Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	accurse_v	gospel_n	preach_v	3,369	5	7.5844	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88882	St Pauls challenge, or The Churches triumph: in a sermon, preacht at the Fort-Royal March 3. 1643. By Jer: Leech. And now published at the request both of the generous; and his much honored friend captaine George Dipfort.	Leech, Jeremiah.	1644 (1644)	Wing L905; Thomason E49_25; ESTC R11552	19,697	26

St PAVLS CHALLENGE OR THE CHVRCHES TRIVMPH In a Sermon Preacht at the FORT-ROYAL March 3. 1643. By Jer Leech And now published at the request both of the generous and his much honored friend Captaine George Dipsort EZEK 22.14 Can thy heart endure or can thy head be strong in the day that I shall deale with thee LONDON Printed by Thomas Paine and are to be sold by Francis Eglesfield at the Marigold in Pauls Church-yard 1644. St. PAVLS CHALLENGE OR The Churches Triumph ROMANS 8 v. 31. If GOD be for us who can be against us THE Triumphant Challenge of a Victorious Champion against all the Churches enemies bodily and ghostly It was daringly done of Goliah 1 Sam. 17.10 when he challenged the whole Hoast of Israel Loe here all the Hoast of the earth are challeng'd with all the Armies of Hell to boote and though they should all joyne in one here 's one that defies them all The Triumph is first more generall in this verse and in the next Then more particular in the verses that come after which I shall touch upon anone In this verse the Apostle triumphs that nothing can befortun a Christian to doe him any hurt The reason because God is of his side God is for him If God be for us who can be against us In the next verse he triumphs againe that nothing can be wanting to a Christian that shall doe him any good The reason because he hath Christ given him and Christ being given him what can be denied him He that hath given us Christ how shall he not with him give us all things Nothing against us All for us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saies the Apostle what shall we say to these things These are such things as if all were reckon'd up that can be reckoned up nothing could be more said He summes up all here that he had said before Before he had enumerated and reckon'd up the severall and singular priviledges that Christians have an interest in He beginnes with the lowest of them Deliverance from condemnation In de first verse of the chap. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ And then he goes on till he comes to the highest from the state of condemnation out of which we are delivered to the state of glorification unto which wee are exalted He hath praedestinated us he saies He hath called us He hath justified us He hath glorified us So in the v. immediatly before going But there he stayes hee makes a stop at that as if when he had said that he had said all He had gone so high as he could goe no higher And therefore here by way of recapitulation he breaks forth into this triumphant acclamation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what shall wee say to these things As if he should say This is all that can be said More then this cannot be spoken greater comfort then this cannot be given You may understand it three waies Either by way of thankefull acknowledgement What shall we say to these things They be such excellent things as wee can never bee sufficiently thankfull to God for them Or by way of admiration and wonderment what shall we say to these things They be such wonderfull things as wee cannot but admire and bee astonished so often as we thinke of them Or last of all by way of triumph and challenge What shal we say to these things They be such high and mighty things as we dare challenge all Creatures Men and Devills to say or doe what ever they can against them we are confidently resolved and peremptorily wee conclude that nothing can be against us as long as God is for us If God be for us who can be against us The words as they lie consist of two parts 1. A Supposition 2. An Interrogation The Supposition in the first words Si Deus pro nobis If God be for us The Interrogation in the next Quis contra nos who can be against us If God be for us saies the Apostle The word If is not to be doubtfully but affirmatively taken Though it have but a suppositive forme yet it hath a positive force Commonly it is spoken I know of things that are questionable yet sometime of things that are impossible sometime of things that are indubitable Things that are impossible So Gal 4.8 If an Angell from heaven preach any other Gospel then that which wee have preacht let him be accursed The Apostle knew it was impossible that an Angell from heaven should preach any other Doctrine yet he supposes a possibility therefore expresses it by an If. And as things impossible thus so thus things indubitable and certaine They are exprest by an If too which sometime carries the force of an Etsi although Sometime of a Quoniam Because If thus That is Although thus As 1 John 2.1 If any man sin The Apostle knew there was not any man but did sin But his meaning was that Though a man did yet he had an Advocate to the Father c. Or againe If thus That is Seeing thus or Because thus As here in my Text Si Deus pro nobis If God be for us That is Quoniam Deus pro nobis Because God is for us Or Seeing God is for us And so for the Interrogation that followes The quis contra nos who can bee against us The Apostle meant not to grant that some might be but rather concluded that none could be Who can As much to say as None can Like that of David Psal 130.3 If thou Lord shalt marke our iniquities Quis feret who can abide it Ille quis nullus saies St. Austin That 's as much to say as None can abide it So here If God be for us Quis contra nos who can be against us Ille quis nullus The meaning of that is None can be against us As the supposition before had the force of a Concession implying that Gods being for us was not a thing to bee supposed only but granted so this Interrogation here hath the force of a Negative implying that because God is for us that there can be any thing against us is not a thing to be questioned but flatly denyed In a word That which the Apostle would say here is plainly this Nothing can be against those nothing can hurt those with whom or for whom God is The words are argumentative and the Apostles argument in them is Syllogistically framed We have an enthymeme here a contracted Syllogism God is for us Ergo none can be against us Or if you will a Hypotheticall Syllogisme the Major only exprest The Minor and Conclusion conceald Fully thus If God be for us none can be against us This is the Maior part of the Syllogisme and this you see is exprest Then comes in the Minor though conceald in in the text but God is for us Thereupon the Conclusion necessarily follows Therefore none can be against us This being the scope of the words