Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	appear_v	teach_v	ungodliness_n	2,521	5	11.6887	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93248	The glorious feast of the Gospel. Or, Christs gracious invitation and royall entertainment of believers. Wherein amongst other things these comfortable doctrines are spiritually handled: Viz. 1. The marriage feast between Christ and his Church. 2. The vaile of ignorance and unbeliefe removed. 3. Christs conquest over death. 4. The wiping away of teares from the faces of Gods people. 5. The taking away of their reproaches. 6. The precious promises of God, and their certaine performance. 7. The divine authority of the holy scriptures. 8. The duty and comfort of waiting upon God. / Delivered in divers sermons upon Isai.25 chap.6,7,8,9 verses, by the late reverend, learned and faithfull minister of the Gospell, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Master of Katharine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher at Grayes-Inne, London. Perused by those that were instructed to revise his writings.	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.	1650 (1650)	Wing S3736; Thomason E599_13; ESTC R206386	119,357	167

that be enough to drive us from profession of Religion without grace Sometimes good men by their failings and fallings out they fall into sinne and fall out and that is a scandall to wicked men Oh say they who would be of this Religion when they cannot agree among themselves This is a great hinderance and stop It is a scandall and rubbe in the way not so much in themselves wee are full of scandall our selves catch at any thing that we may except against the best waies there is a root of scandall in the hearts of all because men will not goe to hell without reason Now because wee are easie to take offence rather then wee will be damned without reason it is not easie to hold out Besides this Satan plies it with his temptations from affliction and from scandall he amplifies these things in the fancy who would be a Christian Yee see what their profession is And so hee maketh the way the more difficult And then againe looke at our owne disposition to suffer to hold out to fix there is an unsetlednesse which is a proper infirmity in our natures since the fall we love variety wee are inconstant and cannot fix our selves upon the best things and wee are impatient of suffering any thing Wee are not onely indisposed to doe good but more indisposed to suffer any ill the spirit must helpe us over all this which must continue all our life long till wee be in heaven something or other will be in our way now the Spirit of God must helpe us over all these afflictions We shall never come to heaven to overcome afflictions and scandals and temptation which Satan plies us here withall And then to overcome the tediousnesse of time this needeth a great deale of strength now this grace of expectance doth all And therefore it is so oftentimes stood upon in Scripture in Isaiah and in the Psalmes how often is it repeated Psal 77. last Wait on the Lord if he tarry wait thou The Lord will wait for them that wait for him and it is the character in Scripture of a Christian Moses he saith such as waited for the consolation of Israell before Christ came in the flesh such a one is one that waiteth for the consolation of Israell To have a gracious disposition and a grace of waiting was the character of good people Now since the comming of Christ the character of the New Testament is to wait for Christs appearance There is a Crowne of glory for me and not onely for me but for all them that love his appearance That is an ingredient in waiting when we love the thing we wait for And so Titus 2. last The grace of God that teacheth to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and to live holily and justly and soberly in this present evill world looking for and waiting for this glorious appearing of Jesus Christ So that looking with the eye of the soule partly on the first comming of Christ which was to redeeme our soules and partly upon the second which is to redeeme our bodies from corruption and to make both soule and body happy it makes a man a good Christian For the grace of God on the first teacheth us to deny ungodlinesse and looking for Christs appearing maketh us zealous of good workes You have scarce any Epistle but you have time described for looking for the comming of Christ As Jude Preserve your selves in the love of God and wait for the comming of Christ So that as there be gracious promises and a long day for them God vouchsafeth grace to wait for the accomplishment of them Now as God giveth grace to wait so he will performe what wee waite for As they say here wee have waited that is the speech of enjoying God will at length make good what hee hath promised and what his truth hath promised his power will performe Goodnesse inclineth to make a promise truth speakes it and power performeth it As you shall see here Wee have waited c. In God there is a mouth of truth a heart of pitty and an hand of power these three meeting together make good whatsoever is promised Hee will fulfill the desires of them that feare him The desires that God hath put into his Children they be kindled from heaven and he will satisfie them all out of his bowells of pitty and compassion hee will not suffer the creature to be allwaies under the racke of desire under the racke of expectation but hee will fulfill the desire of them that feare him And therefore learne this for the time to come Though wee waite God will performe whatsoever wee waite for And therefore loe wee have waited for him As there is a time of promising so there is a time of performing as there is a seed time so there is a time of harvest There is a succession in nature and a succession in grace as the day followeth the night and the Sabbath the weeke and the Jubile such a terme of yeares and as the triumph followeth the warre and as the Consummation of Marriage followeth Contract so it is a happy and glorious condition above all conditions here on earth Therefore in this text you have not onely the seed time of the Christian wee may sow in teares and an expectation as in sowing But here is likewise the harvest of a Christian as there is time of sowing so there is time of reaping as time of waiting so of injoying Wee have waited and now loe we have what we waited for But why doth not the Holy Ghost set downe a certain time but leaveth it indefinite In that day God keepes times and seasons in his owne power the point of time in generall he leaveth it There is a day but the point and moment of time he keepeth in his owne power It is enough to know there is a day and a day that will come in the best season Gods times is the best time When judgments were threatned upon the wicked they say Let us eate and drinke for to morrow wee shall die So Saul to morrow thou shalt die and was he the better So where there is a certain time of Gods comming in judgement godly men would not be the worse and wicked men never the better Thetefore God reserveth it indefinite In that day There is a day and it is a glorious day a day of all dayes a day that never will have night a day that we should thinke of every day That day by way of excellency And before that day there be particular dayes in this world wherein God sheweth himselfe and fulfills the expectation of his children to cherish the grand expectation of life everlasting As in times of trouble they expect of God and wait for deliverance in Gods time and they must be able to say Loe wee have waited Because it is a beginning and pledge of the great performance that shall be consummate at that