Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	good_a	pure_a	unfeigned_a	2,187	5	10.9762	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22701	Saint Augustine his enchiridion to Laurence, or, The chiefe and principall heads of all Christian religion a most profitable booke to all those which desire to haue a most compendious briefe of Augustines doctrine, out of Augustine himselfe, when he was old, being repurged, by the old manuscript, of many faults and vnusuall wordes, wherewith it formerly flowed.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1607 (1607)	STC 921.5; ESTC S1512	82,205	310

in IN which soeuer of these fower ages or conditions the grace of regeneration findeth each man there are all his sinnes past remitted vnto him and the guilt contracted by the first birth is dissolued by the second And of so great force is that the spirit breatheth where it wil that there bee some which neuer enter into that second estate of seruitude vnder the lawe but in the first receiuing of the commandemēt haue the hands of Gods helping grace reached forth vnto them CHAP. Cxx. That they which die immediately after baptisme are happie BEfore a man can receiue commandement it is of necessity that he must first liue according to the flesh But if being initiated with the sacrament of regeneration hee presently departe out of this life death shall not hurt him because Christ therefore died and rose againe that he might haue dominion ouer the liuing and the dead Neither shall the kingdome of death hould him for whom he died that was free among the dead CHAP. Cxxi That Charitie is the Law and the Gospell which now hath her dayly increases but in the world to come shall haue her absolute perfection THat all the diuine precepts are referred vnto Charitie whereof the Apostle sayth The ende of the commandement is charitie out of a pure heart a good conscience and faith vnfained The ende therfore of euerie precept is charitie That is euery precept is referred vnto charitie But whatsoeuer is so done either for feare of punishment or any other carnall respect that it is not referred to charitie which the holye Ghost doth shedde abroade in our hearts it is not done as it should bee done though it seeme to bee done For charitie reacheth both to God and our neighbour And truely in these two precepts hangeth all the Lawe and the Prophets Whereunto wee may adde the Gospell and the Apostles also For whēce haue we that saying The ende of the Lawe is charitie and God is charitie but out of their writings What-euer things therefore God commandeth of which one is Thou shalt not commit adulterie and what-euer things are not commanded but men are aduised thereunto by speciall counsaile of which one is It is good for a man not to touch a woman both these kindes of things are then well performed when they are referred to the loue of God and of our neighbour for God both in this world and the worlde to come The loue of God I say whome now wee behould through faith but then shall see him face to face And our neighbour also now we knowe but by faith For wee mortall men know not the harts of mortall men But then God shall enlighten the hid things of darkenesse and manifest the thoughts of our harts Then shal euerie one haue prayse of God because each neighbour shall prayse and loue that in other which diuine illumination will not suffer to be hid in them but will present it to the viewe of each other Now concupiscence is diminished and weakned charitie increasing till it come euen in this world to such a greatnes as greater it cannot be No greater loue then this can any man haue than that a man should giue his life for his friends But who shall bee able to expresse what height of loue shall bee there where there shall bee no concupiscence nor no inordinate desire to be repressed how whole sound all things shal be there where there shall be no striuing● of direfull death CHAP. Cxxii What name is most fitly to be giuen to this worke BVt let vs now at the last make an end of this worke which chuse you whether you will call or vse in the nature of an Enchiridion But I truely not thinking your studies and endeuours in Christ Iesus to be such as should be despised and promising my selfe all good of you trusting hoping in the help of our redeemer and louing you most dearly in the sweete fellowship of his members I haue written and dedicated vnto you endeuouring my self to the vttermost a Book of faith hope and charitie Which God grant bee as pleasing profitable vnto you as it is large FINIS