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_v	2,532	5	9.8875	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07675	A godly exhortation, by occasion of the late iudgement of God, shewed at Parris-garden, the thirteenth day of Ianvaris: where were assembled by estimation; aboue a thousand persons, whereof some were slaine; & of that number, at the least, as is crediblie reported, the thirde person maimed and hurt. Giuen to all estates for their instruction, concerning the keeping of the Sabbath Day. / by Iohn Field.	Field, John.	1583 (1583)	STC 10844.8; ESTC S92533	15,903	45

but the the more a man hath receiued of the graces and giftes of God the more is he bound by duty vnto his obedience And surely if this bee true of all as it is most certaine then of all others hath this little Ilande as a garden of the Lord beene decked and garnished with sundry most gracious and excellent gifts whether we respect those that are temporal or spirituall that the Lord might worke in vs both dutie and thankfulnesse For concerning both these wher should I first begin that I might reckon them all vp being so infinite both in the one in the other And first concerning temporall giftes what is it that in his rich mercy either for the sustentation maintenance of this life or for other earthly commodities and pleasures that he hath not bestowed vppon vs he hath set vs as it were in the paradise of the world where euen within our selues wee haue all good and necessary things he hath giuen vs the fat of the earth the dew of heauen he hath made the earth fruitfull vnder vs the heauens beneficial aboue vs we haue corne wooll flesh fish in great plenty the beasts of the earth the fouls of the aire are ours we haue gold siluer Copper Tinne Lead and Yron with other commodious mettals in al plentie Againe with these earthly commodities and al the rest he hath giuē vs publique peace protection quietnes Euery man enioyeth his wife Children goods Cattell and possessions Euery mā sitteth vnder his own Vine and heareth the voyce of his children in the streetes Our young men and our maidens reioice in publique places and the noyse of Musick is heard in our assemblies We drink in Bowles of golde and in cuppes of siluer our heads are annoynted with sweete ointmentes and our faces are cheereful because our harts are merry Our Princes sit in the gates and our Nobilitie ride in Charriots and Coches The voyce of mourning is not heard amongest vs neither hath terrour and fear amazed vs. Our weapons are turned into Plowe Shares and Lions and Lambs do play together without hurting one another As for spirituall thinges bestowed vpon vs they are infinite how should I giue but a shadowe of them God hath giuen himselfe vnto vs to be our God and hath chosen vs to be his people He hath giuen vnto vs his Sonne Iesus Christ and with him all other good things necessary for our saluation he hath giuen him to vs his enemies to take our nature vppon him to die for our sinnes to vndergo euerlasting damnation to the end he might acquite deliuer vs. For this he fulfilled the law wrastled hand to hand with his fathers iudgements was cast condemned and crucified as a man reiected of God and thrown down into the extreamest humiliation became the most forelorne of the worlde that he might recouer happinesse for vs. And therfore he aduanced his power and brake the chaynes of death and of hell ascended with glory making a shew of all his enemies and giuing giftes vnto men For all this hee wrought for vs and for our redemption that we might be a peculier people vnto himselfe vppon whome he would powre forth the whole riches of his mercy And in déede vppon his Church what is there that he might haue more done for her that hee hath not done Hee hath purged her by his own bloud out of her bloud and crowned her with his righteousnesse Hee hath giuen her a place in the highest heauens and strengthened her to triumph ouer all her enemies He hath forgiuen her her sinnes and decked her with speciall ioy and peace that passeth all vnderstanding he hath giuen her the gospell a tydings of comfort wherein the riches of his grace are fully displaied Can the heart of man conceiue the tong vtter or the pen set downe what God hath done for his people in all times and ages he did much for his people in Egypt land but hee hath done more for vs. He did much for thē being in wildernes but he hath done more for vs. He did much for them when hee made so many kings to fal before them when he brought thē to the land of promise but he hath done more for vs he hath euercome a mightier army and made greater Kings to bow vnder his scepter and brought vs to a larger inheritance which can neither wither nor perish He fed them with Manna that corrupted when they transgressed the commandment touching the sabboth but he hath fed vs with him self that our corruption might be put off and we might be clad with immortallity and euerlasting glorye The Iewes were his people by a conditionall couenant that stoode in their obedience they were the apple of his eye and signet of his scale to whome he gaue peculier blessinges and yet because they were vnthankful and knew not the day of their visitation they haue no part by reason of their vnbeliefe in the promises that were made to Abraham and the rest of the Patriarks to their séede and posteritie but wee are his people adopted assured in a new couenant sealed in the blood and obedience of Iesus Christe the end of all the promises whose saluation is nowe wrought and perfourmed if hee be in vs we in him if his glorious grace and mercy haue not appeared in vaine vnto vs. What could the Lord haue done more for his people then he did for them yet Isay the Prophet vpbraided them for their ingratitude so many excellent bene fits of God being bestowed vpon thē I wyl sing to my Isay 5. beloued a song of my beloued of his vyneyard My beloued had a vineyeard in a very fruitful hil he hedged it about and gathered out the stones of it he planted it with the best plants buylt a Tower in the mydest of it made a winepres in it He looked that it shold haue broght forth grapes but it brought forth wyld grapes O Inhabitants of Ierusalem men of Iudah Iudge therefore between me my vineyard What could I haue done more to my vineyard that I haue not done vnto it Why haue I looked that it shuld bring forth grapes and it bryngeth forth wylde Grapes Now I wyll tell you what I wyll do to my Vyneyard I wyll take away the hedge therof it shal be eaten vp I wyll break downe the Wall and it shal be troden vnder foote And I wyll lay it waste it shall not be cut nor digged but Bryars and thornes shal grow vp I wyl also command the clouds that they rayne no rayne vppon it You see how the Prophet setteth forth the large liberalitie and goodnesse of God towards his people and againe their vnthankfulnes with those iudgments that it drewe vpon them The benefits no doubt that God had bestowed vppon them were excellent but their abuse was like wise intollerable and therefore for the one there is threatned the taking of them away and