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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bring_v	life_n	spirit_n	4,163	5	4.8586	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68592	A briefe declaration of the chiefe points of Christian religion set forth in a table. Made by Theodore Beze.; Summa totius Christianismi. English	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Whittingham, William, d. 1579.	1613 (1613)	STC 2002; ESTC S115308	23,499	92

of executing Gods iudgements aswel in these as in the other which are elected are in three sorts whereof we haue already declared the first For the elect in that same moment that they haue receiued the gift of faith haue after a certain sort passed frō death to life 8 whereof they haue a sure pledge 9. But this their life is hid in Christ till this corporall death make them to step a degree further and that the soule being loosed out of the bands of the bodie enter into the ioy of the Lord. Finally in the day appointed to iudge the quicke and the dead 11 when that which is corruptible and mortall shal be clad with incorruptiblenesse and immortalitie and GOD shall bee all in all things then they shall see his maiestie face to face and shall surely enioy that vnspeakeable comfort and ioy which before all beginning was prepared for thē which is also the reward that is due to the righteousnesse and holinesse of Christ who was giuen for their sinnes raysed againe from death for their iustification by whose vertue and spirit they haue proceeded and gone forward from faith to faith as shall manifestly appeare by the whole course of their life good works 12. Whereas altogether contrary the reprobate conceiued borne and brought vp in sin death and wrath of God 13 when they depart out of this world they fall into another gulfe of destruction their soules are plūged in that endless pa●tie 14 vntill the day come that their bodies and soules being ioyned againe they shall enter into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the diuel his Angels 15. Then by these two wayes which are cleane contrarie one to another the last issue and end of Gods iudgements shall set forth manifestlie his glory to all men forasmuch as in his elect he shall declare him selfe most iust and most mercifull Most iust I say for that he hath punished vvith extreame rigor and seueritie the sinnes of his elect in the person of his Sonne neither did receiue them into the felowship of his glory before he had fully perfectly iustified and sanctified them in his sonne And most mercifull forasmuch as hee freely appointed with himselfe to elect them and according as he had purposed chose them freely in his Son by calling iustifying and glorifying them by meanes of that same faith which he had giuen them through the same grace and mercie On the other side touching the reprobate their corruption and infidelitie with such fruites as come thereof and testimony of their owne conscience shall so reproue and accuse thē that although they resist kick against the prick yet the most perfit iustice of God shal be manifest and shine by all mens confession in their iust condemnation CHAP. VII After what sort this doctrine may bee preached vvith most profit SIth wee haue now declared the effect of this doctrine it remaineth also that we shew what order we think best to be obserued in preaching and applying the same to euery particular man Whereas many finde this matter so sharpe and strange that they flie from it as from a dangerous rock it is partly to be attributed to the malice and arrogancie of men and partly to the rashnes lack of discretion of them that teach it and thirdly it is to bee imputed to their ignorance which cannot orderly apply the same to thēselues which faithfully and truly hath been taught of others Concerning them which sin of malice it onely appertaineth to God to amend them which surely hee hath done alwaies in his season and like wise will doe from time to time to whom hee hath appointed to shew mercy But for others which remain obstinate in their sinne and wickednes there is no cause why we should be mooued either for their number or authority to dissemble Gods truth And as touching the second sort I haue thought these things principally to be obserued in preaching this mysterie First as in al other things 1 so chiefly in this matter of predestination they ought to take diligent heed that in stead of Gods pure and simple truth they bring not forth vaine and curious speculations or dreams 2. which thing they cannot chuse but do which goe about to compasse and accord these secret iudgements of GOD vvith mans wisedome and so doe not onely put difference betwixt predestination and the purpose of God which thing they must needs do but separate the one from the other for they either imagine a certaine naked and idle permission or else make a double purpose counsell in God From the which errors they must needs fall into many great absurdities For sometimes they are constrained to diuide those things which of themselues are ioyned most straightly and sometimes they are compelled to inuent a great sort of foolish darke distinctions wherein the far her they occupy thēselues and search the vvider they stray from the purpose● and so intangle their miserable braines that they can find no way out This then ought to be auoided vvith all carefull diligence chiefly in this matter which aboue all other ought purely and sincerely to be taught in the Church of God Moreouer as much as is possible let them take heed though some-times for a more cleere vnderstanding of thinges a man may bee bold godlie and reuerently to do that no strange maner of speech or not approoueable by Gods word be vsed and also that such phrases words which the Scriptures approue be expounded fitly lest otherwise any man should take occasion of offence which as yet is rude ignorant Furthermore wee must haue good respect vnto the hearers 3 wherein also wee must make distinction betwixt the malicious and the rude and againe betwixt thē which are wilfull ignorant those which are not capable through a simple and common ignorance For to that further sort our Lord is accustomed to set forth plainly the iudgement of God 4 but the other must be led by litle and litle to the knowledge of the truth 5. Likewise we must take heed that wee haue not so much respect to the weak that they in the mean season which are apt to vnderstand be neglected not sufficiently taught wherof we haue notable examples in S. Paul which declare to vs the wisedome and circumspection which hee obserued in this matter chiefly in the 9. 10. 11. 14. and 15. chapter of the Epistle to the Romans Also except some great cause let that they beginne at the lowest and most manifest causes so ascend vp to the highest as Paule in his epistle to the Romans which is the right order and way to proceed in matters of diuinitie from the lawe goeth to remission of sinnes and thence by steppes he mounteth til he come to the highest degree or else let them insist in that point which is most agreeable to the text or matter which they haue in hand rather