Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bear_v	fruit_n	tree_n	1,451	5	8.5127	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44351	Heavens treasvry opened in a fruitfull exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the principal grounds of Christian religion briefly unfolded / by Tho. Hooker.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1645 (1645)	Wing H2650; ESTC R32035	59,299	265

than the word allowes then we can expect to bee bestowed upon us If wee have meate and cloth wee must not looke to the quantity so much a month or a quarter but goe to the Lord and let him dispose of all or else wee beg one thing and desire another The Lord will be content to give us bread not pearles not to cocker us but to give us what wee stand in need of That of Agar give mee not too much least I bee proud nor too little least I put forth my hand to wickednes but give me food convenient showes it is better to bee at Gods allowance then our owne A child happily would have a coate foure or five yards long to tire him and fire to burne him but a father will not have it for feare of harming him So wee would flow over but our Father measures out our portions according to our need It is with us as with dieted sick men they would have hot wines and salt meats and eat excessively but the Physitian orders all their dyets for if they should have their fill it would kill them a full stomack would encrease the humour so the Lord is a marvellous skilfull Physitian wee have proud hauty hearts and would have dainties and if wee should have riches as wee would God should loose his honour which now he hath by us beeing kept under hatches therefore the Lord diets us nothing would serve some if the Lord should not stint thē but they would bee as proud and saucy as ever they could therefore the Lord is compelled to diet them thus wee should be content with the least pittance that the Lord sees fit for us and hee that is thus the Lord will give him enough for his baite in this his pilgrimage and so much for this petition And forgive us our trespasses c. This is the fift petition touching the good of man three concerning God and three concerning us this life and a better the first wee have handled and they that concerne our spirituall being follow Wherein observe 1. The Order 2. The Sense and meaning of the words 3. The frame of the heart in putting up this petition 1. The order why it is thus placed namely Iustification before Sanctification the reason is because Sanctification flowes from Iustification Being justified we are sanctified first wee are acquitted of our sinnes whereof wee stand guilty before God and then hee sanctifies us first this then the other the other are the springs this the maine branch wee beg for faith and other graces but all are included in this 2. As for the sence of the words take notice 1. Here is the petition Forgive us our trespasses 2. The reason as wee forgive others or for even as we forgive others that trespasse against us so Lord forgive thou our debts this is the argument whereby we winne the favour of the Lord. Q. What is meant by debts A. By debts are meant all sinnes all failings whether of omission or commission Now they are called debts because wee owe all kind of obedience to God to love him above all and our neighbour as our selves Now these being the articles of agreement the slighting neglect of this same brings us into debt with God For first we are bound to these Secondly by breaking these wee deserve the punishment due to the breach of it now when wee omit any thing we forfeit and are cast behind hand Thirdly wee are liable to the execution of the punishment due for the breach of this Thus all sins are debts Q. What is it to forgive A. To forgive is this wee beg that the Lord would bee pleased not to take advantage of us because of our debts nor yet to proceed in the rigour of the Law to doe that it requires Now our sinnes require wee should bee condemned and executed a malefactor forfeiting his bond is cast in his cause throwne into prison and execution sued out for the satisfaction of his debt Now wee beg of the Lord that hee would not condemne us in the Court of conscience nor execute his Justice on us this is to forgive and this proceeds from mercy Q. But how can God doe this will this stand with the Justice of God not to bee satisfied for our facts to pardon them without satisfaction for them A. No but though the party doe not satisfy yet if the surety doe it is sufficient so though hee forgive us yet hee lookes for it at the sureties hand As the Creditor doth not require the debt at the debtors hands yet hee doth at his hands that is bound to make satisfaction for the same so the Lord doth not require satisfaction of us as hee might to exact the utmost farthing because thou sinnest thou shalt die the Lord will not exact this of us but he requires this satisfaction of the Lord Jesus So that God the Father is satisfied though not by us therein shewing mercy on my part and Justice on Christs part thus wee see what it is to forgive that the Lord would not arrest me but the surety that he would not exact of me but take all of Christ For we forgive others This is made an argumēt to prevaile with God wee beseech God to forgive us because wee forgive others as who should say If we forgive others forgive thou us as though first we could not forgive others before God forgive us hence the question drawes on namely Q. Whether is the soule able to forgive trespasses to others before the Lord forgive its trespasses A. No our forgiving others doth not goe before our owne forgivenesse God must first forgive us before wee can forgive others because it is a worke of grace to doe this as God requires and it comes from a gracious disposition of soule which God must put in us before wee can doe it for sanctification followes Justification Now to forgive trespasses is a worke of obedience flowing frō sanctification which sanctification followes Justification as a man should say a tree brings forth fruit from the sappe in the roote Q. But this is used as a cause we forgive others therefore forgive thou us it seemes A. No it is a fruit and effect to make way for this conveiance and assurance it makes us not to bee just but declares us to be just every reason propounded by the word because it doth not imply a cause as I proove fire to bee fire thus that which burnes is fire but that burnes therfore it is fire now burning is not the cause of fire but an effect of it for first there must bee fire before it can burne so it is a tree because it beares apples now apples are not the cause of the tree but the tree of the fruit Q. What is it to forgive the trespasses of our fellow brethren and how farre may wee doe it A. In the trespasse of a brother three things are considerable 1. The sinne it selfe 2. The guilt of that