Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	divine_a	person_n	unite_v	6,435	5	9.4739	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04155	The key of knowledge which is, a little booke intended to bee of good use, as for all degrees of Christians, so especially for religious families, and religious schooles. The full use and contents whereof must be enquired in the preface or introduction to the worke, which is (first) deliberately to be read of those who desire to receive profit by the booke. By John Jackson, rector of Marsk neere Richmond in York-shire.	Jackson, John, 1600-1648.	1640 (1640)	STC 14297A; ESTC S100135	27,046	126

of understanding sanctity of will integritie of Conscience beauty and strength of body majesty and empire over the creatures immortalitie and the like and secondly the condition to which we are fallen to wit sinnefullnesse and miserie or doing things unworthy and suffering things worthy of our doings Timothy They that are sicke need the Physitian saith our Saviour Math. 9. 12. who then is this blessed Physitian Lois and Eunice Even Jesus Christ who to this end is by nature both God and man in one person and by office is 1. our Prophet 2. Priest and 3. King Timothy Why is it necessary he should have both a divine and humane nature united in one person Lois and Eunice He must needs bee man because divine equitie requireth that the same nature that sinned should suffer Ezech. 18. 4. and he must needs bee God to give an infinite value to his satisfaction proportionable both to the infinite majesty offended and the infinite sinnes and sinners offending As also hee must be Man that he might die and God that he might overcome death Timothy Why is it necessary that hee should also have these three offices propheticall sacerdotall and regall Lois and Eunice It is necessary hee should bee 1. a Prophet to illuminate us and leade us into all truth 2. a Priest to make satisfaction for our sinnes and to intercede for us to the father 3. a King both to protect us against our enemies and to governe us by his spirit and word Timothy Is this then sufficient to repaire our miserable condition and to re-estate us in that primitive happinesse from whence wee are fallen Lois and Eunice It is indeed sufficient in it selfe but not effectuall to any one who for their part doth not performe those two grand commands of the Gospell to repent and believe Timothy Where is the summe of the gospell best comprised Lois and Eunice In that auncient and Apostolicall Creed which begins I believe in God the Father c. which Creed is the Key of faith and Epitome of all things to be beleeved unto salvation and which all Christians as the badge of their profession ought 1. to learne and get by heart 2. often to repeat and professe to their comfort and establishment 3. to give assent and credit to every Article one by one and lastly to apply each Article particularly to their owne soules for all these foure severall acts of Faith are implied in the word I believe Timothy I pray you if that be so auncient so perfect and so excellent an abridgement of the faith give it me not in the lumpe but breake unto mee that bread of life into the severall pieces thereof Lois and Eunice It consists of 12. short Articles the 1. concernes God the Father the 2. the name nature office and person of Christ the 3 4 and 5. the seven degrees of his Humiliation for our sinnes the 6 7 and 8 the foure degrees of his Exaliation for our righteousnesse the 9. concernes the holy Ghost the 10 11 and 12. concerne the Church of God both in the properties and priviledges of it Timothy Being thus restored what owe we to God for so great a benefit Lois and Eunice Thankefullnesse which consists especially in three things first in conforming our life according to the ten Commandements of God secondly in calling upon his name according to the substance of the Lords prayer lastly in receiving and participating the Sacraments after a prepared and devout manner Timothy I pray you also breake open unto mee those ten holy lawes that I may better know how to keepe them Lois and Eunice God himselfe hath divided them into two tables subdivided them into ten words contracted them into one monosyllable Love the first enjoynes mee whom to worship the second prescribes the inward manner of his worship the third the outward the fourth the solemne time the fifth enjoynes my duty towards my inferiours superiours and equalls the sixt to my neighboursperson the seventh to his chastity the eighth to his estate the ninth to his good name the tenth and last commands me to resist the first risings and thoughts of sin though even without consent of will Timothy But because I am not able to keepe these things of my selfe and that prayer is the best meanes to fetch grace and helpe from heaven and that the Lords prayer is a perfect patterne of prayer therefore I pray you briefely unfold that forme of prayer unto mee Lois and Eunice It consists of foure distinct parts the first is the Preface or preparation unto the praier Our father which art in Heaven the second is the sixe Petitions whereof the three first concerne Gods glory and the three latter our owne bodily and ghostly necessities the third is a thankesgiving or certaine forme of praising God for thine is the kingdome power and glory for ever and ever the fourth is the close and scale Amen Timothy But seeing wee faile in all the former so as our Faith is weake our Obedience is imperfect and our praiers cold what seales hath God given to confirme and strengthen us Lois and Eunice The two Sacraments of baptisme and the Lords supper which through outward and visible signes doc both 1. signifie and 2. conveigh unto us most excellent inward and spirituall graces FINIS A BRIEFE METHODICALL plaine and full forme of doctrine reduced unto xxxi Questions and Answeres so as by learning one onely Question and it's Answer every day the Christian Scholler shall within the space of one Moneth bee well principled in Religion The Collocutors are Paul the Questionist and Gamaliel the Resolutor Acts. 22. 3 1. Iohn 2. 13. I write unto you Young men THE SECOND Forme of Doctrine or the young mans Catechisme PAul What is Catechisme wherunto may it bee compared Gamaliel It cannot better bee defined then out of Heb. 6. 1. The principles of the doctrine of Christ and it may be fitly compared to Sampsons haire wherein was both strength and beauty for so ought catechisme be strong in precepts beautifull in order and method Paul What is Christian doctrine usually called and how may it be defined Gamaliel It is most usually called either Religion or Divinitie and may bee defined to be the Art or science of beleeving aright and of living well Paul How many parts are there then of Religion Gamal Two which Saint Paul Titus 1. verse 1. calls TRVTH and GODLINES and they are the two pillars or supporters of Gods house the shaking of either of which ruines the building Paul Where may bee found united and gathered together those principall and fundamentall Truths which a Christian is to believe to salvation Gamal They are abridged and contracted into the Apostles Creed and are first capable of this distinction that they either concerne God or the Church of God

Paul Which is the grand truth wee are to embrace concerning God Gamal That in regard of nature essence and being there is but one God yet in regard of divine relation and reall respects in that one Godhead there are three persons Paul Describe mee the nature and essence of God so farre as he may as it were through a glasse he seene and comprehended of our weake capacities Gamal God is that most absolute and first being whose proper Attributes are 1 Simplicitie 2 Eternitie 3 Immensitie 4 Perfection 5 Immutability 6 Immortality 7 Goodnesse 8 Justice 9 Truth 10 Holinesse 11 Omnipotency 12 liberty or freedome and lastly glory and majestie Paul What now is that you call a person of the God-head Gamal It is a relation or respect which taketh nothing from nor addeth any thing to the divine essence but onely distinguisheth the Father Son and holy Ghost among themselves and one from another every one of them having both his incommunicable propriety or nature and every one of them having his owne incommunicable worke or Counsell Paul Which is the incommunicable propriety or nature of the Father the first of the three persons Gamal To beget and not be begotten Paul What is the Fathers proper and incommunicable worke or counsell Gamal Creation for by his Almighty power in making heaven and earth hee cast out vacuitie and emptinesse that great enemy of nature and by his providence which is a continued creation hee keepeth it out still Paul Which is the peculiar property of the sonne who is the second person in order and manner of subsistence Gamal His relative propertie is to be begotten Paul Which is his peculiar worke Gamaliel Redemption which is a stisfaction made to the justice of God for the sinne of man in which regard he hath 4. stiles in the Creed 1. Iesus to note his office of mediatorship in generall 2. Christ to denote his three particular offices sacerdotall propheticall and royall 3. Sonne to note his order and manner of subsistence fourthly and lastly Lord to note his purchase Paul How is our Redemption wrought Gamal Partly by the Humiliation and partly by the Exaltation of the sonne of God the severall degrees of which twaine are accurately and punctually folded up in the very body of the said Creed c. Paul Which bee the severall degrees of his Humilation Gamal They bee sixe in number and are thus to bee enumerated in order 1. his Conception hee was conceived by the holy Ghost 2. his nativity borne of the Virgin Mary 3. his passion suffered under Pontius Pilate 4. his crucifixion which was the extremity of his passion was crucified 5. his death dead 6. his buriall and buried through all which severall degrees of sorrow he passed and was pressed with them as a cart with sheaves that he might beare our sinnes and heale our infirmities Paul Which be the severall degrees of his Exaltation Gamal They be five in number and are thus to bee reckoned 1. his triumph over Hell hee descended into hell 2. his Resurrection hee rose againe the third day 3. his Ascention hee ascended into heaven 4. his session at his Fathers right hand there he sits at the right hand of God 5. his office of judicature from thence hee shall come to judge both the quicke and the dead Paul What is the relative property of the Holy Ghost the third person in manner of subsisting Gamal To proceed Paul What is his proper worke Gamal Sanctification or application for Christ having prepared the remedie leaves it to bee applied by the sanctification of his spirit and as hee justifies us by his merit so hee sanctifies us by his Spirit Paul Having seene those fundamentall truths which concerne God and being now come to those which concerne the Church of God tell mee what a Christian is bound to beleeve concerning the Church Gamal That it is a company of beleevers united to Christ by faith here and by vision hereafter and that the said company is invested with a double property to wit first it is holy in regard of the holinesse both of the outward meanes and inward worke of the Spirit and secondly it is Catholique and universall in regard both of time persons and places Paul What are the benefits which arise to us from our being members of this holy Catholike Church Gamal Foure two whereof accrew in this life to wit first Communion of Saints that is that fellowship wee have both with Christ and all his members in grace and glory secondly Remission of sinnes both incovering and curing them and other two in the life to come first Resnrrection of the body when that which is sowne in corruption riseth againe in incorruption secondly Life everlasting when there shall be a necessary absence of all evill and a necessary presence of all good Paul Having learned the TRVTH of Religion I desire now to goe on to the second part the GODLINESSE of it tell mee first therefore I pray you how it may best be divided Gama Into three heads first our walking with God in holy obedience according to the ten precepts of the decalogue Secondly our Talking with him in devout prayer according to the seven petitions of the Lords prayer Thirdly our Receiving from him in the two Sacraments of the new Testament Paul How is our walking with God according to the Law distributed Gama Either into Holinesse which is our immediate worship of God required in the first table of the law or into Righteousnesse whereby God is mediately served through the love to our neighbour as is required in the latter table Paul On how many feet stands the first table of the Law which concernes our duty towards God Gamal On foure for it enjoyneth 1. that wee place and bestow divine worship on none but the onely true God choosing him to be our Jehovah and to set our heart upon Precept 1. 2. that we worship him with his owne prescribed worship and not after our owne Imaginations or devices Precept 2. 3. that wee shew him due externall reverence also in transacting his worship and service Precept 3. 4. in regard of the time that wee performe it especially and more solemnely on the Lords day Precept 4. Paul On how many feet doth the second table stand which concernes our duty to man Gamal On sixe for it enjoyneth 1. that wee be diligent in all offices and duties towards our superiours inferiours and equals Precept 5. 2. that wee preserve life and health both of our selves and our neighbour to Gods glory and the good both of Church and Common-weale Precept 6. 3. that wee preserve and keepe both inward chastity of heart and the outward of the body Precept 7. 4. that wee preserve the estate and livelyhood both of our selves and neighbour to our owne

of Christ the sonne when to the greater comfort of the godly their Saviour shall bee their Iudge and to the wickeds greater terrour he whom they have crucified shall sit upon them Mnason How doe you sence the eighth Article I beleeve in the holy Ghost Apollos That there is an holy Spirit which is a distinct person from the father and the sonne and yet equall to cōsubstantiall with and proceeding from both whose offices are 1 Illumination or knowledge 2 Regeneration or sanctification 3 to unite and joyne us to Christ our head 4 to guide and governe us in the right way to eternitie 5 to comfort our hearts in both inward tentations and outward crosses and 6 lastly to seale us unto the day of redemption Mnason How much is contained in the ninth article I beleeve the holy Catholique Church the communion of Saints Apollos Foure particulars 1. that there is a Church to wit a congregation of men and women elected before time and called in time by the word and Spirit out of the whole masse of mankind to bee a chosen generation unto God 2 that this Church is holy both in regard of 1 Persons 2 meanes 3 time and 4 place of Gods worship 3. that it is Catholique that is not circumscribed or limited but universall in regard of 1 doctrine 2 members 3 time and 4 place 4. that in this holy Catholique Church there is a Societie and communion of Saints which have not onely union with Christ but also Communion one 〈◊〉 another Mnason Recite now the tenth article and then explaine it Apollos I beleeve the remission of sinnes that is I beleeve that every transgression of the law whereof I am guiltie since I had a being is not onely pardonable but after faith and repentance pardoned unto mee and further that though none but God can properly and of himselfe forgive my sinnes yet a lawfull minister who hath gifts from God and calling from men may both declare it to the peace of my Conscience and also bee Gods instrument to conveigh the same unto mee Mnason What importeth the eleventh Article wherein wee professe the resurrection of the body Apollos It importeth 3 things 1 that there shall bee the instauration of the same flesh the recollection of the same bones and dust 2 an evocation of the same soule either out of the place of blisse or misery 3 the reuniting of them together so as there shall be the same individuall compound after the resurrection both for kinde and number as was before death Mnason Tell me first the words and then the meaning of the twelfth and last Article and so you shall have satisfied mee in the first head of Catechisme which is touching thinges to bee beleeved Apollos The wordes are these I beleeve life everlasting the sence is this that there is an unconceaveable unutterable estate of perfect blisse and full happinesse where there shall be a necessary absence of all evill and a necessary presence of all good which ere long shall bee the lot and portion of mee in particular and in generall of all those who in this life are justified and sanctified Mnason Why doe wee conclude the Creed with Amen Apollos It makes it of a perfect and circular forme For Amen the last word is neither more nor lesse in value and importance then I beleeve the first including three thinges I knowledge 2 assent and 3 affiance Summer quarter Mnason Proceed now to the second chiefe head of Catechisme the ten Commandements the rule of love or of thinges to be done and first give mee the most auncient and receaved division of them Apollos That is the very same which was given by God the Lawgiver himselfe who divided these ten precepts into two tables placing foure in the former to point us out our duty to God and sixe in the latter to set forth our duty to man Mnason What rule is most necessary to be premised for the better understanding of these ten holy lawes Apollos This that every Commandement hath either expressed or understood both an affirmative part to bar sinns of Omission and a negative part to barre sinnes of Commission Mnason Shew mee both those parts in the first Commandement Apollos The affirmative part is this Thou shalt choose Iehovah to bee thy God and him onely shalt thou know feare love trust in and serve The negative is expressed Thou shalt not have any other Gods by which is prohibited 1. Atheisme or the having of noe God to worship 2. Polytheisme or the having of diverse Gods 3. Idolatrie or the having of a false God Mnason Shew mee the affirmative and negative parts of the second Commandement Apollos This is the affirmative thou shalt worship God by such meanes and after such a manner as is agreeable to his nature and prescribed in his word to wit in spirit and in truth John 4. 24. the negative is this Thou shalt not worship the true God after a false manner Mnason Doe the like in the third commandement I pray you Apollos The affirmative part of it is this in all things give God his due glory or conferre all due honour to God that is both to his divine nature and essence to his word and to his workes The negative is this thou shalt neither with unreverend thoughts or with blasphemous words or with prophane and irreligious actions strike through the glorious and ever blessed name of God or bereave him of the honour due unto him Mnason Proceed on to the fourth commandement the last of the first table Apollos It 's affirmative part is this Remember to keepe holy the Sabboth day whereby we are commanded two things first to keepe an outward rest or cessation from labour Secondly to sanctifie or keepe holy that rest The negative part is this Thou shalt not prophane the Lords Saboth either in the excesse by a Judaicall and superstitious observation of the outward rest or in the defect by neglecting either the publique or private sanctification thereof as namely by taking libertie to doe any manner of worke which falls not under one of these three heads workes of Pietie Charitie or necessitie Mnason What say you to the fifth commandement Honour thy father and mother Apollos It is a commandement of relations prescribing the mutuall offices of all inferiours and superiours The affirmative part enjoyneth all reverence love obedience and gratitude towards our elders betters in gifts of body mind estate patrons and benefactors domesticall parents scholasticall parents ecclesiasticall parents politicall parents and back againe all care governement protection provision and indulgence of them to us downeward The negative part prohibiteth all manner of disrespects and disregards either of superiours towards their inferiours or of inferiours towards their superiours Mnason Unfold now the sixt commandement Thou shalt not kill Apollos The