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cause_n	justification_n	justify_v	sanctification_n	1,666	5	10.7958	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15673	A glasse for the godly Contayning many comfortable treatises to perswade men from the loue of this world, to the loue of the world to come, and exhorting them with cherefulnes to passe through the crosses and afflictions of this life. Full of spirituall comfort for all such as hope to be saued by Iesus Christ. The first [-second] part. By R:W: minister of Gods word.	Wolcomb, Robert, b. 1567 or 8.	1612 (1612)	STC 25941; ESTC S121029	292,196	642

by my workes But on the contrarie all appearing christians are not true christiās For to many that will say Lord Matt. 7.22 Lord haue we not by thy name prophecied by thy name cast out diuels by thy name don manie great works Christ wil thus professe I neuer knewe you depart from me yee that worke iniquitie So that the visible outward Church in this world hath good and bad hath worthy vnworthy hath elect and reprobate Matt. 13.24 Mat. 13.47 Mat. 13.3 For it is the fielde wherein there growes wheate tares and it is the draw-net which cast into the sea gathereth of all kindes of things and it is the receiuer of the séede of Gods word which sowne fell foure wayes some by the way side some vpon stony groūd some among thornes some in good ground And all this is plainely set foorth by our Sauiour in the parable of them that were called vnto the marriage Of which parable partly out of the words of Christ partly out of the circumstance of the time persons when and to whō they were spoken we may gather this to be the sense meaning The King that made a mariage for his Sonne is God the Father The Kings Sonne is Christ The mariage is the blessednes of heauen which the elect after this life shall for euer enioy with Christ The first worthier sorte that were called are the Iewes The seruāts whom the King sent are the prophets The calling to the marriage is the drawing to faith and repentāce This calling the Iews despised being giuē to the loue of earthly things many of them chiefly the rulers of the people contumeliously entreated the prophets slew them Therfore God destroied them by his hoasts warriors that is by the armies of the Romans First vnder the cōducting of Vespasian after of Titus his sonne and hée burnt vp Ierusalem their Citie with fire Afterwards reiecting the Iewes God sent the Apostles vnto the Gentiles and called thē into the place room of the Iews in whose stéed they were are and shall be vnto the ende of the world as wel good as bad that is as well elect as reprobate of whō the one are of euill made good by the holy Ghost the other are left in their natural wickednes The marriage garmēt is true holines which is of 2. sorts th' one is the holinesse of Christs sacrifice imputed vnto vs by Faith the other is an holines wrought in our mindes by the sanctification of the holie Ghost which shews it selfe by holines of life Whosoeuer are not clothed which this wedding garment shal be throwne out from the marriage into vtter darknes that is into the eternall torments of Hell and that shall bee done by the Seruants that is Gods holie Angels Therefore beeing all inuited and called to the marriage of the Kings Sonne that is to the fruition and participation of the ioyes of heauen Wée must neither contemne and refuse the abundant mercie of God that so louingly bids vs either by addicting our selues whollie to the vanitie and mucke of this world or by despising of Gods Messengers who are sent to inuite vs neither must wee presume to approach without the marriage garment making onely a bare profession naked shew without any sinceritie For though we spin Hypocrisie with neuer so small a thréede so that the eyes of man cannot discerne it yet when the King of heauen whose eyes are ten thousand times more bright then the Sunne shall come in to sée the Guests hée will pull off the vizard from the masked dissembler and discouer the counterfeiter and as the Hypocrite pretends onely loue amitie to Christs religion and entends far otherwise with his heart So the King shall Ironically and colourably call him Friend but a painted friēd and therefore hée shall say How camest thou in hither and hast not on a Wedding garmēt Binde him hand and foote Take him away and cast him into vtter darknes Wherefore that wee may examine our selues our soules and consciences the better whether wée are arrayed with the Wedding garment or not and that we may labour and pray that we may be more and more apparelled therewith whereby we may neuer be cast out of the presence of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and that we may know how to professe CHRIST aright For it is a most important matter and to professe is not enough except wee professe aright it shall be vnfolded First what the Wedding garment is without which wee cannot be partakers of Heauenly blessednes secondly what Hypocrisie is and how detestable and odious it is in the sight of God The Wedding garment is Iustification 1 What the Wedding garmēt is and Sanctification or Faith good workes or to belieue well and to liue well All this is but true holinesse which is of two sorts Namely the righteousnes of Christs sacrifice imputed to vs by Faith and inherent righteousnes wrought in vs and brought into vs by the holy Ghost So that this garment is of two colours partly red partly white It is red by reason of Christs blood shead on the Crosse for the purging of our soules and this is our Iustification and Righteousnes before God It is white by reason of holy harmeles cōuersation which shines before the world this is the putting on of the new man Christ Iesus the washing of our robes the makīg of them white in the bloud of the lambe our sāctification holines in the eyes of men Iustificatiō is attained by Faith sanctification brīgeth forth good works iustificatiō cānot be wtout faith faith cānot be wtout good works iustification therfore holines are inseparable companions where the one is there is also the other They agrée in the efficient cause For God is the Author and worker of them both by the merit of Christ They agree in the instrument which is Faith for faith receiues Iustification and Faith brings foorth sanctification they agrée in the scope ende that is our eternall life but iustificatiō as the cause sāctification as the way therfore the Apostle saith Eph. 2.10 that we are Gods workmāship created in Christ Iesus vnto good works which god hath ordained that we should walk in them What then is this true faith by which we are iustified before God accounted righteous absolued frō the guiltines of all our sins Rom. 11. reputed as holy as if wee had neuer sinned had our selues fulfilled all the cōmandements of God Faith is the means helpe instrumēt whereby a sinner doth apprehēd Christ which all his benefits Eph. 3.17 Luk. 2.11 doth applie them particularly to himself is ioyned to Christ doth liue in Christ This faith is liuely effectuall both in respect of our affections in respect of our actions It is liuely in respect of our affectiōs for it works in