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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	earth_n	see_v	word_n	9,061	5	4.0794	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02914	A short and plaine proofe by the word, and workes off God, that Gods decree is not the cause off anye mans sinne or condemnation And that all men are redeamed by Christ. As also. That no infants are condemned.	Helwys, Thomas, 1550?-1616?	1611 (1611)	STC 13055; ESTC S118308	16,962	30

doubting as the Holy Prophet Davids did manie times In the 40. psalm he saith My sinnes have taken such hold vpō me that I am not able to looke vp Yea they are no in number then the hayres of my head therefore my hart hath fayled me Iff thou fal vnder such an estate condition which the most Godly do where shal be thy comfort In the mercies off God Why thou knowest not whether God have decreed to shew mercie on thee or no Wilt thou say thou knowest God hath decreed to shew mercy on al that beleeve so say we but how knowest thou that God hath decreed that thou art one off those that shall beleeve seeing thou haist much more cause to feare thou art none off them thou mayst ymagine thy selff to bee one but this opinion that God hath decreed some especially to bee saved some perticulerly to bee condemned overthrowes thy Faith vtterly For thou canst not certenly knowe it then thou canst not beleeve it And let this bee well observed off all that have any vnderstanding or love off Gods truth that this opinion setts Faith before knowledg For thou must first beleeve that Christ is given a Saviour for thee before thou canst knowe that hee is a Saviour for thee which cannot bee that a man should beleeve that he knowes not For how shall they beleeve in him off whome they have not heard Roma 10.14 And iff a man must first knowe that God hath sent his Sonne a Saviour For him before he can beleeve it which iff men bee not void off all religion they must confesse then lett the misterie off iniquitie the man off sinne himselff devise whose device this perticuler redemption is how any man shal knowe by the word off God that Christ is given a Saviour For him but by knowing that he is given a Saviour for all men except he can shewe his name especially set downe in the Word They that see not this let it not offend are blind cannot see at noone day These are some off the Fearefull proper Fruyts off this opinion That God hath decreed some perticuler men to salvation they cannot but bee saved some perticuler men to bee damned they must bee damned and cannot bee saved because God hath decreed their condemnation And thus Far off that Now will we endeavor to shew what vnderstanding God hath given vs in this high misterie great worke off Redemption iff wee can prove by plaine evidence off Scripture that Christ by his death sufferings hath redeamed all men then is this whole cause at an end And First to prove that the first promisse concerning Christ was generall to all it is evident Gen 3.15 Where the promisse off Christ is made off Adam Hevah which were al mankind in whome were al mankind in whome al had sinned for the takeing away off the condemnation due for that sinne Christ was there promissed given not for a parte which is Further proved 1. Ioh. 22 And he is a reconsiliatiō for our sinnes speaking off al the Faithfull to whome he writ and not for ours onely but also for the sinnes off the whole world how is it possible that the holy ghost should speake more plainely to shew that Iesus Christ is a reconsiliation for the Faithful which are not off the world and For the vnfaithful which are the World Moreover 2. Cor. 5.15 Thus reasoneth the Appostle to prove that all were dead in that one was dead for al. That if one bee dead for al then were al dead and he died for al and vers 19. God was in Christ ād reconsiled the world to himself not imputing their sinnes vnto them and 1. Tym 2.5.9 There is one God and one Mediator betwene God and man the mā Christ Iesus who gave himself a ransome for al mē Thus we se Christ is a reconsiliatiō for the sinnes off the Faithful not so onely but also of the sinnes off the whole world that al were dead he is dead for al that God in Christ recōsiled the World to himselff that Iesus Christ hath givē him selff a ransome for al men This might be sufficient to satisfie every vpright hart but let vs yet see Further. The Holy Ghost by the Apostle Peter 2. Pet. 3.9 speaketh thus vnto those Mockers which said where is the promisse off his comming The Lord of that promisse is not slack as some men count slacknes but is patiēt towards vs ād would have no mā perish but would al come to repentance Here doth the Apostle shew that it is not slacknes in the Lord that he comes not to judgment but it is his patience the reason off the lords patience is because hee would have no man to perish but would al men come to repentance therefore certenly he hath redeamed al 1. Tym. 2.4 God wil that all men shal be saved and come to thee acknowledging of the truth Furthermore Col. 2.20 ād through peace made by that blood of that his crosse to reconsile to himselff through him through him I say al things both which are in earth and which are in Heaven What shal we need to allege any moe grounds of scripture to prove that Christ hath redeamed al men that he would have no man perish These may suffice oh that they might suffice what gladnes should come to our soules to see men tractably mynded to submitt thēselves to the Word off truth which is so evident in this point Far bee it from any feareing God either off a Froward or necligent mynd to passe by this great point though hād led by so weake meanes by reason off which exceeding weaknes wee are not able to the ful desire off our soules to discover the depth off the misterie off iniquitie in this opinion off particuler Election Reprobation so off perticuler Redemption nor to shew furth the great misterie off Godlines in the true holy vnderstanding off vniversal or the general Redemption off al by Christ yet let us in a few words shew vnto you how greatly the mercy of God towards mankind is advanced by Christs redeaming off all In that when man had off his owne Fre wil being tēpted yeilded vnto the tēptation off the serpent neclecting the comaundement off his God Creator brought condemnation vpon himselff al mankind God of his infinit mercy would not leave Adam in him al mankind to perish vnder that condemnation but hath sent a Saviour to redeame Adam al mankind frō that sinne shewing himself equally merciful equally just vnto al being no respecter of persons not perdoning Adā giveing him a Saviour condemning the greatest part of his posterity for that his sinne but hath givē his sonne a Saviour For al iff through vnbeleefe they deprive not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ves And what a comfortable doctrine is this vnto al whē every poore soule may knowe that there is grace