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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	knowledge_n	sin_n	sin_v	2,885	5	9.7377	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46754	Soled comfort for sound Christians, or, A treatise of Gods absolute (and most certaine) performance of his conditionall promises in regard of the elect being a parcell of a larger discourse on John 13.17 / by Robert Jenison.	Jenison, Robert, 1584?-1652.	1641 (1641)	Wing J564; ESTC R24152	50,921	69

the power of nature the cheefe matter of their intention and accordingly frame other points Sect. 35. The Doctrine taught concerning Gods Free and effectuall grace le ts us see 1. That his Election is absolute and independant 2. That Grace and Redemption are not universall 3. That the Salvation and perseverance of the Saints is certaine 4. That the Faithfull may be assured of their Election and Salvation JOHN 13.17 Happy are yee if yee doe them SECTION 1. HAving out of this Verse in severall Sermons already after a generall and Methodicall deciphering of Happines A Generall Hint of such points as have been handled out of this Text. according as the Scriptures speake diversly of it considered 1. Of the things to be knowne and that both according to their restraint onely things revealed and specification here namely d●eties of love and humilitie 2. Of our duetie and the necessitie of knowing them 3. Of our duety in bele●ving willing and affecting the things knowne 4. the necessitie of practise to be added to knowledge Whence wee concluded that true knowledge is not bare knowledge but such as is accompanied with good and answerable affections and actions Wee are now in the 5th and last place to consider of that blessednes or at least assurance of Blessednes which results out of such practise as a strong motive to excite and stirre up to the practise of things knowne and that out of these last words Happy are yee if yee doc them And so from thence to try ou● knowledge by our practise and obedience Where it would be considered that we must conceive of doing here Doing here understood Evangelically so as to be extended to Conversion Faith Repen●●●ce c not legally acc●r●ing to the rigour of the Law For so should never any man be happy And C●rist onely performed that perfect obedience to Gods will and we onely in him but Evangelically according to the equity of the Gospel and according to a weaker degree of obedience performed in sinceritie Faith and constancy and such as God will graciously accept off in Christ So that we may and must also extend this Doing more largely as having reference to Gods whole will revealed and made knowne unto us Now God manifests his will either by his words or workes By word 1. of Command both Legall and Evangelicall And so not onely obedience Gods will how manifested but Faith Repentance Conversion c. Come within the Compasse of Gods command This is his commandement that we should beleeve on the Name of his Son Jesus Christ 1 Iob. 3.23 Iob 6.29 Isa 1.16.17 and love one another c. And this is the word of God that ye beleeve on him whom he hath sent 2. Of Restraint and threatning and so our Doing is indeed our not doing of evill forbidden according to that Cease to doe evill learne to doe well 3. Of Promise whether absolute or Conditionall So that our obedience and Doing according to this word wil be also our Faith and our keeping and observing the Conditions of Repentance Obedience c. upon which the promises are made 2. By Worke and by the Event experimentally according to his word which if it be good then the thing required is our thankfulnes if evill befalling ourselves our Doing is our patient suffring as we are taught to pray Thy will be done which includes also a willing suffring and to say Act. 21.14 The rule of our Doing is only Gods will made knowne the will of the Lord be done if it befall others our Doing is Fearing Rom. 11.20 and our amendment Luke 13.5 Now before I urge the further necessity of this doing from the motive of happines in the Text consider we bre●fly from the words the rule of our actions and obedie●●● which we may consider off from the last word in the Text 〈◊〉 Them For we thus are directed to Gods onely will revealed and made knowne unto us which as we have heard are according ●o their restraint onely of things revealed and which we are bound and here supposed to know our Doings must be squared according to the things we know and this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 here must answer that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so that 〈◊〉 Doings should neither be scanter nor larger then these things which are made knowne and revealed For 1. we must doe all we know to be done otherwise wee should live in sinnes against knowledge and conscience and so should sinne more damnably and inexcusably and be beaten with more stripes 2. And in Doing we must not especially in matters of Gods worship doe any thing but according to that rule and will of God made knowne and that both for matter and manner Ia. 2.12 Wee must set that onely rule before us and make it the Square and Line the Sampler and the Coppie according to which wee must direct and order not onely our Faith but all our Doing not following such other rules as will not warrant our actions Now these Roles are 1. The secret will of God Nota. 1. His secret will 2. The will and Example of others 3. Our owne will and wisdome 1. Gods secret will though we doe comformably thereunto will not justifie our actions either good or bad Not good because they are not of Faith and so I may say that Gods written word not understood aright is for the true meaning of it secret to us So that though we doe according to the true meaning of it yet doing it with a doubtfull conscience Rō 14.23 Act. 4.27 28. To doe according to that rule will not justify our actions either good or bad and not of Faith and certaine knowledge it is sinne to us 2. Not bad for so might Hered and Pontius Pilat and the people of Israell have beene excused when they crucified Christ seeing they were gathered together for to doe whatsoever the hand and counsell of God determined before to be done to justify out actions from Gods secret will were to Saucy Neither must we desperatly live by thāt rule saying If J be praedestinat to Life live as I list I shall not misse of Life if not all my endeavours are in vaine I cannot alter Gods Counsell Wretched Creature art thou who so reasonest Dost thou not make Gods secret will thy ●●le Suppose there were no●●●g else to stop thy mouth tell me how knowest thou thy selfe to be reprobated Yea or elected For so thou must needs assume But I am repr●bated Yea or I am elected But when did ever God tell thee 〈◊〉 any that thou a●t a reprobate that concerning particular persons is 〈◊〉 secret kept to himselfe till the event and end declare it And no man can know himselfe elected whilest he lives so carelesly and reasons prophanely Thy rule then is to beleeve repent c. and so thou shalt be saved and Happy are yee if yee doe these things 2. The will and command of others 2