Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	apostle_n	believe_v	creed_n	5,123	5	10.2967	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79986	Cloathing for the naked vvoman, or The second part of the dissembling Scot, set forth in his colours, being a corection of Mr. David Brovvn his errors in his pamphlet called the naked woman, stiled to him, a rare epsitle to Mr. Sterrey Written by the minister of christ-church London, in vindication of him and his flock from those false aspersions which are case upon them, of false doctrine and discipline. Whereunto is added, the new creed, or beliefe in God.; Cloathing for the naked woman.		1652 (1652)	Wing C4736; Thomason E683_25; ESTC R206827	6,931	11

them these which follow 1. That it is not said Children that do not lye The Saints of God through infirmity have falne into that sin and Salomon saith There is not a just man upon the Earth that doth good and sinneth net Eccles 7.20 2. Neither is it said Children which cannot lye 1 Iohn 1 8. for If we say we have no sinne we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us The Saints are subject to sinne the seed of sin is in their natures St. Paul complaineth that he was carnall sold under it and with his flesh Rom. 7.44 served the Law of sinne and the evill that he would not doe Verse 25. that he did yea these precious Saints spoken of in the Text in hand Verse 19. whom the Lord testifieth of saying surely they are my people Children that will not lye and so he was their Saviour Isa 63 9 10 in his love and in his pitty he redeemed them yet it s said afterwards in vers 10. But they rebelled and vexed his holy spirit therefore he was turned to be their enemy and he fought against them therefore when Paul saith we can do nothing against the truth but for the truth Joseph saith how can I do this great wickednes sin a gainst God the meaning is 2 Cor 13.8 that by that inward principle which they had received from GOD they could not assent unto it as being contrary to their mind and WILL they had no disposition in them so to do for the fear of God was before them and They delighted in the Law of God after the inner man In this sence he that is borne of God sinnes not 3 But the Text saith Surely they are my people Children that will not lye whence this Doctrine was raised THAT THERE IS A VVILL IN THE SAINTS OF GOD NOT TO LYE They have a gracious and a voluntary disposition in them to resist sinne The point being amplified from the 7th of the Romans from the 15 verse to the end of the Chapter and confirmed further by Reason and some further progress made to the information of the minds and stirring up of the affections of the hearers and the Comfort of the poore Saints concerning their Evidences and Interest in Christ none of the Church opposed but Mr. D Brown who made a disturbance in the Congregation charging me with false Doctrine another Minister and a learned man whom he himselfe chose to have the hearing of the business and to Judge and make an end of the difference justified the Doctrine yet Mr. Brown was therefore angry and discontented with him also There is somewhat else which I delivered concerning ORIGINALL SINNF which Mr. Brown was discontented at That ORIGINALL SINNE came from Sathan entered into the World by one man and was acted by him this actuall sinne was originall Rom● 5.12 but pardoned to Adam and not to be imputed to his posterity to eternal condemnation without further degeneration for although Adams sinne made a leak in the ship of Mankinde and was the Inlet to all other finnes which are committed by his posterity yet Adam was not so guilty nor contracted such a measure of Guilt upon his posterity as they have since brought upon themselves For we read not that Adam committed Murder or Adultery Idolatry Sabboth breaking and such abominable sins as men now commit with a high hand Adams sin was one theirs are many hence it comes that God sends many diseases upon them which Adam had not and which he threatneth in the Law as the Consumption and burning Ague Lev. 26 and such like and so their dayes are shortned to what they were before The consideration whereof should deterre all men from sinning for as Adam was a Root to all mankind so every man is a root unto the Children which spring from him so that that which was actuall sinne in the Parents Heb. 7.9.10 is the Childes by imputation as Levi paid Tithes in the loynes of Abraham because he was in his loynes and as we all were transgressors in the loynes of Adam so every sinner contracts more sinne upon him and his posterity then Adam did in Paradize and so becomes an Originall root to his posterity after him These are the Doctrines which Mr. Brown calls false If he have any thing further to alleadge if he manifest it I shall give such an Answer thereto as the Word of God shall direct with such moderation as I hope shall demonstrate that I have no hatred to the man but to his evills And now to conclude I have here set down my profession which is agreeable to my Doctrine which Confession of Faith J resolve through Gods grace to live and dye in The Beliefe as followeth A NEVV CHRISTIAN CREED Built upon the old Foundation of the Holy APOSTLES and PROPHETS IESVS CHRIST being the Chiefe Corner Stone I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth and in Iesus Christ his only Sonne our Lord which was conceived by the power of the HOLY GHOST borne of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontus Pilate was Crucified dead and buried and rose againe the third day and ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God from thence he shall come to Iudge the Living and the Dead I believe in the Holy Ghost The holy Seperated Church The Communion of Saints The forgiveness of sinnes The Resurrection of the dead And the life everlasting AMEN FJNJS