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	quicken_v	trespass_n	3,621	5	10.4863	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78006	Christ the Sts advantage both in life and death. A sermon preached at the funerall of Ms Elisabeth Coke, wife to Colonell Tho. Coke of Pebmersh, Esquire. By Thomas Burrough, preacher of the Gospel at Pebmersh in Essex.	Burroughes, Thomas, b. 1611 or 12.	1646 (1646)	Wing B6130; Thomason E1200_3; ESTC R208763	15,668	69

if either I must forsake them or deny Christ were they a thousand times dearer I would willingly leave them Deerest friends chiefest delights coming in competition with Christ must be disregarded In this case wee must Patrem calcare c. as Jerome speaketh wee must trample upon father and cast away mother we must know no relation so as to hinder us from Christ Hee that doth not thus hate father and mother and wife and children in respect of Christ is not worthy of Christ Thus you see upon inquiry that there is no soule-satisfying comfort to be found on this side Christ As every thing moveth towards its owne proper center and is not at rest untill it come thither so the soule of a true beleever inclineth and moveth towards Christ and never resteth contented untill it come to Christ and hath the fruition of Christ As Noah's Dove found no rest untill shee returned to the Ark and as the Bee findeth no rest untill shee returne to the hive so the soule that truely desireth communion with Christ can meet with no true contentation but in Christ As David sweetly Returne unto thy rest O my soule for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee The reconciled face and favour of God in Christ is the onely true rest of the soule The soule is restlesse untill it finde this rest Now as you have seen that there is no true comfort to be found in any enjoyment on this side Christ So wee shall endeavour to give in some arguments to prove That it is Christ alone in whom this comfort is wrapped up That the Lord Jesus Christ is a beleevers greatest advantage and best comfort both in life and death REAS. 1. Because Christ onely can free the soule from the greatest evill from the greatest burthen here in this life What is it that maketh the life of many a poor soule to be as bitter as death it selfe that maketh them to walk mournfully and Rachel-like refuse to be comforted Is it not sense of sinne and the weight of remaining corruption Doth not this constraine the poor wearied soule to cry out O wretched man that I am c. Now it is Christ alone that can ease this burthen I thanke God through Christ saith the Apostle Hee hath borne our griefes and carried our sorrowes saith the Prophet Isai 53.4 Wee are naturally dead in sinnes and trespasses 't is he that hath quickened us Wee have 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an hand-writing against us 't is hee alone that hath taken it away and nailed it on his crosse We are subject to the power of darknesse 't is hee that hath spoyled principalities and powers Coloss 2.15 Hee hath disarmed Sathan of all power finally to hurt his elect It is Christ alone that can free the soule not onely from the guilt and punishment of sinne but also from the power and dominion of sinne Hee was made sinne for us that is by imputation that wee might be made the righteousnesse of God in him 2 Cor. 5.21 God in his eternall councell appointed Christ to be surety for his elect and for his righteousnesse sake to accept of them as if they had been perfectly righteous in themselves Whom hee hath set forth saith the Apostle to be a propitiation for sinne Rom. 3.25 The originall word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sheweth the everlasting purpose of God to give his Sonne for the redemption of his elect So the same word is used Rom. 8.28 Christ was designed to this work of propitiation that is to bring his elect againe into grace and favour with God which hee performed By the merit of his death By the obedience of his life And also by the holinesse and purity of his birth and conception 1. By the merit of his death submitting himselfe to the whole curse of God deserved by their sinnes and standing in the gappe as it was said of Moses so bearing the brunt of Gods fiery wrath and indignation and thereby removing from them whatsoever Wrath or Justice could be offended at 2. By the obedience of his life in fulfilling Gods most righteous Law by yeelding perfect and entire obedience whereby they are accounted just and righteous And 3. By the holinesse and purity of his conception and birth imputed unto them whereby they are accounted personally as holy and pure in the sight of God as if they themselves had been conceived and born without spot of sinne And this holinesse and purity of Christs humane nature is no lesse reckoned to beleevers for healing their defiled nature then his obedience and suffering for remission of actuall sinnes and acquitting them from eternall destruction And to this purpose saith the Apostle Christ is made to us of God Wisedome Righteousnesse Sanctification and Redemption 1 Cor. 1.30 CHRIST is made to such as beleeve in him not onely Righteousnesse in respect of his perfect fulfilling the Law of GOD for them but Sanctification also in respect of his holinesse innocency and most perfect purity of his holy and sanctified nature Thus there is from CHRIST made over to the true beleever whatever is needfull to his full and perfect justification in the sight of GOD. First There is merit and passion upon the Crosse answering for that curse and torment which hee deserved Secondly Integrity and obedidience of life answering for his disobedience Thirdly Perfect purity of nature answering for the impurity of his corrupt nature Now what greater comfort can there be to a beleeving soule then to have all his sinnes discharged and blotted out and himselfe acquitted in the sight of God and accounted as holy and pure as if hee had been conceived and born without sinne And to finde all his sinnes in CHRIST not onely pardoned but also overpowred and himselfe daily by degrees changed from one steppe of glorious excellency to another in sinnes ruine and graces reviving by the Spirit of the LORD Like as that poore cripple wee reade of Acts 3. v. 8. when hee was cured hee walked into the Temple praising GOD and leaping for joy even so the soule that findeth it selfe once thus set free by CHRIST cannot but with much more abundant joy triumphantly rejoyce in the free grace and mercy of GOD in CHRIST which hath set it free yea with a joy unspeakable and full of glory 1 Pet. 1. vers 8. None knoweth the joy that such finde but the soule that hath laboured under the same burden and tasted of the like freedome A stranger intermedleth not with this joy REAS. 2. Because CHRIST onely can conferre upon the soule the greatest good What is the chiefest good that the soule is capable of here in this life What is it to have an heaven upon earth Is it not to enjoy GOD to have an intimate acquaintance with the LORD JESUS CHRIST to enjoy the sweet manifestations of his presence John 14. ver 21. Is not this the chiefest good and the great request of the soule To be kissed with the kisses of CHRIST'S