Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	covenant_n	promise_n	seal_n	4,049	5	9.6971	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85987	A pleasant walk to heaven, through the new and living way, which the Lord Jesus consecrated for us, and his sacred Word reveals unto us. Published by Claudius Gilbert, B.D. minister of the Gospel at Limrick.	Gilbert, Claudius, d. 1696?	1658 (1658)	Wing G703; Thomason E939_2; ESTC R202211	58,214	83

Hast thou found thy self drawn so effectually by the cords of his love as by the Bands of man that thou couldst not resist any longer Hast thou heard the voice of thy Beloved so attentively and affectionately so submissively and applicatively that conjugal consent hath followed on thy part to be wholly and constantly his Hath his pardoning and renewing Grace sounded so powerfully in his Word and Ordinances that thy soul could not but eccho and resound a believing penitential Return Hath the effusion of his gracious Spirit so melted and mollified thy heart that it could not but pour forth it self into a Spirit of supplications Did the sight of him whom thou didst behold as crucified by thee and for thee pierce through thy very heart to the killing of sin and quickning of thy soul that thou couldst not but mourn bitterly at the sense thereof Hath that voice of his broken the Cedars and cleft the mountains of thy corruptions whilst Gods servants in his house were speaking of his Glory Hast thou felt his word sharper within thee then any two-edged sword piercing deeply discovering all and dividing energetically between sin and self by a spiritual Anatomy Hath his knock and voice wrought upon thee as they did on the Spouse to call thee away from thy secure bed and sluggish slumber into a diligent Inquiry after him pursued incessantly till thy Beloved be found Hast thou given Christ eminent entertainment in some proportion to his eminent Vocation as Matthew and Zachaeus did being called by him 3. The Consequents following this Call are likewise eminent His called Ones are his faithfull ones following him fully in an obedience of faith and love Hath he thus effectually prevailed with us to make us faithfull loving and obedient according to his Articles of marriage in every Relation condition and occasion Is our obedience cordial and constant universal and perpetual at least in our purpose and endeavours Is there no Duty we would willingly neglect no sin we would leave unmortified no mercy of his that we would not fruitfully improve Is his Will our Rule his Glory our End his Grace our Principle his Spirit our strength whether in superior or inferior places in every Ordinance and Providence Doth our faith work by love to him and all his peculiarly fervently orderly and continually Is it our desire and delight design and labor to follow him through fair and foul through the Cross to the Crown through many tribulations into his Kingdom of Grace and Glory Have we none in Heaven but him none upon Earth in comparison of him If thy Vocation be a saving one it s an eminent One in the exercise of every Grace in the crucifying of every Lust in the resisting of every Temptation in the bearing of every Affliction upon his account Art thou as willing to take up his yoak and to learn practically of him meekness and lowliness as thou art desirous of his Rest Dost thou as chearfully studiously obey every Precept as thou delighest in every Promise of his gracious Covenant Is it thy trouble and grief that thy self and others do so dishonour and disobey him Is it thy chief joy to see him honoured obeyed by any of his Doth the sense of thy sinfulness still conflicting within make thee to cry out against thy wretched self Doth the sight of his Grace any way made good to thee melt thy soul into gratefull acknowledgements and sutable Returns as it did in Paul David and the rest of his called ones Dost thou eminently improve that calling thus eminently vouchsafed unto thee consider it well Vse 4. This speaks comfort to the Lords chosen faithfull called Ones Your Vocation is most eminent so is the Cordial that flows from it against sin and sorrow the flesh and the world self and Satan He hath called you to Glory and Vertue through Glory and Vertue who is faithfull and will also do it Whom he did fore-know them he did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son that he might be the first born among many Brethren Moreover whom he did predestinate them he called whom he called them he justified whom he justified them he glorified Therefore shall all things work together for good to them that love God who are the called according to his purpose Is not this golden chain of your salvation a Soveraign Antidote against all fears from within and without to be carefully laid up and laid out as the Apostle did Thou trembling soul whose heart is tender that wouldst fain love Christ and loth sin above all that thou mayest follow his call is not this thy priviledge Shouldst not thou join with him in casting the Gantlet and biding Defiance to sin and Satan to self and the world as he instructs thee in the following Context Who shall separate us from the Love of God Shall Tribulation c. Nay in all these we are more then Conquerors through him that loved us Mayst thou not through his name confidently resolve with him also and be perswaded that neither Life nor Death nor any other creature shall be able to separate thee from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Thou hast his Word and Oath his Hand and Seal his Purpose and Promise his Purchase and Covenant his Grace and Glory yea himself with his al-sufficiency engaged to thee for it what canst thou look more for The more unworthy and insufficient thou art in thy own eyes the more is thy right cleared to his Worthiness and sufficiency His Gifts and Calling are without Repentance being carried on in this saving manner though his common Gifts and external Calling admit often of a change as appear'd in Saul Judas and the Like temporary Believers Though thy hand be weak yet his is strong enough thy strength and stay lies in him alone and not in thy self Though thou often break yet doth he not break who cals his sheep by name to eternal Life Thy Vocation is eminently divine for freeness and fulness sureness and singularness to sense thy Soul against all enemies and discouragements Whom doth he seek and save but that which was lost in a perishing state Vse 5. This should finally excite every One to look in earnest after such an eminent Vocation that the same may be faithfully Improved The whole world is cast into two Ranks of uncalled and called Persons both are to be effectually dealt with 1. UNcalled sinners that never gave yet hearty Obedience to the Call of Christ These are of various sorts abounding every where to be spoken to as their case requires Some are most ruled by one Lust some by another some openly others more closely whilst they all follow the call of sin and reject Christs Call Should not all such be vigorously pressed to listen to his voice before it be too

as others Is it not very sinfully wofull to leave Christs walk for the Devils company Are not all the Allurements of sin so many ignes fatui and mis-guiding Meteors made use of still by evil Spirits to ensnare Travellers in the misty night of Ignorance and Error into dangerous Plunges and Precipices by drawing them out of Christs high way Will you still pretend to be Christs Souldiers whilst you are marching after his desperate Enemy under the conduct of sin Satan and self Is it not pitty that any of Christs friends should be so unfriendly to him and walk so unworthy of his Vocation as to be found walking in the crooked By-paths of Error and Sin Should not Gods Children be ashamed of such an Ignoble and base Demeanor raking the Channels and embracing Dung-hils among the beggerly Drudges of Satan Should not his servants be deeply humbled for their shamefull neglect of his work whilst they are so unworthily busied and stirring about the Devils own Work Should it not grieve Christs Spouse at the very heart that sinfull Embraces and Communion with the flesh and world are at any time preferred before Communion with the Lord of Glory Is it not baseness of the vilest rank to be found walking so unworthily of Christs High Holy and Heavenly Calling Vse 3. Examination we are called to by this Point also All are concerned to trie their State and Acts by this golden Rod of the Sanctuary Doth any profess to be a true Christian Let this Touch-stone give a Test thereof Dost thou walk worthy of thy Profession in every Relaon towards God and Man in thy general and particular Calling 1. TOwards God in thy general Calling Is it thy desire and delight design and endeavour to honor and enjoy him as thy Soveraign Lord and chief good in Christ through his Spirit in every Ordinance and Providence Are thy thoughts words and works so regulated by his Will and directed to his Glory so principled by his Grace and supported by his strength that he is the Center and Source the Scope and Substance of thy happiness Dost thou Love and fear him dost thou seek and trust him universally constantly peculiarly eminently above all Is his Presence and Blessing the Life and Comfort of all thy Life and Comforts Are all the Powers and parts of Soul and Body resigned up into his own hands that thou mayst walk with him in all his ways Are all things else made subordinate and subservient thereto Dost thou so acknowledge him in all thy ways for the directing of thy paths Is it thy greatest trouble and sorrow that thou canst not walk so humbly and holily so sincerely and self-denyingly as thou shouldst and wouldst Is it thy cordial Joy to see any other walking orderly and diligently in his service wayes Art thou zealous of those things wherein thy Christian walk may truly honor him against whatever appears to reflect any disgrace on him Art thou so convinced of thy former mistakes and mis-carriages that thou studiously labourest to vindicate his name and redeem the time mis●pent by a more close and vigilant walking with thy God Dost thou not willingly neglect any thing he requires of thee either for the matter and means or for the manner and solemn Time of his Worship Doth his Covenant-mercy still direct excite and enable thee to reciprocall Duty according to the terms of his gracious Covenant Is thy motion from every sin of thine to every Grace of his carried on still progressively by the help of all his gracious appointments towards his Glory Dost thou so walk worthy of his Name and Truth of his Word and Grace of his Son and Spirit of his Service and Sabbath as becomes a loyal Spouse an ingenuous Child a faithfull servant a cordial friend a dutifull Subject a generous Souldier in each Relation towards him according to thy Respective occasions and Condition Dost thou thus diligently serve and observe his Spirit Word and Providence in the right use of all sutable means resting on him alone for Wisdom and Righteousness Sanctification and Redemption through Christ in all the turns of thy Christian walk Secondly In thy particular Calling towards man Dost thou walk worthy of thy high holy heavenly Vocation Doth thy supream Love due to thy God move thy heart effectually to love thy Neighbour as thy self in subordination thereto Dost thou therefore study all his Divine Rules of Justice and Equity Mercy and Charity that thou mayst fulfill the same through his Grace answerably to thy several Stations and motions towards Superiors Inferiors and Equals Art thou observant of that orderly Priority and Superiority which his Providence constitutes and governs below in giving to every one his due above thee about thee beneath thee Dost thou mind and promote the safety and Purity the Propriety and Verity of others as if they were thy own not willingly doing to another what thou wouldst not should be done to thee in the like case Dost thou take so much contentment in that condition wherein the hand of Heaven hath settled thee that thou enviest not what any other enjoyeth but rejoycest in his good grieving for his evil as if it were thy own Is it thy Purpose Joy and longing to labor still after such a frame of Spirit and demonstrate it in the best way of actual evidence by thy speech and actions Art thou therefore often reviewing thy heart and life to observe thy progress and to mend all faults by the Lords gracious Help Doth the sense of thy Unworthiness and Insufficiency still drive thee to Christ out of self and sin for Guidance Assistance and Acceptance that thou mayst still be found walking with him whilst thou walkest with man Dost thou give him thus honor preheminence in a sutable and comely behavior towards all sorts in promoting good and eschewing evil Hast thou learnt to put on Christ by faith that thou mayst follow his magnanimous Spirit as Caleb did against all discouragements from Earth and Hell into all generous resolutions and couragious Executions for good against evil Dost thou thus walk worthy of thy Vocation in each Relation Domestical Political and Ecclesiastical with Christian Prudence and Patience Diligence and Zeal Meekness and Love Fidelity and Conscionableness sutable to each Condition and Occasion Thus mayst thou take a scantling of thy progress in Christianity Vse 4. CHoise Consolation flows from this Truth to all faithful Christians walking orderly as becomes their eminent Vocation The blessing of God will surely attend his Institutions carefully observed The Lord is a Sun and a shield to give Grace and Glory and with-hold no good thing from them that walk uprightly Blessed are all the undefiled in their ways whose chief Exercise is to walk with God They shall walk with Christ in white for they are worthy who have been diligent Followers of him through black and red in all variations He counts them most