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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	conscience_n	faith_n	unfeigned_a	2,594	5	11.1136	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34946	The new paradise of God, or, The regenerate and his fruit set forth in a sermon to the Hertfordshire-citizens at Bow-Church in Cheapside, London, July 2, 1657, being the day of their publick festival / by Isaac Craven ...	Craven, Isaac, d. 1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing C6862; ESTC R7152	19,959	32

good work ſ Col. 1. 10. Agreeably to that of our Saviour He that abodeth in me and I in him the saine bringeth forth much fruit t John 15 1. And surely all things considered great reason he should It is the object of divine expectation Isa 5. 7. He looks for the grapes of righteousnesse It is the end of our Saviours passion Tit. 2. 14. that we should be zealous of good works The purpose of our Implantation Eph. 2. 10. Created unto Christ Jesus unto good works The intent of our spiritual marriage Rom. 7. 4. that we should bring forth fruit unto God The drift of divine forbearance Mat. 3. 8. that whereas the wrath of God is ira ventura a wrath to come and the axe but laid to the root of the trees we therefore bring forth fruits meet for repentance So that take away fruit and you crosse them all God's patient expectation Christ's death and passion our marriage and implantation These can never be answered with meer leaves It is not Lord Lord or The Temple of the Lord or a parcel of specious words or a Baptismal initiation or a formal frequenting Gods house or an eating drinking in Christ's presence that can evidence our part in these In the words of a holy Martyr u John Huss Vbi opera bona non apparent ad extra ibi fides non est ad intra The root of faith can have no existence in our hearts if the fruit of it be to seek in our lives If your lives be unprofitable under the name of Christians your conversation fruitlesse under the leaves of profession such fig-lesse Fig-trees doe but cumber the ground and can look for nothing but the axe and the fire w Arbor infructuosa quae non nisi terram occupat duo tantum expectare potest securita scilicet ignem Bern the one for their sudden excision the other for their endless burning To prevent such a woful issue add to your leaves Fruit to your faith Vertue x 2 Pet. 1. 5. and endeavour as those ancient Christians Non grandia loqui sed vivere To be doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving your own soules z Jam. 1. 22. De virtute loqui minimum est a Pers The easiest thing of an hundred to talk of Christianity to discourse y Minut. Felix in Octav. of Religion to hear Christ's Ministers to give applause to their labours Haec sunt folia saith Aug. modò fructus quaeritur These are leaves indeed but the fruit is all Herein saith Christ is my Father glorified that ye bear much fruit John 15. 8. And such only shall at last be glorified of him Rom. 2. 10. Glory honour and peace to every man that worketh good For as Fathers observe of the trees used about the building of the Temple that neither post nor spar nor so much as a pin but was made of the wood of some fruit-bearing tree b Bishop Andrewes of the Nativ Ser. 10. So none to have place in that eternal palace of glory but fruit-bearing Christians abounding in the work of the Lord. For by the verdict of the Text he only is the blessed man that brings forth fruit Where to look more narrowly into the Metaphor 't is very observable that in doing the works of Righteousnesse 1. Profert non simulat He vitally beares it not deceitfully counterfeits it The works of his profession are not fruits artificially sembled but naturally yielded not like Zeuxes his painted grapes which deceived the birds nor like Daedalus his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which had almost deceived men nor like Pygmalion's Statue on which himself became enamoured but the genuine and unfeigned products of sanctifying grace 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Tim. 1. 5. out of pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned 2. And in working Righteousnesse profert non cogitur He acts not upon compulsion but of a gracious promptnesse and inclination takes not up duties as tiresome burthens but loves and likes them as refreshing exercises Indeed Virtus nolentium nulla est saith the Moralist To doe good against thy will is in effect to doe ill The service thou dost uncheerfully Fit de te magis quàm facis saith Prosper 'T is rather extorted from thee then performed by thee The blessed man is of another Spirit not hal'd ab externo by the violence of some compulsory Agent but sweetly disposed by an inward principle of grace drawn with the cords of love acted and promoted by a spirit of ingenuity 2 Cor. 3. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty This then for bringing Forth and for bringing forth fruit our two first gradations 3. Fructum suum He bringeth forth his fruit And his fruit if we consult the Apostle is the fruit of the Spirit Gal. 5. 22. Such as love joy peace long-suffering gentlenesse goodnesse faith meeknesse temperance to crucifie the flesh with the affections and lusts c Gal. 5. 24. to do justly to love mercy to walk humbly with thy God d Mic. 6 8. The fruit of the spirit then is the proper fruit of the regenerate Where haply some may say How can these several Interests accord If these and the like be the fruits of God's Spirit how are they ours Must stakes be parted between God and our selves I answer Upon due consideration here is no Inconsistencie no clashing of Titles at all No prejudice to Gods Interest in affirming the fruit to be ours It is Gods fruit ratione praecepti as in his word he requires it Our fruit ratione Officii as we are bound to bear it Gods fruit efficienter as he gives vertue to yield it Our fruit subjectivè e Vt totum in illo libero arbitrio sic totum ex illa gratia scilicet divina Bern. de grat lib. arbit and as he graciously imputes it Gods fruit in the ultimate end as it makes for his glory Our fruit in the subordinate end as it conduceth to our benefit So far from prejudicing the Divine Interess that indeed the Lord will not own the fruit for his so as to count it for righteousnesse to thee except it be fructus tuus truly thine Thine for personality of thine own bearing and thine for correspondencie of answerable kinde 1. It imports a Personality He brings forth his own fruit relies not upon the vertues and fruits of others Such a lazie dependence can be of no avail for the assecuration of true happinesse The just man saith the Prophet shall live by his own faith f Hab. 2. 4. And every man saith the Apostle shall bear his own burthen g Gal. 6. 5. Insomuch as though Noah a Preacher of Righteousnesse h 2 Pet. 2. 5. Daniel a man greatly beloved i Dan. 10. 19. Job so eminent in uprightnesse and the fear of God k Job 1. 1. though these three men were alive upon the