Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	blood_n	life_n	shed_v	3,592	5	9.2305	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01030	A preparatiue sermon, to the Lords table, preached by the Reuerend Mr. Iohn Forbes, pastour to the Companie of Marchant Aduentureres residing in Delff	Forbes, John, 1568?-1634.	1632 (1632)	STC 11133; ESTC S120856	19,249	70

hath vvrought our eternall redemption and did glorifie himselfe in that same flesh vvith that glorie that he had vvith the Father before the vvorld vvas all to this end that he might aduance vs to the same dignitie vvith himselfe for though as God he had povver sufficientlie to saue vs yet vve had neuer bene pertakers of it if he had not prepared the vvay by his flesh to communicate it vvith man and if Christ himselfe in our nature had not taken possessiō of the glorie and kingdome of God it had bene impossible for any other man euer to haue come to the participation of that glorie or kingdome and thus much for the first point that is of him from vvhom we must haue this bread Novv let vs come to the manner hovv vve shall get it and that is set dovvne in the svvords he shall giue it vnto you A man might thinke by the former vvords of Christ vvhen he vvills vs to labour for it that a man himselfe by labour vvere the purchaser of it but it is not so let a man doe vvhat he can he is still vnvvorthie of it yet not vvithstanding Christ vvill haue vs to knovv that the man that seeks for it shall get it though neither hee nor his labour be vvorthie of it Christ requires no more of thee but to seeke for it and he vvill freely giue it thou canst haue nothing vvherevvith to buy it and therefore the Lord calls vpon euery one that thirsts to come and drinke freely they may haue it vvithout siluer or vvithout any price seeing they can haue it for the seeking only O hovv iustly shall these vvretches be damned that vvill take no paines to beg or seeke for it of all things in the vvorld this shall be one of the chiefest that shal gnaw the hearts of men most miserablie vvhen they shall see themselues eternallie damned because they neuer sought after life in Christ but vvhen they should haue sought for it they gaue themselues to seeke their pleasures did loue rather to hunt after a vvhore and their beastly lusts then after Christ the Son of God Sauiour of the world mark Christs speech Iohn 5. You vvill not come vnto me saith Christ that I might giue you eternall life he desires no more of them but that they vvill come to him and he vvill giue them life Alas hovv many is there vvho vvhen Christ doth call vpon them and couer his table vnto them and offer his flesh that vvas broken for them and his blood that vvas shed for the remission of their sinnes vvho not vvithstanding vvill not come at all vnto the blessed Table of the Lord shall euer Christ thinke these men vvorthie of eternall life that vvhen they may haue the food of it for comming vnto it doe not vvithstanding neglect it If vve did but see our miserie and our vvretched estate in sinne vnder Gods vvrath then vve vvould make great account of that vvee dispise and our hearts vvould smite vs for our contempt of that vvithout vvhich their is no life to our soules that is the only bread vvhich brings eternall life to our soules O vvhat vertue vvhat comfort vvhat life and efficacie vnto life shall vvee find in that flesh and in that blood if vve did truly embrace it receiue it from Christ certainly many thousands depriue themselues of all ioy and true consolation in Christ only because they vvill not paine themselues to seeke it Iames vpbraids men in his time not only because they asked amisse but he tells them they got nothing because they asked not and the same Iames shevves vs that if a man doe aske he shall receaue when he saith If any man lack wisdom let him aske of God that giues liberally to all and Christ confirmes the same in the Gospel vvhen he bids vs aske vve shall haue seeke vve shall find their damnatiō then must needs be iust that neuer sought after Christ Novv the last point vvhich vve are to knovve is concerning the ground of all our assurance that vvee shall get this bread vvhich endures vnto eternall life from Christ that is set dovvne in these vvords For him hath God the Father sealed These vvords comprehend a matter of chlefe moment for our consideration for if this vvere not all the knovvledge of Christ vvere but small comforte to a poore sinfull soule but this it is that giues vs ioy in the contemplation of Christ crucified that vve knovv that God the Father hath sealed him To consider this place therefore a right vvee are to knovv that it is taken from the custome of men vvho vvhen they vvill haue any thing to be made sure and sted-fast and vvhen they vvill make it to haue authoritie and strength they are accustomed to adde their seale to it to confirme it by vvhich vvhatsoeuer is promised is made more stronge so God by this sorte of speech doth shevv vs that not only he hath giuen Christ to be our Sauiour according as hee declares in his VVord and that hee is that Lambe of God that takes avvay the sinnes of the vvorld and that hee hath not only reconciled al things by the blood of his crosse but also to make all things sure and firme that vvee might neuer call this into question hee hath ratified all this by adding his seale vnto it Out of this vve are first to learne That the naked knovvledge and consideration of Christ and vvhat God hath made him vnto vs is not sufficient to saluation except vvee know that God the Father hath sealed Christ to be all in all vnto vs that hee hath promised and vvhich he hath made him to be vvhereby I may be confirmed that vvhatsoeuer God saith Christ is or vvhatsoeuer God is said to haue made him for mee is vndoubtedly so here vve may se that in our minds vve must ascend higher then Christ himselfe or the promise of God in him to seeke the chiefest ground or stay of our faith vvhich allthough it can haue no ground vvithout Christ and vvithout the promise yet neither the promise nor Christ in vvhom the promise is yea and amen could be any sure ground of life saluation to me vnlesse both came from this and vvere stamped vvith this seale of the Father in Christ for all though that Christs flesh be said to giue life to those that are pertakers of it yet the ground and reason of this stands in this that the Father hath sealed him in his flesh to be the life of the vvorld so that vvithout knovvledge of this our hope and faith vvere vaine Let vs therefore come to consider this seale of God First in generall vve knovv that a seale vvhen it is applied doth leaue the impression of it selfe most liuely in the vvax vvhere into it is set so that all the forme the shape and marks that are in the seale are liuely imprinted in the vvax thus hath God the Father dealt vvith his Sonne