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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	day_n	lord_n	3,361	5	4.2745	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51248	An heavenly wonder, or, A Christian cloath'd with Christ purposely penned to comfort Christs sin-sick-spouse / by Sam. Moore, minister of the gospel of God sometimes at Brides in Fleetstreete, London.	Moore, Samuel, b. 1617.	1650 (1650)	Wing M2586A; ESTC R232290	37,531	104

hee injoyes himselfe in Christ and so far forth as hee lives in Christ hee 's sin-lesse and his sin is not imputed to him hee 's all faire has no spot in him CHAP. 3. SECT 1. Arguments are these 1. EVery man is and every man do's in Gospel account that which he is most active in but a Spouse of Christ is most active in good least of all active in evill therefore said not to sinne David had many failings yet was he most in the practice of good and least in the practice of evill his heart as well as hand was more in the wayes of grace than in those of sin for hee sinned onely by accident if I mistake not minde that most singular Encomium that 's given him hee was a man after Gods own heart hee did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the dayes of his life and turned not aside from any thing the Lord commanded him save onely in the matter of Uriah the Hittite 1 Kings 15.5 There 's but one sin mentioned and that one is not because pardoned hee was eyed deemed and prized according unto that he was most active in so that in the account of mercy he had no spot in him a gracious heart is active most active in good but passive most passive in evill hee suffers when hee sins then most of all evills of suffering pinch him not so much as evills of sinning the one being but as a scar in the flesh the other a wound in the heart for such soules are most wounded in Christs wounds as the loyall wife is most wounded in the wounds of her husband Let complaints of Saints come forth and they 'l give evidence to this truth many are judgement-sad but few sin-sad Christs spouse is one of those few sinne is more her burthen then is suffering shee s a sensible sin-sick soule On the contrary a gracelesse heart is passive most passive onely in good suffers most whilst it do's well and esteems it not so much peace as perplexity to walke with God is active in goodnesse by accident most active in evill therefore a sinner no Saint by nature or name as Christ wills for one Christians consider t is not your starting into duties your exact performance of them or your fastening on goodnesse onely by fits that addes a beautie a comelinesse to you but t is that the hearts most in that the hands most in that your strength all your strēgth is laid out upon which shews what you are in Gospel account mark O man the bent of thy minde the might of thy motions thy constancy of continuation in the service of Christ that thou mayst be all fair spotlesse by imputation ARGUMENT 2. SECT 2. EVery man is and do's in Gospell account what he sincerely endeavours to do but a Spouse do's not endeavour to sin do's not put forth her might in sin do's not strenuously perpetrate sin Hence is said not to sin to be void of the spot of sin to have no sin Holy men in Scripture are said to have humbled themselves and to have purged themselves though the Lord knows the creatures insufficiency in such respects and does the work himselfe yet because they sincerely endeavoured to do it in his strength they are said in the account of mercy to have performed it and indeed the Scriptures are no way wanting in producing presidents for proof Manasseh Josiah Hezekiah 2 Chron. 33. 12. 32.26 34.27 Psal 35. 13. 1 Joh. 3.3 David and many others are said to have humbled themselves and he that ha's that hope purges himself as God is pure saith John 'T is the good will of God to crown imperfect actions of Saints with approbation acceptation to take a sincere will and willing minde for the deed it self every man is in the account of God what he heartily endeavours to be 2 Cor. 8. 12. in good or evil but a godly mans heart is not in sin not set to sin he do's not presse on that way but he presseth on to the way of escape from it even the Lamb of God that takes away sin I Presse towards the Phil. 3. 14. marke for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I persecute the marke it s the same word that 's used in the Acts where Paul speaks to Agrippa that he compeld men to blaspheme and Acts 26.11 was exceedingly mad against Saints did persecute them into strange Cities Paul resolv'd as he had been the chief of sinners now to strive if possible to be the chief of Saints now to excell in grace as much yea much more then before he had exceeded in sin hence that saying in the Corinthians imports 2 Cor. 5. 12 13. Paulus in omnia praeceps nil actum oredens cum quid superesset agendum de Caesare Lucan 2 Phar. as much Whether we be besides our selves it is to God or whether we be sober it is for your sakes for the love of God constrains us Paul sets before them the coming of Christ and their appearance before his judgement seat with greatest intention of Spirit and contention of speech 'T is said of Origen that he was ever earnest but never more then when he spake of Jesus Christ ARGUMENT 3. SECT 3. THat which gives the denomination to persons or things is the predominant quality in those persons and in those things but grace in the gracious is the predominant quality though there be other ingredients in the compound hence they 'r called Saints not sinners and are ey'd in him that sanctifies as sinlesse no action denominates the efficient but predominant qualities give appellation to the subject Vna actio non denominat particular actions prove not the soundnesse or unsoundnesse of the affections for a good man may do an evill action and an evill man a good action but predominant qualities are the fairest and truest Characters of what our minds be and such as our minds and their objects be even such are we grace rules in Saints sin in sinners on the contrary the predominant quality in sinners is sin hence they have the name Sinners 't was Pauls comfort that his minde was Christs servant though his flesh was the servant of sin his minde had the mastery was predominant t is here as in things naturall water 's our instance which consists of many elements but because moistnes and coldnes are the principall predominant qualities in the compound thence it ha's its denomination 1 Kin. 15. 14. is called water Asa removed not the high places did evill in many things neverthelesse his heart was perfect with the Lord all his days uprightnesse and integrity of heart were predominant in his heart therefore t was a perfect heart and so called mercy was the cause would it should be so ARCUM 4. SECT 4 EVery man is and every man do's in the account of the Gospel that which