Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	bring_v	fruit_n	good_a	2,040	5	4.2242	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51230	A sermon preach'd before the House of Lords in the abby-church at Westminster, upon Monday January 31, 1697 / by John Lord Bishop of Norwich.	Moore, John, 1646-1714.	1697 (1697)	Wing M2555; ESTC R26202	18,373	42

have much help from their Memory in forming Notions of Truth and Falshood and of the Good and Evil in things by recalling the Times and Actions which are gone and by recollecting what Fruits such Courses of Life did produce and what was the gain or loss such Deeds did bring along with them So that in passing Judgment upon Matters in view they may be directed not only by the Objects which at present work upon their Senses but consult the Register of all that are past and therefrom collect that the same Causes will have the same Effects and so get Instructions how by changing the way to attain the Good in the pursuit whereof before they miscarried and to escape the Evils into which by Ignorance or Rashness they formerly had fallen Then lastly By Speech which would be of no use without Society Men are enabled to communicate to each other not only their present Thoughts but their former Experience and so to arrive at the same Opinions of things and at length to agree upon such Rules in ordinary Dealings which they shall judge to be for the general Good 2. We prove Order and Government to be ordained of God from the great Love and Appetite all Men have for Society Where an Appetite is universally rooted in the Nature of any kind of Beings we can attribute so general an Effect to nothing but the Maker of those Beings As all the Faculties of Men are fitted for mutual Intercourse so no Desires are more constant or stronger than those of conversing one with another How great is the Delight that arises from Virtuous Friendship How unspeakable the Pleasure which springs up in our Souls from Opportuninities to imitate our Glorious Lord and Maker in doing good to great Numbers Actions of this kind are most agreeable to our Sense and Reason And we cannot return Acts of Gratitude to our Friends do Deeds of Charity to the Poor or shew Kindness to any in their present Distress without sweet and pleasing Reflections and feeling the truest inward Satisfaction As to them who pretend to be most delighted with hiding themselves from the World it is enough to answer That they could not retire with safety and freedom from fear were they not protected by the Laws of the Community and the Care of those who apply themselves to Publick Business and that their Retirement would prove very uncomfortable had they not the Works of such Persons to entertain themselves with in their Closets whose Company they decline abroad 3. That the Deficiencies and Wants unavoidable in the present state cannot be supplied without Society and other Mens Assistance No living Creatures have such need of one another as Men they cannot come into the World without much help and when in it they know no means to support themselves it is for a long time that their Parents provide all Necessaries for their Subsistence Many sudden Calamities and Disasters befal Man which would presently make an end of him did not his Neighbours come to his relief He is liable to numerous Diseases which he cannot cure or prevent some whereof not only disorder his Blood and Spirits but deprive him of the Use of Reason in which distressed Condition he owes his Life under God wholly to the Compassion and Care of his Friends Moreover to make Men more ready to do good Offices God hath put Passions in them whereby they are deeply affected with the Prosperity or Misfortunes of them with whom they converse The good success of the Affairs of their Allies does stir up secret Joy and Pleasure in their Minds and the fear of any harm hapning to them is the cause why they bring in more speedy and ample Supplies for their Deliverance out of Trouble But that our Passions should not transport us into any Excess hurtful to our selves or others God hath put them under the Government of our Reason So that any Mischief coming to us by their Unruliness must be imputed to our own want of Care and Consideration More Reasons was there now time of the necessity for Men to confederate and join together in Bodies by Rules and Covenant might be offered Nature teaches us that what it hath left in common ought to be divided into shares for while men have nothing proper to themselves the use of things would be the occasion of perpetual Quarrels they would ever be contending who should be the first Possessor of this or that Portion of Land and how long they should keep Possession of it Insomuch that it is of absolute necessity there should be general Rules to separate and distinguish one man's Share and Propriety from anothers which are what we mean by Laws And the making an equal Division among all Parties in like Circumstances is stiled Justice Which Virtue the Philosopher thinks more difficult to be practised because it primarily has relation to the good of other men but the rest of the Virtues to our selves Indeed there could be no Encouragement for Man to labour and cultivate the Earth if there were no Laws to restrain the Strong from taking by Violence or the Weak from secretly purloining the Fruits and Products of his honest Industry or to punish the Malicious Person whose Spite and Ill Nature should prompt him to do a shrewd Turn to his Neighbour Wherefore those Savage People among whom little Government Order or Discipline is visible seem to be in a state of Life not much preferable to that of the Wild Beasts of the Forest They both spend their Time in hunting for their Food and there is no great difference between the Huts of the one and the Dens of the other Nay Birds and Beasts by Instinct of Nature delight to flock and herd together and to receive some low degrees of Advantage from such imperfect Society as they are capable of by their Nature 4. That unless men submit to the Authority erected and establish'd in every Society for the Government of it no Society or Community can subsist or continue If the Providence of God hath so contrived the state of things that Mankind cannot live happily in the World out of Communities or Confederate Bodies and if Subjection to the Sovereign Power in every Community be required absolutely to the Preservation of it then God has made Subjection a Duty incumbent upon the Members of the Community The Truth of this Assertion will be more clear and evident by considering the several things required to the Constitution of a Society or Community which I take to be these Three 1. That there should be Laws enacted and published for the Government of the Society As I have shewn it to be the Dictate of Nature that the Earth and the good things it does bring forth should be divided among men for upholding Peace and Order in the World so it is plain that what Portion thereof every particular man should enjoy must be determin'd by the Laws of the Community where he resides It is the Work