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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	faith_n	good_a	shipwreck_n	6,868	5	12.4968	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19777	Doubtings dovvnfall first, prouing the communitie of the Saints assurance. Secondly, disprouing Bellarmines and his fellowes false allegations and friuolous exceptions against that truth. By Edvvard Dalton, preacher of the Word, &c.	Dalton, Edward.	1624 (1624)	STC 6204; ESTC S115432	25,476	66

Thus praying that thou maist be turned to the true Shepheard and Bishop of thy Soule 1. Pet. 2.25 thy Sauiour haue that hope which is sure and stedfast Heb. 3.6 and neuer makes ashamed Rom. 5.5 I rest Thine in any Christian duty to be commanded EDVV DALTON The Contents POpish Doctors of all haue least reason to interpret the Text of a Coniecturall perswasion page 9. The Doctrine is To be assured of euery grace simply necessary to saluation is common to euery Saint not Pauls peculiar page 10. And it is first proued from the Text not withstanding Pauls Speciall Reuelation pa. 13. Gift of discerning page 15. Secondly Context from the manner of the Apostles arguing page 26. Marke whereat he aimeth i. the Saints comfort page 28. Grounds of those comforts hee here laies downe p. 31. Thirdly from the confession of the Aduersaries where 1. The Gospell aswell as the Law is particularly to be applyed p. 32. 2. To apply generall propositions particularly is the practise of the Spirit p. 34. the Aduersaries thēselues p. 36. 3. The truth of Conuersion may be knowne p. 38. 4. What heart it is which is deceiued p. 39. 5. Wherein Peter was deceiued wherein he was not p. 43. 6. It is absurd to alledge Pauls rageings against the Church to proue a Saint may be deceiued p. 43. 7. According to the measure of faith is the measure of the Saints assurance p. 44. And it is secondly applied therefore 1. They are reproued who would haue all the Saints of God and members of Christ to doubt and that out of duty of their Saluation of which to doubt Papists haue of all men least cause seeing if we will beleeue themselues they onely are true beleeuers and are able to keepe the Law p. 45. 2. To hold doubting necessary is dangerous making Prayer fruitlesse p. 46. 3. It is no presumption to labour for assurance p. 48. 4. The meanes to obtaine assurance p. 50. 5. Signes of true assurance p. 50. 6. Outward conditions should not puffe vp or exalt any Saint aboue his inferiour brethren p. 51. 7. The meanest childe of God may in what estate soeuer he be by reason of his interest in this assurance be comforted p. 52. 8. How to be comforted in sinnes and sufferings by this assurance p. 52. DOVBTINGS DOVNFAL ROMANS 8. vers 38. For I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come 39. Nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ALL the predictions of our blessed Sauiour are infallible for their truth and for their accomplishments haue their periods one among the rest seemes to be verified in our daies Luk. 21.26 which is That men should be at their wits end or their hearts should faile them for feare and for looking after those things which are comming on the earth Not that Christ would haue thē so but that men would be so carryed away with longing for certainties in things rather of this then a better life whereas if a man in the testimonie of a good Conscience be once perswaded that in Christ Gods present loue without interruption reflecteth on him and future ioyes without intermission doe expect him Ps 146.2 Though the earth be remoued and though the Mountaines be caried into the midst of the Sea yet he because his heart is wholly taken vp with the Lords Almightie power possessed with the Almighties mercifull protection and fully perswaded that the worst crosse Luk. 21.18 euen the loosing of his head shall not produce the perishing of an haire Ro. 8.28 but all things shall turne to his good though some through needlesse feares make Shipwracke of Faith and a good Conscience 1 Tim. 1.19 other vpon earthly hopes embrace this present World he I say remaineth as constantly faithfull in his outward profession as he is holily resolued through an inward persuasion But now the Apostle partly seeing in the Romanes in his time partly foreseeing in all Saints in succeeding ages that their holy persuasion should be opposed and their heauenly profession hindered vpon the sound of that Alarum which both present experience and future expectation caused to be made entereth in this Chapter the lists and begins a combate with his enemies of all sorts sinne and sufferings not ending many times till death hath put an end vnto them nay death it selfe of all afflictions the worst which man can endure and that only which he cannot resist from the 1. verse to the 31. and least any Saint should shrinke from his holy faith or any other be deterred from touching the very hemmes of that Religion which is so accompanied with afflictions and encountred with oppositions he presents the soule victoriously triumphing from the 31. verse to the end of the Chapter against all doubt-causing streights and heart-daunting strength because it cannot possibly be destitute of any thing that is helpefull for how shall not he that spared not his owne Sonne but deliuered him vp for vs all with him also freely giue vs all things verse 32. nor too much molested with any enemies that are hurtfull whether seuered or vnited in their forces Are they seuered It insults first ouer the malice of such as are spirituall whether sinne or Satan and a guilty conscience through sinne one or all either accusing verse 33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods Elect It is God that iustifieth or condemning verse 34. Who is he that condemneth It is Christ that died yea rather that is risen againe who is euen at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession for vs. Secondly ouer the mischiefe of such as are corporall verse 35 36 37. Who shall separate vs from the loue of Christ shall tribulation or distresse or persecution or famine or nakednesse or perill or sword as it is written for thy sake we are killed all the day long we are counted as sheepe for the slaughter nay in all these things we are more then conquerours through him that loued vs. Are they vnited They shall preuaile no otherwise speed no better for the Apostles conscience told him that Gods loue to his Saints is inseparable and so inseparable that Neither death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able endeuour what it will attempt what it can to seperate vs either him or them from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our his and their Lord. A proposition it is of comfort propounded by our Apostle in such a manner we see as manifests his assured and infallible persuasion not only of his owne but of th Saints then in Rome and consequently of all Saints that either then were or after should be vpon the earth their inseparability from the loue