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
A19518	A short catechisme Very necessary, for the plaine vnderstanding of the principall points of Christian religion. Meet to be practised of all Christians before they bee admitted to the Lord's Supper By Richard Cox.	Coxe, Richard, d. 1596.	1620 (1620)	STC 5948; ESTC S114496	11,302	38

finde not these thinges in me what counsell giue you me than A. Not to presume to come to this Table of the Lord for hée that eateth and drinketh vnworthily that is without Faith and Repentance whilest he is a wicked liuer a prophane person a blasphemer and such like and hath not repented him of his sinnes with full purpose to renounce them and liue alwaies afterwards in the feare of God he eateth and drinketh his owne damnation not discerning the Body of Christ aright Q. Is it a thing left to our choyse and liberty whether we will come to the supper or not A. No the holy Ghost in forbidding men to come thither vnworthily commandeth all that haue discretion and iudgement to examine diligently and prepare themselues that they may come worthily vnto it So that if we absent our selues and neglect this preparation and making of our selues ready to come vnto it let vs feare least we become contemners of it and so depriue our selues of that great benefite which is offered vnto vs by it Q. Shew mée more plainely how I may discerne whether I haue Faith or no A. If Christ be in me Q. How shall I know Christ to bée in me A. By thrée benefites wherewith he commeth vnto vs Blood Water and the Spirit Q. What is meant by Blood A. Our iustification consisting in Christ his righteousnes and the forgiuenesse of sinnes by his blood shedding Q. What is meant by Water A. Our sanctification when the Grace of God teacheth vs to deny vngodlinesse vnrighteousnes and worldly lusts and to liue godly righteously and soberly in this present world Q. How shall wée know that we féele both this true mortifying or denying of sinne and true liuing to righteousnes A. When both from a true sorrow according to God for euery thing we know forbidden of God yea the least as all light Oathes idle wordes profitable lyes or vaine actions we féele a study to auoyde the first motions to them clearing of our selues from all suspition of them by auoyding all apparance of euill an indignation for all such thinges past a feare least such thinges by our corruption should fall out againe a great desire to preuent them a zeale against them a punishing of them by exercising all due authoritie which God hath giuen vs against sin as also a great study to spend all the rest of our time according to the will of God Q. What is meant by the Spirit A. That full assurance which the holy Ghost worketh in our hearts that we are Gods Children whereby we are sealed vnto the day of redemption that is fully assured that with all be kept by the power of God through Faith vnto saluation Q. By what ordinary meanes is that true Faith and that which followeth it wrought in vs A. By the preaching of the Gospell Q. What is the cause that so many heare the preaching of the Gospell yea doe receiue it with some taste ioy and vnderstanding and yet obtaine not this Faith and the fruit of it A. The cause is the vnchangeable purpose of GOD from before all beginnings wherein he hath being mooued onely by his holy will appointed freely to choose some in Christ vnto saluation through Faith for the praise of his rich grace and iustly to cast away others when they should by their owne default deserue the same Q. What meanes besides the seruice of God at home must we vse to exercise confirme and nourish this Faith and the fruites thereof A. We must diligently vse all the works of the publike ministery which are prescribed of God as Prayer Doctrine exhortation the Sacraments and communicating vnto the poore Q. Because our especiall purpose in this worke is to intreate of the Sacraments in conclusion shew vs and that plainely when we come to the Supper of the Lord how we must prepare our selues before behaue our selues in the present worke and reape fruite by it continually after A. Before we must try our Faith and repentance not onely whether they be true but also how wée grow in them what is the dulnesse and weaknesse of them that we may the more seruently seeke the quickening and strengthening of them in this Sacrament In the present worke wée must haue in euery outward action the inward féeling of that which was signified by it as in putting apart of the Bread and Wine wée must féele more assuredly that Christes Body and Blood was put apart by his Prayers to be the foode of our soules by the breaking of the bread and the powring foorth of the Wine that his Body was Crucified and his Blood shed for vs by the giuing and receiuing of them that his body and blood is presently more liuelie giuen vnto vs and receiued by faith By the eating and drinking for the nourishing of our bodies that our solues so ioyfully féede on Christ by faith as wée are more fully assured of the forgiuenes of all our sins especially particuler sins of greater grace to leaue them of eternall life in soule and bodie as we doe with heauenly consolation sing praises vnto GOD for the redemption of the world Afterwards by the meditation hereof we must be strengthened in all temptations which are against our iustification and sanctification Q. What is Prayer A. It is a petition ioyned with an earnest desire procéeding from the acknowledging of our necessity with humilitie repentance and confession of our vnworthines made in a true conuersion vnto God and trust of heauenly promises for Christ our mediatour his sake wherein we aske those things of God which he commaunded vs to aske of him in his word Q. God knoweth before we aske what we neede so that he néede not to be put in minde he is not sloathfull that he néede to be stirred vp he hath appointed in his prouidence what he will bestow how and when therefore why should wee pray A. First to stirre vp our selues to séeke him Secondly to exercise our selues in meditating vpon his promises Thirdly that wée may discharge and vnloade our cares into the bosome of GOD. Fourthly that we may testifie to our selues and others that we hope and aske for all good from God alone Q. How many thinges ought wée to be carefull of in prayer A. First that we pray to God through Christ Secondly that we be inwardly touched with the thing we pray for Thirdly that they be grounded vpon Gods promises Fourthly that we be not weary of prayer Fiftly that wée pray according to that rule which God himselfe giueth Q. Rehearse the Lords prayer A. Our Father which art in Heauen c. Q. How many principall parts are there of this Prayer A. First a perswasion to prayer in these wordes Our Father which art in heauen Secondly the summe of prayer contained in the sixe Petitions Thirdly an assurance of that wée pray for in these wordes For thine is the Kingdome c. Q. What perswasions haue you in these first wordes Our Father which art in