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A08055 Mans actiue obedience, or The power of godlines especially in the commandement of the gospell, which requireth faith in euerie Christian: or A treatise of faith, worthily called precious faith, as being in it selfe a most rare iewell of ioy, and peerelesse pearle, that excelleth in worth the highest price. Wherein is plainly declared what faith in Christ is what properly is the obiect of it, what is the speciall operation of faith, by which it may bee discerned; and the worke about which it is principally imployed, the subiect wherein it is placed; what things are needfull to the making it up, what to the being, and what to the wel-being of it; with the differences that are betweene true beleeuers and fained in all of them, and the vses thereof. By Master William Negus, lately minister of Gods word at Lee in Essex.; Mans active obedience. Negus, William, 1559?-1616.; Negus, Jonathan, d. 1633. 1619 (1619) STC 18420; ESTC S113618 278,658 364

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as_o be_v in_o misery_n 136._o job_n 30._o 25._o psal_n 119._o 136._o when_o man_n eye_n can_v gush_v out_o as_o do_v david_n with_o river_n of_o tear_n because_o man_n keep_v not_o god_n law_n when_o they_o can_v mourn_v with_o those_o mourner_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ezekiel_n for_o the_o abomination_n in_o the_o land_n all_o such_o kind_n of_o sorrow_v be_v to_o sorrow_n godly_a and_o tear_n so_o shed_v be_v tear_n of_o love_n and_o pity_n to_o man_n and_o tear_n of_o zeal_n and_o piety_n towards_o god_n now_o this_o godly_a sorrow_n be_v the_o sorrow_n that_o be_v only_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o the_o elect_a of_o god_n to_o all_o true_a believer_n such_o as_o be_v true_o sanctify_v indeed_o which_o cause_v and_o bring_v forth_o in_o they_o that_o repentance_n which_o be_v unto_o life_n by_o which_o they_o shall_v undoubted_o be_v save_v in_o the_o end_n a_o worthy_a and_o excellent_a gift_n which_o god_n have_v give_v to_o his_o elect_a as_o one_o of_o the_o father_n have_v 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