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	teach_v	ungodliness_n	4,302	5	11.7286	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10928	The vvild vine: or, An exposition on Isaiah's parabolicall song of the beloued: Isa. 5. 1,2,3, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, pastor of Messing in Essex; Strange vineyard in Palæstina	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1632 (1632)	STC 21200; ESTC S116115	254,274	348

Iames speaketh No maruell then if God doe so much set by the practise of these duties Vse Which serueth to reproue such as bring forth faire leaues of profession in the first Table but are little or nothing at all in the duties of the second Table In the outward and publike exercises of religion they are very diligent as in repairing to the Congregation hearing the Word receiuing of the Sacraments and the like But looke on them in those things which concerne men and there you shall finde them exceedingly faulty being vnmercifull vniust and vnrighteous in their dealings Certainly the religion of these men is in vaine their best seruices doe stinke in Gods nostrils when righteousnesse towards man is wanting Let all such as are in the place of iustice for to them this is especially intended aduisedly consider of this and beware how h Amos 5.7 and 6.12 they turne iudgement into gall and wormewood as Amos speakes and the fruit of righteousnesse into hemlocke I would such would often put Iobs question to their soule i Iob 31.14 What shall I doe when God riseth vp and when he visiteth what shall I answer him It would be a good meanes to make them take vp his practise k Verse 16. Not to with-hold from the poore his desire nor cause the eies of the widow to faile Verse 21. not to lift vp their hand against the fatherlesse though they saw their helpe in the gate and might doe it vndiscerned Yea let vs all consider this and endeuour to bee conscionably iust and vpright in our dealings betweene man and man When the question is made to God what manner of men should dwell in his Tabernacle and rest in his holy Mountaine i. which should haue a good estate here and an habitation in heauen for euermore he describeth them by their innocent and harmlesse behauiour towards their brethren l Psal 15.2 3. He that walketh vprightly and worketh righteousnesse and speaketh the truth in his heart Certainly hee regardeth that worke very much which hee rewardeth with such and so great wages And hee is well pleased with that person in this life whom hee will receiue to dwell with him in euerlasting life But I will be sparing in prosecuting this in regard of the neere affinity which it hath with the succeeding Doctrine to which I hasten But behold oppression Text. The cleane contrary was found to that which God expected He looked to haue the poore defended and their causes heard by such as were in place but by none so much as they were they iniured and oppressed A sinne beyond thought or expectation and therefore set out with a note of admiration Behold oppression c. Hence our note shall be Doct. Oppression is a crying sinne Oppression of the poore especially by such as ought to be defenders and releeuers of the poore is a sinne hainous grieuous In the first Chapter of this Booke we finde it to be of a bloudy nature m Isay 1.15 Your hands are full of bloud And in the third Chapter to make the former good we shall finde oppressors charged with n Cap. 3.15 beating the people to pieces and grinding the faces of the poore And in the fourteenth Psalme o Psal 14.4 with eating them vp as one would eat vp bread The Prophet Amos p Amos 8.4 chargeth oppressors with swallowing of them vp And Micah chargeth Princes and Magistrates yet further to wit q Micah 3.3 with eating the very flesh of his people and flaying their skins from off them and breaking of their bones and chopping them in peeces as for the pot and as flesh within the cauldron How fearefully was Iehoiakim threatned for this sinne r Ier. 22.13 -20. Woe vnto him that buildeth his house by vnrighteousnesse and his chambers by wrong that vseth his neighbours seruice without wages and giueth him not for his worke c. Shalt thou reigne because thou clothest thy selfe in Cedar Did not thy father eat and drinke and doe iudgement and iustice and then it was well with him He iudged the cause of the poore and needy then it was well with him But thine eies and thy heart are not but for thy couetousnesse and for to shed innocent bloud and for oppression and for violence to doe it Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah They shall not lament for him saying ah my brother or ah my sister they shall not lament for him saying ah Lord or ah his glory He shall be buried with the buriall of an Asse drawen and cast forth beyond the gates of Ierusalem These are proofes fufficient for my Doctrine strongly confirming what I haue now taught viz. Oppression of the poore especially by such as ought to defend and releeue the poore is a hainous and grieuous sinne For first it is a sinne against Nature and Race Beasts Reas 1 wee see molest not their owne kinde Saeuis inter se conuenit vrsis Lions fight not with Lions Serpents spend not their venome vpon Serpents and therefore it is more than brutish for man to deuoure man by this sinne of oppression This made Cyprian seeing it practised by some to cry out with wonderment and admiration Ferae parcunt Aues pascunt Homines saeuiunt Cypr. ser 6. Oh the detestable cruelty of mans malice The fierce Lions spare Daniel in the Den the rauenous birds doe feed Eliah in the Wildernesse but one man exerciseth cruelty vpon another and only man to man is become pernicious Secondly it is a sinne against Religion and Grace Reas 2 For Å¿ Tit. 2.11 12. the grace of God that bringeth saluation hath appeared vnto all men teaching vs that denying vngodlinesse and worldly lusts we should liue soberly righteously and godly in this present world And this was prophesied of long since that in the time of the Gospell t Isay 11.6 the Wolfe should dwell with the Lambe and the Leopard should lie with the Kid c. and that none should hurt and destroy in all the mountaine of the Lords holinesse Thirdly when it is practised by great men it is a Reas 3 sinne against Place Now as there is no impiety to that impiety which is committed u Ier. 7.11 2 Chron. 36.14 Inter leges ipsas contra leges delinquitur Cyp. ad Donat. lib. 2. epist 2. in Gods Sanctuary so there is no iniustice to that iniustice which is committed and practised in the very seat and sanctuary of iustice and whereby men amidst the Law sinne against the Law as Ananias the High Priest did * Acts 23.3 in commanding Paul to bee smitten contrary to the Law It therefore being a sinne against Race Grace and Place I doubt not but on all sides it will be confest to be most hainous Vse 1 Which doctrine serues first for Reprehension euen of all those who vse any kinde of iniustice either by