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
A75616	Armilla catechetica. A chain of principles; or, An orderly concatenation of theological aphorismes and exercitations; wherein, the chief heads of Christian religion are asserted and improved: by John Arrowsmith, D.D. late master both of St Johns and Trinity-Colledge successively, and Regius professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. Published since his death according to his own manuscript allowed by himself in his life time under his own hand.	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1659 (1659)	Wing A3772; Thomason E1007_1; ESTC R207935	193,137	525

thou_o find_v in_o thyself_o any_o beginning_n of_o salvation_n any_o hope_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v perfect_v remember_v what_o that_o great_a asserter_n of_o free_a grace_n have_v leave_v upon_o record_n to_o all_o posterity_n by_o grace_n 8._o eph._n 2._o 8._o you_o be_v save_v through_o faith_n and_o that_o not_o of_o yourselves_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n remember_v it_o so_o as_o §_o 3._o first_o to_o beware_v of_o receive_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o vain_a it_o be_v ordain_v for_o better_a end_n to_o wit_n purge_v and_o cheer_v of_o such_o as_o receive_v it_o the_o grace_n of_o 12._o titus_n 2._o 11_o 12._o god_n that_o bring_v salvation_n have_v appear_v to_o all_o man_n teach_v we_o that_o deny_v ungodliness_n and_o worldly_a lust_n we_o shall_v live_v sober_o righteous_o and_o godly_a in_o this_o present_a world_n all_o partaker_n of_o grace_n shall_v not_o only_o deny_v that_o gross_a ungodliness_n of_o conversation_n which_o the_o very_a son_n of_o morality_n decry_v and_o abhor_v but_o also_o worldly_a lust_n which_o other_o be_v secret_o indulgent_a to_o neither_o shall_v they_o content_v themselves_o with_o a_o negative_a purity_n such_o as_o that_o of_o the_o pharisee_n be_v i_o be_o not_o as_o 11._o luke_n 18._o 11._o other_o man_n not_o as_o this_o publican_n not_o a_o extortioner_n not_o a_o adulterer_n logician_n say_v of_o this_o particle_n not_o that_o it_o be_v of_o a_o malignant_a nature_n divine_n know_v that_o the_o malignant_a church_n be_v much_o build_v up_o by_o such_o negative_n but_o also_o practice_v positive_a holiness_n by_o live_v sober_o righteous_o and_o godly_a and_o that_o too_o in_o this_o present_a world_n not_o put_v on_o a_o vizard_n of_o these_o as_o the_o manner_n of_o some_o be_v on_o a_o sick_a bed_n or_o death_n bed_n when_o they_o can_v no_o long_o look_v at_o themselves_o as_o man_n of_o this_o world_n but_o of_o another_o as_o for_o cheer_v remarkable_a be_v that_o prayer_n make_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o thessalonian_o now_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n himself_o and_o god_n 17._o 2_o thess_n 2._o 16_o 17._o even_o our_o father_n which_o have_v love_v we_o and_o have_v give_v we_o everlasting_a consolation_n and_o good_a hope_n through_o grace_n comfort_v your_o heart_n it_o impli_v that_o whereas_o we_o can_v possible_o raise_v from_o ourselves_o any_o ground_n of_o hope_n or_o have_v any_o last_a much_o less_o everlasting_a consolation_n from_o the_o creature_n grace_n be_v a_o firm_a foundation_n for_o both_o and_o this_o be_v it_o which_o have_v put_v the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n who_o desire_n it_o have_v always_o be_v to_o keep_v man_n in_o as_o hopeless_a and_o comfortless_a condition_n as_o he_o can_v upon_o use_v his_o utmost_a endeavour_n in_o all_o age_n of_o the_o church_n either_o to_o obstruct_v the_o doctrine_n of_o free_a grace_n as_o by_o pelagian_a and_o arminian_n tenant_n or_o to_o poison_v this_o fountain_n with_o corrupt_a deduction_n and_o inference_n as_o by_o antinomian_o and_o familist_n wherefore_o remember_v it_o so_o as_o §_o 4._o second_o in_o all_o thy_o tenant_n and_o discourse_n to_o magnify_v and_o exalt_v that_o to_o which_o thou_o owe_v so_o very_a much_o indeed_o thy_o all_o that_o good_a be_v think_v it_o not_o enough_o with_o some_o of_o a_o minimum_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr devotionis_fw-la dedisse_fw-la prope_fw-la totum_fw-la sed_fw-la fraudis_fw-la retinuisse_fw-la vel_fw-la minimum_fw-la thousand_o part_n to_o ascribe_v nine_o hundred_o ninety_o and_o nine_o to_o free_a grace_n reserve_v but_o one_o for_o freewill_n for_o as_o prosper_n resolve_v the_o case_n well_o it_o be_v not_o devotion_n to_o give_v almost_o the_o whole_a to_o god_n but_o deceit_n to_o retain_v the_o least_o part_n and_o again_o grace_n be_v suscipiatur_fw-la gratia_n dei_fw-la tota_fw-la repellitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la tota_fw-la suscipiatur_fw-la whole_o repel_v where_o it_o be_v not_o whole_o entertain_v i_o listen_v not_o now_o to_o dispute_v the_o point_n only_o let_v i_o have_v leave_n to_o commend_v to_o thy_o read_n and_o observation_n a_o paper_n of_o verse_n insert_v by_o certain_a divine_n that_o be_v present_a at_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n into_o their_o suffrage_n and_o comprehend_v a_o brief_a decision_n of_o the_o five_o article_n there_o debate_v with_o a_o pious_a inference_n from_o thence_o because_o with_o i_o they_o have_v ever_o be_v of_o great_a esteem_n since_o i_o first_o meet_v with_o they_o in_o the_o act_n of_o that_o synod_n gratia_n sola_fw-la dei_fw-la certos_fw-la elegit_fw-la ab_fw-la aevo_fw-la 293._o acta_fw-la synod_n dordrect_v in_o 4o._o pag._n 293._o that_o christum_fw-la certis_fw-la gratia_fw-la sola_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n sola_fw-la dei_fw-la fidei_fw-la that_fw-mi munera_fw-la certis_fw-la stare_v facit_fw-la certos_fw-la gratia_fw-la sola_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n sola_fw-la dei_fw-la cùm_fw-la nobis_fw-la omne_fw-la donet_fw-la omnia_fw-la nostra_fw-la regat_fw-la gloria_fw-la sola_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o english_a thus_o free_a grace_n alone_o elect_v some_o to_o bliss_n free_a grace_n alone_o give_v christ_n to_o death_n for_o some_o in_o some_o free_a grace_n work_v faith_n that_o save_v be_v some_o by_o free_a grace_n to_o perseverance_n come_v since_o god_n sole_a grace_n do_v all_o our_o good_a provide_v let_v god_n sole_a glory_n all_o our_o motion_n guide_v §_o 5._o a_o three_o branch_n of_o divine_a goodness_n be_v long-suffering_a whereby_o god_n have_v be_v please_v to_o put_v a_o notable_a difference_n between_o angel_n that_o fall_v and_o the_o lapse_v son_n of_o adam_n of_o they_o peter_n say_v god_n spare_v not_o the_o angel_n that_o 4._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 4._o sin_v but_o cast_v they_o down_o to_o hell_n and_o deliver_v they_o into_o chain_n of_o darkness_n to_o be_v reserve_v unto_o judgement_n this_o be_v quick_a and_o speedy_a work_n but_o the_o lord_n say_v 9_o 2_o pet._n 3._o 9_o the_o same_o apostle_n be_v long-suffering_a to_o us-ward_n he_o exercise_v much_o patience_n very_o much_o even_o towards_o all_o though_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n for_o so_o paul_n what_o if_o 22._o rom._n 9_o 22._o god_n willing_a to_o show_v his_o wrath_n and_o to_o make_v his_o power_n know_v endure_v with_o much_o long-suffering_a the_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n fit_v to_o destruction_n how_o profane_a be_v the_o old_a world_n how_o wicked_a a_o place_n be_v jericho_n yet_o be_v he_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n in_o warn_v those_o of_o that_o age_n before_o he_o bring_v the_o deluge_n upon_o they_o and_o he_o that_o make_v the_o world_n in_o six_o be_v seven_o day_n in_o destroy_v that_o one_o city_n the_o great_a doctor_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v not_o much_o more_o than_o thirty_o year_n old_a when_o god_n convert_v he_o yet_o we_o find_v he_o look_v at_o this_o as_o infinite_a patience_n as_o all_o long-suffering_a that_o he_o be_v bear_v with_o so_o long_o i_o obtain_v mercy_n say_v he_o that_o in_o i_o first_o ●6_n 1_o tim._n 1._o ●6_n jesus_n christ_n may_v show_v forth_o all_o long-suffering_a how_o sensible_a then_o ought_v they_o to_o be_v of_o this_o attribute_n who_o god_n have_v bear_v with_o forty_o fifty_o sixty_o year_n and_o still_o continue_v to_o cry_v unto_o as_o it_o be_v in_o habakkuk_n woe_n to_o he_o that_o increase_v that_o 6._o habak_v 2._o 6._o which_o be_v not_o he_o how_o long_o as_o in_o jeremy_n o_o jerusalem_n wash_v thy_o heart_n from_o wickedness_n 14._o jerem._n 4._o 14._o that_o thou_o may_v be_v save_v how_o long_o shall_v thy_o vain_a thought_n lodge_v within_o thou_o and_o again_o woe_n unto_o thou_o o_o jerusalem_n will_v 27._o jerem._n 13._o 27._o thou_o not_o be_v make_v clean_o when_o shall_v it_o once_o be_v all_o which_o place_n declare_v sufficient_o that_o the_o long-suffering_a god_n do_v in_o a_o manner_n long_o to_o see_v our_o conversion_n to_o he_o §_o 6._o and_o that_o indeed_o be_v the_o most_o proper_a use_n we_o can_v make_v hereof_o according_a to_o paul_n expostulation_n despise_v thou_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o goodness_n and_o forbearance_n 4._o rom._n 2._o 4._o and_o long-suffering_a not_o know_v that_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n lead_v thou_o to_o repentance_n very_o we_o can_v meet_v on_o this_o side_n hell_n with_o a_o worse_a temper_n of_o spirit_n then_o that_o which_o incline_v a_o sinner_n to_o despise_v the_o forbearance_n of_o god_n and_o to_o kick_v against_o the_o bowel_n of_o his_o goodness_n as_o that_o profane_a arian_n do_v who_o be_v execute_v at_o norwich_n concern_v who_o mt_n greenham_n acquaint_v we_o with_o this_o strange_a and_o prodigious_a narration_n medium_n mr_n greenham_n in_o his_o treatise_n entitle_v a_o sweet_a comfort_n for_o a_o afflict_a conscience_n on_o prov._n 18._o 14._o circa_fw-la medium_n this_o hellish_a heretic_n say_v he_o for_o so_o be_v the_o denier_n of_o christ_n divinity_n account_v of_o in_o those_o day_n whatever_o thought_n be_v have_v of_o

spiritus_fw-la dei_fw-la stultificaverit_fw-la then_o and_o there_o only_o will_v our_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n have_v a_o sweet_a relish_n when_o and_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n shall_v have_v befool_v the_o conceit_n of_o wicked_a reason_n that_o which_o paul_n celebrate_v as_o the_o true_a cause_n of_o our_o election_n be_v 1._o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n will_v according_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o which_o he_o dispose_v both_o of_o person_n and_o thing_n arbitrary_o as_o himself_o like_v best_a and_o in_o this_o our_o reason_n will_v better_o acquiesce_v be_v it_o thorough_o defecate_v by_o grace_n that_o of_o christ_n which_o never_o have_v any_o corruption_n in_o it_o full_o do_v as_o appear_v by_o that_o famous_a address_n of_o he_o to_o god_n the_o father_n i_o thank_v thou_o o_o father_n 〈◊〉_d matth._n 11._o 55._o 26._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n because_o thou_o have_v hide_v these_o thing_n from_o the_o wise_a and_o prudent_a and_o have_v reveal_v they_o unto_o babe_n even_o so_o father_n for_o so_o it_o seem_v good_a in_o thy_o sight_n 2._o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o will_n although_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n may_v be_v true_o say_v to_o act_v arbitrary_o yet_o he_o never_o do_v any_o thing_n unadvised_o but_o according_a to_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o will_n which_o be_v always_o rational_a though_o our_o shallow_a reason_n in_o this_o state_n of_o degeneracy_n and_o mortality_n be_v not_o able_a to_o fathom_n the_o depth_n of_o its_o contrivement_n and_o thereupon_o ready_a to_o cavil_v at_o and_o call_v in_o question_n the_o equity_n of_o they_o such_o as_o do_v so_o if_o any_o such_o shall_v cast_v a_o eye_n upon_o these_o paper_n must_v give_v i_o leave_v to_o say_v unto_o they_o as_o one_o of_o our_o ancient_a writer_n do_v to_o their_o forefather_n the_o apostle_n say_v he_o have_v discourse_v of_o these_o mystery_n acknowledge_v ctesiphontem_fw-la hieron_n in_o epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la ctesiphontem_fw-la their_o depth_n and_o adoree_v the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n in_o they_o dignare_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la ista_fw-la nescire_fw-la concede_fw-la deo_fw-la potentiam_fw-la svi_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la te_fw-la indiget_fw-la defensore_fw-la be_v thou_o also_o willing_a to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o such_o thing_n leave_v god_n himself_o in_o the_o model_n of_o his_o decree_n and_o dispensation_n he_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o do_v it_o so_o as_o not_o to_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o any_o apology_n or_o defence_n of_o thou_o to_o which_o let_v i_o add_v a_o say_n of_o luther_n and_o with_o it_o conclude_v 〈◊〉_d tu_fw-la ratio_fw-la stulta_fw-la es_fw-la non_fw-la sapit_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la dei._n itaque_fw-la nè_fw-la obstrepas_fw-la mihi_fw-la sed_fw-la ta●e_fw-la non_fw-la judica_fw-la sed_fw-la audi_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d this_o exercitation_n reason_n say_v he_o thou_o be_v a_o fool_n and_o do_v not_o understand_v the_o matter_n of_o god_n wherefore_o be_v not_o obstreperous_a but_o hold_v thy_o prate_n make_v not_o thyself_o a_o judge_n of_o these_o thing_n but_o attend_v to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o believe_v exercitation_n 2._o preterition_n describe_v the_o term_n defend_v ephes_n 1._o 4._o compare_v with_o revel_n 17._o 8._o ephes_n 1._o 9_o and_o rom._n 9_o 13._o expound_v god_n not_o bind_v to_o any_o creature_n except_o by_o promise_n the_o parable_n in_o matth._n 20._o urge_v the_o three_o consequent_n of_o negative_a reprobation_n dr_n davenant_n animadversion_n against_o mr_n hoard_v book_n recommend_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n manifest_v in_o election_n as_o in_o a_o most_o free_a peculiar_a ancient_a lead_v and_o stand_a favour_n §_o 1._o have_v so_o full_o discourse_v of_o election_n by_o which_o the_o decree_n of_o preterition_n be_v to_o be_v measure_v there_o will_v be_v less_o need_n of_o enlarge_a much_o upon_o that_o take_v only_o this_o description_n of_o it_o after_o a_o brief_a explication_n whereof_o i_o intend_v if_o god_n will_v to_o proceed_v unto_o other_o concernment_n preterition_n or_o negative_a reprobation_n be_v a_o eternal_a decree_n of_o god_n purpose_v within_o himself_o to_o deny_v unto_o the_o non-elect_a 2._o exerc._n 2._o that_o peculiar_a love_n of_o he_o wherewith_o election_n be_v accompany_v as_o also_o that_o special_a grace_n which_o infallible_o bring_v to_o glory_n of_o which_o negation_n permission_n of_o sin_n obduration_n in_o sin_n and_o damnation_n for_o sin_n be_v direct_a consequent_n this_o description_n carry_v in_o the_o face_n of_o it_o a_o clear_a reason_n why_o the_o thing_n describe_v go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o negative_a reprobation_n because_o it_o stand_v main_o in_o the_o denial_n of_o those_o free_a favour_n which_o it_o please_v god_n to_o bestow_v upon_o his_o elect_a as_o for_o the_o term_n of_o preterition_n we_o neither_o be_v nor_o aught_o to_o be_v ashamed_a thereof_o however_o some_o bold_a 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