Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	ignorance_n	sin_n	sin_v	1,946	5	9.6788	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63767	A trumpet blown in Sion, sounding an alarm in Gods holy mountain: or, A voice lifted up as a trumpet crying aloud, and not sparing, to shew the Lords people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. By a poor worm, that through the Lords great grace, hath found great blessings among the Presbyterian ministry, and by conversing with some of the Lords upright ones of the Presbyterian way; and also choice blessings among the ministry of the Independant and Baptized congregations, and some of the faithful with them.	Poor worm.	1666 (1666)	Wing T3142C; ESTC R220929	125,364	105

done or no I know not but I suppose we shall hear more of it if the Confistory was made acquainted with this matter Yesterday a Friend of mine went to see him and speak with him but he was early gone out of Town to Sardum a Village not far from hence in North Holland And this day one hath been to inquire after him but he is not yet come to Town and it is doubtful whether he will come or no hither again Just now I am told that he hath given a Relation of the Message written with his own Hand to a Lutheran from whom I may happily get a Copie of it The Old Man hath told the same things to others as well as to me and I make no doubt but others will write of it into England Amsterdam August 16 26 1661. In which Letters I shall onely take notice of this one passage leaving the res● to be of what use the Lord shall please to make it to any namely That the Judgements of God are therein said to come upon those prosessing people For not living according to what they knew It is unquestionably true that sins against knowledge have much higher aggravations then sins of ignorance and God takes it more unkindly from his People when they sin against their knowledge then if they sin ignorantly † Luke 12. 47 48 The Servant that knew his Masters Will and did it not shall be beaten with many stripes But he that knew ‖ The times of this ignorance God winked at Acts. 17. 30. not and did commit things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with fe● stripes for unto whomsoever much is given of him shall be much required Happy are the People that live up to what they know If ye know these things happy are ye if ye do them But those Peoples case is very deploreable and sad who have continued long in living in sins against knowledge● Davids sins against knowledge cost him very dear and so have the sins against knowledge of many others and many that are yet prospering may be reserved to more severe judgements unless they repent In the consideration of which how greatly doth it concern the Lords People to dread and fear the continuing to live in the Sins that are in the preceding Discourse declared to be their sins They being all sins against their knowledge Sins which they all know to be Sins against the plain Laws and Precepts of the Lord their God and their Redeemer They may be and are many of them sinners in other respects in which they sin for want of knowledge they sin through ignorance but they cannot say so of any one of these Sins They sin as hath been said some of them in their Omissions of the Ordinances of the Lord Christ and others in the pra●●ise of them in an irregular way but this they do for want of knowledge though they are not thereby wholly excused they do not sin therein agains● their knowledge for it is out of doubt that many of them if not most of them do practice according to what they know and understand But the great sin of the Lords People lyeth in this That they do not live up to what they know do not walk according to the knowledge of the Gospel that every one in particular hath But now to provoke the Lords People to Repentance of these Sins against Some great and weighty Considerations which it concerns the Lords People in good earnest to consider of knowledge especially and thoroughly to amend their wayes I must here lay down some great and weighty Considerations which it concerns them seriously and in good earnest to consider I. It concerns them to Consider that when a People live in a continued course of sinning against the Lord in such great Abominations as these which the Lord so much abhors that though that People make never so high a Profession of being his People and though they appear much in worshipping of him in the Ordinances of his own appointment that yet the Lord doth abhor and loath their most solemn Services And they may keep many solemn Fasting Dayes or Feasting Dayes and yet have no acceptance with him but he may so loath them as to be ready to spue them out of his mouth yea though they be such as seem to have such confidence Consideration I in him as they desire the Day of the Lord as appears Am●s 5. 21 22 23 24. I hate I despise your Feast Dayes and I will not smell in your Solemn Assemblies I will not accept them neither will I regard the Peace Offerings of your Fat Beasts Take thou away from me the noise of thy Songs for I will not hear the Mellody of thy Viols But let Judgement run down as Water and Righteousness as a mighty Stream This People pretended to desire the Day of the Lord as appears in the three former Verses and they were diligent in worshiping him but they continued in a course of sinning against him and therefore he sayes I hate I despise your Services People may not think to live in sin and to pacifie the Lord with keeping dayes of Prayer or Praises or of hearing his Word No nothing without a through-amending of their wayes will find acceptance with him and it is a most unworthy thing to think that any thing else without this will do it I have heard a Story of a vile Prophane wicked Man that would wear an Image of Gold continually in his Hat And when he had done any great Evil that did trouble his Conscience then he would take down his God of Gold and kiss it and pray forgiveness of it and think all was well And what do they think less that think they may continue in Sin and paci●ie the Lord with their Prayers and Performances But they deceive themselves that will not do it Therefore it is said Mich. 6. 6 7 8. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and bow my self before the High God Shall I come before him with burnt Offerings with Calves of a year old Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of Rams or ten thousands of Rivers of Oyl Shall I give my first-born for my Transgression or the Fruit of my Body for the sin of my Soul All this were vain But he hath shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but to love mercy and do justly and to walk bumbly with thy God Nothing less will please the Lord then a righteous holy humble walking before him And let none think to abuse Gospel-Grace and turn it into wantonness because they must not be saved by works but by the Blood of Christ therefore to wa●k loosly for this is a certain truth both in the Law and Gospel That without Holiness no man He● ●● 14 shall see the Lord. It is true there is no Salvation by Works but by Christ alone But those who are saved by Christ are also Sanctified by