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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66711	Say on, or, A seasonable plea for a full hearing betwixt man and man and a serious plea for the like hearing betwixt God and man : delivered in a sermon at Chelmsford in Essex, at the general assize holden for the said county, before the Honourable Sir Timothy Littleton, one of His Majesty's Barons of the Exchecquer, July 8, 1678 / by Anthony Walker ...	Walker, Anthony, d. 1692.	1679 (1679)	Wing W308; ESTC R5261	13,981	60

God's Deputy what that speaks he speaks that accuses or excuses according to the Law his own Finger hath written on thy heart Therefore stop not its mouth stifle not its checks put it not to silence but hear it out and say unto it Say on 2. He speaks to thee by his Word This is beyond controversie with all but downright Atheists that what the Scriptures speak God speaketh This teacheth thee to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live righteously soberly godly in this present world There 's not a sin against the Law of Nature or Grace which this forbids not under pain of eternal death nor a duty of either to which it encourages not with the promise of eternal life This shews the equity the reasonableness the excellency the necessity of every Duty Virtue Grace and the iniquity unreasonableness baseness danger of every Corruption Vice and Sin Hear consider weigh well what it saith And dare not to go on where God's Word bids thee stop nor dare to stand still where God's Word bids thee go forward Time will not give me leave nor will the Text well bear it to plead God's Cause I may only admonish you to hearken how he pleads it in his Word himself where you shall meet with all the cogent Arguments Right Reason can be moved by in the behalf of Virtue Temperance Justice Charity and universal Holiness and against Vice Prophaneness Debauchery Dishonesty and Irreligion drawn from his authority over thee and Benefits to thee from all the Attributes of his Nature from all the Methods and Instruments of his governing the Rational World His Promises and Threatnings his Rewards and Punishments c. So from Christ the example of his Holy Life the love and design of his Bloody Death c. Now when thou art moved to any Duty or tempted to any Sin before thou refuse the one or yield to the other hear fully what God in his Word saith for it or against it Let God make his full Plea before thou yieldest and givest sentence for the World the Flesh the Devil do not precipitate and because one reason prevails not resolve to hear no more but hear him out Master Say on If his bare authority prevail not try what the obliging sense of his Benefits may do If Thus saith the Lord be not enough hear him saying O foolish people will ye thus requite the Lord If his love constrain thee not try whether his fear and the terrors of the Lord may not restrain thee if the promises and hopes of going to Heaven be too light put in the wrath revealed from Heaven and the consideration of eternal Burnings If Gods Glory move thee not hear what he saith of thine own interest if the declaration of the promises and threatenings suffice not hear what he saith of the fullfilling and exemplifying of them upon others to give thee warning I suggest these few Instances transiently which may teach you to make many more and I beseech you do it hear all God saith for Duty and against Sin before you reject the one or yield to the other and remember that the sinfulness of the world and their final condemnation is chiefly ascribed to their not hearing what God saith to them in the Word Peruse with greatest seriousness that awakening place Prov. 1.24 to the end which if you mind as you should do I hope you 'll give God a Fuller Hearing for the future and when he speaks to you in his Word will let him plead his Cause at large and Say on 3. He speaks to you by his Spirit whispering secretly and silently to your Hearts There is an intimate converse betwixt God's Spirit and Man's of which the standers by can take no notice Thou shalt hear a voice behind thee saying this is the way walk in it Isa 30.21 Hear him therefore as a spirit of conviction pleading with thee to convince thee of and bring thee to repentance for thy past Sins As a spirit of excitation stirring and quickening thee to present Duty as a spirit of restraint to withdraw thee from thy sinful practices or purposes Oh do not this abominable thing which I hate As a spirit of Application setting home general truths to a man's particular case this concerns thee Thou art the Man Generalia non pungunt therefore the spirit in the reading or hearing the Word uses to infer from Generals and apply in this or the like manner If the wrath of God be revealed from Heaven against all unrighteousness then against mine If every one be accursed that continues not in all things that are written in the Law then so am I. If every one that repents not must perish then must I if I repent not the spirit and the bride say come and whoever will let him take of the water of life freely then I may take it 't is as free to me as to any other God hath not excluded me if I exclude not my self sic in caeteris in the general threats promises precepts Oh therefore when the spirit stands at the door and knocks open to him when he calls answer him Resist him not provoke him not quench him not grieve him not put him not to silence treat him not rudely turn not a deaf ear but say unto him What wilt thou have me do Speak Lord thy servant heareth Blessed Lord Say on The last improvement I shall make of the words is to mind you to get ready a good Plea against the time God shall call for it and give you the liberty to use t. There is a day approaching nay in some degree now is in which we must appear at God's Tribunal and though we must expect a strict yet we may assure our selves of a Fair Trial. God will hear us out he will give us leave to Say on all that we can say with reason for our just defence Isay 41.21 Produce your cause will the Lord say bring forth your strong reasons saith the king of Jacob. Resolve therefore with the Prophet Habbak 2.1 To watch to see what he will say to you and what you shall answer when you are reproved or argued with Now God hath two Tribunals one in this world the other in the world to come The first erected in every man's Breast his Conscience enlightened by the word which is magni judicii prae judicium as a private Sessions preparatory to the general and grand Assise which is the second the judgment seat of Christ at which we must all appear to give an account of all we have done in the flesh whether good or evil I beseech you therefore bethink your selves before hand provide your Plea for God will certainly call for it First What hast thou to say when God shall summon thee to appear before his Deputy thy own Conscience and shall demand a reason of thy ways O man why dost thou do so or so I am ready to hear thee Say on A wise man should do nothing