Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	deny_v	live_v	ungodliness_n	2,449	5	11.2335	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89824	An answer to a book called The Quakers catechism, put out by Richard Baxter. Wherein the slanderer is searched, his questions answered, and his deceit discovered, whereby the simple have been deceived: and the popery proved in his own bosom, which he would cast upon the Quakers. Published for the sake of all who desire to come out of Babylon, to the foundation of the true prophets and apostles, where Christ Iesus is the light and corner stone; where God is building a habitation of righteousness and everlasting peace; where the children of light do rest. Also some quæries for the discovering the false grounds of the literal preist-hood of these days, in the last times of antichrist. If you know the truth, the truth shall make you free. / Iames Nailor.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1655 (1655)	Wing N258; Thomason E851_1; ESTC R207416	51,999	51

so much of people as Quakers do Thou shamelesse man whom do we ask any thing on We abhor thy beggerly practice herein and are fed freely prove whom we have burthened or asked any thing on but may be you will excuse your asking with taking it by force 7 Qu. If it be not a wrong to the people more then the Ministers to have the standing Church-maintenance taken away why then do people petition so hard for Augmentations where means is wanting or else do worse I say because Babylons wares are grown Costly and the Merchants rich time was when 50 pounds would have hired a Priest which now will not serve under 500 yet his stuffe no better but much worse and this must needs be raised whether the people have it or no and so they must petition for Augmentations but he is blind who believes this is done to right the people of their wrongs which layes so many 1000 pounds upon the people of this Nation more then was formerly you are rightly called leaders of the blind if your followers see no further but to believe you herein you may keep those you have blinded as long as you can but where the eye is open you are seen and your end The sum of thy 8. Quaery If the Rulers may lay Excise or Taxes why not a settled maintenance for you I say because the one is allowed on in the Scripture but the Magistrate was never to force a maintenance for the Ministry neither under Law nor Gospel but God ever took care for them that are his and are you Christs Ministers that pleads for settled means Is he grown lesse Careful for his nay it s you that knowes him not therefore dare not trust him but envies such as do In thy 9. and 10. Thou tells of God commanding a sufficient maintenance And asks what Scripture forbids taking of Tythes And sayes God hath left it to humane prudence to judge what is sufficient before they give it And thou tells the old lye over again saying The Apostles took more then the tenths I say out of thy own mouth be thou judged and thy generation who takes it where humane prudence judges not fit to give you even from them who reap nothing by you and that God hath commanded any maintenance at all for the hirelings I deny on any thing● by force of Law for his own or any other way but freely And he that reads Heb. 7. with the first verse of the 8th may see Tythes preached down Priests and Priesthood that did receive them though they never had the●● by force 10. Qu. Whether Christ enlightens every one that cometh into the world And thy answer is All that come into the world of nature he enlightens with the light of nature and this thou sayes is begotten by the Book of the Creature And all that comes into the world of grace he enlightens with the light of supernatural Revelation I say Thou hast plainly shewed thy knowledge of Christ and his way of working who says That light wh●ch Christ enlightens the Creatures with is begotten by the Creatures Book and this light which is so begotten which thou calls natural is all the light the Creature hath till he comes into the world of grace Then saist thou he is enlightned with a supernatural Light Thou blinde guide doth any light lead into the world of grace as thou calls it but the light of Christ and is that begotten by the Creatures Book Art not thou Antichrist who art setting up another way out of the world then Christ and his light who saith I am the Light of the world he that follows me shall not abide in darkness Was this light natural or begotten by the Creatures Book was that a natural light that Covenant of light that God promised to give into the world which the Prophets prophesied of and John bare witness of saying This is the true light that enlightens every one that comes into the world And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darkness Did ever any give such a testimony of the light which God sent into the world to call it natural and say It s begotten by the book of the Creature Art not thou a blinde guide indeed yet being told of it calls it railing where thou might as well say Christ railed who told such blinde guides who denyed the corner Stone what they was yet was they never so blinde as thou for they did not deny but Christ should be the light of Israel when he came but thou says he is come and yet art setting up a creature light and to blinde the business with thou addes a heap of Quaeries 1. Whether this light be sufficient to leave men without excuse or is it sufficient to salvation I say both to condemn such as love their evil deeds and to lead to life all that follow it John 3. 19. and 8. 12. 2. Was i● su●ficient before Christ preached the Gospel or is it now sufficient to all that never heard the Gospel If so is not the Gospel needles● I say all that believed in him to come had sufficiently of his light to guide them in what God then required but when he was come then the Gospel was preached to every Creature under Heaven then all was called to repent and wait for the Kingdom of God which was at hand within them which they did not know who denyed the li●ht yet the light be●ng come into the world was their condemnation and thus the Gospel is not a needless thing but the power of God to salvation to all that receive it for as many as received the light to them he gave power to become the Sons of God to the rest it is condemnation 3. Quaery If the world have sufficient light what need they your teaching I say to exhort them to that light to wait and abide in it it being the hirelings have blinded that eye this time of the Mystery of Iniquity hath been working which was began in the Apostles time and to open this eye was Paul sent and 2 Cor. 4. 6. to turn them from darkness to this light and this answers thy fifth Query why Paul was sent to open the blind eyes and turn to light 4. Query If all have sufficient light within them What need there any converting grace That 's converting grace that hath appeared to all men teaching us to deny all ungodliness and worldly 2 Tit. 11. 12. lusts which such as thou turns into laciviousness and will not be taught by it therefore lives in sin and pleads So you must do while you live and thou in scorn bids us rub our eyes and tells thee if all have it why did we pronounce thee to be in darkness I say because thou denies the light and follows it not so that light that 's in thee is become darkness and great is that darkness as doth appear who art lying again saying the