Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18672	The foundation of Christian religion: comprehended in three godlie and learned treatises. 1. Faith. 2. Hope. 3. Charitie	L'Espine, Jean de, ca. 1506-1597. Traité de la foy. English.; Veghelman, S.	1612 (1612)	STC 5188; ESTC S118874	139,379	370

profit him no more then the light of the Sun at noone day doth to a blind man and to a man that hath no eyes to apprehend it Wherefore the elect must be very curious in searching hearing reading and meditating of the word of God which are the meanes to haue the knowledge thereof Iesus Christ also exhorteth euery one of vs thervnto when he saith Iohn 5. Search the Scriptures which maketh sufficient testimony of me And S. Paul conformably where he saith in the Epistle to the Romaines Rom. 15. That all that which is written is written for our comfort And in the 2. Epistle to Timothie 2. Tim. 3. That all Scripture diuinely inspired is profitable to teach to exhort counsaile and reprooue and to make a man perfect in good workes Wherefore God did also command every one in times past Deut. 6. That hee should write his Law vpon the postes of his house and in all places where it might continually shew it selfe before their eyes to the end that contemplating it assidually they should by that meanes haue a desire to loue it and to shut it vp in their hearts and in their vnderstandings Whereof wee see a good example in Dauid who speaking of the Law and word of God sayd thus Psal 119. Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer for they are the ioye of mine heart Thy woord is a Lanthorne vnto my feet and a light vnto my pathes It followeth in the definition that it is a firme perswasion of that which is contained in Scriptures Because that to beleeue it is not jnough that wee know the things contained in the holy Scripture but wee must also approone it without any doubting and not resemble the Accademiques who are jrresolute of all the things which they read or which are read vnto them and yet lesse to the Atheists who doe openly mocke at the woord of God whereof they make yet lesse account then of the other Sciences the which they thinke are grounded vpon some humane reason It followeth That the Elect c. Expresse mention is made of the Elect in the definition because it is onely they and no other that are capable of Faith as it is written in the first chapter which the Apostle Paul writ to his Disciple Titus where it is sayd Paul the seruant of God and an Apostle of Iesus Christ according to the faith of the Elect of God and the knowledge of the turth which is according to godlynesse Whereby it appeares that Faith doth onely appertaine to those that from all eternity haue been elected and chosen of God and since by him separated from the world to be brought vnto the Church and by degrees to attaine to the possession of glory and everlasting life the which God from the beginning hath promised and prepared for his children The which may also appeare by that which is written in the Acts of the Apostles where it is sayd that S. Paul having preached in Antioch of Pisidie Act. 13.3 those that were predestinate to eternall life did beleeue the word of the Lord which he had spoken vnto them For to shew that in this great multitude of people that were come thither and had assembled themselues to heare there were but the Elect onely that receaued the word by him pronounced and profited thereby Iesus Christ also when he sayd that his sheepe heare his voyce and that all that his Father hath giuen him Iohn 10. come vnto him sheweth thereby that those onely heare and beleeue the Gospell who haue beene predestinated and since created and called to this end S. Iohn also in his Catholicke chapter 4. confirmes it saying That those onely beleeue the word of God that are of God that is to say whome he hath ordayned and destinate to that end When also Iesus Christ speaking to Pylate of his kingdome of the which he was examined sayd That his kingdome was not of this world Iohn 18. and that all that were of the truth were his and heard his voyce giveth sufficiently to vnderstand therby that vnto all grace is not jndifferently given to yeeld themselues docible and attentiue to heare beleeue and follow the truth but onely to those that God the Father hath disposed therevnto and the reason for the which Iesus Christ said That he was come into the world not to be serued Mat. 20. but to serue and to deliuer vp his life to paye the ransome of many sheweth that sufficiently for when he sayth many he sheweth therby that his death is not for all which it should be neverthelesse if by Faith every one could apprehend it Luk. 1. As much sayth Zacharie thereof in his Canticle Blessed be the Lord God of Israell for he hath visited and redeemed his people Wherevpon is to bee noted that he speaketh specially of his people that is to say of those whome he hath elected and reserued to himselfe particularly and not of all in generall Considering what hath been sayd that there are none but the Elect that are capeable of Faith we must not wonder if we see so many despisers of the word of God which is the word of life and Science of Salvation others that hate and abhorre it as a savour of death others that blaspheme and persecute it cruelly with fier and water and all the cruellest and most horrible torments that they can jnvent or jmagine Also on the other side we must not maruaile if wee see the Elect after they haue receaued and beleeued the word of God the which hath takeÌ„ deep roote in them to be firme constant against all temptations and jnvincible against all the sleights threatnings and promises that can bee made them to divert and turne them from the Faith which God by his spirit hath jnspired and continued in their hearts It followeth in the definition Every one in themselues which haue been jnsorted to giue to vnderstand that every one ought to haue his Faith proper and particular for to apprehend Iesus Christ with all his graces and blessings and to enjoye the effect and accomplishment of the gratious and Evangelicall promises as writeth the Prophet That the iust shall liue by his faith Abac. 2. that is to say by a Faith not borrowed but which is resident in him For even as it is requisite for every one to haue his particular soule to animate and quicken his body the which cannot liue by the soule of an other Also it is requisite for all men generally that every one of them haue particularly a proper Faith jnfused in his heart by the grace of God to quicken it from whence it followeth that those that do not heare nor meditate nor conferre any whit of the word of God to haue the jntelligence thereof cannot haue Faith of the which the word Faith is as the soule without the which Faith is dead And as the fire kindled in a Lamp cannot be long entertained

obedieÌ„ce his death his sacrifice his resurrectioÌ„ his victory his praier intercession all this tends to no other end Comparison to this purpose but to vphold our Faith And euen as the beames of the Sunne spred ouer all the world haue alwaies the reflection towards the Sun whence they issue as also all the lines of a circle tend and returne from the circumference to the center whence they part also all the promises the law the threatnings and in generall all the parts of the scripture are referred and reported to Iesus Christ who is the whole substance therof Also for to furnish and strengthen our Faith on euery part we must remeÌ„ber the properties which are attributed to our God as his omnipotency his infinite mercy his eternall truth his soueraigne wisedome and finally his justice All the which things considered serue much to the faithfull man Assured consolations for the confirmation and assurance of his Faith For considering his misery to remedie it he opposeth the mercy of God Considering his weakenesse hee opposeth his almightinesse Considering his vanity and lying hee opposeth his verity Considering his jgnorance he opposeth his jmmoueable and infinite wisedome Finally considering his justice hee opposeth to assure himselfe the death the curse all the paynes of hell which he hath indured and suffered for vs so that all the stay that is necessary to sustain strengthen his Faith he seeketh it not in himselfe nor in his woorkes but in Iesus Christ who is the meanes of the grace of the allyance and of all the promises of God We must now know where our Faith resideth and where shee hath herseat The seat of Faith That is in the heart as sayth the Apostle Men beleeue with the heart to righteousnes and confesse with the mouth to saluation Then the Schoolmen deceaue and mistake themselues when they put it in the vnderstanding and that they say that the onely knowledge which we haue of the Bible and the approbation of all that is contained therein is the Faith of a Christian man Errour of the schoolmen although hee bee not affectionate to the thinges contained therein Wherein they deceaue themselues greatly For a man must to be faithfull haue a heate and flame in his heart that may bee warme and fill vp his zeale So that he may shew outwardly that which hee feeleth within as we see in the examples of all truely faithfull that euer were which no more then the new wiues cannot containe in themselues the knowledge which they had of the promises of God and of the saluation which he had brought into the world but they must needes shewe it by their boylings and make it knowen by the changing of their manners and of their liues Error of the most part of Christians that they were new creatures It is not then onely in bookes where Christian Faith consisteth that is to say to discourse well and discreetly of the holy Scripture It is no more in the countenance nor in the ceremonies by the obseruation whereof a man may counterfait faine to be a Christian Finally it is not in the eare where Faith consisteth but in the affectioÌ„ which we beare to the word of God which wee haue heard by the eare and in the trust which we put therein without the which it is jmpossible that wee can hold firme and resist the temptations and assaults which may be giuen vs by our enemies to shake our Faith Â¶ The first question to know whether the reprobate can be furnished with Faith or no. THe Schoolemen say that all men jndifferently Error of the scholemen refuted aswell elect as reprobate are capable of Faith But in that they agree not with the scripture which speaking of the elect sayth of them Mat. 13. To you it is giuen to know the secrets and misteries of the kingdome of God and not to them Iohn 10. And also Iesus Christ speaking of his sheepe sayth of them My sheepe heare my voyce Then addressing his speech to the reprobate he sayth to theÌ„ But you heare it not because you are not of God S. Iohn also addeth Iohn 4.6 He that is of God heareth vs and belieueth the woord which we preach but he that is not of God heareth vs not but reiecteth vs. It is the reason for the which the Apostle calleth Faith Tit. 1.1 the Faith of the elect willing thereby to teach that those onely and no other are subceptible of Faith For there is none but them vnto whome God hath promised to take away the hardenesse and obstinacie of their stony and hardned hearts and to giue them a heart of flesh that is to say soft and flexible Wee see also in this gradation on which S. Paul Rom. 8. maketh to the Romaines that the vocation and Iustification are workes of Faith and of the Spirit of God proceeding from the election and predestination which are the spring thereof Mat. 13. Moreouer the word of God can it profit any where else but in the Land which is good and well tilled Which it is not without the vertue and operation of the holy Ghost which is not coÌ„municated but to those onely that are of God that is to say that appertaine to his election Therefore is it that S. Iohn hauing sayd that hee hath giuen that right to bee made the children of God Iohn 1.12 to wit to those that beleeue in his name addeth which are not borne of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but are borne of God And it is that which he sayth to Moyses Which the Apostle alleadgeth in the Epistle to the Romanes Rom. 6. That God hath pittie on whome he will haue pittie and hardeneth whome soeuer he will harden And it is also the reason wherefore Iesvs Christ sayd that none could come to him Iohn 6 if hee were not drawne thither by his Father And also he sayd that whosoeuer had heard and learned of the Father should come to him and not any other To this purpose S. Augustine among the rules which he giueth to refute the error of the Pellagians hee sayd one that is notable to wit grace is not giuen to all and those to whome it is not giuen is not because it is by them reiected but onely because of the just judgement of God who being free in all his counsailes and being bound to no bodie hath giuen it to whome he pleased Â¶ The Second question whether Faith bee perfect in this world Our perfection consisteth in the knowledge of our Imperfection IT is also demaunded whether Faith in this world can be perfect and whether men by their studie and exercise can attaine to that degree of perfection so that Faith may finde it selfe in any one accomplished with all her points Answere There was neuer any man in the world in whome the vertues of what sort soeuer they

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