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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	faith_n	grace_n	work_v	7,291	5	7.3947	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57154	Self-deniall opened and applyed in a sermon before the Reverend Assembly of Divines on a day of their private humiliation / by Edward Reynolds ...	Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.	1652 (1652)	Wing R1279; ESTC R11641	27,551	52

yet require an actual concurrence cooperation and assistance of the Spirit of Christ immediatly as from him for it is he who worketh in us for to Will and to Do As there is an aptness in a weapon to cut in a wheele to move yet that cutteth not this moveth not without a further vital faculty applying it to these uses And therefore though there be no need of labour for Lust to recover strength because it is naturally apt to return thereunto of it self yet there is need of much diligence and earnest waiting upon Christ by Faith and Prayer for the continued supplies of his Spirit whereby the Graces which are in us may be kept on work in the constant mortifying and subduing of our Lusts because the habits of Grace infused do not work alone of themselves without such supplies Secondly Specially in regard of these personal Corruptions which we in our particulars are more notably carried unto which David calls the keeping of himself from his own iniquity Psal. 18. 23. for though natural corruption where-ever it is be a Seminary of all sin yet in particular persons it usually putteth it self forth more notably in some particular sins As the sap of the Earth is the fomes and matter of all kinde of fruits yet in one ground it sorts better with Wheat in another with Barley in this Tree it becomes a Grape in another an Olive so original sin in one man runs most into Avarice in another into Sensuality in a third into Pride and Vain-glory and the like We read of National sins the lying and laziness of the Cretians Tit. 1. 12. the curiosity and inquisitiveness of the Athenians Acts 17. 21. the pride and cruelty of the Babylonians Isai. 47. the robbery of the Sabeans and Caldeans Iob 1. 15. 17. And we read of Personal sins the stubbornness of Pharaoh the gainsaying of Corah the envy of Saul the churlishness of Nabal the ambition of Absolom the intemperance of Felix the sorcery of Simon Magus c. Thus particular persons have their more proper sins whereby they have most of all dishonoured God withstood his Spirit neglected and resisted his Grace and defiled their own Consciences and therefore in Conversation though Repentance as an Hound drive the whole Herd of sin before it yet the dart of the Word sticks most in this sin which is thereby singled out for a more particular detestation 11. Conditionlly and upon supposition of God's special Call and in that sense we are to Deny our natural self which we are the rather to do first because God calls no man to deny his whole self and wholly to all purposes at any time or in any case He allows us yea he requires us to seek the good of our souls to seek any thing without the which we cannot be happy to promote by all means our own salvation to seek our selves out of our selves in Christ and in his Righteousness Secondly because he never calls us unto any either morose and cruel or superstitious Self-Denial such as is that of the covetous worldling who when he wanteth nothing that he desires wanteth power and an heart to eat thereof and bereaveth himself of good though the things which God gives he gives them unto us to enjoy Eccles. 4. 8. 6. 2. 1 Tim. 6. 17. or as that of Baal's Priests and the Sect of the Flagellantes who cut and whip'd themselves in their frantick devotions as faire the Cafuist telleth us of Francis and Benedict two Founders of the regular Devotions or Superstition in the Church of Rome that they were wont to cast themselves naked into Snow and amongst Thornes to vex their bodies A notable Relation of which kinde of Self-Deniall I know not whether more nastie or superstitious a learned and grave Divine of ours hath largely collected out of Climacus and Lewes of Granada in the fourth part of his Christian Warfare But we are then called by God to Deny our selves our Reason Wisdom Parts Learning Ease Wealth Lands Houses Honour Favour Credit Applause Father Mother Wife Children Life whatsoever is dearest unto us whensoever it stands in Opposition unto or in Competition with Christ his Glory Kingdom or Command In which sense we are to deny our selves Alwayes in praeparatione animae And Actually whensoever any thing dear unto us is inconsistent with the Conscience of our duty to God And thus to instance onely in our own profession Paul regardeth neither Liberty nor Life in comparison of the Gospel of Grace and of the Name of the Lord Jesus Acts 20. 24. Acts 21. 13. Nor Micaiah his safety or reputation in Ahab's Court 1 Reg. 22. 14. Nor Levi his father or mother or brethren or children in the zeal of God's honour Deut. 33. 9. Nor Ezekiel his dear wife the delight of his eyes when God took her away with a stroke and forbad him to mourn for her Ezek. 24. 16 17 18. Nor Matthew his receipt of Custome Luke 5. 27. Nor Iames and Iohn their Nets their Ships their Father when they were called to follow Christ Matth. 4. 21 22. In this case things are to be denied two manner of wayes First as Temptations and Snares when they are either Baits to draw us into sin or are themselves the Fruits and wages of sin When they are Baits unto sin If thy brother saith the Lord the son of thy mother or the son of thy daughter or the wife of thy bosome or thy friend which is as thine own soul entice thee secretly saying Let us go and serve other gods which thou hast not known thou nor thy fathers c. Thou shalt not consent unto him nor hearken unto him neither shall thine eye pity him neither shalt thou spare neither shalt thou conceal him But thou shalt surely kill him thine hand shall be first against him to put him to death c. Deut. 13. 6 9. Though an Idol be made of Silver and Gold yet being an Idol it must be thrown away with detestation like a menstruous Cloth Isai. 30. 22. If Simon Magus offered money for the gifts of the Spirit the Apostle doth abhorr so abominable a negotiation Acts 8. 20. Even the Brasen Serpent when it becomes a snare by the abuse of men is no longer preserved as a Monument of mercy but broken in pieces as Nehushtan a piece of brass 2 Kings 16. 4. When they are themselves the fruits and wages of sin so Zaeheus denies himself in all his unjust gaine which he had gotten by sycophancy and defraudation and when Christ offers to come into his house will not suffer Mammon to shut the door against him Luke 19. 8. Restitution as it is a most necessary so it is one of the hardest parts of Self-denial when a covetous heart must be forced to vomit up all its sweet morsels again Unjust Gaine is like a barbed arrow it kills if it stay within the body and it teares and pulls the flesh away with