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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	faith_n	justify_v	sanctification_n	1,487	5	11.2350	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02837	The equall vvayes of God tending to the rectifying of the crooked wayes of man. The passages whereof are briefly and clearly drawne from the sacred Scriptures. By T.H.	Hayne, Thomas, 1582-1645.	1632 (1632)	STC 12976; ESTC S103940	24,541	49

whē their Princes appoint that by Bishops and Ministers they should be ruled and taught and they rule and teach them faithfully that God hath a cheif hand therein and that the Bishops and Ministers doe but cooperate with him and that God hereby strives with them and that in disobeying any thing taught them from Gods word they strive against the Spirit of God which Christ promised should be with his Apostles and their successors even unto the end V. That it is a wicked and ungracious speech of them which say If God hath predestinated me to salvation I shall be saved and if God hath decreed my damnation I shall be damned in what manner so ever I live For God as he hath predestinated any man to glory so he hath ordered and set this course that he repent and beleeve and shew the life of his faith by his works having chosen him before the foundations of the world to be holy and without blame in love Thus God having decreed a mans salvation not onely his Rulers and Teachers must doe their duties but each man himselfe must doe his owne dutie also As God having decreed the safetie of all the people with Paul not only the shipmen must stay in the ship and doe their duties But the passengers also must by swimming and on boards and broken parts of the ship use meanes for their escape from death CHAP. IIII. Our salvation is of the Lord of his meere mercy And by his powerfull working in us GOd having so as above decreed on his part to deale with man and appointed and declared what on mans part ought to be performed for making the meanes of salvation effectuall It is manifest man being falne from the happie estate in which God made him that the salvation of them that be saved is not Of or from their loving of God first Or their choosing God Or having a soft heart of their owne Or their owne willing or running Or their comming to God without drawing Or their good works Or of their faith or any thing which is of themselves But God before the foundations of the world were laid according to the good pleasure of his will of his purpose and grace of which there is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an exceeding riches Out of his compassion of them Predestinated them whom he foreknew Loves and chuses them in Christ Decrees to call them Decrees to teach them by the word of grace preachead to them And by the working of his Spirit Decrees to knock at their hearts To stand there knocking To open their hearts as he did Lydia's To draw them with cords of love To change their stony hearts into fleshy hearts to worke powerfully in them so that they beleeue according to the effectualnesse of the power of God who is the author and finisher of their faith To conform them to the image of his Some If they fall to uphold them with his hand To correct them fatherly for their good To sanctifie them to justifie them To save them by faith which is his gift To make Christ intercessor for them that they may be kept safe c. And finally to glorifie them Yet they which are saved thus by Gods infinite mercy and powerfull work they I say according to the order and course appointed by God Heare Gods word Attend to the things which be spoken Ask what they should doe to be saved Seeke the Lord Meditate on his statutes Are bumble minded Repent and beleeve the Gospell Mark 1.15 Put up their prayers and supplication to God Are not disobedient to Gods will revealed to them Are bettered by persecution and affliction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Looke carefully to themselves Love God feare him Performe works of charitie c. Persevere unto the end All these the rest whatsoever duties they doe they doe them truly and willingly not by compulsion and necessitating Yet so as that God works in them the will and the deed according to his good pleasure From that which hath here beene declared it may evidently be inferred I. That the title that any one hath to life eternall is onely from the free grace and mercy of God II. No nation man hath any good thing in and of him self first to move God to send the word or any furtherance to make way for Gods working of his salvation III. The electing of them which be saved is meerely in Christ Iesus in whom alone God is well pleased IV. God doth predestinate to glory before the world was made men seen clothed with Christs righteousnes from eternitie as they shall stand before God at the last day and brought to God by such courses as GOD of his infinite wisedome and mercy useth to that end V. GOD elects not any for their Faith foreseen as a cause why hee wils to elect them his holy will is the square of his actions According to this his will hee at once decrees to elect them to work faith in them to sanctifie them to justifie them and to glorifie them As 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the change of the minde by repentance and faith sanctification justification are in man they goe before Glorification comes after but GOD at once decrees them and is the Author cause and worker of them all VI. The Elect discerne not that is make not themselves differ from others by any thing in and of themselves But Gods meere grace works that in them by which they are discerned and made to differ from the reprobate VII Men are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 set in order by Gods working on them with his word and Spirit and so beleeve c. and have salvation conferred on them VIII Men predestinate doe not apostate or fall away and be put out of Gods booke of life For the work on Gods part is sure and though man in this life is in himselfe fraile yet God in the very predestinating of him sees it sure by his gift of grace on mans part also Who trusts not to himselfe but makes God his rock And submits and commends himselfe to his guidance CHAP. V. Mans perdition is of himselfe and first by default of Rulers apostating from God so as yet man dyes in and for his owne sins Conclusions thence NOtwithstanding that God hath decreed a Saviour in himselfe all sufficient for the saving of all mankinde taken a course on his own part in it selfe also sufficient and appointed a course and order on mans part for the making the same effectuall Yet it fals out that many men attaine not salvation but are seised on by Gods justice to condemnation Here observe I. That seeing God hath not made us acquainted with his counsell concerning infants dying within the pale of the Church and by the state of the land and their parents intended to be presented to God