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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	election_n	grace_n	justification_n	1,624	5	9.7216	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10133	Iacobs vovv, opposed to the vowes of monkes and friers The first volume in two bookes; of the Holy Scripture, and euangelicall counsels. Written in French by Mr. Gilbert Primerose, minister of the word of God in the Reformed Church of Burdeaux. And translated into English by Iohn Bulteel minister of the gospel of Iesus Christ.; Voeu de Jacob. English	Primrose, Gilbert, ca. 1580-1642.; J. B. (John Bulteel), d. 1699.	1617 (1617)	STC 20390; ESTC S112003	232,060	268

other Churches And neuer thought to merit of God euerlasting life much lesse an excellent degree of glory therein for he challengeth nothing to himselfe but attributes all to the grace of God g 1. Cor. 15.10 By the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed vpon me was not in vaine but I laboured more abundantly then they all yet not I but the grace of God which was with me And although he protests saying I know nothing by my selfe namely in the exercise of his Ministerie concerning his affection fidelitie and zeale yet saith hee am I not hereby iustified Hee was then farre from thinking on workes of supererogation and obtaining a greater glory he that knew that he was not iustified no not by his workes esteemed himselfe h 1. Cor. 15.9 not meete to bee called an Apostle because he persecuted the Church of God felt yea acknowledged himselfe i 2. Cor. 12.11 to be nothing preached his demerits his misdeedes towards God the merits of Christ his Sauiour the mercies of God towards himselfe k 1. Tim. 1.15 Christ Iesus saith he came into the world to saue sinners of whom I am chiefe howbeit I obtained mercie c. He that in the combat of the law of his members warring against the law of his minde and bringing him into captiuitie to the Law of sinne which is in his members hath no other refuge then to the mercy of God in Christ l Rom. 7.25 I thanke God through Iesus Christ our Lord no other comfort then in the assurance he hath that m Rom. 8.1 there is now no condemnation to them which are in Iesus Christ that saith of Abraham his father and the father of all the faithfull n Rom. 4.2 if he were iustified by workes he hath whereof to glory but not before God declareth that not the righteousnesse only but o Rom. 4.6 the blessednes of the man also consisteth in that God imputeth vnto him righteousnesse without workes affirmeth that all they that are saued are saued freely p Ephes 2.8.9 ye are saued by grace through faith and thereby draweth an argument to exclude workes saying and that not of your selues it is the gift of God not of workes lest any man should boast Because he saith elsewhere q Rom. 11.6 If by grace then it is no more of workes otherwise grace is no more grace But if it bee of workes then it is no more grace otherwise worke is no more worke And that saith he of free election and therefore of vocation iustification sanctification and glorification also which proceede from it according to the Schoole-mens rule Quod est causa cause est causa causati That which is the cause of a thing is the cause of all the effects that proceede from thence Such an Apostle who in all his Epistles abaseth man yea makes him as a thing of nought that God may bee his all who will know nothing r 1. Cor. 2.2 saue Iesus Christ and him crucified who cries out Å¿ Gal. 6.14 God forbid that I should glory saue in the crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ by whom the world is crucified vnto me and I vnto the world who feeling t 2. Cor. 12.7.9 a thorne in his flesh the messenger of Satan to buffet him protests that he will glory not in his vertues not in merits of supererogation but in his infirmities that the power of God may rest vpon him Such a man so sensible of his infirmities so humble by reason of them so great a Preacher of the mercies of God such an enemie of mans merits such an Heralde and Trumpeter of their sinnes and demerits should he haue boasted of so small a matter before God should he haue made of so easie a thing a work of supererogation a merit of a greater glory because he preached the Gospell to the Corinthians without charge whilest he liued at the cost of other Churches as he tells them u 2. Cor. 11.8 I robbed other Churches taking wages of them to doe you seruice If it bee merit to preach the Gospell without wages wherefore tooke he reliefe of other Churches How suffered he that this his glory should be made voide But although hee preached the Gospell vnto all without wages Doe the Monkes preach the Gospell for nothing freely The preaching without wages freely is it an Euangelicall Counsell if it be where to whom by whom giuen kept by whom not by the Apostles not by the ancient Bishops not by the moderne Bishops not by Friers and Monkes How few Bishops Priests Monkes can preach How great is the number of those perfect ones that cannot so much as reade well And how few are they which in preaching recommend not their wallet bagge that would preach if it were not for the scrip that would doe the office if it were not for the benefice III. Let vs leaue this trifling and let vs seeke in the Apostle the meaning of his words The Corinthians were a couetous people and giuen to lucre The Apostle had conuerted them to the Gospell without charges to them for the reason he renders vers 12. We haue not vsed this power but suffer all things lest we should hinder the Gospell of Christ This people would not haue bought the Gospell with money his enemies would haue accused him of couetousnesse would haue vpbraided him that he preached the Gospell for his belly-sake would haue slaundered him and called him an hireling The couetousnesse of those and the malicious calumnies of these would haue hindred the course of the Gospell The Apostle knowing this did labour with his hands and when his worke could not suffice hee liued by the liberalitie and maintenance of other Churches x 2. Cor. 11.9 When I was present with you and wanted I was chargeable to no man for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied and in all things I haue kept my selfe from being burthensome to you and so will I keepe my selfe Surely in regard of his place and office they owed him his intertainement and he might haue iustly demanded and taken it but by reason of the circumstances and of the ende of his function he might not haue asked it nor taken it The ende of his calling was the edification of the people the aduancement of the Gospell Now he confesseth if he had been at charges with them he had hindered the Gospell therefore he might not doe it y 1. Cor. 10.23 All things saith he are lawfull for me but all things are not expedient all things are lawfull for mee but all things edifie not This was one of those things If hee had taken wages of the Corinthians he had not edified he had brought hinderance to the Gospell for the which it was expedient yea necessarie that hee should spare them for in things indifferent as this was one that which is lawfull in it selfe