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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	bring_v	teach_v	ungodliness_n	2,376	5	11.6666	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03582	A sermon preached in Paules Church in London and published for the instruction and consolation of all that are heauie harted, for the wofull time of God his generall visitation, both in the citie and in the countrie: and fit for the comfort of Gods children at all times.	Hooke, Christopher.	1603 (1603)	STC 13703; ESTC S116953	25,361	70

that his loue be For if the partie wronged shall yéelde vnto him that doeth the wrong and shall séeke his good will and his good what rare loue do we account it yea so rare as is seldome the more is the pittie to be séene among vs. This loue of God therefore in this poynt is a rare loue and excéeding admirable in that hee loued vs being his enemies and sought after vs when wee sought not after him according to that he saieth by the Prophet Esay 65.1 I haue offred my selfe to be found of them that asked not For so the verbe Passiue there vsed is to bee translated Like as the Apostle Ro. 10.20 rendreth it I haue bene made manifest For otherwise the sence of the first comma in that swéete sentence cannot be perceiued I offered my selfe saieth God to bee founde of thē that asked not I was found of thē that sought mee not I saide behold mee beholde me to a Nation that called not vpon my name And as by the ministerie of his Prophets in former time so by our Ministerie now doeth he still seeke after vs that continue still our enmitie to him For wee are the embassadours saith the Apostle 2. Corinth 5.20 for Christ as though God did beséech you thorow vs we pray you in Christ stead that ye bee reconciled vnto God The greatnesse therfore of God his loue towards vs in this behalfe doeth the Apostle S. Paule highly as it deserueth renowne Doubtlesse saieth he for a righteous man one can scarcely be found that will die but for a good man it may bee one dare die but God magnifieth his mercie vnto vs Rom. 5 that when we were his enemies Christ dyed for vs. And againe when wee were enemies we were reconciled vnto him by the death of his Sonne This he prosecuteth in many words in the 2. Ephes but especially in the 4. verse in these words But God which is rich in mercie thorow his great loue wherewith he loued vs euen when we were dead in sinnes that is his mortall enemies he quickned vs together in Christ Thus wee sée how in this respect this holy Apostle magnifyeth the greatnesse of Gods loue and grace Ephe 2 7. calling it the exceeding riches of his grace for that he loued vs when we were his enemies And therefore doe wee not accounte them worthily enemies to the grace of God who doe obscure or rather denie this his great grace operibus praeuisis by workes fore-séene and I know not what the Lord Iesus himself saw no such workes fore-séene when he taught vs to say we are vnprofitable seruants we haue done but that which was our dutie to doe This our Apostle sawe no such fore-séene workes and there fore he renowneth this loue of GOD Rom. 11. ● because hee loued vs first saying in the 4. chap. 10. Herein is loue not that we loued God but that hee loued vs first and againe in the 19. verse We loue him for he loued vs first This doctrine then teacheth vs that by grace we are saued and therfore not by works alone nor by grace and workes together for workes and grace cannot goe together in the worke of iustifycation for so the Apostle reasoneth If it be of grace it is no more of works or else were grace no more grace but if it be of workes it is no more grace or else were worke no more worke Aug de fide et oper Cap. 14 Well therefore saith S. Augustne concerning good workes Sequutur iustifica●ū non praecaedunt iustificandum they follow him that is iustifyed they goe not before him that is to be iustifyed For by the way this is to be noted that though workes saue vs not yet we are the workmanship of God created in Christ Iesus vnto good works for to glorifie him that saued vs according as Zacharias sayth in his song Wee are deliuered from the hands of our enemies that wee might serue him without feare all the dayes of our life in holinesse and righteousnesse before him And the grace of God saieth the Apostle vnto Titus that bringeth saluation vnto all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and that wee should liue soberly and righteously and godly in this present world And our Apostle maketh this to be our dutie namely to purge our selues wherof if time would permit to come to the handling of the part which is the second parte of our text we would by the grace of God more largely speake Secondly this doctrine teacheth vs to loue one another which lesson this our Apostle inferreth vpon the loue of God 1. Thes 4.9 in the 11. verse of this Chapter Beloued if God so loued vs wee ought also to loue one another 1. Iohn 3.18 So S. Paule sayeth We are taught of God that is by the example of God Iohn 2.16 to loue one another and that not in worde and in tongue giuing onely faire words Goe in peace be filled bee warmed and giue naught and thinke naught but in deede and in truth that is wee ought to manifest our loue vnto all by dealing faithfully and truely with all men and to them that are in want by ministring vnto their necessitie For hereby is loue proued as by a touch-stone If any man hath this worlds goods 1. Ioh. 3.1 and seeth his brother want and shutteth vp his compassion frō him how dwelleth the loue of God in him as if hee should saye Such a man neither loueth God nor man And beloued now is the time if euer you will that you must manifest your loue to God by tender compassion on them that are in néede I néed not to vtter vnto you the great miserie of the poore of this Citie and of the Suburbs thereof the want of the Widdow and of the fatherlesse and of the poore man of occupation who in this time wanteth woorke and therefore wanteth foode for him and his familie Their crie is come before you out of this place and you haue most honorably and charitably considered of it I beséech you in the tender bowels of the Lord Iesus consider of it still for the sicknesse thus still though not in so great measure the Lord be euer praised for it continuing the Winter so hard approching and none or litle worke as they say stirring the number of the poore their necessity do encrease daily your liberality therefore must also encrease Rather then the poore should want make a banke for the poore it would be the most honorable banke that euer was made and most profitable for the aduenturers Let him that hath twentie thousand pound cast in two thousande Let him that hath ten thousand pound cast in a thousand Let him that hath a thousand cast in a hundreth let him that hath an hundreth cast in ten I know I shall be censured by many to speake like a foole but I regard not their censure For this