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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	believe_v	faith_n	word_n	11,191	5	4.5836	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81589	The Doctrine of the Presbyterians reduced into practise. Whereby it is demonstratively proved, that it can neither convert an infidel, amend a profane person, nor comfort an a[ffli]cted. That it overturneth the profitable preaching of the Word, the use of the sacraments, and exercise of prayers.		1647 (1647)	Wing D1774A; ESTC R174682	11,392	29

is so great Whereupon our Consolate will alledge unto him the judgement of carity which presumeth well of every one seeing that God doth as little reveal the decree of reprobation as that of election But his Patient will not there finde the least assurance and that for many Reasons 1. Because this judgement of charity if a man apply it generally to all will necessarily prove false The Comforter not daring to maintain these Propositions together that Christ dyed for all men and that he dyed but for a very small number 2. The judgement of charity hath never any place when he must have the certitude of faith to beleeve or do any thing with a good conscience 3. The judgement of charity extends it self no farther then to the suppressing of finister opinions and suspicions lightly conceived against our neighbours whose infirmities it commanden us to conceal without preaching any falhood to him When I see my one present himself at the Table of our lord in the judgement of charitie I think hi● to be prepared as he ought seeing nothin to the contrary But that they who are thus well prepared do there participate to their souls health this they beleeve with the judement of faith which medleth with nothing that is or may be false So likewise when I see a sick-man as he is giving up the ghost calling upon Jesus Christ I beleeve in charitie that he dyeth like a Christian But that God maketh them happy who depart in the true faith of our Lord and Saviour this I beleeve with the certitude of faith and in such a manner as it is impossible to be deceived Which yet notwithstanding both may and also doth happen in the judgement of charity In a word the judgement of charity hath no place but in those things onely which are between man and man But when there is question of the divine promise that hath foundation in divine truth there is then required a certitude of faith wherein there is nothing to be found that is either false or doubtfull If any man say that we should presume every one to be of the number of the elect untill he appear to be the contrary The Patient will answer that by outward appearance we can know nothing either of election or reprobation And that therefore it is not sufficient to presume but that also we must have a full and perfect assurance that Chrit died for him whom we go about to comfort which assurance is not to be found in the Presbyterian doctrine seeing it denyeth that Christ dyed for all men The Minister or Comforter will then ask the Patient if he never felt the witnesse of his adoption which the Spirit of God beareth to the spirit of the elect and if he be assured that he had faith once he may be certain that he hath it still notwithstanding the small fruit that it produceth Whereunto the Patient will well reply that Calvin himself doth much trouble and obsence this certitude in his Initi●●tions l. 3. c. 2. ss ●0 The heart of man saith he hath so many secret corners of vanity is full of so many hiding holes of lying is covered with so guilfull hypocrisie that it oft deceiveth himself perswadeth him that he hath true faith when he hath not If the Patient acknowledge that he never felt this testimony in his heart his Comforter will answer him in the same manner as he formerly did the Profane when he took upon him the office of a Censurer and Corrector viz. how that all are not called the same houre But if the Patient do then ask him some assurance that he shall be thus efficaciously called before his death the Comforter will finde none for him Onely he will tell him that assuredly Christ dyed for him if so he beleeve in him Wherein he will shew himself either a prevaricator of his own side and an overthrower of the Presbyterian Doctrine or else that he is deprived of common sense For if he give the self same consolation to all that are sick to all that are afflicted yea even to those who for the greatest offences are led to execution and if this consolation be founded on the truth doth it not then follow that in truth Christ dyed for all and everie one And if he so understandeth it that this becometh true by the faith which the Patient addeth to the discourse of the Minister he hath lost his sense in affirming That the object of faith or thing proposed to be beleeved receiveth it's truth and dependeth on the consent and belief of man who by this approbation and faith hath no more power to make that true which is false in it self than to make that false by his incredulity which in it self is true The incredulitie of man may deprive him of the benefit of this death yet cannot it make that Christ suffered not this death to testifie his love unto all mankinde universally even of all that are bound to beleeve in him and yet no man bound to beleeve that which is false The Apostle saith that God will send the spirit of errour upon them that have not received the love of the truth And yet according to the Presbyterian Doctrine he would have a man first beleeve that which is false and then afterwards for having beleeved this falshood he shall be punished with the spirit of errour for beleeving of a lye See then if this be not a labyrinth of prodigious D vinitie which turneth obedience into punishment For if these men speak true and that Christ not dead for those that beleeve not on him how can they deserve to be punished for not having beleeved that which is false and they that have obeyed his Commandment in beleeving of his death how should they suffer the punishment due unto disobedient and incredulous which is to beleeve lying In a word to deny the universalitie of the merit of Christs death is outragiously to dishonour God as though the author of truth commanded all men to beleeve a falshood And the better to discern the giddinesse of this spirit it is to be noted how that as on the one side this doctrine doth forbid to beleeve that which the Scripture doth affirm as most true so on the other side doth it command every one to beleeve that he is elected unto life although he be a reprobate in effect and that he cannot loose his faith being once had for any sin whatsoever he doth commit which the Scripture doth deny as a thing most false in like termes If then that this Doctrine which denyeth that Christ dyed for all bereaveth the afflicted of all consolation the other point which denyeth that a man may fal away from grace and faith doth clean overthrow the Ministery of preaching which consisteth in exhortations by promises and threatnings which can no longer be a means to do any good work onely by the immediate operation of the holy Ghost as it hath been above said So neither