Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	eat_v	flesh_n	soul_n	6,923	5	5.6839	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13341	Of the markes of the children of God and of their comforts in afflictions. To the faithfull of the Low Countrie. By Iohn Taffin. Ouerseene againe and augmented by the author, and translated out of French by Anne Prowse.; Des marques des enfans de Dieu. English	Taffin, Jean, 1529-1602.; Prowse, Anne.	1590 (1590)	STC 23652; ESTC S118085	100,800	270

called the house of God to giue vs to vnderstand Ephe. 2.19 that those that abide there are by good right accompted the childreÌ„ and household of God Furthermore when after wee haue protested in our Creede that wee beleeue the holie Church vniuersall we adde the communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sinnes the rising againe of the bodie and the life euerlasting is not this to assure vs that those that are the members of the Church haue a communitie in all these treasures and goods of it and consequently that they are the children of God and inheritours of euerlasting life According vnto this S. Luke also saith resolutlie Act. 2.47 that God ioyned vnto the Church those that should be saued The which is confirmed by the Prophet Ioel saying Ioel. 2.32 that there shall be saluation in Sion And S. Paule himselfe sticketh not at all 1. Thes 1.4 to call those that are the members of the Church the elect of God But yet so much the more to resolue vs let vs consider the marks of the true church touched here before The first is the pure preaching of the word of God Now Iesus Christ saith my sheepe heare my voyce and they follow me Ioh. 10.27 shewing thereby very manifestly that this is one marke to bee the child of God Ioh. 8.47 to heare the voyce of his sonne Iesus Christ As also he saith in another place 2. Cor. 5.18 Ephe. 6.15 Act. 14.3 Act. 20.32 Act. 13.26 Act 5.20 Phil. 2.15 that is of God heareth the voyce of God And indeed seeing that the preaching of the Gospell is called the ministerie of reconciliation the Gospell of peace the word of grace of saluation and of life as without doubt God by the ministerie of his word presenteth Reconciliation peace grace saluation and life So they that are the members of the Church heare and receiue the word shew therein that they are partakers of all these benefites and consequentlie the children of God The second mark of the Church consisteth in the Sacraments of Baptisme and of the Lords supper As touching Baptisme it is a seale sure warrant that the sinnes of those that receiue it are washed away by the bloud of Christ Act. 22.5 Rom. 6.4 Tit. 3.5 Gal. 3.27 that they are ingrafted and incorporate into his death and resurrection that they are regenerate that they haue put on Iesus Christ Whereof it followeth as S. Paule affirmeth Gal. 3.26 that they are the children of God The like assurance of our adoption is giuen vs in the Lords supper For if the bread and the cup 1. Cor. 10.16 which are giuen to the members of the Church are the communion of the bodie and of the bloud of Iesus Christ it followeth that in this communioÌ„ of Christ they haue the foode and life of their soules And that consequentlie as the children of GOD they shall obtaine life euerlasting according to the protestation of Christ He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my bloud Ioh. 6.54 he hath euerlasting life The third marke of the Church of God is the inuocation of the name of God in the name of that onlie one lesus Christ Now Psal 14 4. Gen. 12.7 Act. 2.21 Act. 9.14 as all the seruice of God is oftentimes signified by this inuocation So Saint Luke noteth the faithful and children of God by this description that they call vpon the name of the Lord. As on the contrarie side Psal 14.4 it is said of the reprobate that they do not call vpon the name of God And indeede when the members of the Church ioyne together and lift vp their praiers vnto God Matth. 6.9 saying Our Father which art in heauen and so calling him father by the commandement of Christ they may well assure themselues that God doth acknowledge them for his children and that he wil make them feele the fruit of their praiers according to the promise of Christ Mat. 18.19 that whatsoeuer they shall with one consent aske of GOD it shall bee giuen them By this that is aboue said it manifestlie appeareth how euerie member of the Church may and ought to assure him selfe to be the child of God and to acknowledge all other members of the Church with him in like manner to be the children of God If any alledge that we may thus accompt such a one for the child of God who possiblie is an hypocrite and may after shewe himselfe a reprobate we answere that such discourses are contrarie to charitie so much recommended vnto vs by Saint Paule 1. Cor. 13. noting amongst other properties of charitie that she thinketh not euill or is not suspitious but that she beleeueth all things and hopeth all things Wee ought then to hold the members of the Church for the children of GOD. vntill that departing from it or discouering their hypocrisie they shewe themselues reprobates Furthermore as GOD would that al those to whoÌ„ he vouchsafeth to bee father should acknowledge the Church for their mother so let vs not doubt but being borne againe and nourished in the Church our mother we may call God our father and abiding vnited to the familie of the mother let vs not doubt but that wee bee the heires of the father Thus much for the outward markes Now let vs come to the inwarde markes As to the blind and deaffe the opening of their eyes and eares is needfull clearelie to see and heare the voyce of him that speaketh Of the inward marks of our adoption So being of our owne nature both blind and deaffe as touching vnderstanding the holie spirit is hee that openeth our eyes and eares to comprehend thereuelation of our adoption and to feele in our harts the assurance of it ingendring in vs faith which is as it were the hand by which wee apprehend this great benefite whereof also the fruites and effects as well of the holie ghost dwelling in vs as of the faith that is in vs are the principall most assured markes to giue vs knowledge of our adoption A ccording wherevnto Rom. 8.16 Saint Paule saith that the Holie ghost giueth testimonie to our spirits that we are the children of God so as hauing receiued this spirit of adoption wee crie with all assurance Abba father 1. Ioh. 3.24 This is it also which S. John teacheth vs saying we know that he abideth in vs by the spirit which he hath giuen vs. 1. Ioh. 4.13 Also By this we knowe that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath giuen of his spirit vnto vs. In like manner the Apostle S. Paule affirmeth Rom. 5.1 that by the peace and quietnes which we feele in our consciences before GOD in the free forgiuenes of our sinnes by the bloud of Iesus Christ we shewe and prooue that wee are iustified by faith and so the children of God Wherein to confirme vs he saith in another place that after wee

true It is verie true that in preaching the Gospell hee saith Ioh. 3.39 not I am come to saue Simon Peter Cornelius the Centurion Marie Magdalen and so of others He nameth no man by his name that was giuen him by men either at their circumcision or at their baptisme or otherwise for so might we yet doubt of our saluatioÌ„ thinking that it might be spokeÌ„ not of vs but of some other that should haue the same name But when thou hearest that Iesus Christ is come to saue sinners either renounce the name of a sinner Matt. 9.13 1. Timo. 1.15 or confesse that hee speaketh to thee and that hee is come to saue thee Make then boldly this conclusion Iesus Christ is come to saue sinners I acknowledge my owne name for I am a sinner therefore he is come to saue me And also when he saith Come vnto men all ye that trauaile are heauilie laden Math. 11.28 and I will refresh you Thou must marke well these words all ye for seeing he saith all ye he speaketh to all those that trauaile and feele the heauy burthen of their sinnes Wherfore shouldest thou doubt then whether hee speake to thee Conclude rather on this manner seeing he saith all ye he speaketh then also to me promising to comfort me And to this purpose saith S. Paule that there is no differeÌ„ce of men before GOD Rom. 10.12 but the same who is Lord ouer all is rich towards all those that call vppon him Haue thou then recourse vnto him and beleeue in him thou art assured that he will also be rich in mercie euen vnto thee If there were two or three hundred inhabitants of some towne banished for some offence and after a generall pardon should be published that all the banished of such a towne should haue free libertie to returne thether with all assurance to enter againe vppon all their goods and honors suppose that thou wert one of those banished and that he that hath giuen the pardon were a faithfull and true Prince wouldest not thou beleeue that thou wert comprehended in the pardon although thy name were no more expressed than the names of the other banished and that returning to the towne thou shouldest againe bee placed in thy goods Now Gen. 3.24 we haue bin banished from the kingdome of heauen by the transgression of Adam Iesus Christ dying for these banished persons causeth a generall pardon to bee published by the preaching of the Gospell with permission yea with commandement to returne into heauen He is a true King yea the trueth it selfe and the abolishing of this banishment the reentrie into heaueÌ„ hath cost him verie deere 1. Pet. 1.19 euen the shedding of his most precious bloud What occasion then hast thou to doubt of thy pardon returne into heauen For although thy Christian name bee not expressed yet if thou be of the number of the banished he speaketh to thee behold thy name thou art there comprehended Beleeue that he speaketh in trueth and that his wil is such towards thee as he declareth to thee by his word But let vs passe further to the Sacraments which serue greatlie to resolue vs to beleeue that wee are the children of God The Sacraments are as it were a visible word August in Ioan. hom 19. representing the grace of the Gospel But more then that they are communicated to thee and thou receiuest theÌ„ Is not this to put thee as it were into reall possession of thine adoption and to giue thee assurance of euerlasting life The Pastour preacheth vnto all the grace of the Gospell in the name of Christ But in thy Baptisme he directeth his speach to thee by name to assure thee of the forgiuenes of thy sinnes and of thine adoption as S. Paule saith that those that are baptised haue put on Christ and that so they are the children of God Gal. 3.27.26 And it is as if a Prince hauing called backe againe all the banished amongst whoÌ„ thou shouldest be one calling vnto thee by name amongst the other banished by a letter sealed of thy pardon and of reestablishing thee in thy goods Should not this be to assure thee As touching the holy supper Iesus Christ hauing published by his Minister that his flesh is meate indeed and his bloud drinke addeth that whosoeuer eateth his flesh and drinketh his bloud Ioh. 6.55.56 he hath life euerlasting He calleth thee among others to his table and giueth thee of the bread and wine namelie to assure thy person that he died for thee and that he giueth thee his bodie his bloud yea himselfe all whole and all his benefites that thou shouldest bee with him the child of God and an inheritour of life euerlasting If the diuell or thy conscience trouble thee to doubt of thine adoption assure thy soule against such a temptation by the communication of the holie supper Say boldlie Satan canst thou denie that I haue been at the holie supper that I haue receiued bread and wine I haue seen touched and tasted it thou canst not denie it Further canst thou denie that this bread and wine were giuen me for seales and sure pledges of my communicating with the body and bloud of Christ 1. Cor. 10.16 Saint Paule saith plainlie that the bread which I haue receiued is the communioÌ„ of the bodie of lesus Christ Seeing then thou canst not denie but that I haue receiued the bread and wine and that the bread and wine are the communion of the body of the bloud of Christ I haue then communion with the bodie and bloud of Iesus Christ thou canst not denie it True it is that there are some who being outward members of the church baptised in it hearing the word and communicating at the holie supper shewe themselues after hypocrites declaring that they were neuer indeede the children of God But wee cannot say therefore that the reuelation and testimonie of the will of God coÌ„tained in his word and sealed by the Sacraments are doubtfull or vncertaine For GOD who offereth his grace in his word and hath sealed it by the Sacraments is faithful and speaketh truelie reuealing vnto vs and assuring vs that he will take vs for his welbeloued children in Iesus Christ And he can neither lie nor deceaue as is alreadie said But these are vnfaithfull men who reiecting the testimonies of the will of GOD towards them depriue themselues by their incredulitie of the grace which was offered vnto theÌ„ doing this dishonor to Christ to coÌ„pt him a lier 1. Ioh. 5.10 As the Sunne then ceaseth not to giue light and brightnes although some man shutteth his eyes that he may not see it nor bee lightened and as meate ceaseth not to bee good and nourishing although it be receiued without profite of a stomack euill disposed So if manie vnwilling to beleeue that the will of GOD is such as he hath declared by his word reiecting

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