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A12099 Five pious and learned discourses 1. A sermon shewing how we ought to behave our selves in Gods house. 2. A sermon preferring holy charity before faith, hope, and knowledge. 3. A treatise shewing that Gods law, now qualified by the Gospel of Christ, is possible, and ought to be fulfilled of us in this life. 4. A treatise of the divine attributes. 5. A treatise shewing the Antichrist not to be yet come. By Robert Shelford of Ringsfield in Suffolk priest. Shelford, Robert, 1562 or 3-1627. 1635 (1635) STC 22400; ESTC S117202 172,818 340

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the_o angel_n have_v therefore_o their_o reward_n shall_v be_v great_a and_o more_o than_o they_o though_o their_o grace_n be_v more_o and_o great_a than_o that_o of_o christian_n wherefore_o when_o they_o both_o shall_v meet_v there_o shall_v be_v a_o bless_a harmony_n and_o sweet_a rejoice_v in_o god_n together_o and_o to_o show_v a_o little_a further_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o angel_n and_o man_n travel_n towards_o the_o end_n this_o shall_v appear_v from_o man_n combat_n under_o the_o three_o law_n war_a one_o against_o another_o the_o law_n of_o the_o member_n challenge_v the_o law_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o spirit_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o spirit_n challenge_v the_o law_n of_o the_o member_n and_o the_o law_n of_o god_n challenge_v both_o say_v thou_o law_n of_o spirit_n and_o grace_n come_v too_o short_a for_o man_n salvation_n and_o thou_o law_n of_o member_n be_v out_o of_o measure_n sinful_a and_o therefore_o kill_v what_o shall_v the_o distress_a 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therefore_o to_o maintain_v man_n freewill_n god_n will_v not_o save_v all_o in_o effect_n but_o the_o same_o will_n turn_v from_o mercy_n to_o justice_n which_o before_o turn_v from_o justice_n 41._o to_o mercy_n and_o say_v depart_v from_o i_o you_o curse_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n which_o be_v prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n neither_o be_v god_n will_n alter_v nor_o break_v because_o it_o turn_v from_o mercy_n to_o judgement_n for_o that_o it_o still_o retain_v its_o former_a mercy_n and_o man_n his_o former_a resistance_n 37._o to_o receive_v it_o how_o often_o say_v our_o saviour_n will_v i_o have_v gather_v thy_o child_n together_o even_o as_o a_o hen_n gather_v her_o chicken_n but_o you_o will_v not_o if_o god_n have_v not_o bind_v man_n to_o one_o object_n but_o give_v he_o freewill_n to_o turn_v from_o object_n to_o object_n according_a to_o reason_n rule_v then_o shall_v god_n be_v bind_v and_o man_n free_a the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v wide_a than_o all_o 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add_v his_o grace_n to_o aid_v his_o will_n that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o defect_n on_o his_o part_n for_o freedom_n natural_a to_o good_a theological_a be_v not_o freedom_n but_o stubbornness_n without_o grace_n and_o this_o grace_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n as_o it_o order_v and_o aid_v thing_n natural_a to_o their_o natural_a end_n so_o it_o order_v and_o aid_v man_n to_o his_o supernatural_a end_n which_o be_v to_o live_v with_o his_o god_n in_o heaven_n and_o this_o goodness_n of_o grace_n be_v like_a to_o the_o virtuous_a magnet_n the_o most_o remarkable_a of_o all_o stone_n the_o guide_n of_o the_o dial_n and_o the_o direction_n for_o sea-travell_n for_o as_o the_o pin_n and_o needle_n of_o the_o dial_n be_v touch_v with_o it_o the_o needle_n will_v stand_v no_o way_n but_o north_n and_o south_n so_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v touch_v with_o god_n grace_n in_o his_o regeneration_n will_v stand_v no_o way_n but_o to_o heaven-ward_n and_o this_o touch_n be_v that_o which_o divine_n call_v the_o habit_n of_o charity_n always_o incline_v and_o bend_v to_o heaven_n and_o heavenly_a thing_n through_o all_o the_o rub_n of_o the_o world_n though_o the_o touch_v needle_n for_o a_o while_o be_v shake_v and_o justle_v from_o its_o former_a due_a station_n yet_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o shake_n be_v over_o it_o return_v instant_o to_o the_o same_o point_n right_o so_o though_o the_o heart_n be_v for_o a_o time_n justle_v either_o by_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n or_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o eye_n or_o the_o pride_n of_o life_n from_o its_o right_a stand_n yet_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o force_n be_v over_o present_o it_o return_v to_o its_o former_a station_n to_o heaven-ward_n and_o the_o only_a reason_n be_v the_o touch_n of_o god_n goodness_n in_o the_o regenerate_a soul_n to_o which_o above_o all_o thing_n man_n heart_n be_v behold_v and_o this_o goodness_n proceed_v from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o truth_n proceed_v from_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o as_o the_o son_n be_v the_o father_n essential_a truth_n so_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n essential_a goodness_n and_o as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o increate_v goodness_n of_o god_n in_o himself_o so_o love_v and_o charity_n be_v the_o create_v goodness_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o man_n and_o until_o this_o be_v wrought_v in_o we_o by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n we_o may_v be_v man_n and_o true_a man_n but_o we_o can_v be_v good_a man_n nor_o for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n therefore_o s._n augustine_n say_v sola_fw-la joh._n charitas_fw-la dividit_fw-la inter_fw-la filios_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o filios_fw-la aeternae_fw-la damnationis_fw-la so_o excellent_a be_v charity_n that_o god_n be_v call_v by_o it_o 1_o john_n 4._o 8._o god_n be_v charity_n and_o so_o good_a be_v it_o that_o divine_n call_v it_o grace_n per_fw-la antonomasiam_fw-la because_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a grace_n and_o s._n paul_n call_v it_o the_o great_a the_o 13._o great_a of_o these_o be_v charity_n yea_o so_o great_a be_v it_o that_o no_o good_a can_v be_v do_v without_o it_o because_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n impulsive_a of_o every_o good_a action_n you_o may_v believe_v without_o it_o but_o then_o your_o belief_n be_v not_o good_a because_o it_o want_v his_o right_a end_n which_o must_v proceed_v from_o charity_n election_n and_o direction_n therefore_o in_o this_o sense_n s._n paul_n give_v faith_n action_n to_o charity_n it_o believe_v all_o thing_n it_o hope_v all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n 7._o why_o because_o it_o enliven_v faith_n and_o all_o other_o virtue_n by_o give_v spirit_n unto_o they_o faith_n be_v the_o candle_n to_o charity_n and_o show_v her_o light_n how_o to_o work_v according_a to_o god_n word_n but_o charity_n be_v the_o impulse_n of_o the_o