Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	fruit_n	tree_n	1,531	5	8.1780	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81574	Divinity and philosophy dissected, and set forth, by a mad man. The first booke, divided into three chapters. Chap. I. The description of the world in mans heart: with the articles of the Christian Faith. Chap. II. A description of one spirit acting in all, which some affirme is God. Chap. III. A description of the Scripture according to the history and mystery thereof.	Mad man.	1644 (1644)	Wing D1737; Thomason E53_15; ESTC R14404	70,768	67

up by the law of God and all the thornes and thistles which is our sinnes is plucked up and throwne away that this holy seed may be sowed in our hearts in place of our sinnes and this seed is a tender plant wherefore O man look diligently to it and weed up all things that is like to destroy the same in thee And as for the Devill carrying Christ up into the holy City and setting him upon a pinacle of the Temple and shewing him all the Kingdomes of the Earth in the twinkling of an eye and saying that those Kingdoms were given to him this holy City is thy selfe O man and thou hast given it to the Devill and he hath begot many wicked generations and kingdomes in thee which is his and Christ taking thy sinfull nature upon him to destroy it the Devill being in that nature of sin thinks to exalt Jesus shewing him what kingdomes he had got in that nature for which he would have him worship him and hee would give him them all but he reproves him and cares not for his wicked kingdomes but crucifies him and them and casts him out of this nature and makes this his humanity to worship God and saith Get thee from me Sathan for I will worship my Lord and God so Christ the divine power of God taking upon him the sinfull nature had upon him the power of the Devill who thought to destroy him in it so the Devill and hee being in one nature strove for victory who should have this nature for his possession and dwelling place the divinity hath the victory when the humanity consenteth thereto and then there is two against one but if thou consentest to the devill there is no fighting for thee nor art thou worthy the fighting for therefore if thou hast a minde to stay with the Devill still thou mayest for hee will not pull thee out of his clawes against thy will wherefore looke to it O man for there stands before thee life and death chuse life and live for ever but if thou lovest death thou hast death for ever As concerning the Asse that Christ tooke away and his cursing the fig-tree it seemeth strange in the letter because it contradicteth the truth for the truth saith that we should use no violence nor take any mans goods from him and that we should not curse but blesse but we see here that Christ hath taken away the Asse that was bound and cursed the fig-tree against reason for the time of figs was not yet come therefore certainly there is another mystery in it for it cannot bee true according to the history that Christ should doe such unjust things for no falshood nor guile was found in his hands therefore this Asse is that simple innocencie that is tyed in thee with the cords of iniquity and cannot stir for the humanity never did ride thereon till Christ came in our humanity to make it free and then he rideth into Jerusalem the City of God meekly sitting upon this Asse which Asse is now the simple innocencie of God on which before Christ came into thy humanity Balams did ride upon and did kicke and spurne this innocencie without a cause therefore bee thou O man this simple innocent Asse that the King of Sion may ride meekly upon thee to Jerusalem the holy City of God And for the fig-tree that had no time to bring forth its fruits but was cursed is the humanity that Christ did take upon him induring therein the curse of the law for the sins cause nor could it bring forth fruit till Christ came in it and made it indure the curse of the law which made it seem to dye and vanish away for this fig-tree or humanity could not bring forth fruit till Christ came againe in spirit to vivifie and renue the same for he is the life of the true fig-tree that bringeth forth fruit in due season so this first fig-tree that was accursed shews unto us the first creation in man how that it could not bring forth fruit being lyable to the curse for sins cause and this tree is the humanity of Christ according to the flesh that indureth the judgement and curse of God with us for firs cause without cause in himselfe save only his love to us And as for that certaine man that fell amongst the theeves and was hurt many passing by and would not helpe him till the Samaritane came O man this certaine man is thy selfe that is gone out of Ierusalem the City of God to travell and hath met with the Devill and all his company which is pride vaine-glory hypocrisie lust intemperance wrath envy malice bitternesse of spirit covetcusnesse evill censuring murtherous mindes and all the wickednesse that is and these are the theeves that hath robbed thee of all goodnesse wounding thy soule and leaving thee for dead so the Priest and Levit that passeth by thee is the law wrath and curse of God that is upon thee and leaves thee alone to thy selfe for thy condemnation because thou bast left the city and house of God to travell thou knowest not whither to lose and damne thy selfe with the Devill and all his Angells and wicked spirits that hath killed and spoyled thy soule for thy wounds of sinne stinke and are puttified within thee as David saith my wounds are festred and stinke within me and so we lye as dead in trespasses and sinnes till the good Samaritane which is Iesus Christ come and have mercy on us and take us up and set us upon his Asse which is his most innocent and harmlesse life whereon he carries thee as halfe dead and after poureth in the oyle of his gracious goodnesse into thy wounds to heale them so that hee becommeth a plaister for thy sores to heale thee and indures all thy stinking filthinesse upon him for hee hath thy sores in his salve which is himselfe and is that most innocent and harmlesse life and hee it is that beares the iniquities of us all for all our sinnes and transgressions is upon him so this holy Christ is in hell in us till wee are cured of sinne for he is a salve for our stinking sores that is a hell to him and he indures thee and the wrath of God upon thee which is upon him in thee till thou art perfectly cured and made whole from all blemish or spot O how great is the love of God to thee O man why doth not thy heart melt in love to him againe seeing he is so good to thee Where O man canst thou finde such a love and lover or such goodnesse as he is to thee without any cause of thine but for his owne goodnesse sake whereby he takes pity on thee to helpe and save thee therefore O man whosoever thou art that is dead in trespasses and sinnes if thou dost not feele this power of God Jesus Christ in thee who is a salve for all sores which doth draw scoure and wash them within thee and