Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

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
B04702	An antidote against a careless indifferency in matters of religion. Being a treatise in opposition to those that believe, that all religions are indifferent, and that it imports not what men profess. / Done out of French. With an introduction by Anthony Horneck, D.D. Chaplain in ordinary to their Majesties.; Traité contre l'indifférence des religions. English	Pictet, Benedict, 1655-1724.; Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1694 (1694)	Wing P2153; ESTC R181787	77,076	145

of Monsieur Justel by which every one is left at his liberty whether he will embrace the Christian Religion or not I could also quote several Emperors For example The Emperor Constantine who had desir'd that all his Subjects might be Christians without constraining any body The Emperor Jovian who is applauded for that he gave every body leave to profess what Religion he pleas'd The Emperor Valentinian who set forth Laws by which he gave Liberty to every body to profess the Religion wherein he was bred The Emperor Marcian who in the Letter which he wrote to the Archimandrites and the Monks of Jerusalem We will not hale says he or drag any Person whoever he be into the way of Truth either by T●reats or by Violence and the Emperor Constant in Pogonatus who in his Letter to the Bishop of Rome upon occasion of the Sixth Universal Council which he call'd at Constantinople expresly says We could invite and exhort all the W●rld to amend themselves and unite with the Christians but we will constrain no body 'T is true that Charlemaigne us'd violence towards the Saxons but his Conduct is blam'd be Ale●…n● his Tutor as was also that of King Chilperic by Gregory the First and that of King Sisebut in Spain by the Council of Toledo Lastly I could cite the Pagans themselves who have been of the same Opinion That no body has Right over the Conscience and that the Will is not to be forc'd as appears by what was written by an Indian Philosopher to Alexander Thy Friends advise thee to offer violence to the Indian Philosophers Thou mayst remove their Bodies from one Place to another but thou canst never force their Minds c. There is no Prince or King that can make us do any thing against our Will This is a most certain Truth and they who are of another Opinion talk against the Light of their Understandings Thus M. Le B●et Counsellor of State in his Treatise of the King's Sovereignty discussing the Question Whether it be Lawful sometimes to disobey the King Answers That in matters of Religion there is no wavering to be admitted between the Fear of God and Man And he also maintains That in austere and harsh Proceedings the Minister of the Prince's Cruelties participates of his Crime and that a Judge who pronounces an unjust Sentence resolving upon Injustice and condemns the Innocent upon privy Signet Letters transgresses in his Obedience because that being a Messenger of Justice he never ought to abuse it to colour over the Fury and Iniquity of a Prince who borrows the Formalities of it What think ye was the meaning of St. Paul when he teaches us that we ought to submit to Princes not only for Wrath but also for Conscience sake No other without question but that we ought to submit to the Higher Powers in things which are not forbid by the Law of God not only for Wrath that is to say because there is no resisting 'em without punishment and without incurring their Indignation but also for Conscience sake that is because the word of God binds our Consciences to it For if we allow any greater Latitude to the words it must be said that St. Paul meant that we should sacrifice to false Gods if we liv'd under a Prince that should c●mmand it Which is that which no Man dares presume to say Since no Man can be ignorant of the Opinion of that faithful Servant of God in this particular We say no more of it here because we have already spoken concerning it CHAP. XX. Against those who believe it sufficient to live according to the Rules of Moral Honesty THere are many People who believe it to be sufficient to live well but that 't was no great matter what they believ'd that it was enough to reform their Manners but that there was no necessity of tormenting a Man's self about his Belief and that he may be Sav'd in all S●cts provided he abstains from those Vices which the Law of God and right Reason condemn But they who are of this Opinion are grosly mistaken nor will it be a difficult thing to evince ' em First if it be sufficient to lead an Innocent Life without ever troubling our selves what we ought to believe 't is a wonderful thing that Faith should be so often recommended to us and that the Holy Men of God should declare that without it there is no Salvation Amend your Lives says Christ but at the same time believe in the Gospel If thou believ'st said Philip to the Eunuch and he Answer'd I believe that Jesus is the Son of God If thou confess with thy Mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God has rais'd him from the dead thou shalt be sav'd But without Faith it is impossible to please him Heb. 11.6 He that believeth in him is not condemn'd but he that believeth not is already condemn'd because he has not believ'd in the name of the only begotten of God And this Faith is distinguish'd from good Works as you may find in the Epistles to the Roman● the Glatians and in other Places I confess that Faith alone without Charity is not sufficient to Save Thô I should speak with the Tongue of Men and Angels if I have not Charity I am become as sounding Brass or a Tinkling Cymb●l And thô I have the Gift of Prophecy and Vnderstand all Misteries and all Knowledge and thô I have all Faith that I could remove Mountains and have no Charity I am nothing 1 Cor. 13. I confess also that without Sanctification we cannot see God Heb. 12. But I averr in the First place that there is no Sanctification where there is no Faith 'T is Faith that purifies the Heart Secondly That Faith ought to have Charity for its foundation it ought to proceed saith St. Paul 1 Tim. 1.5 From a good Conscience a pure Heart and a Faith unfeigned Faith is dead without Charity but there is no true Charity without Faith II. If it be sufficient to live morally well I cannot conceive wherefore St. John 1 Epist cap. 4. would have us try the Spirits with so much care to avoid the receiving all Doctrines that are Taught us Beloved says He Believe not every Spirit but try the Spirits whether they are of God And for fear lest Men should think that examination of the Spirits was recommended to 'em only to try whether they taught a strict or loose Morality the Apostle adds That every Spirit that confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God but this is that Spirit of Antichrist c. If no Man then can be of God unless he confess Christ come in the flesh certainly it cannot be sufficient to live morally well to be sav'd unless Men think they can obtain Salvation without being of God Moreover whence comes it that the same Apostle in his Second Epistle forbids the Faithful to receive into their Houses or