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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	believe_v	faith_n	grace_n	6,672	5	5.9648	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95872	A very short and brief account of the free justification of God's elect, from the condemning power of the law, by that law change of persons, (flowing from an eternal act of grace, by way of covenant transaction between the Father and the Son;) which brought Christ as mediator under the curse and condemnation of that broken law, in the very room and place of elect sinners. : Whereunto are added, some questions concerning this point; : proposed to be answered by those that do so confidently affirm, that the elect of God are equally with others, under the same condemning power of the law, before faith. / By A member of a Church of Christ, in the County of Essex.	Member of a Church of Christ.	1699 (1699)	Wing V279dA; ESTC R185966	13,548	48

Redeemed and what are the ill consequences that follow if I say that Justice doth not charge these Redeemed ones but God is compleatly reconciled to them by the Death of Christ any more than the former Will it not amount to the same to say some are ordained to Eternal Life and Redeemed with the Blood of Christ as to say God doth not charge these Redeemed ones seeing we likewise affirm that none know that they are not under Condemnation before Believing and that whoever dies an unbeliever shall be Damned except any suppose that Terrifying Soul with Curse and Condemnation be the most effectual way to bring them to Faith in Christ and if so I am not in their Mind and I am sure the Gospel ought to be Preached and Grace proclaimed And I think it is the most effectual to propose the Truth as the object of Faith which the Gospel doth Reveal for Salvation God's pardoning Grace in the Blood of Christ and so Invite Sinners to come to God as reconciled in the bleeding Sacrifice of his Son Jesus This it is that offends some that have made the greatest Noise and have enfluenced others which in other words say the same things about words and because they cannot so directly strike at this free Invitation to Sinners to come directly to Christ without their Previous Qualifications which strikes so directly at their Idol self Righteousness therefore they are pleased to brand the Doctrine of God's free Justifying Grace with Nick-Names at their pleasure And I wish that some which see otherways be not frightned from owning the Truths they believed and received in the light of God's Holy Spirit for fear of being laden with Calumnies and Reproaches for it is a trying time and I do be-believe that those that are kept close to Christ in owning the simplicity of the Gospel shall meet with as great Trials as those that have gone before us for Christ will shake the Earth and the Heavens and remove those things that are made and Burn up the Hay Wood and Stubble Therefore let every Man take heed what he builds though upon the foundation of Christ 〈◊〉 Cor. 3.12 But to return to the Point in Hand there be various sentences and in various Courts where and by which God declares the non-Imputation of Sin to his Elect and all sentences of Court whatsoever do but declare God's Act of Grace in that Court where the sentence is pronounced and the last add final sentence will be at the great Assizes when Christ will publickly before Men and Angels pronounce them blessed Yet to conclude with some that they were not compleatly Justified till then would be great darkness so though God in his Word doth pronounce Believers Justified yet it will no more follow that they were not Justified before than the former if things be rightly weighed for this makes Faith a moral Condition of Justification as hath been shewn already and also denies Justification to be by the new Covenant or makes the Covenant of Grace conditional and that in a strict sence denies Faith to be a part of the Covenant Blessings but that Justification is by the Covenant of Grace Few do directly deny and I am as certain as I am certain that the Scriptures are true that the first pronounced sentence of Life to Sinners is by that Covenant Gen 3.15 And it is according to the Tenour of that Covenant for there are but two Covenants or Courts where the pronounced sentence of Life can be supposed to pass but by the works of the Law No Flesh shall be Justified Rom. 3.20 then is must be according to the Tenour of the Covenant of Grace if that be an absolute promise of Life then the sentence is an absolute sentence but that is an absolute promise of Life Gen. 3.15 Titus 1.2 1 John 2.25 Therefore the sentence is an absolute sentence past in the Court of Grace upon all the Womans Seed in their Covenant Head in direct opposition to the Serpents seed upon the Serpent and his Seed the Curse takes place having no Mediator to make up the breach and the promise in Christ takes hold of the Elect as soon as they have a being Rom. 9.13 Then except it can be proved that the sentence that passeth upon believing be according to the Tenour of the Covenant of Grace it will be in vain for to contend for that to be the first sentence of Life that is past upon an elect Person But I deny That believe in the Lord Jesus and thou shalt have Life or be Saved is the Tenour of the Covenant of Grace it is a part of the New Testament Ministry but not the Tenour of the New Covenant Then seeing there is no Law given that can give Life Gal. 3.21 then prove that the Covenant of Grace i● conditional or grant that the ●●otence of Life is absolute or deny that the Justifying Sentence of Life passeth according to the Tenour of that Covenant and then it will lye upon you to prove by what Covenant we are Justifyed But leaving this that which I desire your answer to is these following Questions which I desire you would answer to each particular distinctly as you tender the Truth and the Glory of Christ and respect my good and the good of others by clearing up the Truth that the simplicity of the Gospel may be preserved by God's Special help and protection Question I. DID the Chosen of God which were loved with an everlasting and unchangable Love when they fell in Adam into Sin by the breach of the Law equally with others Did they then come under the same condemning Power of the Law and under the same Curse and Wrath of God equally with the non-elect whilst on Earth If not the very same shew where it differs and then it may be we agree in the main though differ in expressions But if the very same Then Question II. HOW can they be under the Curse and Wrath of God and suffer here on Earth in that state as the effects of Sin and consequently of the Curse whilst under it and not penal as part of the punishment due to Sin Though not Hell it self yet something of the same Nature though not the same degree because not under the Justifying sentence of Life past in the New Covenant Therefore the Curse of Afflictions not taken away they are no corrections in a Covenant way but properly punishment in Wrath as taken in a strict Sense Then Question III. HOW can this stand with that perfect atonement made by our high Priest's own Oblation or doth it not exceedingly derogate from that perfect satisfaction he made to Justice and his compleat filling up the Law by Mediatorial Obedience Heb. 10. v. 10 12 14. and chap 9 v. 12.26 Again Question IV. DOTH not this imply a change in God for there is a mighty change some where that one that stands condemned in God's sight and under his Curse and Wrath having all his Sins