Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	apostle_n	faith_n	word_n	1,525	5	4.2834	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80452	A copie of a letter against the engagement. As it was sent to a minister, who perswaded his neighbour that he might subscribe.		1651 (1651)	Wing C6112; Thomason E622_13; ESTC R206436	14,704	16

harden and give them up to this height of Impiety that he does thereby invest them with any Just power or Authority over us were to overthrow the whole Oeconomy under the Gospell and to fight for Mahomet against Christ Nothing can go beyond his Majesties own words in his Divine and most incomparable 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The winde which fills the Pyrates sailes when there is nothing at all of Man in it and so more immediately the hand of Heaven does not at all justifie their Pyracy or give 'em a right to those ill-gotten goods they are possess'd of though it bring 'em save into the Harbour If it be not of God sayes Gamaliel it will come to nought But because we cannot promise our selves so long a time to make the experiment and may not girt up God to our short moment our Saviour has given us a much surer rule in his ab initio if it were unlawfull in the beginning if they came not in by the door by lawfull and just wayes but have Climed up some other way by Perjury Treason Rebellion and Regicide though they are got in and seiz'd upon the Regalia the Sheep-hook and the Scrip pretending by these Ensignes to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they are yet no other then Theeves and Robbers and the Sheep owe them neither Audience nor Obedience neither to hear nor follow them I need not be told this was meant by our Saviour especially in relation to False Teachers for however it serves to prove what I only urge it for that a violent and forcible and injurious Entry however it succeeds is not to be look'd upon as Gods Providence for then climing up would be the same thing as comming in by the door God onely can be said to transfer or translate a Kingdome since he Rules not immediately among us as among the Jewes when his Providence so disposes and orders that by the Lawes and Rights among Men it is remov'd to another Sir these are all the Objections and Evasions my memory could readily supply me with and though I believe some of them might have spar'd yet not knowing which was your Achillium whereon you ground your perswasion I could not tell which to omit As for my Answers I have not every where marshall'd 'em into that Posture and Array as to fight 'em at best advantage for considering to whom I write you would be able to improve 'em in your own thoughts I knew to their full force and importance And when that is done and you are convinc'd of the utter absolute unlawfullnesse of this Engagement 't will be no new task I trow to fortifie you against the losses and sufferings may light upon you perhaps in this behalf For beside the Reward and Glories of another life there is so much Epicurisme and Voluptuousness let me mind you in the Feast of a good Conscience as the whole world and the fulnesse thereof cannot be cook't out into any Comparison or Resemblance with it and the hundred fold return even in this life with Persecutions is as particularly and expresly our Saviours promise if we can count him faithfull that has promis'd as in the world to come Life Everlasting But I humbly crave pardon for my over-importuning you in this unnecessary length and beseech you to accept it with the same Right hand of Charity and Good-will as 't is presented to you I have my Ends if it may take you off from being any offence or scandall in this matter And as not to bring the Kings Bloud upon you by listing your self in the Engagement so nor your Peoples Bloud by holding your peace when need requires It is no time to provoke God when his wrath is already in so high and hot displeasure gone out against us Take thy Censer and goe quickly say Moses that 's our proper Vbi between the living and the dead and in Joel between the Proch and the Altar saying Spare thy people O Lord and give not thine Heritrge to this reproach which I shall no longer divert you from then to renew my suit for your fair and friendly Interpretation of what is meant and offer'd you in this Letter though you should suppose it from Dead Elijah Post-script SIR HAving been so long in my Letter I am oblig'd to be a little longer and to shoot away one Arrow more to find the rest in case they should be all lost perhaps as to the Mark I aime at and your neighbour while this is comming to his hands already engag'd Truly Sir that there will then lie an Engagement upon him must be granted on all hands And because I shall suppose by what has been said it will be very clear for Repentance that Repentance is that duty he is now so solemnly engag'd to by this Subscription My only next care is to warn him from splitting twice on the same Rock and that this Secunda Tabula prove not a worser ruine and breaking to him than his former Naufragium And therefore however True and Faithfull betray'd him before as with a Syrens Song to be interpreted of quietnesse onely and sitting still He must remember to sail another way to turn the quite contrary ear unto it in this Engagement and duty of Repentance to be True and Faithfull here must be understood to be Active and Operative not to sit still onely and be sorry for what he has done He that sits down here will never come at True Repentance No! Sorrow sayes the Apostle worketh Repentance worketh as is well observ'd by Bishop Andrews and therefore is not it unlesse a thing can be said to be the cause of it self 't is here as with Faith dead without works so Repentance without Fruits a Repentance onely to be Repented of Our Saviours words are very plaine To whom much is forgiven he loveth much and which way soever we expound them either much forgivenesse upon much Love or much Love upon much forgivenesse they are not to be parted And he that does not goe much higher after his much Sin shew himself further for the King and the Lawes than he did or was oblig'd to doe before this Engagement has nothing to doe with much Forgivenesse the sin of his Engagement lies still upon him and he is yet in the Bond of his Iniquity FINIS