Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	punishment_n	sin_n	wage_n	4,100	5	11.0461	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07775	The shielde and revvarde of the faithfull. Or a meditation vpon Genesis 15. chap. vers. 1. Written by Philip of Mornay Lord of Plessis-Marly and faithfully translated according to the last French copie	Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; J. B. (John Bulteel), d. 1669.	1620 (1620)	STC 18154; ESTC S120356	17,740	81

enormous soeuer they be concerne mee no more neither then the punishment As little shall thy darts beare against mee or hurt mee furnished with Christ armed with Christ no nor against Christ neither Christ that strong man who hath long agoe bound thee cast thee into the bottomlesse pit Christ the promised seede to his Church and vnto all the faithfull who hath heretofore bruised thy head And thou canst not with all thy rage doe more without danger then pricke our heele Finally doth the almightie hee present himselfe in his iustice in his anger A consuming fire let not the Christian feare though hee were of straw Lord will hee say permitt that dust and ashes speake to thee Thou art exceeding iust the most iust So that the sinner cannot subsist in thy iustice But good God hast thou not armed vs with the righteousnesse of thy Sonne and hath hee not beene made sinne for vs and hath hee not beene made vnto vs righteousnesse and sanctification Thou sittest indeede in iudgement and thy iudgement is a consuming k Malac. 3.2 fire is like a refiners fire the straw or the stubble shall they not bee parcht and burnt on a sudden But O God! are not wee founded and grounded vpon thy Sonne Iesus Christ towe and stubble that wee are l 1 Cor. 3. And shall wee not then be preserued from this fire And against the fire of thine ire and wrath are not wee bedewed and sprinckled with the water of thy mercies bathed in the bloud of of thy Lambe in this liuing spring springing to life eternall Certes thou art great O Lord thy iustice infinite But thy Sonne sayth he not I and my father are one and then is hee not equall to thee infinit to an infinite his obedience to thy iustice Therfore march wee O God by thy mercie vnder the obedience of thy Sonne vnder this obdience we will not decline from thy iudgement wee will no more cry out away with thy iustice but rather and that aloud let thy iudgment come thy iustice arriue thy iudgement m Rom. 8. For there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect It is God that iustifieth Thy iustice for it can doe nothing but iustice vnto his righteousnesse and his righteousnesse is ours Thou wilt glorifie him O Lord for his righteousnesse for he hath deserued it Yea with that same glory that he had before he came into the world and hee had it already and neuer left it and therefore hath it doubly the last shalt be ours n 2 Tim. 4.8 A crowne of righteousnesse saith the Apostle is layde vp for me which the Lord the righteous iudge shall giue me at that day in that great day otherwise so terrible and dreadfull and not to me onely but vnto them also that loue his appearing Certes whether it bee in grace or in glory And it is that also that the Lord addes vnto Abraham I am thy exceeing great reward For it sufficeth him not to couer vs from harm mans desire stoppes not there much lesse Gods goodnesse hee will also fill vs vp with goodnesse It pleased him to bee our Shield against the euill of this world of the world to come In like proportion is he our Reward A reward heere beneath a reward aboue In things of this present life neuer to forsake vs In things of the life to come giuing himselfe to vs. But in the one and in the other by his grace alone for what coulde hee without forgiuing Now what a large fielde hath the Christian heere to meditate vpon these hie misteries He knoweth acknowledgeth nought in himselfe but wickednesse euen from his conception in his conception nought but sinne He cannot be ignorant that the wages of sinne is death and of a sin that is infinite an infinit punishment against a God eternall an eternall death Where is then the reward or rather where is not the punishment And where is the ouer-weening presumer that askes a Reward that thinkes not he hath gained much to be quitt of the punishment but the Lorde sayth to him in mercy I am thy Reward in lieu of the punishment that is due vnto thee A man conceiued in sinne a stranger vnto my law as all others are And I will not onely giue thee a reward but giue my selfe also to thee as an infinite rewarde not due to thy merites mauger thy demerits For by what law can the slaue purchase his master by his seruice or the subiect his prince to haue him for a reward to make him his owne to possesse him as an inheritance much lesse the creature his Creator vnlesse certes sayth the Apostle it be by the law of faith by pure grace So that we haue him as a rewarde with the same right and title as wee haue him for a shield by faith grounded on his promise And notwithstanding a Reward saith the Lord and therfore due but how due It is due vnto thee for I haue promised it thee thou hast not deserud it I owe it vnto my selfe It is due to thee I owe it to my Sonne bought with his bloud and I haue giuen him thee yea his bloud for thee and therefore due to thy selfe I am therefore sayth the Lord to Abraham thy Reward But heere flesh and bloud are not contented therewith cannot attaine vnto it and therefore Abraham sayth Lord God what wilt thou giue me seeing I goe childlesse So little can eternall and heauenly happines pierce into our soules except it hath first entred into our hearts Yea but when I say vnto thee I am thy Reward I comprehend all euen that All my selfe for wilt thou haue posterity saith hee Looke now towards Heauen and tell the starres if thou be able to number them so shall thy seede be and notwithstanding hee had but one sonne VVilt thou haue goods I giue vnto thee and vnto thy seede after thee this land for an euerlasting possession and yet must he buy his sepulchre and wilt thou assure them for euer the Lord makes a couenant with thee notwith standing thy posterity serues many ages after now to what end was this but onely to raise him vp from the creatures to the Greator to tell him plainely if these earthly things seemes to thee a rewarde worthy for thee that art but dust it is not a present worthy of God that gives it thee the euerlasting God cannot give unto his children wor thily but euerlasting things And not withstanding least thou shouldst bee discouraged I am in such wise thy reward aboue as that I cease not to be it heere beneath for o 1. Tim. 4.8 godlinesse my true seruice hath the promise of the Life that now is and of that which is to come And therefore doe we see him blestin his family abound in his houshold businesse rule amongst strangers reuerenced and honoured of idolaters I am so in this life a