Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	confirm_v	new_a	testament_n	8,389	5	9.6949	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10578	A necessary instruction of christian faith and hope for Christians to holde fast, and to be bolde vp on the promise of God, & not to doubt of their saluation in Christ. Translated out of D. Vrbanus Regius, into English and newly recognized by Iohn F.; Instruccyon of christen fayth	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.	1579 (1579)	STC 20848; ESTC S106076	25,574	62

knowne to be my disciples if ye haue loue one to another Agayne he that taketh not vp his crosse and foloweth me he is not my disciple Where there is no repentance nor any amendment of life and studye of good workes verery there is no true faythe True faythe can not bee without good woorkes no more then a good tree with out fruite or the sunne without hys heat thys is vndoubted Therefore let euerye man examine and searche himselfe well least he deceiue himselfe Many men ther be whiche saye they beleeue when they haue no beleife as it may appeare by their vicious and wicked lyfe For this is certaine where soeuer true faith is there is also the feare of God ther is repentance there a true and a Christian mans life foloweth there the olde sinfull man is put off and a newe put on For because this is the vertue and operation of our holy baptisme that fayth doth clean renue transforme a christian into a new man which walketh not afte flesh but after the spirit Rom. viii Then where the grace of god wor●keth in vs good fruite and wee begin to folow the commandementes of God our old man is not all mortified straight way but wild and wanton flesh wyth her lustes dothe striue againste vs all our lyfe long and neuer ceaseth prouoking vs to sinne and euer rebelleth agaynste oure spirite letting and hindering vs in all honeste vertues whereby we bee not able to liue so vprightlye after Gods commandements as we would Wherefore when our sinfull conscience or the feare of death doth come vpon vs we can not trust to our works nor finde any comfort therein but if we will bee saued we must needes cry with the holy king Dauid Enter not Lord into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight no liuing flesh shall be iustified Our good workes thoughe they bee neuer so holye and excellent yet the value of them is not such neither oughte wee to doe them for any such purpose neither doth God require them to be done of vs for that in tent that we should be iustified and saued by them For no man can trust anye thing to his workes neither be they able to deliuer vs from our death That thing only the works of Iesus Christe is able to doe and nothing els This glory and honoure is onely dewe to him and to no man else to be a Iesus that is by interpretation a Sauiour For hee onelye taketh away our sinnes iustifieth and saueth vs by his workes passion This is his office his worke duty onely for the which hee was sent hither of his Heauenlye Father and oures to doe Therefore if the holye workes and commandements of God can bring no peace of conscience then what shall a miserable sinner doe in the distresse of hys tentation Whether shall he goe whether shall he turne himselfe Wher shall he find helpe and succour and comforte so then if we looke for any saluation we must firmelye beleeue and perswade our consciences that our sinnes be pardoned vs and cleane taken away But now howe shall we be so certified in our mindes I answere in such tentations a man must needes sette aparte the lawe and all his good deedes that euer he hath done all his strength all his power and merites and let them all stande a side in this case For here nothing can succoure vs but onely the workes and passion of Iesus christ And therefore we must appeale from the law streighte to the riche and mercifull promise of our Father in his sonne Christ as vnto a sure succour and a sanctuary of eternall security and peace and holde it fast in a firme and a sure fayth And thus shall we find comfort and quietnes ynough and more then we can desire then neyther sinne nor death nor hell shall be able to hurt vs. The promise of God is this Almightye GOD hath promised vs damnable sinners in his onely begotten sonne Iesus Christe without any maner of exception or condition of our owne merites clearely● of his owne free grace and goodnes full remiss●on of al our sins his holy spirite and euer lasting life and that he will euermore be our Father and that he wil vouchsafe to receiue vs to his children giue vs perpetuall saluation These things stand true firme eternal vnfalible sure and stedfast for euer God which is almighty which can not lye hath so promised to vs and hath sworne depely by himself that he wil performe thē This is the newe testament and the euerlasting couenant of grace made to vs in Christ betwixt him and vs and confirmed with his bloud wherof his prophe●s so greatly speake Christe the sonne of God hath confirmed this testament by his death and is a sure gage or a pledge of this promise of god The truth and grace of God is layd and reposed for vs in Christ in him we be sure to finde it as God speaketh of his sonne Christe our true Dauid in the psalme lxxxix My truth and my mercie shall eueruermore be with him in my name hys power shall be exalted he shall call me Thou art my father my god the rescue of my health And I shal set him to bee mine heire first begotten auance him abaue al the kinges of the earth I shall euermore reserue my mercy to him and my faithful testamēt vpon him And I shal set vp his seede for euermore hys throne like the dayes of the firmament And if his children transgresse my preceptes wil not walke in my iudgemēts I shall visite chastice their iniquities with my rod their sinnes with stripes but I will neuer take away my mercye cleane from him my truth shall neuer fayle him I will neuer breake my testament that I make neither wil I euer go frō my words that procede out of my lyps Once haue I sworn in my holines see if euer I breake mine appointmēt with my leruant Dauid his sede shal remaine for euer his thron like y son in my sight c. This promise is also read in the ii Reg. vii Here in this prophesie God speaketh of that eternal kingdom of Christ which perpetuall mercy peace and quietnes is for in Christe he hath reposed layd vp his truth and mercy Therefore in no other thinge can this promise of grace be found or obtained saue onely in christ In him God hath promised to vs saluation freely through his mighty mercye Therefore who soeuer beleeueth in Christe without any more a doe to bee bolde vpon it he hath al thinges And thoughe there be in Christes kingdome weake and infirme-sinners which slippe and fall many times yet this priuiledge and prerogatiue they haue their sinnes shall not be imputed to damnation All their offences be offences of children not of seruants We haue a salue-conducie a passeporte throughe all the