Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	faith_n	justify_v	meaning_n	4,398	5	9.4322	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01712	A catechisme conteining the summe of Christian religion, giuing a most excellent light to all those that seek to enter the path-way to saluation: Newlie set foorth by G.G. Preacher of Gods word at Malden in Essex	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1583 (1583)	STC 11848; ESTC S114965	69,171	182

they may goe a great way further Neuerthelesse it is vnfeigned repentaunce when a manne hath a full and setled purpose of hearte to striue and labour to come out of his sinnes and when the remnantes of sinnes which in tyme past hee thought merueylous sweete doe nowe stinke as a dead caryon that shoulde lye and rotte in him For the godlye minde is as much anoyed with the stinke of the deade carkasse of sinne which is slaine in a man as the body is with the stinke of deade caryon when it coÌ„meth where it is and for this cause it doth vex him when he seeth it in other Q. What followeth A. The resurrection of the body and life euerlasting Q. Do ye beleeue that al men shal rise againe at the last day A. I doe beleeue that al both small and great good and bad shal rise againe come before the Iudge s. Reue. 20 1â— Q. The bodyes of suche as dyed many hundreth yeeres agone are consumed to nothing that we can see Some haue ben eaten and deuoured by foules and some by fishes and their fleshe caryed who can tell whether is it possible that these shoulde rise againe A. There is nothinge vnpossible with GOD It is as easie for him to rayse the dead bodyes out of the duste as it was to create all of nothinge And howsoeuer the substaunce of mennes bodyes bee dispersed and mingled together we knowe not where yet they remain in his knowledg and in his hand to disceuer them and to giue euery one his owne Q. Do ye then beleeue that euery one shall stande vp with the same bones and fleshe which hee liued in here or shall God giue new bodyes A. It shall bee the verye same fleshe and the same boanes otherwise howe shoulde wee bee sayde to ryse againe Yea what woonder shoulde the Resurrection bee With what iustice should GOD make newe bodyes which hadde neuer sinned and caste them into hell It is the very same flesh which hath sinned here that shall be cast into hell And the same fleshe which hath in this life glorified God and suffred for the Gospel shal be raised vp and be glorified for euer Q. Saint Paule writing of the resurrection doth make great difference beetweene the bodies of men here and those which shal ryse agayne But especiallye in this that hee saieth it is sowen a naturall bodye but it shall rise a spirituall body t. 1. Cor. 15.4 A. The difference whiche Saint Paule maketh is in the qualities and not in the substaunce And when hee sayeth it shall ryse a spirituall bodye hee dooth not meane but that it shall bee fleshe and bones For else how shoulde bee call it a bodye But it shall lyue not by the power of the soule with outwarde helpes as meat sleepe and such like but by the spirite as it were a spiritual life Q. Then the resurrection of the bodie vnto life eternall is the ende of our fayth A. It is euen the drift and ende of all our faith and the eyes of the faithfull mind are fixed vpon this euen as vpon the finishing and shutting vp of all Q. What is the meaning of the scripture where it saith wee be iustified by faith and not by the workes of the lawe Is it not contrary vnto this when wee say that wee are iustified by Christe And doeth it not ouerthrowe good workes A. The Scripture saith wee bee iustified by Christe v. Act. 13.21 39. and it saith we be iustified only by faith w. Rom. 3.28 and no contrarietie at al. For our sinnes being reckoned to Christ and laide vpon him hee only was able to beare them in him wee haue our discharge also his innocencie and holinesse or perfect obedience beeing giuen vnto vs wee are founde righteous in full perfection So the matter is only in Christe Nowe because wee bee coupled vnto Christe by faith it is sayde that faith doth iustifie not as the matter but as the instrument and hande whiche layeth holde of Christ Q. Yee haue not yet answered vnto euery part of the question What say yee further A. I say that to bee iustified by faith to be iustified by workes are so flat contrary that the one doth ouerturne the other For the one doth fixe righteousnes in our selues and the other goeth out of our selues and doth fetch it from Christe x. 1. Cor. 1.30 but yet this doth not ouerthrow good workes for those which are in Christe bee newe creatures y. 2. Cor. 5 17. created vnto good workes z. Ephe. 2.10 They bee regenerate by the holy Ghoste a. Iohn 3 and led by him b. Rom. 8.14 And therefore he beeing so holy they cannot but bee holy in hating sinne and louing goodnesse Q. Are all good works then excluded froÌ„ iustifiyng both those whiche goe before faith and those whiche followe A. All are excluded For before a man bee in Christe and made aliue by his spirit although hee seeme to haue good thinges in him yet God which hath the iust waightes doeth not afoorde him so muche as a good thought c. Gen. 6.5 After hee is in Christ regenerate in the highest degree that any come vnto in this life because the remnants of sinne abide in hym d. Rom. 7 And all his best workes bee mingled and spotted with some sinne e. Esay 64.6 he can not be iustified by them But must needes confesse that none which liueth can be iustified in his sight f. Psal 143.1 Rom. 3.20 Q. How can the good graces of the holy Ghost bee mingled with any sinne or bee vnperfect Seeing he is most perfect A. In themselues they bee not but wee doe mingle them For looke howe sweete wine put into a fustie barrell doeth tast of the vessell when it is drawen foorth euen so fareth it with vs for the graces which are put into vs we cause them to sauour of the fleshe Q. Doe yee holde then that a man cannot be saued without good workes and yet they doe not iustifie and saue him A. I doe holde that most constantly For a man cannot bee saued vnlesse hee be in Christe and it is vnpossible for that man whiche is in Christe to bee vnfruitefull in good workes The Spirite of Christ doth mortifie and kyll his carnall lustes So that hee doeth not walke in the flesh to fulfill the lustes to commit the deedes of the flesh g. Rom. 8.1 Also the same spirite doth quicken him and fill him with heauenly vertues and so leade hym vnto all good workes If a man therefore bee voide of the fruites of the spirite and committe the deedes of the fleshe it is certaine that man is the childe of death and hath no part in Christ because hee is not led by the spirite of Christe h. Rom. 8.13 Q. Yee affirme a necessitie of good works although they doe not nor cannot saue vs beeing spotted for if a man will stande to

claime life at Gods hande for his owne desartes the Lord needeth not to lay to his charge his adulteries theftes murders and suche like but he may finde sinne enough in his prayers and almes deedes and other his best workes to cast him into hell Doth not this imperfection as it ouerthroweth all merite so also ouerthrowe all rewarde A. It doth not ouerthrowe reward for God hath promised and bounde himselfe of his free grace to couer the imperfection of the good workes of his seruauntes and to rewarde with eternall glory that whiche is good in them Heb. 6.10 Q. Let vs see then to what vse good workes are A. God is glorified by the good works of his seruants k. Phil. 1.9.10 11. The Gospel is adorned by them l. Titus 2.10 They bee profitable vnto men m. Tit. 3.8 Men receiue commoditie by good deedes done vnto them both for this bodily life and also they which are ignorant of the truth are drawen to loue the gospell when they see the pure and holy conuersation of those which professe it n. 1. Pe. 3.1 By the fruites of the spirite man doth also knowe that hee is called and chosen of God o. 1. Ioh. 4.1 Gal. 5.22.23 Finally there is no good worke which a man doth but it shal be crowned with eternall glory Q. Which is the rule of good works whiche wee are to walke after to shewe our repentance and fruites of faith in true obedience A. The ten preceptes of the lawe are a ful and perfect rule for in them is commanded euery good worke which God doth require of man to be performed either towards his maiestie or towardes men and there is no euill but it is by the same condemned Q. How doe yee proue that there is suche full perfection in the lawe when as it is expressed in so fewe wordes A. Although the Lord hath compact it of fewe wordes yet the same doe containe all righteousnesse Which is manifest both by the summe of the lawe which is thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy hearte with all thy minde with all thy strength and thy neighbour as thy selfe p. Mat. 22.37 â—9 For there can bee no sinne where this is And also because the lawe doth promise life vnto those which performe it which cannot bee without perfection for no vnperfect thing or that hath sinne in it can enter into life Q. Doth the law conteine in it suche perfection of righteousnes that if a man could fulfill it he should be as righteous as God A. It is an abhominable heresie to think so for the holinesse of God is infinite which caÌ„not be in any creature The righteousnes of the lawe whiche is the full perfection of that which God requireth of man is but a little streame deriued from the maine fountaine the blessed Angels in heauen are perfect in that holines which is required of theÌ„ but if they be compared with God it shal be found which the scripture saith hee hath put folly in his angels q. Iob. 4.18 The angels are not able to comprehend nor behold the vnsearchable holinesse maiestie of our great God therefore they be brought in of the Prophete couering their faces r. Esay 6.2 Q. Haue we any thing to doe with the law being vnder the Gospel A. I hold him accursed which doth separate the lawe and the Gospel or that sayth wee haue nothing to doe with the lawe or that the lawe is not to bee opened and preached Q. S. Paul seemeth not only to separate them but also to make them quite contrary the one to the other wholy to set vs free from the law A. Whatsoeuer Saint Paul seemeth to do this is most certain that if he be rightly vnderstood it doth agree with this that hee saith Doe we make the law of none effect therefore through faith God forbid nay we establish the lawe s. Rom. 3.31 Q. Wherein is that contrarietie theÌ„ betweene the law and the Gospell that they cannot stand together A. There is no contrarietie at all in themselues for they come both from the selfe same God which is vnchangeable t. Mal. 3.6 Iam. 1.17 The righteousnesse whiche they offer if wee consider it in it selfe is the same For the righteousnes of our Lord Iesus Christe is the perfect obedience vnto the lawe whiche was in him But nowe the contrarietie is when it commeth vnto vs in this wise to fixe righteousnesse in our selues by our own deedes in the lawe for the righteousnesse of the lawe saith do this and thou shalt liue and to fetche righteousnesse out of an other by faith being destitute of it in our selues for the Gospell saith Beleeue and thou shalt be saued v. Rom. 10.9 Ioh. 3.15.16 These then be the contraries to bee righteous and iust in our selues by our owne deedes and to bee made righteous by the merites of Christe which wee obteine by faith yee see these are so contrary they cannot stande together Q. If there bee no contrarietie at all betweene the law and the Gospell how doeth the Scripture teache that the olde Testamente is abolished of which the lawe of the commaundements is a part A. Wee must wisely vnderstande the minde of the holy ghoste when he doth teach that the olde Testament ceaseth For many by mistaking it doe fall into very wicked errours The olde Testament in substance of matter is all one with the newe for the fathers in the time of the lawe had Christe the Sacramentes of Christe w. 1. Cor. 10.1 And wee see that the doctrine of the olde Testament is alleadged for to confirme the new Those therefore are foolishe which say that is in the olde Testament but shew it in the new for if they will ouerthrow the one they ouerthrowe the other But herein is the matter wherein the olde testament is abolished for the forme maner of dispensation they had the promises of the Gospell x. Heb. 11. We haue them perfourmed they had figures and ceremonies which did shadow out Christe we haue him manifested in the fleshe and those shadowes cease y. Col. 2.16.17 Heb. 10.1 Q. But the Apostle speaketh not of ceremonies when he saith Wee are not vnder that law but vnder grace z. Rom. 6.14 And that the law is not giuen to a righteous man For he speaketh of the ten commandements which are the morall law a. 1. Tim. 1.9 A. It is very true that the Apostle speaketh of the morall lawe when hee saith Wee are not vnder the lawe And that the lawe is not giuen to a righteous man But this is not to be taken simplie but for some respectes For wee are bounde still to this which the lawe requireth that we loue the Lorde our God with all our heart and our neighbour as our selfe and therfore we may not commit idolatrie abuse Gods name nor murder or such like Q. Which then are those

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