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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	law_n	sin_n	wrath_n	1,461	5	9.1221	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72913	Three godly and fruitfull sermons declaring first how we may be saved in the day of iudgement, and so come to life everlasting: secondly, how we ought to liue according to Gods will during our life: which are the two things that every one ought to be most carefull of as long as they liue. Preached and written by the reverend & godly learned M. Iohn More, late preacher in the citie of Norwitch. And now first published by M. Nicholas Bovvnd: whereunto he hath adioyned of his owne, A sermon of comfort for the afflicted: and, A short treatise of a contented mind.	More, John, d. 1592.; Bownd, Nicholas, d. 1613. aut	1594 (1594)	STC 18074.5; ESTC S125128	118,386	153

al the heart with all the mind with all the soule vpon this condition in deede that we doe all his commandements and neuer breake one of them he putteth vs in good assurance of euerlasting life and surely he will not faile vs if we performe all those couenants but if so be we breake but one of them we then forfeit our hold incurre the penalty of the breach of the couenants which is the euerlasting wrath of God for so doth God say Cursed is euery one which doth c. The life euerlasting is as ye would say let to farme to vs to haue and to hold to vs and our posteritie for euer vpon this condition that we performe all such and such couenants as are contained in the booke of God Doe these saith God and thou shalt haue life But prouided alwaies that if thou breake any one of them once in all thy life then accursed be thou from my face here is indeede heauen promised to vs if we do Gods commandements but then we must doe all and not some one or else we forfeit all Now let all the men vpon the earth come and stand before the iudgement seat of God and let me see amongst them al that euer haue beene or euer shalbe to the end of the world let me see if any one can be found that euer hath done all these commaundements of God that he may iustly challenge his right and interest in heauen by it let me see if such an one can be found onely one excepted Iesus Christ God and man The Scripture and worde of God flatly condemneth all of vs of sinne and therefore can we challenge no right nor interest in heauen by our deedes because we haue not done all but rather our interest for our deeds is of right in hell because we haue broken some one yea all and all againe euen the best of vs all VVe must not then seeke to claime heauen by our deeds but we must be carefull howe to be deliuered from hell which we haue deserued by our deeds Thus you see then it will not auaile to alleadge one or two good deedes before God no nor twentie thousand vnlesse thou bring the full performance of the deedes of the whole lawe for God promiseth not life but to the performance of the whole our good deedes will not serue vs then to set against our euill for payment before God seeing one of our euill deedes euen the least which we doe or thinke condemneth vs to hell We can not seeke life then in our workes because we are not able to performe all and neuer offend and that is that the Apostle so often saith That by the deedes of the Law no man can be saued that the law worketh death bringeth the knowledge of sinne worketh wrath can not giue life c. because we doe not fulfill it This wil then seeme for no answer before God to say I haue sinned but I haue done so many good deedes for the recompence thereof for he answereth out of his owne worde that the reward of sinne is death and he will take no other recompence but that which he himselfe hath set downe and therefore we must looke that that may be carefully sought Thus then good brethren in viewing the true and right debt which we owe to God for our sinne it bringeth to nought all forged debts of mans braine for seeing the curse of God euerlasting death and damnation is the iust punishment which God hath set downe for our sinnes and all our fastings masses pilgrimages pardons scourgings mans-merits wilfull pouertie watchings prayers almes deedes purgatories will not serue to recompence God because the punishment is farre greater then all these and a thousand such like And yet herein good brethren I would not haue you take me as though I did speake against fasting praying and almes deedes doing I doe not meane so the word of God straightly chargeth vs both to fast pray and exercise our selues not onely in almes deedes doing but also in all other kinde of well doing and the Lord knoweth we are too slacke in such matters but I shall haue occasion to handle those matters hereafter God willing my meaning nowe I say is not to speake against fasting prayer and other good deedes for the word of God commandeth them to be done but here onely I tell you out of the word of God that these and all the good deedes that ye doe can serue for no part of the least recompence to God for one of your least sinnes for the least deserueth euerlasting death You see then it is a greater matter to satisfie God thē to bring in a companie of good deeds seeing our least euill deede hath the threat of Gods euerlasting curse that debt must be satisfied or else the Lord our God will neuer be satisfied The Lord will not accept our owne forged debts but he will haue the true debt answered this is a great matter and deepely to be wayed good brethren that wee may vnderstande the depth of our saluation to be more waightie then it is generally accounted This maketh men so careles of their saluation as common they are because they dreame the price of sinne to be so vile that a certaine pining of the bodie will satisfie God for it or that a little holy-water will wash it away or certaine deeds doing or certaine praiers said will please God for it they doe not way that the debt for sinne is Gods curse and condemnation And surely nowe in these our daies in the time of so great light of the gospell the people are maruelously ignorant of their saluation generally they know no other way to be saued but by their good deeds and yet they be void of them too God knoweth and hereof commeth that common saying framed in the time of darkenes and continued still among vs that we must carie nothing with vs but our good deedes and our bad and where is Christ Iesus then If he be not in our hearts we shall neuer come to life eternall if we haue Christ we haue life and all if we haue not Christ all our good deeds and bad deeds we carie with vs shall nothing auaile vs but throw vs downe to hell This will not then serue before our God to bring in our good deeds for recompence of the debt we owe which is the very wrath of God we must then yet looke further what we haue to say for our selues and lay in for answer of the matter VVe goe on yet further and will acknowledge our selues sinners and all that hath beene said before that the punishment of sinne is euerlasting death and that nothing that we can doe is able to recompence or satisfie God for it but yet we haue our starting holes windings whereby we can winde and wring our selues iollily out of the matter that we may more safely lye and continue still in our