Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	egypt_n	joseph_n	pharaoh_n	4,186	5	10.7503	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13744	[The confutation of follie]	Thorne, Henry, fl. 1567-1584.	1584 (1584)	STC 24040.5; ESTC S2932	68,639	163

fruit and benefit of their repentance FALSIL. Christ saith Matt. 20. To sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to giue Therefore Christ is not omnipotent VERIL. The fallacie lieth in the consequent and we must answer herein by distinction First it is not Christes to giue this according to the time of his ministerie and humilitie Next it was not his to giue vnto Iames the lesse and his brother Iohn for the prerogatiue of their kindred supposing themselues to be Christes cousens bicause their mother Solome was Iosephs sister and therefore they were high-minded and would haue a principalitie before the rest of the apostles in the kingdome of Christ Further Christ speaketh not in this place of his diuine power wherein he is equall with his father and worketh all things as his father dooth for the euangelist saith Iohn 5. Pater meus ad hoc vsque tempus operatur ego operor My father worketh euen vnto this time and I worke also And as the father raiseth vp the dead and quickeneth them Sic filius quos vult viuificat So the sonne also quickeneth such as listeth him Iohn 10. saieng Ego do eis vitam aeternam I giue them eternall life Neque rapiet eos quisquam de manu mea And no man shall take them out of my hand FALSIL. Luke 7. Christ said to Marie Magdalen that hir sinnes were forgiuen hir bicause she loued much Therefore hir sinnes were forgiuen hir for hir loues sake VERIL. I denie the consequent bicause the figure Synecdoche is here vsed which is as much to saie as a part for the whole or the whole for a part for vnder the name of loue is conteined our whole conuersion and turning to God And Christ saieth afterward Fides tua saluam te fecit Thy faith hath made thée safe Also there is a double absolution the first is of our owne conscience before God which commeth onelie by our stedfast faith in Christ our mediatour The other absolution must be doone before the congregation where there must be declared the testimonies of true conuersion or repentance as Christ alledged and commended before the Pharisie and other his ghests the works of this conuertant Marie Luke 7. Therefore loue is the effect or the fruit of the remission of our sinnes and not the merit or the cause efficient FALSIL. Christ commended the false steward Luk. 16. The same steward was a théefe Therefore he commended a theefe VERIL. I denie the consequent bicause the fallacie lieth in the accident For he dooth not commend the Species that is the theft but the Genus that is the prouidence of the steward which he would haue euerie man to followe but in a contrarie matter to wit in the procuring and getting of eternall aids and helps vnto euerlasting life which men in the church that are called to the knowledge of the gospell doo more neglect than worldlie men which are out of the church doo these temporall goods For worldlie goods and temporall blessings which are séene tasted and perceiued with our outward senses bicause they are externall doo more mightilie mooue vs than heauenlie things which are onelie seene with the eie of faith being verie blind and dimme in carnall and worldlie minded men as the scripture saith ● Cor. 2. Animalis homo non percipit ea quae spiritus Dei sunt A worldlie man perceiueth not the things which belong vnto the spirit of God FALSIL. Luke 16. Christ saith that the poore doo receiue their benefactors into euerlasting tabernacles Therefore saints shall receiue vs into euerlasting life and not Christ Also almesdéeds and good works shall merit and deserue eternall life FALSIL. I denie the consequent bicause Christ in this spéech vseth the figure Synecdoche which is a part for the whole or the whole for a part and therein he compriseth both himselfe and his saints Iohn 14.1 Coloss 3. For Christ receiueth them as the true authour and onelie giuer of eternall life But the saints or the congregation of Christ are as witnesses of our beneficence or liberalitie towards them whereby we haue declared our liuelie faith and they also praie together with vs in this world for vs for our parents for the politike gouernance and for all such as giue enterteinment to the afflicted members of Christ And God doth blesse and prosper both priuatlie and publikelie for the liberalitie extended to his church as the kingdome of Assyria fared the better Dan. 1. for that Daniel was well vsed there And all the land of Aegypt sped the better likewise for the fauour and courtesie that king Pharao shewed vnto Ioseph the sonne of Iacob and Rachael Ge. 3. 41. when he was in his countrie Therefore both Christ and his saints must néeds be comprised in both members of this sentence as Facite vobis amicos Make you fréends that is Christ and his congregation Vt recipiant vos That they receiue you that is that Christ both the authour and giuer and his saints the witnesses of your good works into euerlasting habitations And the apostle dooth sufficientlie testifie that good works cannot merit or deserue eternall life where he saith Vita aeterna est donum Dei Rom. 6. Eternall life is the gift of God so that there can be no deseruing in vs. We are saued by grace through faith and that not of our selues bicause Dei donum est Ephes 2. non ex operibus ne quis glorietur It is the gift of God and not of works least anie should boast of their works Thus now we plainelie sée how much the iusticiarie papists or rather Sadduces mistake this place which draw the words of Christ euen as it were by the haire of the head to prooue the valor of their works which they saie they haue of supererogation to wit such works as doo not onelie suffice to saue themselues but also their freends and such other as it shall please them to saue But note euer by the waie that they saue none without monie receiuing mens gold and returning them chaffe backe againe a verie bad exchange FALSIL. Againe the aduersarie reasoneth thus Christ said vnto the lawyer reciting the summe of the lawe Luke 10. consisting in the loue of God and of our neighbour Hoc fac viues Doo this and thou shalt liue Therefore eternall life is giuen vs for our works sake or for the fulfilling of the lawe VERIL. I denie the consequent bicause there is no man liuing for the corruption of our nature able perfectlie to fulfill the lawe of God which requireth of vs the full whole and perfect obedience of all our power strength And Christ saieng to the lawyer Hoc fac viues Doo this and thou shalt liue beateth downe his pride which had not fulfilled the lawe though he affirmed the contrarie for he was guiltie of transgressing both the tables of Gods commandements as all men