Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	believe_v	faith_n	holy_a	10,213	4	5.4982	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76270	A nosegay of divine truths; wherein the chief points of religion are ingeniously discussed, and also the doctrines of predestination, reprobation, &c. rightly determined Highly necessary for all Christians to peruse. And digested into 50 chapters; both French and English, for the benefit of those who are desirous to improve themselves in the French or English tongues. By P.B. formerly of the order of S. Francis, now a convert to the Church of England	P. B.	1687 (1687)	Wing B152A; ESTC R230839	97,134	289

come_v unto_o i_o mat._n 25.35_o he_o shall_v render_v to_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o work_n to_o they_o who_o by_o patient_a continuance_n in_o well-doing_n seek_v for_o glory_n and_o honour_n and_o immortality_n eternal_a life_n but_o unto_o they_o that_o be_v contentious_a and_o do_v not_o obey_v the_o truth_n but_o obey_v unrighteousness_n indignation_n and_o wrath_n rom._n 2.6_o by_o those_o text_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n it_o be_v as_o clear_a as_o the_o day_n at_o noon_n that_o predestination_n be_v not_o without_o a_o respect_n to_o our_o faith_n obedience_n and_o good_a action_n chap._n xxviii_o how_o reprobation_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v it_o be_v a_o gross_a impious_a and_o blasphemous_a impiety_n to_o assert_v that_o god_n do_v by_o his_o immutable_a decree_n appoint_v the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n to_o eternal_a damnation_n without_o have_v any_o regard_n to_o their_o infidelity_n disobedience_n and_o bad_a action_n as_o calvin_n will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v lib._n 3._o c._n 23._o sect._n 1_o 2._o reprobation_n be_v a_o act_n of_o god_n hatred_n and_o god_n hate_v and_o punish_v nothing_o but_o sin_n which_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v guilty_a of_o before_o its_o existence_n wherefore_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o creature_n and_o his_o disobedience_n to_o god_n commandment_n ought_v to_o be_v presuppose_v before_o he_o be_v doom_v to_o eternal_a damnation_n i_o mean_v before_o he_o can_v be_v hate_v and_o condemn_v by_o god_n into_o hell_n fire_n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v when_o god_n do_v by_o eternal_a decree_n appoint_v the_o great_a number_n of_o mankind_n to_o eternal_a damnation_n it_o be_v in_o consideration_n of_o their_o infidelity_n disobedience_n to_o his_o commandment_n or_o wicked_a action_n and_o to_o let_v you_o see_v that_o what_o i_o say_v be_v very_o well_o ground_v pray_v mark_v these_o text_n follow_v go_v you_o curse_v depart_v from_o i_o into_o everlasting_a fire_n prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o 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it_o be_v in_o regard_n of_o their_o sin_n because_o of_o these_o thing_n come_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o child_n of_o disobedience_n eph._n 5.6_o though_o calvin_n say_v that_o it_o be_v for_o no_o other_o cause_n but_o because_o he_o will_v l._n 3._o c._n 23._o s._n 1_o 2._o god_n decree_n be_v eternal_a and_o immutable_a that_o be_v certain_a but_o it_o be_v subsequent_a and_o conditional_a i_o grant_v he_o have_v appoint_v the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n to_o eternal_a damnation_n but_o it_o be_v in_o regard_n of_o their_o infidelity_n or_o disobedience_n to_o his_o commandment_n their_o disobedience_n be_v antecedent_n and_o presuposed_a the_o soul_n that_o sin_v shall_v die_v reprobation_n be_v but_o conditional_a that_o be_v to_o say_v no_o man_n be_v reprobate_n but_o upon_o condition_n he_o transgress_v god_n commandment_n or_o be_v unfaithful_a but_o some_o will_v say_v i_o grant_v predestination_n and_o reprobation_n to_o be_v as_o you_o have_v explain_v they_o 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god_n work_n be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n we_o speak_v of_o faith_n we_o extol_v it_o in_o sermon_n assert_v we_o be_v thereby_o justify_v without_o have_v any_o regard_n to_o good_a work_n and_o to_o confirm_v what_o we_o say_v we_o allege_v both_o the_o word_n of_o st._n paul_n and_o the_o example_n of_o abraham_n if_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o work_n he_o have_v whereof_o to_o glory_n but_o not_o before_o god._n abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v count_v unto_o he_o for_o righteousness_n even_o as_o david_n describe_v the_o blessedness_n of_o the_o man_n unto_o who_o god_n impute_v righteousness_n without_o work_n rom._n 4.2.6_o which_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o many_o think_v too_o much_o upon_o faith_n care_v very_o little_a to_o practise_v good_a work_n but_o they_o deceive_v themselves_o for_o they_o ought_v to_o remember_v there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o faith_n one_o dead_a and_o another_o live_n the_o live_a faith_n which_o only_o justify_v our_o soul_n and_o 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work_n thou_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v one_o god_n thou_o do_v well_o the_o devil_n also_o believe_v and_o tremble_v but_o will_v thou_o know_v o_o vain_a man_n that_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v dead_a be_v not_o abraham_n our_o father_n justify_v by_o work_n when_o he_o have_v offer_v isaac_n his_o son_n upon_o the_o altar_n see_v thou_o how_o faith_n wrought_v with_o his_o work_n and_o by_o work_n be_v faith_n make_v perfect_a you_o see_v then_o how_o that_o by_o work_n a_o man_n be_v justify_v and_o not_o by_o faith_n only_o for_o as_o the_o body_n without_o spirit_n be_v dead_a so_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v dead_a also_o it_o profit_v nothing_o neither_o to_o our_o justification_n nor_o salvation_n whosoever_o therefore_o will_v after_o his_o death_n obtain_v a_o eternal_a salvation_n aught_o

3._o c._n 24._o s._n 13._o wherefore_o when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v we_o must_v understand_v thereby_o his_o outward_a and_o reveal_v will_n but_o not_o his_o inward_a and_o secret_a to_o who_o i_o answer_v that_o this_o distinction_n be_v impious_a and_o blasphemous_a make_v our_o good_a god_n cruel_a tyrannical_a and_o author_n of_o sin_n as_o i_o will_v make_v it_o appear_v in_o the_o two_o next_o chapter_n chap._n xxiii_o four_o impiety_n it_o make_v god_n cruel_a and_o tyrannical_a to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v in_o god_n a_o outward_a and_o reveal_v will_n whereby_o he_o will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v and_o that_o there_o be_v in_o he_o another_o inward_a and_o secret_a will_n irresistible_a and_o always_o effectual_a whereby_o he_o have_v choose_v some_o to_o be_v save_v and_o determine_v other_o to_o be_v damn_v without_o any_o respect_n to_o their_o good_a or_o bad_a action_n it_o be_v to_o make_v god_n cruel_a and_o tyrannical_a i_o know_v that_o god_n by_o his_o absolute_a power_n and_o right_n over_o all_o creature_n may_v do_v what_o seem_v he_o good_a and_o none_o dare_v ask_v he_o why_o do_v thou_o so_o be_v it_o not_o lawful_a to_o i_o to_o do_v what_o i_o will_v with_o my_o own_o mat._n 20.15_o but_o the_o question_n here_o be_v not_o of_o his_o absolute_a authority_n but_o of_o such_o power_n as_o agree_v with_o his_o infinite_a goodness_n wisdom_n and_o justice_n and_o if_o he_o have_v determine_v some_o to_o eterral_n damnation_n without_o any_o respect_n to_o their_o bad_a action_n where_o be_v that_o infinite_a goodness_n wisdom_n and_o justice_n which_o we_o will_v have_v to_o be_v in_o our_o god_n it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n way_n be_v right_a and_o equal_a that_o he_o can_v do_v no_o iniquity_n eze._n 18.25_o it_o be_v write_v in_o hosea_n man_n destruction_n be_v of_o himself_o hos_fw-la 13.9_o we_o read_v in_o isaiah_n that_o our_o iniquity_n have_v separate_v between_o we_o and_o our_o god_n and_o our_o sin_n have_v hide_v his_o face_n from_o we_o we_o read_v also_o in_o the_o act_v 10.34_o god_n be_v no_o respecter_n of_o person_n but_o in_o every_o nation_n he_o that_o fear_v he_o and_o work_v righteousness_n be_v accept_v with_o he_o how_o can_v these_o text_n agree_v with_o this_o doctrine_n that_o without_o any_o respect_n unto_o sin_n god_n have_v determine_v the_o great_a part_n of_o mankind_n to_o be_v damn_v to_o have_v such_o thought_n of_o god_n be_v it_o not_o to_o make_v he_o tyrannical_a where_o be_v a_o king_n so_o unjust_a and_o arbitrary_a that_o without_o any_o respect_n to_o the_o obedience_n or_o disobedience_n of_o his_o subject_n order_n that_o some_o live_v in_o peace_n and_o that_o other_o be_v cruel_o put_v to_o death_n where_o be_v a_o father_n so_o cruel_a and_o barbarous_a that_o without_o any_o respect_n to_o the_o ill_a carriage_n and_o behaviour_n of_o his_o child_n will_v have_v some_o to_o be_v happy_a the_o rest_n miserable_a but_o if_o there_o be_v either_o a_o king_n or_o father_n who_o will_v deal_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n shall_v he_o not_o be_v think_v cruel_a and_o tyrannical_a by_o all_o man_n the_o five_o impiety_n chap._n xxiv_o it_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin._n it_o be_v say_v in_o several_a place_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o god_n hate_v sin_n and_o that_o he_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o wickedness_n but_o hate_v and_o abhor_v iniquity_n psa_n 5.4_o 45.7_o it_o be_v a_o burden_n to_o he_o he_o forbid_v it_o he_o be_v provoke_v to_o anger_n by_o it_o it_o be_v enmity_n to_o he_o he_o do_v revenge_v it_o and_o punish_v the_o sinner_n for_o it_o whosoever_o have_v sin_v he_o will_v i_o blot_v out_o exo._n 32.33_o the_o soul_n that_o sin_v it_o shall_v die_v ezech._n 18.4_o nevertheless_o this_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n and_o reprobation_n make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o what_o he_o hate_v forbid_v and_o punish_v for_o be_v a_o certain_a truth_n that_o none_o shall_v enter_v into_o hell_n but_o after_o he_o have_v commit_v sin_n it_o follow_v according_a to_o calvin_n doctrine_n that_o god_n have_v determine_v the_o great_a part_n of_o mankind_n to_o a_o eternal_a damnation_n as_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o they_o to_o avoid_v it_o so_o they_o can_v avoid_v the_o mean_n viz._n sin_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o calvin_n be_v of_o that_o opinion_n as_o you_o may_v see_v by_o these_o follow_a word_n the_o reprobate_n say_v he_o will_v be_v think_v excusable_a in_o sin_v because_o they_o can_v escape_v the_o necessity_n of_o sin_v special_o since_o such_o necessity_n be_v cast_v upon_o they_o by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god._n neither_o ought_v it_o to_o seem_v a_o absurdity_n which_o i_o say_v that_o god_n foresee_v not_o only_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o first_o man_n and_o in_o he_o the_o ruin_n of_o his_o posterity_n but_o also_o dispose_v it_o after_o his_o own_o will_n l._n 3._o c._n 23._o s._n 9_o and_o 7_o here_o they_o run_v to_o the_o distinction_n of_o will_n &_o permission_n by_o which_o they_o will_v have_v it_o grant_v that_o the_o wicked_a do_v perish_v god_n only_o permit_v but_o not_o will_v it_o but_o why_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o he_o permit_v it_o but_o because_o he_o so_o will_v howbeit_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o man_n by_o himself_o by_o the_o only_a permission_n of_o god_n without_o any_o of_o his_o ordinance_n bring_v destruction_n to_o he_o ibid._n s._n 8._o some_o answer_n there_o be_v two_o thing_n in_o sin_n to_o be_v distinguish_v the_o materiality_n and_o formality_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v to_o say_v its_o act_n and_o deformity_n and_o that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o former_a but_o not_o of_o the_o latter_a to_o which_o i_o thus_o answer_v if_o there_o be_v sin_n capable_a of_o this_o distinction_n as_o blasphemy_n murder_n and_o other_o sin_n of_o commission_n and_o if_o we_o may_v say_v that_o in_o those_o sort_n of_o sin_n god_n concur_v with_o the_o act_n and_o not_o with_o the_o deformity_n wherein_o sin_n true_o consist_v there_o be_v other_o sin_n call_v of_o omission_n which_o have_v no_o act_n we_o can_v say_v that_o god_n concur_v with_o they_o without_o say_v also_o that_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o of_o they_o and_o this_o distinction_n of_o materiatity_n and_o formality_n of_o the_o act_n and_o deformity_n be_v vain_a sin_n consist_v only_o in_o the_o latter_a i_o mean_v in_o the_o formality_n or_o deformity_n of_o the_o act._n chap._n xxv_o six_o impiety_n it_o cause_n and_o nourish_v vice_n and_o be_v enmity_n to_o a_o good_a government_n vice_n be_v forbid_v both_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o men._n and_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o banish_v it_o not_o only_o from_o our_o heart_n but_o also_o from_o our_o family_n and_o from_o a_o state_n as_o much_o as_o lie_v in_o our_o power_n now_o the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n and_o reprobation_n according_a to_o calvin_n principles_n do_v maintain_v and_o encourage_v it_o for_o when_o a_o man_n be_v teach_v and_o convince_v that_o god_n decree_n be_v immutable_a and_o that_o he_o have_v elect_v to_o eternal_a salvation_n but_o a_o very_a little_a number_n of_o man_n without_o any_o respect_n to_o their_o faith_n and_o obedience_n to_o his_o commandment_n and_o by_o the_o same_o decree_n o_o dain_v the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n to_o eternal_a damnation_n without_o any_o regard_n to_o their_o infidelity_n and_o other_o sin_n how_o can_v the_o fear_n of_o damnation_n ever_o restrain_v he_o from_o yield_v to_o a_o brisk_a and_o voluptuous_a temptation_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o from_o indulge_v his_o sense_n in_o whatsoever_o they_o desire_v but_o if_o he_o know_v how_o to_o make_v the_o best_a use_n of_o this_o doctrine_n what_o advantage_n may_v he_o not_o draw_v from_o thence_o it_o will_v serve_v he_o both_o for_o a_o sword_n and_o buckler_n in_o all_o fear_n and_o dangerss_n it_o will_v make_v he_o courageous_a and_o undaunted_a on_o all_o occasion_n if_o he_o rebel_n and_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o his_o lawful_a prince_n in_o the_o pretend_a defence_n of_o his_o religion_n right_n and_o liberty_n happen_v what_o will_v he_o will_v be_v unconcern_v he_o be_v teach_v and_o full_o convince_v that_o god_n decree_n be_v irrevocable_a that_o none_o can_v resist_v it_o and_o that_o it_o will_v have_v its_o effect_n maugre_o all_o opposition_n chap._n xxvi_o seven_o impiety_n it_o take_v away_o all_o comfort_n there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o i_o walk_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n with_o much_o joy_n and_o inward_a consolation_n feel_v in_o my_o soul_n such_o delight_n as_o make_v i_o still_o remember_v the_o hide_a manna_n which_o be_v so_o