Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	bind_v	law_n	moral_a	2,795	5	9.5816	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08989	Christian see to thy conscience or a treatise of the nature, the kinds and manifold differences of conscience, all very briefly, and yet more fully laid open then hitherto by Richard Bernard, parson of Batcombe in Somerset-Shire. Anno 1630.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1631 (1631)	STC 1928; ESTC S113805	87,184	494

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righteousness_n for_o the_o gospel_n first_o commend_v the_o law_n unto_o we_o as_o spiritual_a holy_a just_a righteous_a and_o good_a rom._n 7._o 12._o 14._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 8._o second_o it_o repeat_v the_o commandment_n with_o approbation_n and_o for_o continue_v use_n rom._n 13._o 9_o three_o it_o interprete_v the_o commandment_n and_o the_o impose_v duty_n therein_o more_o large_o in_o a_o more_o spiritual_a sense_n mat._n 5._o and_o 6._o 1._o joh._n 3._o 15._o four_o it_o urge_v the_o duty_n command_v by_o the_o law_n to_o be_v do_v eph._n 5._o and_o 6._o col._n 3._o and_o 4._o rom._n 13._o 1._o tit._n 3._o 1._o 1._o pet._n 2._o 13._o and_o such_o virtue_n as_o it_o prescribe_v phil._n 4._o 6._o eph._n 4._o 32._o 1._o tim._n 6._o 11._o 18._o 2._o pet._n 1._o 5._o 6._o 7._o five_o these_o be_v urge_v in_o christ_n name_n as_o his_o commandment_n eph._n 6._o 6._o 1._o th._n 4._o 1._o 2._o 3._o and_o as_o his_o wholesome_a word_n 1._o tim._n 6._o 3._o six_o the_o do_v of_o such_o duty_n be_v commend_v by_o christ_n himself_o mat._n 5._o 19_o by_o saint_n james_n cap._n 2._o 8._o and_o by_o saint_n paul_n 1._o cor._n 7._o 19_o and_o by_o saint_n peter_n 2._o pet._n 1._o 8._o 9_o seventh_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v command_v to_o teach_v such_o duty_n 1._o tim._n 6._o 2._o tit._n 2._o 13._o and_o 3._o 1._o 8._o last_o the_o sin_n forbid_v by_o the_o law_n be_v condemn_v in_o the_o gospel_n and_o dissuade_v from_o 1._o th._n 5._o 15._o eph._n 4._o 28._o 31._o col._n 3._o 9_o 1._o cor._n 7._o 8._o 14._o 1._o joh._n 5._o 21._o and_o to_o avoid_v such_o sin_n the_o apostle_n say_v be_v the_o commandment_n of_o christ_n 1._o thes_n 4._o 2._o 6._o and_o to_o teach_v otherwise_o be_v contrary_a to_o wholesome_a doctrine_n 1._o timoth_n 6._o 3._o &_o 1._o 10._o 11._o yea_o christ_n condemn_v the_o breach_n of_o the_o law_n matth._n 5._o 19_o and_o in_o the_o gospel_n wrath_n be_v denounce_v against_o such_o as_o live_v in_o wicked_a transgression_n against_o the_o law_n rom._n 2._o 8._o nine_o they_o err_v therefore_o that_o teach_v that_o we_o under_o the_o gospel_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n to_o observe_v they_o as_o a_o rule_n of_o life_n for_o the_o law_n be_v establish_v rom._n 3._o 31._o it_o remain_v perpetual_o matth._n 5._o 18._o christ_n come_v to_o fulfil_v it_o not_o to_o destroy_v it_o and_o condemn_v such_o as_o teach_v the_o breach_n of_o the_o least_o commandment_n matth._n 5._o 17._o 19_o quest_n here_o it_o may_v be_v ask_v in_o what_o manner_n do_v the_o gospel_n bound_v the_o regenerate_a conscience_n to_o the_o law_n answ_n it_o do_v it_o not_o as_o the_o law_n require_v to_o wit_n to_o obey_v it_o in_o the_o rigour_n thereof_o to_o be_v thereby_o justify_v or_o else_o to_o remain_v accurse_v but_o it_o bind_v according_a to_o it_o own_o nature_n as_o the_o word_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v euangelical_o and_o this_o be_v first_o to_o take_v it_o now_o as_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o jesus_n the_o lawgiver_n to_o we_o who_o have_v write_v it_o by_o the_o new_a covenant_n in_o our_o heart_n by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n second_o to_o observe_v it_o only_o as_o a_o rule_n of_o life_n we_o have_v already_o attain_v to_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n in_o full_a perfection_n through_o faith_n in_o christ_n three_o to_o perform_v the_o prescribe_a duty_n thereof_o by_o virtue_n 8._o joh._n 15._o 4._o 5_o gal._n 2._o 20._o psal_n 40._o 8._o from_o christ_n in_o obedience_n to_o he_o willing_o without_o any_o servile_a fear_n in_o uprightness_n of_o heart_n though_o imperfect_o perform_v &_o do_v to_o adorn_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o god_n our_o saviour_n christ_n in_o all_o thing_n to_o this_o evangelicall_a obedience_n the_o gospel_n bind_v we_o and_o not_o otherwise_o to_o the_o law_n section_n 4._o from_o what_o thing_n the_o regenerate_a man_n conscience_n by_o this_o power_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v free_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o the_o gospel_n thus_o bind_v to_o the_o law_n euangelical_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o regenerate_v be_v free_a from_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n because_o it_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o gospel_n to_o make_v he_o stand_v fast_o in_o the_o liberty_n purchase_v by_o christ_n gal._n 5._o 1._o who_o have_v abolish_v the_o law_n of_o commandment_n of_o ordinance_n eph._n 2._o 15._o and_o blot_v out_o the_o hand-writing_n of_o ordinance_n against_o we_o col._n 2._o 14._o 16._o hence_o be_v it_o that_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o regenerate_v trouble_v he_o not_o about_o meat_n holy_a day_n nor_o offer_v up_o any_o legal_a sacrifice_n heb._n 10._o 2._o it_o be_v also_o quit_v from_o the_o moral_a law_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o rigorous_a dominion_n of_o it_o in_o respect_n of_o justification_n by_o personal_a fulfil_n it_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o malediction_n and_o the_o irritation_n thereof_o of_o which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v rom._n 7._o 8._o hence_o likewise_o it_o be_v first_o that_o the_o regenerate_v conscience_n can_v urge_v we_o to_o the_o exact_a fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n nor_o can_v condemn_v we_o for_o that_o we_o do_v not_o perfect_o in_o ourselves_o fulfil_v it_o because_o the_o gospel_n and_o law_n of_o faith_n bind_v the_o regenerate_v conscience_n as_o it_o be_v regenerate_v to_o the_o contrary_a to_o wit_n to_o witness_v that_o we_o fulfil_v it_o in_o christ_n that_o therefore_o in_o he_o we_o can_v be_v condemn_v rom._n 3._o 1._o 4._o 32_o 33._o for_o this_o but_o if_o it_o accuse_v it_o accuse_v for_o want_v of_o sincerity_n sometime_o and_o for_o fail_n but_o can_v condemn_v we_o for_o not_o perfect_o fulfil_v the_o law_n 2._o hence_o be_v it_o that_o it_o urge_v not_o justification_n by_o work_n nor_o condemn_v we_o for_o not_o so_o seek_v to_o be_v justify_v because_o by_o the_o gospel_n the_o regenerate_v be_v bind_v to_o cast_v off_o righteousness_n by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n gal._n 2._o 16._o and_o 5._o 14._o and_o to_o seek_v by_o faith_n to_o be_v justify_v which_o be_v the_o righteousness_n teach_v by_o the_o gospel_n rom._n 3._o 21._o 22._o without_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n verse_n 28._o 3._o hence_o be_v it_o that_o the_o regenerate_v conscience_n do_v not_o condemn_v the_o regenerate_a man_n for_o the_o irritation_n by_o reason_n of_o sin_n take_v occasion_n from_o the_o commandment_n to_o work_v all_o manner_n of_o concupiscence_n as_o it_o do_v in_o other_o rom._n 7._o 5._o 8._o because_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o regenerate_v be_v bind_v to_o bear_v he_o witness_v and_o so_o do_v witness_v through_o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o the_o gospel_n that_o after_o the_o inner_a man_n he_o delight_v in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o have_v a_o will_n to_o do_v it_o rom._n 7._o 22._o psal_n 1._o 2._o and_o 40._o 8._o that_o he_o will_v do_v more_o good_a than_o he_o can_v that_o he_o hate_v the_o evil_a he_o do_v rom._n 7._o 15._o 18._o 19_o that_o he_o have_v a_o unfeigned_a resolution_n to_o keep_v god_n commandment_n psal_n 119._o 57_o 107._o and_o that_o in_o study_v the_o law_n by_o grace_n receive_v from_o the_o gospel_n he_o be_v more_o delight_v in_o it_o and_o more_o desirous_a to_o do_v it_o of_o all_o these_o conscience_n bear_v the_o regenerate_v man_n witness_n and_o therefore_o can_v condemn_v he_o for_o that_o irritation_n by_o the_o law_n through_o inbred_a corruption_n to_o grow_v worse_o 4._o and_o last_o hence_o be_v it_o that_o it_o can_v nor_o do_v not_o conclude_v the_o malediction_n and_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o the_o man_n regenerate_v because_o now_o this_o his_o conscience_n be_v bind_v by_o the_o gospel_n to_o witness_v his_o faith_n in_o christ_n by_o who_o he_o be_v free_v from_o that_o curse_n gal._n 3._o 13._o that_o he_o be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n rom._n 8._o 15._o and_o that_o therefore_o belong_v to_o he_o the_o blessing_n with_o abraham_n gal._n 3._o 14._o and_o eternal_a life_n by_o jesus_n christ_n rom._n 6._o 23._o thus_o may_v we_o see_v what_o a_o happy_a acquittance_n the_o regenerate_a conscience_n have_v by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o gospel_n from_o the_o law_n section_n 5._o why_o the_o regenerate_v man_n be_v yet_o so_o much_o trouble_v about_o the_o law_n this_o before_o be_v so_o and_o the_o conscience_n so_o free_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o gospel_n it_o may_v be_v demand_v here_o why_o a_o regenerate_v man_n in_o his_o conscience_n be_v more_o trouble_v about_o his_o legal_a omission_n and_o commit_v of_o evil_n against_o the_o law_n then_o for_o his_o omission_n &_o commission_n against_o the_o gospel_n he_o not_o be_v now_o under_o the_o law_n but_o