Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	heaven_n	miserable_a	sinner_n	7,000	5	10.1398	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07162	Andrewes repentance, sounding alarum to returne from his sins vnto Almightie God. Perfectly guiding all those that hope to bee saued, in the direct way of repentance, whereby they may attain eternall life: : newly made in the autumne or declining of his age ...	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1631 (1631)	STC 589.5; ESTC S90287	12,430	24

him l Iob 13.15 And thus with a true affection and desire of heart m Ioh. 4.23 24. Psal 145.18 through the inward féeling of our miseries n 2 Chron. 20.21 Psal 2.11 Esay 66.2 you must cast your selues downe prostrate in the presence of Almightie God o Rom. 10.14 and build your selues on this sure foundation p Iam. 1.6 that yée though farre vnworthie yet for Iesus Christ his sake are certainly heard of God q Ioh. 14.13 euen as he hath promised in his word r Mat. 7.7 8. Mat. 11.24 Luk. 11.9 Ioh. 16.24 And withall you must bée so feruent with God in your dayly prayers for the forgiuenesse of your sinnes that yée must with Iacob euen wrestle with God ſ Gen. 32.26 and neuer let the Lord goe vntill he blesse you but with sighs groanes and teares t Iam. 4.9 Deut. 14.5 bewaile your sinnes beg for his mercies and that so entirely as it were for life and death yea wéepe for your sinnes like Mary Magdalen u Ioh. 20.15 and powre forth flouds of teares like Ezechia * 2 King 20.3 vntill yée doe so you shall neuer haue peace nor quietnesse of conscience neither any sound comfort of Gods holy Spirit in you Thus all those which haue truly repented and continued in newnesse of life are spiritually renati et iustificati borne againe in righteousnesse and iustified from sin wherefore I conclude with this beléefe that I doe fully hope through the merits of Iesus Christ to be saued and am resolued that eternall life belongs not vnto others only but vnto me also so that Christ died for my sinnes and rose againe for my iustification and that God who gaue him for me gaue me all things with him Rom. 8.32 If all things then he gaue me eternall life This is my faith and from this faith permanet in facto mens mea firma suo feares shall not compell me lachrymae voluuntur inanes and teares shall not moue me to change my minde Quia mens immota manet for I am fully resolued neuer to alter it and I doe rest in hope and am alwayes waiting for the accomplishment thereof Now whereas I haue laid open the certainty of mans saluation as farre and as faire as I can by the authority of Gods word I purpose in this second Chapter by the helpe of God to set forth the doctrine of repentance and shew the necessity thereof and so conclude according vnto this Text of Scripture Matth. 3.2 Repent yee GOod Christian Readers if yée looke thorow the whole booke of God from the Alpha of Genesis vnto the Omega of the Reuelation you shall finde scarce any Text to be shorter than this yet howsoeuer there is none more néedfull nor any more profitable neither doth the Holy Ghost so much labour in all the Scripture as he doth to draw men vnto repentance Repent yee a Ezech. 18.21 Eccles 8.21 22. Ier. 18.11 Acts 17.30 2 King 17.13 Ier. 25.5 Acts 11.18 Luk 3 3. Ier 36.3 Mat. 3.2 8. 2 Pet. 3.9 Mat. 4.14.17 Act. 2.38 Hos 14.1 2. Esay 31 6. Mal. 3.7 Ezech. 33.11 Ierem. 4.14 Esay 1.16 Esay 55.7 Luk. 13 3. 2 Chro. 33.6 Great néed requires great haste and the wound that is déepest hath néed of the diligentest cure so that the longer I haue continued in sinne the more earnestly I doe returne vnto my God by repentance for repentance ought to bring forth as much sorrow as sinne gaue delight example in Manasses b Manass pr. Mary Magdalen c Luk. 7.18 and the like Saint Augustine was a great sinner and wrote many bookes of repentance which sheweth to whom much is forgiuen they ought to loue much and the greater their sinnes are the more néed they haue of repentance Repent yee And I which am the vnworthiest of all men haue wrote for the benefit of others as well as my selfe almost all the bookes that euer I made concerning repentance and the longer I haue written of it the more tender my heart is and the more earnest my desire is to returne vnto my God by repentance and amendment of life in the which I pray God to gire me his grace to continue vnto my liues end And as a Traytor that is condemned to die if he loued his Prince he would goe neare to breake his heart with griefe to thinke that he should be so villanous vnto so gracious a Prince that would forgiue al● his fact if he would but aske for pardon become a new man and true subiect vnto him Euen so it is with me through griefe for my sinnes each time I behold Gods mercies towards me a miserable and most wretched sinner in sparing me so long and giuing me such a large time of repentance Repent yee Duo verba duo luminaria These two words are like the two great lights in Heauen a Gen. 1.16 which serue to direct vs in all our wayes they are the Supersedeas and discharge of sin b Iam. 3.5 Mat. 12.41 Luk. 11.32 Esay 1.16 Gen. 50 17. 2 Pet. 3.9 Ezech. 18.20 21. Mal. 13.7 Esay 55.7 Zach. 1.3 Ezech 33.5 Esay 56.2 Ier. 4.14 through the merits of Iesus Christ c 1 Pet 1 18 19. Heb 9.14 Reuel 1.5 And the cause of vnity betwéene God and man They are Imperatoria breuitas a Lord-like breuity T is short for feare lest mans brittle memory should come short of it and it is the full weight of a few words Virtus maxima in mole minima very much in a little And they are more precious than any pearle or pure gold and as néedfull to direct me that made this booke as you that reade it wherefore if euer wée hope to be saued we must needs forsake our sinnes and with all humility returne vnto God by repentance according vnto my Text Repent yee For as God is mercifull vnto the penitent sinner g Exod. 34.5 6 7. Psal 145 9. Exod. 20 6. he also sheweth his iustice vnto the reprobate h Deut 32.4 Psal 55.6 Exod. 20.7 Nahum 1.2 3. VVisd 14.9 whose anger vnto them is most dreadfull i Psal 18 7. Reuel 6 15. Heb. 12.16 Odio est Deo impius impietas eius God hateth the wicked man and his wickednesse too k Pro. 15.8 9 29. 1 Ioh. 3.8 Pro 11.6 Pro. 1.28 Yea their very thoughts l Wisd 1.9 Mar. 12.36 words and works m Rom. 1.18 Psal 5.6 Exod 20.5 Ephes 5 6. God hateth and therefore without repentance there is no saluation n Luk. 13.3 Esay 59 2. Mal 1.2 Againe Inanis poenitentia quam sequens culpa de nouo iterat Vaine is that repentance which an after fall defileth It auaileth a man nothing to aske of God for pardon of his sinnes and fall like an hog into the mire of his sinnefull life afresh againe Wherefore if yée will truly repent yée must forsake all your sinnes for euer and returne

the testimonies of all these Scriptures that you may be as firmely perswaded of the certainty of your saluation as your hearts can witnesse the sincerity of your conuersion Saint Paul proues it I liue yet not I but Christ liueth in mee g Gal. 2.20 1 Cor. 3.16 So Christ and the Christian dwelleth not one with another but one in another this being in Christ is a relatiue for Wee cannot be in him but he must be in vs h 1 Ioh 5 24 Againe Know yee not your owne selues saith hée how Iesus Christ is in you except yee bee reprobates i 2 Cor. 13. ● Here Saint Paul giueth them the title of reprobates that know not how Iesus Christ is in them By these words we ought all to vnderstand that all which beléeue haue the Spirit of discerning to know certainly that they doe beléeue because the faith which he here speaketh of is that liuely faith whereby Christ dwelleth in our hearts thus if Christ dwell in our hearts then wee are in Christ if wee bee in Christ wee cannot bee condemned for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus k Rom. 8.1 And by these examples I conclude with this saying of Saint Peter I would haue all that feare God and hope to be saued euen for Gods sake their owne sake and their soules sake to make their election sure and they shall neuer fall a 2 Pet. 1.10 neither will that soule feare to goe vnto Christ b 1 Ioh. 3.10 that is in Christ it knoweth it is reconciled vnto his Sauiour c Pal. 18.1 Acts 5.31 2 Sam. 12.3 Luk. 2 11 1 Tim. 4.10 Matth. 1.21 and therefore hee néed not to feare sudden death who is euer prepared to die and also assured of his saluation to liue in Heauen with the royall Priesthood d Exod 19.6 1 Pet. 2.9 Esay 61.6 Psal 132.9 the peculiar people e Tit. 2.14 Ioh. 10.28 29 30. the children of light f 2 Sam. 22.29 the new creatures * Gal. 6.15 the elect by Gods preordination g Eph. 1.4 1 Pet. 1.2 where all are Kings and heires with Christ h Rom. 8.17 Gal 4 7. Tit. 3.7 inuested with glorie i Rom. 9.23 and crowned with Maiestie k 2 Tim. 4 8. to reigne with Christ in his eternall Kingdome Lastly if Satan lay open all your sins that euer you haue committed and say they are more and greater than can bee pardoned and so perswade you to despaire then say vnto him Depart Satan I defie thée and all thy workes ʒ if my sinnes were as many as the haires of mine head l Psal 40.12 or sands in the sea m Manass pr. yet it is God that iustifieth who shall then condemne me n Esay 50.8 Rom. 8.32 33. Oh Satan I am none of thy cursed ●rew nor by the grace of God neuer shall ●ee thou hast no part nor portion in me wherefore I bequeath all and euery one of my sinnes againe vnto thée O Satan from whence they came and appeale vnto my God in Christ for his mercy that hée may saue mée from thy cursed company Oh thou hellish Fiend I say againe Depart I doe vtterly defie thée O take thy vgly sinnes againe which thou hast caused me to commit and lay them not vnto my charge for I am a member of my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ d 1 Cor. 6.15 19. and partaker of his annointing e 1 Ioh 2.27 and so long as I haue earnestly repented of all those sinnes which thou hast enticed mée to doe confessed my Sauiours name f Mat. 10.32 Rom. 10 10 2 Sam. 14.11 and presented my selfe a liuely sacrifice of thanksgiuing vnto Almighty God g Rom. 12.1 Reu 4.8 10. 2 Pet. 5.9 Reuel 1.6 Rom. 6.12.13 and also doe in this life by the helpe of my Sauiour h Act. 5.31 Luk. 2.11 Psal 18.1 Mat. 1.21 2 Sam. 22 3. 1 Tim. 4.10 fight against thee thou damned Satan and that with a cleare and good conscience i Ephes 6.11 Gal. 5.1 17. 1 Tim. 1.18 19. why then should I feare thée k 1 Pet. 5.8 I am sure that when I depart this life I shall enioy an euerlasting Kingdome with my Creator l Mat. 25.34 2 Tim. 3.12 But marke this one thing aright without fauour or affection vnto any particular sinne that yée be well assured that ye haue repented and are heartily sorry for all your sinnes as those alleaged Scriptures doe teach you m Ezech. 18.21 22 23. 2 King 17.13 Acts 2.38 2 Pet. 3.8 Acts 17.30 Hos 14.2 Ier. 36.3 Luk. 13.3 Ier. 18.11 Mat. 4.17 Mat. 3.26 for otherwise if you haue but the least of your sinnes left to reigne in you he will soone finde matter enough to plead against you Wherefore you must not onely barely repent and slightly sorrow for your sinnes and so carelesly giue them ouer as though you could repent when you would but yée must accuse your sinnes loath hate and detest them your conscience must witnesse against them and your hearts conuince them Oh beloued is it a greater terrour vnto you to accuse your sinnes than it was a delight to commit them would yée be in loue with sinne which is the soules sicknesse and the breach of Gods Law which whosoeuer committeth is of the Deuill how dare yée act those sinnes you dare not aske for pardon Haue you procured Gods vengeance and will yée refuse to aske for his mercie Oh no no the more penitent a sinner is the more mercifull is God and the readier to giue pardon So that all yée which haue truly repented and fully purpose to continue in newnesse of life may boldly say vnto Satan or vnto any of his despairing Iudasses that would perswade you to despaire That the God whom I serue is able to deliuer me a Dan. 6.16 so that the gates of hell shall not preuaile against me b Mat. 16.18 for hee maketh mee to dwell in safetie c Psal 4.9 yea and that both in soule and body whether I liue or die d Rom. 14.8 I am not mine owne e 1 Cor. 6.19 but belong wholly vnto my Sauiour Iesus Christ f 1 Cor. 3.23 Tit. 2.14 who by his precious bloud hath satisfied for all my sinnes g 1 Pet. 1.18 19. Ephes 1.7 Heb. 9.14 Reuel 1.5 Heb. 2.14 deliuered mee from the power of the Deuill h Esay 53.34 to preserue me i Ioh. 6.39 Ioh. 10.28 1 Pet. 1.5 2 Thess 3.3 from all danger that without the will of my heauenly Father not so much as one haire of my head shall fall from me k Mat. 10.30 Luk. 21.18 2 Sam. 14.11 Acts 27.34 Therefore I will not doubt of my saluation nor feare what man or Satan can doe against me for I will put my whole trust in the mercie of God If he slay me yet will I put my trust in