Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	blood_n	spirit_n	spot_n	1,180	5	9.7005	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77762	The great doctrines of the gospel of Christ owned, believed and asserted in several declarations or sermons preached in London, by sundry servants of Christ of the society of Christian Quakers.	Budd, Thomas, 1648-1699.	1694 (1694)	Wing B5358A; ESTC R227790	110,751	214

and Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ it is not the true Doctrin of the Gospel of Christ to preach Pardon of Sin and Justification through the Obedience that any Man or Woman can perform to or by the Light within the Spirit of God within or any inward Principle without Faith in the Man Christ Jesus It is by Faith in him that we witness Peace with God Being justified by Faith we have Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 5.1 It is not in my Heart to go into Niceties to answer that Question that hath more of Nicity than of Necessity in it Whether we are justified by Faith or by Faith and Works viz. by such Works as accompany Faith and go along with Faith and that flow from Faith as the effects of it We cannot be justified whatever any may ●irm without Faith in Christ crucified and ●hoever preach that we may be justified by ●y Works that we can perform any obedi●nce to Christ within or without without ●ith in Christ crucified they preach another ●ospel and pervert the Gospel of Christ ●al 1.8 But though we or an Angel from ●eaven saith the Apostle preach any other ●ospel unto you than that which we have preach●● unto you let him be accursed Now they preach another Gospel that preach ●ustification and Remission of Sins by our own ●orks and Obedience without Faith in Christ crucified The Apostle James saith ●deed Jam. 2.21 Was not Abraham our ●ather justified when he offered Isaac his Son ●pon the Altar Seest thou how Faith wrought ●ith his Works and by Works was Faith ●ade perfect And the Scripture was fulfil●●d which saith Abraham believed God ●●d it was impute● to him for Righteousness ●●d he was called the Friend of God And it is ●id concerning Rahab Was not Rahab the ●arlot justified by Works when she had recei●ed the Messengers and had sent them out ano●her way Josh 2.15 She let them down by a ●ord through the Window and she said unto ●hem Get ye to the Mountains lest the Pursu●rs meet you And the Spyes said unto her ●ehold when we come into the Land thou shalt ●ind this Line of Scarlet-Thred in the Window ●ich thou didst let us down by c. The ●carlet-Thred did typify and represent and shadow out the Blood of Christ by which sh● should be saved she hid the Spyes and th● was a good Work her Faith that saved he● was as the Scarlet-Thred dipt and dyed i● the Blood of Christ which cleanseth from al● Sin So these Works were not without Faith but did accompany it and were the real Frui● of it I have told you that the Object of Fait● is God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son both in his inward and outward coming an● appearance and as he is yet to come again and appear without us at the end of th● World at the great day of Judgment and also the holy Spirit Now to open to you briefly one Scripture John 1.12 But as many as received him to them gave he Power to become the Sons of God even to them that believe on his Name The Exposition that some have given of this is the receiving of Christ inwardly that is so far good But that dot●●ot comprehend the whole sense and meaning of the Words To receive him and believe on him is not only to receive his Light and Power and Spirit in our Hearts but to receive him as he died for us and shed his precious Blood for us and became both a Priest and Sacrifice for us and offered himself through the Eternal Spirit without spot to God We must believe th● worth and value of that Sacrifice to expiat● our Sins and to make attonement for us ● so that by Christ's Sacrifice and offering o● himself the justice of God ha●h satisfactio● made to it as fully as if we our selves had suf●●red and made full satisfaction So that to ●●ceive Christ is not to receive him only in ●●s inward Appearance but in his priestly Of●●ce as he died upon the Cross and shed his ●recious Blood for us I have said it divers times and it is in my Heart to say it again That Christ offered the Gift of his Manhood upon the Altar of his Godhead that sanctified it and made it so ●ighly valuable and acceptable How will ●ou prove this some might say This may ●ell be proved out of the holy Scripture Heb. 13.14 For if the Blood of Bulls and of Goats and the Ashes of an Heifer sprinkling ●he Vnclean sanctifieth to the purifying of the ●lesh how much more shall the Blood of Christ ●ho through the Eternal Spirit offered himself ●●thout spot to God purge your Consciences ●im dead Works ●o serve the living God The ●●●rnal Spirit 〈◊〉 the eternal Power and God●ead is the Altar t●●● is greater than the Gift ●●d the Altar which sanctifieth the Gift and ●hich was that that gave value and merit to ●s precious Blood and to what his Body and ●oul suffered here I say is the Gift upon ●●e Altar and the Altar sanctifieth the Gift 〈◊〉 Christ had been Man only then his Death ●●d Sufferings and his precious Blood had ●t been of that great worth and value to ex●●te our Sin and make Attonement for us ●●d reconcile us to God God hath had re●●d to this in all Ages God looks favourable ●on us only through Christ our great Mediator and High-priest Christ's Blood is of meritorious Efficacy in all Ages since it was shed and before it was shed And as Christ is the Object of our Faith so is the Doctrin of Christ in all the parts of it in a secondary sense but more especially as it respects the Promises of Salvation and his Commandments these two the Promises of Christ and the Commands of Christ if we believe his Promises we believe his Precepts and obey them We are pardoned and sanctified and justified freely and all boasting is excluded If we believe in Christ we believe in his Person and we believe his Doctrin his Promises and all that is written That through the comfort of the Scriptures we might have Hope I will by a Similitude express and represent to you of what great use the Promises are unto us as I have found by experience blessed be God that the great and precious Promises of our Lord Jesus Christ and hi● sweet Invitations and Calls that are recorded in the holy Scripture are a mighty help to us in laying hold upon Christ We cannot take hold of a Man so well when he is naked as when he is clothed It is not so easy fo● us to lay hold on Christ naked as when he i● preached in the Gospel and as when he i● clothed as it were with the precious Prom●ses It is very hard for us to lay hold o● Christ and embrace him and come to him without a Promise The Apostle Peter hol●ing forth this great Mystery tells us 2 Pet. 1. ● Whereby are given to