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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
A93061	The hypocrites ladder, or looking-glasse. Or A discourse of the dangerous and destructive nature of hypocrisie, the reigning and provoking sin of this age. Wherein is shewed how far the hypocrite, or formal professor may go towards heaven, yet utterly perish, by three ladders of sixty steps of his ascending. Together with a looking-glass, clearly discovering that lurking sin of hypocrisie. As also another glass to try sincerity of grace by. / By Jo. Sheffeild minister of the word at Swithins London.	Sheffeild, John, d. 1680.	1657 (1657)	Wing S3063; Thomason E1570_1	172,287	360

power that is they should not know what death was nor feel the stroak of it so it is said Christ tasted of death Heb. 2. 9. Will any say hee had but a smack of it and a little sense of it hee found by woful experience how dreadful it was in all his attendances and circumstances his soul was heavy to death upon the thought Such a kinde of penetrating and heart-amazing experimental knowledge and application may an hypocrite have of those future things Death Heaven Hell Judgement and Eternity Here wee see at present a short Ladder of five steps wee shall shew longer afterwards of twenty rounds a peece whereon hypocrites are climbing up towards heaven but not as Jacobs Ladder whose Gen. 28. 12. top reached to heaven foot stood on earth the top of this is towards heaven the foot in hell there Angels ascended and descended here ascendunt Angeli decidunt Diaboli they ascend as Angels fall as Lucifer ascend as Lights fall down as Lightning you would think at their first appearance you saw the Witches apparition Gods ascending out of the earth but 1 Sam. 28. 13. they prove cursed ghosts and depart with horror they that fall from this fifth Loft are not like Eutichus taken up for dead and after recovered but are like them Act. 20 9. stricken in the fifth rib never recover if they fall away it is impossible to renew and fetch them again unto repentance the Apostle saith vers 6. CHAP. III. Many Reasons of the point SEcondly having cleared this Truth by many sad Instances wee shall come to shew the Reasons of it Reason 1. You may often finde as bad people at Capernaum as in any part of the world worse than at Sodome our Saviour tells us here The Sun that whitens the Cloath tans the Blackmore the Gospel to some the savour of life is to others the savour of death to death As by the Law so by the Gospel in this sense is the knowledge of sin it worketh wrath Law and Gospel enter to some place among Rom. 3 20. Rom. 4. 15. Rom. 5. 20. some persons that the offence might abound There was a Sodome found in Israel in 2 King 23. 7. 2 King 17. 9. Josiahs dayes The children of Israel did secretly the things that were evill There is many an Achan goes out with the Hoasts of Israel many a Satan presents himself before the Lord among the Sons of God Many a cursed Doeg detained before the Lord many a Judas with his hand in the same dish with Christ such as partake of the Lords Table and of the table of Devils Among my people are found wicked men the Lord complains Yea they Over-pass the deeds of the wicked none so bad as they Among great pretenders to extraordinary piety such as devoure widows houses and live in monstrous sins and prodigious lusts They are nigh God in their mouths far off in their reines Jer. 12. 2. They sit before mee as my people but their hearts goeth after their covetousness As once there was not found so great faith no not in Israel as in a heathen Captain so oft Matth. 8. not such unfaithfulness and horrid impieties in a heathen Nation as in Israel 1 Cor. 5. 1. sins not so much as named among the Gentiles were once found to their shame in a Christian Church Reas 2. All at Capernaum are not called The outward and inward Call go not alwayes together mans teaching and Gods Grace and the means of Grace The word of Grace and the work of Grace Ordinance and Obedience are oft great strangers They who are well acquainted with the grace of truth are utter strangers to the truth of Grace All are not called There is no universal Redemption for there is no universal Election no universal Vocation There was many a widow in Israel that Elias never was sent to but to one in Sarepta Many Lepers in Israel not cured by Elisha All among whom the Gospel is sent are not saved by it There are some that hear and do not understand as the high-way ground some that understand that do not beleeve like that blasphemous Pope Leo the Tenth that called the Gospel a profitable fiction many that beleeve that do not obey Now none are called effectually called according to the purpose but such as obey There may bee many in Capernaum who see more mighty works hear more powerfull preaching receive more Sacraments have Sabbaths better spent and joyn in many Fasts who know ●ear profess more than others yet what singular thing do they they repent not beleeve not obey not they are in heaven as to profession but in hell as to conversation as proud worldly prophane sensual brutish as any other therefore after this lifting up to heaven in a vain presumption follows a sad throwing down to hell in desperation 3 All that are called are not chosen as our Saviour often said Many are called few chosen Salvation and Election are of equall latipatency and extent salvation Rom. 8. 30. and effectual calling but not salvation and external calling All that are called are not called and chosen and faithful as Gods people are Rev. 17. 14. All that are among the Israelites are not of Israel as the mixt multitude called outwardly or moved inwardly yet not with right aims and principles all that are of Israel are not the Israel of God There is a Jew outwardly and a Jew inwardly And there is a Jew without who is a Samaritan within sworn enemies to the Church and people of God as those perfidious ones who were in confederacy Neh. 6. 18. with Tobiah against Nehemiah There are such who profess to know God more than others that in their lives deny him more than others Tit. 1. 16. such who have more of the form than many ●ho have less of the power of godliness than any other 2 Tim. 3. 3. Like Judas an Angel in his speech a Devil in his heart his expressions were heavenly his affections hellish 4 The case of such is worse than other mens because the greater mercies offered and means afforded if sleighted the greater Jo. 15. 22 24. is the sin and danger If I had not come amongst them they had had no sin The more light the more love the more strivings the more convictions the more offence what makes the sin against the Holy Ghost the unpardonable sin but because it is committed after so much light and love and conviction and experience committed against Law and Gospel and promises and is a pure despite of the Spirit of grace and a trampling under foot the blood and Covenant of Christ Sodome had no sin at all comparatively none To him that knoweth to do well and doth it not to him it is sin Sodomes brimstone burnt not so extreamly and is not so bad as Gospel dust What made the Angels fall irreparable Adams offence inexcusable Elies sons sin inexpiable The Talent-receivers neglect