Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	lord_n	praise_v	psalm_n	3,979	5	9.4750	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06515	Here after ensueth a propre treatyse of good workes; Von den guten werckenn. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.	1535 (1535)	STC 16988; ESTC S109685	85,203	316

ynoughe to do in this commaundement to blysse prayse laude and worshyp god for vnto what other purpose be the tonge voyce sounde mouth made as it is in the psalme / lorde open my lyppes / and my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse / Also my lyppes shall prayse the. What worke is there in heuen / but of this seconde cōmaundement as it is red in the .8.4 psalme Lorde blyssed be they that dwell in thy house for they shall prayse the for euer So Dauid in the .33 plalme his prayse is alwaye in my mouthe / and saynt Paule to the Coryntheans / the fyrste Epystle the .10 chapyter / whyther therfore ye eate or drynke or what soeuer you do do all to the prayse of god / Also to the Collossyans the .3 chapytre and all thynges what soeuer you do in worde or deade do in the name of the lorde Ihesus Chryste gyuyng thankes to god the father by hym So that yf we kepte this worke we shulde here in erthe haue the kyngdome of heuen and we shulde haue ynoughe enoughe to do as haue the blessyd in heuen FRom hence commeth the meruaylous ryght iudgement of god the other whyles the nedy and poore man whome no man regardeth / hath many and great workes with hym / and at home at his house by hym selfe be other prayseth god merelye in his prosperyte / or elles calleth vpon hym in aduersytie / and in that doynge a greatter more acceptable worke / than another that fasteth moch prayeth buyldeth churches goeth pylgrymages and weryeth hym selfe hyther and thyther with many workes And so hence it commeth to this foole that he gapeth ganeth for suche great workes so vtterly blynde that he neuer obserueth the other moste excellent worke of the poore man / so that to prayse god is but a lytell worke in his eyes in comparyson of these great ymages ymagened by his owne workes in the whiche ꝑaduenture he prayseth hym selfe more than god / or at the least taketh more pleasure in theym than in god And so by his good workes he resysteth the seconde cōmaundement of god and his workes The publycane and the Pharysie that be in the gospell ben a fygure of all these Where the synner calleth vpon god in his synnes and preaseth hym touchynge the two hyghe commaundementes faythe and the honoure of god but the Pharysye accustomed to neyther of thyse bosteth hym selfe in other good workes by the whiche he reioyceth not in god but in hym self trustynge more in hymselfe than in god Wherfore the one was worthelye reiecte and the other chosen of god the which thīge maketh all to this poynt that the hygher better that the workes seme so moche lesse they stablysshe a mannes faythe And to these euery man presumeth that he maye easely do thyse workes for we se that no man semeth so moche to prayse the name and glorye of god as they whiche neuer do it So that when souer the herte is without fayth it causeth the precyousnesse of the worke to be despysed yea saynt Paule doubteth not to saye playnlye that they dyde cheyflye blaspheme the name of god whiche bosted them selfe of the lawe of god For it is but an easye thynge to name / the name of god or to paynte his honoure in paper or cloth or vpon a walle / but to prayse hym from the herte / to thanke hym in his good gyftes boldely to call vpon hym in his aduersyties Thyse trewelye be very selde and the cheyfe of all workes nexte to faythe In so moche that yf we myghte se howe fewe there be of these in Chrystendome we myghte dye for sorowe And yet in the meane tyme thyse hyghe fayre and shynynge workꝭ inuēted by man be euer encreased whiche ī dede outwardlye be lyke vnto these true workꝭ but within in the groūde they be without all fayth and truste and haue no goodnes in them at all So the prophete Esaye the .4.7 chapytre rebuked the people of Israell Ye that be of the house of Iacobe that be called Israell haue come out of the stocke of Iuda whiche do swere in the name of the lorde god of Israel / ye remembre hym nother in veryte nor in truthe / that is to say they dyd these thynges nother in faythe nor truste whiche is the true veryte and ryghtwysenes / but they trusted ī theyr owne selfe in theyr owne workes and in theyr owne power and yet they called vpon the name of god and praysed it outwardelye the whiche thynges do agre to many nowe a dayes WHerfore the fyrste worke of this cōmaundemēt is to laude god for his benefytꝭ whiche be excedynglye many in so moche that there ought to be no ceasynge or ende of suche laude or gyuyng of thankes For who can prayse hym ynough for this naturall lyfe albeit I lette passe ouer all the temporall and euerlastynge goodnes that we maye receyue of hym Thus is man ouer whelmed and heaped with good workꝭ by the onely begynnynge of this commaundement whiche yf he vse with true fayth he shall not be here Idle / Agayn this precept offende no men more than they that seme holy that stande in theyr owne conceyte that gladly Augustyne saythe that all other vyces be done in yll workes excepte desyre of honour and pleasure whiche is done in and of good workꝭ wherfore yf a man haue no other thynge to do but the seconde worke of this commaundement yet he hathe busynes and laboure all his lyfe to stryue agaynste this vyce it is so subtyll obstynate importunate and stryuynge agaynste hym that wolde cast it out But now all these good workes set a parte we excercyse our selfe in other vyler workes ye rather we subuerte and forget these right workes by other workes only good by our owne iudgement And so the holye name of god is take in vayne and vnreuerently counted throughe our cursed name / pleasure and desyre of honour whiche onely is to be honoured and worshypped the which synne is more greuous in the syght of god than other māslaughter or adulterye but his poyson is not so clerelye sene as be adulterye and manslaughter / for the hyghnes of it for it is not cōmytted in the grosse flesshe but in the spyryte THere be some that thynke it profytable for youthe to exhorte and moue theym to do well and lyue well by praysynge honoure and laude agayne to dyswade hym frome yll by shame and sclaunder For there be many that do good for loue of honoure and of prayse and leaue yll for feare of sclaūder / or els they wolde nother do the goodnes nor leaue the yll vndone / whome I leaue to theyr owne iudgement But we do serche howe good workes shulde truely be done / to the whiche thynge who soeuer be redy they nede not to be moued other by feare of shame or desyre of honoure / but they haue and oughte to haue a more nobler mocyon

be not al equal lyke / suche maner of men muste be forborne suffered / and we muste obserue and beare those thyngꝭ / whiche they obserue and beare / and not dyspyse theym / but teache them the true waye of faythe / as teacheth saynt Paule to the Romaynes / xiiii chapitre / hym that is weake in the faythe / receyue vnto you and lerne hym / the which thyng he dyd hym selfe / the fyrste epystell to the Corinthyanes the .ix. chapytre And vnto the Iewes sayeth he I became as a Iewe to wynne the Iewes to theym the were vnder the lawe / was I made as thoughe I had ben vnder the lawe to wynne theym that were vnder the lawe And Chryste in Mathewe the .xvii. chapytre / whan he shulde paye trybute / which he ought not to do / reasoned with Peter sayenge / of whome do kynges of the erthe take trybute or poole money of theyr chylderne or of straungers Peter sayde vnto hym of straungers / than sayde Ihesus vnto hym agayne than are the chyldren fre / neuerthelesse leaste we shulde offende theym / go to the see / and caste in thy angle / and take the fysshe / whiche fyrste commeth vp / and whanne thou openeste his mouthe / thou shalte fynde a peace of twelfe pens that take / and paye for the and me / here we se that as all workes / so all thynges be free to a chrysten man throughe his faythe yet he dothe suffre and obserue with the faythfull that / that he is not bounde to do And that he dothe vpon his lybertie beynge free nothynge doubtynge that he so dothe please god / and he dothe it gladly / takynge it frelye as any other worke that cōmeth to his hande without his owne chosyng or purpose here he dothe onely desyre and requyreth nothynge elles but that he maye so worke to please god with his fayth But in as moche as we purposed to teache in this boke which be very true good workes we nowe speake of the hyghest worke of all / it is manyfest the we speake not of the secōde thyrde or fourth sorte of men / but of the fyrste to whome all thother must be lyke in conclusyon and in the meane whyle be taught and suffered of the fyrste And so suche men of weake faythe / redy alwayes to do good and to lerne better / and yet not able to perceyue and vnderstande all thynges be not to be despysed ī theyr cerymonyes Blame therfore theyr folysshe blynde teachers whiche neuer taughte theym faythe but haue drawen thē so deaplye in to workes That is to wytte from that confydence that they maye be saued by theyr workes / for els they make a god sauyoure of theyr workes whch is hyghe ydolatrye and vtterly concludeth that the blod of christ is shedde in vayne for if our workes can saue vs what neded christ to dye this is thautors meanyng whan so euer he saieth fran workes therfore they muste be gentlye broughte vp by a lytell and lytell fro workes to faythe / as men do handell a sycke man / they must be suffered to leane to some workes a whyle for theyr owne conscyence vntyl they embrace faythe a ryght / lest whyles we go about cruelly and sharpely to plucke them frō theyr workes theyr conscyence be confounded or troubled and erre wauer aboute vncertayne / and so they nother kepe faythe nor workes But styffe necked men holdynge styffelye in theyr workes / not regardynge what is spoken of fayth / ye in so moche they stryue agaynst it / must be let alone / that the blynde maye leade the blynde / as Chryste bothe taught and dyd BVt peraduēture thou wylte saye howe shulde I thynke for a suertye that al my workꝭ please god otherwhyles speakyng eatynge drynkynge slepynge to moche or in any other waye swaruynge from the ryght the whiche is vnpossyble for me to exchue I answere that this questyon proueth / that thou yet takest faythe no other wayes than thou doste other workes nother doste thou esteme it aboue all other workꝭ / for no other cause is fayth the chiefe worke but for bycause it remayneth quencheth these venyall dayly synnes bycause she byleueth that god fauoureth the and imputeth not suche daylye falles fautes ye moreouer yf the fall be dedely / which thyng happeneth seldome or neuer to theym the lyue in faythe towarde god / yet faythe ryseth agayne doubteth not but that by by all his synnes shall be weared awaye as it is in the fyrst epystle of Iohn̄ the .ii. chapytre My lytell chyldren these thynges wryte I vnto you that you shulde not synne and yf any man synne yet we haue an aduocate with the father Ihesus Chryste whiche is ryghtwyse / he it is that obtayneth grace for our synnes / not for ours onelye but also for all the synnes of all the worlde And the wyse man the .xv. chapytre Yf we do synne we be thyne knowyng thy greatnes And the .xxiiii. chapytre of the prouerbes seuen tymes in a day the ryghtwyse man falleth and ryseth agayne / ye this faythe truste muste be so hyghe strōge that a man maye knowe that all his lyfe dede is no other thyng but dāpnable synnes in the iudgement of god as it is wryten the 142. psalme / there shal no lyuyng man be iustyfyed in thy syghte / but we shulde rather so dyspayre in our workꝭ / that we shulde byleue that they can not be good / but by this faythe thynkynge that we shall haue no iudgement of god but pure grace fauoure good wyll gentylnes and mercye / as it is in the .xxv. Psalme / thy mercy is before my eyes / and I haue delyted in thy truth and in the .iiii. psalme Thy lyghte is marked vpon our face that is the knowlege of thy grace by fayth and by the thou hast gyuen myrth in my herte / for as thou byleuest and trusteth so shall come vnto the. Lo thus by the mercye and grace of god and not by theyr owne nature these vayne and voyde workꝭ be without synne / and so by faythe labourynge with the same mercye they be good / And so for our workes we maye be a frayed / but for the mercy of god we maye be comforted / as it is wryten in the .146 psalme / the lorde delyteth in them that feare hym / and in them that truste to his mercye / so we pray with full trust our father whiche is in heuen We be synners as concernyng our workes and our owne lyfe but in respect of chrystes workꝭ his satysfaccyon blode we be iust no synners for because we cleane whooly to hym by faythe for the which we be accepted as no synners neuerthelesse to forgyue vs oure synnes We be his sones neuerthelesse synners We be acceptable and yet haue not made satysfaccyon But fayth confyrmed stablysshed in the truste of god