Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	believe_v	justify_v	remission_n	4,306	5	10.0145	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82307	Christ held forth by the Word, the onely way to the Father. Or A treatise discovering to all, the difference betweene lawes, bondage, and the Gospels liberty. / By Ionas Dell.	Dell, Jonas, d. 1665.	1646 (1646)	Wing D911; Thomason E1170_2; ESTC R208813	20,080	52

did lay the sins of the children of Israel upon the head of the Goate and the Goate shall beare upon him all their iniquities into a land not inhabited This scape-Goate was a tipe of Christ Christ is come and hath borne away all our sins and so hath made us free and without spot he hath satisfied the Justice of God for all our sins and so as we are considered in Christ we are without spot and so we are lovely in his sight as in Rom. 3.24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousnesse for the remission of sins that is past through the forbearance of God to declare I say at this time his righteousnesse that he might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus Now who can say that the Saints of God are not justified Rom. 6.18 Being then made free from sin ye became the Servants of righteousnesse unto God for he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousnesse of God in him 2 Cor. 5.21 And so you see that that man which hath Christ for his way to the Father stands in the sight of God as having no fault at all in him to the praise of the glory of his grace be it and thus you see it is through him alone that we are set free and are delivered from bondage to stand fast in the Liberty wherewith he hath made us free Is it so that Christ is so our Liberty and so our way that there is no coming to the Father but by him is it so that there is no way to be compleatly happy compleatly to be justified as I said before this doth hold out unto all men that there is a necessity that they all take Christ for the way to the Father there is no other way to the Father but by Christ now not to have Christ is to perish he that hath not Christ for his Liberty and free passe will be bid to stand he will be shut out of the presence of the Father there is some that shall see Abram Isaack and Jacob and all the prophets and yet themselves shut out it is a dangerous thing to reject Christ not to believe in Christ this is the condemnation because ye believe not because ye do not take Christ for your Liberty and way and let passe to the Father that man which hath not Christ for his Liberty and way to the Father is under the law and so is under a curse that is unlesse thou canst keepe the Law for not the hearers of the Law are just before God but the doers of the Law shall be justified as you may see Rom. 2.13 Now if thou hast not Christ for thy way to the Father thou must keepe the Law or else thou wilt be condemned by the Law Gal. 5.18 if ye be led by the Spirit ye are not under the Law that is if you have Christ for your Liberty and way to the Father if you do believe in Jesus Christ then you are not under the Law Rom. 10.4 Christ is the end of the Law for righteousnesse unto every one that believeth so then he that believeth not is yet in bondage under the Law and so is under a curse cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the booke of the Law to do them But no man can keepe the Law therefore no man can be justified by the Law this is evident this is true Gal. 3.11 therefore I say that there is a necessity that thou shouldest take Christ for thy Liberty to the Father therefore I intreate thee to forsake all other wayes to come to Jesus Christ and take him for thy way do not deceive thy selfe leane not on thy one righteousnesse for that will deceive thee that man which presumes to go to God by his own righteousnesse that way is too broad to leade to the Father Mat. 7.14 wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth unto destruction and many there be that go in thereat the way of a mans own righteousnesse is the broad way to destruction do not think to come before God in thy own righteousnesse for that is as filthy rags and as a menstruous cloth thou must deny thyne own duties and put no worth in them thou must not think to be justified by thy prayers were thy prayers crucified for thee I know they were not then I must tell thee that it was one that was crucified that did satisfie the justice of God that was Jesus Christ and thou must of necessity forsake all other wayes and take Christ for thy way as I said before if thou lookest after any other way or usest any other meanes for thy free passe to the Father thou wilt not come into the presence of thy Father for the Father will not allow of any tickets unlesse his Sons hand be unto their passe all other tickets be unlawfull therefore I pray you to looke into the third of Iohn 14. And as Moses lifted up the Serpent into the wildernes Even so must the Son of man be lifted up how was the Serpent lifted up Numb 21.9 2 Kings 18.4 And Moses made a Serpent of Brasse and put it upon a pole and it came to passe that if a Serpent had bitten any man when he beheld the Serpent of Brasse he lived the Brasen Serpent is a type of Christ There is one thing which I would have you take notice of in this brasen Serpent when he was lifted up to the people if they did use any other meanes then to looke upon it they did perish So Jesus Christ being the true Brasen Serpent is lifted up that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life for this was the end why God gave his Son that poore lost undone creatures might not perish but whosoever seekes after any other meanes then Christ shall perish Even as those perished as lookt on any other meanes besides the Brasen Serpent And yet me thinks I hear many say with the young man in the Gospel what shall we do to be saved oh how faine would they be doing of somthing to helpe to save themselves but I tell thee that thou canst do nothing in it it is all done already he hath troden the wine-presse alone and of the people there was none with him that did any thing in it therefore thou must take Christ for thy whole Saviour therefore if any will go to God they must deny themselves and take Christ to be the onely way to the Father do not thinke to be justified by thine own righteousnesse which is of the Law For Paul saith by the deeds of the Law shall no flesh be justified in his sight for by the Law is the knowledge of sin that is all thou canst

attaine unto by the Law thou maist know thy selfe to be a sinner by it and so be under a curse but if thou meane to have life I told thee where it is to be had thou must deny thy selfe and take Christ for thy way to the Father though thou maist go to hell by the deeds yet if thou go to Heaven thou must go by Christ though the way to Hell be broad yet the way to Heaven is streight Mat. 7.14 that is so streight that there is no entring but by Jesus Christ so then it must not be by thy duties nor by performances nor by thine own righteousnesse our Saviour Christ did speake of some in his time Mat. 7.22 many will say Lord Lord unto me in that day have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name cast out divills and in thy name have done many wonderfull works yet Christ will not own them Christ will looke upon thy righteousnesse as filthy rags as a poluted cloath Esa 4 5.24 so Salomon saith I saw a righteous man perish in his righteousnesse Now for a man to thinke to go to the Father by his own righteousnesse it is to perish and to fall short of Heaven and that Paul did know full well for saith he I desire not to be found in mine own righteousnesse which is of the Law but the righteousnesse which is of faith of Jesus Christ so then it is plaine that it is Christ alone that takes us from Bondage and thraldome and sets us at Liberty and then causes us to stand fast in that Liberty whereby he hath made us free Againe I will shew you what kind of Liberty Christ is to the Saints first he is a free way to the Saints they may goe boldly and freely to the Father by Jesus Christ Paul goeth boldly to God being confident that God would heare his prayers Heb. 4.16 Let us come with boldnesse before the Throne of Grace that we may obtaine mercy and finde grace in time of need so Christ saith come and take of the water of life freely there is benefit by having Christ for thy way he will give thee living water whosoever shall drink of the water which I shall give him shall never be more athirst but the water that I shall give him shall be in him as a well of water springing up unto everlasting life John 4.14 so you see Christ is a free way and a refreshing way and therefore behold with joy may you draw water out of the well of salvation Esa 12.3 Secondly Christ is a free way to all commers he is a way for drunkards and for swearers and for uncleane persons and for the ungodly Rom. 5.8 thus God commendeth his love to us in that while we were sinners Christ died for us Christ died for sinners there is not a barr set up against any person whatsoever though thou art a grievous sinner yet if thou canst believe that Christ died for thee he is as free a way for thee as for any other for what saith the Scripture Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto him for righteousnesse Rom. 4.5 but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is accounted to him for righteousnesse for if thou canst believe in Jesus Christ and if the free grace of Christ doth out-bid all thy lusts then Christ is thy way to the Father Rom. 5.6 do not say thou art a great sinner and therefore keepe of from God do not deprive thy selfe of Christ for Christ died for the ungodly Rom. 5.6 thou shalt not be condemned if thou do believe this is that which is required of thee by Jesus Christ that is to believe Zack 13.1 there is a fountaine opened for sin and for uncleannesse that is there is a way opened for the worst of sinners to come to God by Christ those that do come unto him he will in no wise cast of and if thou do come he will make thee cleane Christ will sprinkle cleane water upon thee and thou shalt be cleane therefore do not trouble thy selfe so much with the greatnesse of thy sins that they should be any barr in thy way to hinder thee from comming to Christ this is needlesse we have seene as great sinners as thou come to Christ Even such as crucified him yet Peter said unto them repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins Act. 2.38 What greater sins then these they did despise Jesus Christ they did spet upon him and put him to death what greater sin is there then this to put to death the Son of God yet saith he repent so say I though thy sins be great yet if thou repent and believe thou maist have Christ for thy Liberty and thy way to leade thee to the Father for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God 1 Tim. 2.4 for there is one God and one Mediator betweene God and man the man Christ Jesus so large is the call of Christ that he invites all to come to him and all that do believe in him shall be saved be their sins never so great O com to the Lord Jesus though thy sins be as Scarlet they shall be as white as Snow though they be as red as Crimson they shall be as Wool but some may object and say from 1 Tim. 4.2 that there is power in man to believe and be saved if they will but I deny that I deny that there is ability in any man by nature to believe Phil. 2.13 for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Rom. 8.16 it is not in him that runeth but in God that sheweth mercy as I said before so I say still that Christ most be our Liberty and way and let passe to the Father and he it is alone that delivereth us from the bondage of the Law from the bondage of corruption from the bondage of Ceremonies from the bondage of humane Ordinances which is the bondage of the Conscience under Tyranny Col. 2.20 you shall finde that the Spirit of God doth by Paul blast all those services at one breath intended by men and imposed of necessity upon the conscience in useing those prayers which the service of God anulleth the Apostle calls all such will worship as you may see Col. 2.23 though they pretended humility in all these inovations of men pretended to be loving and hamble yet all this worship is a will worship devised by man becoms a snare to Gods people and then againe this is that our Saviour Christ expresly condemns Mat. 15.9 it is a vaine worship Esa 1. and what is the reason of this what is the ground of all this but because their feare towards me was taught by the precepts of men Esa 29.13 this is the very ground why the service devised by men is a bondage before God and as nothing but meere hypocrisy