Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	word_n	workman_n	young_a	12	3	5.9198	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13966	An apologie, or defence of our dayes, against the vaine murmurings & complaints of manie wherein is plainly proued, that our dayes are more happie & blessed than the dayes of our forefathers.	Trigge, Francis, 1547?-1606.	1589 (1589)	STC 24276; ESTC S103280	42,588	50

this prophesie doth plainly proue the same in our eyes For from whence commeth those great streames of knowledge of light of learning of wisedom in euery arte in euery science in comparison of the former times but from this powring out of the Holie Ghost Then seeing in all other artes also in diuinitie in the knowledge of tongues and in expounding of Scriptures this wisedome this light this knowledge of the Scriptures this gift of tongues this great blessing of expounding the Scriptures and prophesieng the which al the Church of God now enioyeth cannot be denyed but to be of the Holie Ghost Wherefore this prophesie doeth stretch out it selfe euen vnto vs. This floud and powring out of the Holie Ghost being begunne in the Apostles time and being dryed vp with that feruent heate of worldlye troubles of warres in the Popes tyrannie nowe at the length in the euentyde in this twilight is burst foorth againe and floweth to vs most plenteously and also with great aboundance This we see this let vs confesse this we must acknowledge The Holie Ghost is compared to the winde by our Sauiour It loueth the coolenes of the ayre It flyeth from the scortching heate of the Sunne Morning and euening the pleasant and wholesome blastes of it is felt and perceiued And at noone time for the most parte it is quiet calme and not discerned What that same coopling together that followeth of miracles of wonders of the Sunne of the Earth of the Moone of lightning the which our times do beholde do plainly testifie that the same prophesie going before doth concerne vs that that same streame of the Holie Ghost doth reach vnto vs that it doth water also our Church Hereof thanks be to God for this his vnspeakable gyft the states of our Realme our Noble men our Counsellours are more wise as Dauid in the lawe of the Lord and by his lawe then their Elders Seniors Priests yea what do I say Priests or elders then their doctours yea then their Bishops in time of Popish religion Our children are able to speake to the praise glorie of God farre beyond their olde men And when as their Pharisies their Scribes and doctours of the Lawe are in deede dombe our infants and sucklings in age in comparison of them crye Osanna And that in Greeke Hebrewe and all kinde of tongues When as in that blinde and darke kingdome this prouerbe no lesse olde then true was commonly vsed It is Greeke it cannot be read Timothie the young man Apollo the Iewe Aquila the artificer euen nowe in the Church of God are more mightie in the Scripture can expound the worde of God more perfectly can reprehend sinne more boldly can comfort the afflicted soule more forceablye then those whome they called Clergie men as though they alone had beene the Lordes then the Schoole-men whome they so termed much like the Scribes amongest the Iewes then those greye haires reuerend fathers of their Hermits Abbots Monkes in all their Cloisters Such Timothies haue we had verie manie Some such Iewes Tremelius Some such artificers in the beginning of the Gospell Although they do depraue and maliciously scoffe at such young men and such workemen But in the ende such which are young in yeares haue beene trayned vp in some occupacion in the beginning of their life that with S. Paul counselleth Timothie to doe shall shewe them selues workemen without reproofe rightly deuiding the worde of trueth against that great daye of the haruest to the shame and confusion of their so manie Priestes Elders fathers Of whome if I helde my peace their workes monuments in the Church of God would testifie the same Wherefore this prophesie doth belong vnto vs those holie streames flowe vnto vs and also they are ours Hereof are those dreames meditations and reuelations by night of the lawe of the Lord to his faithfull seruants to them which loue it to them which chewe as it were eate it to them that muse in it daye and night Therefore this is an vniust complaint That selfe same thing and these our dayes nature her selfe also hath as it were shadowed vnto vs and liuely expressed in the Sunne What do we not see in our Sunne before his rising a certaine brightnesse to goe before by certaine degrees through our whole Hemispherie An Hemispherie is the compas of the heauens as farre as we can see and the beames of his light as it were sent before before the appearing and seeing of the bodye of the Sunne it selfe So truely before the rising and returning againe of Iesus Christ of that true Sunne before his moste glorious appearing in the Hemispherie or compasse of his Church wee see it come to passe and doe nowe plainly feele Wee see the beames of his brightnesse sent before through the whole worlde through all thinges through all Artes through all countries this light this brightnes encreaseth euery yeare more and more wee our selues doe plainly perceiue this When Wyckliffe and Hus preached this light beganne in the middest of most thicke Popish darkenesse When Erasmus and Luther preached this light was increased as in the dawning or in the daye breake When Caluin Bucer and Bullinger preached it was spread farre and wyde But nowe truely all darkenes being dispersed it hath filled all the worlde it hath entred into euery thinke it hath lightned all the ayre And it encreaseth euery daye and is more brighter and clearer This is a moste certaine signe as also in that materiall Sunne euen nowe of Christes drawing neare of appearing in his maiestie and standing as it were in the last degree And as S. Iames sayeth standing at the dore yea nowe at the verye thresholde And is not this the verie true Image of our time O howe happie were were wee if wee knewe our owne good things but wee are like Israell plainly vnder the gouernement of Moses both for Gods blessings and for our owne blindnesse vnthankefulnes and murmurings Pharaoes Egypt was not better than the Wildernes his meates not better than Manna His Leekes not better than the Lawe of the Lorde The waters of Nilu● then that which flowed out of the Rocke the harbours of their houses than the ouershadowing of the darke cloude the Torches and lightes of the Egyptians than the Piller of fire which coulde not be put out But yet the blinde vnthankefull and wicked Israelites doe not accompt these thinges so Howe often woulde they haue gone backe to Egypt againe Howe often did they wish for it againe Howe often in their mouthes did they highly commende it Wee plainlye are in the same case What good thinges they had in the shadowe wee haue them in the trueth What things they had painted vnto them as it were wee haue the thinges them selues liuely giuen vnto vs What thinges they had in their bodyes wee haue them in our soules And yet wee complaine we murmure wee are not thankefull wee wish for the former Egypt

An Apologie or Defence of our dayes against the vaine murmurings complaints of manie Wherein is plainly proued that our dayes are more happie blessed than the dayes of our forefathers In the latter dayes I will powre out my spirite on all flesh Ioel. 2. In the Euening it shal be light Zachar. 14.7.8.9 The Gospell shal be preached through all the world for a witnesse vnto all Nations and then shall the ende come Math. 24. LONDON Printed by Iohn Wolfe 1589. To the right worshipfull Sir Anthonie Thorrold Knight and to the vertuous Ladie Anne Thorrold his wife Francis Trigge wisheth this yeare with manie others prosperous ioyfull in this world in the world to come life euerlasting BEeing prouoked right worshipfull by your manifold curtesies at all times shewed to my mother mee Lest I should seeme ingratefull which of all sinnes both towardes God and amongest men I accompt the greatest I was euen enforced to shewe my selfe thankfull vnto your worships And whereas at this time euerie one doe not onely in wordes but also in deedes with their presents gifts shewe some signe and token of this their thankefulnes Euen so I also out of my simple garden haue chosen a handfull of Flowers as it were a Nosegay the best present I could get to offer vnto you In the which although some of the flowers perchaunce shal seeme rough and to haue some prickes yet I trust as the Gilliflower and the Rose they smell sweete that is taste of trueth being grounded on the vndoubted trueth of Gods worde The which I haue intituled A defence of our daies against the murmurings and complaints of manie Then the which murmuring and complaining we haue no one sinne amongst vs more common nor anie one more odious to the Maiestie of God which stoppes his blessings from vs yearely in my iudgement pulles his heauie wrath and plagues vpon vs For amongst the old Israelites after their departure out of Egypt Exod. 16. this sinne was almost continuall and daily among them they were neuer content they still found fault with somthing They either lacked water or victuals or Quailes or their enimies were too mightie for them or Moses Aaron tooke too much vpon them And by this meanes those 40 yeares they angred the Lord and prouoked the holie one of Israel as saieth the Psalmist And S. Paul by their examples giues vs a lesson 1. Cor. 10. Be not murmurers saith he as some of them were and were destroyed of the destroyer Thus to murmure or complaine we accompt but a small thing almost no sin at all But behold it is a deadlie sinne it bringeth death vnnaturall vntimelie euen of the destroyer And surelie I feare mee this one thing hath caused the vntimelie deathes of manie of our riche men this last yeare When as God had sent them plentie of corne yet they were not content they would hurd vp their old They would saie it wil be deare still nay they would deuise how to make it deare They would complaine of much strawe little corne and so no doubt they angred the Lorde God with these hurdings vp murmurings and euen shortened their owne daies For we are all taught this generall lesson by our doctor master S. Paul 1. Thess 5. Phil. 2. In all things giue thanks And againe do al things without murmurings reasonings And Dauid shewes vs the talke speaches of Gods seruants They saie alwaies the Lord be praised And S. Paul himselfe not onlie by word of mouth but by his own example teacheth vs this lesson who going vp to Ierusalem and as he went by the waie certaine Prophets tolde him that of a trueth he would be hardlie welcomed thither that he should be bound imprisoned who neuer grudged at such hard tydings but ioyfullie aunswered The Lords wil be done Ecclesiasticus 39. ver 13. I am not readie to be bound but to die for the Lord Iesus And Ecclesiasticus giueth vs this counsel Hearken vnto me O ye holie children bring foorth fruite as the Rose that is planted by the brookes of the field and giue you a sweet smel as incense brings forth flowers as the Lylie giue a smell sing a song of praise Blesse the Lord in al his works This is a sweet rose vnto the Lord euen at Christyd This is the sweete frankinsence that the Lord delightes in This is the pure white Lyllye flower And none may saye what is this wherefore is that At all times conuenient they shall al be sought out We shall one day perceiue that all the workes of God euen our great fluddes our yll seede forrowes our great windes our weete haruestes shall tende to the saluation of our soules though they diminish the gaine of our purses Therefore let vs not saie Oh what a weather is this Oh what a haruest is this But rather the Lord be praised who sendeth this The booke of the wisedom of Salomon in the first Chapter teacheth vs the same lesson as a chiefe and principall point of wisedome The eare of Ielousie heareth all thinges and the noise of the grudgings shall not be hidden Therefore beware of murmuring which profiteth or auaileth nothing See what great reasons Salomon alledgeth that wee should beware of this murmuring He compares God to an earnest louer which cannot abide his giftes his tokens to be founde fault withall The Lord markes our words gestures when he sends vs raine windes faire weather how we take these his tokens He tryes vs whether we loue him or not If we frowne when we receiue them it is a signe wee loue him not perfectly in deede A true and a faithfull louer will receiue anie thing and that cheerefully at his louers handes So ought wee to doe at Gods handes Secondly all our murmurings and complainings auaile nothing they make the weather neuer the better therefore they are in vaine Beware therefore of vaine murmuring and complaining The Lorde when as wee our selues deserue to be drowned with the olde worlde for despising not Noah the eight preacher of righteousnes but euē eight score He drownes our Haye our pastures when as we our selues deserued to be destroyed with those same couetous Gergesites For despising his Gospel making light account of it He killes destroyes but our swine He rottes our sheepe When as the Axe being laid long agoe to the roote of the tree by manie Iohn Baptists who preach vnto vs euen his verie commission preaching Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand And we waxing euery yere worse and worse deserue quite to be cut downe he doth by his sharpe windes of warres taxes but pluck of our leaues pinch our purses And shal we complaine or not rather commend extoll this great goodnes of our God and finde fault with our selues and say with Dauid in the like case being plagued for numbring the people Loe it is