Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	jesus_n	15,155	5	6.0417	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18605	The summe of all, (namely) Gods service, and mans salvation And a briefe of mans dutie to God concerning both: which is, seeking to serve God while hee lives, and to be saved, when hee dyes. By William Chibald, rector of S. Nic. Col. Abby in Old Fishstreete.	Chibald, William, 1575-1641.	1630 (1630)	STC 5133; ESTC S116462	49,654	304

be sanctified and seasoned to our reformation and consolation in Christ P. What was Christs action at his death whereby he merited our salvation M. He willingly laâ—d downe his life when by his divine power hee might have held it and none could have taken it from him Iohn 10.17 1 Iohn 3.16 Hereby Christ offered up himselfe a propitiatory sacrifice to God his Father for the ransome of mankind Gal 4.5 Heb 10.6 7 8 and hereby hee redeemed the Elect from the second death which is damnation and from the tyranny of the Divell Hebr 2.14 Iam 5.20 Acts 26.18 P. What was Christs resurrection and the merit of it for our salvation M. Christs resurrection was the freeing of himselfe from the power of death under which hee was held in the grave some part of three dayes and the uniting againe of his soule which was in heaven to his body which lay in the grave Christ merited hereby that the faithfull should rise againe from death to life as members of his mysticall body and be begotten to a lively hope of their owne resurrection by the power of his 1 Cor 15.19 20. 1 Pet 1.3 1 Thess 4.14 P. What was Christs Ascension and what did he merit thereby tending to our salvation M. Christs Ascension was his leaving to live any longer on the earth as man and his entring into heaven both in soule and body there to continue till the end of the world Acts 1.9 10 11. Hebr 4.14 By Christs Ascension into heaven he tooke possession of it for the faithfull that at the end of their lives he might receive their soules thither Acts 7.59 and at the end of the world he might receive into it both their soules and bodies Iohn 14.2 Heb 6.20 P. What was Christs sitting on the right hand of God the Father in heaven and what did hee merit thereby for our salvation M. Christs sitting on the right hand of the Father in heaven is his partaking as man of heavenly glory farre above all creatures Hebr. 1.3 The merit thereof is his Intercession for us Hebr. 7.24 25 for in heaven hee continually appeares in Gods presence for us Heb 9.24 to present all his merits unto God his Father for our benefit that God beholding the worth of them hee might continually apply the vertue and benefit of them to the conversion and salvation of his Elect successively to the worlds end P. Now you have shewed mec what were the act on s of God the Father and God the Sonne which they wrought for the effecting of mans salvation I pray you also tell mee what were the actions of the Holy Ghost for that end M. They were of two kindes The actions of the holy Spirit for effecting mans saluation 1. Such as he wrought in Christ that was to be the Saviour of the world and 2. such as hee wrought in them that are to bee saved by him P. What were the actions wrought in Iesus Christ by the Holy Ghost for the bringing to passe of mans salvation M. They were three 1. the sanctifying of the seede of the woman for the framing of his body thereof as hee was man Luke 1.35 2. The declaring of him to be the Saviour of the world by descending upon him like a dove Matth 3.16 Iohn 3.33 3. The filling of him with the gifts and graces of the Spirit above measure Iohn 3.34 and above his fellowes Hebr 1.9 P. What are the actions of the Holy Spirit which he workes in them that are to bee saved for the effecting thereof M. They are two 1. Regeneration or bringing them into the state of grace 2. Preservation or keeping them therein P. Sir I have heard much of Regeneration but I doe not well understand it I pray you therefore cause mee to understand better what it is M. Regeneration is an action of the holy Spirit The Regeneration of the holy Spirit whereby Christians are begotten again borne againe and renewed or made new againe 1 Pet 1.3 Iohn 3.5 Tit. 3.5 P. Wherein doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians M. Not in making new the substance of their soules nor in enduing their soules with new parts powers and faculties But Regeneration consists in healing and recovering rectifying and amending purging and sanctifying with a new supply of grace the former parts powers and faculties that were wholly depraved and corrupted with sinne through Adams disobedience Ecclefiast 7.29 P. To what end doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians by his grace M. For a twofold end in respect of themselves P. Which is the first M. To enable them to serve God sincerely and acceptably in this world Hebr 12.28 in newnesse of spirit Rom 7.6 and in newnesse of life Rom 6.4 For they are created anew in Christ Iesus unto good workes which God had before ordained that they should walke in Eph 2.10 This they could not doe as they were begotten of their parents for so they were begotten in sinne Psal 51.5 and borne of and after the flesh Iohn 3.3 Gal. 4.29 which cannot please God Rom 8.8 And therefore to the end they may bee fitly disposed and effectually enabled to doe the holy duties of Gods service they must be made new men and women for the image of God which through Adams sinne was defaced in them as touching right knowing willing and doing Gods will must againe be renewed in them Col 3.10 Eph. 4.24 P. What is the second end why the holy Spirit doth regenerate Christians M. It is to order them and to set them in the way to heaven which is to make them meete partakers of that inheritance Col 1.12 For without holinesse no man shall see the Lord Hebr. 12.14 Into the new Ierusalem of heaven shall in no wise enter any uncleane thing Revel 21.27 And flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdome of God 1 Cor. 15.50 Now they can not goe to heaven as they are begotten of their naturall parents for so they are the children of disobedience Eph. 5.6 the children of wrath Eph 2.3 and the children of the Divell Iohn 8.44 And therefore to the end they may be made capable of salvation they must by the holy Spirit bee turned from darkenesse to light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive an inheritance with them that are sanctified Acts 26.18 19. For holinesse is the way to happinesse and grace unto glory P. But by what meanes doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians and make them new M. By the incorruptible seede of the word of truth Iam 1.18 which is the word of God 1. Pet. 1.23 which is the Gospell 1 Cor. 4.15 1 Pet. 1.23 which is the Preaching of Iesus Christ Rom. 16.25 and of salvation Act. 13.26 In whom they are begotten againe 1 Pet. 1.3 and created anew Eph. 2.10 And therefore you ought carefully to attend upon this ordinance which is the power of God to salvation to them that beleeve Rom. 1.16 P. I pray you Sir What

is Preservation which you said was the second act on of the holy Spirit which he workes to bring to passe mans salvation M. Preservation The Preseruation of the Spirit is an action of the holy Spirit whereby he upholdeth them that are regenerate that they fall not away from grace but be kept to continue therein That the regenerate are kept in the state of grace is plaine by S. Peter who saith that they are kept unto salvation 1 Pet 1.3.5 And that they doe receive the end of their faith which is the salvation of their soules verse 9. And that they are kept thereunto by the holy Spirit is as plaine by the same Apostle where he saith they are kept by the power of God 1 Pet 1.5 which is the power of the holy Ghost Rom 15.13 For they are led by the Spirit Gal 5.18 They walke in the Spirit Gal 5.16 Rom 8.14 They live in the Spirit Gal 5.25 They are sealed by the Spirit Eph 1.13 strengthened by the Spirit in the inner man Eph 3.16 And they are sanctifyed by the Spirit wholly and preserved blamelesse unto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ 1 Thess 5.23 2 Thess 2.13 And if the regenerate bee kept by the holy Spirit unto salvation then in respect of Gods keeping can they not fall from grace to misse salvatioÌ„ in the event end I know the strongest Christian is not able to stand of himselfe for even hee that standeth must take heede lest hee fall 1 Cor 10.12 And therefore hee must not be high-minded but feare Rom 11.20 I acknowledge also that there is nothing in grace it selfe as it is mans but that it might faile for it is received but in part in this life 1 Cor 13.9 And that which is but in part is imperfect and that which is imperfect may of it selfe faile Neither is there any thing in the particular grace of faith but that it might faile too for Peters faith might have failed if Christ had not prayed that it might not faile Luke 22.32 and Peters faith was the same for nature and kinde with the faith of all that are regenerate But though both these be true both of grace generally and of faith particularly yet for all this the truely regenerate do not fall from grace but are preserved therein for first touching grace in generall I say that it failes not for it is the anoynting which they receive and which abides in them 1 Iohn 2.27 and that which abides failes not for by it they are strengthened and preserved to Gods heavenly kingdome 2 Tim 4.18 Secondly touching the particular grace of faith I say that that failes not neither 1. because Christ prayed not onely for Peters faith that it might not faile but for the faith of all the Elect and Regenerate that theirs might not faile for he prayed that they might all bee kept by the Father in his Name that they may bee one in God as the Father and the Sonne are one Iohn 17.11.15.20 21 And Christ was heard and answered in all his prayers Iohn 11.42 2. The faith of the regenerate failes not in the end because they are kept by the power of God through faith 1 Pet 1.5 Now if they bee kept through faith then must they keepe the faith and be kept in it also else they cannot attaine salvation in the end for if the regenerate doe receive the salvation of their soules as the end of their faith 1 Pet 1.9 then must they by some meanes keepe their faith to the end I know and confesse that there bee many which thinke of themselves that they have indeede the true faith and grace and so are thought by others to have it when indeede they have it not and these after a sort may be thought to fall from faith and grace because in time they discover their hollownesse for their faith workes not by love Gal 5.6 nor their love by obedience Iohn 14.15 Nor is their obedience a sincere endeavour to keepe all Gods coÌ„mandements Iam 2.10 But this can not be called truely falling from grace because they had not grace indeed and they cannot fall from that they had not but from the profession of grace and faith And therefore for all this they that have true grace doe by Gods power keepe it and persevere in it for Paul did fight a good fight he finished his course and kept the faith 2 Tim. 4.6 They doe not withdraw themselues but beleeve to the salvation of their soules Heb 10 28 therefore they beleeve to the end P. Mee thâ—nkes you prove this poynt so directly by the word that I cannot tell what to say to the contrary but there bee many learned men of a contrary mind and therefore I pray prove it unto me by some reason also M. I will and it shall be by this which shall include diverse branches If the regenerate be not preserved by God in the state of grace so as they shall certainely bee saved in the end then it is either 1 because God cannot keep them or 2 because he will not keepe them or 3 because they haue no neede of his keeping or 4 Because God thinks it best to leaue every man to himselfe to keepe himselfe and to the use and choice of his owne freewill to persevere in grace and faith or to fall from it But neither of these are true as shall appeare in the particulars Therefore the Regenerate are preserved by God in the State of grace unto the end These foure particulars on which the truth of this argument doth stand shall all be proved in order 1 That God is able to keep the regenerate in the state of grace is plaine by Paul who saith that God was able to keep that which he had committed unto him 2. Tim. 1.12 By the Apostle Iude who saith that God is able to keepe them from falling Iude v. 24. And no marvell seeing they are in his Fathers hands and in his Christ saith none is able to pluck them out of his or his Fathers hands Iohn 10.28 29 and therefore they shall never perish ibid. 2 That God is willing to keepe the truly Regenerate that haue grace indeede is as evident by Saint Paule where he saith that God shall confirme them unto the end 1 Cor. 1.4.8.9 He that had begun a good worke in them will performe it untill the day of Christ Philipp 1.6 and God is faithfull who shall stablish them and keep them from evill 2 Thess 3.3 and Paul affirmes that God would preserve him to his heavenly kingdome 2 Tim 4.18 3. That the regenerate had neede to bee kept by God in the state of grace will easily be proved if wee consider 1. that their corrupt nature and infidelity a fruit of it are not quite subdued in them as long as they live Rom 7.17 18. Heb 3.12 2. That grace is but imperfectly received in this life as hath been shewed even now 3. That Sathan seekes to winnow

faith or beleefe in Christ is good wheÌ„ it works in us by love to God and our neighbour Gal 5.6 and is shewed by good workes Tit 3.8 Iam 2.18 and when it stirres us up to sincere obedience to Gods commandements Hebr 11.8 4. Our feare of God is right when we feare him as much for his mercy as for his justice Psal 130.2 and feare more to sinne against him than to be punished by him Psal 4.4 Gen 39.9 5. Our love of God is good when it stirres us up to keepe his Commandements Iohn 14.15.23 when wee love him for those excellent perfections of wisedome and goodnesse that are in him as well as for the benefits that come from him and when it stirres us up to hate evill and sinne Psal 97.9 10. 6. Our hope in God namely for the resurrection to eternall life and for Christs second comming is right when being grounded on the Scriptures Rom 15.4 wee comfort our selves in our afflictions with it 1 Thess 4.13.18 when wee patiently waite Gods leisure for the obtaining of things promised 1 Thess 1.3 Rom 8.23 and when it purifies our hearts 1 Iohn 3.3 and makes us deny all ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and to live righteously and godlily and soberly in this present world Titus 2.12 13. P. Good Sir I humbly acknowledge my selfe beholden to you for your care over me and paines with mee I hope I shall never forget it but endeavour to shew my selfe thankefull The Lord requite your labour of love to me in private by a greater blessing upon your ministery in publike and by prolonging your life health and strength for Gods glorie and the good of his Church in Iesus Christ. The Lord bee with you Sir and with your studies FINIS A PRAYER FOR GRACE TO Seeke to serve God and bee saved MOst glorious Lord God and heavenly Father Reu 4 11 who art worthy of all honour and service Iam 4 12 and who art able to save and destroy Luk 17 10 Thy unprofitable servant unworthy of salvation Acts 13 46 doth desire to humble himselfe before thee freely acknowledging that howsoever I am convinced in my judgement that nothing in this world doth so neerely concerne me to looke unto as thy service and mine owne salvation yet my heart tells and smites me that I have minded nothing lesse then these and that I have with much greedinesse sought after health and wealth worldly pleasures and treasures which only belong to the body this present life as if they only were worth my seeking and were more able to afford me true content than thy service and my salvation Thou hast brought me into the world and made me a member of thy Christian Church chiefly for to get grace into my heart that I might serve thee and live in thy feare and also to get peace into my conscience that I might dye in thy favour and be eternally saved 2 Cor 6 2 for now is the accepted time now is the day of salvation But I have neglected the prerogative of thy service Rom 9 2 Hebr 2 4 and so great salvation and have spent my precious time and thoughts in the pursuite of carthly things which I should have counted but as losse and dung Phil 3 8 in comparison of winning Christ and with him salvation as if I had beene borne to no other end but to serve the world sinne and Satan and to make provision fâ—r the flesh Rom 13 14 to fulfill the lusts thereof O Lord God when I call to minde and consider my vanity and folly yea ungracious wickednesse in trampling under my feete such precious pearles as are thy service Hebr 10 29 and my salvation I am confounded in my selfe wondcring at thy patiencc that couldst so long endure such an ungratefull wretch to live in thy Church yea I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee because this mine iniquity is increased over my head Ezra 9 6 and my wickednesse is growne up unto heaven crying for vengeance upon such contempt of thy grace Iohn 3 19 it being condemnation to love darknesse more than light earth more than heaven and the world more than thee or mine owne soule But thy mercy O Lord God is over all thy workes Psal 145 9 138 8. and endures for ever It is as great as thy Majesty and thy goodnesse is as much as thy greatnesse and the blood of Iesus Christ is able to wash mee so cleane from my sinnes Reuel 1 5 that I shall be holy Eph 5 27 and without blemish before thee therefore there is hope in Israel concerning this thing Ezra 10 2 And therefore upon the bended knees of my heavy laden soule I most humbly cry thee mercy most mercifull Father for this and all other my sinnes originall and actuall committed against the Law and the Gospell and with all the powers of my soule most earnestly beseech thee for the Lords sake Dan 9 17 Isay 53 11 Acts 3 14. Mat 3 17 thy righteous servant the holy One and the just in whom thou art well pleased to forgive me to be reconciled unto me and to shed thy love into my heart by thy holy Spirit Rom 5 5 which may beare witnesse to my Spirit c. 8 16. that I am thy Childe beloved in thy holy Childe Iesus Acts 4 27 Let thy mercy move thee to looke upon his righteousnesse to justify me when thy justice would make thee looke upon my sinnes to condemne me Accept of him for my surety Hebr. 7.22 and of the price of his blood for my ransome 1 Pet 1 23 Thou hast said O blessed God that whosoever comes Mat 11 28 unto thy Sonne Iesus Christ Ioh 6 35. and beleeves in him with an heavie laden soule wearie of their former wickednesse thou wilt ease and forgive them 1 Iohn 1 9 Oh be just and faithfull to make good this promise unto me to ease and to save me I desire to honour thy infinite mercy and thy Sonnes unvaluable merits by seeking to them onely and trusting in them alone for salvation O be thou pleased also to magnifie them upon me for I have as much need of them as any 1 Tim 1 â—5 being the chiefe of sinners and the saving vertues of them shall be magnified in the cure of my soule as well as of any other It hath pleased thee heavenly Father to give unto me in some measure a sight and sense of my sins particularly of my neglect and contempt of thy service and my salvation Oh be pleased I beseech thee yet more and more to discover unto me the folly and foulnesse of this and all my sinnes that my heart may be so broken with godly remorse and sorrow for them that I may leave them and live no longer in them but cleave unto thee to serve thee in new obedience for what will it profit

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