Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

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
A96295	Mankinds jubilee, or, Good tidings of great joy for all people plainly discovered by Scripture texts ... shewing that there is a common salvation of all men ... / written by Christopher Wade, An. Dom 1658.	Wade, Christopher, 17th cent.	1658 (1658)	Wing W158A; ESTC R42984	102,952	125

apprehending the true sence of this Text. Rom. 9.18 to look upon the one will of God as it is by his own determinate counsell to be by Christ dispensed ever since the restoration before mentioned accordingly as men do beleeve or not beleeve Also note that though it be said that he that beleeveth shall be saved yet you know or ought to know that all beleevers during this life are in themselves unworthy their faith and works are imperfect and though their imperfections are such by the inhabitation of the remainders of the old man in them that men indeed considering of themselves as in themselves may admire why God should be merciful unto them yet as his second Covenant was established by that his one will so according to that his Covenant of grace he will have mercy on all such men though unworthy in themselves as by faithfull indeavours doe humbly aime at the performance of that his condition annexed to the second Covenant as is fully proved in Eph. 1.11 12 13. Heb 6. Chap. 2 Thes 2.3 4 5. James 2.5 And also considering that those conditions annexed to the Gospell are according to his will in holy writ published and propounded to the world to be observed John 1.16 What a preposterous injurious taxation doe you that stand to maintaine the effects of his power and will only in this point as separated from all his other holy attributes cast upon our just impartiall God and faithfull Creator by your from this Text and such like affirming that notwithstanding what condition soever that God hath in his owne word by his one will so published to declare to the world what his will is concerning mans salvation by their obedience to the faith Yet that he hath as you conceive in effect in this text declared that his secret mentall reserve is to proceed by his power and will only to harden some men to eternall destruction without any respect of their actuall and personall disobedience against the Gospell-Covenant though so propounded to them by himselfe Thus yee render up God by his exalting his power and will to destroy his Gospell-grace which is according to conditions performed by men to be obteined Doe you not bring in God placed upon the theatre of the world by you wrapped up in de●uding Simon Magus his cloathes making shew to do that for some men which in truth he doth not nor really never did intend to doe for them Therefore beloved with consent of Scripture to gather up our gratious Gods holy attributes together which such people have so farre dispersed asunder let us chearfully conclude this cause maintaining Gods impartiality with the very words of this Text that God will have mercy on whom he will have mercy and whom he will he hardneth that he will have all men come to the knowledge of the truth 1 Tim. 2.4 and though even beleevers are in themselves ungodly yet he by his not starting from his second Covenant and the conditions thereto annexed made by him he will have it so it must be so though there be no cause in them deserving it yet he will have mercy on those and impute righteousnesse unto them that beleeve in him that justifyeth the ungodly and that it is his declared will also that he will 〈◊〉 have mercy upon any such man that after ability given him by grace to be obedient to the faith yet will wilfully persist in the sinne of unbeleefe contrary to the condition of grace by God himselfe annexed to the Gospell The sixteenth Distinction sheweth the unwarranted dealings of some men with Gods prerogative by a wrested application of Gods hardning Pharaohs heart SOme men have applyed these words where it is said and whom he will he hardeneth Rom. 9.18 as if God by his absolute prerogative will doth harden some mens hearts without any regard of their hardning their owne hearts first and they doe attempt to prove that their surmized tenent by their bringing in Gods hardning of Pharaohs heart Exod. 4.21 as they suppose not in respect of Pharaohs hardning his heart first to be the moving cause of God thereto therein they though being Christians and intrusted with his word yet ill requiting Gods loving kindnesse by making advantage of a wrong sence thereof which makes against his impartiality and will not on his part therein take notice of the true procuring cause of Pharaohs misery where it is said that Pharaoh hardned his owne heart Exod. 8.15 neither doe they once own but rather conceale Pharaohs proud blasphemous answer given to Gods message which was first of all delivered by Moses and Aaron to him in a peaceable way to prevaile with him Exod. 5.15 nor of this tyrannicall dealing with his people before that message was delivered unto him nor of his multiplying afflictions upon his people after that first message from ver 6. to ver 11. Neither have they on Gods side shewed that Pharaoh hardned his heart againe Exod. 8.32 nor that Pharaoh sinned yet more and hardned his heart he and his fervants Exod. 9.34 But behold yee Christians that thus in effect doe maintaine that God is the compulsive author of sin and rebellion in some men even against himselfe and be ye astonished for behold the very Heathen Idolatrous Philistines that even their Idolatrous I Priests and Diviners did to provoke the people to send speedily away the Ark of God from among them reprove them saying Wherefore then doe you harden your hearts as Pharaoh and the Egyptians did when he had wrought wonderfully amongst them 1 Sam. 6.6 Thus you see here that the very Idolatrous Heathens have gotten the start of all such Christians in this point by their laying the fault rightly upon the Creatures as Pharaoh and the Egyptians thereby vindicating the impartiality of the Creator according to 1 Pet. 1.17 which such Christians will not vouchsafe to do but rather hide the same although in that Text 1 Pet. 1.17 it is said that God judgeth without respect of persons according to every mans works then not according to his first hardning of some mens hearts see the proud rebellious answer of those people the similized clay to the gratious exhorting message sent from God their similized Potter Ier. 18.12 and the people hardning their own hearts as an adamant stone in direct rebellion against Gods generall exhortations lovingly propounded unto them Zech. 7.9 10 11 12. See also in Rom. 1 chap. how gratiously God manifests and shewes himselfe to them ver 19 20. and yet how rebelliously they behave themselves towards him See also the unstained impartiality that is in our faithfull Creator confirmed in that he forsaketh no man before they actually and personally forsake him 2 Chron. 15.2 Ezek. 18 chap. Isa 5.2 3 4. compared with chap. 6.9 10. and Isa 44.18 compared with Mat. 13.15 and John 1.7 9. and Acts 8.27 as also Psal 145.9 Pro. 21.29 Jer. 7.25 26 27. besides God doth not harden any mans heart first nor forsake