Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39678	The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native countrey, and the souls of men.	Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing F1180B; Wing F1466_CANCELLED; ESTC R214634	80,393	172

I hope it shall effectually lead me to repentance and dissolve for ever the strongest tyes betwixt me and my lusts SECT II. Conversion of the vilest Sinner possible THAT it is possible for the greatest and most infamous Sinner to be recovered by Repentance and Conversion and thereupon to find mercy and forgiveness with God is a truth as sure and firm as it is sweet and comfortable Three things will give full evidence of it 1. That their Sins do not exceed the power and sufficiency of the causes of Remission 2. That such Sinners are within the calls and invitations of the Gospel 3. That such Sinners are found among the instances and Examples of pardoning mercy recorded in the Scriptures And if the Causes of Pardon be sufficient and able to produce it if the Gospel-invitations do take them in and such sinners as these every way as vile and wicked have not been shut out but received to mercy then 't is beyond all doubt that there is at least a possibility of mercy for such sinners as you are I. 'T is past all rational doubt that the Causes of Remission are every way sufficient and able to produce the forgiveness of such sins as yours are For consider with your selves The power of 1. The Impulsive Cause 2. The Meritorious Cause 3. The Applying Cause 1. The sufficiency and ability of the Impulsive Cause of Pardon which is none other but the Free-grace of God the immense riches and treasures whereof do infinitely exceed the accompts and computations both of Angels and Men Exod. 34. 6 7. And the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin Mic. 7. 18 19. Who is a God like unto thee that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgressions of the remnant of his heritage He retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy He will turn again he will have compassion upon us he will subdue our iniquities and thou wilt cast all our sins into the depths of the Sea Once more Rom. 5. 20. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound So that whatever thy sins have been they do not they cannot exceed the ability and power of the Grace of God the all-sufficient Impulsive Cause of Remission That infinite Abyss or Sea of mercy can swallow up and cover such mountains of guilt as thine have been 2. Nor do thy sins exceed the power and ability of the Meritorious Cause of Remission namely the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ for that Blood is the Blood of God Act. 20. 28. He is the Lamb of God whose blood is sufficient to take away the sins of the world John 1. 29. There is but one sin in the world exempt from Remission by this blood and if thy heart be now wounded with the sense of sin as I here suppose it to be that 's none of thy sin how heinous soever thy other sins be 3. Nor do thy sins exceed the ability and power of the Applying Cause of pardon namely the Spirit of God For though I should suppose thy mind to be clouded and overshadowed with grossest ignorance thy Heart to be as hard as an Adamant or Nether Mill-stone thy Will stiff and obstinate thy Affections enchanted and bewitched with the pleasures of Sin yet this Spirit of God in a moment can make a convincing beam of light to dart into thy dark mind make thy hard heart relent thy stubborn will to bow and all the affectiâ—ns of thy Soul to comply and open obedientially to Christ John 16. 9 10. The Spirit when he cometh he shall convince the world of Sin c. Thus you see whatever your guilt be it does not exceed the abilities of the Causes of Remission On what an Encouragement is this II. And there is yet further Encouragement in this that if you will open your Bibles you may find your selves within thâ— Calls and Invitations of the Gospel And no man can say that man is without hope that is within a Gospel-invitation Consider Isa. 55. 7 8. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon for my thoughts are not your thoughts c. Here you have the nature of Conversion described Negatively and Positively by forsaking your ways and thoughts and turning to the Lord The way notes the external course of the Conversation the thoughts denote the internal frame and temper of the Mind both these must be forsaken And turning to the Lord denotes the sincere dedication of the whole man to God all which is possible and easy for the Spirit of God to do and this being once done abundant Pardon is assured If you say you cannot think it God tells you in the very next words That his thoughts are not your thoughts but as far above them as the Heavens are higher than the Earth Read to the same purpose Isaiah 1. 18 Rev. 3. 20. John 7. 37. III. And to make the possibility of Remission yet clearer know for your encouragement that as vile infamous and prodigious Sinners as your selves are recorded and found amongst the instances and examples of forgiven sinners in Scripture Paul was once a fierce and cruel Persecutor and Blasphemer yet he obtained mercy 1 Tim. 1. 13 14. That sinful Woman recorded Luke 7. 37 38 was an infamous and a notorious sinner yet her sins which were many were forgiven her v. 47. Manasseh was a Monster of wickedness as you may read 2 Chron. 33. yet found mercy And if you view that Catalogue of sinners given in 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. you will seem to find among them the very forlorn-hope of desperate sinners advanced nearest to Hell of any men upon Earth yet see ver 11. what is said of some of them And such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are justified All these things plainly shew I say not the Certainty that you shall be but the Possibility that you may be pardoned which is a mercy and encouragement unspeakable SECT III. The Conversion of prophane ones highly probable AND because Satan labours to discourage them that are gone in sin so far as you are by cutting off all hopeâ— of mercy from them and bringing them to this desperate Conclusion Damned we know we shall and must be and therefore as good be damned for more as less If we had lived sober and civil lives we might have had some hope but because we have no hope 't is as good for us to take our full swinge in sin as to think of returning by Repentance and Conversion so late in the day as this is To obviate this deadly snare of Satan I shall here further add That there is not only a Possibility of your recovery but in some respect

avoided and that there are degrees of Goodness found in Pleasures and Delights p. 22. Sect. V. The Wisdom and Goodness of God admired in leaving Principles of Reason and Notices of Conscience in men after the Fall p. 24. Sect. VI. The Wickedness of violating and abusing these Notices and Principles p. 26. Sect. VII How reasonable it is that men should consult their Reasons and Consciences p. 29. CAAP. III. Giving the true censure of Reason and Conscience upon Prophane Swearing in Nine Sections Sect. I. TWO Ends for which God bestowed the noble Faculty of Speech upon man p. 31. Sect. II. The Nature and Grounds of Lawful Oaths p. 33. Sect. III. The Contumely and Malignity of Prophane Oaths p. 34. Sect. IV. What a dreadful provocation to God and hazard to the Community contumelious Blasphemy is p. 37. Sect. V. Till Publick Justice lay hold on Offenders the force of Reason tried upon them p. 39. Sect. VI. The Swearer's first Plea from the Lepor and Ornament that Oaths give to his Language weighed and rejected by Reason p. 41. Sect. VII His second Plea from provocations by men bafled by Reason p. 43. Sect. VIII His Third Plea That Swearing is modish and a Badge of Gentility confuted and overthrown by Six Reasons p. 44. Sect. IX The Last Plea for Swearing from Custom cast over the Bar of Reason p. 53. CHAP. IV. Reason and Conscience again consulted about the Sin of Drunkenness in Five Sections Sect. I. THE intimate and admirable love of Souls to their Bodies p. 57. Sect. II. The Prudence of the Soul manifested in its government of the Body p. 59. Sect. III. The dethroning of Reason by Drunkenness the highest exaltation of folly p. 61. Sect. IV. The Moans and Laments of a Drunkard's Body to his Soul represented in a pathetical Prosopopaea p. 63. Sect. V. The Drunkards First Plea from his Natural Ability p. 65. His Second Excuse from the relief of his anxious Cares p. 70. His Third Excuse from his Delight and Pleasure in Wine c. p. 72. His Fourth Excuse from alluring Company and Business p. 75. His Fifth Excuse from pretended Loyalty to the King p. 77. His Sixth Excuse from his plentiful Estate p. 78. CHAP. V. Containing the Determination of Reason and Conscience about the Sin of Uncleanness in Eight Sections Sect. I. GOD hath made more abundant Provision for the delight of Rational than of Brutal Beings within the Pale of his Laws p. 81. Sect. II. Corrupt Nature hates God's Confinements p. 82. Sect. III. God's Choice better than our own in Five Respects p. 84. Sect. IV. What should induce men to break out of God's Inclosure p. 87. Sect. V. The First Inducement from the Examples of Great Ones bafled by Reason p. 88. Sect. VI. The Second Inducement from pretended Necessity cashier'd by Reason p. 89. Sect. VII The Third Inducement from the absence of lawful Remedies rejected by Reason p. 92. Sect. VIII The Fourth Inducement from the Commonness of it wholly shamm'd and bafled by Reason p. 93. CHAP. VI. The Last Debate with Reason and Conscience about the bitter enmity and spirit of Persecution among professed Protestants in Six Sections Sect. I. Man naturally a sociable Creature p. 96 Sect. II. The Interest of States and Churches to make every Individual as useful as may be to the whole p. 98 Sect. III. The folly and misery of the feuds and animosities in the same Civil and Religious Societies ibid. Sect. IV. These Feuds presages of National Misery p. 100 Sect. V. The true Rise and Cause of this fixed Hatred p. 101 Sect. VI. This true cause politickly suppressed and silenced Hypocrisy pretended and the Pretence hafled p. 102 The Second Pretence of their Sedition and Rebellion bafled by Reason five ways â€– p. 106 The CONTENTS of the SECOND PART Of the Possibility Nature and Necessity of Conversion to God in Ten Sections Sect. I. Conviction supposed and Grace therein admired p. 121 Sect. II. The Conversion of the vilest sinner possible demonstrated three ways p. 125 Sect. III. The Conversion of prophane Persons more probable than others fixed on their own Righteousness p. 129 Sect. IV. True Conversion frequently and fatally mistken p. 132 Sect. V. The Nature of true Conversion to God opened p. 135 Sect. VI. Opening one great hazard attending Conversion p. 136 Sect. VII Demonstrating the absolute Necessisy of thorough Conversion p. 138 Sect. VIII Men may do more than they do towards their own Conversion And what these things are p. 140 Sect. IX Discouragements removed out of the way of Conversion and the Sinners way prepared to Christ p. 142 Sect. X. Powerful Motives perswading to Conversion p. 144 THE REASONABLENESS OF Personal Reformation CHAP. I. The Introduction and State of the Case SECT I. REason exalts Man above all earthly Beings 'T is his Dignity and Priviledge that God hath furnished him with Abilities of Mind to recollect animadvert compare infer ponder and judge his own Actions Hereby he becomes not only capable of Moral Government by Humane Laws which no Creature beside him is but also of Spiritual Government by Divine Laws and the blessed Frutions of God in Glory which no other Species of Creatures Angels only excepted have a subjective capacity for Right Reason by the Law of Nature as an â—ome-born Judge arbitrates and determines all things within its proper Province which Province is extended far and wide All Action Natural Moral and Civil are weighed at thiâ— Beam and Standard None are exempted but maâ—ters of supernatural Revelation and yet eveâ— these are not wholly and in every respect exempâ— from Right Reason For though there be somâ— Mysteries in Religion above the sphere and flighâ— of Reason yet nothing can be found in Religioâ— that is unreasonable And though these Mysteries be not of naturaâ— investigation but of supernatural Revelation yet Reason is convinced nothing can be morâ— reasonable than that it take its place at the feeâ—â— of Faith which is but to suffer it self to becomâ— Pupil to an Omniscient and Infallible Instructoâ—â— The resolution of our Reason into Faith anâ— of Faith into God's Veracity are Acts highly beâ—coming Reasonable Beings in such Cases aâ— these It may not pry too nicely into unrevealed Myâ—â—steries demand the Reasons or examine thâ—â— Causes of them as bold and daring Socinians doâ— but it feels it self obliged to receive all those thing both as possible and true which God hath revealed counting his Revelation alone to be Reason suffiâ—cient For the Veracity of God takes out of Reaâ—sons mouth all Objections against the truth ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ them and his Almighty Power silences all its Scruâ—â—ples against the possibility of them But in all Matters properly under the jurisdiâ—ction of Reason every man is obliged to accounâ— with himself as well as others for the reasonaâ—bleness of his own Actions and that Act whicâ— will not endure the test of sound Reason iâ— judges not fit for the entertainment of a Man ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Reason

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