Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	law_n	sin_n	transgression_n	2,676	5	10.9658	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26693	A most familiar explanation of the Assemblies shorter catechism wherein their larger answers are broken into lesser parcels, thereby to let in the light by degrees into the minds of the learners : to which is added in the close, a most brief help for the necessary but much neglected duty of self-examination to be daily perused : and to this is subjoined a letter of Christian counsel to a destitute flock / by Jos. Allaine.	Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Shorter catechism.	1674 (1674)	Wing A974; ESTC R25230	60,470	184

perfectly to keep them A. In this life Q. May not we keep them sincerely in this life A. Yes Q. How cannot we keep them then in this life A. Not perfectly Q. Do we break Gods Commandments A. Yes Q What daily and con●inually A. Yes Q. In what A. In thought word and deed Q. 82. Are all transgressions of the Law equally heinous A. Some sins in themselves and by reason of several aggravations are more heinous in the sight of God than others Q. What do you mean by more heinous A. More grievous and more offensive in the sight of God Q. How many ways may some sins be more grievous and hein●us than others A. Two ways viz. 1. Of themselves and of their own nature 2. By reason of their aggravations Q What do you mean by aggravations A. Such circumstances as do make a sin to be greater then without them it were Q. Do sins grow greater then of themselves they were by their aggravating or heightning circumstances as for example from the time when the place where the manner in which the means by which the reason why the person by whom the person against whom they are committed A. Yes Q. And are some sins of themselves or in their own nature more heinous than others As the highest sins against the First Table more heinous than the highest against the Second Table A. Yes Q. And wilful sins more heinous then fins of infirmity sins against knowledg then those of ignoranc sins ripened into action then sins begun in the thoughts and sins of custom and delibertion then those committed through some sudden passion and instant force of temptation A. Yes Qu. 82. What doth every sin deserve A. Every sin deserveth Gods wrath and curse both in this life and that which is to come Q. What is it that deserveth Gods wrath and cu●se A. Sin Q What sin A. Every sin Q. What the least sin A. Yes Q. What an evil thought or an idle word A. Yes Q. What is the just deserts of the least sin A. Gods wrath and curse Q. When doth sin deserve Gods wrath and curse to be inflicted on man A. Both in this life and that which is to come Q. 83. What doth God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin A. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin God requireth of us Faith in Jesus Christ repentance unto life with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of Redemption Q. Is Gods wrath and curse due to us A. Yes Q. For what A. For sin Q. Is there any way to escape this wrath and curse A. Yes Q. Is there any thing required on our part to escape them A. Yes Q. What A. Faith Repentance and a diligent use of means Q. And doth he require repentance as well as Faith of us or hath Christ repented and believed for us A. He requireth them of us Q. Who communicates to us the benefits of redemption A. Christ. Q. What do you mean by communicating them to us A. Conveying them or imparting them to us Q. Doth he communicate or convey his benefits by means or without means A. By means Q. Doth he make use of any outward means to communicate or convey his benefits to us A. Yes Q. What benefits doth he by these means convey unto us A. The benefits of redemption Q. And cannot we escape without the use of these means A. No. Q. What kind of use must we make of these means A. A diligent use Q. May we neglect them and yet escape A. No. Q. Or will a careless use of them be enough A. No. Q. Why doth God require of us Faith and Repentance and the diligent use of the outward means A. That we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin Q. 84. What is faith in Jesus Christ A. Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the Gospel Q. In whom must our Faith be A. In Jesus Christ. Q. Is Faith in Christ a common or a saving grace A. A saving grace Q. What do we do by Faith A. Thereby we receive and rest upon Christ Q. What do we receive by Faith only the benef●●s of Christ A. No. Q. What himself A. Yes Q. And doth faith rest upon Christ A. Yes Q. Upon any other besides Christ A. No. Q. Or upon any other together with Christ A. No. Q. Doth it receive and rest upon him alone A. Yes Q. For what doth Faith receive and rest upon Christ alone A. For salvation Q. Is Faith only the believing that Christ died for sinners A. No. Q. Or is it the believing that he died in particular for me to save me A. No. Q. Is it the receiving and resting upon Christ alone for salvation A. Yes Q. Is Christ offered to us A. Yes Q. Where A. In the Gospel Q. And doth true faith take or receive an offered Christ A. Yes Q. How doth it take him A. As he is offered in the Gospel Q. Is Christ offered to us in the Gospel as our King Priest and Prophet A. Yes Q. And is it not true faith except we thus take Christ as he is offered A. No. Q. Doth faith enable us to take Christ as a King to be ruled by him alone A. Yes Q. And as a Priest to be saved by him alone A. Yes Q. And as a Prophet to be guided by him alone A. Yes Q. And have not they true faith that do not take Christ in all these respects A. No. Q. 85. What is Repentance unto life A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace whereby a sinner out of the true sense of his sin and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ doth with grief and hatred of his sin turn from it unto God with full purpose of and endeavour after new obedience Q. What repentance is here described A. Repentance unto life Q. Why is it called Repentance unto life A. Because God hath promised us life upon our repentance Q What do we in repentance turn from A. From sin Q. What do we turn unto A. Unto God Q. Doth it turn the heart A. Yes Q. And doth it turn the life A. Yes Q. And doth true repentance chiefly lie in our turning frrom sin unto God both in heart and life A. Yes Q. How doth the penitent turn from sin unto God A. With grief for and hatred of it Q. Is there never true repentance without real grief for sin A. No. Q. Is it not true repentance to forbear sin out of fear except there be also an hatred of it A. No. Q. Whence doth this grief for and hatred of sin arise in the sinner A. Out of the true sight of sin and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ. Q. Can there be no true repentance without a true sight