Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	body_n	soul_n	unite_v	970	5	9.6533	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34242	The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.; Westminster Confession of Faith.	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663. Summe of saving knowledge.; Church of Scotland. General Assembly.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Larger catechism.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Shorter catechism.	1671 (1671)	Wing C5769; ESTC R27273	112,419	253

of the invisible Church have with Christ A. The communion in glory which the members of the invisible Church have with Christ is in this life immediately after death and at last perfected at the Resurrection and day of Judgment Q. 83. What is the Communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible Church enjoy in this life A. The members of the invisible Church have communicated to them in this life the first fruits of glory with Christ as they are members of him their head so in him are interested in that glory which he is fully possessed of and as an earnest thereof enjoy the sense of Gods love peace of conscience joy in the holy Ghost hope of glory as on the contrary the sense of Gods revenging wrath horror of conscience and a fearful expectation of judgment are to the wicked the beginning of their torments which they shall endure after death Q. 84. Shall all men die A. Death being threatned as the wages of sin it is appointed unto all men once to die for that all have sinned Q. 85. Death being the wages of sin why are not the righteous delivered from death seeing all their sins are forgiven in Christ A. The righteous shall be delivered from death it self at the last day even in death are delivered from the sting curse of it so that although they die yet it is out of Gods love to free them perfectly from sin and misery to make then capable of further communion with Christ in glory which they then enter upon Q. 89. What is the Communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible Church enjoy immediately after death A. The communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible Church enjoy immediately after death is in that their souls are then made perfect in ho●iness and received into the highest heavens whe●e they behold the face of God in light and glory wa●ting for the f●ll redemption of their bodies which even in death continue united to Christ and rest in their Graves as in their Beds till at the last day they be again united to their souls whereas the souls of the wicked are at death cast into hel where they remain in torments and utter darkness and their bodies kept in their graves as in their Prisons till the great day Q. 87. What are we to believe concerning the Resurrection A. We are to believe that at the last day there shall be a general Resurrection of the dead both of the just and unjust when they that are then found alive shall in a moment be changed the self same bodies of the dead which were laid in the grave being then again united to their souls forever shall be raised up by the power of Christ the bodies of the just by the Spirit of Christ by vertue of his resurrection as their head shall be raised in power spiritual incorruptible and made like to his glorious body and the bodies of the wicked shall be raised up in dishonour by him as an offended Judge Q. 88. What shall immediately follow after the Resurrection A. Immediately after the resurrection shall follow the general and final judgment of Angels and men the day hour whereof no man knows that all may watch pray be ever ready for the coming of the Lord Q. 89. What shall be done to the wicked at the day of Iudgment A. At the day of judgment the wicked shall be set on Christs left hand and upon clear evidence full conviction of their own consciences shall have the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them and thereupon shall be cast out from the favourable Presence of God the glorious fellowship with Christ his Saints and all his holy Angels into hell to be punished with unspeakable torments both of body and soul with the Devil and his Angels for ever Q. 90. What shall be done to the Righteous at the day of Iudgment A. At the day of judgment the righteous being caught up to Christ in the clouds shall be set on his right hand there openly acknowledged and acquitted shall joyn with him in the judging of reprobate Angels and men and shall be received into heaven where they shall be fully and for ever freed from all sin and misery i filled with unconceivable joyes made perfectly holy and happy both in body and soul in the company of innumerable saints and holy Angels but especially in the immediate vision and fruition of God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and of the holy Spirit to all eternity this is the perfect and full communion which the members of the invisible Church shall enjoy with Christ in glory at the resurrection and day of Judgment Having seen what the Scriptures principally teach us to believe concerning God it follows to consider what they require as the duty of man Q. 91. WHat is the duty that God requireth of man A. The duty which God requireth of man is obedience to his revealed will Q. 92. What did God at first reveal unto man as the rule of his obedience A. The rule of obedience revealed to Adam in the state of innocency and to all mankind in him beside a special command not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the moral Law Q. 93. What is the Moral Law A. The Moral Law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind directing and binding every one to personal perfeect and perpetual conformity and obedience thereunto in the fruits dispositions of the whole man soul and body and in performance of all those duties of holiness and righteousness which he oweth to God and man promising life upon the fulfilling and threatning death upon the breach of it Q. 94. Is there any use of the Moral Law to man since the fall A. Although no man since the fall can attain to righteousness and life by the Moral Law yet there is great use thereof as well common to all men as peculiar either to the unregenerate or regenerate Q. 95. Of what use is the Moral Law to all men A. The Moral Law is of use to all men to inform them of the holy nature and will of God of their duty binding them to walk accorddingly to convince them of their disability to keep it of the sinful pollution of their nature hearts lives to humble them in sense of their sin and misery and there by help them to a clear sight of the need they have of Christ and of the perfection of his obedience Q. 96. What particular use is there of the Moral Law to unregenerate