Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	true_a	worship_v	worshipper_n	3,990	5	12.1152	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54286	A discourse concerning the worship of God towards the holy table or altar	Penton, Stephen, 1639-1706.	1682 (1682)	Wing P1438; ESTC R31106	36,950	124

invocate_v and_o give_v thanks_o to_o his_o father_n in_o the_o new-testament_n be_v they_o not_o external_n ceremony_n and_o service_n do_v not_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o whole_a church_n then_o and_o the_o whole_a church_n after_o they_o supplicate_v god_n the_o father_n by_o this_o rite_n they_o continue_v break_v of_o bread_n i._n e._n in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n and_o prayer_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n they_o use_v to_o say_v all_o the_o service_n at_o the_o altar_n to_o signify_v that_o they_o send_v up_o their_o prayer_n in_o the_o name_n of_o he_o who_o sacrifice_n the_o ground_n of_o all_o atonement_n and_o intercession_n be_v in_o that_o place_n exhibited_n and_o commemorate_a yet_o it_o seem_v very_o novel_a to_o we_o to_o have_v part_n of_o our_o service_n read_v there_o but_o lest_o you_o may_v say_v the_o meaning_n be_v not_o that_o god_n will_v have_v no_o external_n service_n but_o he_o will_v be_v worship_v by_o no_o external_n gesture_n or_o posture_n i_o say_v this_o also_o contradict_v our_o saviour_n practice_n who_o himself_o lift_v up_o his_o sacred_a eye_n to_o heaven_n when_o helpray_v for_o lazarus_n fall_v on_o his_o face_n when_o he_o pray_v in_o his_o agony_n etc._n etc._n what_o be_v imposition_n of_o hand_n but_o a_o external_n gesture_n when_o god_n be_v invoke_v by_o way_n of_o benediction_n beside_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o in_o the_o point_n of_o evangelical_n worship_n gesture_n shall_v be_v more_o except_v against_o than_o voice_n be_v not_o confess_v pray_v praise_v a_o external_n bodily_a worship_n as_o well_o as_o that_o of_o gesture_n why_o then_o shall_v the_o one_o derogate_v from_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o father_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n and_o not_o the_o other_o in_o a_o word_n there_o never_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o world_n any_o society_n of_o man_n that_o worship_v the_o father_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o this_o interpretation_n do_v imply_z and_o 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