Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	free_a	grace_n	love_n	2,934	5	6.6495	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96226	The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now by authority of Parliament sitting at Westminster, concerning a confession of faith, presented by them lately to both houses of Parliament. A certain number of copies are ordered to be printed only for the use of the members of both houses and of the Assembly of Divines, to the end that they may advise thereupon.; Westminster Confession of Faith.	Westminster Assembly (1643-1652)	1646 (1646)	Wing W1427; Thomason E368_3; ESTC R201270	24,629	58

men and private spirits are to be examined and in whose Sentence we are to rest can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture CHAP. II. Of God and of the holy Trinity THere is but one only living and true God who is infinite in Being and Perfection a most pure Spirit invisible without body parts or passions immutable immense eternall incomprehensible almighty most wise most holy most free most absolute working all things according to the Counsell of his own immutable and most righteous will for his own glory most loving gracious mercifull long-suffering abundant in goodnesse and truth forgiving iniquity transgression and sin the rewarder of them that diligently seek him and withall most just and terrible in his judgements hating all sin and who will by no means clear the guilty II. God hath all life glory goodnesse blessednesse in and of himself and is alone in and unto himself all-sufficient notstanding in need of any creatures which he hath made nor deriving any Glory from them but only manifesting his own Glory in by unto and upon them He is the alone Fountain of all Being of whom through whom and to whom are all things and hath most Soveraigne Dominion over them to do by them for them or upon them whatsoever himself pleaseth In his sight all things are open and manifest his knowledg is infinite infallible independent upon the creature so as nothing is to him contingent or uncertain He is most holy in all his counsels in all his works and in all his commands To him is due from Angels and men and every other creature whatsoever worship service or obedience he is pleased to require of them III. In the Unity of the God-head there be Three Persons of one substance power and eternity God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost The Father is of none neither begotten nor proceeding The Son is eternally begotten of the Father the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son CHAP. III. Of Gods Eternall Decree GOd from all eternity did by the most wise and holy Counsell of his own Will freely and unchangeably ordaine whatsoever comes to passe yet so as thereby neither is God the Author of sin nor is violence offered to the will of the Creatures nor is the Liberty or contingencie of second Causes taken away but rather established II. Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to passe upon all supposed conditions yet hath he not decreed any thing because he foresaw it as future or as that which would come to passe upon such conditions III. By the Decree of God for the manifestation of his glory some men and Angels are predestinated unto everlasting life and others fore-ordained to everlasting death IV. These Angels and men thus predestinated and fore-ordained are particularly and unchangeably designed and their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished V. Those of man-kinde that are predestinated unto Life God before the foundation of the world was laid according to his eternall and immutable purpose and the secret Counsel and good pleasure of his Will hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory out of his meer free grace and love without any fore-sight of Faith or Good-works or perseverance in either of them or any other thing in the creature as conditions or causes moving him thereunto and all to the praise of his glorious grace VI. As God hath appointed the Elect unto glory so hath he by the eternall and most free purpose of his Will fore-ordained all the means thereunto Wherefore they who are elected being fallen in Adam are redeemed by Christ are effectually called unto faith in Christ by his Spirit working in due season are justified adopted sanctified and kept by his power through faith unto salvation Neither are any other redeemed by Christ effectually called justified adopted sanctified and saved but the Elect only VII The rest of man-kinde God was pleased according to the unsearchable counsell of his own Will whereby he extendeth or with-holdeth mercy as he pleaseth for the glory of his Soveraigne Power over his creatures to passe by and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin to the praise of his glorious justice VIII The Doctrine of this high Mystery of Predestination is to be handled with speciall prudence and care that men attending the Will of God revealed in his Word and yeelding obedience thereunto may from the certainty of their effectuall Vocation be assured of their eternall Election So shall this Doctrine afford matter of praise reverence and admiration of God and of humility diligence and abundant consolation to all that sincerely obey the Gospel CHAP. IV. Of Creation IT pleased God the Father Son and Holy Ghost for the manifestation of the glory of his eternall power wisedome and goodnesse in the beginning to create or make of nothing the World and all things therein whether visible or invisible in the space of six daies and all very good II. After God had made all other creatures he created man male and female with reasonable and immortall souls indued with knowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse after his own Image having the Law of God written in their hearts and power to fulfill it And yet under a possibility of transgressing being left to the liberty of their own will which was subject unto change Beside this Law written in their hearts they received a command not to eat of the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil which whiles they kept they were happy in their Communion with God and had Dominion over the Creatures CHAP. V. Of Providence GOd the great Creator of all things doth uphold direct dispose and governe all creatures actions and things from the greatest even to the least by his most wise and holy Providence according to his infallible fore-knowledge and the free and immutable counsell of his own Will to the praise of the glory of his wisedome power justice goodnesse and mercy II. Although in relation to the fore-knowledge and decree of God the first Cause all things come to passe immutably and infallibly yet by the same Providence hee ordereth them to fall out according to the nature of second causes either necessarily freely or contingently III. God in his ordinary Providence maketh use of meanes yet is free to work without above and against them at his pleasure IV. The almighty power unsearchable wisedome and infinite goodnesse of God so farre manifest themselves in his Providence that it extendeth it selfe even to the first Fall and all other sinnes of Angels and Men and that not by a bare permission but such as hath joyned with it a most wise and powerfull bounding and otherwise ordering and governing of them in a manifold dispensation to his owne holy ends yet so as the sinfulnesse thereof proceedeth onely from the creature and not from God who being most holy and righteous neither is nor can be