Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	grace_n	merit_n	work_n	2,584	5	6.2801	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87510	A mixture of scholasticall divinity, with practicall, in severall tractates: vvherein some of the most difficult knots in divinity are untied, many darke places of Scripture cleared, sundry heresies, and errours, refuted, / by Henry Ieanes, minister of God's Word at Chedzoy in Sommerset-shire.; Mixture of scholasticall divinity, with practicall. Part 1	Jeanes, Henry, 1611-1662.	1656 (1656)	Wing J507; Thomason E872_3; Thomason E873_1; ESTC R202616	347,399	402

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with_o they_o joh._n 14.23_o he_o dwell_v in_o they_o he_o do_v not_o only_o dwell_v in_o their_o tongue_n and_o in_o their_o understanding_n but_o he_o dwell_v in_o their_o heart_n ephes_n 3.17_o he_o have_v his_o throne_n in_o their_o will_n and_o affection_n those_o that_o grow_v in_o such_o a_o union_n as_o this_o with_o christ_n they_o have_v fruitfulness_n for_o their_o character_n assign_v by_o christ_n himself_o joh._n 15.5_o he_o that_o abide_v in_o i_o and_o i_o in_o he_o the_o same_o bring_v forth_o much_o fruit_n he_o in_o who_o christ_n have_v his_o abode_n be_v no_o barren_a professor_n but_o be_v fill_v with_o the_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n which_o be_v by_o jesus_n christ_n unto_o the_o glory_n and_o praise_n of_o god_n phil._n 1.11_o 2._o christ_n as_o a_o man_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o a_o fullness_n of_o grace_n he_o have_v a_o twofold_a grace_n the_o grace_n of_o his_o favour_n towards_o we_o the_o grace_n of_o his_o spirit_n in_o himself_o and_o of_o both_o there_o be_v

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under_o some_o particular_a denomination_n and_o in_o reference_n to_o some_o one_o of_o its_o imperfect_a act_n it_o may_v not_o fit_o be_v ascribe_v to_o he_o i_o can_v exemplify_v myself_o by_o instance_v in_o faith_n hope_n fear_v and_o the_o like_a but_o i_o must_v hasten_v in_o his_o grace_n 2._o there_o be_v a_o fullness_n of_o degree_n he_o have_v grace_n as_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o may_v be_v have_v in_o the_o great_a excellency_n and_o intention_n according_a to_o every_o degree_n of_o grace_n the_o spirit_n be_v not_o give_v by_o measure_n unto_o he_o john_n 3.34_o and_o 3._o there_o be_v in_o his_o grace_n a_o fullness_n of_o vertus_fw-la he_o have_v grace_n unto_o all_o effect_n and_o purpose_n whereunto_o grace_n do_v or_o can_v extend_v itself_o grace_n in_o he_o be_v a_o ground_n of_o merit_n and_o satisfaction_n a_o cause_n of_o grace_n in_o other_o it_o render_v his_o humane_a nature_n and_o action_n well_o please_v to_o the_o pure_a eye_n of_o heaven_n and_o 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grace_n unto_o his_o office_n that_o require_v it_o a_o commensuration_n of_o his_o grace_n unto_o his_o capacity_n receive_v it_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o grace_n in_o respect_n of_o extent_n degree_n and_o virtue_n the_o 2._o question_n be_v how_o a_o all-fullnesse_n of_o grace_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o christ_n humane_a nature_n an_o all_o fullness_n be_v a_o infinite_a fullness_n even_o as_o a_o all_o sufficiency_n be_v a_o infinite_a sufficiency_n now_o the_o fullness_n of_o grace_n in_o christ_n humane_a nature_n be_v not_o can_v be_v infinite_a for_o god_n create_v all_o thing_n in_o measure_n number_n and_o weight_n wisd_v 11.20_o and_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o create_a quality_n inherent_a in_o his_o soul_n a_o creature_n too_o therefore_o finite_a it_o must_v needs_o be_v for_o answer_v all-fulnesse_n may_v be_v understand_v either_o absolute_o and_o simple_o or_o else_o only_a secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la after_o a_o sort_n in_o such_o a_o kind_n a_o 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language_n to_o the_o uttermost_a bind_v that_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n which_o have_v order_v all_o thing_n in_o measure_n have_v prefix_v to_o the_o grace_n of_o intellectual_a creature_n even_o as_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o great_a that_o god_n have_v decree_v unto_o the_o luminary_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o heat_n of_o fire_n be_v the_o most_o intense_a which_o god_n have_v design_v unto_o elementary_a body_n the_o scotist_n be_v not_o content_a with_o this_o but_o say_v far_o that_o the_o degree_n of_o christ_n grace_n be_v unpassable_a even_o by_o god_n absolute_a power_n which_o opinion_n as_o the_o thomist_n suppose_v shorten_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o almighty_a detract_v from_o the_o infiniteness_n of_o his_o power_n at_o least_o in_o reference_n towards_o the_o production_n and_o augmentation_n of_o grace_n as_o if_o in_o pour_v grace_n into_o the_o soul_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v quite_o exhaust_v one_o thing_n more_o i_o shall_v entreat_v you_o to_o 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it_o even_o as_o we_o say_v that_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v infinite_a because_o howsoever_o it_o be_v but_o a_o finite_a and_o create_a thing_n yet_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o light_n it_o have_v no_o limitation_n bound_n or_o stint_v but_o contain_v in_o itself_o whatsoever_o any_o way_n appertain_v to_o light_v for_o the_o clear_n of_o this_o we_o may_v note_v out_o of_o the_o learned_a and_o accurate_a suarez_n ibid._n suarez_n respondetur_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o quivocationem_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la termino_fw-la gratia_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la sermo_fw-la de_fw-la esse_fw-la real_a &_o inhaerente_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la gratia_fw-la confert_fw-la animae_fw-la fatemur_fw-la hanc_fw-la gratiam_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la esse_fw-la finitam_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la conferre●animae_fw-la finitam_fw-la pulckritudinem_fw-la &_o reddere_fw-la illam_fw-la proportionatam_fw-la finitae_fw-la gloriae_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la ita_fw-la loquimur_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_fw-la quando_fw-la dicimus_fw-la illam_fw-la esse_fw-la infinitam_fw-la alio_fw-la ergo_fw-la modo_fw-la loquimur_fw-la de_fw-la esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la pertinente_fw-la ad_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la ejus_fw-la prout_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la ad_fw-la unionem_fw-la hypostaticam_fw-la illique_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la est_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la gratia_fw-la habitualis_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la sva_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la conjunctione_n ad_fw-la unionem_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la gratia_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la qualitatis_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la sub_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la infinita_fw-la quamvis_fw-la qualitas_fw-la ipsa_fw-la finita_fw-la sit_fw-la pag._n 393._o sed_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la considerandum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la acceptatione_n extrinseca_v ut_fw-mi fic_z non_fw-la conferri_fw-la gratiae_fw-la propriam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la physicam_fw-la vel_fw-la moralem_fw-la ratione_fw-la cvius_fw-la possit_fw-la dici_fw-la infin_fw-fr ta_fw-fr tamen_fw-la si_fw-la haec_fw-la acceptatio_fw-la vel_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la non_fw-la consideretur_fw-la ut_fw-la merè_fw-la extrinseca_v sed_fw-la quatenus_fw-la

eas_fw-la nemo_fw-la subalternas●sed_v vicarias_fw-la appellavit_fw-la secundà_fw-it non_fw-la tantum_fw-la aequo_fw-la gra●u_fw-la cooperante_n causas_fw-la prejudicare_fw-la invi●em_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la subalternatas_fw-la gemino_fw-la casu_fw-la primò_fw-la quum_fw-la it_z à_fw-la subalternantur_fw-la ut_fw-la tamen_fw-la absque_fw-la iis_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la producere_fw-la effectum_fw-la exempli_fw-la gratia_fw-la etsi_fw-la sol_fw-la in_o why_fw-mi sico_fw-la ordine_fw-la producat_fw-la poma_fw-la tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la arbore_fw-la quae_fw-la ei_fw-la subord●natur_fw-la ideò_fw-la confidenter_fw-la dicat_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la sufficientem_fw-la solemn_a ad_fw-la producenda_fw-la poma_fw-la atqui_fw-la audivimus_fw-la vasquez_n negantem_fw-la posse_fw-la christi_fw-la passionem_fw-la quenquam_fw-la efficere_fw-la dignum_fw-la gloriâ_fw-la absque_fw-la propriâ_fw-la satisfactione_n audivimus_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la iniquum_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la recipi_fw-la in_o gratiám_fw-la sine_fw-la satis_fw-la factione_n eum_fw-la qui_fw-la multa_fw-la magnaque_fw-la peccata_fw-la admifit_n aequè_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la pauca_fw-la &_o levia_fw-la necesse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d igitur_fw-la fateri_fw-la have_v satisfactiones_fw-la nonnihil_fw-la saltèm_fw-la decerpere_fw-la de_fw-fr honore_fw-la christi_fw-la altero_fw-la in_fw-la causis_fw-la ethicis_fw-la su●al●ernae_fw-la causae_fw-la derogant_fw-la primae_fw-la quum_fw-la instituuntur_fw-la praeter_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la e●us_fw-la exempli_fw-la gratia_fw-la nor_o patiet●r_fw-la re●…sibi_fw-la proregem_fw-la ullum_fw-la substitui_fw-la a_o quoquam_fw-la at_o nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la genus_fw-la omne_fw-la satisfactionum_fw-la praetexiu_fw-la subordinatae_fw-la causae_fw-la christi_fw-la meritis_fw-la substitutum_fw-la esse_fw-la ipso_fw-la christo_fw-la mitto_fw-la jam_fw-la nolente_fw-la certè_fw-la inscio_fw-la quod_fw-la pii_fw-la nec_fw-la far_o nec_fw-la d●ssimulare_fw-la possunt_fw-la suppose_v though_o not_o grant_v that_o a_o subordination_n of_o humane_a satisfaction_n unto_o christ_n be_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o possible_a yet_o it_o can_v lawful_o be_v make_v only_o by_o christ_n himself_o now_o that_o the_o papist_n have_v devise_v it_o of_o their_o own_o head_n without_o any_o so_o much_o as_o colourable_a authority_n of_o scripture_n the_o miserable_a weakness_n of_o their_o argument_n be_v a_o sufficient_a evidence_n unto_o unprejudiced_a mind_n but_o second_o they_o ascribe_v satisfaction_n unto_o man_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o that_o they_o thereby_o quite_o exclude_v the_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n as_o appear_v by_o bellarmine_n his_o answer_n unto_o this_o follow_a argument_n of_o we_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr purgatorio_fw-la cap._n 14._o if_o christ_n satisfaction_n be_v apply_v unto_o we_o by_o our_o work_n they_o be_v either_o two_o satisfaction_n or_o but_o one_o if_o they_o be_v two_o satisfaction_n one_o of_o christ_n and_o another_o of_o we_o than_o god_n shall_v be_v make_v unjust_a in_o punish_v one_o sin_n twice_o over_o or_o if_o as_o some_o say_v the_o satisfaction_n be_v but_o one_o than_o it_o be_v either_o christ_n and_o so_o we_o satisfy_v not_o or_o we_o and_o so_o christ_n satisfy_v not_o or_o else_o we_o divide_v the_o honour_n with_o he_o make_v he_o to_o satisfy_v for_o the_o fault_n and_o we_o for_o the_o punishment_n unto_o this_o objection_n bellarmine_n have_v reckon_v up_o two_o answer_n pitch_v upon_o a_o three_o which_o he_o take_v to_o be_v the_o more_o probable_a and_o it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v one_o only_a satisfaction_n and_o that_o be_v we_o hereby_o you_o see_v christ_n be_v quite_o exclude_v at_o least_o from_o make_v satisfaction_n for_o venial_a sin_n as_o they_o call_v they_o and_o temporal_a punishment_n no_o say_v bellarmine_n for_o it_o be_v by_o christ_n satisfaction_n say_v he_o that_o we_o have_v grace_n to_o 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