Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	condition_n	covenant_n	valid_a	160	3	16.7842	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76812	The covenant sealed. Or, A treatise of the sacraments of both covenants, polemicall and practicall. Especially of the sacraments of the covenant of grace. In which, the nature of them is laid open, the adæquate subject is largely inquired into, respective to right and proper interest. to fitnesse for admission to actual participation. Their necessity is made known. Their whole use and efficacy is set forth. Their number in Old and New Testament-times is determined. With several necessary and useful corollaries. Together with a brief answer to Reverend Mr. Baxter's apology, in defence of the treatise of the covenant. / By Thomas Blake, M.A. pastor of Tamworth, in the counties of Stafford and Warwick.	Blake, Thomas, 1597?-1657.; Cartwright, Christopher, 1602-1658.	1655 (1655)	Wing B3144; Thomason E846_1; ESTC R4425	638,828	706

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add_v his_o amen_o or_o so_o be_v it_o o_o lord_n which_o assent_n of_o he_o though_o it_o may_v be_v refer_v to_o the_o prophet_n duty_n in_o obedience_n of_o god_n command_n when_o he_o have_v say_v to_o he_o ver_fw-la 2_o 3._o speak_v to_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n and_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o say_v unto_o they_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n curse_a be_v every_o man_n that_o obey_v not_o etc._n etc._n the_o prophet_n in_o these_o word_n say_v what_o thou_o have_v enjoin_v i_o i_o will_v do_v it_o and_o so_o junius_n and_o tremelius_fw-la understand_v it_o or_o to_o the_o prpphets_n earnest_a desire_n to_o have_v the_o promise_v fulfil_v which_o the_o lord_n utter_v in_o the_o close_a of_o his_o speech_n ver_fw-la 5._o that_o i_o may_v perform_v the_o oath_n which_o i_o have_v swear_v unto_o your_o father_n to_o give_v they_o a_o land_n flow_v with_o milk_n and_o honey_n as_o it_o be_v this_o day_n to_o which_o the_o prophet_n answer_v so_o lord_n let_v it_o be_v that_o 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justification_n and_o life_n eternal_a and_o have_v quote_v rom._n 3.16_o rom._n 4.5_o gal._n 3.8_o he_o add_v justification_n therefore_o and_o right_a to_o life_n eternal_a be_v suspend_v upon_o condition_n of_o faith_n alone_o but_o good_a work_n be_v also_o require_v of_o justify_v man_n not_o to_o constitute_v a_o state_n of_o justification_n or_o demerit_v life_n eternal_a but_o to_o yield_v obedience_n and_o testify_v thankfulness_n towards_o god_n who_o justify_v we_o free_o and_o have_v mark_v out_o that_o way_n for_o their_o walk_n who_o he_o have_v design_v for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o glory_n how_o be_v it_o delineavit_fw-la it_o justificatio_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o jus_o ad_fw-la aeternam_fw-la vitam_fw-la ex_fw-la conditione_n solius_fw-la fidei_fw-la suspenditur_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la jam_fw-la justificatis_fw-la opera_fw-la etiam_fw-la bona_fw-la exiguntur_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la constituendum_fw-la statum_fw-la justificationis_fw-la aut_fw-la promerendam_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la exhibendam_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la &_o testificandum_fw-la gratitudinem_fw-la erga_fw-la deum_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la gratuito_fw-la justificavit_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la ambulandum_fw-la in_o illâ_fw-la viâ_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la regnum_fw-la gloriae_fw-la designatis_fw-la ipse_fw-la delineavit_fw-la then_o justificationis_fw-la haec_fw-la gratia_fw-la sc_fw-la inhaerens_fw-la ut_fw-la saepe_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-fr appendix_n five_o consequens_fw-la gratuitae_fw-la justificationis_fw-la that_o again_o and_o again_o as_o he_o say_v himself_o have_v say_v that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o appendix_n or_o consequence_n of_o justification_n pag._n 317_o if_o he_o thus_o interest_n work_v in_o justification_n how_o he_o will_v be_v reconcile_v to_o himself_o where_o in_o the_o passage_n before_o quote_v he_o say_v that_o they_o that_o affirm_v that_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o other_o virtue_n or_o work_n do_v 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put_v we_o in_o a_o state_n of_o condemnation_n if_o you_o can_v reconcile_v davenant_n to_o davenant_n which_o i_o doubt_v not_o may_v be_v do_v this_o author_n may_v then_o be_v as_o easy_o reconcile_v to_o himself_o passage_n of_o this_o kind_n only_o you_o quote_v out_o of_o davenant_n which_o be_v as_o much_o opposite_a to_o himself_o as_o to_o the_o author_n now_o mention_v sect_n vi_o unbelief_n and_o impenitence_n in_o profess_a christian_n be_v violation_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n the_o next_o you_o enter_v upon_o be_v a_o query_n how_o far_o unbelief_n and_o impenitence_n in_o profess_a christian_n be_v violation_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n oppose_v yourself_o against_o that_o position_n of_o i_o chap._n 33._o pag._n 245._o the_o man_n in_o impenitency_n and_o unbelief_n that_o lie_v in_o sin_n and_o live_v in_o the_o neglect_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n live_v in_o a_o continual_a breach_n of_o covenant_n hear_v you_o confess_v that_o 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proper_a conditional_a covenant_n the_o next_o in_o order_n in_o which_o i_o be_o speak_v unto_o be_v that_o which_o sect._n 55._o pag._n 108._o you_o fall_v upon_o entitul_a it_o whether_o faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v god_n work_n where_o have_v repeat_v word_n of_o i_o out_o of_o chap._n 15._o pag._n 101._o of_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o covenant_n somewhat_o large_o but_o very_o break_o you_o be_v please_v to_o say_v mr._n bls._n business_n here_o be_v to_o refute_v the_o answer_n that_o i_o give_v to_o that_o objection_n the_o objection_n be_v thus_o put_v by_o one_o that_o except_v against_o your_o aphorism_n how_n make_v you_o faith_n and_o repentance_n to_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o covenant_n on_o our_o part_n see_v the_o bestow_n of_o they_o be_v part_n of_o the_o condition_n on_o god_n part_n can_v they_o be_v god_n condition_n and_o we_o too_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v which_o in_o part_n you_o transcribe_v in_o case_n these_o two_o can_v stand_v together_o 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