Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	israel_n	lord_n	redemption_n	2,132	5	10.1091	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78206	The only refuge of a troubled soul in time of trouble & affliction, or, The sweet and soul-ravishing mystery of the apple-tree; explained and laid open, in two discourses fron Cant. 2. 3, for the comfort and encouragement of the true believer, in the midst of the worst and sorest afflictions which can (possibly) befal him in this world, and the awakening the most secure sinner, who is yet a stranger to the said mystery. ; Publish'd at the earnest and importunate request of several godly persons, who heard the same preached By J. Barry, an unworthy Minist. of the Gospel.	Barry, James.	1700 (1700)	Wing B970; ESTC R223490	61,710	175

but into Heaven it self now to appear in the Presence of God for us Heb. 9.24 And there are three Ends for which he so appears First That he might represent his Members Spotless and Blameless in the Virtue and Merit of that Obedience which he himself as their Representative perform'd on Earth to answer the Demand of the Law It is on the Account hereof that the Spouse of Christ viz. the Church of true Believers is by Christ himself styl'd and accounted all fair and Spotless Thou art all fair my Love there is no Spot in thee Ephes 4.7 Cant. 4.7 That he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having Spot or Wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be Holy and without Blemish Ephes 5.27 And ye are compleat in him c. Colos 2.10 Secondly That he might enter on the Possession of the purchased Inheritance which he himself purchased for his Members Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his Glory Luke 24.26 And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also Jo. 14.3 The Believers Life and Crown are in the Hands and Keeping of Christ to be secur'd for them till they arrive at Heaven where he is Which is the Earnest of our Inheritance until the Redemption of the purchased Possession unto the Praise of his Glory Ephes 1.14 And hath raised us up together and made us sit together in Heavenly Places in Christ Jesus Ephes 2.6 This is a Mercy and an Inestimable Priviledge given by God to the Elect that the Life of their Souls and all the Glory and Blessedness whereto God elected them in Christ his Son is deposited by God the Father in the Hands of Christ who will never fail or betray them On which Account it is that the condition of the poorest and weakest Believer living is in a better and infinitely safer State than the first Adam and his Posterity were in before the Fall The Reason whereof is this viz the Life and Salvation of the first Adam and his Children depended on the Obedience of a Mutable Agent who might and did fall and come short in fulfilling the condition of that Covenant of Works under which they Acted for Life But the Life and Salvation of the Elect is now secur'd in Christ God-Man who can as soon cease to be what he is as he can forget or neglect or suffer the poorest and weakest of those committed to him by the Father to perish And is not this a most sweet Fruit And I give unto them Eternal Life and they shall never perish c. Jo. 10.28 And this is the Fathers Will which hath sent me that of all which he hath given me I should loose nothing but should raise it up at the last Day Jo. 6.39 Thirdly That he might enter on the Great and Necessary Work of Intercession which leads to the Sixth Particular comprehended in the general term Works Sixthly The Intercession of Christ is most sweet to the true Believer There are six things in it which makes it so First The Propriety the Believer hath in it yea even the meanest and weakest Believer hath as real a Propriety therein as the strongest Who is he that condemneth it is Christ that died yea rather that is risen again who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh Intercession for us Rom. 8.34 My little Children these things write I unto you that ye sin not and if any Man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous 1 Jo. 2.1 Secondly Whatevever Christ Prays for he most certainly obtains it of this he had Experience when on the Earth before he had Actually discharg'd the Debt which he took on him for the Elect. And Jesus lift up his Eyes and said Father I thank thee that thou hast heard me And I knew that thou hearest me always Jo. 11.41 42. Who in the days of his flesh when he had offered up Prayers and Supplications with strong Cryings and Tears unto him that was able to save him from Death and was heard in that he feared Heb. 5.7 But now seeing all Righteousness is by him fulfilled according to what he undertook and he in the Merit thereof not only Ascended from Earth to Heaven but even sat at the Father's Right Hand what is it that the Father can deny him especially when what he prays for is before in the Heart and Promise of God his Father to grant him and that in a way of Recompence for the faithful Discharge of the Trust reposed in him by his Father Psal 2.8 Esa 53.12 There are some poor trembling Believers who when they need such or such a Mercy and know not what they shall do without it dare not beg the Mercy they want The Mercy is so great and they themselves so every way unworthy they think it great Presumption to seek or pray for it Let such turn their Eye off from staring and poring on their own Unworthiness keeping it fixt on the Incomprehensible Merit and Worthiness of the Lord Jesus Christ and then let them keep back from God's Throne of Grace and give way to Discouragement if they can 'T is Christ's Worthiness not the Believers Qualifications that prevails with God Oh! poor distressed fainting Soul who art even swallow'd up of that Gulph of Sinfulness Distraction Deadness and Heart Hardness whereof thou complainest Consider and remember for thine Encouragement that when thou findest thy self unable to pray there is one at God's Right Hand praying for thee whom God the Father knows not how to deny or throw off So prevalent with him is that Efficacious Intercession of his own Son who was Consecrated thy High Priest by God's own Sacred Oath The Lord hath sworn and will not repent thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedech Psal 110.4 And having such an High Undertaker for thee with God so my part I cannot conceive what should discourage or drive thee back from Wrestling with God till Jacob like thou overcome him This is the Use that God himself would have the weakest Believer make of that great High Priest Let us therefore come boldly to the Throne of Grace that we might obtain Mercy and find Grace to help in time of need Heb. 4.16 Thirdly There is there can be no Case or Condition so desperate or wretched in respect either of Sin or of Affliction out of which Christ by his Intercession cannot rescue and save the temp●ed fallen and deserted Believer Let Israel hope in the Lord for with the Lord there is Mercy and with him there is plenteous Redemption and he shall Redeem Israel from all his Iniquities Psal 130.7 8. The Lord preserveth the simple I was brought low and he helped me Psal 116.6 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of Temptations c. 2 Pet. 2.9 There hath no Temptation