Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02746	A touch-stone of grace Discouering the differences betweene true and counterfeit grace: laying downe infallible euidences and markes of true grace: seruing for the triall of a mans spirituall estate. By A.H. Bachelor in Diuinitie, and Minister of Gods Word at Cranham in Essex.	Harsnett, Adam, 1579 or 80-1639.	1630 (1630)	STC 12876; ESTC S114563	72,897	335

grace herein hath its precedencie and excellencie aboue al earthly things it neuer wholly leaues vs but prepares vs and brings vs vnto glory Grace is heauen vpon earth and therefore they which follow Christ in the regeneration shall sit in the throne of glory Mat. 19. 28. Grace prepares vs for glory two maner of waies First by remouing those euils which may hinder vs. And secondly by enabling of vs to practise those good things which may further vs. The grace of God which bringeth saluation vnto al men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should deny vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and that wee should liue soberly and righteously and godly in this present world looking for the blessed hope c. Tit. 2. 11 12 13. Whether you vnderstand here by grace the Word of grace as some doe or the free grace of God as others take it I am sure it is true also of the grace of sanctification for this helpeth vs to eschew euill and to choose and cleaue to that which is good As it is in the lightning of any darke place darknesse giues way when light approcheth so when grace commeth into the soule away in part goes darknesse and blindnesse of minde ignorance impietie prophanenesse c. Paul telleth vs that he was sent to preach vnto the Gentiles To turne them from darknesse to light and from the power of Satan vnto God Such as liue in darknesse vnder the power of any one sinne those know not what the powerfull presence of grace meaneth Grace pulls downe sinne and sets vp righteousnesse Rom. 5. 21. Grace raignes by righteousnesse It holds vp the Scepter of Christ within vs helpes vs to be holy in all manner of conuersation and so hauing our fruit in holinesse wee come in the end to euerlasting life Rom. 6. 22. O the excellencie of grace that it thus brings vs to glory Let this comfort vs against that coÌ„fortlesse doctrine of falling away froÌ„ grace Consider we from whom grace proceeds eueÌ„ from God the Father And will not God perfect the worke of his owne hands I am perswaded that he that hath begun this good work in you will performe it vntill the day of Iesus Christ Phil. 1. 6. The gifts of God are without repentance Rom. 11. 29. The righteous shall neuer bee moued but had in euerlasting remeÌ„brance Psal 112. 6. But we are weake and feeble we haue strong corruptions within vs and mighty and subtill tentations without vs and therefore like to fall away True if there were not an higher power and a stronger arme than our owne to support vs. Our help staÌ„deth in the name of the Lord. We are strong in the power of his might For it is God which stablisheth vs in Christ and hath anointed vs 2 Cor. 1. 21. Our stabilitie is deriued from God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost The grounds of our stability which we fetch from God are these First the promises of God Ier. 24. 7. I will giue them an heart to know mee that I am the Lord and they shall be my people and I will be their God So Ier. 32. 40. I will put my feare into their hearts that they shall not depart from me Now to say that these are generall promises made vnto the whole Church and therefore not to be appropriated to particular persons will be but a silly euasion For doth not the whole consist of particular members And doe not we finde in Scripture promises made to particular persons generally applyed and likewise generall promises particularly applyed The Lord made a particular promise vnto Iosua 1. 9. I will not faile thee nor forsake thee Which promise S. Paul Hebr. 13. 5. applyes generally Other instances there be Secondly we proue it froÌ„ the attributes of God his power his faithfulnesse and constancie If any of those whom the Lord hath effectually called should vtterly fall from grace and perish it must needs follow that God wants either power to saue those whom hee would or else wants faithfulnesse to saue as hee hath promised either of which wants the deuils theÌ„selues dare not auouch to be in God Concerning his power the Lord himselfe tells vs Esay 43. 13. I will doe it and who shal let Again Esa 46. 10. My counsell shall stand and I will doe whatsoeuer I will Christ also tels vs Ioh. 10. My Father which gaue them me is greater than all and none is able to take theÌ„ out of my Fathers hand For sayes Peter we are kept by the power of God through faith vnto saluation 1 Pet. 1. 5. And for his faithfulnesse that Wizard Balaam could say Numb 23. 19. God is not as man that he should die neither as the son of man that he should repent hath he said it and shall he not doe it and hath he spoken and shall he not accomplish it Yes surely for the Lord is faithfull which will stablish you and keepe you from euill 2 Thess 3. 3. The Lord purposing to frame vnto himselfe a Church against which the gates of hell should neuer be able to preuaile thought it fit to lay the foundation of it deepe and strong euen in himselfe his owne purpose Things many times decay and perish for want of a firme good foundation But the foundation of God sayes Paul remaineth sure 2 Tim. 2. 19. So that vntill such time as God doth alter his purpose which shall neuer be for as Malac. 3. 6. I am the Lord I change not Gods children are sure to perseuere in his grace For whom hee once loues to the end hee loueth them Ioh. 13. 1. Secondly assurance of perseuerance in the grace of God may be gathered from many things in the Sonne First from his al-sufficiencie Hebr. 7. 25. Hee is able perfectly to saue all those that come to God by him Iude 24. To him that is able to keepe you that you fall not and to preserue you faultlesse c. As hee is able so is hee willing Ioh. 6. 37. and 40. Secondly from the vertue of his passion and sufferings Hebr. 10. 14. For with one offering hath he consecrated for euer them that are sanctified Thirdly from the efficacie of his prayer which God alwaies heares Christ prayed for all beleeuers Ioh. 17. first that the Lord would keepe them from euill vers 15. and secondly That they may bee one with him vers 21. and thirdly That they may be with him and behold his glory vers 24. And this prayer the Lord Christ our Aduocate still continues though not in a vocall manner seeing hee euer liueth to make intercession for vs Heb. 7 25. These things considered it is as possible to plucke Christ out of his kingdome as to rent the poorest beleeuer from him once made a true and liuely member of his mysticall body Thirdly wee proue it from the nature and office of the Spirit which is to seale vp and

As in bodily labour when a man beginnes to giue in when there is not that strength and power in his armes legs and back which sometimes hath beene wee see and say nature is debillitated and weakened in such a man euen so when we performe not holy duties with that zeale and spirituall vigour though it may bee with lesse strength of bodie the organes being decayed through age or sicknesse which formerly we haue done wee may feare grace is in some decleÌ„sion Consider therefore my brethren I beseech you seriously of these things that so you may by the grace of God be the better able to preuent declining or being fallen may remember from whence yee are fallen and repent and doe your first worke Thus hauing acquainted you with the differences betwixt true and counterfeit grace hauing laid downe the euidences of true grace and thirdly hauing shewed the reasons why grace is of that excellencie worth aboue all the world I now come to the fourth and last thing which I propounded and that is to make some vse application of the point Is it so as hath beene proued that grace is the best thing wee can partake of Then lamentable is the blindnesse and pitifull is the ignorance of the greatest part of the world who neither see their want nor yet the worth of grace How many be there who place all happinesse in these outward things riches honours pleasures c Taking those to be the onely happy men whose bellies the Lord fills with earthly treasures O he is a happie man say they he cannot doe amisse hee hath the world at will These are such as liue by sense Whose hearts goe after their eyes as Iob 31. 7. These are such as minde earthly things and therefore say as Psal 4. 6. Who will shew vs any good They encumber theÌ„selues with the things of this life neglecting grace the only thing needfull yea that which is of absolute necessity vnto saluation Is it not a thing much to be lamented that in this glorious noone-tide of the Gospell people should so dote vpon the world as if there were no other goodnesse vnder the Sunne but to be great to be honourable to eat and drink to take their sports and follow their pleasures and profits If Paul in his daies could not speake nor write it without griefe and weeping to consider how many went a madding after the world minding earthly things surely if hee liued in these our times his heart would not ake but breake to see how eager people are vpoÌ„ the world how little grace is respected and looke after no more than the reffuse and parings of our nailes Whereas if a man had all the world want grace hee hath in account nothing but if he want all outward things and be indowed with grace he hath enough for grace is sufficient for him yet alas as the Israelites were scattered vp and downe Aegypt to gather stubble and to picke vp strawes so the greatest part of the world hunt vp and downe beat their brains vse their wits and stretch their consciences for those things which compared with grace are no better than straw or stubble The condition of many people would bee a great deale more tolerable if any toleration may be of euill if their want of grace proceeded from meere ignoraÌ„ce of the price worth or the necessitie of grace but too many there bee who are destitute of grace meerly through their neglect of the means of grace nay which is worse from a gracelesse wicked contempt of it scoffing and scorning the practice of it wheresoeuer they behold it Where shall a man liue or whither shall hee goe where hee shall not meet with some scoffing fleering Ismael or some scorning Michol to flout the practice of pietie tooth and naile to bring it into disgrace If any amongst them be like Saul amongst the people higher in matters of religion or more forward in the practice of holinesse than themselues how is hee maligned and contemned Hee is hunched at as Ioseph was amongst his brethren who could not speak peaceably vnto him hee is hated of them as Iacob was hated of Esau because his owne works were euill and his brothers good 1 Ioh. 3. 12. Had not our sweet Sauiour foretold vs of the iniquitie of these last times we might wonder that these dayes of the Gospel should bring forth such prodigious monsters as these are Oh let vs pitie them and bewaile their gracelesse coÌ„dition I haue read of one Marcellus a Romane Captaine who hauing taken Siracusa and entred the Citie teares fell from his cheekes to see so great a multitude of people and so goodly a Citie to be captiuated Hath the outward and bodily misery of others occasioned sorrow in those that were heathens yea enemies and shall not we that are Christians weepe and mourne to see so many soules so many of our friends and acquaintance to be captiuated of sinne and Satan to perish bodie and soule through the waÌ„t of grace Shew we our true compassion not only in being affected with the misery and danger of gracelesse persons but also in labouring to pull them out of the snares of the Deuill of whom they are captiuated at his will Of old Gods people were enioyned to bring home their neighbours yea their enemies Oxe or Asse if they met them going astray Exod. 23. 4. Will God haue vs to take care of Oxen and Asses and not much more to regard the soules of our brethren Let him know that he which conuerts a sinner from going astray out of his way shal saue a soule from death and shall hide a multitude of sinnes Iam. 5. 20. Againe is grace the most excellent thing we can attaine vnto Then let this set an edge vpon our affections let it be as a spur in our sides to make vs mend our pace and make more haste after grace If you were perswaded of your happinesse in the possession thereof if you were sensible of your misery in the want of it as Rachel cryed vnto her husband for children Gen. 30. 1. Giue mee children or else I die so thou wouldest crie out Lord giue mee of thy grace or else I die I see how wretched and miserable I am wanting grace Oh what shall I doe that I may obtaine grace Be intreated therefore to throw downe thy selfe before the throne of grace confesse thy sins vnto the God of Grace intreate his Maiestie to pitie the poore confounded worke of his owne hands by the malice of Satan and the poison of sin most wofully defiled Beseech him for his Christs sake to breathe into thy emptie soule some blast of grace to fill thy emptie barren and gracelesse heart with the fruits of his Spirit This earnest desire of thine will be a good euidence to thy soule of some good comming towards thee of some seed of grace already sowne in thee it being an effect of

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