Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	work_n	work_v	5,063	5	7.8717	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42248	The grounds of infant-baptism briefly explained		1693 (1693)	Wing G2138C; ESTC R222580	20,167	16

thanks_o at_o all_o but_o he_o be_v behold_v to_o we_o by_o our_o parent_n or_o by_o our_o nominal_a god-parent_n or_o by_o ourselves_o for_o our_o good_a merit_n and_o deserve_n and_o not_o we_o at_o all_o to_o he_o for_o any_o special_a and_o difference_v grace_n which_o doctrine_n be_v the_o same_o with_o pelagianisin_n plain_o repugnant_a to_o faith_n in_o god_n for_o god_n be_v not_o god_n unless_o he_o be_v absolute_o 7._o rom._n 11._o 35._o 36._o 1_o cor._n 4._o 7._o and_o entire_o the_o author_n of_o all_o good_a to_o his_o creature_n whether_o it_o be_v natural_a or_o supernatural_a corporal_n or_o spiritual_a common_a or_o special_a temporal_a or_o eternal_a it_o be_v all_o from_o god_n of_o grace_n and_o not_o of_o debt_n whether_o they_o be_v infant_n or_o adult_a one_o who_o partake_v of_o it_o 5._o though_o god_n make_v use_v of_o instrument_n and_o mean_n and_o there_o can_v be_v no_o pardon_n of_o sin_n without_o forego_v divine_a faith_n in_o the_o adult_n and_o the_o seed_n thereof_o in_o infant_n yet_o mean_v ard_n instrument_n 11._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 6._o &_o 15._o 28._o psal_n 145._o 17_o 18._o isa_n 40._o 17_o 18._o eph._n 1._o 11._o and_o subordinate_a cause_n and_o agent_n add_v no_o perfection_n to_o god_n he_o be_v true_o all_o in_o all_o and_o work_v all_o in_o all_o but_o so_o that_o he_o be_v no_o way_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n but_o the_o just_a avenger_n of_o it_o the_o author_n of_o all_o good_a holy_a in_o all_o his_o way_n and_o righteous_a in_o all_o his_o work_n work_v all_o thing_n after_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o own_o will_n and_o the_o whole_a creation_n abstract_v from_o compare_v with_o and_o set_v against_o god_n be_v as_o nothing_o yea_o less_o than_o nothing_o and_o vanity_n 6._o in_o such_o sort_n as_o god_n in_o scripture_n be_v say_v to_o repent_v by_o way_n of_o anthropopathy_n and_o condescension_n to_o our_o weakness_n so_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v conditional_a promise_n and_o to_o promise_v eternal_a 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blessedness_n consequent_o to_o say_v that_o eternal_a life_n be_v not_o absolute_o certain_a but_o conditional_a be_v in_o effect_n to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v but_o conditional_o god_n uncertain_a of_o his_o own_o life_n and_o so_o be_v not_o true_a and_o very_a god_n but_o a_o idol_n a_o figment_n of_o man_n invention_n §_o xxii_o except_v the_o infant_n jesus_n who_o be_v absolute_o holy_a and_o sinless_a every_o other_o infant_n do_v suffer_v what_o it_o suffer_v for_o its_o own_o sin_n it_o be_v own_o inward_a pravity_n and_o corruption_n be_v the_o sole_a meritorious_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o 17._o nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la ita_fw-la somniando_fw-la deliravit_fw-la ut_fw-la magnum_fw-la istum_fw-la defectum_fw-la quo_fw-la natura_fw-la humana_fw-la primi_fw-la hominis_fw-la praevaricatione_fw-la vitiata_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la aliquo_fw-la dei_fw-la pacto_fw-la cum_fw-la parentibus_fw-la initio_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la positiva_fw-la dei_fw-la lege_fw-la aut_fw-la voluntate_fw-la propagari_fw-la arbitretur_fw-la jansen_n de_fw-fr statu_fw-la naturae_fw-la lapsae_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 17._o punishment_n lay_v upon_o it_o by_o god_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v but_o the_o occasion_n original_a sin_n in_o infant_n be_v the_o consequent_a but_o not_o the_o effect_n of_o adam_n sin_n his_o eat_n of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n be_v his_o own_o personal_a sin_n and_o yet_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o mankind_n because_o he_o in_o that_o instant_n be_v all_o mankind_n there_o be_v no_o other_o man_n then_o in_o be_v but_o god_n give_v he_o repentance_n and_o pardon_n of_o that_o and_o all_o his_o other_o sin_n and_o therefore_o his_o eat_n of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n be_v not_o impure_v to_o we_o no_o man_n conscience_n do_v smite_v he_o for_o it_o but_o all_o the_o sin_n impute_v by_o god_n to_o infant_n be_v only_o that_o inward_a corruption_n that_o be_v latent_fw-la in_o their_o soul_n which_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n have_v occasion_v but_o not_o cause_v for_o though_o he_o be_v true_o penitent_a and_o pardon_v and_o so_o also_o be_v our_o first_o mother_n eve_n in_o the_o instant_n of_o their_o natural_a coition_n and_o conjugal_a act_n yet_o there_o do_v then_o cleave_v to_o their_o soul_n inordinate_a lust_n and_o concupiscence_n and_o this_o exit_fw-la naturâ_fw-la rei_fw-la from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n do_v by_o god_n most_o righteous_a judgement_n and_o permission_n unsearchable_o occasion_n but_o not_o cause_v original_a sin_n and_o sinful_a contagion_n in_o all_o their_o natural_a offspring_n this_o distinction_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n if_o well_o heed_v both_o full_o acquit_v god_n justice_n and_o abundant_o reconcile_v the_o seem_a contradiction_n of_o scripture_n in_o this_o argument_n of_o punish_v child_n for_o parent_n sin_n say_v b._n sanderson_n in_o his_o three_o sermon_n ad_fw-la populum_fw-la p._n 180._o edit_fw-la 6._o first_o god_n make_v adam_n holy_a next_o he_o permit_v his_o sin_n than_o he_o give_v he_o repentance_n and_o pardon_n through_o faith_n in_o christ_n the_o promise_a seed_n afterward_o he_o make_v he_o a_o common_a head_n and_o root_n to_o all_o his_o natural_a offspring_n by_o natural_a generation_n according_a to_o his_o own_o eternal_a purpose_n to_o his_o own_o child_n immediate_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n remote_o as_o i_o humble_o conceive_v §_o xxiii_o christian_n parent_n be_v the_o fit_a to_o present_v their_o own_o child_n to_o baptism_n and_o to_o undertake_v for_o their_o good_a education_n they_o indeed_o be_v their_o proper_a god_n parent_n because_o they_o be_v so_o by_o divine_a institution_n nature_n make_v they_o parent_n and_o christian_a faith_n make_v they_o godly_a parent_n and_o so_o they_o be_v by_o divine_a ordination_n god_n agent_n servant_n surety_n and_o trustee_n to_o see_v to_o the_o baptism_n and_o good_a bring_v up_o of_o their_o child_n and_o be_v accountable_a to_o he_o whereas_o those_o who_o be_v 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parent_n be_v the_o next_o instrument_n of_o present_v their_o child_n to_o baptism_n and_o procure_v this_o favour_n for_o they_o yet_o it_o be_v the_o 22._o offeruntur_fw-la parvuli_fw-la ad_fw-la percipiendum_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n quorum_fw-la gestantur_fw-la manibus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la si_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la universa_fw-la societate_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la atque_fw-la fidelium_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la namque_fw-la offeri_fw-la recte_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la quibus_fw-la placet_fw-la quod_fw-la offeruntur_fw-la &_o quorum_fw-la sancta_fw-la atque_fw-la individua_fw-la charitate_fw-la ad_fw-la communicationem_fw-la sancti_fw-la spiritus_fw-la adjuvantur_fw-la tota_n ergo_fw-la hoc_fw-la mater_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o sanctis_fw-la est_fw-la facit_fw-la quia_fw-la tota_fw-la omnes_fw-la tota_fw-la singulos_fw-la parit_fw-la august_n epistol_n 22._o 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which_o belong_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n as_o well_o as_o their_o parent_n §_o fourteen_o there_o be_v difference_n between_o the_o doctrine_n of_o baptism_n and_o baptism_n 3.21_o heb._n 6._o 1_o 2._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 17._o 1_o pet._n 3.21_o itself_o as_o between_o moral_n and_o ritual_n between_o substance_n and_o ceremony_n between_o mercy_n and_o sacrifice_n between_o principal_a and_o appendix_n for_o christ_n send_v i_o not_o to_o baptize_v but_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n the_o doctrine_n of_o baptism_n be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n of_o which_o baptism_n be_v a_o divine_a sign_n seal_v and_o token_n the_o sum_n of_o it_o be_v this_o that_o all_o man_n be_v reducible_a to_o two_o the_o first_o and_o the_o second_o adam_n and_o all_o such_o as_o descend_v from_o the_o first_o adam_n by_o natural_a generation_n be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v in_o sin_n 2._o 1_o cor._n 15_o 45.47_o joh._n 3_o 3_o 5._o gal._n 3._o 21._o act._n 4._o 12._o rom._n 8._o 29._o 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9_o 1●_n rev._n 5._o 9_o 1●_n 13._o any_o intellectual_a creature_n whether_o angel_n or_o man_n be_v capable_a of_o be_v serviceable_a to_o god_n and_o to_o christ_n our_o mediator_n in_o promote_a the_o work_n of_o redemption_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o serve_v to_o the_o utmost_a of_o their_o power_n and_o christ_n may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v purchase_v their_o service_n with_o his_o blood_n and_o to_o have_v right_a thereto_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o cross_n for_o in_o purchase_v eternal_a redemption_n which_o be_v the_o principal_a end_n he_o must_v needs_o be_v suppose_v inclusive_o to_o purchase_v all_o the_o necessary_a help_n and_o mean_v requisite_a and_o conduce_v thereto_o et_fw-la qui_fw-la adimit_fw-la medium_n dirimit_fw-la finem_fw-la §_o xvii_o concern_v heathen_a parent_n the_o scripture_n plain_o declare_v that_o for_o the_o present_a they_o be_v without_o christ_n be_v alien_n from_o the_o commonwealth_n 12._o eph._n 2._o 12._o of_o israel_n and_o stranger_n from_o the_o covenant_n of_o promise_n have_v no_o hope_n and_o without_o god_n in_o the_o world_n we_o can_v think_v that_o the_o infant_n of_o such_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o god_n as_o of_o old_a it_o be_v right_o say_v salvation_n be_v of_o the_o jew_n so_o now_o it_o be_v right_o say_v that_o salvation_n be_v of_o the_o christian_n 22._o joh._n 4._o 22._o the_o lord_n add_v to_o the_o church_n daily_o such_o as_o shall_v be_v save_v but_o we_o can_v say_v that_o the_o infant_n of_o heathen_a parent_n be_v add_v to_o the_o church_n 47._o act._n 2._o 47._o while_o the_o jew_n continue_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o abraham_n their_o infant_n be_v the_o natural_a branch_n and_o partake_v of_o the_o root_n and_o fatniss_v of_o the_o olive-tree_n 3._o gal._n 2._o 15._o rom._n 9.4_o &_o 11._o from_o 16._o to_o 25._o act._n 2._o 39_o isa_n 44._o 3._o to_o they_o and_o their_o