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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	just_a	law_n	2,761	5	4.7834	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76281	Beams of divine light: or Some brief hints of the being and attributes of God and of the three persons in the God-Head. Also proving the deity of Christ, and of the Holy-Ghost. Written at the request of a most pious, and and honourable citizen of London. And published by him for the sake of the poorer sort of Christians, in these perilous times.		1700 (1700)	Wing B1560D; ESTC R225534	16,511	42

Sin or 〈◊〉 and cannot be guilty of any Evil 〈◊〉 will any thing but what is Holy Job 15.15 Rev. 15.4 Hab. 1.13 Just 〈◊〉 Good and that he is the Cause and Ori●●●● of all true Holiness that is either in An●●● or Men he being Essentially Origi●●● Absolutely Necessarily Universally 〈◊〉 Perpetually Holy Q. What do you learn from hence A. 1. That the Law of God is an Im●●●● What we learn from hence or Transcript of God's Holy Na●●●● 2. That he cannot but hate Sin and love Holiness 3. I learn also that God cannot be th● Author of any Sin 4. That he can have no Fellowship with unholy Persons 5. That our Fall in the first Adam 〈◊〉 dismal because we lost God's Image the●● by 6. That the Ungodly shall not escape God Wrath and Vengeance Sin must be punished 7. I learn also the great Necessity the● was of a Satisfaction of the Holiness of G●● by our Blessed Mediator the Purity 〈◊〉 God's Nature required it as well as his 〈◊〉 and Justice 8. That Sinners must be justified by a 〈◊〉 less or perfect Righteousness 9. And since Holiness is the Glory of●●● Divine Nature it follows it is the Glory 〈◊〉 Believers to be Holy and that I should 〈◊〉 Holiness and press after it 10. And that they are wretchedly blio●● that think they may be saved who are 〈◊〉 holy Q. What do you mean The wisdom of God when you say G●● most Wise A. I mean that God is Essentially 〈◊〉 nay Luk. 7.35 Wisdom i● self that his Wisdom is 〈◊〉 same with his Essence or that Wisdom is 〈◊〉 Property of God alone Prov. 8.12 he is called The 〈◊〉 Wise God that he is Essentially Origi●●● Perfectly Dan. 2.21 Psal 104.24 Prov. 3.19 Jer. 10.12 Universally Infinitely 〈◊〉 prehensibly and Perpetually Wise and 〈◊〉 all True Wisdom is from God he being 〈◊〉 Fountain of all Wisdom in Creatures 〈◊〉 his Wisdom appears in Creation Prefe●●tion but much more in Redemption Q. What do you learn from hence What we learn from hence Prov. 3.12 13 14. 1 Cor. 1.24 viz. That God is most Wise A. 1. I learn that Christ is God because Wisdom is the Emphatical Title of our Lord Iesus 2. That God is fit to govern the World he being most Wise 3. And that I should submit to his Will in all Things and leave him to order all Things for me 4. I learn that God is a fit Object for our Trust he being Infinitely wise he knows 〈◊〉 Wants and knows how and when to ●●pply them all 5. That he can defeat all the Crafty Coun●● of Wicked Men at his Pleasure 6. That it is highest Folly in any to cen●● God in any of his Institutions or Acts 〈◊〉 Providence Q. What do you mean Gods Justice Deut. 32.4 Joh 37.23 Psal 89.14 when you say God is 〈◊〉 or that Justice is in God A. I mean God's Nature is just Just and ●●●teous is he That Justice in God is not Quality as in Men but an Essential Pro●●ty he may as soon cease to be God as ●●se to be Just and Holy His Holy Nature ●he Cause of his Justice and his Will is 〈◊〉 Rule thereof his Justice is voluntary Man 〈◊〉 forgive without Satisfaction but God's 〈◊〉 is one of the Perfections of his Divine 〈◊〉 he is Infinitely Originally and Per●●●y Just Q. What do you learn from hence A. 1. What we learnfrom hence I learn that there was a Necessity 〈◊〉 such a Mediator if God will save his 〈◊〉 that was able to satifie Divine Ju●● and answer all its Demands and the ●●ands of God's Holy Law 2. I learn also to admire the Wisdom 〈◊〉 God in Christ our Mediator who has ●● conciled Justice and Mercy or open'd 〈◊〉 Door by satisfying Justice for Divine Goodness to run down freely like a Migh●● Stream 3. Mark 16.16 That Divine Justice will lay hold of 〈◊〉 Unbelieving Sinners who accept not of Je●●● Christ but contemn God's Sovereign Gra●● and Goodness in him 4. That no Impenitent Sinner shall 〈◊〉 escape God's Wrath and Justice 5. I infer from hence also that what 〈◊〉 ever God is pleased to do is Just and Go●● and cannot otherwise be 6. And that God never will inflict 〈◊〉 Punishment in a way of Vindictive Justices 〈◊〉 his Elect 1 Joh. 1.11 1 Pet. 4.18 because Christ as their Sure●● hath born all that Wrath for them and 〈◊〉 their Stead Q. What do you mean Gods goodness when you say G●●● Good or what is meant by the Goodness of 〈◊〉 A. The Goodness of God is also his 〈◊〉 sence Mat. 19.14 or a Perfection of the Divine Be●●● or Nature all Goodness meets in his 〈◊〉 as Water in the Ocean By Goodness is meant the Bounty of 〈◊〉 and as One observes Charnock The Goodness of 〈◊〉 comprehends all his Attributes all the A●●● God are nothing else but the Effluxes of 〈◊〉 Goodness tho' there is a Distinction bet●●● them and this of Goodness viz. The 〈◊〉 of God is the Rectitude of his Nature Goodness the Efflux of his Will whereby he is ●●sicial to his Creatures God is the Prime or Chief Good 〈◊〉 Goodness Essentially good Oright 〈◊〉 Good Good of and from himself and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his Sense there are none Good but God 〈◊〉 God is a Communicative Good his Goodness flows forth to his Creatures God is Necessarily Good he can't but be Good Mat. 19.17 Goodness is Inseparable from his Nature as 〈◊〉 his Holiness Yet tho' God be necessarily Good yet he is also Freely Good the ●reedom of his Will is not destroyed because he is Necessarily good for 't is as he ●eases that he lets out of his Goodness and 〈◊〉 it he might display his Goodness he made 〈◊〉 World and that he might redeem his ●●ect he display'd his Mercy Love and Sove●●ign Grace God is the Cause of all Goodness he is a Soul satisfying a Soul filling Jer. 31.25 a 〈◊〉 ravishing Good as he is Great he is 〈◊〉 be feared as he is Faithful to be trusted 〈◊〉 and as he is Good he is Object of our 〈◊〉 and Affections God is Infinitely In●●●ehensibly and Everlastingly Good so Good to give his Son to die for us and to give ●●nself Son and Spirit to us Q. What do you learn from hence that God Good or such Goodness is in him A. 1. What we learn from hence That wicked Men are wofully blind 〈◊〉 depraved as not to desire seek and love 〈◊〉 God but contrary wise slight despise 〈◊〉 contemn him in their Hearts ● Also I learn the Contempt of God and 〈◊〉 serring the Creature nay Sin above 〈◊〉 is most Abominable and Horrid Folly 〈◊〉 Wickedness ● That God is sit to rule and govern the 〈◊〉 because he is Goodness it self and 〈◊〉 wrong no Creature Also how happy 〈◊〉 are who are under or do submit to his ●●●ernment c. ● That God is most