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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	abraham_n	call_v	faith_n	883	5	5.7042	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18264	The image of nature and grace conteynyng the whole course, and condition of mans estate written by Richard Caundishe. Seene and allowed.	Cavendish, Richard, d. 1601?	1571 (1571)	STC 4880; ESTC S107922	109,646	288

by workes is declared to bée righteous it concludeth euen as in the aunswere to theyr former aucthorities that all the world may acknowledge the performaunce of Gods mercyful promise in Christ towardes the electe Who by their workes are euidently declared to bée righteous And besides that it reserueth the whole glorye of that worke to GOD alone forasmuch as workes doe onely declare and witnes mans righteousnesse and challenge to bee no cause of the same Thus vnto God is his prerogatiue reserued vnblemished Namely all the glorie Nowe touching man in that they declare the certaine possession of the righteousnesse of fayth they witnesse in him the estate of a moste quiete and ioyfull conscience and that hée is through faith assured of the fauour of God in Christ Nowe it is apparant what righteousnes of the Scripture attributeth to faith and what to workes Namely that by faith man apprehendeth Christ in the promise by whome he is made righteous and by workes or frutes of the righteousnes of faith mā is declared and knowne to bee righteous and hath his conscience therby reposed in the sure possession of Gods fauour in Christ Thus hauyng shewed what iustification the Scriptures attribute vnto workes I thincke it also conuenient to shew what fayth it is which Iames disableth to iustification His wordes be these what auayleth it my brethren though a man say he hath fayth whē he hath no deedes can faith saue him Here euen at the first it is euident that S. Iames in this place inueyeth not agaynst faith in dede but against the bare name or title of fayth in such certayne licentious Iewes Christened as onely by the same séemed to challenge iustification For he sayeth not thoughe a man haue fayth without deedes But he saith though a man say he hath faith Whereby it is euident that hee onely enueyeth agaynst the name or title of faith which by them was applyed vnto them selues vnworthely and therefore in vayne And doubting that some men myght applye hys wordes agaynst fayth in déede hee maketh hys entrye warely not against fayth but agynste a vayne name or title of fayth in saying Thoughe a man saye hee hath fayth and not thoughe a man haue fayth whiche he might think sufficyent warnyng to all men that hée ment not to inueigh agaynst true fayth and therefore hée goeth forward labouryng agaynst that their vayne opinion vnder the same name or title which they attributed vnto it callyng it fayth as they dyd thynkyng that his former warnyng in the beginnyng in saying thoughe a man sayeth hee hath fayth and not though he haue fayth in deede had béene a suffycient warnyng that he ment not true fayth but onely a vaine opinion termed of them by the name of fayth and that now hée myght at hys owne libertie wythout suspicion of enueyghing against true fayth beat down that wycked opinion vnder the same name or title by whyche they termed it namely vnder the name of fayth and thereupon hée addeth can fayth saue hym meaning onely such fayth as they make their challenge by or as hée at his entrance enueighed against that is the bare name or tytle of fayth and that thys was hys meanyng it is playne by that whyche followeth in that he goeth about to open their errour as it were by comparison in shewyng how farre their vayne opinion whiche they called fayth dyffered from true fayth in déede in saying If a brother or sister be naked or destytute of dayly foode and one of you saye vnto hym depart in peace warme your selues and fill your bellies notwythstandyng ye geeue not them those thynges whyche are needefull to the body what helpeth it euen so fayth if it haue no deedes is dead in it selfe as though hée had saide vnto them Brethren what do you thynk of fayth do ye thynke that onely the bare name or title thereof is sufficient to iustification or doe ye thynke that true fayth can see the necessitie of their néedy brother or sister vnrelieued no no deceaue not your selues for loue charity and all good woorkes can no more be absent from fayth in déede then heate from fire and that faith which lacketh those fruites is no more fayth then a dead man is a man but is in déede dead and no fayth at all but onely a bare name or title of faith with the vaine cloke wherof ye beguyle your selues Do ye thinke thys vayne braggyng of fayth amongest your selues can iustifie you or doe ye thinke that because ye beléeue God is that ye therfore shal be saued nay brethren be not so vainely caryed away yf that might serue the tourne the deuils woulde be saued aswell as you for they haue that fayth common with you for they both beléeue that God is and tremble at him But shall I by example paint vnto you your vanitie whereby you may see that your bragging title of faith which hath no fruites nor workes to 〈◊〉 the same is but dead and no faith in deede Then compare it with the true fayth which in oure father Abraham was manifest whom the apparaunt fruites or woorkes of ryghteousnesse thereof euidently declared to bée a righteous man Hys fayth lay not lurkyng in him in idle name without fruite or woorkes no no his fayth had lyfe which by the fruite was made manifest in offeryng hys sonne Isaac beyng certayne that the death or sacrifice of hys sonne could nothing at all hinder the promyse of God but that notwithstanding God both coulde woulde performe his promise and worde Thus was hys faythe witnessed by hys woorkes And the perfectnes thereof made apparant so that the truth of the Scripture which sayde Abraham beleeued God and that was imputed to hym for ryghteousnesse was by hys woorkes made so euydent that hée was indued wyth the name of ryghteous and was called the frend of god Whereby it is euydent vnto you that by déedes as the fruites of the righteousnesse of his faith his righteousnesse was declared and hée knowen for a ryghteous man and not by the idle name of fayth onelye without workes which as I sayde before is dead and no faythe at all And likewyse Kahab the harlotte in lodginge the messengers of Gods people was declared to bée ryghteous Wherefore to conclude laye away your vayne bragges of your idle and bare name of fayth for as the bodye that wanteth spirite is dead so assuredly thys whiche you terme fayth hauyng no workes to witnes the same vnto you is dead and no fayth at all but a vaine or lyght opinion Thus to hym that with a single eye consydereth both the end of S. Iames hys purpose and also throughly the order of hys woordes it appeareth playnly that hée enueigheth not against fayth in déede but against a lose and licentious opinion which those Iewes vnto whom he writte had couered vnder the name or title of fayth Now touching their argument groūded vpon the .xix.