Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	justify_v	law_n	work_n	15,464	5	6.7896	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26939	How to do good to many, or, The publick good is the Christians life directions and motives to it, intended for an auditory of London citizens, and published for them, for want of leave to preach them / by Richard Baxter.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1682 (1682)	Wing B1283; ESTC R5487	40,184	56

do no harm and say as the slothful Servant here is thy Talent which I hid And some there be that in a blind jealousie of the Doctrine of Justication not understanding what the Word Justification signifieth Cry down even the words of James as if they were unreconcileable with Pauls and can scarce bear him that saith as Christ Mat. 12. By thy words thou shalt be Justified and by thy words thou shalt be Condemned As if they had never read well done good and faithful Servant c. for I was an hungry and ye fed me c. Nor Heb. 5. 9. He is the Author of eternal Salvation to all them that obey him or Heb. 13. With such Sacrifice God is well pleased or he that doth righteosness is righteous or that we shall be judged according to our works or Rev. 22. 14. Blessed are they that do his Commandments that they may have right to the tree of Life and may enter in by the Gates into the City Or Gal. 6. What a man soweth that shall he reap He that soweth to the Spirit of the Spirit shall reap Everlasting Life With many such No man well in his Wits can think that any thing we do can merits of God in commutative justice as if he received any thing from us This were even to deny God to be God But are we not undera law of Grace and doth not that Law command us obedience and the improvement of our Talents in doing good And shall we not be judged by that Law And what is Judging but Justifying or Condemning No works of ours can stand the tryal by the Law of Innocency or Works but only the perfect righteousness of Christ But he that is accused of final impenitency Infidelity Hypocrisie or unholyness if truly accused shall never be justified and if falsely must be justified against that charge by somewhat besides what is done out of him by Jesus Christ It is an easier thing to be zealous for an opinion which is sound or supposed such about works and grace than to be zealous of good works or zealously desirous of grace How sad use did Satan make of mens zeal for Orthodox words when the Nestorian Eutychian and Monothelite Controversies were in agitation He went for a hollow hearted Neuter that did not hereticate one side or other And I would that factious ignorant zeal were not still alive in the Churches How many have we heard on one side reviling Lutherans Calvinists Arminians Episcopal Presbyterians Independents c. To render them odious that never understand the true state of the difference And how fiercely do some Papists and others cry down Solifidians and perswade men that we are Enemies to good works or think that they are not necessary to Salvation because some rashly maintained that in a faction against George Major long ago or at least that they are no further necessary but as signs to prove that which God knoweth without them And on the other side how many make themselves and others believe that the true expositors of Saint James's words are almost Papists and teach men dangerously to trust to works for their Justification while they understand not what either of the Apostles mean by Justification Faith or Works Many so carefully avoid trusting to good works that they have none or few to trust to No doubt nothing of man must be trusted to for the least part that belongs to Christ But all duty and means must be both used and trusted for its own part Consider well these following motives and you will see why all Christians must be zealous of doing all the good they can 1. It rendreth a man likest to God to be good and to do good On which account Christ requireth it even towards our enemies Mat. 5. That we may be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect who doth good even to the unjust And he that is likest God is the best man most holy and most happy and shall have most Communion with God 2. And when Christ came down in flesh to call man home by making God better known to the world he revealeth him in his attractive goodness and that was by his own beneficence to Man He came to do the greatest good to be the Saviour of the world and to reconcile revolted man to God and all his life yea his death and his Heavenly intercession is doing good to those that were Gods Enemies And to learn of Christ and imitate his example is to be his true Disciples And what else do his Laws Command us They are all holy just and good and our goodness is to love them and obey them By keeping these we must shew that we are his Disciples When he tells you who you must do good to in the instance of the Samaritan he addeth go thou and do likewise Joh. 15. He largely tells us of what importance it is for every branch that is planted into him to bring forth fruit 3. It is much of the end of all the Sanctifying operations of theholy Spirit Grace is given us to use Even natural powers are given us for action What the better were man for a Tongue or hands or feet if he should never use them Life is a principle of action It were as good have no Life as not to use it And why doth God make men good but that they may do good even in their duty to God themselves and one another 4. It is Gods great mercy to mankind that he will use us all in doing good to one another And it s a great part of his wise Government of the world that in societies men should be tyed to it by the sense of every particular mans necessity And it is a great honor to those that he maketh his Almoners or Servants to convey his gifts to others God bids you give nothing but what is his and no otherwise your own than as his Stewards It s his bounty and your service or Stewardship which is to be exercised He could have done good to all men by himself alone without you or any other if he would But he will honour his Servants to be the Messengers of his bounty You best please him when you readily receive his gifts your selves and most fully Communicate them to others To do good is to receive good And yet he will reward such for doing and receiv 5. Self-love therefore should perswade men to do good to all You are not the least gainers by it your selves If you can trust Christ sure you will think this profitable Usury Is not a Cup of cold Water well paid for when Christ performs his promise And is it not a gainful loss which is rewarded in this Life an hundred fold and in the world to Come with Life Eternal Those that live in the fullest exercise of Love and doing good are usually most loved and many are ready to do good to them And this Exercise encreaseth all fruitful Graces And there is a present