Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	flesh_n	sin_n	sinful_a	2,809	5	9.4946	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77504	The mystical brasen serpent: with the magnetical vertue thereof. or, Christ exalted upon the cross, with the blessed end and fruit of that his exaltation, in drawing the elect world to himself, to believe on Him, and to be saved by Him. In two treatises, from John 3. 14, 15. 12. 32. Whereunto is added A treatise of the saints joint-membership each with other. As they were delivered to the Church of God at Great Yarmouth, by John Brinsley, minister of the gospel, and preacher to that incorporation. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy. July 30. 1652.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1653 (1653)	Wing B4719; Thomason E1249_1; ESTC R208891	155,986	284

man_n be_v a_o sinner_n say_v the_o pharisee_n to_o the_o blind_a man_n john_n 9_o 9.24_o joh._n 9.24_o that_o be_v a_o great_a and_o notorious_a sinner_n 53.12_o mark_v 15.28_o isai_n 53.12_o he_o be_v number_v among_o the_o transgressor_n say_v the_o evangelist_n cite_v that_o of_o the_o prophet_n esay_n nay_o more_o have_v as_o a_o surety_n take_v upon_o he_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n the_o world_n of_o his_o elect_n he_o be_v now_o a_o sinner_n by_o imputation_n and_o the_o great_a sinner_n in_o the_o world_n last_o 2_o cor._n 5._o last_o he_o be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o say_v the_o apostle_n viz._n by_o imputation_n have_v the_o iniquity_n of_o many_o 12._o isai_n 53._o ver_fw-la 6._o and_o 12._o of_o we_o all_o lay_v upon_o he_o and_o herein_o fit_o answer_v the_o type_n wherein_o we_o have_v a_o serpent_n sting_v and_o a_o serpent_n heal_v text._n rom._n 5.19_o exit_fw-la serpent_n morbi_fw-la per_fw-la serpent_n medicinae_fw-la per_fw-la hominem_fw-la peccatum_fw-la &_o mors_fw-la per_fw-la hominem_fw-la justificatio_fw-la &_o resurrectio_fw-la h._n g●oti_n in_o text._n even_o thus_o by_o a_o man_n come_v sin_n and_o death_n and_o by_o a_o man_n come_v righteousness_n and_o life_n the_o first_o adam_n wound_v be_v a_o man_n like_o unto_o we_o the_o second_o adam_n heal_v be_v a_o man_n like_o unto_o we_o also_o god_n can_v have_v find_v out_o many_o other_o antidote_n and_o remedy_n against_o the_o poisonous_a stinging_n of_o these_o serpent_n but_o he_o make_v choice_n of_o this_o a_o serpent_n sting_n and_o a_o serpent_n must_v heal_v even_o so_o possible_o he_o can_v have_v find_v out_o many_o other_o way_n and_o mean_n for_o the_o redeem_v and_o save_v of_o his_o people_n but_o his_o wisdom_n put_v it_o upon_o this_o way_n as_o most_o congruous_a and_o convenient_a 15.21_o 1_o cor._n 15.21_o that_o as_o by_o a_o man_n come_v death_n so_o by_o a_o man_n shall_v come_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a that_o as_o in_o adam_n all_o die_n so_o in_o christ_n shall_v all_o be_v make_v alive_a as_o the_o apostle_n go_v on_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 2._o christ_n be_v like_a unto_o we_o man_n ibid._n christ_n like_v unto_o we_o sinful_a man_n serpentem_fw-la hunc_fw-la aeneum_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la christi_fw-la gessisse_fw-la imaginem_fw-la quòd_fw-la alius_fw-la erat_fw-la quàm_fw-la videbatur_fw-la rectè_fw-la notavit_fw-la adversus_fw-la tryphonem_fw-la justinus_n de_fw-fr eo_fw-la serpent_n sic_fw-la loquens_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d h._n grot._n ibid._n we_o sinful_a man_n but_o himself_o not_o sinful_a even_o as_o that_o serpent_n be_v like_a unto_o other_o serpent_n but_o without_o the_o sting_n and_o poison_n that_o be_v in_o they_o thus_o our_o bless_a saviour_n how_o ever_o he_o carry_v the_o similitude_n of_o sinful_a flesh_n yet_o he_o be_v no_o way_n infect_v or_o taint_v with_o sin_n whether_o original_a or_o actual_a free_a from_o the_o poison_n of_o original_a sin_n which_o have_v infect_v the_o nature_n of_o all_o other_o man_n be_v sanctify_v in_o his_o conception_n by_o the_o supernatural_a work_n of_o the_o spirit_n he_o be_v bear_v holy_a that_o holy_a thing_n which_o shall_v be_v bear_v of_o thou_o luke_n 1_o 1.35_o luke_n 1.35_o free_a from_o actual_a sin_n he_o do_v no_o sin_n neither_o be_v there_o guile_n find_v in_o his_o mouth_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 2.22_o 1_o pet._n 2.22_o and_o here_o again_o behold_v the_o truth_n answer_v to_o the_o type_n the_o sting_a of_o those_o poisonous_a serpent_n cure_v by_o a_o serpent_n that_o have_v neither_o sting_n nor_o poison_n the_o sting_n and_o poison_n guilt_n and_o power_n of_o sin_n take_v away_o by_o he_o that_o be_v free_a from_o both_o christ_n have_v suffer_v for_o sin_n say_v st._n peter_n the_o just_a for_o the_o unjust_a that_o he_o may_v bring_v we_o to_o god_n 1_o pet._n 3._o 3.18_o 1_o pet._n 3.18_o he_o be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o who_o know_v no_o sin_n that_o we_o may_v be_v make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o he_o 2_o cor._n 5._o last_o here_o be_v a_o second_o resemblance_n in_o the_o form_n of_o this_o serpent_n 3._o up_o 3._o the_o occasion_n of_o make_v and_o set_v it_o up_o upon_o what_o occasion_n be_v this_o serpent_n make_v and_o set_v up_o why_o upon_o the_o deadly_a bite_n and_o sting_v of_o the_o israelite_n by_o those_o fiery_a serpent_n whereof_o some_o be_v dead_a already_o other_o in_o eminent_a danger_n of_o death_n behold_v here_o what_o it_o be_v that_o occasion_v the_o make_n and_o lift_v up_o of_o this_o true_a brazen_a serpent_n what_o occasion_v the_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n to_o take_v our_o nature_n upon_o he_o in_o that_o nature_n to_o suffer_v to_o die_v it_o be_v our_o misery_n that_o call_v for_o this_o mercy_n we_o be_v all_o sting_v and_o mortal_o sting_v by_o the_o old_a serpent_n who_o fasten_v upon_o our_o first_o parent_n through_o they_o transfuse_v his_o poison_n unto_o all_o their_o posterity_n even_o as_o one_o of_o those_o fiery_a serpent_n fasten_v upon_o one_o member_n the_o poison_n thereof_o run_v through_o the_o whole_a body_n inflame_v and_o infect_v the_o blood_n and_o spirit_n in_o every_o part_n even_o thus_o that_o old_a serpent_n the_o devil_n fasten_v the_o sting_n of_o his_o tentation_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n bring_v they_o to_o transgress_v the_o command_n and_o so_o to_o break_v the_o covenant_n of_o their_o god_n he_o thereby_o not_o only_o wound_v they_o to_o the_o death_n but_o through_o they_o trasmit_v that_o deadly_a poison_n to_o the_o whole_a mass_n of_o mankind_n be_v then_o in_o their_o loin_n 5.12_o rom._n 5.12_o so_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o man_n say_v the_o apostle_n for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v all_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v in_o adam_n tanquàm_fw-la in_o radice_fw-la as_o in_o the_o common_a stock_n and_o root_n they_o sin_v in_o he_o and_o so_o death_n which_o have_v seize_v upon_o he_o pass_v upon_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pervasit_fw-la a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o poison_n say_v some_o loc_fw-la instar_fw-la occulti_fw-la veneni_fw-la penetravit_fw-la pareus_n com._n ad_fw-la loc_fw-la which_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o stomach_n it_o pass_v through_o the_o whole_a body_n secret_o disperse_v itself_o through_o all_o the_o vein_n thus_o do_v the_o poison_n of_o the_o old_a serpent_n be_v take_v in_o by_o our_o first_o parent_n it_o present_o pass_v through_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o mankind_n transfuse_v itself_o into_o our_o vein_n so_o as_o we_o be_v all_o by_o nature_n no_o better_o then_o dead_a man_n as_o mephibosheth_n once_o say_v to_o david_n all_o of_o my_o father_n house_n be_v but_o dead_a man_n before_o my_o lord_n the_o king_n 19.28_o 2_o sam._n 19.28_o such_o be_v all_o the_o posterity_n of_o adam_n through_o his_o transgression_n and_o rebellion_n against_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n dead_a man_n anshei_n mave_v man_n of_o death_n not_o only_o subject_a to_o natural_a but_o under_o the_o power_n of_o a_o spiritual_a and_o bind_v over_o unto_o eternal_a death_n and_o here_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o bring_v in_o this_o true_a brazen_a serpent_n of_o send_v a_o saviour_n into_o the_o world_n have_v not_o the_o israelite_n sin_v and_o upon_o their_o sin_n be_v punish_v after_o that_o manner_n that_o brazen_a serpent_n have_v never_o be_v make_v have_v not_o adam_n sin_v and_o sin_v die_v and_o all_o his_o posterity_n in_o he_o we_o shall_v not_o have_v need_v a_o saviour_n the_o son_n of_o god_n shall_v not_o have_v need_v to_o take_v our_o nature_n upon_o he_o in_o that_o nature_n to_o suffer_v to_o die_v it_o be_v our_o sin_n and_o misery_n that_o occasion_v this_o mercy_n and_o let_v the_o one_o ever_o put_v we_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o other_o misery_n the_o cross_n of_o christ_n mind_v we_o of_o our_o sin_n and_o misery_n the_o brazen_a serpent_n stand_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o camp_n it_o can_v not_o but_o be_v a_o memorial_n to_o the_o israelite_n to_o put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o what_o misery_n they_o have_v bring_v upon_o themselves_o by_o provoke_v the_o anger_n of_o god_n against_o they_o the_o like_a use_n make_v we_o of_o the_o behold_n of_o christ_n crucify_v when_o he_o be_v hold_v forth_o unto_o we_o by_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n 3.1_o gal._n 3.1_o there_o crucify_v before_o our_o eye_n when_o we_o consider_v what_o he_o have_v do_v what_o he_o have_v suffer_v for_o we_o and_o reflect_v upon_o ourselves_o and_o there_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o abasement_n what_o be_v it_o that_o shall_v draw_v the_o son_n of_o god_n from_o heaven_n to_o earth_n to_o become_v the_o son_n of_o man_n to_o take_v our_o nature_n upon_o he_o in_o that_o nature_n to_o do_v and_o suffer_v what_o he_o

take_v not_o upon_o he_o the_o nature_n of_o angel_n say_v the_o apostle_n but_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n and_o so_o be_v he_o make_v the_o son_n of_o abraham_n the_o son_n of_o david_n the_o son_n of_o man._n here_o be_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o humane_a nature_n 2._o the_o meanness_n of_o his_o condition_n condition_n 2._o the_o meanness_n of_o his_o condition_n thus_o the_o phrase_n be_v sometime_o use_v in_o scripture_n carry_v a_o tapeinôsis_n with_o it_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o be_v mean_v man_n miserable_a man_n man_n that_o be_v a_o worm_n and_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o be_v a_o worm_n say_v bildad_n in_o job_n chap._n 25._o 25.6_o job_n 25.6_o lord_n what_o be_v man_n say_v the_o psalmist_n that_o thou_o be_v mindful_a of_o he_o 51.12_o psal_n 8.4_o isa_n 51.12_o or_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o thou_o regard_v he_o poor_a man_n base_a man_n so_o our_o translation_n render_v that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n psal_n 49.2_o both_o low_n and_o high_a rich_a and_o poor_a together_o and_o so_o again_o psal_n 62_o 9_o sure_o man_n of_o low_a degree_n be_v vanity_n and_o man_n of_o high_a degree_n be_v a_o lie_n in_o both_o place_n the_o original_a have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beni_n adam_n filii_fw-la hominis_fw-la the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o be_v as_o the_o septuagint_n render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d earthborn_a as_o the_o latin_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v ignoble_a person_n 8.20_o h._n grot._n annot._n in_o mat._n 8.20_o terrae_fw-la filios_fw-la son_n of_o the_o earth_n so_o here_o filii_fw-la adam_n son_n of_o earthy_a man_n base_a man_n oppose_v there_o to_o beni_n ish_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d filii_fw-la viri_fw-la the_o son_n of_o noble_a man_n the_o phrase_n there_o import_v meanness_n of_o condition_n and_o so_o it_o do_v in_o those_o place_n forenamed_a where_o this_o stile_n be_v give_v to_o ezekiel_n and_o daniel_n the_o angel_n call_v they_o son_n of_o man_n to_o humble_v they_o by_o put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o their_o frail_a condition_n and_o in_o a_o like_a sense_n our_o saviour_n appli_v it_o to_o himself_o import_v his_o state_n of_o humiliation_n and_o abasement_n upon_o earth_n wherein_o he_o subject_v himself_o to_o a_o mean_a and_o vulgar_a condition_n be_v god_n bless_v for_o ever_o and_o the_o lord_n of_o all_o he_o empty_v himself_o so_o the_o original_a have_v it_o phil._n 2.7_o 8.20_o phil._n 2.7_o descripsit_fw-la hanc_fw-la voce_fw-la christus_fw-la svam_fw-la illam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr quae_fw-la agitur_fw-la phil._n 2.7_o h._n grot._n ibid._n quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la omni_fw-la seipsum_fw-la ad_fw-la nihil_fw-la redegit_fw-la bez._n annot._n gr._n mat._n 8.20_o nec_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quàm_fw-la apud_fw-la isaram_fw-la cap._n 53.3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d h._n grot._n annot._n in_o matt._n 8.20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seize_v inanivit_n he_o evacuate_v himself_o make_v himself_o of_o no_o reputation_n say_v our_o translation_n divest_v himself_o of_o his_o robe_n of_o majesty_n and_o glory_n he_o bring_v himself_o as_o it_o be_v from_o all_o thing_n to_o nothing_o and_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n subject_v himself_o to_o a_o servile_a mean_a condition_n so_o as_o not_o to_o be_v the_o owner_n of_o any_o thing_n and_o in_o this_o regard_n he_o call_v himself_o the_o son_n of_o man_n the_o son_n of_o man_n have_v not_o where_o to_o lay_v his_o head_n the_o phrase_n sound_v as_o much_o as_o that_o of_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n isai_n 53.3_o contemptus_fw-la &_o abjectissimus_fw-la virorum_fw-la as_o junius_n render_v it_o a_o man_n despise_v and_o reject_v of_o man_n 3._o these_o reason_n of_o the_o phrase_n be_v general_a there_o be_v a_o three_o which_o be_v more_o peculiar_a to_o the_o text_n christ_n here_o style_v himself_o the_o son_n of_o man_n suffer_v 3._o the_o nature_n which_o suffer_v show_v in_o what_o nature_n he_o be_v to_o be_v lift_v up_o to_o be_v crucify_v viz._n in_o his_o humane_a nature_n not_o as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o as_o the_o son_n of_o man._n true_a indeed_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n in_o one_o person_n and_o by_o a_o communication_n of_o property_n as_o divine_n call_v it_o the_o death_n and_o passion_n of_o christ_n be_v attribute_v to_o the_o whole_a person_n which_o be_v denominate_v sometime_o from_o one_o nature_n sometime_o from_o another_o and_o thence_o it_o be_v the_o apostle_n say_v that_o 20.28_o act_n 20.28_o god_n purchase_v the_o church_n with_o his_o own_o blood_n that_o be_v that_o person_n who_o be_v true_o god_n as_o well_o as_o man_n 2.8_o 1_o cor._n 2.8_o he_o shed_v his_o blood_n which_o he_o do_v not_o as_o god_n but_o as_o man_n whole_a christ_n be_v lift_v up_o suffer_v die_v but_o it_o be_v according_a to_o his_o humane_a nature_n so_o st._n peter_n explain_v it_o 1_o pet._n 3.18_o christ_n be_v put_v to_o death_n in_o the_o flesh_n so_o again_o chap._n 4.1_o christ_n suffer_v in_o the_o flesh_n that_o be_v in_o or_o according_a to_o his_o humane_a nature_n as_o for_o the_o godhead_n it_o be_v immortal_a impassable_a it_o can_v neither_o die_v nor_o suffer_v it_o be_v the_o manhood_n that_o be_v the_o proper_a and_o immediate_a subject_n of_o this_o passion_n and_o therefore_o say_v our_o saviour_n the_o son_n of_o man_n must_v be_v lift_v up_o in_o the_o type_n resemble_v the_o truth_n the_o brazen_a serpent_n christ_n in_o to_o dwell_v no_o long_o upon_o the_o phrase_n come_v we_o now_o to_o bring_v these_o two_o together_o the_o type_n and_o the_o truth_n the_o serpent_n and_o the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o see_v how_o the_o one_o resemble_v and_o answer_v to_o the_o other_o these_o resemblance_n be_v many_o but_o i_o shall_v not_o take_v up_o every_o particular_a i_o shall_v only_o reflect_v upon_o those_o few_o which_o i_o name_v already_o begin_v with_o 45.2_o 1._o the_o matter_n isai_n 45.2_o 1._o the_o matter_n of_o the_o serpent_n it_o be_v brass_n brass_n a_o strong_a and_o durable_a metal_n endure_v both_o the_o hammer_n and_o the_o fire_n a_o fit_a emblem_n of_o strength_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o strong_a impediment_n be_v call_v gate_n of_o brass_n psal_n 107.16_o and_o a_o imprignable_a strength_n be_v call_v a_o wall_n of_o brass_n jer._n 1.18_o and_o chap._n 15.20_o 9.6_o dr._n taylour_n christ_n reveal_v p._n 308._o isai_n 9.6_o and_o herein_o some_o observe_v a_o fit_a resemblance_n of_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o lord_n strong_a and_o mighty_a as_o he_o be_v call_v psal_n 24.8_o strong_a to_o stand_v against_o all_o the_o power_n of_o hell_n a_o brazen_a wall_n mighty_a to_o deliver_v his_o people_n mighty_a to_o subdue_v and_o destroy_v his_o enemy_n and_o thence_o describe_v by_o his_o foot_n of_o brass_n revel_v 2.15_o able_a to_o tread_v under_o foot_n all_o adverse_a power_n mighty_a to_o suffer_v and_o undergo_v what_o ever_o the_o justice_n of_o 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