item: #1 of 89 id: A10046 author: Price, Daniel, title: The defence of truth against a booke falsely called The triumph of truth sent over from Arras A.D. 1609. By Humfrey Leech late minister. Which booke i date: 1610 words: 98356 flesch: 72 summary: many men think that they have the spirit of God, when they have it not: erroneously following the sense of their own private spirits for the meaning of the holy Ghost: preferring their own private opinions before the public judgements of their masters, and teachers. Sir; it may suffice you now to understand, that there are such men in this University, that will constantly defend this doctrine: who they are, I leave it unto your inquiry; you may find them out by getting a general subscription here unto your opinion, or by some other means. keywords: answer; antiquity; apostles; austin; authority; book; cap; catholic; cause; censure; christ; christian; church; common; conscience; contrary; cor; counsels; defence; deny; distinction; doctor; doctrine; doth; est; etc; evangelical; faith; fathers; fear; general; god; good; gospel; grace; great; gregory; hath; heart; heaven; heresy; heretics; holy; judgement; justice; king; law; learning; leech; lib; life; lord; love; luther; man; manner; matter; means; men; mr leech; nay; non; opinion; papists; particular; paul; perfection; place; point; popery; precepts; proceed; public; purpose; question; read; reason; religion; resolution; respect; reverend; rule; scripture; second; seeing; sense; sermon; sin; soul; speak; speaketh; speech; spirit; stand; things; thou; thought; time; truth; university; vicechancellor; virginity; way; words; world cache: A10046.txt plain text: A10046.txt item: #2 of 89 id: A15511 author: Knott, Edward, title: Mercy & truth. Or Charity maintayned by Catholiques. By way of reply vpon an answere lately framed by D. Potter to a treatise which had formerly proue date: 1634 words: 128055 flesch: 68 summary: Is this to affirm, as you say, that the Roman Church is a topycall, or particular Church in, and under the Universal? Athanasius saith, that only four Gospels are to be received, because the Canons of the Holy, and Catholic Church have so determined. keywords: affirm; answer; apostles; articles; augustine; authority; believe; bellarmine; cap; catholic; catholic church; charity; christ; church; church doth; communion; corrige; council; creed; divine; doctrine; err; error; etc; faith; general; god; good; hath; heresy; heretics; holy; hope; infallibility; judge; lib; lin; luther; man; means; men; pag; place; points; pope; potter; protestants; prove; question; reason; roman; rome; salvation; saying; schism; scripture; things; time; truth; words cache: A15511.txt plain text: A15511.txt item: #3 of 89 id: A15514 author: Knott, Edward, 1582-1656. title: Motiues maintained. Or a reply vnto M. Chillingvvorthes ansvvere to his ovvne motiues of his conuersion to Catholike religion: date: 1638 words: 5869 flesch: 67 summary: For, suppose a man disagree from Gods Church in Profession of faith, refuse to participate in the same Sacraments, avoid her public service or Liturgy, and disobey her Prelates; it seems, by this mans new divinity, that such a one is still a member of that Church. As here he does again in the very next words, wherein he alleges the example of some, who lived and dyed in opposition to the Doctrine of the Roman Church( he means, as I conceive, rebaptizing of such as were baptized by heretics; and keeping of Easter at the same time with the Iewes; both which errors haue been condemned by the whole catholic Church,( and not only by the Church of Rome;) and yet, says he, there is as good Story for miracles wrought by them, as there is for those that are pretended to be wrought by the members of our Church. keywords: answer; church; doctrine; god; haue; man; miracles; protestants cache: A15514.txt plain text: A15514.txt item: #4 of 89 id: A18610 author: Chillingworth, William, title: The religion of protestants a safe vvay to salvation. Or An ansvver to a booke entitled Mercy and truth, or, charity maintain'd by Catholiques, which date: 1638 words: 289173 flesch: 63 summary: The Question is not, whether an infallible Church might agree with Scripture, but whether, there be an Infallible Church? And thus having demonstrated that Luther, his Associates, and all that continue in the Schism by them begun, are guilty of Schism, by departing from the visible true Church of Christ; it remaineth that we examine what in particular was that Visible true Church, from which they departed, 5. keywords: agree; answer; apostles; argument; articles; authority; belief; book; canonical; catholic; cause; certainty; charity; christ; christians; church; church catholic; church doth; church universal; churches; come; communion; confess; conscience; contrary; controversies; creed; deny; desire; divine; doctrine; error; etc; faith; false; follow; forsake; general; god; good; gospel; grant; ground; hath; having; heresy; hold; holy; hope; infallibility; infallible; judge; judgement; leave; luther; man; matter; means; men; nay; necessity; opinion; pag; place; plain; points; pope; potter; present; pretend; protestants; purpose; question; reason; religion; roman; rome; rule; salvation; saviour; saying; schism; scripture; sense; shall; sin; speak; things; time; tradition; truth; understanding; want; way; whereof; words; world cache: A18610.txt plain text: A18610.txt item: #5 of 89 id: A19072 author: Coignet, Matthieu, sieur de La Thuillerie title: Politique discourses upon trueth and lying. An instruction to princes to keepe their faith and promise: containing the summe of Christian and morall p date: 1586 words: 117332 flesch: 71 summary: And would to God men would learn that lesson of S. Paul: Tim. ●. 6. And they have been ever blameworthy, who like Aesop's Crow dress themselves with other birds feathers, which being taken back again of the right owners, they remain all bare; as we see in sundry writers of our time, who in their books set forth many leaves, whereof other men be the true authors, not perceiving the difference of the excellency of others writings, how it causeth that which is their own due, to look with a pale and wan countenance, never acknowledging aught to them by whom they have been so much helped, albeit it be a great part of honesty, Plin. keywords: alexander; aristotle; aught; body; book; care; cause; chap; children; cicero; city; clean; counsel; day; death; doth; emperor; end; evil; fear; god; good; great; hands; hath; heart; holy; honour; judgement; justice; king; knowledge; laws; lie; life; light; like; little; lord; love; lying; man; matter; means; men; mind; mought; nature; occasion; opinion; paul; people; persons; place; plato; pleasure; princes; profit; reason; riches; saint; saith; saying; set; sort; speak; subjects; sundry; things; time; titus; truth; unto; virtue; wealth; whatsoever; wicked; word; writeth; youth cache: A19072.txt plain text: A19072.txt item: #6 of 89 id: A25208 author: Alsop, Vincent, title: A faithful rebuke to a false report: lately dispersed in a letter to a friend in the country. Concerning certain differences in doctrinals, between so date: 1697 words: 20436 flesch: 68 summary: That all who believ● might escape the Wrath to come, and have Everlasting Life The Lord jesus Christ undertakes for us, by making Satisfaction both to punitive and remunerative justice: and that might do so, he put himself into our Place, State and Condi●●on: Christ, by Agreement●●ween the Father and him, came into our room and stead, answer for our Violation of the Law of Works. keywords: brethren; change; christ; faith; god; gospel; justification; law; paper; person; place; satisfaction; sense; sinners; stead; terms; truth; union; united; williams; words; ● ● cache: A25208.txt plain text: A25208.txt item: #7 of 89 id: A26554 author: [no entry] title: The agreement in doctrine among the dissenting ministers in London. Subscribed Decemb. 16. 1692. date: 1693 words: 5189 flesch: 86 summary: Every Sin, both Original, and Actual, being a Transgression of the Righteous Law of God, and contrary thereunto (h) 1 Joh. 3, 4. doth in its own Nature bring Gild upon the Sinner, (i) Rom. 2.15. All those whom God hath predestinated unto Life, and those only he is pleased in his appointed and accepted Time, effectually to call (a) Rom. 8 30 Rom. 11.7. keywords: christ; cor; faith; gal; god; john; rom; sect cache: A26554.txt plain text: A26554.txt item: #8 of 89 id: A26681 author: Allein, Toby title: Truths manifest revived, or, A farther discovery of Mr. Stucley and his churches causeless excommunication of Mrs. Mary Allein wherein the former narr date: 1659 words: 25177 flesch: 61 summary: To the eighth; I say, my wife did join to Mr. Downs Church, as in my Narrative is expressed, and that which Mr. Stucley calls Admonition preceding it, was only Mr. Whithornes ask her the reasons of her absence from their Thursdays private meetings, when she had been absent not above three or four times, for which I think the reader is satisfied she had some reason to abstain. To the fifth, I say, we were fixed as members to Mr. Downs Church, as really as any other members of that Church, & did receive the Sacrament there, and that without any such conditions as he supposes: yet I conceived, and was resolved by an able Minister, that I might (notwithstanding) sit down with God's people in any other congregation, as providence should order, or as occasion was offered. keywords: answer; christ; church; churches; day; etc; god; good; hath; lord; man; narrative; pag; reader; stucley; time; tis; truth; way; wife cache: A26681.txt plain text: A26681.txt item: #9 of 89 id: A26962 author: Baxter, Richard, title: Naked popery; or, The naked falshood of a book called the Catholick naked truth, or The Puritan convert to apostolical Christianity; written by W.H. O date: 1677 words: 61279 flesch: 72 summary: S. Augustine was one that subscribed the foresaid Letter: and were such Men like to be seduced by Aurelius? No Building can be stronger than its Foundadation, nor Conclusion than its Premises: How then shall such men have assurance of their Religion when they must take it on the Credit of a Pope as infallible of whom they have no assurance? keywords: apostles; authority; bishop; books; christ; christian; christianity; church; churches; council; doth; empire; etc; faith; god; hath; holy; kings; life; love; man; men; papists; pope; power; puritan; religion; rest; right; roman; rome; salvation; scripture; things; think; tradition; universal; words; world; yea cache: A26962.txt plain text: A26962.txt item: #10 of 89 id: A27592 author: Beverley, Thomas title: A conciliatory discourse upon Dr. Crisp's sermons, on the observation of Mr. Williams's dissatisfactions in them: in which the unsearcheable riches of date: 1692 words: 17495 flesch: 57 summary: The being chosen in Christ before the World began, being predestinated to the Adoption of Children by Jesus Christ to himself, cannot be without Union; The first Powers of Regeneration, Conversion, Softness of Heart, Contriteness of Spirit, Faith, Repentance, which the Apostle expresses by Wisdom or Calling, in Christ Jesus, cannot be without Union; And yet it is true, that settled Union of Communion, or Union of Communion, cannot be, till Christ be received by the Faith of God's Elect; nor can the Elect be at all known to themselves from the Non-Elect. But this Great Fall of the Christian Church, as from Heaven, in this Point, would tempt any considering Person to be most on the side of those, who ascribe most to Free Grace, and the Righteousness of God in Christ; Except they hold the Doctrine or Deeds of the Nicolaitans, the Turning the Grace of God into Lasciviousness, which Thing Christ hates, ch. 2. 6, 15. keywords: christ; covenant; faith; god; grace; hath; holiness; justification; repentance; righteousness; scripture; sin; time cache: A27592.txt plain text: A27592.txt item: #11 of 89 id: A27633 author: Beverley, Thomas title: The true state of Gospel truth, established upon the free election of God in Christ: the agreement, and yet difference between law and Gospel; so, tha date: 1693 words: 22892 flesch: 46 summary: But with greatest Sincerity as in the sight of God, we bring forth only pure Gospel Supreme Grace; and herein we use all Freedom, Clearness, Frankness, Openness and Boldness, in manifesting this: No darkened, unintelligible Doubling between Grace and Works; as Moses who veiled so the Gospel-part of his Ministry, that it became a Ministration of Death: And because Paul knew how distasteful this purity of Preaching is to the Condemned World, that would yet be Righteous; and to the proud and stately Powers of Reason and Free Will: He says, we arm ourselves with a Divine Courage, and constancy in pursuing this Ministry; and will not on any account whatsoever, use Art, or Guile; but with all integrity represent Truth in its own Light, and leave to God the Discrimination of the Lost; to whom this Preaching is as the Jealousie-Water, to discover them, when their very Mind, the highest Rational Part, being Blinded by the God of this World, find not the Rays of the Glory of the Gospel of Christ, (who is the Image of God, and all our Perfection is Likeness to Him) shining to them. Christ; both because of the Authority and Goodness of the Revealer, to which that Eternal Law must needs oblige him; as also because it tended to secure, and confirm him in that Blessed Estate; For whatever did so, must needs bind Him, even as the Preservation of that Conformity to God and his Image in any other Essential Branch did; and herein, if possible more; Because it Secured and Confirmed all the rest. keywords: apostle; christ; glory; god; gospel; grace; hath; image; law; life; man; righteousness; sin; spirit; works cache: A27633.txt plain text: A27633.txt item: #12 of 89 id: A28914 author: Bowles, Edward title: Manifest truths, or An inversion of truths manifest. Containing a narration of the proceedings of the Scottish army, and a vindication of th date: 1646 words: 28468 flesch: 50 summary: I could well consent it were revived, so it be rightly bestowed, as by them it was, sc. against the Popery of the than Queen, and the self-interests of great men in public works, and against tyranny in Princes: King Charles deserves a severer schoolmaster than ever King James had. The siege went on hopefully, Mines and Batteries were prepared, and the taking of the City (which never was accounted very strong) continually expected: but in the mean time, it pleased God to suffer Montrosse with his wicked crew to give our Brethren in Scotland a sad overthrow (I am sure all good people had reason to account, it so) at Kylsyth, where many good men were lost, and the Forces of that kingdom almost totally dissipated; which occasioned the recourse of many eminent persons to Barwick, and discovered a more general malignancy in Scotland, then was expected. keywords: army; author; commissioners; committee; enemy; england; english; general; god; good; hath; horse; king; kingdom; lieutenant; lord; manifest; pag; parliament; scotland; scots; scots army; service; sir; things; time cache: A28914.txt plain text: A28914.txt item: #13 of 89 id: A29073 author: Bagshaw, Edward, title: A discourse about Christ and antichrist: or, A demonstration that Jesus is the Christ, from the truth of his predictions, especially, the coming and t date: 1661 words: 27230 flesch: 72 summary: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, saith mine Author, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, etc. Because I take the Spirit of Antichrist, as I find it discovered in Scripture, to consist in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, i. e. keywords: antichrist; apostle; christ; doctrine; doth; god; hath; joh; man; men; resurrection; saith; saviour; spirit; things; time; words; world cache: A29073.txt plain text: A29073.txt item: #14 of 89 id: A29667 author: Brooke, Robert Greville, Baron title: The nature of truth its union and unity with the soule, which is one in its essence, faculties, acts; one with truth. Discussed by the Right date: 1641 words: 22570 flesch: 76 summary: But other men think otherwise, and they do pitch all in the affections, and the meaner light in the understanding; and so turning the table, still one shall be a parcel of, or a step to the other, knowledge a step to Affection, according to others. Some will have ens taniùm, the universal nature of Being: Others, substances abstract from matter, as Angels, Spirits, souls of men, to be the subject of this Learning; And as it beginneth▪ so it groweth into thousands of disputes. keywords: act; affection; beings; causes; chap; christ; divine; doth; faith; form; god; good; hath; knowledge; light; love; man; men; nature; non; place; question; reason; sense; soul; things; time; truth; understanding; unity; way cache: A29667.txt plain text: A29667.txt item: #15 of 89 id: A30114 author: Bunworth, Richard title: Homotropia naturæ, or, The uniformity of nature's motion. A physical discourse, exhibiting the cure of diseases by signature. Wherein is demonstrated, date: 1656 words: 10209 flesch: 53 summary: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, multisariam accipitur; & inter varias ejus acceptiones aliquando sumitur pro essentia entis: quo sensu Patres Concilii Sardiensis censuerunt, ut est apud Theodoretum in Ecclesiastica Historia, lib. De Caelesti Hierarchia, vocat divinam essentiam unitatem, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, hoc est, in tribus hypostatibus subsistentem. keywords: body; cause; creation; creatures; deity; doth; est; eye; god; good; hath; law; man; manner; nature; non; place; reason; saith; soul; things; time; viz; world cache: A30114.txt plain text: A30114.txt item: #16 of 89 id: A30391 author: Burnet, Gilbert, title: A modest survey of the most considerable things in a discourse lately published, entitled Naked truth. Written in a letter to a friend. Imprimatur, Ma date: 1676 words: 14008 flesch: 59 summary: I wish he had considered this well, and then I suppose, he would have seen that his labours in that Discourse were like both to encourage those that do unreasonably separate from us: and make some of these who adhere to our Communion stumble, and shake, when they see such things said by one, who seems to be of our Church, and yet studies very industriously to blame us in every thing. All this I have said more fully than perhaps seemed at first view needful, but when I consider that though this Author does confess the Episcopal Function to be of Apostolical institution; yet over his whole Discourse there are many things said, that do very much detract from that very acknowledgement, which the force and evidence of truth drew from him in the beginning of that Chapter; So that some suspect these words were only set down, that upon such an introduction he might seem a friend, and so wound both more securely, and more mortally; since also many who read and magnify that discourse, do with open mouth declaim against this order, I hope none will judge it impertinent, if I have taken some pains to lay such things before them, as may give new and fresh impressions of the Divine and Apostolical Origine of this holy Office. keywords: apostles; authority; bishops; church; churches; god; great; hands; man; order; power; priests; things cache: A30391.txt plain text: A30391.txt item: #17 of 89 id: A30634 author: Burthogge, Richard, title: Organum vetus & novum: or, A discourse of reason and truth. Wherein the natural logick common to mankinde is briefly and plainly described. By Richard date: 1678 words: 12045 flesch: 61 summary: Some things there are that may be seen in both Lights, in that of Nature, and that of Revelation, though more clearly in the latter than in the former; as that God is Good, and that he is the Maker and Conserver, and supreme Director of All things: Other things are only to be seen in the Light of Revelation, being of a nature not to be discovered but in and by it; Truth is the immediate reason of Assent in matters of Revelation as well as in others; and there is an Analogy of Faith as well as of Nature; the Mediums are different; but Ratiocination is the same in both: We are as well obliged to compare Spiritual things with Spiritual in the one, as Natural things with Natural in the other. keywords: assent; god; mind; notions; object; reason; sense; things; truth; understanding cache: A30634.txt plain text: A30634.txt item: #18 of 89 id: A32033 author: Calamy, Edmund title: A just and necessary apology against an unjust invective, published by Mr Henry Burton in a late book of his, entituled, Truth still truth, date: 1646 words: 5402 flesch: 68 summary: For as the Painter engraved his named so artificially into the picture of Min●rva, that whosoever should undertake to deface his name should be forced to deface the goddess also: So hath M. Burton so interlaced and interwoven his scoffing and railing speeches throughout his whole book, that it is impossible to answer one, but I shall be necessitated to answer the other also, which will ill become a Presbyterian, nor well become an Independent; and therefore I draw a veil over the rest. yet, if they will not turn Independents they must still be accounted amongst the number of those, that as M. Burton saith, pag. 7. have been vassals to Antichrist, and defiled themselves with doing the drudgeries of lording Prelates, and Without any more ado, when occasion is offered, With dry eyes to pretend for Christ in a Way of Reformation. keywords: answer; book; burton; churches; hath; m. burton; non; truth cache: A32033.txt plain text: A32033.txt item: #19 of 89 id: A32770 author: Chauncy, Isaac, title: Neonomianism unmask'd: or, The ancient Gospel pleaded, against the other, called a new law or Gospel. In a theological debate, occasioned by a book la date: 1692 words: 237087 flesch: 74 summary: The Lord knows how vain the Thoughts of his best People is apt to be, as if they must by their Duties Earn something of God; but there must be no glorying in Men, and there's no need of it, for all things are yours already, the Means of Grace, the World, Life, Death, things present, and to come, ye are Christ's, and Christ God's. Neonom. Christ God Man. keywords: act; antinom; apostle; assurance; believe; believers; believing; benefits; calvin; cause; charge; christ; christ god; christ hath; condition; covenant; death; doctrine; duties; duty; effects; elect; etc; faith; father; forgiveness; free; glory; god; god doth; god saith; good; gospel; grace; heart; holiness; holy; imputation; jesus christ; justification; law; life; lord; love; man; men; nature; neonom; new; obedience; pardon; person; place; promise; punishment; question; repentance; respect; righteousness; rule; salvation; saving; sense; sin; sinner; sins; soul; speak; spirit; state; terms; things; till; time; true; truth; unto; way; word; works; wrath cache: A32770.txt plain text: A32770.txt item: #20 of 89 id: A32773 author: Chauncy, Isaac, title: A rejoynder to Mr. Daniel Williams his reply to the first part of Neomianism [sic] unmaskt. Wherein his defence is examined, and his arguments answere date: 1693 words: 34435 flesch: 70 summary: You say, God in Christ hath declared a way and order how he will dispense his Benefits; this way is by another Law, in which he acts in a way of distribution of Justice, upon performance of Law conditions, p. 4. Let us but a little consider how near this subordinate Righteousness comes to the Papist's Notion of Merit, and if their Merit be not as small a thing as your meetness and new Law conditions of Justification by Christ's Righteousness. keywords: adam; christ; condition; covenant; doth; faith; god; gospel; grace; hath; justification; law; life; man; merit; nature; obedience; promise; righteousness; rule; sanction; sense; sin; way; works cache: A32773.txt plain text: A32773.txt item: #21 of 89 id: A32857 author: Chillingworth, William, title: The religion of Protestants a safe way to salvation. Or, an answer to a book entituled Mercy and truth, or, Charity maintain'd by Catholiques: which p date: 1664 words: 380576 flesch: 62 summary: For did you indeed conceive, or had any probable hope, that such men as you describe, men of worth, of learning and authority too, were friends and favourers of your Religion, and inclinable to your Party, Can any imagine that you would proclaim it, and bid the world take heed of them? Such a law therefore to such men, cannot but be very fit to end all Controversies necessary to be ended. keywords: agree; answer; apostles; argument; authority; belief; book; catholic; cause; certainty; charity; christ; christians; church; church hath; church universal; churches; communion; confess; conscience; contrary; controversies; creed; deny; desire; divine; doctrine; doth; error; etc; faith; false; follow; fundamental; general; god; good; gospel; grant; great; ground; hath; having; heaven; heresy; hold; holy; hope; infallibility; infallible; judge; judgement; knowledge; lastly; law; leave; life; lord; luther; man; matter; means; men; nature; nay; necessity; obedience; opinion; paul; place; points; pope; potter; power; present; pretend; protestants; purpose; question; reason; religion; rest; roman; rome; rule; salvation; saviour; saying; says; schism; scripture; second; sense; shall; sin; sins; speak; spirit; sufficient; suppose; thee; things; thou; time; tradition; truth; understanding; want; way; whatsoever; words; world cache: A32857.txt plain text: A32857.txt item: #22 of 89 id: A34044 author: Comber, Thomas, title: Christianity no enthusiasm: or, The several kinds of inspirations and revelations pretended to by the Quakers, tried, and found destructive to Holy Sc date: 1678 words: 67293 flesch: 75 summary: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 [〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, hic & haec Homo, as Dewsbury observes, who attempts to baffle St. Paul about women's not speaking in the Church, making the Woman to signify either Sex, in which Christ is not the Head;] such chaps as those would make a man think them nearest a Kin to Tiresias the Prophet. keywords: apostles; body; book; christ; christians; church; divine; doctrine; doth; ellwood; etc; faith; father; fox; god; good; gospel; hath; having; heaven; holy; inspiration; jesus; john; knowledge; law; life; light; lord; man; manner; men; miracles; new; old; outward; persons; power; principles; prophets; quakers; religion; revelation; scriptures; sense; spirit; testimony; things; thomas; time; truth; way; words; world cache: A34044.txt plain text: A34044.txt item: #23 of 89 id: A34087 author: Comber, Thomas, title: The several kinds of inspirations and revelations pretended to by the Quakers, tried and found destructive to holy Scripture and true religion: In ans date: 1698 words: 67440 flesch: 75 summary: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 [〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, hic & haec Homo, as Dewsbury observes, who attempts to baffle St. Paul about women's not speaking in the Church, making the Woman to signify either Sex, in which Christ is not the Head:] such chaps as those would make a man think them nearest a Kin to Tiresias the Prophet. keywords: apostles; body; book; christ; christians; church; divine; doctrine; doth; ellwood; etc; faith; father; god; good; gospel; hath; having; holy; inspiration; jesus; john; know; knowledge; law; life; light; like; lord; man; manner; men; miracles; new; old; outward; persons; power; principles; prophets; quakers; religion; revelation; scriptures; sense; spirit; things; thomas; time; truth; way; words; world; ● ● cache: A34087.txt plain text: A34087.txt item: #24 of 89 id: A34762 author: Lover of his king and country. title: The countries vindication, from the aspersions of a late scandalous paper (nick-named) Robert Tell-truths advice in choice of the next Parli date: 1679 words: 3386 flesch: 19 summary: BY how mu●h Designs are l●id most opposite to Truth and Righteousness, to much the more are those workers of iniquity active and industrious to promote those indirect Interests, Per fas a●●●nefas, turn every stone, never wanting the presence of public advantage. Shut not therefore your eyes, nor stop your ears, you see and understand enough by what is laid open, 〈◊〉 ●ll matter of fact; This design and devilish Plot has been long a g●●wing, and now 〈…〉 is labouring in its great Crisis; now is the time that all Hands, Hearts, P●●●●●●, 〈…〉 are all little enough to secure in this deplored calamity. keywords: designs; god; king; men; parliaments; ● ● cache: A34762.txt plain text: A34762.txt item: #25 of 89 id: A34979 author: Crisp, Samuel, title: Christ alone exalted in Dr. Crisp's sermons, partly confirmed in answering Mr. Daniel Williams's preface to his Gospel truth stated, by alledging test date: 1693 words: 38947 flesch: 48 summary: the Dr. saith, For my own part I abhor nothing in the World so much as this, namely, a licentious undertaking to continue in any sin, because that such fullness of Grace hath abounded; and I shall recommend to them (if any such be here) the reading of the Epistle of Judas, where they may see the fearful wrath of God upon such persons as abuse the Grace of God to sin: O Beloved, let not the love of the Lord God, in Jesus Christ thus manifested, be so basely requited at your hands, seeing the Lord hath so freely loved you, and given Christ to you, that you might be to the Praise of the Glory of his Grace in a Godly and Christian Conversation whereunto you are Ordained, for you are Created in Christ Jesus to good Works, that you should walk in them: and I beseech you always to remember that you cannot answer the free love of God toward you, any other way, but by showing it in a fruitful Conversation in the World, and considering that one end, for which the Lord did redeem you, was, that you might be a peculiar people to himself zealous of good Works, Titus 2.24. Mr. Williams cannot have the confidence to say Dr. Crisp was for dethroning the Christ the Son of the most high, the Christ the eternal Son of God made man But in truth he was for dethroning Mr. Williams Christ, of Phil. keywords: apostle; christ; death; faith; god; good; gospel; gospel grace; gospel holiness; grace; hath; jesus; jesus christ; justification; law; lord; man; obedience; promise; righteousness; rule; salvation; sin; tis; williams; works cache: A34979.txt plain text: A34979.txt item: #26 of 89 id: A39382 author: Emes, Thomas, title: The atheist turn'd deist, and the deist turn'd Christian: or, The reasonableness and union of natural and the true Christian religion. By Tho. Emes, c date: 1698 words: 65758 flesch: 57 summary: Fifthly, As God is to have the Supreme Honours, and Worship, as our Cause, infinitely above us; so even those Creatures God hath made the Instruments of our Being, or before us in Excellency and and Dignity, should be acknowledged as such, and so more worthy than ourselves; and being honoured by us, this Honour should be shown, and testified by proper Submission to them, with other Testimonies, whereby we may show our due esteem. The nearest Way to prove the Being of God. keywords: body; cause; christ; creature; evil; god; good; hath; life; love; man; men; mind; obedience; pleasure; reason; sin; things; tho; thought; way; wills cache: A39382.txt plain text: A39382.txt item: #27 of 89 id: A40272 author: Fox, George, title: A testimony concerning our dear friend and brother George Watt. date: 1688 words: 723 flesch: 36 summary: And besides his Christian Charity, he was always ready to help other poor Widows, Fatherless and Families of the Church of Christ, that profess the same Truth of Christ with him; and not only so but as the Apostle saith, Do good unto all, but especially those that are of the Household of Faith, for such poor Families or Widows as were not of his Religion, and Faith, he hath sought out, helped and relieved them in the cold Winter season, with Coals and other Necessities. WHo was a tender Man toward the Lord and his Truth, and upright in his Life and Conversation; and had a care of God's Glory, and shown forth an Example and Testimony in plainness, against the Pride and Vanities of this World; and all manner of Lasciviousness and Looseness: A Man of Integrity, Fervency and Sincerity, for the Lord's Honour and the Truth, and would have all that profess Truth, to walk in it; where any did not, it was to his Grief: He had a sincere Testimony for the Lord, both in Life and Power these several years, both in Meetings here in England, and in Holland, and in Friezland, who Traveled with me; and I had a sincere Love for him, for his true and honest upright-heartedness to the Lord, who strove to walk inoffensively, both to the Church of Christ and to the World, in his tender Life and Conversation; and the Lord had greatly blessed him in outward Riches, and he so lived above it, that he did a great deal of good with it, setting many poor Widows, Fatherless and Servants to Work, that they got a good Livelihood under him. keywords: lord; truth cache: A40272.txt plain text: A40272.txt item: #28 of 89 id: A40706 author: [no entry] title: A dialogue betwixt Philautus and Timotheus, in defence of Dr Fullwood's Leges Angliæ: against the vindicator of Naked truth, stiling himself Phil. Hic date: 1681 words: 12505 flesch: 81 summary: thou thinkest thou hast a trick for that too. SEcondly, We have another such trial of thy honest Logic upon a part of his Proem; which, if thou hadst quite (as thou sayest thou hadst almost) forgotten, little had been lost. keywords: church; courts; doctor; england; hen; law; laws; phil; pope; statute; thee; thou; thy; tim cache: A40706.txt plain text: A40706.txt item: #29 of 89 id: A40713 author: Fullwood, Francis, title: Leges Angliæ. The lawfulness of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Church of England, asserted and vindicated in answer to Mr Hickeringill's late pamp date: 1681 words: 20953 flesch: 65 summary: Establishing the High-Commission Court, was not the foundation of ordinary Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England, against Mr. Hickeringill. THE LAWFULNESS OF Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction IN THE CHURCH of ENGLAND, Asserted and Vindicated In ANSWER to Mr HICKERINGILL's Late Pamphlet Styled NAKED TRUTH, the 2d Part. keywords: act; bishops; church; courts; crown; edw; england; hen; hickeringill; jurisdiction; king; law; laws; power; sect; statute cache: A40713.txt plain text: A40713.txt item: #30 of 89 id: A40898 author: Farmer, Ralph title: The imposter dethron'd, or, The Quakers throne of truth detected to bee Satans seat of lyes by way of reply to a quaking and railing pamphlet written date: 1658 words: 47420 flesch: 57 summary: And that the world may know further, what a one you are, I'll acquaint them with one thing more: Do not you know who it was, that a little before that Election, said, that we must choose such Parliament men, as should hold my Lord Protectors nose to the grindstone. Some of the Committee did ingeniously say sometimes, that I did not speak such words as Captain Bishop did put in: By his abuse of me, who would not be abused by him, I cannot but think, how he injured other men. keywords: answer; bishop; book; business; christ; craven; doth; estate; falconer; george; god; good; hath; judgement; king; lord; man; matter; page; parliament; perfection; persons; petition; proceed; quakers; reader; spirit; thing; time; tis; truth; way; words; world cache: A40898.txt plain text: A40898.txt item: #31 of 89 id: A41026 author: H. F title: An alarum of truth sounded forth to the nations; or the way of truth from the way of errour, plainly manifested and declared. And the true w date: 1660 words: 24212 flesch: 52 summary: And now this is come to pass among all the Professions in the world, who have had the Scriptures of truth which was declared and spoken forth by the Holy men of God, from the Spitit of Truth which was in them, and dwelled in them; whereby they were made able Ministers (not of the letter but) of the Spirit; by which they were able to try, and judge of all Spirits whether they were of God, and saw many in their days who had gotten the true words, and had a form of godliness but denied the power, and so they turned away from such, 2 Tim. 3.5. and did bear their testimony then against such whom they saw separating themselves, being sensual having not the Spirit, and saw such as were erred from the Spirit going in the way of Cain, to envy, and running greedily after the error of Balaam, for gifts and rewards, and for the wages of unrighteousness, And such as served not the Lord Jesus Christ, but their own bellies, and preached for filthy lucre, and through covetousness with feigned words made merchandise of the people, and were enemies to the cross of Christ, whose God was their belly, who gloried in their shame, whose and was destruction, who minded earthly things; And such as had great swelling words of vanity, whilst they themselves were servants of corruption, and what they knew; Jude 10. Every Spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God; And every Spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ as come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come, and even now already is in the world. keywords: christ; god; hath; life; light; lord; people; sin; spirit; things; truth; world cache: A41026.txt plain text: A41026.txt item: #32 of 89 id: A41074 author: Fell, Philip, title: Lex talionis: or, The author of Naked truth stript naked. date: 1676 words: 15537 flesch: 54 summary: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In that to the Magnesians, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. keywords: author; bishop; chapter; church; deacons; faith; god; man; men; order; priests; school; scripture; thing; time; truth; words; world; ● ● cache: A41074.txt plain text: A41074.txt item: #33 of 89 id: A42489 author: Gauden, John title: The love of truth and peace. A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. Novemb. 29. 1640. By Iohn Gau date: 1641 words: 12115 flesch: 68 summary: Then doth the ray or veyn of truth flow aright from God to us, and reflect back again from us to him: When in any of these we fail: there comes in hypocrisy and simulation in our actions; lying in our words; error, falsity and unbelief in our minds, when our actions contradict our words, our words our minds, our minds the nature and truth of things, made, or revealed by God: whose will in his works and word, is (as I said) the rule of Truth. The second consideration is the union of the two, Truth and Peace; In God they are united: and so in every good soul, & well ordered Church or State, they may, and do best agree together: no firm, or durable peace, which is not fastened and cemented with truth: so false and pernicious a principle is that of some; that the less men know of truth, the more easily they will be kept in Peace; that the way to subdue men to an asinine patience, is to cast them into an asinine ignorance. keywords: church; god; good; hath; honour; life; light; love; men; minds; non; peace; soul; state; things; truth; way; words; world cache: A42489.txt plain text: A42489.txt item: #34 of 89 id: A42818 author: Glanvill, Joseph title: Lux orientalis, or An enquiry into the opinion of the Eastern sages, concerning the præexistence of souls. Being a key to unlock the grand mysteries o date: 1662 words: 36917 flesch: 54 summary: (4) The Souls of men are capable of living in other bodies besides Terarestial; And never Act but in some body or other. And 'tis much, that in other thing we should give such few specimen of so vast an ability; or, have a power so divine and excellent, and no faculty to discern it by. keywords: argument; bodies; body; condition; creatures; divine; doth; earth; god; goodness; hath; hypothesis; life; man; matter; nature; praeexistence; reason; scripture; souls; state; thing; tis; way; wisdom; world cache: A42818.txt plain text: A42818.txt item: #35 of 89 id: A43233 author: Hedworth, Henry title: Controversy ended: or, The sentence given by George Fox himself against himself and party in the persons of his adversaries, ratified and aggravated b date: 1673 words: 21512 flesch: 74 summary: But G. F. doth so pervert the Scripture, Therefore G. F. Speaks and Preaches that which he hath not received from Heaven. The Minor of this, and of the former Prosyllogism, namely, that G. F. doth so pervert the Scripture, was proved in my Epistle, by fifty Instances out of G. F's Book; The Mystery of the great Whore. keywords: christ; g. f.; god; jesus; light; man; men; person; quakers; saith; scripture; w. p.; words cache: A43233.txt plain text: A43233.txt item: #36 of 89 id: A43643 author: Hickeringill, Edmund, title: A vindication of The naked truth, the second part: against the trivial objections and exceptions (of one Fullwood; (stiling himself) D. D. archdeacon date: 1681 words: 24364 flesch: 65 summary: And in the Case of Ship-money, and the Loans and Benevolences, (those hard shifts,) that good King might well repent that ever he followed such precipitate Counsels. which was 467 long years, and during the weary Reigns of twenty Kings together; who were so tired with the Pope's Insolence, that some of them (as King John) meditated rather to turn Turk, than undergo the Infamy as well as Tyranny and Cruelty, in being (all his Reign) so shamefully Priestridden; complaining and bemoaning himself, that after he subjugated himself and his Sceptre to the Pope of Rome, nothing prospered that he undertook ever after. keywords: archbishop; archdeacon; authority; bishops; canons; church; clergy; common; courts; days; edw; england; etc; god; good; head; henry; hickeringill; john; jurisdiction; king; law; laws; lord; man; money; parliament; poor; pope; popish; power; statute; time; tis; truth; way; words cache: A43643.txt plain text: A43643.txt item: #37 of 89 id: A45121 author: Humfrey, John, title: Animadversions: being the two last books of my reverend brother Mr. Williams, the one entituled, A postscript to Gospel=truth: the other, An end of di date: 1699 words: 19176 flesch: 60 summary: Again, I must inculcate upon this Hypothesis, the Law of Mediation, being that Law Christ performed for the Impetration of those benefits which we have by him, and the law of the Gospel that we perform for Application of those benefits; I pray let me ask, is not Justification one of those benefits Christ hath impetrated, merited, purchased for us? Mr. Williams' having Printed his Book called Gospel Truth, with many Presbyterian hands set to it, there was some heat, and several Exceptions raised against it, by some of the Independent Brethren; whereof one of the chief was this, That he held the Righteousness of Christ to be imputed only in the Effects. keywords: baxter; christ; faith; god; gospel; imputation; justification; law; righteousness cache: A45121.txt plain text: A45121.txt item: #38 of 89 id: A45128 author: Humfrey, John, title: Half a sheet of Mr. Humfrey's, in pursuance of pacification. date: 1696 words: 2447 flesch: 60 summary: An●… For this Advice now, which, according to my Natural Genius, I should have given Mr Williams, (See 1 Pet. I apprehended not prejudicial to Gospel Truth, if his sen●● is upheld, that is the Truth of his Book, while the Quarrel about a Word be composed It is plain, that Mr. Williams, and I, and They, hold the same thing; for he is no Socinia●● but holds, Christ died for us in the Sense of in our stead; That he was our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, importing a Surrogation of Christ's Person in our room, when he became a Sacrifice for us, which is as much (I say again) as Grotius, to whom they appeal, did intent. keywords: christ; person cache: A45128.txt plain text: A45128.txt item: #39 of 89 id: A45520 author: Harby, Thomas title: What is truth. Or, the patern in the mount. Wherein many places of scripture are (in pursuit of truth, and the churches peace) explained. Therein, mos date: 1671 words: 103816 flesch: 61 summary: And what wrong did Saint Jerom do to the Senate of Pharisees, whom (because he had sadly experienced them to be such men) he asserted to be; A Rabble of Pride and Ignorance; seeing the Scripture itself saith: Such men are proud, knowing nothing. And Fourthly, What the Holy City, or true Church (contrary to that threefold City) is; and give an account of her: keywords: antichrist; antitype; apostasy; beast; body; chap; christ; christian; church; city; days; death; doctrine; dragon; earth; etc; evil; fruits; god; good; gospel; grand; great; half; head; heaven; knowledge; literal; locusts; manners; men; nations; obedience; pagan; papal; papal rome; place; power; practice; primitive; professors; prophet; rev; right; righteousness; rome; saints; saith; second; sects; secular; sound; spiritual; text; things; threefold; time; truth; type; wilderness; witnesses; works; years cache: A45520.txt plain text: A45520.txt item: #40 of 89 id: A49183 author: Lorimer, William, title: An apology for the ministers who subscribed only unto the stating of the truths and errours in Mr. William's book. Shewing, that the Gospel which they date: 1694 words: 161582 flesch: 64 summary: Our Saviour himself with the commanding power of his own voice speaks unto the will of man, saying, repent and believe the Gospel; yet it is clear a man receives from God Repentance unto Life, that he may begin to believe in God; so that he cannot believe in God at all, unless he, receive Repentance by the gift of God who showeth Mercy. Their words are, A Man receives from God Repentance unto Life, (ut in Deum credere incipiat) that he may begin to believe in God. keywords: act; acts; answer; author; believe; believing; book; cause; change; christ; christ hath; church; condition; covenant; death; divines; doctrine; doth; elect; evil; faith; faith doth; glory; god; god doth; good; gospel; grace; hath; heart; holy; jesus christ; justification; law; letter; life; lord; love; man; matter; means; men; nature; new; obedience; obtaining; opinion; order; page; pardon; people; power; promise; reason; repentance; righteousness; salvation; saving; scripture; sense; sin; sins; spirit; thing; time; truth; way; wit; word; works cache: A49183.txt plain text: A49183.txt item: #41 of 89 id: A49323 author: Lane, Edward, title: Du Moulin's Reflections reverberated, being a full answer to a pernicious pamphlet entituled Moral reflections on the number of the elect. Together wi date: 1681 words: 53172 flesch: 65 summary: But I must tell you, it is not sufficient for us Mortals (as you call us) to know this, for God hath been graciously pleased to Illighten us poor Mortals, and those that are Immortal too to know, that none can be saved by Jesus Christ, but those that are in Covenant with God. Yet since it hath pleased God to put an end to his Days, and that no man hath hitherto (so far as I can learn) appeared for the Vindication of the Truth of the Gospel against him in this particular, I have accounted it my Duty to undertake it, in regard I have already been an Aggressor upon him, in the Antidote which I gave the World about a year past, to keep poor desponding sinners from receiving harm by his uncharitable Opinion of the small number of those that shall be saved. keywords: body; book; christ; church; day; doctrine; doth; elect; god; good; gospel; grace; hath; heaven; holy; jesus; jesus christ; judgement; life; lord; man; men; number; opinion; people; reflector; sacrament; saith; salvation; scripture; sense; spirit; thing; time; truth; use; viz; words; world cache: A49323.txt plain text: A49323.txt item: #42 of 89 id: A49908 author: Le Clerc, Jean, title: A treatise of the causes of incredulity. Wherein are examin'd the general motives and occasions which dispose unbelievers to reject the Christian reli date: 1697 words: 75720 flesch: 61 summary: Although, as I have already said, there is no Unbeliever but is in some Disposition which inclines him to reject the Christian Religion, it must be confessed however that there are many other things whereof they cannot be accused, but which nevertheless confirm them in these Dispositions. I take it for granted, that such things as these are as hard to be credited, considered in themselves, as the Mysteries and Miracles of the Christian Religion. keywords: apostles; body; christian; christianity; contrary; doctrine; example; god; good; gospel; jesus; jews; knowledge; laws; life; man; manner; men; miracles; people; persons; proofs; reason; religion; thing; time; tis; truth; unbelievers; world cache: A49908.txt plain text: A49908.txt item: #43 of 89 id: A50324 author: Maule, Thomas, title: Nevv-England pesecutors [sic] mauled vvith their own vveapons. Giving some account of the bloody laws made at Boston against the Kings subjects that d date: 1697 words: 20841 flesch: 44 summary: William Brend, for coming into Bostons' Jurisdiction, where all the aforesaid work of Anti-christ was acted and done, and for being one of them called a Quaker, and declaring the Truth, was cruelly whipped, and shut up into close Prison, where the Gaoler and devout Member of their Church, locked his Neck and Heels together, so close that there was only room for the Lock to go between, in which manner he kept him sixteen hours, and then gave his weak bruised Body One Hundred and Seventeen Blows with a pitched Rope; having thus beaten him for dead, a out cry was among the People, That the Gaoler had killed a man; which to appease the People, bills were set upon the Prison doors, and else where, That the Gaoler should be dealt with; but said Brends coming to life again (though the Doctors said, it would be admittable if he did recover, for his flesh was beaten into a mere Jelly of Blood, however, as God would have it, he came to recover again, then to prevent the Gaolers being punished for this his great piece of Wickedness to said Brend, John Horton their chief high Priest said, if William Brend will endeavour to beat our Gospel Ordinances black and blue, it was just upon him if he was beaten black and blue; and withal in said Book, that his counsel was to his Church▪ Brethren in Iniquity, To put off the Bear skin, and put on the Fox Skin; which indeed is ●●●eling Priest like, the more to deceive poor ignorant. Observe, That by 〈◊〉 Law, and the other aforementioned Law of forty Shillings for every hours entertainment to any Person or Persons, or others whom they account blasphemous Heretics, as they did account all that dissented from their Priest's Worship, by which two Laws they gained abundance of Money for Fines of the Inhabitants, who were found either at the Quakers Meeting, or to entertain their Relations and Kindred, though Father or Mother, Brother or Sister, or any other Friend or Friends, or Relations and Kindred, whom in their Law They call by the name of Strangers and Vagabonds, as by the following Laws will further appear, and that every man by Membership admitted to the freedom of their Body Politic, was according to their Priest's way of teaching, become a Rule●, to lord over the Fait● of every Dissenter; by which the Christian Reader may fully comprehend the nature of these freemens Body Po●●●ick. keywords: book; church; court; england; god; jurisdiction; king; law; laws; like; new; people; persecutors; persons; priests; quakers; time; truth; work; ● ● cache: A50324.txt plain text: A50324.txt item: #44 of 89 id: A51283 author: More, Henry, title: Annotations upon the two foregoing treatises, Lux orientalis, or, An enquiry into the opinion of the Eastern sages concerning the prae-existence of so date: 1682 words: 67130 flesch: 60 summary: But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may be a Compound of a Participle and a Pronoun, and then it may signify [for them that answer him] that is, walk anserably to his Goodness which he affords them, or [for them that obey him] either way it is very good sense. But that the Penancies of Reprobates are endless, I shall ever thus persuade myself, saith he, either the Torments of Hell are eternal, or the Felicities of Heaven are but temporary (which I am sure they shall never be:) for the very same word that is used to express the permanence of the one, measures out the continuance of the other; and if 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 denotes everlasting life, a blessedness that shall never end, (Mat. 25. ult.) keywords: air; answer; argument; author; baxter; bodies; body; christ; church; council; divine; doctor; earth; essence; existence; fire; form; general; god; goodness; humane; ideas; indiscerpibility; intellect; life; man; matter; men; nature; pag; penetrability; power; pre; reason; sense; souls; spirit; state; substance; suppose; terrestrial; things; time; truth; understanding; wisdom; world cache: A51283.txt plain text: A51283.txt item: #45 of 89 id: A52134 author: Marvell, Andrew, title: Mr. Smirke: or, The divine in mode: being certain annotations, upon the Animadversions on the Naked truth. Together with a short historical essay, con date: 1676 words: 48261 flesch: 60 summary: Arrianism was the Divinity then in Mode, and he was an ignorant and ill Courtier, or Church man, that could not dress, and would not make a new Suit for his Conscience in the Fashion. Trajane, after having persecuted them, and having used Pliny the second in his Province to that purpose, upon his relation that they lived in conformity to all Laws, but that which for bad their Worship, and in all other things were blameless, and good men, straight by his Edict commanded that none of them should be farther enquired after. keywords: animadverter; apostles; arrius; articles; author; bishops; book; christian; christianity; church; clergy; constantine; contrary; council; creed; exposer; faith; force; general; god; good; hath; holy; man; matter; men; people; persecution; person; power; reason; religion; scripture; thing; time; tis; truth; use; way; words cache: A52134.txt plain text: A52134.txt item: #46 of 89 id: A53669 author: Owen, John title: A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity: as also of the person and satisfaction of Christ. Accommodated to the capacity and date: 1669 words: 43234 flesch: 71 summary: He, that is the Sacrificer, denotes the person of Christ God and Man; and Himself as the Sacrifice denotes his Humane Nature; whence God is said to purchase his Church with his own blood, Act. 20. For although this doth absolutely and necessarily follow from what is declared and hath been spoken concerning the one God, or oneness of the Derty, yet for the confirmation of our faith, and that we may not by the distinct consideration of the three be taken off from the one, it is particularly declared, that these three are one, that one, the one and same God, But whereas, as was said before, this can no otherwise be, the testimonies given thereunto are not so frequently multiplied as they are unto those other heads of this truth, which through the craft of Satan, and the pride of men, might be more liable to exceptions. keywords: christ; divine; doctrine; father; ghost; god; hath; holy; lord; man; men; nature; person; satisfaction; scripture; sin; sins; son; things; truth; unto; words; world cache: A53669.txt plain text: A53669.txt item: #47 of 89 id: A54039 author: Penington, Isaac, title: The holy truth & people defended: and some of the weapons and strength of the power of darkness broken and scattered, by the light and power of truth. date: 1672 words: 18243 flesch: 73 summary: Grace appears to the Soul, Grace teacheth, Grace enableth, Grace maketh a change from the ungratiousness of the heart and state, and then Grace (or God by his Grace in and through Christ Jesus) forgiveth the sins that were committed before. And for this cause shall those, who have looked upon themselves as the Children of the Kingdom, and flock of God, be laid waist, and know, that as it was a dreadful thing to oppose Christ Jesus the Lord, in his appearance in flesh, so it is also dreadful to oppose his appearance in his Spirit and Power: wherein he is arisen to set up his Kingdom, and to throw down Babylon, which is built in the likeness of Zion, but by and in another Spirit. keywords: answ; christ; god; hath; life; light; lord; man; power; righteousness; spirit; truth cache: A54039.txt plain text: A54039.txt item: #48 of 89 id: A54438 author: J. P. (John Perrot), -1665. title: The mistery of baptism and the Lord's Supper; and the Spirit of Jesus, the guide unto both, and onely and infallible rule leading both into them, and date: 1662 words: 10935 flesch: 44 summary: But since I am speaking to your Conditions, in whom there are Breathings and Pantings after God; I would that you should all take cognizance of that measure of the Spirit of the Lord, which is given into your souls; seeing it's so plainly and clearly distinguishable from every other Spirit; that is to say, Being of God, is of the Nature of God, and therefore makes manifest every Work, Word, and Thought which is contrary to the Righteousness of God, which another Spirit cannot do: Whereby God is known to be greater than the Devil and Infernal Spirit, which thing you may all discern in yourselves. Which may serve as an ANSWER unto RANDAL ROPER's ANSWER unto a Paper written by me in the sense of the mystery of God, Directed to all BAPTISTS every where, &c. Given forth in God's tender Love unto all that desire to know more of his Spirit, Power and Glory of his heavenly Life revealed in them: By one that travaileth in his Spirit, that all the Mourners for the Beloved may be satisfied, and rejoice in their enjoying him for ever: Who is a tender Friend of all pure breathers after God. keywords: baptism; christ; god; holy; life; lord; man; soul; spirit; substance; water cache: A54438.txt plain text: A54438.txt item: #49 of 89 id: A56384 author: Parker, Samuel, title: A defence and continuation of the ecclesiastical politie: by way of letter to a friend in London. Together with a letter from the author of The friend date: 1671 words: 155919 flesch: 51 summary: The very honesty of such men is in effect nothing but rashness and violence, they are transported by the outrage of Zeal, and regard not the peace of Government, but pursue their own Persuasions, to which they are determined by Chance, or Folly, or Passion, without Reason or Abatement, they must not give up a Metaphysical Notion for the removal of a Civil War, or the preservation of the State; and in stead of submitting to the common and necessary methods of Government, they will force Crowns and Sceptres to yield to their Imperious Folly, or involve a Kingdom in all the Miseries and Desolations of War. where, giving an Account of the Temptations, which in those days had even cast down the People of God from their Excellency, and had cut their Locks, and made them become like other Men, he reckons in the first place the specious Pretence of Christian Liberty and Freedom from a Bondage-frame, at which door sundry had gone out into Sensuality and Apostasy, into a neglect of Sabbaths, Public and Private Duties, Dissoluteness and Profaneness. keywords: account; author; authority; bold; cause; christian; church; civil; commands; confidence; conscience; design; discourse; divine; duties; duty; faith; folly; god; good; gospel; government; grace; great; holy; humane; humour; institution; interest; laws; liberty; lord; magistrate; man; mankind; matters; men; minds; nature; obedience; obligation; pag; peace; people; power; present; pretence; princes; principles; providence; public; purpose; reason; reformation; religion; sense; spirit; state; things; time; tis; truth; virtue; viz; way; words; work; world; worship; zeal cache: A56384.txt plain text: A56384.txt item: #50 of 89 id: A56659 author: Patrick, Simon, title: Falshood unmaskt, in answer to a book, called, Truth unveil'd· Which vainly pretends to justify the charge of Mr Standish, against some persons in the date: 1676 words: 8606 flesch: 62 summary: Good God how partial are the best sort of Christians grown (if you may be believed) who can swallow all this glibly and merrily, with a great deal of smuttiness to boot (which I have observed in the Rehearsal Transprosed) but keck at Dr. Hammond, and the Whole Duty of Man. etc. which will by no means down with them? And first I say, that no right Son, much less, Father of the Church of England, will endure to be called, or thought, either a Calvinist, or an Arminian: for our Church follows no particular man, though never so great; neither Calvin, nor Luther, nor Arminius. keywords: church; doctrine; england; faith; god; good; man; men cache: A56659.txt plain text: A56659.txt item: #51 of 89 id: A59238 author: Sergeant, John, title: Non vltra: or, A letter to a learned Cartesian; settling the rule of truth, and first principles, upon their deepest grounds. By J.S. date: 1698 words: 25978 flesch: 60 summary: And, which leaves me in a helpless Condition as to that Particular, such very Ingenious Cartesians as Mr. Le Grand, who, having poured so long upon them, should be best acquainted with them, and therefore best qualified to inform me what they are, gives me no Account of them; unless we can think there may be such Things as are made up of Contradictions, and altogether Chimerical. But, how shall we know that the Idea you have of that Thing is not Chimerical, and involves in it many other Things, as well as That? keywords: cartesius; discourse; ideas; knowledge; man; mankind; men; nature; principles; proposition; reason; rule; self; thing; tis; truth; way cache: A59238.txt plain text: A59238.txt item: #52 of 89 id: A59258 author: Well-wisher to the nations happiness and prosperity title: A serious vindication of the Church of England; shewing the nations happiness under the present government. Being a seasonable answer to a late pamphl date: 1680 words: 1860 flesch: 28 summary: But when Men have tried all that they can, it is hoped they will return to the Excellency and Advantages of the true Christian Religion as it is taught by the Church of England; For, by Destroying it, no End can be served, but of Sin and Folly, Faction, and Death Eternal: For besides that, no Church that is an Enemy to this, does Worship God in that Truth of Propositions, in that Unblamable and Pious Liturgy, and in Preaching the Necessities of Holy Life, so much as the Church of England does. Much more might be said; But I shall conclude, with my hearty Prayers that all our Differences may be composed, and that we may be United in one True Church, and that God would save and Defend Us from the Hands of all our Enemies, and Infatuate their wicked Designs; That we may study Peace, and not Wars, Strife, Confusion and Dissension, which lead to the ways 〈◊〉 Destruction: That God would Bless, Preserve, Defend and Keep His Sacred Majesty from the Hands of all his Enemies, and to give him Victory over them, and send him a Long, Happy and Prosperous Reign over Us; And that We may live in God's Fear, and in Duty and Obedience to Our King: And God bless the Great Council of the Nation the Parliament; keywords: church; god; government; religion cache: A59258.txt plain text: A59258.txt item: #53 of 89 id: A60628 author: Smith, William title: The everlasting truth exalted. Being a plain testimony unto the manifestation, growth and prosperity of truth. Also some dangers opened and discovered date: 1669 words: 10507 flesch: -360 summary: For when the Lord appeared to make known his Truth, in this day there was no building framed, but all in several Forms and Professions scattered, and he beheld it, and his eye pitied, and then was his Love manifest to the scattered, and with his Light he opened their eye that was darkened, and many came to see that their foundation was sandy, and that their building could not stand safely; and as the Lord was minded in this Morning of Light, or springing of his Day, so more Light brake forth from his fullness, and the day more appeared, and dangers came to be more clearly seen; and when dangers were discerned in the Light, there was a fear came upon many to behold them; for as they saw their foundation to be sandy, so they came to be sensible that it would fail, and their building fall, and that they could not stand in safety, if they did there remain, and in the sense of their danger they were made to cease from building, and to cry unto the Lord for help; for they came to see with the Light that was breaking forth, that the Lord would overturn their foundation and building: and though some had long been working & building, yet they were made willing to give it all up, and to become nothing as to what they had done; and being mindful of the Light which had opened their eye, and made them sensible of their danger, and waiting in fear and humbleness of mind, the Lord revealeth a sure Foundation of his own laying, and he called the scattered to come into it; and as his voice was obeyed he stretched forth his Arm and gathered, and with the strength of his Love he made many willing to be at his disposing; and then he began to work upon their hearts by his Power, and to frame their hearts according to the nature of his own Foundation, for all were out of order until the Lord began to work by his mighty power, there was not one stone framed fit for his Building, but all were rough and could not be laid and compacted together; and in this condition the Lord found the children of men in this day of his appearance, he did not find them framed, and so fit for building; but he found them as such upon whom the Plain had not gone, and for his Name sake he took the work into his own Hand, and his work reached to the heart which was out of order; and then many came to feel the Lord working in them by his power, and came to know that it was the Lord, which they never knew before; and as they came to know God by the work of his Power in their hearts, so they came to stand in fear before him, and not kowing what the Lord would do by such a manifestation and operation of his Light and Power, they were brought to stand still in silence and to wait for the effect, and then did he open the Treasures of his Love and showed them his Salvation, and also showed them his Judgement seat before which they were to stand, and they were made willing to appear before him, and to be judged by him; and he caused his Judgement to pass thorough them for the casting out of that spirit which wrought iniquity, and for the kill of that life which had pleasure in unrighteousness, and so his Judgements were found to be just, and he was found to be righteous, for he judged nothing but that which was contrary to the purity of his own Life, and was the burden of the immortal Soul, and that is for judgement in all where ever it remains; and so he began and prospered his work in the hearts of those that did abide the day of his coming, and they can set to their seal that God is true; and whilst the wicked stood in his sight he was terrible in his appearance, and whilst corruption remained he was dreadful to behold, for his Word was as a Fire and a Hammer upon the transgressing nature, and so his Fame hath gone, and his Hammer hath wrought for the purging of the conscience from dead works, and for the raising and bringing forth of life and immortality, and so by his Power he hath squared and framed the hearts of many, and hath made them fit for his building, and he hath fixed and united them to his foundation (which is Christ the Rock) and in him he hath fixed and united them one to another, and so the building and foundation are joined in one nature, and the building is fitly framed and grows unto an holy Temple, it doth not decay and fall, but grows and prospers in the Light, Life and Power, and since the beginning the Lord hath enlarged it more abundantly, and hath raised it into honour and glory, and herein his works hath been seen from the beginning by all that have kept in the beginning, whose eye have been to the Lord in that by which he first made himself known unto them; and this is the foundation and building that standeth, and will stand as being only the Lords; for man hath been wholly excluded from the work, that the excellency of the Power might appear to be of God, and that he alone might have the glory in it, and by it; and so it is not the Wise, nor Mighty, nor Prudent of the world that brought to pass the things which now are witnessed by the Righteous; but the Arm of the Lord hath done it, and his Power is exalted in it, and by it, and his Power triumpheth over all contrary spirits that would lay his building waste; & many can now say as in times past, We are God's Husbandry, we are God's Building, the Seed which is sprung up is of God, and the Building is framed by him, and he waters his Seed, and bears up the Pillars of his Building, and therefore his Seed and Building grows and prospers and triumphs in Victory, and here the goings on with the Lord is known from the beginning, for he hath led many by the hand, and carried many in his Bosom, and such have been with him from the beginning, they have not run out of either hand, or turned back again, but have kept their Habitation in the holy Temple which the Lord buildeth, and where his Honour dwelleth; and so have always walked with the Lord, and the Lord with them: but who are debarred from the ministry of the Word of Life, or utter words, and not in the Life, they are not always with the Lord, nor the Lord with them; and so they are to mind the Light to be their stay, and to stay their minds upon God, and keep to the Truth as the Principle which instructeth in the right way, that Life and Virtue may spring, and Unity and Followship grow and increase; for all that have kept to the Truth, as the Principle, they have been preserved by the Power of it, and have escaped many dangers which others have fallen into for want of Watchfulness, for he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not, he keeps himself in the Power by which he is begotten, and into that Power the wicked One cannot come to touch him; and so the begotten of God is kept from the Wicked One by the Power which begets him, and by the Power is always helped in the needful time, and here the Righteous dwell safely under the Banner which is spread over them, they do not depart from the Testimony of the Word of Life, neither do they utter words as a Testimony out of the Life, but lives and dwells in the Life as in their Habitation; and they that do not dwell in this Habitation they utter words from a wrong motion, but who keeps their Habitation in the Life, the Life is in their Ministry and Testimony, for such lives in the Word of Life, and so preaches the Word of Life in its own power, and the sound of that Word of Life and Power goes thorough death and darkness and reaches the true and faithful Witness; and this is a joyful sound by which the Captive is made glad, and this sound is gone forth into the World, and the words of it to the ends of the Earth, & many that were in the Graves are raised up by it; the dead hath heard the voice of the Son of God and lives, for it hath quickened and given Life to as many as received the Testimony of it into their hearts, and they that keeps it, and abids in it, they live by it, and such cannot forget it, nor the benefits they have received by it, but esteems it and prefers it above all other things; and so they do not let the benefits slip out of their minds, but retains them in that from which they have received them, and so they keep in the beginning, and goes forward in the beginning, for it clearly manifesteth that such as depart from the Way of Truth, and from the holy Commandment given of God, that they have not kept in the beginning, but lost it, and so have lost the sense of benefits which in the beginning they received, and now makes merry above the Witness, and grows wanton upon the Earth, and what can the end of these things be but distress, sorrow and misery; for all that have known the Lord in any measure, and have turned their backs upon him, they cannot lie down in peace, except they repent; and therefore that all might mind their own conditions, and not to resist and strive against that which seeks their eternal good, but submit unto it, with a lowly and humble mind, that the vapours which darkens their understanding may be removed, and the night vision cease, and the Word of Life become precious to them as in the beginning; for the Lord hath gathered a Flock which keeps together in his Light, Life, Power and Wisdom, and he is their Shepherd and Bishop of their Souls; and as they abide with him, they cannot be scattered any more, for the good Shepherd leads them, and keeps them, and the Bishop of their Souls overseeâ�� them, and taketh care for them; and the Pasture of his Life is their delight and well-being; and so the Lord God exalts his everlasting Truth over all, and his Work prospers against every assault that would lay it waste, and in the pure Truth springs and spreads and triumphs, and the Lamb and the Saints have the Victory, and must have the Victory, and the Victory they rejoice and are exceeding glad; for they know that their labour is not in vain in the Lord, and by many infallible proofs the Lord doth evidence that they are his, and that the labour of true Labourers doth stand in his Council and Wisdom; and the Lord God is a Witness for them that they labour in his Service, for as much as he makes them useful both to the gathering and confirming many; and having such a certain evidence of the Lords Power with them, they mind their Labour and service; and though some, which in the beginning was the fruit of their Labour, be gone from that in which they then received their Testimony, and now reckons their Labour and Service to be useless, yet the Lord reckons their Labour and Service useful for himself, and many that standeth as the seal of their Apostleship and Ministry; and having the seal they continue their Labour in the work of God, and cannot cease to publish the everlasting Gospel; but goeth on with the Lord, and the Lord with them, and they are a blessing in his Hand for converting sinners from their way, and for establishing the righteous in their goings; and whosoever rises up to oppose the work of the Lord in the Gospel ministration, they must certainly fall and wither as the mown grass; for the good Seed is sown, and many have received it into the ground, and fruit is brought forth according to increase, and the Lord God hath his honour and glory by it, and this is the sweet savour which proceedeth from the Almighty to season the Earth; for the Earth hath brought forth corruptible fruit, which is unsavoury, and now the Lord God is seasoning the Earth with the savour of his Life, and the Testimony of Life spreads abroad, that the Earth may be seasoned; and the Everlasting Gospel is preached over the Beast, and the Whore, and false Prophet, and many have received it into their hearts, and walks according to the Truth of it, and because of the good savour they are in love with it; and so the Truth and Power of the Lord God judges down, and goes over the head of the Serpent, and the Lamb reigns, and must reign, and under his Government the Saints rejoices. So all are to come unto this Light and Spirit in which the Saints meet and worship God, and in which they have unity and fellowship with God and one another, there is nothing below it will endure, nor nothing exalted above that will stand; for as the Light and Spirit is the beginning, so it is the ending unto all that abides in it; for all truth is only comprehended in the Light and Spirit of God, and from thence received, and there is not any other things, or things, in which true and lasting peace can be found, but in a measure of that Light which comes from God as the Fountain, & they that have fixed themselves below the Light, they must be disjoined from that unto which they are fixed, and stand-loose from all things which they have made and set up in Worship and Religion, and mind the Light which is only true, to lead them forward into all truth, for where any are fixed to things below the Light, and will not be disjoined and separated from them by the Light, they are â��entered in mortality, or the corruptible body which presseth down the Soul; and whatsoever any may pretend as to their Meetings, Ways and Worship's to be of God, yet they are all form and framed in the corruptible part, and so are all corruptible offerings, which have not the Savour of incorruptible Virtue; therefore all Forms and Professions distinct from the Light, with all their Meetings; Worships and Worshippers, they must all forsake their Meetings, ã��â��ã�� being in the corruptible part, and as such where the living God is not to be found, and all come to the Light and Spirit of God which openeth the eye and understanding, and gives the knowledge of God and of his Way and Truth, all to come unto that, and follow it, and live in it, and so come to the Assemblies of the Righteous, and to the Meetings of the Firstborn of God, and with them to worship God in his Spirit and Truth, and to have unity and fellowship with them in the Light which is their Guide and Way, and so come to keep the holy Commandment given of God, for until the holy Commandment of the Lord God be kept the mind remains in sin and transgression, and there is none in that state which are in the Saint's Worship and Fellowship, and so they must come to the Light to be redeemed from the vanity of their minds, because the Pure and Holy God is not worshipped with such a mind; therefore the Light must be followed as a Leader to bring out of vanity into Truth and Purity, and so to Serve and Worship the Pure and Holy God with a pure and holy mind, and with a sincere and upright heart, and unto this all must come before their service and worship be accepted of God, or before they can come to have true and lasting peace with him; therefore let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts, and turn to the Lord who would not the death of them that die; and so come out of all Forms and Professions below the Light and Life, and come to the Light, and meet with those that meets in the Light, and worship's God in Spirit & Truth, and so come to keep the Ordinance of God, and who are willing to come in the drawings and leadings of the Light and Spirit, the Lord standeth ready to receive them, and will in no wise cast them off, as being yet the day of his Visitation: Oh, therefore, let all come whilst the hand of the Lord is stretched forth to gather them, and whilst his Arm is open to receive them, let them come in the Light and in the Spirit, and bow before the Lord, and worship in his holy Temple, that all who are drinking the cup of Fornication, may come to the cup of Salvation, and praise the Lord. keywords: god; life; light; lord; power; spirit; truth cache: A60628.txt plain text: A60628.txt item: #54 of 89 id: A63876 author: Turner, Francis, title: Animadversions upon a late pamphlet entituled The naked truth; or, The true state of the primitive Church. The second edition. date: 1676 words: 26950 flesch: 62 summary: In the Primitive times (says he) in the greatest Storms, when the whole World of Jews and Gentiles were Enemies to the Church, and not one of your Ceremonies in the Church to preserve it; The simple Naked Truth without any Surplice to cover it, without any Ecclesiastical Policy to maintain it overcame all: and so would do now, did we trust to that, and the Defender of it. Why, this is stripping the Church bore to the very skin, nay, Skin and all must go, an Article of a Creed if need be, for he spends his first long Chapter in Reforming there too, and reducing the Faith to, I know not what, Naked Truth. keywords: answer; author; bishops; ceremonies; chapter; christ; christian; church; council; faith; general; god; lord; man; men; paul; reason; scripture; thing; tis; truth; way; words; world cache: A63876.txt plain text: A63876.txt item: #55 of 89 id: A65868 author: Whitehead, George title: The he-goats horn broken. Or, Innocency elevated against insolency & impudent falshood. In answer to two books against the people of God cal date: 1660 words: 26873 flesch: 73 summary: And where you say, that we render the Supper of the Lord, as well as the passover a figure, in this have you spoken falsely, for we are come to the Supper of the Lord, and to sup with Christ, and he with us where the bread of God is received, which is not a figure but the substance, to which Supper you are not come who live in pride and vanity, and pleading for sin as your natural heritage, and with such Christ does not Sup, nor feed among such a proud company as you are at your bread and wine, which blindly you call his Supper, when it hath not so much as a true form of the Supper of Christ in it, when his Disciples eat with him in the night, in which he was betrayed, they eat the Passover according to the command, Mat. 26. And our saying that this Seed which is Christ where he suffers, and is burdened in man by corruption, there he desires to be free from the burden of sin, does not argue as falsely as these men infer, that it cannot be said of the Seed of God that in it is no sin, for Christ hath suffered by men's sins and been pressed with them and born them, Amos 2. 13. keywords: blood; body; christ; god; hath; horn; man; men; saints; sin; thou; thy; truth; words cache: A65868.txt plain text: A65868.txt item: #56 of 89 id: A65897 author: Whitehead, John, title: The case of such professors, as have known the way of truth, and are turned aside from its holy testimony to save themselves; opened and lamented. Wit date: 1662 words: 1670 flesch: 48 summary: What can I say more unto you, but with yearning Bowels of Love, exhort you to search and try your Ways,- and turn again to the Lord, who would not your Destruction, but delights rather to pardon than punish you, because he loves you as his Creatures, and as you return to the Lord, when you see Briars and Thorns, grievous Wolves and hungry Eagles in your way to devour, be not dismayed at all, but with purpose of heart cleave unto the Lord, who is a consuming Fire, and he will make your way through them, and you shall see all vanish as a Shadow that stands in opposition to you in God's Work and Way; For the end of all things is at hand; and the Kingdoms of this World shall become the Kingdoms of our God and of his Christ; and they which have Suffered with him, shall Reign with him, saith the Spirit of the Prophet; but they that have denied him before men, shall be denied by Him at, his appearing in the Glory of his Father, and the holy Angels with him, to give a Reward to every Man as their Works be: Therefore consider, that if you for Earthly things deny the Truth of God, how it will grieve you in that day to stand a far off and see the Lord's Innocent People (who have not loved their Lives unto Death, but freely given up all, that they might overcome through the Blood of the Lamb, and the Word of their Testimony) receive a Kingdom and Crown which fades not away, whilst you are bereft of all that wherein you delighted, and are compassed about with Terror, and covered with Shame and Contempt, which is the just reward of all who deny the Lord that bought them, who have put him to open Shame by distrusting his Power, and turning from him in the sight of his Enemies. and wherewith shall I sufficiently Bemoan you, who were visited in the springing forth of God's Day, and have clearly seen the Way of Truth, and felt somewhat of the Power of God, which once made your Hearts Tender, and caused the Strong Man to bow himself, so that you began to be pliable unto God's Will, and did love his Precepts, but now are turned from the Light, and wandered out of that Way which you know to be true, and have lost the Feeling of the Power of God, and have your Hearts hardened with the Deceitfulness of Sin, and overcharged with the Cares of this Life, and your Wills at liberty like a Bullock unaccustomed to the Yoke, running on contrary to that of God in you? keywords: god; hath; lord cache: A65897.txt plain text: A65897.txt item: #57 of 89 id: A66344 author: Williams, Daniel, title: A defence of Gospel-truth. Being a reply to Mr. Chancey's first part. And as an explication of the points in debate, may serve for a reply to all othe date: 1693 words: 39714 flesch: 78 summary: Q. Did God decree, and did Christ merit that the Elect might be only capable of being forgiven if they do believe? there is no relation in a way of Covenant 'twixt God and us; and that upon Faith God becomes our God in Covenant, and answers Objections. keywords: believe; christ; covenant; doth; etc; faith; god; gospel; grace; hath; law; life; man; pardon; promise; righteousness; sin; works cache: A66344.txt plain text: A66344.txt item: #58 of 89 id: A66526 author: Wills, Obed title: Vindiciæ vindiciarum; or, A vindication of a late treatise, entituled, Infant-baptism asserted and vindicated by Scripture and antiquity. In answer to date: 1675 words: 46720 flesch: 66 summary: And note here by the way, Reader, That because in my Answer I have not gone on with the following words of Nazianzen, si aliquid immineat periculi, that is, in case any thing of danger happen, Mr. Danvers doth in his Preface exclaim against me for curtailing that Father: but the judicious Reader may understand▪ that he quarrels at me without a cause; for my business was to prove, that Infant's Baptism was owned in that Century, as to matter of fact, and not to discourse the ground of it, or to inquire in what cases it was done, and therefore he might have spared his frivolous charge about that matter. But when I tell Mr. Danvers that Cyprian held Infant's Baptism an Apostolical Tradition, as the Magdiburgs inform us, he replies, That is just as much as if Mr. Wills should so affirm except some Authentic authority be produced for the same, pag. 91. keywords: adult; adult baptism; age; answer; austin; baptising; baptism; believers; book; century; children; christ; church; danvers; doth; doth mr; etc; god; good; hath; infants; magdiburgs; man; men; nazianzen; persons; place; prove; reader; reason; reply; saith; saith mr; scripture; thing; time; treatise; truth; viz; waldenses; words cache: A66526.txt plain text: A66526.txt item: #59 of 89 id: A70115 author: Firmin, Giles, 1614-1697. title: Panergia date: 1693 words: 25568 flesch: 79 summary: The most Godly and Learned Men that I have heard or red, Master-Workmen, whom God hath Honoured most in bringing home Souls to Christ, they have concluded in the Negative: Man fallen, is not a Subject capable immediately to receive Jesus Christ, offering himself to him in the Gospel: but there must be some previous Acts of the Spirit to prepare Man for it. But for People to have this way, by their Familiarity with Jesus Christ, because they come now to know Christ more, therefore they should be greater Strangers from the Law, than they were before: This is a strange way of estranging Mens Hearts from Gods Law. CHAP. keywords: christ; church; davis; definition; doth; faith; god; good; gospel; hath; law; lord; man; men; sin; spirit; work cache: A70115.txt plain text: A70115.txt item: #60 of 89 id: A70182 author: Glanvill, Joseph, title: Two choice and useful treatises: the one Lux orientalis; or an enquiry into the opinion of the Eastern sages concerning the præexistence of souls. Bei date: 1682 words: 113738 flesch: 59 summary: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, Plato. But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may be a Compound of a Participle and a Pronoun, and then it may signify [for them that answer him] that is, walk anserably to his Goodness which he affords them, or [for them that obey him] either way it is very good sense. keywords: account; act; air; answer; argument; attributes; author; baxter; bodies; body; christ; church; condition; contrary; creatures; discourse; divine; doctor; earth; existence; fire; form; general; god; goodness; hath; hypothesis; infinite; justice; life; light; man; matter; men; nature; objects; opinion; pag; place; power; praeexistence; pre; principle; reason; respects; scripture; sect; sense; souls; spirit; state; substance; suppose; terrestrial; things; time; tis; truth; understanding; way; wisdom; world cache: A70182.txt plain text: A70182.txt item: #61 of 89 id: A74667 author: Bramhall, John, title: An answer to Monsieur de la Militiere his impertinent dedication of his imaginary triumph,: to the king of Great Britain to invite him to embrace the date: 1653 words: 26077 flesch: 64 summary: for you tell him, that his eyes and his ears do hear and see those truths, which make him to know the faults of that new Religion which he had sucked in with his milk; you set forth the causes of his Conversion, The tears of his Mother, and the Blood of his Father, whom you suppose (against evident truth) to have died an invisible Member of your Roman Catholic Church. Yet you are so extremely partial to yourself, that you affirm that he died invisibly a Member of your Roman Catholic Church, as it is by you contre-distinguished to the rest of the Christian world. keywords: blood; body; bread; catholic; christ; church; council; england; faith; god; good; hath; holy; king; majesty; manner; new; pope; reason; reformation; religion; roman; sacrament; scripture; things; time; transubstantiation; world cache: A74667.txt plain text: A74667.txt item: #62 of 89 id: A75689 author: [no entry] title: A Combate betweene tvvo seconds. :$bOne for obeying the present government, the other, the second part of a demurrer, undeservedly called religious. date: 1649 words: 5288 flesch: 65 summary: If ever he Dan. 8. 18. 25. 35. be restored to his right reason with Nabuchadnezzar, he will confess, That the most High doth rule in the Kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and sets up over it the basest of men. But thus it falls out, when men are resolved to fight with a truth that stairs in their faces; the truth breaks out of the mouth of their conscience, and then they put a Muzell called [perhaps] upon it, that it may not speak plain. keywords: author; demurrer; doth; man; power; saith cache: A75689.txt plain text: A75689.txt item: #63 of 89 id: A76759 author: Bishop, George, title: A rejoinder consisting of two parts, the first entituled, The ballance, or, A vindication of the proceedings and judgement of Parliament and their min date: 1658 words: 33063 flesch: 50 summary: [says this Liar, but gives no instance, yet saith] and that to their conviction; & concludes thence thus, Wherefore I beseech the Reader not to believe any thing that shall come forth, either pretended to be my Examination, or the Examinations of other men against me; they are but the Forgeries and Contrivances of Mr. S. and Capt. Bishop, pag. 113. And concludes, And well might Mr Love think how this Bishop injured other men, and keywords: aforesaid; case; committee; commonwealth; council; england; etc; hath; king; lord; love; man; matter; pag; parliament; saith; state; thing; thou; time; truth; viz; words; ● ● cache: A76759.txt plain text: A76759.txt item: #64 of 89 id: A78779 author: [no entry] title: The door of truth opened: or, A brief and true narrative of the occasion how Mr Henry Burton came to shut himself out of the church-doors of Aldermanb date: 1645 words: 7944 flesch: 71 summary: At another time M. Calamy spoke with another of the brethren of that way; and his advice was, To get a meeting of M. Burton, and the rest of his brethren, and they would see if they could persuade him to desist from preaching his Churchway in Aldermanburic. And this they did without acquainting M. Calamy with it, whatsoever M. Burton thinks to the contrary. keywords: burton; calamy; church; m. burton; m. calamy; truth cache: A78779.txt plain text: A78779.txt item: #65 of 89 id: A85386 author: Goodwin, John title: Calumny arraign'd and cast. Or A briefe answer to some extravagant and rank passages, lately fallen from the pen of William Prynne, Esquire, date: 1645 words: 25320 flesch: 58 summary: Other men generally as well learned and Scholars by profession, as others, yea, even those in whose affections neither my person nor cause were any ways interessed, gave testimony to my innocency's Triumph (and consequently to that passage also so cruelly handled by Mr. Prynne) as moderately and inoffensively written: only Mr. Prynne, as if his eyes were given him to condemn all the world besides of blindness, espies Bears and tigers, lions and Dragons, where other men saw nothing but doves and sheep; discovers fanatic jealousies, rancorousness and disaffection of heart, execrableness of jealousies, Oxfordian aulicism, venomousness of malignancy, and I know not how many other strains of most portentous and hideous outrage against the Parliament, where no man besides himself either saw or could see, any jot, tittle, letter, syllable, word, or sentence, but what both was and is of the fairest consistency with the honour, dignity, peace and safety of the Parliament. The truth is, though Mr. Prynne may reasonably be conceived to have a more sagacious faculty than other men, of taking those with the very manner, who wrest Authors and mistake their meaning, as being a man so familiarly exercised in the practice himself (I speak of his writings against myself) yet either his skill fails him, or his will stands too fast by him, in the sentence pronounced against me in this kind; as will appear presently. keywords: answer; christ; doth; god; good; government; hath; man; non; pag; parliament; passages; pen; power; privileges; prynne; reason; things; truth; way; word; yea cache: A85386.txt plain text: A85386.txt item: #66 of 89 id: A85415 author: Goodwin, John title: Sion-Colledg visited. Or, Some briefe animadversions upon a pamphlet lately published,: under the title of, A testimonie to the truth of Je date: 1648 words: 13294 flesch: 60 summary: When men for want of such sayings, which are erroneous and heretical indeed, in the writings of such men, whom their carnal interests call upon them to expose, to the uttermost of their power, to the public infamy and reproach of being counted Erroneous and heretical; shall pitch upon such passages and sayings for their purpose, not which are ambiguous, or of a doubtful interpretation, and so capable of a sinister or erroneous sense, as well as of a good, but which are pergnant and generally acknowledged truths, yea and fairly consistent with their own principles; I refer to the judgements and consciences of all men, who lie not under the sad judgement of self-condemnation, whether there be any thing regular, or of any probable tendency in this, for the extirpation of Errors and Heresies; and not rather much, which directly tends to the further radication of them. For whereas you (it is like) meditated an unusual Citation to show the world a more than ordinary error; God might suffer you to take this compass of matter, that so that great and precious Truth of his, which you call error, contained therein, might be presented from your hand with so much the more advantage to be discerned, acknowledged, and received by men; yea by such men, who probably might never have had the opportunity to have seen so much of it, but by means of the book. keywords: book; christ; covenant; errors; god; hath; heresies; jesus; man; men; ministers; non; province; religion; sense; testimony; truth; words; yea cache: A85415.txt plain text: A85415.txt item: #67 of 89 id: A86070 author: P. H. title: A discoverie of truth:: presented to the sons of truth. date: 1645 words: 15749 flesch: 77 summary: First, that the coming of Christ from God the father, to the sons of men, was not the cause, but the effect of the love of God. Fourthly, it is Christ alone that Brings down life from God, and carries up the soul again to God. keywords: christ; conclusion; god; law; light; love; power; soul; thing; truth cache: A86070.txt plain text: A86070.txt item: #68 of 89 id: A87010 author: Hammond, Henry title: A brief vindication of three passages in the Practical catechisme,: from the censures affixt on them by the ministers of London, in a book date: 1648 words: 4086 flesch: 54 summary: If this testimony (so clear, that it alone hath, to my knowledge, convinced one as learned a man as doth in this Church of ours maintain the doctrines contrary to the Remonstrants) be not thought sufficient to support this assertion, I shall then ex abundanti add these other plain testimonies; Not only that of God's giving his only Son, mentioned by Christ, as an effect or expression of his love to the world, (which it would not be, if he did not give him for the world, whom he is said to love) but (to prevent all distinctions concerning the notion of the world, as if it signified, only the Elect) more particularly these two; First that of 2 Pet. 2.1. where the Lord, i. e. Christ is plainly said to have bought (i.e. paid the price, satisfied for) them, who deny him, and bring upon themselves swift destruction: to which agrees that of 1 Cor. 8.11. SEeing it again appears to me by a book, that came to this town on Saturday last, (entitled, A Testimony to the truth of Jesus Christ, &c. pretending to be subscribed by 52 Ministers of Christ within the Province of London) that it is God's good pleasure to deliver me up to be evil spoken of, and accused, and to bear a yet deeper part of his bitter cup, than many others of my Brethren have done, I desire to bless and praise his name for this his goodness and mercy to me, and to embrace all those, who have joined their hands to be instruments in this, as those whom by Christ's command (particularly belonging to me on this occasion) I am bound to love, to bless, to pray for, and not to think of any other way of return toward them. keywords: christ; faith; faithful; god; non cache: A87010.txt plain text: A87010.txt item: #69 of 89 id: A87230 author: Ives, Jeremiah, fl. title: Innocency above impudency: or, The strength of righteousness exalted, above the Quakers weakness and wickedness;: in a reply to a lying pamphlet, cal date: 1656 words: 18053 flesch: 80 summary: I answer, that, that manifestation they have, is from God, for God hath showed it to them, Rom. 1.19. 4. Quest. And therefore James, because thou sayest Christ was not borne after the flesh, show me a plain text for such a Doctrine, without any of these conceited consequences; or else take shame to thyself, for finding fault with proofs that others bring, when they do not give the express text. keywords: answer; book; christ; god; light; man; page; thou; thy cache: A87230.txt plain text: A87230.txt item: #70 of 89 id: A88107 author: Ley, John, title: The nevv quere, and determination upon it, by Mr. Saltmarsh lately published, to retard the establishment of the Presbyteriall government, examined,: date: 1645 words: 47497 flesch: 60 summary: They (according to the eminence of their wisdom) apprehend many and great evils, that grow both in number, and power, by Doctrines of Libertinism, which necessarily require the restraint of a reformed Church Government. That it is not fit, according to the Principles of Religion and State, te settle any Church Government over the Kingdom, etc. keywords: answer; betwixt; brethren; christ; church; church government; churches; city; civil; council; discipline; god; good; government; hath; honourable; kingdom; man; ministers; parliament; particular; people; petition; power; present; religion; saith; sect; state; thing; time; truth; way; word cache: A88107.txt plain text: A88107.txt item: #71 of 89 id: A88166 author: Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. title: A copie of a letter, written by John Lilburne Leut. Collonell. To Mr. William Prinne Esq.: (Upon the coming out of his last booke, intituled Truth tr date: 1645 words: 2614 flesch: 67 summary: that the Kings of the Earth shall give their power unto the Beast, till the Word of God be fulfilled, which they have done in assisting the Pope, to join the Ecclesiastical and Civil State together, making the golden Laws of Christ, to depend upon the leaden Laws of man; yea, upon such Laws, as was just suitable to their tyrannical lusts, and which might the most advance their wicked ends and designs, and in the doing of this, they have set up a perfect Antichrist against God's Christ; yea, England is not free from this; for though King Henry the right did shake of the Pope's Supremacy, yet by the advice of the Clergy, the sworn enemies of Jesus Christ, he assumed the same, calling himself Head in all causes Ecclesiastical and Civil, and so though he jusled out the Pope, he set himself in the Throne of Christ, and his Successors have done the same, for opposing of which, the Saints that were burnt in Queen Mary's days have not only smarted, but also those that were hanged and murdered in Prisons in Queen Elizabeth's days, and those that were banished and destroyed in King James his days, and myself and many others, that have suffured worse than death in King Charles his days, and this is the great Contrversi●, that God contends with the whole Earth for, and for which God will make the greatest of Princes and States to taste a Cup of trembling, yea, and to drink the dregs of his fury and wrath; for he will give people and Nations for his Saints, Esa. 43.3.4.14. Hath God the Father, or Jesus Christ his Son given them any allowance in thi●? keywords: christ; god; hath; parliament cache: A88166.txt plain text: A88166.txt item: #72 of 89 id: A88924 author: Mather, Cotton, title: Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian salvages, from the year, 1688. date: 1699 words: 58529 flesch: 69 summary: He Eat them, and knew not how they came unto ●im. Some other of the Captives told me, That one Mary Catter, (which person we now brought home with us, belonging to Kittery) her Master and many other Indians, came down to Casco-Bay. He dexterously put his Wife, and Mother, and Children aboard a Canoe, and Sending them down the River, he Alone, betook himself to the Defence of his House, against many Indians, that made an Assault upon him. keywords: 'em; article; captain; captives; children; christ; country; day; enemy; england; english; fort; french; friends; garrison; god; good; hands; hath; having; heaven; history; house; indians; jesus; like; lord; man; men; minister; new; people; persons; place; quaker; reader; rest; river; saw; set; shot; things; thou; time; tis; town; war; way; world; years cache: A88924.txt plain text: A88924.txt item: #73 of 89 id: A89189 author: Mitchell, William, title: A sober ansvvere to an angry pamphlet, or, Animadversions, by way of reply, to Robert Barclays late book (entituled, Truth cleared of calumnies) in an date: 1671 words: 34936 flesch: 75 summary: Let people pretend what they will, to a law and word within: yet if they accord not with the Scripture law, or scripture word, there is no light of truth in them. Sir, It is altogether unnecessary to be at pains in ripping up your wild comparisons, it were easy to be sharp in reflections; but these things can neither commend to GOD, nor good men: and therefore desiring you, and your brethren would allow some time for reading this my Answer: (which was in readiness divers months ago; but a convenient opportunity was wanting to publish it till now) keywords: answer; baptism; christ; day; god; good; grace; hath; justification; light; lord; man; men; page; quakers; righteousness; saints; saith; scriptures; sin; spirit; thing; word; works cache: A89189.txt plain text: A89189.txt item: #74 of 89 id: A89830 author: Naylor, James, 1617?-1660. title: The boaster bared, and his armour put off, without a conquest, by the quaking principle.: In an answer to Enoch Hovvets, called Quaking principles da date: 1655 words: 6981 flesch: 69 summary: And now read thyself whose Minister thou art, and whose faith thou preaches, and according to thy faith so shall it be unto thee (and every one else) and that the Devil knows well enough, that makes him thus rage, that any should believe freedom, for he that comes to God must first believe that he is able to save, or else he justly cuts himself off by his unbelief, But all that know God have learned to deny thee and thy Faith and Doctrine, and with that light which is before sin was, art thou comprehended and judged, who art tossing and searching out ways, and gathering up those Scriptures to plead for sin, that holy men wrote to lead out of sin; and the Saints imperfection in their growth thou usest, to make people believe they never came further; and when thou hast wrested many Scriptures to that end, to keep all blind that are blind, for those that see, thy mist cannot hurt. And now it will appear who owns what is written, and who adds to it, or would take from it, prove what thou sayest with plain Scripture, than thou mayst boast of its written, thou holds out ignorance of the Scriptures to be the ground of error, which if thou meanest literal knowledge, I deny what thou sayest, for many such as thou knows the history, but ers from the life, for it is the ignoronce of the Spirit and power that the Scriptures declare of, that's the ground of error, without which knowledge puffs but up to oppose the life and power; and for thy rancking us amongst the Papists, and saying we persuade you to the uselessness of the Scriptures; calling subtle devils and the like; these are but lying slanders to make us odious and on thy head shall they fall, for the Devil is known by his works, a liar and false accuser he was, and so he is, as it is written, and his subtlety he uses to uphold his Kngdom of sin, and not to pull it down, and in that work thou art found in thy book by his subtlety, pleading for sin against perfection, for respect of persons his own kingdom: and whereas thou chargest us with lust, envy, pride, idolatry, luxury, and uncleanness; I say these are thy own, we deny them, and that spirit that acts them, else we should not be so hated by those that live in them: keywords: christ; god; letter; spirit; thee; thou; thy cache: A89830.txt plain text: A89830.txt item: #75 of 89 id: A90808 author: Pollard, Thomas, fl. 1655. title: The holy scripture clearing it self of scandals: or, An answer to a book written by Richard Farnworth, who is commonly called a Quaker, bearing this t date: 1655 words: 22290 flesch: 81 summary: Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be Saints, with all that in every place call on the Name of Jesus Christ. If so, than it must be that this commission was given when Christ entered into his Kingly office; and this his own words make good: for now saith Christ, All power is given into my hands in heaven and in earth: go ye therefore and teach all nations, and baptise them. keywords: christ; church; god; holy; lord; man; men; mind; paul; saith; scripture; thou; words cache: A90808.txt plain text: A90808.txt item: #76 of 89 id: A91468 author: Parnell, James, 1637?-1656. title: Goliahs head cut off with his own sword;: in a combat betwixt little David, the young stripling, who stands in the power and strength of his God, and date: 1655 words: 32697 flesch: 63 summary: Yet all this doth not prove, that ever thou laboured with thy hands to make the Gospel free and without charge, Reply which any who reads these Scriptures may see and by thy silence in the same judge thee guilty and to be out of the Apostles practice: and therefore these Scriptures will witness against thee, (which thou hast quoted) for thou art not as Paul and Barnabas was, neither waist called to the Ministry as they was, neither preachest freely as they did, neither labourest with thy hands as Paul did, but only makest a trade and a gain of the Apostles words for thy own ends: and therefore what hast thou to do, to mention Christ or his Ministers who art so plainly found out of their practice, or to call Christ thy Master who art thyself called Master and so robs him of his honour, and art not in his Doctrine, (who saith, be not ye called Masters) and so art none of his, and therefore hast nothing to do with that liberty which he hath given to his faithful labourers whom he himself hath called into his Vineyard: and as for that Scripture in Luk. so also thou endest with a lie; for by plain Scripture, and true experience, thou hast not answered these Queries; for in many things thou mayst find no Scripture at all in the least to countenance thee, than thou pleadest old stories and Records, and saith also, it sufficeth thee, that there is no Scripture to the contrary; but thou shalt know, that in any thing that thou dost, in which the Scripture will not stand for thee, it will in the same stand against thee; and also when thou didst wrest any Scripture for thy own ends, it was made use of to witness against thee in the same; and how hast thou answered by thy own experience, when as thou stole the Apostles Declaration, and set it down, even word for word, to prove the estate of a Christian, when as it was proved out of thy own mouth, that thou art not come to witness in possession, the lowest estate of a Christian; and thus thou might have been ashamed to boast of thy Age, who art found such an impudent liar, as to say by clear Scripture and experience, thou answered these. keywords: answer; answer thou; christ; doth; god; hast; law; light; lord; man; ministers; people; prove; scripture; spirit; thee; thou; thou art; thou sayest; thy cache: A91468.txt plain text: A91468.txt item: #77 of 89 id: A91879 author: Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664? title: The falsehood of Mr. VVilliam Pryn's Truth triumphing, in the antiquity of popish princes and Parliaments.: To which, he attributes a sole, sovereign date: 1645 words: 14255 flesch: 46 summary: Your first proposition is, That the calling of Synods or Assemblies about Church matters belongs not to Bishops, Ministers, nor private or particular Congregations; but to Princes or supreme temporal Magistrates and Powers; So that if the Magistrate be Turkish under whose jurisdiction live many Protestant Greeks, I mean such as disavow the Pope with the greatest part of his unsound doctrine; If he be Popish as the Emperor of Germany, with the Kings of France and Polonia, in whose territories inhabit millions of Protestants, all which Protestants must never meet together in Synods and Assemblies about Church affairs, because those Emperors and Kings are never likely to summon Synods for them, or put them in mind to do it themselves. Did not Paul tell Timothy, and Mr. Pryn in him, that the time would come when men would not endure sound doctrine, but turn away their ears from the truth, heaping to themselves teachers after their own lusts, 2 Tim. 12 3, 4, 5. keywords: brethren; christ; church; god; independents; magistrate; man; matters; parliament; people; power; pryn; religion; synods; truth cache: A91879.txt plain text: A91879.txt item: #78 of 89 id: A92933 author: [no entry] title: A serious answer to a late book, stiled, A reply to Mr. Robert Steed's epistle concerning singing. Wherein the chief scriptures and arguments are exam date: 1692 words: 18640 flesch: 64 summary: The Text saith, Paul and Silas at Midnight prayed, and sung Praises to God; and the Prisoners heard them. God is a Spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in Spirit and Truth. keywords: answer; church; churches; god; hath; lord; praise; set; singing; spirit; worship cache: A92933.txt plain text: A92933.txt item: #79 of 89 id: A93412 author: Smith, Stephen, title: A testimony for the truth, and against deceit and deceivers, with reproof unto those who are not faithful to the truth which they are convinced of. By date: 1668 words: 6252 flesch: 7 summary: Nay, they that thus have obtained mercy to have the knowledge of what is above declared, must receive it in the love of it, and this Love of God thus manifested in them they must give up to obey, being his Everlasting and Unchangeable Covenant, which is the Key of Knowledge, manifested to rend the Veil, and to break the Chain of Darkness, and to open the Mysteries of the Scriptures of Truth, and to give the knowledge of God, whom to know is Eternal Life; so Iniquity being taken away, and Sin being purged through the knowledge of Christ, who is the Power of God, and God known to walk, and to dwell in them through the Son of his Love, who is God's Righteousness, as God hath said, I will dwell in you, and walk in you: The Eye of the Understanding being thus opened, and the Revelation of Christ being daily witnessed to fit and to furnish them with Wisdom from above, to speak a word in season unto all conditions; being thus filled with the Love of God, and his Glorious Appearance, a constraint lying upon them, through the Power of God that dwells in them, and from the great Love of God in the same, such cannot be silent, nor eat their Morsel; alone but the Love of God doth constrain them who have Wives, and Children, and Estates, and several others that have no Wives and Children, to leave their Callings, and several Employments, and go abroad as Sheep among Wolves, to declare this great and unspeakable Love, to the end, That People may be turned from Darkness to Light, and from Satan's power, to the Power of God, that others may partake of the same Love of God in his Son Christ Jesus with them: FOr as much as it hath pleased the Lord in his great love and tender mercy to visit many who have been long covered with Darkness, and drawn by the Subtlety of the Serpent, working in a Mystery within, and without in his Instruments, from enjoying that Love and great Riches which is declared of in the Scriptures of Truth, which should be revealed in the latter days, in his Everlasting and Unchangeable Covenant; which Promise of the Lord many who had true breathing after him, and could not be satisfied with feeding with Swine upon Husks, but truly breathed after Living Refreshment, and after that Bread which nourisheth that Birth which is Eternal, and have delighted in the righteous Judgements of the Lord, over the Enemy and Oppressor of Man's Soul, through which Judgements the Love of God hath greatly been manifest, having thereby brought to the knowledge of his Everlasting and Unchangeable Truth, to the exceeding great refreshment and satisfaction of the Souls of many thousands, who have earnestly desired the same before the World and all its glory; and having received the same in the Love of it, and known Freedom by it, in the Enjoyment of the same do meet together, as the manner and practice was of those who lived in the Fear and Dread of the Lord in the Primitive times; so now in the pure Fear and Obedience to the just and equal requirings of their Creator (whose Ways are Equal, Right and Just) meets together to wait on him, to the end they may be refreshed and fed with the same Bread of Life, that so the Plant which the Lord hath planted may grow, that so they may be changed from glory to glory, till at length they may come to bear the Image of the Heavenly, whereas formerly they have born the Image of the Earthly; and those who so meet in the Spirit of Truth, can truly say they never waited on the Lord in vain, but do witness true refreshment from the God of Love, whether a word be spoken in their Meetings or no; so that they can truly sing in their Spirits of Mercy and of Judgements, forasmuch as the Lord hath mixed Mercy with Judgements, and hath not executed Judgement without Mercy, in which hath greatly appeared his wonderful Love to lost Mankind, of which great and unspeakable Love, there are this day (to the Glory and Praise of his great Name, even from his own Works) thousands of Living Witnesses, and hundreds have laid down their Lives in Nasty Holes, and Stinking Prisons, and many have been Banished, and many have suffered cruel Mockings, & many thousands the Spoiling of their Goods, whose Righteous Testimony through the Eternal Spirit of Love and Truth they have gladly born in this Day of God's Power, to the exceeding Comfort and Refreshment of all that are faithful Followers of the Lamb, but is, and shall be to the astonishment of all who persist in their Disobedience against the Spirit of Truth, and continue in their Rebellion against it, and this righteous Testimony, through all who are true Worshippers in the Spirit and Truth, who are led and guided in all their ways by the Spirit of truth, being Sons and Daughters of the Living God, so greatly beloved by him; so that those that touch them in a wrongful manner do touch the Apple of his Eye, who created all things for his Glory; and though his Mercy is great in not executing Judgement speedily, but gives space and time of Repentance, yet if they mind it not, but let the Day of God's Love pass over their heads, that Terrible Voice they shall hear; My Spirit shall strive no more, let Flesh know that it's but Grass, & when the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it, it shall fade as a Flower, and that in a moment, when his Anger is kindled, which may be when the Worker of Iniquity is in the height of his vain glory, and greatest boasting: keywords: christ; god; lord; love; spirit; truth cache: A93412.txt plain text: A93412.txt item: #80 of 89 id: A93931 author: Stooks, Richard, title: A second champion, or, Companion to truth: Wherein is shewed these particulars, or tenets. Viz. 1 Of miracles. 2 The reasons wherefore so few imbrace date: 1650 words: 50040 flesch: 74 summary: ANd first I shall begin to speak of Miracles, which so many dote upon in these days, waiting for visible signs, and some great Revelation: and to them I shall say as Christ said unto the Scribes and Pharisees that the Kingdom of God cometh not with observation; for they looked that Christ should come with abundance of earthly pomp and glory: but Christ tells them they were deceived, for the Kingdom of God consisted not of outward glory and excellency; for saith he, the Kingdom of God is within you: it is more of substance then of show, more glorious within then without, and the Miracles more inward than outward. being Lord of Heaven above and earth beneath, and there is none else: Deut. 4. 39 All Nations whom thou hast made shall worship thee, for thou art God alone. keywords: christ; covenant; doth; earth; father; glory; god; gospel; hath; heaven; lord; man; men; saith; thee; thou; thy; world cache: A93931.txt plain text: A93931.txt item: #81 of 89 id: A95509 author: D. T title: The copy of a letter sent by Mr. D.T. to Mr. John Vicars (Mr. Prynns second) in answer to his letter sent by him to Mr. John Goodwin. date: 1644 words: 2073 flesch: 56 summary: But I well perceive, though you have 'scaped the snare of gifts and parts (in which you fear Mr. Goodwin is taken) What persons did ever most Learnedly declare Mr. Goodwin to be justly censured for Socinianism? keywords: goodwin; man; way cache: A95509.txt plain text: A95509.txt item: #82 of 89 id: A95901 author: Vicars, John title: To his reverend and much respected good friend, Mr. John Goodwin:: be these I pray presented. date: 1645 words: 3742 flesch: 58 summary: Truly Sir, you must here give me leave to be yet more plain with you, I profess in the sincerity of my soul, that I do most groundedly believe, that (had Mr. Prynn been such a nonsense, Consciencelesse, irrational, false and frivolous writer, as you and others of your way only have struggled (but all in vain) to make and demonstrate him by your lavish tongues and pens) that yet, I say certainly, Mr. John Goodwin, was the most unfit man of all I know in London, to lay those undeserved criminations to Mr. Prynns charge. Concerning Mr. John Goodwin, (over whom you shake the rod of your reproof, as if he were one of your scholars) I could speak as high and excellent Encomiums, as you have spoken of your preci●us Gentleman; I could compare him even with Mr. Prynn himself: but such a comparison as this, would be to me most odious. keywords: hath; page; sir; things; way cache: A95901.txt plain text: A95901.txt item: #83 of 89 id: A96172 author: Weld, Thomas, title: Mr. Tillam's account examined. Or, A brief reply to his unchristian account of some passages of Providence. By a friend to truth, and to Mr. Tillam's date: 1657 words: 9840 flesch: 67 summary: yet because he hath so plainly laid him open to the world, he must be the mark for Mr. Tillam to shoot his venomous arrows at: The cause was this (for Mr. Hammond upon this account hath been desired to declare the whole matter) who saith as followeth; That he with some others having discovered the Conversion of the Jew (whom Mr. Tillam baptised, and so boasted of) to be a cheat, published his Popish design to the world; but Mr. Tillam perceiving the Romish plot and himself unvailed, wrote a most false, slanderous Pamphlet against the discoverers, charging them with thirteen untruths, to which they replied again, revealing the notorious lying, boasting, slandering spirit of the man; to which Mr. Tillam wrote another Reply, full of froth, lying, and folly, and sent a Copy of it in a braving way to Mr. Hammond, who returned him a sharp Answer in a private Letter; and likewise told him, that Mr. Eton had given a large account of him, and withal sent him a copy of Mr. Eaton's Letter, wherein Mr. Eton declares the righteous dealing of the Church of Wrexam against him (the substance of which you have in Mr. Robert Eaton's Letter) and that he turned Anabaptist upon it, and proved a great disturber in those parts. Thirdly, there are many manifest lies in this his book, as, that Mr. Hammond was Vicar of Newcastle (which he writes to disgrace Mr. Hammond) whereas he is only Lecturer and Teacher to a Congregational Church, and absolutely refused to be Vicar, which Mr. Tillam cannot but know, being so oft conversant in Newcastle. keywords: christ; church; god; hammond; hath; man; men; ministers; tillam cache: A96172.txt plain text: A96172.txt item: #84 of 89 id: A96990 author: Wyeth, Joseph, title: A vindication of W.P. from the erronious [sic] and false testimony of Thomas Budd: being in answer to a sheet of his, entituled, A testimony for truth date: 1697 words: 5188 flesch: 59 summary: A VINDICATION OF W. P. FROM THE Erroneous and False Testimony OF T. BUDD; etc. HAving met with a Sheet, Entitled, A Testimony for Truth against Error, Subscribed Thomas Budd, in which he Charges W. P. with denying some of the Chief Principles of Christianity: After Reading the Sheet, I was very desirous to get those Books of W. P's mentioned by T. Budd, that I might examine the Quotations from which he pretends to draw this Charge of Error; accordingly I did (with some difficulty) get them, and have Examined the Pages referred to by T. Budd, and have just reason to be Amazed, that after such picking, leaving out, and sometimes forging W. P's Adversaries Words for W. P's; a Man should have so hard a Forehead as to Entitule it, A Testimony for Truth; when in truth, it is a Testimony of as great Villainy as one Man can be capable of towards another; and nothing but Malice and Apostasy could be the Parent of so Monstruous a Production; which yet I know cannot at all influence those who know, and impartially consider the different Characters and Qualities of W. P. and T. Budd: For the Information of such (and now having the Books by me) as also to do Justice to W. P. I have undertaken this, wherein I shall do little more than to set down the places as they are quoted by T. Budd, and then subjoin the places as they are in W. P's Books, & which will be found sufficient to prove, that W. P. does not deny, The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit to be God, nor that Christ was wounded for our Transgressions, and bore our Griefs; nor deny that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, that died at Jerusalem; nor that we are Justified through the Righteousness of Christ; nor that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ of God; or the Resurrection of the Body; nor Undervalue the Scriptures: All which Blasphemy, Heresy and Error he pretends to find in the Books following, as they are Cited by him. keywords: budd; christ; god cache: A96990.txt plain text: A96990.txt item: #85 of 89 id: A97067 author: Wallis, John, title: Truth tried: or, animadversions on a treatise published by the Right Honorable Robert Lord Brook, entituled, The Nature of Truth, its vnion and vnity date: 1643 words: 58101 flesch: 65 summary: If the latter be wanting▪ ●●● sight is hindered from a desect in the Organ: (Thus▪ the most perspicuous Colour's are not discerned by a blind Eye; whereas the ●ame Colours are in themselves sufficiently Visible, and actually Discerned by others▪) For granting all things to be One, Yet how shall I know, whether there be an Unicorn, a Phoenix a Mermaid, or Ebur F●●●il●? keywords: act; action; actus; answer; argument; body; chap; chapter; christ; creature; cum; deny; difference; distinction; doth; enim; ens; ergo; essence; est; etc; evil; faculties; faculty; faith; falsehood; form; fountain; god; good; goodness; grant; habit; hath; hoc; ibid; igitur; knowledge; light; lordship; man; modus; nature; nec; non; object; operations; opinion; particularis; place; point; power; propositio; quae; quam; quod; rationis; real; realiter; reason; recipient; rei; res; s ●; second; sed; sense; sin; sit; soul; species; stone; subject; sunt; tamen; things; time; truth; understanding; unity; universalis; vel; viz; water; way; whatsoever; yea; ● e; ● o; ● t; ● ▪; ● ● cache: A97067.txt plain text: A97067.txt item: #86 of 89 id: B09142 author: Firmin, Giles, 1614-1697. title: Some remarks upon the Anabaptist answer sold by John Harris to the Athenian mercuries: and some upon his answer, who styles himself Philalethes Pasiph date: 1692 words: 10653 flesch: 81 summary: Such Parents, and such Children as have improved[ as there are such] their Father Abraham's, and their Baptismal Covenants, and have found the benefit of them, they would not be without them, let the Anabaptists make as light of them as they please. According to this, there was no need for Christ to give Command to baptize Children, for it was in practise Hundreds of Years before John baptized. keywords: abraham; baptism; children; christ; church; covenant; dipping; god; hath; parents; word cache: B09142.txt plain text: B09142.txt item: #87 of 89 id: B09776 author: Price, J., title: The Anabaptists Meribah: or vvaters of strife. Being a reply to a late insulting pamphlet, written by Thomas Lamb, merchant, intitulled, Truth prevail date: 1656 words: 43386 flesch: 72 summary: Why let them look upon your book, and then let the world be Judges, whether men of such abilities, parts, and reason as are evident, and conspicuous therein, are such men as Mr: Goodwin doth thus undervalue? And yet he that shall not receive your interpretations; nay though Paul, or an Angel from heaven say otherways, he is as a man accursed from Christ: you excommunicate such men, unchurch them, holding them unfit to partake of the Ordinances of God's House, although the Texts in the mean time urged and produced by you (as Balaam by Balack) to curse us, yet do not curse, but bless us altogether. keywords: answer; baptism; book; children; christ; church; consideration; doth; etc; faith; god; goodwin; great; hath; holy; lamb; like; man; manner; men; persons; reply; scriptures; sect; things; truth; viz; water; way; word cache: B09776.txt plain text: B09776.txt item: #88 of 89 id: B23186 author: Fox, George, -1661. title: A vvord to the people of the world, who hates the light, to be witnessed by the light in them all; : wherein is shewed unto them, what the light is, w date: 1659 words: 5339 flesch: 67 summary: and the light leads us into meekness, into soberness and love unfeigned, into holiness and uprightness into sound and pure judgement, into mercy, into patience, when we are reviled and persecuted( and at all times) into long suffering and truth in the inward parts, to do unto all men as we would they should do unto us; yea, it leads us who abide in it, into all truth, John 16.13 and this is not of ourselves, for it is the free gift of God, who freely gave his Son for a Covenant of light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world; and we who have received the gift of God( the light) by the gift we are brought to bring forth these fruits, which are contrary to those, which the spirit of error leads the children of disobedience to bring forth; so although we the children of light are accounted to be in delusion and error, yet it is Must not all be turned from darkness to light, and from Satans power to the power of God, before they can receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified, yea or nay? 5. keywords: christ; god; light; sin; spirit cache: B23186.txt plain text: B23186.txt item: #89 of 89 id: B23322 author: None title: The establish'd church, or, A subversion of all the Romanist's pleas for the Pope's supremacy in England : together with a vindication of the present date: 1681 words: 98681 flesch: 73 summary: 'Tis well if the Argument conclude here; etc. Infidelity. and extend not its Consequence to the charge of Infidelity, as well as Heresy, upon the present Roman Church: seeing, this Repugnancy in the Roman Faith seems to destroy it, altogether: for, He that believes the Pope's Supremacy, in the Sense of the Modern Church of Rome, denies the Faith of the Ancient Church in that point, and he that believes it not, denies the Faith of the present Church; and the present Church of Rome that professeth both, believes neither. the present Roman Church: For not only Heresy and Infidelity, but Schism, and the foulest that ever the Church groaned under; and such as the greatest Wit can hardly distinguish from Apostasy; Reas. keywords: act; apostles; archbishop; argument; authority; bishops; canons; catholic; cause; christ; church; churches; contrary; council; courts; crown; edw; england; etc; fathers; general; god; government; gregory; hath; head; hen; jurisdiction; king; kingdom; law; laws; patriarch; peter; plain; point; pope; possession; power; present; primacy; realm; reason; right; roman; rome; saint; saith; schism; sect; sense; statute; supremacy; things; time; tis; title; universal; viz; words; years cache: B23322.txt plain text: B23322.txt