Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	according_a	good_a	work_n	3,396	5	5.9172	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08833	The benefite of Christs death, or the glorious riches of Gods free grace which euery true beleeuer receiues by Iesus Christ, and him crucified. First compiled and printed in the Italian tongue: and afterwards translated and printed in the French tongue: and out of French into English, by A.G.; Beneficio di Christo. English	Benedetto, da Mantova, fl. 1534-1541.; Flaminio, Marco Antonio, 1498-1550.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.; Paleario, Aonio, 1503-1570, attributed name.	1633 (1633)	STC 19117; ESTC S107303	48,174	106

Also he affirmeth the same thing in an Epistle which he writeth to Irenaeus saying Let no man boast of his owne workes for no man becommeth righteous by his owne workes but he that hath righteousnesse hath it of free gift forsomuch as he is made righteous by Iesus Christ Then is it faith that deliuereth by Christs blood for happy is he whose sinne is forgiuen and pardoned And S. Bernard in his threescore and seuenteenth Sermon vpon the Ballet of Ballets confirmeth the same saying that our owne merits beare no sway at all in making vs righteous which thing must be attributed wholly vnto grace which maketh vs righteous freely and likewise dischargeth vs from the bondage of sinne And he addeth that Iesus Christ marrieth the soule and coupleth it vnto himselfe by faith without that any desert of our workes ought or can come betweene But because I will not be too long I will make an end of mine allegations when I haue vttered one very notable and good saying of Saint Ambrose in his booke intituled of Iacob concerning the blessed life The said holy man saith that like as Iacoh hauing not on his own behalfe deserued the birth-right shrowded himselfe vnder the apparell of his brother and clothed himselfe with his garment which yeelded a very sweet sent and in that wise presented himselfe to his father to receiue the blessing vnder another mans person to his owne behoofe euen so is it requisit for vs to clothe our selues with the righteousnesse of Iesus Christ by faith and to shrowd ourselues vnder the diuine purenesse of our eldest brother if we will be receiued for righteous afore God And certainely this is true For if we appeare before God vnclothed of the righteousnesse of Iesus Christ out of all doubt we shall be iudged worthy of euerlasting damnation But contrariwise if God see vs apparelled with the righteousnesse of his Sonne Christ then will he surely take vs for righteous and holy and worthy of eternall life And verily it is a great rashnesse in such as pretend to attaine to righteousnesse by the keeping of Gods Commandements which are all comprehended in louing God with all our heart with all our soule and with all our strength and our neighbour as our selfe But who is so arrogant or so mad as to presume that he is able to performe those Commandements to the full Or who seeth not that Gods Law requireth perfect loue and condemneth all vnperfectnesse Let euery man consider well his owne workes which partly shall seeme good vnto him and he shall find that they ought rather to be called transgressions of that most holy Law according also as they be altogether vncleane and vnperfit so that he must be faine to vtter this saying of Dauids Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant O Lord for no man liuing shall be found righteous in thy sight And Salomon saith Who is he that may say My heart is cleane And Iob cryeth out What man is he that can be vndefiled and what man borne of woman can shew himselfe righteous Behold he found no stedfastnesse among his Saints yea the heauens are not cleane in his sight How much more abominable and filthy is man who drinketh iniquity as it were water And Saint Iohn saith If we say we be without sinne wee deceiue our selnes And specially our Sauiour Iesus Christ teacheth vs to say as often as we pray Forgiue vs all our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And hereby may well be gathered the folly of those that make marchandise of their workes presuming to saue by them not onely themselues but also their neighbours as though our Lord Iesus Christ had not said vnto them When ye haue done all that euer is commanded you say ye We be vnprofitable seruants we haue done but as we ought to doe Ye see that although we had performed Gods Law to the full yet neuerthelesse we should esteeme and call our selues vnprofitable seruants Now then seeing that men are so farre off from this full performance who is he that dareth be so bold as to glorifie himselfe that he hath added so great an ouerplus of deseruings aboue the full measure as he may haue to deale abroad vnto others But to returne to our purpose I would that the proud sinner which beareth himselfe in hand that he maketh himselfe righteous before God by doing some works which are allowable to the world would consider that all the workes which proceed out of an vncleane and foule heart are also vncleane and filthy and consequently cannot be acceptable vnto God nor haue any power to make the party righteous Therefore we must first of all cleanse the heart if we mind that our workes should please God The cleansing of the heart proceedeth of faith as the holy Ghost affirmeth by the mouth of St. Peter Then must we not say that the vnrighteous person and the sinner becommeth righteous good and acceptable vnto God by his owne workes but we must of necessity conclude that faith cleanseth our hearts and maketh vs good righteous and acceptable before God and furthermore causeth our workes to please him notwithstanding that they be altogether vnprofitable and vnperfit For inasmuch as we be become the children of God through faith he considereth our workes not as a seuere and rigorous Iudge but as a most mercifull Father hauing pitty of our frailenesse and regarding vs as the members of his eldest sonne whose perfection and righteousnesse doth supply all our vncleannesse and imperfection which are not layed to our charge forsomuch as they be couered vnder the purenesse and innocency of Iesus Christ and come not to iudgement before God And hereupon it commeth to passe that all our workes which proceed of true faith notwithstanding that they be wholly sinfull and corrupt of themselues shall neuerthelesse be praised and allowed by Iesus Christ in the generall iudgement because they be the fruits and testimonies of our faith whereby we be saued For insomuch as we haue loued the brethren of Iesus Christ we shall shew euidently that we haue also beene faithfull and brethren of Christ and therefore by faith we shall be put in full possession of the euerlasting Kingdome which our Soueraigne Lord God hath prepared for vs before the creating of the world not for our merits sake but through his mercy whereby he hath chosen vs and called vs to the Grace of his Gospell and made vs righteous to the intent to glorifie vs euerlastingly with his onely begotten Son Iesus Christ who is the holinesse and righteousnesse of vs but not of them which will not confesse that faith is sufficient of it selfe to make a man righteous and acceptable to the Lord God who through his Fatherly goodnesse and louing kindnesse offereth and giueth vs Iesus Christ with his righteousnes without any desert of our owne workes What thing can worke or cause a