rich_a man_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n why_o do_v we_o then_o daily_o busy_a ourselves_o in_o heap_v up_o riches_n and_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o glory_n which_o be_v not_o of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n be_v to_o be_v seek_v why_o do_v we_o then_o always_o hang_v &_o depend_v upon_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n there_o be_v no_o man_n that_o care_v to_o please_v god_n &_o if_o we_o 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principal_a present_a remedy_n for_o thou_o against_o the_o world_n and_o the_o devil_n with_o the_o which_o as_o with_o two_o wing_n thou_o shall_v fly_v up_o on_o high_a from_o the_o valley_n of_o tear_n that_o be_v to_o say_v alm_n and_o prayer_n for_o what_o can_v we_o do_v without_o the_o help_n of_o god_n or_o how_o shall_v he_o help_v be_v not_o call_v upon_o and_o moreover_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v thou_o call_v upon_o he_o which_o have_v not_o first_o hear_v the_o poor_a call_n upon_o thou_o for_o it_o be_v not_o unmeet_a that_o god_n despise_v thou_o be_v a_o man_n who_o be_v a_o man_n have_v despise_v a_o man_n it_o be_v write_v with_o what_o measure_n you_o meat_n shall_v other_o man_n measure_v to_o you_o again_o and_o elsewhere_o bless_a be_v the_o merciful_a for_o they_o shall_v obtain_v mercy_n but_o when_o i_o invite_v thou_o to_o prayer_n i_o do_v not_o invite_v thou_o to_o that_o which_o consist_v in_o much_o babble_n but_o to_o that_o which_o speak_v to_o god_n 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