Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	apostle_n	church_n	faith_n	2,015	5	5.2733	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76090	[Chrysammoi] Golden sands, or, A few short hints about the riches of grace. Part I begun to be opened from the words of the Apostle, in Eph. 2,7 ... : dedicated to the royal bud of our English hopes, Princesse Elizabeth / by John Bachiler ...	Batchiler, John, ca. 1615-1674.; Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1635-1650.	1647 (1647)	Wing B1073A; ESTC R42998	28,635	167

found grace in thy sight saith Gideon to the Angel of the Lord and Moses often that I may find grace in thy sight Exod. 33.12 13 16 17. Gen. 39.4 And Joseph found grace in the sight of his Master and he served him It sometimes signifi's a placability or gentle appeaseablenes of spirit an aptnes to be reconciled and return againe to thoughts of former amity and friendship forgetting and passing by of injuries if any such have been Thus Jacob to his brother Esau when he brought his Present Gen. 38.8 these are to find grace in the eyes of my Lord. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Invenire vel conciliare gratiam It sometime signifie's an honourable esteeme grounded upon an apprehension of something excellent in a person 't is said of the Apostles whose preaching was grown famous to a multitude that believed Acts 5.32 Great grace was upon them all Luke 2.42 And Jesus grew in wisdome and stature in favour 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 grace with God and man It sometime signifies a testimony of speciall good will conferred upon a person in some eminent marke of favour Rom. 1.5 By whom we have received grace and Apostleship Ester 2.17 And the King loved Esther above al the women and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more then all the Virgins so that he set the Royall Crown upon her head Thus when Kings make Earles and Dukes by Charter or Patent the Royall stile is Wee of our speciall good will or of our meer grace and favour c. It sometime signifi's a gift freely given thus of the contributions from the Churches of Macedonia 2 Cor. 8.1 after whose example the Apostle exhort's the Corrinthians therefore as ye abound in every thing fee that ye abound in this grace also v. 7. In this sense after an especial manner the gifts and divine qualifications of the Saints are called Graces 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gratia gratis data as the grace of Faith the grace of Love the grace of meeknes c. which live as so many heavenly principles habits or Rootes of holinesse in the hearts where they are planted Lastly to mention but this one more most properly most emphatically and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is spoken of God and signifi's the most abundant freenes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gratia grati● dans and bountifulnes of his heart in the blessed communications of himselfe unto his Elect as such I say as such for none else are the proper objects of this grace but they it is their peculiar attribute God is good to others but gracious to them only to them he Ray's forth and Beam's out himselfe He diffuseth and shed's among them the pure and bright emanations of his glory so that 't is their priviledge to fit as it were encircled with irradiations with eternall smiles from his face so powerfully are his affections ever working towards them through this his grace that to them he is alwayes most easy to be intreated most placable most sweet Them he embraceth and embosometh with a kind of in-bred naturall Love a Love so exceeding active in the declarations of it selfe that it never ceaseth dispensing to the Saints the most rich things they are capable of either here or hereafter Of this grace it is and the riches of it we shall now speak CHAP. II. That there is a richnesse in Grace viz. That Grace which is properly knowne by the name of the Free grace of God NOt a meere putative richnesse a richnes in opinion only whereby things are esteemed rich which are not so in themselves Some Chronicles tell us of pieces of leather that with the Kings stamp upon them passed for currant coyne as Cockle-shels and Fish-bones doe now amongst the Indians But the richnesse which is in the grace we speak of is a reall substantiall sollid richnesse such a richnesse as truly render's it a most rich thing in it selfe though all the world should thinke otherwise which will appeare from these foure Demonstrations besides many others First if you consider this grace in the effects which it selfe onely is causall and influentiall to viz. those supernaturall and most precious operations of it in the Saints hearts Some have fancyed pure gold in the veynes under ground to be nothing else but a condensation of Sunne-beames concocted by the influences which themselves brought with thē which opinion though very absurd and ridiculous yet may serve to illustrate the thing in hand For what are those holy dispositions in renewed hearts those divine participations of Grace we there meet with Are they not the precious things wrought by the Sun the precious things of heaven to allude to that in Deut. 33.13 14. Surely saith Job speaking of the earth there is a veine for silver and a place for gold the stones of it are the place of saphirs and it hath dust of gold in it is hidden every precious thing Job 28.1 6 10. and surely it is as true cōcerning gracious hearts Surely there is a veine for silver and dust of gold there is a place for Saphirs and many a precious thing lies hidden in those hearts Such as the things whereof we read 1 Cor. 2.9 10 11. The things of God the deep things of God the things prepared or wrought by God and that by his free grace onely as is intimated ver 12. And these things what are they else but the very same which for want of some one intelligible word that might fully expresse the richnes of them all at once are represented to us under the many severall exegeticall termes of the richest things in the world viz Silver choice silver gold fine gold choice gold pure gold gold of Ophir Jewels of fine gold Pearles Rubies the pretious Onyx the Saphir the Topaz of Ethiopia See Job 28.14 20. with Prov. 3.14 15. and Prov. 8.10 19. yea better then all these v. 11. All things that can be desired are not to be compared to them Quod facit tale est mag is tale Now that wich is causally productive to such rich things how rich is it in it selfe Secondly the holy Spirit which alwayes speak's Truth it selfe saith 't is rich and that in more places thē one in the New Testament This Spirit also which never mis called any thing call's Grace by its name gave it that name it hath The very Single word Grace though riches had not beene added to it is a word importing a most pretious thing The very word Diamond carry's a sense along with it that speak's it richer then a pebble So that when you name that and a pebble together a man needs not helpe it with adding this Epithet Rich unto it to perswade a belife that 't is better then a pebble In like manner name what you can of created Excellencies the very single monosyllable Grace presently speaks it selfe infinitly more rich and excellent then all things It was a proofe of Adams Wisedome