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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	life_n	misery_n	sin_n	6,420	5	4.5542	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26812	The upright Christian discovered by keeping himself from his iniquity, and resignation to the divine will. By way of question and answer. Gathered out of the judicious treatises of William Bates, D.D.	Bates, William, 1625-1699.	1693 (1693)	Wing B1129A; ESTC R215814	5,071	23

of God's pardoning Mercy here and of the heavenly Glory hereafter Continued in they do so M. 2. We may by Divine Grace subdue the strongest Lusts that from our Nature and Temper from Custom or from Interests carnal have rule over us The new Covenant assures Believers that sin shall not have dominion over them because they are not under the Law but under Grace Rom. 6.14 M. 3. Our subduing the ruling Lust will make the Victory over other sins more easie For that is the Root whence others do spring and are fed And besides one Victory inspires with courage to atchieve another The Indians when they had killed one Spaniard took Heart and resolved to Fight the rest The Romans counted that they had killed an Host of their Enemies in one Mithridates M. 4. Our Sins cost our Saviour his Sacred Blood to purchase their Pardon and our freedom from their Dominion This purely Evangelical Argument has an admirable Efficacy to inspire Zeal and make Sin odious Even the Sin that has been as near to us as our Bosoms as pleasant as our corrupt Inclinations as familiar and intimate as Custom 2 Cor. 5.14 M. 5. The blessed Reward of Vprightness comprehends all good of Time and of Eternity God is graciously ready to supply all their Wants allay all their Sorrows overcome all their Fears satisfie all their Desires when his Servants are upright And nothing but Experience can make the greatness of their Reward to be understood Light is sown for the Righteous and Joy for the upright in Heart Psal. M. 6. Woful are the Effects of indulging your peculiar Sins the Lusts that by Pleasure or Profit bribe you Accusing Conscience begins Hell here Sin 's memory in the approaches of Death is very ghastly The power of God's wrath is then more in sight But the prepared Plagues in the next World do exceed all the most fearful Apprehensions in this World There is perfection of misery A Life in torments that never Dies a Death that never ends Well then Q. 6. What are the Means requisite for preserving us from our special Sins A. Let it be considered Medicines be not Sweet-meats Rules for Recovery and Preservation of Health will seem harsh and be distastful unto Minds carnal But if we will keep our selves from our own Iniquity we must follow them R. 1. We must be inquisitive and get to understand intimately and distinctly what our own Sins be Against undiscerned Enemies we cannot be provided of Defence but must fall by them without Resistance R. 2. We must use diligent Watchfulness and Circumspection to prevent and resist our special Sins To wit when we have gained the knowledge of them and sense of our danger from them R. 3. We must seriously Resolve and solemnly Engage our selves not to yield unto our special Sins This we must do with Dependance upon the PRESENT and the PERPETUAL assistance of the Divine Grace Without which our Resolutions cannot be sincere and will not be effectual But be broke by the next tempting Objects as easily as the strings of a Cobweb be broke by a strong gust of Wind or Walls of Glass by the Battery of Cannon R. 4. We must rise by speedy and deep Repentance when we have neglected our Watch and fallen into the Sin that we are peculiarly prone unto This is necessary to recover God's favour and to preserve us for the future Many have been cut off in early Sins and lost their Times their Hopes and their Souls for ever However by continuance in Sin the Heart grows both more UNABLE and more UNWILLING to resist and mortifie it Fresh Wounds are of easier Cure than inveterate Ulcers R. 5. We must fervently and constantly pray for the Renewing Grace of God It is by the Spirit of Holiness that we are able to mortifie the deeds of the Body And if we intermit Prayer we must not expect the H. Spirit 's aids thereunto R. 6. We must act Faith in our Redeemer This is the Soveraign and Effectual Means Christ is the Fountain of Inherent as well as of Imputed Righteousness It is through Christ strengthning we can do all things It is He gives Repentance It is He blesses us in turning us from our iniquities Mortification of Sin is attributed to his Death in respect of meritorious procurement and in respect of its being a Representation of it Our crucifying the Flesh with its Affections and Lusts is a lively resemblance of his Death Which was designed to be operative in us of the death of Sin and to be significative of the same Besides Christ's Death mortifies Sin by Moral Influence As it expresses God's transcendent Love unto us that draws us from Sin And as it no less expresses God's holy severity against Sin that affrights and drives us from Sin Now Faith in Christ both OBLIGES and ENCOURAGES us to subdue our Sins And it has in the word a cleansing Vertue and a victorious efficacy attributed unto it It purifies the heart and it overcomes the world Concerning the great Duty of Resignation to the disposing Will of God observe Entire Resignation to God's disposing Will is our indispensible Duty under the sharpest Afflictions Q. 1. What is consistent with this Resignation A. 1. Earnest Prayer against impending Judgments is consistent with it Christ Resigned to God's will yet Prayed the Cup might pass 2. A mournful sense of Affliction is consistent with it If we do not at all mourn we despise God's Rod. Q. 2. What does Resignation to God's will include in it A. It includes 1. Our Mind's assent to the Righteousness and Goodness of what God doth 2. Our Wills consent and subjection to God's Orders though against our own Inclinations 3. Our Affections composure unto a just temper and their restraint from sinful excesses in their Degrees and in their Continuance Q. 3. What are the Arguments for this Resignation A. 1. God has supreme right in our Persons and in All we enjoy 2. God is Righteous in all his ways and will not wrong us 3. God's Power is uncontroulable and it is vain to contend with Him 4. God's Fatherly afflictions deserve our Love and Thanks 5. God's Wisdom orders all in the best manner for his Glory which is to be preferred above all our Life it self And for our final Good which is to be preferred above present Ease Q. 4. What Directions are useful for our Resigning to God's Will A. 1. Look to Jesus Christ the grand Exemplar his Resignation and his Reward 2. Look to Saints in all Ages Jam. 5.10 3. Look to all Creatures how they obey God's Will Angels above us and those of rank below us Ravens and Lions 4. Look to the glorious excellency of the Wills that are united unto God's Will 'T is our highest Perfection 5. Look to the Felicity that is in Resignation It quiets our Hearts it makes our Election sure and our Adoption 6. Look how short your suffering Time is Weeping endures but for a Night Add hereto it concerns you 1. To Believe stedfastly God's Providence and Promises 2. To make GOD the supreme Object of your Esteem and Affections 3. To moderate your Valuations and Affections to all things below 4. To forecast possible evils as future and as coming on you and make it your Motto Never secure 5. To reflect seriously and mournfully upon your guilt and deservings from God's Justice In the day of Adversity consider Godly sorrow lessens Natural 6. To apply your Minds to consider your Blessings as well as your Sufferings 7. To Pray frequently and fervently Is any afflicted let him Pray That your Prayers may prevail Pray 1. With your Eye to God's Mercy and Christ's Merit 2. With your Heart submissive to God's Will and Wisdom 3. With your Haste more for Grace than for Comfort FINIS