Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	adam_n	covenant_n	fall_n	2,656	5	9.6090	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00631	An antiquodlibet, or An aduertisement to beware of secular priests	Fenner, Dudley, 1558?-1587, attributed name.; Udall, John, 1560?-1592, attributed name'.	1602 (1602)	STC 10765; ESTC S117686	60,651	170

before The assumption is of a more apparant vntruth For howsoeuer the name of Iew and Gentill was not of so great antiquity and note yet the thing it selfe was in ●ss● and nature long before the flood and so many hundreds of yeeres before the publishing of the Decalogue There is in the sixt chapter of Genesis a record deliuered in expresse tearmes of two visible and distinct Churches the one of the Sonnes of God the other of the Sonnes of men Further in the 17. chap. of Genesis the said distinction betwixt the trew and the false Church is by a publique act and ordinance of the Lord diuulged and famed to all the world For to the couenant made with his people which could not bee vnknowne euen to the inconfederate he added Circumcision as it were the broade seale of his fauour and to bee likewise a notorious and distinguent marke of his Church So as now the world rested diuided into the Circumcised and vncircumcised both aspectable and conspicuous to the eye Besides as if Circumcision were not on the behalfe of his people a sufficient badge of distinction the same Lord in the third of Exodus doth renounce and disclayme all other nations with this publike profession that he is not the God of them but the God of the Hebrewes the God of Abraham Isaac and Iacob and that this shall be his name And this much Moses must proclayme and no●●●ie before Pharao Here then the Lorde by this his profession and proclamation as well before Pharao and the Aegyptians as in the eare of his select Israell doth set out and publish a very speciall and eminent difference betwixt his Church all other Synagogues whatsoeuer Hereby therefore it appeareth that before the publication of the Decalogue the distinction of Gods Church from the prophane and reiected assemblies of the world did exist both in nature and in common acknowledgement As this is incontroulable so can it not be denyed that there passed at least 400. yeeres after the said publication vpon the Mount Sinai before the distinction of the trew Church from the rest of the nations was made publique and acknowledged vnder this tearme and title of the Iew. For if the whole Church was so intitled and styled then all the tribes receiued denomination from the Tribe of Iuda within the compasse of the yeeres aboue mentioned But this is conuinced by the holy history wherein wee finde that each Tribe did first for a long time communicate in the appel●ation of Israel and then after the defection in the time of Rehoboam that as they were ranged vnder the obedience of seuerall Princes so they were seuered and distinguished in title the ten Tribes reteyning the common name of Israel the other the title of Iuda which was proper to the Tribe Had there been within the said time a reall known communication of this title in generall with all the Tribes then the occasion of calling them answerably thereto being so frequent it is more then probable that the holy Ghost the inditer of the history would not in euer● passage haue omitted it And then likewise in the case of this communication Ieroboam and his successors should haue been intitled Kings of the Iewes and so that memorable difference of name betwixt the Kings of Iuda and Israel obserued in the history with speciall regard by this confusion of titles vtterly abolished The Priest not contented to haue proposed a bare affirmation of this assumption nitherto refelled hath out of the grauity of his iudgement supplied it with the strength of this argument All men liued vnder the lawe of nature without distinction till the publication of the law Mosaicall and no longer Therefore presently vpon the publication of the said lawe the distinction betweene Iew and Gentill began and not before That there was before the said publication vpon the Mount Sinai a currant and knowne distinction of the trew Church from the false hath been already cleered so as one clause of the Antecedent prohibited vnto vs needs no further discussing That all men liued vnder the lawe of nature till the time of Moses is refelled by that whereby the existence of Gods Church and the distinction thereof from the contrary long before the reprinting of the Morall law hath been proued and iustified For if there were an holy Church then was their faith in the Messias and so consequently the Gospell vnder which as a supernaturall grace and not only vnder the guidance of the lawe naturall the faithfull since the fall of Adam in all times liued The promise made to our first Parents the Sacrifice of Abel the walking of Enoch with God the preaching of repentance by Noe his offering of burnt offerings after the flood the couenant made with Abraham and the promise of the blessed seede the repetition and ratifying thereof with Isaac and Iacob their carefull endeuours for the instruction of their children all these particularities doe testifie that they had for direction of their life not onely an addresse from nature but some diuine and extraordinarie informations from the Lord. Thus much concerning that member of the Induction drawne from the generatiō of the law Mosaicall and the corruption of the law naturall supposed to ensue thereupon The like vntruth is presented vnto vs pag. 7. in the exception there made of the Popish priesthood against that principle of the certaine decay of all things For the said priesthood being a meere forgerie and of direct contradiction to the doctrine of the Gospel as it hath alreadie receiued an irrecouerable wound by the sword of the Spirit so must it to the incredible comfort of the true Church deliuer in the Lords good time the last gaspe But the Quilibet●reameth ●reameth vpon an eternitie of this priest●ood and concludeth it out of 110. Psal. thus Dauid saith Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech Therefore Popish priesthood is eternall Here the Quodlibeticall Doctor discouereth both his ignorance and an act of blasphemie For what the spirit of God by th● mouth of Dauid deliuereth of that omni potent King Christ Iesus as his prerogatiue proper and incommunicable the sam● this inconsiderate Priest doth interp●● and apply as meant not only of that gra● Dagon the Pope of Rome but of euer base and mercenary sacrificule That Dauid or rather God the Father by Dauid speaketh it of Christ Christ himselfe ●● the 22 chapter of Matth. doth expresse● testifie That the said prerogatiue is pec●liar to Christ and without possibilitie deriuation to any other may appear by that excellent discourse thereof in 〈◊〉 Epistle to the Hebr. chap. 7. out of whi●● chapter wee may thus conclude for 〈◊〉 most holy priesthood of Christ agai● that Antichristian rasure of all iug●● Masse-babiers A Priest after the order of Melchisede●● is without carnall rites in consecr●● ordayned immediatly by God with othe is eternall in person and thereupon eternall in Priesthood and so a perfect Sauiour