Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	faith_n	justify_v	salvation_n	3,033	5	8.0315	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17727	Three propositions or speeches, which that excellent man M. Iohn Caluin, one of the pastors of the Church of God in Geneua had there To which also is added, an exposition vpon that parte of the catechisme, which is appointed for the three and fortieth Sunday in number. Translated into Englishe, by T.VV.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1580 (1580)	STC 4464; ESTC S121928	80,617	200

and mens merites cannot stand togither Rom. 4.13.14.16 Now needes must it fall out that in the meane season this promise should be disanulled if men staie them selues vpon workes as Saint Paul saith in the place already alledged out of the Romans And yet for all this he putteth not downe without good cause and reason this worde woorkes of the lawe Sometymes when hee esteemeth them not hee doeth it to shewe that he speaketh generally without exception as in the place erewhile alledged hee sayeth Rom. 4.6 that GOD iustifieth without workes hee establisheth not the woorkes of the lawe but saieth without woorkes Leuitie 18.5 Galat. 3.12 But bicause he hath to do with the Iewes whoe might alwaies alledge and say And what Shall this promise that wee haue too wit hee that shall liue according to the lawe shal bee iustified this is our life shal this I say bee vnprofitable shal al this bee without cause and voide Mark howe the Iewes might obiect Saint Paule therefore vseth a preuention heere and cutteth the throate as a man woulde say of al that they are able to obiect as though hee shoulde say albeeit woorkes are of the lawe yet so it is that they are not able to iustifie But now let vs come to the principal point or matter Neither Iewe nor Gentile can be iustified by the lawe It is saide that the Iewes that had al the promises of God and the outward testimonies that he had chosen theÌ„ from amongest al the rest of the worlde were yet notwithstanding inforced too seeke their iustification and righteousnes in our Lord Iesus Christ Which seeing that so it is too whome shal the Gentiles repaire nowe to obteine grace in shall they goe to seke it in the lawe froÌ„ which they are further estraunged than the Iewes No. Wherfore we must coÌ„clude Assured persuasion of Gods mercie through Christ is the meane of iustification that the Gentiles haue no other meane to obteine pardon before God by and to stande vpright in his iudgement than to be apt to learne and to humble theÌ„selues when the question is to appeare before him hauing true certainty and assurednesse of his mercy thorow our Lord Iesus Christ And marke what this speach meaneth but in the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ Wherein also the error of the Papistes is once again ouerthrowne For when they say that they are iustified by fayth they confesse themselues sinners but this is but in parte for they can not suffer or abide this saying thorowe fayth onely No not a whit and therefore it is very likely that we shal neuer agree in this poynt A verie fit similitude For they meane that our woorkes are in parte the cause of our saluation and so make thereof a hotchpotch and mingle mangle that is neither flesh nor fishe as men say that is that part of our woorkes and parte of our fayth are the things that iustifie vs. And when S. Paule saieth that it is not thorowe the workes of the law but by the onely faith of Iesus Christ is not this a doubt that the Papists flye and shunne verie much So then Sainct Paule declareth that there is neither Iewe nor Gentile that can be found iust in Gods sight but onely in and through our Lord Iesus Christ who is our righteousnes and that we are made partakers of this righteousnes euen by the doctrine of the Gospell for as the Apostle S. Paule saith Rom. 10.3.4.9 in the tenth Chapter of his Epistle to the Romans God accepteth vs not for the obseruation or keeping of his commaundements nor through the lawe but in by our Lord Iesus Christ whoÌ„ hee hath raised vp from the dead to iustifie vs. I see that I haue bene alreadie ouer long and therefore I will not goe any further at this time Master Caluins wonderfull humilitie the rest shal be expounded some other time notwithstanding the brethren may adde hereunto that which I haue omitted and also redresse that which they shal know to be more fit for the purpose than I haue alreadie declared respecting and bearing with my infirmitie weaknesse which thing also I pray theÌ„ to performe towards me Now wee will giue thanks vnto our good God for the fauor he hath shewed vs when it pleased him to draw vs to the knowledge of his Gospel beseeching him that hee woulde in suche sort open the eyes of our vnderstanding that wee may knowe An excellent prayer for true humilitie and lowlines of heart what an excellent thing it is to humble our selues vnder the obedience of our Lorde Iesus Christ to the end that none of vs lift vp his hornes so muche as to will to make him selfe free of him selfe and by his owne vertue and power but that he suffer himselfe to be vanquished and ouercome and that altogether wee may abide in such sort to bee subiected and brought in obedience vnder Gods word that these which seeme to be the most excelleÌ„t and famous in the Church may not lift vp glorifie them selues but that they may receiue correction admonition reproofe froÌ„ the least and that al that may serue to the ende we may atteine to this marke that GOD may beare rule ouer vs all as he that is our creator and hath chiefe rule and gouernement both in heauen and earth and seeyng we knowe that wee can not here on earth No perfection in this world be like vnto Angels of heauen that wee may learne vnfeignedly to receiue imbrace the doctrine of the Gospell wherein our saluation is included and comprized And seeing wee knowe also that there is nothing in our nature but that which deserueth a curse that we may learne to seeke our righteousnes out of our selues which righteousnesse hath bene purchased for vs by our Lorde Iesus Christ and that we may clearely beholde the same in this holy Gospel through a liuely fayth The seconde Proposition or speache of M.I. Cal. vpon the seconde to the Galat. 15 We which are Iewes by nature and not sinners of the Gentiles 16 Knowing that a man is not iustified by the workes of the lawe but by fayth in Iesus Christ wee also haue belieued in Iesus Christ to the ende that wee might be iustified by the faith of Christ and not by the workes of the lawe bicause that no flesh shal be iustified by the workes of the lawe 17 Nowe if in seeking to bee iustified by Christ we our selues also are founde to be sinners is Christ therfore the minister of sinne Be it not so 18 For if I build againe the things that I haue destroied I make my selfe a trangressour or trespassour 19 Verelie I haue beene through the lawe dead to the lawe to the ende that I might liue to God because I am crucified with Iesus Christ to the ende I might liue to God 20 So I liue and yet nowe not I but Christ liueth in me and in that that

What Rom. 8.33 may not wee stande before God saieth hee seeing hee iustifieth vs and who is it then that shall condemne vs Certaine it is that in that place this word to iustifie importeth not that God maketh vs iust but this it is that he receiueth vs to mercy and in pardoning vs our sinnes hee holdeth vs and accompteth vs as iust albeit that we be not so indeede The comparison sette against it declareth the same God iustifieth vs who is it that shal condemne vs If these two wordes be well weighed to iustifie must needes bee contrarie to condemne and that is then to absolue So to be iustified before God that is the absolutioÌ„ or losing that he giueth vs when it pleaseth him to receiue vs to mercie as is declared vnto vs in the Romanes Rom. 3.28 Rom. 4.5.6 where Saint Paul alledgeth this place out of the two and thirtie Psalme Blessed is the man whose iniquities are pardoned and whose sinnes are couered hee saieth there that wee are iustified without the woorkes of the lawe And why so because our sinnes are pardoned vs that through Gods free goodnes The other place is declared in the thirtenth Chapter of the Actes Acts. 13.38.39 to wit that we can not be iustified by the workes of the lawe but by the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ The Gentiles then are iustified and after what sort From all thinges froÌ„ which the lawe of Moses could not iustifie them that is to say coulde not absolue theÌ„ For Moses lawe had many markes signes to testifie their reconciliation to GOD. The ceremonies of the law could not iustifie There was washinges sprincklings satisfactions and all the rest But all this was not or serued not to iustifie that is to say to acquite and discharge men in such sort that they should bee accompted iust So when in this place it is said that the Iewes founde not any thing in the lawe whereby they might be iustified he meaneth by iustified obteinyng of grace and fauor before God in summe approbation and allowance before him And thus muche concerning one worde What is ment by the faith of our Lord Iesus Christ Nowe the faith of our Lord Iesus Christ is not that whereby Iesus Christ belieued but that by which we belieue in him And howe doe wee belieue in our Lorde Iesus Christ that is in receiuing and applying him such a one vnto our selues as he hath beene sent vnto vs from God his father But he hath sent him 1. Cor. 1.30 as sayth Saint Paul to be our righteousnes our wisdome and satisfaction When then we shall receiue our Lorde Iesus Christ for our righteousnes beholde howe the faith that wee haue in him iustifieth vs. And howe is hee our righteousnes hee declareth it in an other place in the second Epistle of the Corinthians 2. Cor. 5.21 where he saith that hee that knewe not what sinne ment that is to say was pure and innocent from it was made as sinne for vs to the ende that wee might bee iustified in him Marke then what this speach the fayth of our Lord Iesus Christ importeth We ought to come to Christ because he alone hath all thinges in him that we neede that is to say the assuraunce that wee haue through the fayth that we are reconciled to God his father and that wee finde in our Lorde Iesus Christ euery thing that we haue neede of to bee short that God iustifieth vs without our selues in that satisfaction and recompence which hee findeth in the sacrifice of his deare sonnes death and passion And thus farre concerning this worde There remaineth yet this worde workes of the lawe whereby some haue vnderstood barely the ceremonies as Circumcision the washings the sacrifices the sprinkeling of beastâ—â— bloud and suche like thinges And there is some shewe thereof at the first sight because that the founteine of this question which Sainct Paul handleth proceeded from this These wordes workes of the lawe conteine not onely the ceremonies but all that God commandeth in the law that the Iewes would be circumcised and obserue the ceremonies of the lawe Wherefore it should seeme by this that the workes of the lawe were nothing els but the ceremonies thereof But they import as wee shall see in a more large declaration thereof somewhat more to wit that vnder that speach is comprehended all that which God hath commaunded True it is that the first occasion which Sainct Paul had to enter into disputation and question about the matter was to set out the abuses which were in these outwarde thinges Pilgrimages feastes obseruatioÌ„ of dayes c. wicked in a double respect as at this day wherein wee are at controuersie with the Papistes touching pilgrimages feastes the obseruation of certaine dayes c. Wee doe not onely handle this question and point whither that these three things such lyke be commaunded of God yea or no but we come somewhat further and say that this is not onely not to serue God but that it is blasphemie to say so Wee see then that when men will speake of some ceremonie or some superstitious obseruation they shall come to the generall rule because they are thinges ioyned together yea thinges that can not be sundered So much also is there to be saide concerning the woorkes of the lawe For when the Iewes would that men should obserue Circumcision and that it shoulde continually abyde whole and sound that proceeded from an errour for they supposed that Circumcision was Gods seruice and that it was a meritorious woorke to bee iustified by and it is likely that they helde so muche also concerning all the rest But that is contrarie to trueth for Circumcision was a testimony of the grace of God Rom. 4.11 and a signe of faith as Saint Paul speaketh thereof in the fourth of the Romanes Beholde then how the Iewes were turned verie farre from the true institution of God when they attributed suche an vse to the ceremonies of the lawe And this is the cause also why Saint Paule stayeth so muche vpon this worde Two sortes of Papists or rather two iudgements in Papists touching merites And moreouer it is not without cause that hee standeth also vpon the word promise For the Papistes themselues confesse indeed that they merite nothing but by reason and in the strength of the promise When they say that they deserue heauen through Gods grace they meane thereby that they are not able to doe all but yet sundrie tymes you shal haue them speake thus proudly that they merite or deserue the whole They say that it is not by their works in their own nature but that God hath framed first such a preparation or dispositioÌ„ in them and so there is nothing touching faith and yet behold wherfore S. Paule addeth this word faith because they establish and erect of workes and Gods promises their owne merites Gods promises

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