Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	faith_n	grace_n	work_n	6,088	5	6.2038	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59693	Theses Sabbaticæ, or, The doctrine of the Sabbath wherein the Sabbaths I. Morality, II. Change, III. Beginning. IV. Sanctification, are clearly discussed, which were first handled more largely in sundry sermons in Cambridge in New-England in opening of the Fourth COmmandment : in unfolding whereof many scriptures are cleared, divers cases of conscience resolved, and the morall law as a rule of life to a believer, occasionally and distinctly handled / by Thomas Shepard ...	Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.	1650 (1650)	Wing S3145; ESTC R31814	262,948	313

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work_n and_o require_v no_o do_v in_o point_n of_o justification_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n before_o god_n but_o only_o believe_v but_o take_v the_o gospel_n large_o for_o the_o whole_a doctrine_n of_o god_n love_n and_o free_a grace_n and_o so_o the_o gospel_n require_v do_v for_o as_o it_o be_v a_o act_n o●_n god_n free_a grace_n to_o justify_v a_o man_n without_o call_v for_o any_o work_v thereunto_o so_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o same_o free_a grace_n to_o require_v work_n of_o a_o person_n justify_v and_o that_o such_o poor_a sinner_n shall_v stand_v before_o the_o son_n of_o god_n on_o his_o throne_n to_o minister_v unto_o he_o and_o serve_v he_o in_o righteousness_n and_o holiness_n all_o the_o day_n of_o our_o life_n tit._n 2.14_o and_o for_o any_o to_o think_v that_o the_o gospel_n require_v no_o condition_n be_v a_o sudden_a dream_n against_o hundred_o of_o scripture_n which_o contain_v conditional_a yet_o evangelical_a promise_n and_o against_o the_o judgement_n 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our_o saviour_n indeed_o do_v not_o speak_v particular_o about_o the_o law_n of_o the_o sabbath_n as_o he_o do_v of_o kill_v and_o adultery_n etc._n etc._n but_o if_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o moral_a because_o not_o speak_v of_o here_o than_o neither_o the_o first_o second_o or_o five_o command_n be_v moral_a because_o they_o be_v not_o express_o open_v in_o this_o chapter_n for_o the_o scope_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v to_o speak_v against_o the_o pharisaical_a interpretation_n of_o the_o law_n in_o curtal_n of_o it_o in_o make_v gross_a murder_n to_o be_v forbid_v but_o not_o anger_n adultery_n to_o be_v forbid_v but_o not_o lust_n which_o evil_a they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o guilty_a of_o in_o point_n of_o the_o sabbath_n but_o they_o rather_o make_v the_o phylactery_n of_o it_o too_o broad_a by_o overmuch_a strictness_n which_o our_o saviour_n therefore_o elsewhere_o condemn_v but_o not_o a_o word_n tend_v to_o abolish_v this_o law_n of_o the_o sabbath_n thesis_n 150._o if_o therefore_o the_o commandment_n be_v to_o be_v account_v moral_a which_o the_o gospel_n reinforce_v and_o commend_v unto_o we_o according_a to_o mr._n primrose_n principle_n than_o the_o four_o commandment_n may_v well_o come_v into_o the_o account_n of_o such_o as_o be_v moral_a but_o the_o place_n mention_v and_o clear_v out_o of_o the_o new_a testament_n evince_v thus_o much_o the_o lord_n jesus_n come_v not_o to_o destroy_v the_o law_n of_o the_o sabbath_n but_o to_o establish_v it_o and_o of_o the_o breach_n of_o which_o one_o law_n he_o that_o be_v guilty_a be_v guilty_a of_o the_o breach_n of_o all_o thesis_n 151._o if_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n have_v be_v first_o impose_v upon_o man_n since_o the_o fall_n and_o in_o special_a upon_o the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n at_o mount_n sinai_n there_o may_v be_v then_o some_o colour_n and_o reason_n to_o clothe_v the_o sabbath_n with_o rag_n and_o the_o worn-out_a garment_n of_o ceremonialnesse_n but_o if_o it_o be_v 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thus_o copulative_a in_o order_n of_o story_n but_o in_o order_n of_o time_n i_o say_v not_o in_o order_n of_o story_n and_o discourse_n for_o so_o thing_n far_o distant_a in_o time_n may_v ●e_v couple_v together_o by_o this_o copulative_a particle_n and_o as_o mr._n primrose_n true_o show_v exod._n 16.32_o 33._o 1_o sam._n 17.54_o but_o they_o be_v couple_v and_o knit_v together_o in_o respect_n of_o time_n for_o it_o be_v the_o like_a phrase_n which_o moses_n immediate_o after_o use_v gen._n 5.1_o 2._o where_n it_o be_v say_v god_n create_v man_n in_o his_o image_n and_o bless_v they_o and_o call_v their_o name_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v together_o in_o time_n so_o it_o be_v here_o the_o time_n god_n rest_v that_o time_n god_n bless_v for_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o word_n gen_n 2.1_o 2_o 3._o be_v to_o show_v what_o the_o lord_n do_v that_o seven_o day_n after_o the_o finish_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n in_o six_o dai●s_n and_o that_o be_v he_o bless_a and_o sanctify_v it_o 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