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
A80758	Israels peace with God Beniamines overthrow A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their late solemne fast, August 31. 1642. By William Carter. Published by order from that House.	Carter, William, 1605-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. Proceedings. 1642-08-31.	1642 (1642)	Wing C679B; ESTC R222274	30,414	48

have him in some measure at a distance as our Saviour had when hee said that hee had nothing in him or otherwise he 'l get into his heart and so insinuate himself and sway him by his lusts insenfibly untill he overthrows him quite and he repent of what he did for God Secondly As for sin ther 's no way to destroy 1 Cor. 15. 5 6. it but by a pardon the strength of sin is the law that is so long as the guilt of sin and so the curse of the law hath hold upon the soul the soul is weak and sin is strong Therfore the Apostle sayes Heb. 9. 14. that the blood of Christ doth purge us from dead works to serve the living God So long as God is look't upon as one not reconciled what heart can any man have to his service what man will suffer or will venture any thing for one whom he accounts his enemy the secret despaire of his acceptance or of ever doing good upon 't will lay him naked to the power of the sin of his own heart to keep him off and to ingage h●m quite the other way It is a pardon that destroys our sins Titus 2. 12. The grace of God which bringeth salvation appearing teacheth us to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and to live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Vse 1 Thus have I finished the Reasons of the Point and so the clearing of it now what remaines but that by way of Application you be exhorted to the thing The cause wherein you are ingaged is just your call to this engagement is as cleare take heed the third thing be not wanting pardon of your sinnes and peace with God Thinke upon the point that hath beene opened God hath put into your hands a worke of his the greatest that hath been on foot for God in these Islands for many hundred yeares the safety peace and welfare of the Kingdome I may say the three Kingdomes nay in a great degree of all the Kingdomes of the world wherein the true Religion is profest and that not onely in respect of temporall things but even of such as have an influence into eternity the true Religion the Gospell of our Salvation God himselfe take away Religion and the Gospell and our God is gone 2 Chron. 15. 3. Israel was without the true God when he was without a teaching Priest and without the Law God hath call'd you to the purging of the Land of those Locusts and Caterpillars I meane the Romish factours now amongst us that would not have left so Joel 1. 9. much as a meat-offering for our God I may call them Locusts the Scripture puts that name upon them In the booke of Ioel there is a Prophesie Joel 2. 11 20. of a Northerne Army that should cause a Day of darkenesse and gloominesse of clouds and of thicke Joel 2. 2 3 darknesse and that the Land which was as Eden before should be as the wildernesse behind it This Army we see was a multitude of Locusts and such like things Joel 2. 25. I will restore to you the yeares that the Locust hath eaten the Canker-worme the Caterpillar and the Palmer worme my great Army which I sent among you This was verified in the Letter to the Iewes the fruits of their Land were for a season spoyl'd by such an Army but under the type of Joel 1. 6. 2. 2 3 4 5 6 8. Locusts it is a Prophesie of the mischiefe done to the whole world especially to Europe by Popish vermine as wee see Revel 9. where wee Rev. 9. 2 7 8 9 10. Occidenta les Locustae sunt monachi monia les frater culi numerosa c●hors religiosorum Cardinales cum tota Hierarchia pontifi●ia Brigh Fox Pisc c. Rev. 9. 10. Joel 1. 4. have the selfe same Locusts with the same descriptions as they are set forth in Ioel compare the places and you 'l say they are the same which by Interpreters are applyed to the Saracens in the East and to the Monkes and Fryars and whole Popish Hierarchy in these Western Kingdoms it is true the time of thejr chiefest power is past as it is said Their power should continue for such a time yet multitudes we have amongst us still and the designe is that they may againe prevaile untill there be not left so much as a meat-offering for God 't is not long since we had experience how they grew upon us so as what the Palmer-worme left the Locust eat and what the Locust left the Canker-worme eat and what the Canker-worme left the Caterpiller eate And how slender was the meate-offering left for God when as so many burning and shining lights were quite put out such a famine of the word in most places of the Kingdom and such bondage layd upon mens souls This work I say the Lord hath call'd you to the cleansing of the land from these and blessed be his Name who rayseth up your hearts to undertake it The blessing of the GOD of Heaven rest on you your Families and Children unto all Posteritie Well would you prosper in this work then say not it 's enough that both your cause and call is good and thus and thus you are in strength faile not to make your peace with God this day take heed of Israels case against the Benjamites Me thinks I heare this sad example of Gods dealing with his people speaking to you as the voice of Ioel 2. 12. God in Ioel Turne ye even to me with all your hearts with fasting with weeping and with mourning and rend your hearts and not your garments and turne unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and mercifull slow to anger and of great kindnesse and repenteth of the evill Who knowes if he will returne and repent and leave a blessing behind him even a meate-offering and a drink-offering to the Lord your God I may say the same to you if you but doe the worke indeed that now you come about who knowes what God may doe What blessing hee may give to your proceedings what ruine he may bring upon your enemies Ps 56. 8. he 'l put all your teares into his bottle and they shall doe more against the rebells then so m●ny thousand bullets from the Cannon Or otherwise who knows what God may doe against you if you neglect the making of your peace with him this day alas it may soon cost many thousand men their lives and for a season it may lose the cause doth it not make your hearts to bleed the very thought of this what will those Egyptians say what blasphemies will they belch forth and what shall the Lord our God doe for his great Name much cost and care and Iosh 7. 9. travell hath been spent in making up of strength and it is well there hath God will reward you for it a thousand fold should your indeavours prove abortive God lookes upon them