Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	exclude_v	faith_n	justification_n	1,460	5	9.5364	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13857	The profe and declaration of thys proposition: fayth only iustifieth: gathered [and] set forth by Richarde Tracy; Profe and declaration of thys proposition: fayth only justifieth.	Tracy, Richard, d. 1569.	1543 (1543)	STC 24164; ESTC S104938	17,685	66

vs that we shulde grouÌ„de stablyshe make sure our saluatioÌ„ vpon goddes promises whych be euer certeyn sure So that in all temptations of desperation we may constaÌ„tly surely trust to that sure promyse made by god to vs. The scripture therfore geueth all the power of iustifycation only holly to god whych by hys prophete Esay sayth Ezaie xliii I am he I am he onelye whyche for myne owne selfe sake do awaye thyne offence forget thy synnes so that I wyl neuer thynke vpon them Also the prophet O see sayeth Oâ—ee xiii O Israel thyne iniquitie hath destroyed the but in me onely is thy helpe Therfore the christen mans iustice wherby he is accepted before God to be iuste ryghtwyse is not a ciuill iustice earthly iustice but an heueÌ„ly iustice not an actiue iustice consystynge in workes whyche we yelde and gyue to god but a passiue iustice whych we receaue of mercy onely froÌ„ god For god seeth in vs no goodnes nor any other thyng wherby he is moued to fauour vs but onlye our wretched mysery wherby he is moued wyth hys godly benignitie and pytie to haue mercy on vs. wherfore our iustice is not wtin vs nor of vs but Christ is oure iustice Christ iesê° of God is made vnto vs wisdome and also rightuousnes satisfiing redemcion that accordynge as it is written he that reioyceth shulde reioyce in the lorde being wtout vs he is frelye wtout our deseruing gyuen to vs by God It is nothyng of our worthynes or deseruynge that Christes iustice is called our iustice but of Christes onely infinite mercy that he estemeth rekeneth hys iustice to be ours So that we synners couered clothed with christes iustice i. Cor. i. do appere in the syght of god iuste ryghteous so of god for Christes sake be accepted as iust ryghteous Alas then what vnkynde frowarde styffenecked people be we which wyl not moste mekely lowly and thankefully accept receyue and take Christes iustice holynes and redemption lyberaly frely most mercyfully offred geuen vnto vs of god wherby we without cause of our parte deserued shuld be estemed reputed and accepted before him notwithstaÌ„ding our weaknes synfulnes to be therof forgeuen estemed as iust holy in hys syght for Christes sake only what vnthaÌ„kfulnes vnkindnes is this to coÌ„tempne goddes most mercyful aboundauÌ„t lyberal gyftes offered gyuen to vs what arrogancy and presumption is thys to attribute gyue to our weake synful workes that helpe coÌ„forte fauoure remedye whych we onely by all equitie haue cause be bouÌ„de to sech desyre loke for froÌ„ god for christes passioÌ„ deathes sake the pryce of our synne only cause of our acceptauÌ„ce to fauour Thys vnworthy estimatioÌ„ of workes geuyng to theÌ„ that which god promised to gyue vs frely is no lesse then to iudge esteme God vntrue in all hys promyses whyche is to confesse hym in worde and to deny hym in deede an vtter falsifyeng denyal of al the scriptures What vnwyse yea mad meÌ„ be we whiche wyl stablishe grouÌ„d our saluatioÌ„ vpon our vnperfyt incoÌ„stant transitorie workes rather theÌ„ vpon goddes mercy to vs frelye promysed whych promyse is euer coÌ„stant sure infallibly true What quietnes can that conscience haue which hangeth hys helth and lyfe euerlastynge vpon instable and vnperfyt workes of man whyche perysh and vanishe awaye lyke the shadowes Wherfore the ioye and comfort of all Chrysten hertes is that Chryste is become our iustice holynes and redemption whych we apprehende receaue and accepte to be ours by the lyberall gyfte of god thorough faythe in hys promyses onlye and by no other meanes Note well the true vnderstaÌ„dyng meanyng that faithe only iustifieth And therfore we saye that faythe onlye iustifiethe whan we speake vnder thys fourme by faythe we be iustified or by fayth we be frelye iustified or that fayth onlye iustifieth For al these sentences be of one lyke force vertue or meanynge We do not meane thereby that faythe so alone iustifieth that these wordes alone and frelye exclude other good workes or godlye vertues that they be not ioyned wyth fayth which neuer is without both good workes vertuouse but we by these wordes frelye and only do vtterlye exclude all opinion truste coÌ„fidence to our merites vertues dignitie good disposition or worthynes that they in no wyse be estemed thought or iudged to be cause meane motion or help or to be partlye cause meane motion or help to our iustification whyche only and holye we yelde and gyue to God to hys sonne Iesu Christ our Lord which only is our hole and sufficieÌ„t iustice satisfaction and peacemaker for synne wythout anye respecte to any good motion or godlye disposition before by god seen in vs. And therefore who soeuer iudgeth or thynketh good workes vertuouse or godlye disposition to be anye cause or helpe or anye parte of cause whereby God is moued or styred to iustifie vs the same obscureth and wythdraweth the glorye of God and robbeth Chryste of the honoure by hym onelye deserued and to hym only due Who caused hys prophete Danyell to saye Daniel .i To the o Lord al rightuosnesse beloÌ„geth to vs perteynethe nothynge Note well what true iustification is and what we be after iustification but shame whan God hathe freelye of hys onlye mercye and fauour iustifyed vs yet we remayne synners For the whych we must dayly pray wyth the sayntes to god for pardoÌ„ and forgyuenes For iustificacyon takethe not awaye synne so that it remayneth not in vs but iustification is properlye fre pardon and remissyon of synnes a couerynge of our synnes a not rekening layeng them to our charge onlye through the mercy that we obteyne by faith in Chrystes bloode as the prophete sayth Psalm .xxxi. blessed be they whose synnes be forgyuen whose offences be couered And blessed is that man to whome god imputeth not hys synnes For god was in christe and made agreament betwen the worlde and him self imputed noâ— theyr sinnes vnto them .ii. Cor. v. whyche remissyon couerynge and not imputynge of synne were in vayne yf there were no synne in vs. For other our good workes and godlye dispositions do satisfye the lawe or they do not satisfye the lawe If they satisfye the lawe we haue no nede than of Chrystes iustice to be imputed to vs. For yf ryghteousnes come of the lawe thaÌ„ is Chryste deade in vayne Galat. iâ— saythe paule To suche therfore wythout dout Chryste is dead in vayne And yf we do not satisfie the lawe than be we synfull Iames i. Curses is euerye man that coÌ„tinueth not in al thinges whiche are written in the booke to fulfyl them Galath iii. and moue not god to iustifie vs. For yf we offende in one iote of the law we than transgresse the hole lawe so sayth S.

Iames. Paul saith I knowe nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified If Paul knowynge nothynge by hym selfe yet was not therby iustifyed what meaneth it Cor. iiii that whaÌ„ we examyne trye our selfe fyndynge oure selfe gyltie of the hole lawe knowynge and felynge also in oure selfes an euyll disposition synne shulde thynke wythout cause that we haue godly dispositioÌ„ and vertues mouyng god to iustifie vs Not wtstandyng also that the scriptures speakyng of iustification Rom. iii. declare it to be frelye gyueÌ„ sayeng al haue synned are destitute of the glory of god but are iustified frely by his grace thorough the redemptioÌ„ that is in Christ Iesu whom God hath set forth to be the obteyner of mercye through faith by the meanes of his bloode who can more plainly set forth the true and ryght order of iustificatioÌ„ Esai xliii Also the prophete Esaye saith Put me nowe in remembraunce for we will reason together shewe what thou hast for to make the ryghtuouse Thy fyrst father offended sore and thy rulers haue synned against me By thys text it is manifeste that God reproueth al such which thynk that they haue any thyng to moue God to iustifie theÌ„ or to endowe theÌ„ with hys grace fauour And therfore if any maÌ„ trust to his own merites or partly to chryst partly to his own merites not holye and onelye to Christes merites the same dishonoureth God Deuter xviii whiche dyd sende to vs Christ whiche only is a sufficieÌ„t sauiour besydes hym there is no sauiour And he doth much iniurie also to Christes bloode vtterly waÌ„teth the sure affiaunce coÌ„stant trust to haue remission of his synnes only for Chrystes bloode shed Whych lyuely fayth onelye iustifieth And therfore let all ChrysteÌ„ men gyue the glory honour of iustification only holye to God to whom only it is due And then also let theÌ„ confesse them wyth the penytent miserable publicane to be synners and al their workes to be vnperfyt ne leste they be condempned wyth the proude pharesai Luke .v. Remembryng euer that the hole haue no nede of a phisicion Math. ix Luke v. but the sycke And Chryst came not to calle the righteouse Math. v. but synners to repentaunce Luke .i. The hungrye and thyrsty for ryghtuousnes Chryst called blessed and fulfylleth them with good thynges And they whyche thynke them selues riche ynough of good merites God putteth them awaye emptie and voyde of all goodnes as it apeareth in the Apocalipsis where it is wrytten I woll vomyt the out of my mouthe bycause thou sayst I am riche and encreased wyth goodnes and haue neade of nothyng and knowest not howe thou arte wretched and miserable poore blynde naked I couÌ„cell the that thou bye of me gold tried in the fyer that thou mayst be riche wherfore a meke lowlye coÌ„fession of all our thoughtes workes deades to be vnperfyght whereby we earnestlye repent leaue and forsake all trust and confidence in theÌ„ and then to flye to Christe trustynge to goddes promyse made to vs of remissioÌ„ of al our synnes for Christes sake is a sure and safe meane and waye taught by the holye scriptures to haue remissioÌ„ of our synnes whyche saythe repente and beleue For where is no repentaunce there is no belefe And where as true repentaunce is there is a constaunt affiaunce and suer vnfayned truste in goddes promyse made to vs. whiche lyuely faythe onelye apprehendeth goddes fauoure and mercye whereby we be iustified And thys lyuely fayth bryngeth wyth it the holy goost whyche renewythe mannes harte and styreth hym to loue and to obeye the wyll of God It causeth the harte to be meeke lowelye pacient in aduersitie liberall to hys neyghbour in hys necessitie sober iuste fearynge God continuallye studiouse to mortifie the fleshe and to auoyde al occasions of synne And thys lyuyng fayth continuallie steryth and enforceth the mynde wyth greate luste and courage to resyste synne and all her occasions And in conclusion thys lyuyng fayth moueth the minde with as hote and feruent desyre to accoÌ„plysshe and to fulfyll the good wyl of god as euer the minde was desyrous and studyouse to execute and to fulfylle his owne carnalle concupiscence and euyll lustes Wherefore all suche as heare or reade goddes worde and thynke al suche thynges wrytten therin to be true and yet not fealyng theÌ„ selues chaunged nor no newe affections desyres in theyr hartes sprongen vp to loue God to mortifie the flesh haue not yet receaued that lyuynge faythe whyche onlye iustifieth but rather a certayne knowelege newe opinion or hystoricall fayth whych dothe not chaunge the harte nor quycken any newe affection And bycause they feele not a studie and wil to stryue agaynste ther olde lustes they maye well perceaue that they haue receaued no newe sprete But yet they saye and thynke that they beleue perfytly then they slauÌ„der and blaspheme the treweth saieng that faythe onlye doth not iustifye And so they returne to workes to be iustifyed by them daylye workynge and yet neuer felyng or perceauynge any alteration of mynde wyl loue or affection All the workes whyche they do they worke them only bycause they wold haue a better thyng for theyr worke And so they be hyrelynges and worke no thynge for loue but for rewarde wages or elles at the lest wyth ther workes they wolde pacifie goddes wrath and obteyne goddes fauour and so robbe Chryste of hys glorye whyche by hys Prophete saythe Esay xlvi I wil not gyue my glory to any other For Christ onlye wyth hys passioÌ„ and deathe dyd pacifie hys fathers wrath as the scripture wytnesseth sayeng thys is my welbeloued sone Math. iii. in whom I am well pleased But whan the faythfull allege the scriptures sayenge that a man is not iustified by the deades of the law but by the faith of Iesu Christ as Paul saith Galath ii the iusticiaries to that aunswere that Paul meaneth by that texte that man is not iustified by the deades or ceremonies of the lawe And they further saye that all they whyche worke the workes coÌ„maunded by the decaloge whyche is the law of the ten commaundementes be by the workyng of the sayde workes iustified To the whiche the faithfull saye that yf anye workes myght iustifie then the ceremonies of the lawe shulde iustifie because the ceremonies were commaunded of God to be done for satisfaction and to make atonemeÌ„t for synne as it apeareth in manye places of the olde testament and specially Leui. primo where it is wrytten in thys fourme And he shall put his hande vpon the head of the brent sacrifice and it shal be accepted for hym to be hys atonement For the lawe whiche hathe but the shaddowe of good thinges to come not the thinges in theyr own fashion can neuer with the sacrifice whiche they offer yere by yere continuallye make the comers therto perfect Hebr.

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