Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	count_v	loss_n	win_v	1,429	5	9.4826	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77022	The churches glory, or, The becoming ornament being a seasonable word, tending to the provoking, encouraging, and perfecting of holiness in believers ... : whereunto is added, A glasse for the unconverted ... as also, several articles of faith briefly laid down for the further establishment and confirming of the faithful / by Josias Bonham, sen. of Byfield in Northamptonshire.	Bonham, Josias.	1674 (1674)	Wing B3592; ESTC R42680	146,195	373

Horseleach and her Daughters and their brood unto the obedience of Satans will to the enslaved sinners condemnation The which freeness of Christ to impart of his fulness to poor Sinners as aforesaid is evidenced six-fold First By that order he taketh by the doctrine of his truth to inform the Creatures of their enslaved state and of their remedy to be in him attainable by converting to him Secondly By his invitations given out for Sinners to come unto him Come unto Me all ye that Labour and are heavy Laden all ye that through the influence of my Doctrine are drawn forth to consider and become sensible of your estate by sin and in the sence thereof desire a remedy Come unto me submit to my supremacy and ye shall find rest for your souls Mat. 11.28 29. Thirdly By his promise of acceptance to those that come unto him Those that come unto me I will in no wise cast out saith Christ Joh. 6.37 He will not turn back the bruised reed with the sence of its own unworthiness and the least desires of the soul towards him he will not quench Fourthly By his complaints of the backwardness of Sinners in comeing to him Ye will not come to me that ye might have life wherefore do ye lay out your money for that which is not Bread and your labour for that which profiteth not Fifthly Christs freeness to Sinners in their coming to him to partake of the streams of his fulness for a remedy against the aforesaid distempers is further signified by his commending the excellent vertue and duration of those streams as inducements to draw poor Sinners unto an esteem thereof Whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him saith Christ shall never thirst but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a Well of water springing up into everlasting life Whence observe that a full satisfaction unto an eternal duration is the natural vertue and effects of free grace unto every soul that partakes thereof by a union with Christ Sixthly A sixth evidence of Christs freeness to Sinners and of his desire of their coming to him to partake of the streams of his fulness is the testifications of his great displeasure he takes against such that obstinately refuse And those mine Enemies that would not that I should raign over them bring them hither and slay them before me Luk. 19.27 Expressions testifying great displeasure Because I have called and ye refused I have stretched out my hand and ye have not regarded therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own doings and be filled with their own devices Prov. 1.24 32. Thus you have Christs free desire of sinners coming to him and to partake of his fulness of Grace and Truth demonstrated First By the means he useth to inform sinners of their need of him Secondly By his Invitations to sinners to come unto him Thirdly By his Promise of acceptance of those that come unto him Fourthly By his Complaints or Reproofs upon their not coming Fifthly By his commending the excellency of the vertue and duration of his streams of free grace as an inducement to sinners to come Sixthly By his testifying displeasure against those that refuse and withstand all means thereunto afforded Thus much concerning the third Motive which is Christs freeness towards poor sinners for their coming to him and partaking of his benefits which is a strong inducement thereunto Motive the Fourth As the Father hath placed his springs of water of life in his Son and invites us to his Son to participate thereof and as the Son gives testimony of the excellent vertue of the water of life in him with invitations thereunto so the Spirit and the Saints Espoused to Christ that experience the vertue of these living springs by their union with him through Faith beholding the freeness thereof and the fulness of satisfaction therein do also give forth invitations thereunto The Spirit and the Bride say come and let him that is a thirst come and let him that heareth say come and whosoever will let him come and take of the water of life freely Rev. 22.17 Motive the Fifth A fifth Motive for encouragement to the said means for the aforesaid cure may be the priviledges attainable thereby This water of free grace which we are so called and invited to by the Father Son and holy Spirit and sanctified persons that have tasted thereof and from their experience commend it to us is not only effectual to clarifie the heart of the aforesaid Horseleach and her brood but also to qualifie the heart with the Divine qualifications of grace for nature and quality like the Fountain whence they flow to the evidencing of our Election in Christ our Adoption by Christ our Justification through Christ and our Glorification with Christ Yea hereby the poor soul cometh to be enriched with the Heavenly treasures of divine contentment in all conditions whether Prosperity or Adversity Plenty or Poverty Peace or Persecution I have learned saith Paul In whatsoever state I am in therewith to be content And why so Doubtless he had drank of these living springs these waters of life in Christ Jesus whereby he had the evidences of an eternal Inheritance sealed unto him to enjoy when this life shall cease and be no more Therefore Paul valueth not self nor the world nor any of his Birth-priviledges nor any outward external knowledge or interest in comparison to the knowledge of Christ and the priviledges and dignities attainable in and by Jesus Christ and him Crucified I determined saith Paul not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him Crucified 1 Cor. 2.2 But what things were gain to me those I counted loss for Christ yea doubtless and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung that I may win Christ and be found in him Phil. 3.7 8. And what is the Reason that Paul is thus taken up in estimation of Christ Doubtless he had drank of those living springs of free grace in Christ and tasted the sweetness and savour thereof then all his self-righteousness and self-justification and self-wisdom and self-ends and worldly interests must all be laid aside as dung when once he beholdeth Christs perfect Righteousness streaming towards him for the adorning of his soul to the Fathers gratious acceptation And Justification in Christ streaming towards him to free him from the gift of sin and condemnation the just desert of sin and the sanctifying Spirit of Christ streaming into his soul to cleanse the heart of corruption and to replenish it with grace And wisdom in Christ streaming into his understanding to instruct him in the paths of Salvation and every stream hereof compounded and sweetened with Divine love from Eternity and with that peace that passeth all understanding and with assurance of that glory which is