Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	according_a	lord_n	sin_n	2,821	5	4.4180	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78215	The nevv birth: in which is brought forth the new creature. VVith a description of the true marks and characters thereof; which being manifested and declared, is the true and proper ground of visible communion, in which the sons or children of God are to receive and own one another as brethren, although they differ (for want of light) in some particular ordinances. Whereunto is annexed a briefe description of Antichrist, not only without men, but within them also. / By R.B. an unworthy servant of Iesus Christ, who desireth and prayeth for the unity of all saints.	Bartlet, Richard.	1654 (1654)	Wing B984; Thomason E1503_2; ESTC R208658	20,521	90

be feared is too much like the case of the Pharisees in Mark 7.5 VVho were offended at the Disciples of Christ for eating of meat with unwasnen hands for which Christ sharply reproves them in the 6 verse not but that it was lawful to wash before they eat But this was their evill in that they went about to limit and bind the Disciples by a tradition of men which God never bound them to VVhy so I could wish that it could not be truly said of some in these dayes in another case As namely those that by no means wil admit of any persons into communion fellowship with them though never so holy and precious before they are baptized not but that it is lawfull for persons to be baptized before But to limit and bind up persons though never so gracious from communion till they are baptized is a tradition of men So that as the Pharisees would bind the Disciples from eating till they had baptized their hands So those persons in like manner doe bind up or keep off many of the Disciples of Christ from walking in those Ordinances of Christ * viz with them which they are inlightned in untill they are baptized But saith Christ full well ye reject the command of God that yee may keep your owne tradition I could heartily wish it could not truly be said of some in those dayes that they reject the command of God namely in refusing to own and receive precious soules upon the manifestation of faith that they may keep their own tradition that is to limit persons that they must of necessity be baptized before they are owned and received into fellowship and communion VVhich limitation I find no where in all the whole Scripture But it may be objected and said Ob. that baptisme is the first Ordinance to be practised next after faith and therefore the Scripture saith beleeve and be baptized To this I answer in the first place 1 Ans It is true the Scripture saith beleeve and be baptized but the Scripture doth not say that a person that beleeveth must not practise any Ordinance between faith and baptisme for if it should be so understood then a person must not pray nor heare nor read after beleeving till he be baptized But secondly I answer that in my understanding 2 Ans that is the first Ordinance to me which I know first and whatsoever Ordinance the Lord is pleased by his spirit to inlighten a soule first in why in the practice of that Ordinance that soule ought to walk according to what he hath received and not to neglect his duty in what he doth know and is perswaded of because he doth not know all for in my understanding it is a very dangerous principle that because a soule doth not know every thing he must therefore practice nothing But for further answering of objections of this kind I shall refer the Reader to the Storehouse published by Mr Iesse as aforesaid Thus having finished the 3 Use which was by way of reproofe I shall in the 4 place add a few words by way of comfort and consolation and shall draw to a conclusion Vse If this be so that true faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is an infallible character of the new birth and of son-ship and also if that those that are sons are heires of God and joynt-heires with Christ as hath been made appeare although it may be that many are not enlightned in some particular Ordinances yet to every such beleeving soule this Doctrine speaks comfort that although it may be many of the children of your father will not owne you to be their brethren yet God doth own you to be his children and will give you an inheritance amongst them that are sanctified * Acts 20.32 26.18 And now I shall lay down a word of caution because I would not be mistaken in what I have written and shall for this present conclude And the caution is this That as I desire to love and owne all those that feare the Lord and beleeve on his name although they may not be enlightned in every duty they ought to performe yet that they would take heed that they neglect no duty that they are enlightned in for as it is a sin of hypocrisie in any person to practise that outwardly as a duty to Christ which he is not perswaded of in his heart to be his duty So it is a great sin of slighting the Lord and his commands when a person shall neglect the practise of any duty that the Lord hath enlightned him in Therefore walke according to what yee have attained and in Gods due time he will reveal more A briefe description of Antichrist HAving shewed you the new birth and the marks and characters thereof I shall now lay downe a brief description of Antichrist which is much cryed downe in pretence by many in our dayes and for the better laying of him open to publick view I shall give you some hints of the signification of his name And for so doing I shall take the word in pieces and shew you what it properly imports First I shall shew what the preposition anti signifieth And secondly what Christ signifieth 1. The preposition anti it signifieth for or in stead of as in Mat. 2.22 and secondly it signifieth contrary to or an adversary against 2. Christ signifieth anointed and answered to the Hebrew word (a) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Messiah as John 1.41 So that the word being put together and taken according to the first interpretation of the preposition anti it signifieth for or in the room and stead of Christ and according to this signification Antichrist is that which is set up in the room and stead of Christ and upon this account he is called the man of sinne who opposeth and exalteth himselfe above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God shewing himselfe that he is God 2 Thes 2.3 4. So that whatsoever is set up in the room or in stead of Jesus Christ whether it be within us or without us whether it be that which is good in it self or whether it be that which is bad in it selfe if set up in the room of Christ it is Antichrist 1. If it be that which is bad in it selfe set up in the room or stead of Christ it is without dispute Antichrist 2. But secondly if it be that which is lawfull and good in it selfe set up in the room of Christ it is also Antichrist We have a cleare emblem of this in the Brasen Serpent which was crected and made by Moses Num. 21.8 9. And was broken to pieces by Hezekiah as in 2 Kin. 18.4 Now concerning this Brasen Serpent there is observable these particulars 1. That it was ordained and appointed by God to be set up 2. It was of singular use to heale and save alive those that were bitten by