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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	according_a	heavenly_a	zion_n	27	3	8.2809	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17706	Sermons of M. Iohn Caluine vpon the Epistle of Saincte Paule to the Galathians; Sermons de M. Jean Calvin sur l'Epistre S. Paul apostre aux Galates. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1574 (1574)	STC 4449; ESTC S122190	610,760	704

be short S. Paule speaketh heere of the lawe after the interpretation wherewith it had bin corrupted by the hypocrites that buzied their heades aboute pelting trifles and woulde needes make meritorious deedes of them and in the meane whyle did cast mennes consciences into so streyt bondes as was ynough too choke them But hereof ynough hath bin sayd heeretofore Neuerthelesse wee must call to minde howe the lawe hath bin compared with the Gospell bicause that such as will needes purchace themselues rightuousnesse by it do beare theÌ„selues in hand that God is bound vnto theÌ„ for their doing of their dutie and they think they do it throughly in deede VVhen they heere this promis he that doth these things shall liue by and by they streyn theÌ„selues and they beleue that they shall bring the matter about to performe al that euer God requireth and coÌ„maundeth And when they haue once gotteÌ„ the promis by the end streytwayes they looke for the wages too they neuer thinke any more that their saluation is a free gift but that they haue deserued and earned Gods promis so that the eternall life is with theÌ„ but a recoÌ„pence of their deserts Thus yee see what is ment by the Lawe when S. Paule compareth it with the Gospell And as touching the Gospell he doth vs to wit that it is a doctrine wherby God sheweth himself to be our father with couenant that we should be set free froÌ„ the condemnation of Satan and sinne yea and from the curse of the law For as wee haue seene afore it is sayd that all such as fulfill not the lawe in all poynts shall be accursed Nowe the cace is so that all of vs are indauÌ„gered And by that meanes all the world is swallowed vp in despayre and there is no remedie vnlesse God drawe wretched sinners out of that condemnation and acquit them of the sentence that was pronounced against them Nowe then wee see after what maner S. Paule tooke the name of the Lawe namely that he ment not that the doctrine which is conteyned in Moyses doth not make vs rightly the children of God or that it contayneth not the promises which were for the euerlasting saluation of mankinde but onely that before Iesus Christ came into the worlde there was not yet any ful libertie or freedome as there is now adayes moreouer that the hipocrites abused the law by their false interpretations For they surmyzed that they could make God amends and thereby purchace fauour at his hand And therefore S. Paule sayeth that we shall alwayes be in bondage till wee be begotten againe by another kinde of seede that is to wit by the Gospell But let vs marke well these wordes where it is sayd that Agar or Sinay representeth the Ierusalem which was at that time that is too wit the same Citie which had erst bin Gods sanctuarie should haue bin the welspring of all heauenly doctrine according too Esay and Micheas which say The law shall come from Sion and the woord of God from Ierusalem Howbeit for asmuch as the Iewes were corrupt and had mingled their own inuentioÌ„s glozes with the purenesse of the true doctrine yea and had forsaken Iesus Christ the fountaine of life S. Paule sayeth that that Ierusalem of theirs is like Agar the bondmayd like the mountayne Sinay which cannot ingender but to condemnatioÌ„ and that is a thing well woorthie to be marked for it serueth too shewe that God did neuer so tie his grace to any one place but that he punished the thanklesnesse of the inhabiters wheÌ„ they would not haue the wit to make their benefit of the good things that he had put into their hands Behold Ierusalem is called Gods holy citie his royal palace his house and the placâ— of his abode all these titles are giueÌ„ it in the holy Scripture And yet notwithstanding S. Paule sayeth that she is become like Sinay a barrein hill in a deserte and elendge place and out of the bounds of the holy land which God calleth his resting place and the heritage of his faithful and chozen Seing there was such a chaunge in the Citie of Ierusalem which had bin chozen of God and honored with so many goodly and excellent titles what shall become of al such people as do now adayes refuze the doctrine of the Gospell Although they were exalted to the like honour yet could God wel ynough make them to tumble into all reproch VVe see what is sayd of all those Cities where our Lord Iesus Christ had preached the Gospel as of Capernaum and the rest For they might haue boasted of their hauing of the message of saluation first afore all others and of Christes being conuersant among them rahter than at IerusaleÌ„ But he sayeth thou shalt be cast down to the bottom of hel and that was bicause they were stubborne maliciously wilfull in disdeyning to receyue the grace that was preached vnto them Yea we see what Ieremie sayeth of Silo. Bycause the Iewes boasted so much of their towne of IerusaleÌ„ vnder the colour of the TeÌ„ple and the altar Go your wayes to Silo sayeth he was not the Ark placed there a loÌ„g time did not meÌ„ resort thither froÌ„ all coastes to worship God did they not offer sacrifizes there And what see ye now a terrible tokeÌ„ of Gods vengeaÌ„ce bicause they had not profited theÌ„selues by the benefite that was offered to theÌ„ first of all Now therfore let vs apply this to our own instructioÌ„ that whensoeuer God shall haue bin so gracious to vs as to make his abode among vs as it were to plant his royall seege with vs too reigne ouer vs wee may walke in feare warenesse indeuering on our side to obey him to shrowd our selues soberly aduisedly vnder his wings For if wee thinke to hold him bouÌ„d vnto vs thervpoÌ„ presume to be wilfull in our own coÌ„ceyt vnhalow the gratious gifts which he had dedicated to our saluatioÌ„ surely such lewdnesse shal not abide vnpunished So theÌ„ we be warned by the exaÌ„ple of IerusaleÌ„ to yeeld our selues peasably to the obeying of our God to suffer him to gouerne vs applying our selues to him in al respects without puffing vp into vayne presuÌ„ptioÌ„ wheÌ„ he shal haue bestowed any of his spiritual gifts vpoÌ„ vs but rather coÌ„fessing that we be so much the ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ beholdeÌ„ vnto him thervpoÌ„ taking occasion to humble our selues And heere by the way we see what a fondnesse it is of the Papistes too tie God vnto Rome vnder colour as they say that it is the Apostolike sea Let vs put the cace it were so although we know not why for all that they alledge of S. Peter is but tales and starke lies It is very certaine that S. Paule was hild prisoner at Rome and it may be gathered that he was euen put too death there Beholde all the holinesse of Rome is this that

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