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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	harden_v	heart_n	pharaoh_n	2,001	5	11.6391	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91721	The Racovian catechisme vvherein you have the substance of the confession of those churches, which in the kingdom of Poland, and great dukedome of Lithuania, and other provinces appertaining to that kingdom, do affirm, that no other save the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that one God of Israel, and that the man Jesus of Nazareth, who was born of the Virgin, and no other besides, or before him, is the onely begotten Sonne of God.; Racovian catechism. English. 1652.	Smalcius, Valentin, 1572-1622.; Socinus, Faustus, 1539-1604.	1652 (1652)	Wing R121; Thomason E1320_1; ESTC R200387	94,429	183

first A. The Apostle doth not there speak of a will and endeavour to obey the commandments of God for this would be repugnant to all the Scriptures which inculcate nothing more frequently then an endeavour to live according to the Commandements of God but of such a will and endeavour whereby we prevent God and move him to propose his benefits to us Which that it is so appeareth from the very position of the Apostle which is such Not all who are born of Abraham according to the flesh are truly his sons and such as to whom the promises of Eternall Happinesse made to the seed of Abraham doe belong but only those whom God vouchsafeth that Grace without any regard had to their birth according to the flesh of which sort are they that have believed in God through Christ of what parents soever they are descended and by this means are become the children of Abraham according to the Spirit Whence it followeth that righteousnesse and salvation are not to be fetched from the Law of Moses which was sometimes delivered to the posterity of Abraham and Israel according to the flesh but by the Faith of Jesus Christ which hath since been proposed for ever by the same God to the Spirituall sons of Abraham and Israel And this is the genuine meaning of the place Wherefore as we willingly consent that there is no man who by his willing and running could or can obtain to move God to conferre some benefit upon him so in like manner after God hath offered Grace that a man either cannot accept and embrace the Grace offered or guide his life according to the prescript of the Divine Will we account a pernicious Errour Q. What say you to the second A. This way of drawing likewise doth not take away the liberty of our will for neither is it done in such a manner as that God should offer violence unto men but God by holding forth the excellency and certainty of his promises doth draw men unto his Son Now that this manner of drawing is not made by force or violence first appeareth from what our Saviour sub-joyneth in the same place where he explaineth that way of drawing saying They shall be all taught of God He therefore that hath heard from the Father and learned he commeth unto me John 6. 45. where it is clear that to be drawn by the Father is no other then to hear from the Father and to be taught And how that is done appeareth from the words of Christ a little after expressed Not that any man hath seen the Father but he that was from God he hath seen the Father ver 46. Again it is perspicuous that that way of drawing pertaineth unto all to whom the declaration of the Gospell doth come as may be easily collected from that place where Jesus saith When I am lifted up from the Earth I will draw all men unto me John 12. 32. Q. VVhat say you to the third A. That this passage taketh not away the liberty of the will may hence appear in that here is no mention made of God who ordained those men to Eternall Life but it is onely said simply that they believed as many as were ordained to Eternall Life which may be understood of the men themselves that they were ordained that is fit and set in a posture to embrace the doctrine of Christ and so to lay hold on Eternall Life therein proposed as it is spoken a little before in the same Chapter in a thing contrary to this namely that others judgeth themselves unworthy of Eternall Life Acts 13. 46. And as Christ saith afterwards Act. 18. 10. That he had much people at Corinth for no other cause then that they were apt to become his people Q. VVhat are the testimonies pertaining to certain persons A. Amongst others those wherein it is written that God hardneth the heart of Pharaoh and that Judas who was an Apostle of Christ did betray his Lord that the Scripture might be fulfilled from whence the Adversaries inferre that he was forced thereunto Q. What say you to these places A. I confesse that God doth sometimes so reject certain men from his Grace that they can neither repent nor be amended But those works and actions of God doe no wayes if we speak simply take away Free-will since those examples wherein they appear are singular Which God would therefore have extant because the men when they might did neverthelesse refuse to obey God and therefore God had been for a long time worthy that God should execute his judgments upon them which he when he thought did accordingly execute upon them of which sort was Pharaoh who had long before affl●cted the people of God and Judas who had been long before a Thief and covetous person and therefore God made use of them to perpetrate such horrid deeds CHAP. XI Of Justification Q. SInce I understand what Faith is and how far forth in our power now shew what we get by that Faith A. By Faith on Christ we get Justification Q. What is Justification A. It is when God accounteth us for just which he doth then when he doth both forgive our sins and endue us with Eternall Life concerning which Paul openly testifieth whilst he saith that the happinesse of a man consisteth herein that God imputeth righteousnesse to him Rom. 4. 6. And then addeth out of the 32 Psalme that blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sinne Q. Is none then justified without Faith in Christ A. None at all But this is to be understood of that time since Christ hath been revealed Concerning which those words of Peter also are to be understood That there is no name under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved but the name of Jesus Act. 4. 12. For as to the time that went before the Revelation of Christ this cannot be affirmed thereof For although all men that ever believed in God shall by Faith be justified as may be openly gathered from Heb. 11. Yet notwithstanding that way of Justification was not comprehended in the Covenant given by Moses but meerly depended of the Grace of God Whereas now the manner of Justification by Faith in Christ is contained in the very New Covenant Whence their Faith did not include Faith in Christ and therefore the Apostle saith that Faith came by the Gospell Gal. 3. 22 23 24 25. So that they were not justified by Faith in the Son of God but by Faith on God himself alone Q. But that place Act. 15. 11. seemeth to oppugne this opinion where the Apostle Peter saith that we hope to be saved by the Grace of the Lord Jesus as well as they that is the Fathers A. In this place the word they is not referred to the Fathers immediately before mentioned for neither is it here treated of them but to the Gentiles of whom it is here purposely discoursed who are sundry times in the same speech opposed to