Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	adam_n	law_n	transgression_n	5,599	5	10.5016	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13261	A Christian loue-letter sent particularly to K.T. a gentlewoman mis-styled a Catholicke, but generallie intended to all of the Romish religion, to labour their conuersion to the true faith of Christ Iesus. By Iohn Swynnerton, Gent	Swynnerton, John.	1606 (1606)	STC 23558; ESTC S120777	49,016	88

much you detract away from Gods mercy in Christ which is the proper and onely price whereby the same is purchased God which is rich in mercy saith Paule through his great loue wherewith he loued vs Esphe 2 4. euen when we were dead in sinne hath quickened vs together in Christ for by grace are ye saued and hath raised vs vp together and made vs sit together in heauenly things through Christ Iesus And in another place formerly alledged God hath not saued vs for the deeds of righteousnesse which we haue wrought but of his mercy hath he saued vs. Heere the mercye of God appeareth like it selfe Paule giueth it his due and maketh it the only doer of the matter of saluation you on the contrary beleeue that you shal be saued by your works only or at least by your works this grace coupled togither heer the mercy of god is shewed forth vnlike it selfe you rob it of his due making it either nothing at all as when you wil be iustified meerly by your own deeds without it or at least but a partner with you when your deeds must draw in the same yoke with it as coaiutors or fellow workers in that busines Assure you selfe therefore that the perfect and infinite mercy of our good and gratious God doth not agree with the imaginary merit of flesh and blood but is and that not a little indignified by this grosse and presumptuous doctrine for doe but seriously ponder with your selfe whether that mercy can be infinit that hath neede of a supplement and how it can be perfect when it must be eeked out with deedes of imperfection yet is it perfect and infinite and shall euer remaine so let neuer so many millions of your merit founders deserue thereof as ill as they can by such their confidency in their owne deseruinges The same indignity you profer to the iustice of God which being likewise as his mercy is perfect and infinite you hope neuerthelesse will be satisfied with corrupted intigrety and appeased with your poluted righteousnesse but you are as wide from the truth as the East is from the West for there is no iustice that can stand against the iustice of God but that which carrieth proportion answearable therunto It requireth an entire and ful paiment And it is not the low-prized drosse of Egypt our stained impure actions but the refined gold of Saba the vnspotted and pure righteousnesse of christ Iesus that in the great day of our accompt will passe for currant No no you should be so far from arrogating vnto your selfe any ability to the answering of that so infinite and awful iustice of God almighty as rather firmely and constantly to rest assured that the vprightnes of al the men on earth though the same indeede respectiuely be pleasing and acceptable vnto God nor the integrity of all the Angels of heauen yet I know they excell in strength and are now confirmed from euer falling nor the holinesse of all the Saintes both in heauen and in earth albeit I confesse they make vp that church which christ himselfe calleth faire and without spot and honoreth beside with the title of his sister his loue his spouse his doue and his vndefiled That the vprightnes I say integrity and holinesse of all these Angels and saints nay the power of all their desert ioyned together cannot calme the tempest of Gods iustice from showring downe indignation vpon all the sons of Adam for their originall and actuall transgression nor so much as qualifie the said iustice towards your selfe in particular nor make a condigne satisfaction for your sins only no not for the least sinne though you extenuate and mince it to the least of your veniall sins that euer you committed for any sinne is a breach of the whole law and who knoweth not the transgression of the law is that proper act of rebellion whereby this infinite iustice is so worthily incensed as without an infinite satisfaction neuer to be apeased yet are you bold of your selfe to rush in vpon that displeased maiesty and hauing no lawfull warrant to present the same with an hollow bird of your owne worthinesse but you haue often heard that it is ill dallieng with saints and let me by the way aduise you to beware how you iest any more with such edg-tooles as Gods iustice Howbeit your doctrine of merites for all these wronges both to the mercye and Iustice of God doth not yet finde lymits to bound his outrage in but breaketh out further to ouerflow euen the obedience and sufferinges of our mercifull sauior christ Iesus and as much as lieth in the handes of heresie to annihilate his blessed righteousnesse the very truth only and al-sufficient act of our redemption This righteousnesse of christ which none but the rabble of Antichrist will deny you must vnderstand is perfect And it is necessary it should be so for it encountereth the perfect iustice of god and is layed in the ballance to waygh against the same for a wonderfull valew a valew of no lesse worth then the welfar and whole estate of euery christian soule that euer was or euer shall be imprisoned in the corrupt tabernacle of flesh and blood Now you not contented to set down your whole rest vpon the sufficiency of this righteousnesse either pull the same quite out of the ballance and put in steede thereof your own or at least lay yours vpon his to make vp the waight as though the other were sufficient wherein what derogation you proffer to the merit of christs obedience it is most manifest the same being of it selfe so absolute and what madnes you shew therin may be wondered at when al your merits vnto christs are for substance not a drop to the maine Ocean and for waight not so much as a feather to the whole earth The spirit of truth that holy charmer himselfe wil quickly resolue you herein if Adderlike you stop not your eares against him as methinks you should not howsoeuer you be inioyned by man because he alwaies charmeth most wisely Esay 63 3 In one place Christ alone hath troden down the winepresse neither was there any at al that helped him God forbid that I should reioyce in any thing but in the crosse Gala. 6 14 death and passion of our Lord Iesus christ The blood of Iesus christ the son of God clenseth vs from all sinne 1 Ioh 1 7 Now if christ aloue hath troden down that presse that would haue pressed vs to death If we must reioyce in nothing but only in the death of christ Iesus If the precious blood of that sweete sauiour of ours doth only clense vs from all our sins what should we thinke of our selues and of our works What haue we to do that of our selues are but worms of the earth in comparison What haue our works to do that of themselues are but meere vnworthines in the sight of the almighty What I say haue we