Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	dead_a	life_n	quicken_v	4,758	5	10.5324	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13119	A receite for grace in a sermon preached in the parish church of Westminster / by Christopher Styles.	Styles, Christopher.	1620 (1620)	STC 23412.5; ESTC S1008	11,697	24

euermore to cleaue stedfastly vnto his gracious promises and without this grace of God it is vnpossible to please God or to doe good Grace is said to bee in a man that hath receiued it as Arte is in the workman that is skilfull in his trade alwayes present but not alwayes working therefore be not high-minded but feare and if thou feelest grace present with thee yet feare lest thou be slacke and negligent to performe those good workes which she exciteth thee vnto if thou feelest a defect of grace in thee the rather feare because the strength of thy soule is departed and thy best guide seemeth quite to forsake thee if the sense of grace returne to thee againe yet feare lest thy sinnes bereaue thee againe of this sweet comfort whatsoeuer we haue wee receiue by grace from God through Iesus Christ and it is therefore called grace because it is giuen gratis Now in a full fountaine wee may take vp as much water as our vessell will containe and if it takes vp but a little the defect is not in the fountaine but in the vessell so in Iesus Christ who is the fountaine of life full of grace truth Thus you see beloued grace is the comlinesse of all things the ioy of all things and the perfection of all things and this grace is thus distinguished to be Infusa Diffusa Effusa powred in spred abroad and spreading foorth First 1. Insusa it is said to be infused distilled into the heart soule and conscience of man whereby he is restrained from euill thoughts for as the small drops of raine doe pierce the hardest stones that lie vnder their droppings and a little water will bring the clay to an excellent temperature which otherwise is hardened by the Sunne In like manner euen by the sweet gentle operation of Gods holy grace that hart which so long was hardened like a stone by sinfull actions and the continuance of wicked practices as we read of Nabal it is now by the spirituall infusion of grace 1. Sam. 25. easily pierced and pricked with compunction as the Iewes at Peters preaching Act. 2.37 so likewise the droping dew of grace being once infused into the hart now hardened against the glorious sun-shine of the Gospell as Sauls Act. 9.1 2. doth easily mollifie and become like Dauids heart which was euen like melting waxe And whereas before all such made no conscience in practising all hainous sinnes now Gods grace is infused into them it will not admit so much as an euill thought to tarry with them Lord euermore giue vs this grace Secondly it is said to be scattered 2. Diffusa sild out as it were to bee spred abroad in the heart And as the good wine which Iesus made of the water Ioh. 2. ● was fild out of the stony pots to bee serued vnto the ghests at the marriage table So the ioyful gift of grace being once infused into the heart of earth and stone is fild out as it were and proceedeth by the mouth into words that are alwayes gracious Ephes 4.29 to edifie all those that shall bee ghests at the Supper of the Lambes marriage Reuel 19.9 As the sweet Singer of Israel sweetly prophesied of Christ Diffusa est gratia in labijs tuis Psal 45.3 Grace is powred out by thy lips for so S. Ierome reades it and thus expoundeth it Because saith he the law came by Moses Ioh. 1.17 but grace and truth came by Iesus Christ Full of grace are thy lips for so the common translation beares it for with a word thou healedst euery disease with a word thou madest the sea to bee calme with a word thou didst cōmand the winds to be silent with a word thou calledst Lazarus and he came forth of the graue when he had lien dead there foure dayes before Finally with a word whatsoeuer and whensoeuer thou speakest the word the grace of thy lips hath brought it to passe as when thou diddest send the Holy Ghost to sit vpon the Apostles in the likenesse of clouen tongues of fire Act. 2.3 thou didst thereby teach them to speake learnedly effectually graciously Heere obserue that into whomsoeuer grace is once infused it wil suffer no euil thoughts to remaine there any longer so likewise it being scattered in the heart it spreads further of it selfe and fills the mouth with the praises of God according to that sweet saying of the Royall Prophet Psal 115.17 18. The dead praise not thee O Lord neither all they that goe downe into the silence but wee will praise the Lord from this time forth for euermore And most true it is for how can they praise God whose harts are dead by sinne But such as are quickened by the life of grace doe doubtlesse praise the Lord with ioyfull lippes Thirdly 3. Effusa Grace is said to be powred out in great abundance ouerflowing as it were streaming forth vnto all our actions Gen. 2. For as out of Eden there went a riuer to water the garden and from thence it was diuided became into foure heads so by the Holy Ghost from Iesus Christ our spirituall Eden of pleasure the riuer of grace goeth forth to water the spirituall Paradise mans heart Gods garden of delight Psalm 147.11 and from thence it is diuided into so many heads as wee haue actions that so all our thoughts our words our workes may begin continue and bee finished by grace Rom. 6.14 and therefore saith the Apostle Sin shall now haue no more dominion ouer you for you are not vnder the law but vnder grace By which grace we are taught first what to desire and that is to doe well all the dayes of our liues euen to do the will of God our heauenly Father for euermore Also it teacheth vs what to auoid that is all vngodlinesse which corrupteth our vnderstanding and all wordlines which corrupteth our affections that with pure hearts and cleane hands we may truly serue God in holinesse and righteousnesse for euermore Finally it teacheth vs how to liue and that is soberly and not lasciuiously touching our selues iustly not deceitfully towards our neighbours faithfully and deuoutly in our religion to God Thus you haue heard beloued at large what grace is and what be the powers and vertuous effects of the same And now I will conclude in a word to shew you who they be and how it is that so many receiue the grace of God in vaine Hee receiueth the grace of God in vaine that is not exercised in the practices of obedience euen good works as holy Dauid speaking of the blessed man Psalm 1.2 saith In Gods Law he will exercise himselfe both day and night therefore if we desire to haue the grace of God to abide with vs continually of necessity we must keepe our selues from vices and nourish this holy Spirit of grace with the vertuous exercises of a

behold the Preacher stand ouer the graues of their soules now dead by sinne crying out and proclaiming the vengeance of God against euery sin and weeping for the daughter of Sion because of the neemesse of her iudgement and for the hardnesse of her heart that at the least they may be forced to say within themselues Behold how he loueth vs It may be the best meanes also to prouoke them to consider of the estate of their soules and to search and try out all their wayes and to turne againe vnto the Lord. Thus let our charitable compassion in teaching win the people to contrition and conuersion and let the hearers teares be the Preachers praise And here I must admonish you beloued that you doe not rashly and vnreuerently accuse your Teachers and when they generally aime to smite at sin with the two edged Sword Gods Word that then you make no priuate or particular application of his words against his meaning For we come not as Nathan did to Dauid poynting at the sinner 2. Sam. 12.7 Mat. 13.3 to say Thou art the man but as the sower that comes to sowe his seed if it lighteth on stony ground where it cannot take root that is hearts so hardened by sinne that they cannot repent we sorrow that we haue laboured in vaine and may iustly take vp Saint Peters complaint to our Sauiour that we haue fished all night and caught nothing And if our seed fall by the high-way-side as when we speake to vnprepared hearers where the fowles of the ayre gather it vp such are wandring lookes idle apparell vnreuerent gesture of the body the like stil we haue cause to mourne because you sorrow not or if our seed fall among thornes where the couetous cares of the world the lustfull pleasures of the flesh and the diabolicall life of pride spring vp to choke the Word and to catch and cauill at him that sowed the Word yet still we must arme our selues to beare this iniurie But if our seed fall vpon the good ground of a sanctified heart an honest heart prepared to receiue the Word with ioy and to imbrace the Teachers thereof with delight lo those are easily moued with our doctrines and sweetly drawn by our entreatings to bring forth the fruits of a godly life in the holinesse of their conuersation And these we doe beseech and for their sakes and by their examples all the rest that they receiue not the grace of God in vain And so I come to the last and great part of my Text the Apostles fidelity who laboureth to teach that onely vnto them which is most profitable for them namely how to retaine the grace of God and that they in no wise receiue the same in vaine Thirdly and lastly in speaking of the Apostles fidelity marke heere how hee doth not seeke to please them with words but in soundnesse of doctrine doth instruct them and teach them the way that they should chuse namely that they may grow in grace and not to receiue the grace of God in vaine Amongst many other attributes and titles whereby God is described he is called Gracious Exod. 34.6 not for that onely he is so in himselfe but because he gratifieth all sorts This word Grace is vnderstood three manner of wayes 1. Sometimes it is taken for grace and fauour by which a man through his gracious carriage in word and conuersation becommeth acceptable and obtaineth grace and fauour in the eyes of all that are not enuious Prou. 3.34 Luk. 2. vlt. and so he giueth grace to the humble and so Iesus grew in wisedome and stature and in grace and fauour with God and men 2. Sometimes it is taken for the vndeserued grace and fauour which is offered to any out of good will or to an offendour after some iniury receiued at his hands as when the King pardoneth offendors and one forgiuing another their trespasses Gen. 6.1 So Noah found grace in the sight of the Lord when all the rest of the world were drowned saue onely himselfe and his small Family And so the Angel told Mary Luk. 1.30 that she had found grace and fauour with God Therefore without any merit of hers at all it pleased God to chuse this Virgin aboue all other Virgins in the world to beare his Sonne her Sauiour in her wombe Thus Paul also by the grace of God became a faithfull Preacher to the Church of God that a little before was a cruell persecutor of the same and now became a chosen Vessell to beare the Name of God vnto the Gentiles Act. 9.15 3. Sometimes it is taken for those gifts that come of Gods grace and that as well such naturall graces such are faith repentance and all the godly motions of an holy soule as Lydia when she beleeued Peter when hee repented and Iob when hee trusted God as also vnnaturall gifts such are knowledge vnderstanding vtterance and grace Grace is effectually in the Elect by the sense knowledge and effects thereof but simply it is in God alone in whom all vertues are most perfect and absolutely excellent for the proper seate of grace is in God and consequently in his Sonne Iesus Christ and all that we receiue is from God and commeth downe from aboue Iam. 1.17 euen from the Father of light with whom is no variablenes neither shadow of turning The least gift is a grace therefore let our prayers and praises ascend vp vnto God that he may bee pleased to powre downe the blessing of his gracious Spirit vpon vs when we feele Gods grace let vs giue humble thankes and praise vnto God for it and when we feele the want of grace let vs pray heartily vnto God Almighty for it and God giue vs all grace to performe this duty faithfully for euermore Grace is a name deriued of ioy for nothing is so fruitfull of ioy as grace and grace in the primitiue signification is nothing else but a free loue and fauour of a superiour to his inferiour for his comfort and ioy as of a Prince to his Subiects of a father to his children of a master to his seruants and of God to the faithfull whereby euery one in their seuerall functions diligently and faithfully doe the worke of their calling in cheerfulnesse without grudging being alwaies assured of their Soueraignes gracious loue and fauour vnto them Moreouer grace is said to bee the light of the soule and therefore hee that is destitute of the light of grace dwelleth in the darknesse of sinne and without it shall neuer see the light of glory and ioy for grace is the pledge of glory and bee cannot lose the one that keepes the other nor obtaine the one without the other Heb. 4.26 Let vs therefore goe boldly vnto the Throne of Grace that wee may receiue mercy and find grace to helpe in the time of need By grace a man is taught to know his sinne to loue God aboue all and