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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	create_v	good_a	workmanship_n	4,350	5	11.8942	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29287	The break-neck of presumptuousnesse in sinning applyable unto the occasions of these times.		1644 (1644)	Wing B4338; ESTC R20115	14,349	33

onely from my self whereas afterwards upon full experience of divine miracles and correspondent prophesies of him many devils at once at the sight of his approach unto them as he was ready to dispossesse them out of a man all cryed out saying Thou art {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Son of God {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} as the learned know by way of excellency and transcendency betokening the essentiall and naturall sonne of God So then supposing the Devil spake to Christ onely upon this intuition of him as onely man albeit a singular favouret to God above others and so peradventure priviledged to cast himself down and save himself and yet peradventure neither If he tempteth him to make tryall with this intention his casting himself down upon this temptation might be his death and destruction and yet with this wily {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} and pretence that this being warranted by the Scripture of God for his protection it would greatly redound to the honour of God Of both which as namely the devils malitious intention and fayned godly pretence Christ quitteth himselfe by this one answer of Gods precept Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God but to try experiments of extreame dangers by an extraordinary meanes where an ordinary way of stepping down may be had were contrary to the said Scripture of walking in my wayes and consequently is a tempting of God being a transgression of Gods commandements These are the two results from the answer of Christ and may teach us two lessons usefull for our own soules safety all our lives long The first is not to try extreamly hazardous actions when safe means may be had as we learne by Christ his example in this Text who afterwards likewise gave us the same document when the Jews were about to cast him down from a steep precipice but he returned back and went through from among them safe The like conclusion S. Paul taught when having had a Revelation that in that otherwise storme called Euroclydon threatning unavoidable wrack none in the ship should perish yet perceiving the Mariners in their incredulity seeking to shift for themselves by boat peremptorily pronounced saying Except these abide in the ship you cannot be saved thereby compelling them to returne to their office and look to their tacklings Let us conclude If that Christ notwithstanding the supposed decree of God of preserving him in the downfall did not adventure to try and if Paul notwithstanding the revelation of the general safety did exact of the Mariners to stay and performe their offices Wee may justly challenge three sorts of wild and infatuated tempters of God First how many having heard of the doctrine of Gods infallible Predestination choosing and refusing from all eternity according to the pleasure of his will have thus I had almost said reasoned rambled in their brains If I be elect I cannot perish if not I cannot but perish Seeing therefore saved or not saved they must needs be I will therefore live after my hearts lust in the pleasures of sinne We say that this is a devilish temptation and a casting downe the soule without repentance into the bottome of hell Let every one thus tempted but translate his thoughts to the consideration of his bodily condition and then will he see his owne phrenzie seeing that none is so mad as being upon the top of a high Tower wil resolve concerning his body and God hath as absolutely determined concerning body as soule If I shall be preserved it will be so if not it cannot be so I will therefore cast my selfe downe headlong and not rather take the way downe whence I came up knowing otherwise that by this downfall hee maketh himselfe Felo de se in Mans Court and in Gods Judicature guilty of his owne damnation Our Theorem therefore is this That the directions of mans wayes are not to depend upon the secret and unknowne decree of God but upon his precepts revealed unto us in his Word The second sort are the Solifidians and Antinomians in their abuse of the doctrine of Justification by Faith without works The one as if together with the Papist he reasoned thus against Protestants You say Faith justifyeth without works therefore you teach that it is void of works As much as to say Light in the fire doth enlighten men without heat therefore is light in the fire without all heat altogether contradictory to the direct Scriptum est of S. Paul who describing Justification by faith faith he Faith which worketh by love So then a Justifying Faith is a loving and therefore a living faith 2. Repugnant also to S. James who speaking of a faith void of works confuteth it by the most emphaticall way of Interrogation saying Can this faith save Fully as much as to have said Impossible and therefore is the Solifidian Faith a spirituall break-neck The Antinomian taketh off Justification by as he calleth it sole closely cleaving unto Christ thereby Thus he slighteth the works of Sanctification insisting onely upon those termes that Christ is The onely way and urging this onely way with manifold inculcations And so indeed he is if we speak either of an absolute exemplary way or else of an effectual meritorious way to everlasting life But if we speak of an introductory way prescribed by Christ and without which we cannot come to Christ and to salvation then we are to be directed to this Scriptum est concerning the whole course of our predestination to eternall life saying We are his that is Gods workmanship created to good works which he hath ordained wee should walke in Doe you mark Good works ordained to walk in Plainly shewing first that good working is a good walking Secondly ordained of God as the ordinary way to all that are predestinate to be saved Which giveth us this conclusion that to neglect good works destinated to attaine to predestinate ends is another desperate downfall into certain perdition and destruction The Anabaptists are the third praecipitates the revived brood of old Catharists who in opinion of their own sanctity will not communicate in any congregation of faithfull Professours wherein there is any mixture of hallowed and unhallowed men Which Sect Calvin according to the wisdome of God in him did confute by a manifold Scriptum est out of the History of Gods Book even from Genesis to the end of the Apocalyps shewing that there was never any congregation of any indifferent number of Gods people without mixture of chaffe with wheat and goats with sheep and at length giveth us his determination that they who professe all sanctity separating themselves from all other Congregations are without the Catholique Church wherein onely is remission of sinnes and salvation notwithstanding they would shew a more then Angelicall forme of Holinesse And therefore say we their not continuing in the Church of Christ is a manifest consequence of a damnable