Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	live_v	present_a	ungodliness_n	2,099	5	11.1926	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01725	Foure sermons vpon seuerall partes of scripture, preached by George Gyffard, preacher of the worde, at Maudlin in Essex	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1598 (1598)	STC 11859; ESTC S117695	68,936	149

to coÌ„demne vs. Seeing then that as by the disobedieÌ„ce of Adam many were made sinners so by the obedience of Christ many are made righteous Why came the lawe To this Saint Paul answereth that the lawe entred that sinne might abounde but where sinne abounded there grace hath superabounded The greater the sinne was the more plenteous was the grace of God in Christ in taking it away That as sinne had raigned vnto death so grace should raigne through righteousnes vnto life eternall by Iesus Christ Then the more that sinne abounded the greater is the riches of the grace of God in Christ that doth pardon it and so the greater is the praise and glorie of God All this is true Now hereupon the wisedome of the flesh doth argue thus If the more the sinne be increased the greater is the glorie of God in pardoning it then is it good for those which beleeue in Christe to continue still in sinne to commit all abundance of sinne that so God may haue the greater glorie This is a pleasant doctrine to mans corrupt nature and much followed in all places for albeit you shall not heare many vse the same words which S. Paule setteth downe to bolden themselues to continue in sinne yet marke iâ— well and you shall perceiue that there is the same reason in effect Great multitudes as you knowe doe professe Christ and they say they looke to haue all their sinnes forgiuen only be his death and bloudshedding Look vpon then liues and you shall finde that the greatest paâ—â— are eueÌ„ ouerwhelmed and lie as it were drowned in all manner of vncleane and abominable vices Deale particularly with any one and say but thus vnto him These foule sinnes which you continue in and daylie commit are such as God doeth threaten vengeance against will he not answere I know they be grieuous sins but I hope to haue them al forgiueÌ„ me through the bloud of Iesus Christ yea are there not many which will say I hope I shall call for mercie and pardon at the last This is the doctrine of the holy Ghost the grace of God which bringeth saluation hath appeared vnto all men teaching vs to denie vngodlines worldly lustes and to liue soberly iustly and godly in this present world Tit. 2. ver 11.12 Behold how contrary to the doctrine of GOD such men be He saith that the grace giueÌ„ vs in Christ doth teach vs to deny all wicked waies and to liue a godly â—â—fer and they say because there is pardon in Christ we will continue still in our wickednes and â—all for mercy at the last Al such men doth the holy Apostle heere quite cut downe proâ—â—â—g indeed that they haue no part in Christ they doe but deceiue themselues Also he doth heere meete with the Papistes which are enimies to the crosse of Christ and can by no meanes indure to heare that we haue our iustification only in Christ but they will haue mens owne good works and merites to iustifie them before God And thus they cry out against vs you open a gappe vnto all loosenes and licentiousnes of life you destroy all zeale and care of good works when you teach that men are iustified onely by faith in Christ for if a man shall haue all his sinnes forgiuen by the grace of Christ what wil he eare what sinnes he commit Also if a man shall be made righteous only by grace in Christ and not by his own good deedes who will care to doe anie This also I say doth S. Paul here meete withal shewing and proouing by strong reasons that all they which haue a true faith in Christ and so haue al their sinnes forgiuen by his bloude and haue also his obedience imputed vnto them and be fully iustified cannot but liue a godly life Iustification in Christ and true sanctification cannot be parted asunder first therefore propounding the question Shall we continue still in sâ—â—â— that grace may abound he reiecteth it with detestation saying God forbid as if he should say It is a thinge that ought not to enter into our thoughts And then he propoundeth the first reason in these words How shall we that are dead to sinne yet liue therein This is a principle in the light of natural reason so that if a man haue not lost the common vnderstanding he cannot deny it We all doe know that contraries cannot be together in the same subiect at one time in the same part and in the same respect but the one necessarily doth exclude the other and if the one be it is vnpossible that the other should also be And that is the cause why S. Paule saith How can we which are dead to sinne yet liue therein As much as to say it is vnpossible for to be aliue to sinne and to be dead to sinne at the same time which are so flat and perfect contraries cannot be He that is aliue is not dead and he that is dead is not aliue Thus now the matter standeth wee that is all true Christians are dead to sinne howe can wee then liue to sinne And so if it bee vnpossible for a man which is a right Christian and therefore dead to sinne yet to liue in it how should wee continue still in sinne that grace may abounde Well may some man say This is a cleare case that such contraries as these to be aliue and to be dead cannot stand together but how shall thâ—â— appeare that a true Christian of necessitie is dead to sinnâ— for S. Paule hath but affirmed that we are deâ—d to sinne and therefore in the ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ words he proueth it for the death to sinne being proued the life to sinne is thereby of necessity excluded Knowe ye not sayth he that all wee which haue beene baptized into Iesus Christ haue beene baptized into his death Loe heere is his proofe and this is a plaine a strong and an inuincible demonstration that euery true christian is deade to sinne and so by consequence cannot possibly be aliue to sinne It is drawen from the vse of Baptisme or from that which Baptisme doth represent vnto vs. It representeth that we are ingrafted into Christ therefore he saith Knowe you not that wee which haue bene baptized into Iesus Christ Beeing then baptized into Christ the holie Baptisme doth represent vnto vs that wee are washed in his bloude and so haue the free remission of our sins but also that in him wee haue the new the spirituall and the heauenly birth Now the death of Christ is as it were the fountaine of this regeneration therefore the Apostle putteth vs in minde that wee are baptized into the death of Christ He that is baptized must remeÌ„ber that hee is baptized into Christ crucified and therefore into the death of Christ To what end then was the death of Christ Not onely to make satisfaction for sinnes but also to destroy and vtterly to abolish sâ—nne in his mistical bodie which is the Church ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Iohn

is in man For this cause also euen as the naturall body of man hath diuerse members so there are ascribed members to the old man as when he saith Mortifie therefore your earthly members Colos 3. And then reconeth vp particularly those members of the old man euen vnclean vices as you may reade in that Chap. Then he saith Knowing this that our old man is crucified with him Here the manner of the death is noted by which this our old corruption of sinne is slaine teaching withall that it is not crucified but in the crosse of Christ for he saith With him This our old man will retaine his force and power vntill hee be slaine it is not in man to come out of the bondage of his natiue corruption vntil it be wounded to death and nothing there is that can giue that deadly stroke vnto it but onely the death of Christ wherfore it is said to be crucified with him When a man is in Christ and so the efficacy of Christs death hath crucified his old maÌ„ yet there is still a body of sinne there doth remaine that whole dead carkasse though not with the force and dominion it had before which daylie by little and little is consumed abolished for so the words of the Apostle are that the body of sinne might be destroyed First the old man is crucified that so the body of sin may be destroyed Behold here what is wroght by the redeemer Sinne in mans nature may be espied and many goodly precepts may be giuen against it with perswasions to come out of it but all in vaine vntill it be crucified with Christ Moreouer this we are to note that the slaine body of sinne though through the burial of christ it do coÌ„sume is diminished in the regenerate so that froÌ„ day to day the remnaÌ„ts of sin haue lesse lesse force in theÌ„ yet it remaineth in them none are fully deliuered from it so long as they liue in this world for you may reade what the great Apostle cryeth out touching himselfe O wretched man that I am who shall deliuer me from this body of death Rom. 7.24 This slaine body of sinne doth still annoy al the faithfull but as he giueth thanks there we shal bee fully deliuered by Christ Iesus our Lord. Nowe followeth the end why our old man is crucified namely that henceforth wee should not serue sin By nature we are all in bondage wee are vnder a most tyrannous Lord that ruleth ouer vs euen sin wee doe our seruice and obedience thereto Christ doth set vs free from this bondage as he saith If the sonne make you free then are you free indeede Iohn 8. and it is by slaying the tyrant wherefore he saith He that is dead is free from sinne Wee all knowe this that death setteth the bond seruant free from his master Here-upon S. Paule doth reason that if we be dead with Christ vnto sinne then are we freed from it So that you may plainely see that they that doe in such sort professe the Gospell of Christ as that they doe continue still in sin are little acquainted with this that Christ came to slay sin that wee by dying there-unto might be set free froÌ„ the seruice and bondage thereof And now to the other point which is that hee which is once crucified with Christ so is ded to sin the same must needs as we shewed before rise with him liue with him wherevpoÌ„ it followeth that he which so hath died risen with Christ can neuer returne againe vnto the spiritual death which is to liue to sin This point is not common I meane euery one doth not vnderstand it and therefore I doe pray you to marke well the speeches of the holy Apostle Wherefore if we be dead with Christ wee beleeue that we shal also liue with him This hath a necessary consequence as you haue seene before in the similitude of a plant where the science grafted in growing to the stocke doeth die and liue with it If theÌ„ we be dead with Christ vnto sinne If the power of his death hath crucified our old man then doe we beleeue that we also rise with him vnto the new life for hee rising vp to life how should we being plaÌ„ted into him and growing vnto him but rise also to life with him This is the first step vnto the matter now in hand Then in the next place he addeth that Christ being enrred into that heauenly life neuer returneth out of it to die anie more This is so euident that he saith Knowing that Christ beeing raised from the deade dieth no more death hath no more dominion ouer him If death haue no more dominion ouer him then can he neuer returne from that glorious life for life is not taken away but by death Nowe that death shall haue no more dominion ouer him he sheweth by this reason that in that he dyed he dyed once to sinne but in that he lyueth he lyueth to God This was the cause why Christ dyed euen that he might satisfie for the sinne of the world and that he might destroye sinne This being once done there is now no cause why it should euer bee done againe for the full satisfaction is made at once for euer and sinne by his crosse shall bee vtterly dissolued But touching his life the Apostle saith he liueth to God his life then is perpetuall and euerlasting Thus much touching Christ the head And now hee commeth to the application of it in the members Likewise thinke yee also that ye are dead to sinne but are aliue to GOD in Iesus Christ our Lord. First in these wordes the Apostle willeth vs not barely as the worde is translated to thinke for that is but an opinion but to conclude as it were necessarie by a Syllogisme for that speech he vseth that wee are deade to sinne and are aliue to God through Christ Iesus our Lord. Here now lyeth the force of his matter as Christ dyed but once for to satisfie for sinne to slay it so all the true members of Christ can but once die to sinne Sinne or the olde man being once crucified in them and hauing receiued the deaths wound can neuer reuiue againe Christ dyed once to sinne so his must die but once to sin for being in him can they be off and on now dead to sin now aliue vnto it Most true it is that sinne is in the faithfull by degrees put downe and not at once but yet it is at once by the death of Christ slaine Then the partie in whome the old man is once crucified and slaine is also rysen with Christ and is partaker of the new life and so with him or rather in him is aliue to God Then marke the drift of the Apostle If Christ could die but once to sinne and then liueth for euer then they that be in Christ can die but once to sinne and likewise doe liue with him to God for

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