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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	good_a	grace_n	work_n	6,634	5	5.8053	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13119	A receite for grace in a sermon preached in the parish church of Westminster / by Christopher Styles.	Styles, Christopher.	1620 (1620)	STC 23412.5; ESTC S1008	11,697	24

euermore to cleaue stedfastly vnto his gracious promises and without this grace of God it is vnpossible to please God or to doe good Grace is said to bee in a man that hath receiued it as Arte is in the workman that is skilfull in his trade alwayes present but not alwayes working therefore be not high-minded but feare and if thou feelest grace present with thee yet feare lest thou be slacke and negligent to performe those good workes which she exciteth thee vnto if thou feelest a defect of grace in thee the rather feare because the strength of thy soule is departed and thy best guide seemeth quite to forsake thee if the sense of grace returne to thee againe yet feare lest thy sinnes bereaue thee againe of this sweet comfort whatsoeuer we haue wee receiue by grace from God through Iesus Christ and it is therefore called grace because it is giuen gratis Now in a full fountaine wee may take vp as much water as our vessell will containe and if it takes vp but a little the defect is not in the fountaine but in the vessell so in Iesus Christ who is the fountaine of life full of grace truth Thus you see beloued grace is the comlinesse of all things the ioy of all things and the perfection of all things and this grace is thus distinguished to be Infusa Diffusa Effusa powred in spred abroad and spreading foorth First 1. Insusa it is said to be infused distilled into the heart soule and conscience of man whereby he is restrained from euill thoughts for as the small drops of raine doe pierce the hardest stones that lie vnder their droppings and a little water will bring the clay to an excellent temperature which otherwise is hardened by the Sunne In like manner euen by the sweet gentle operation of Gods holy grace that hart which so long was hardened like a stone by sinfull actions and the continuance of wicked practices as we read of Nabal it is now by the spirituall infusion of grace 1. Sam. 25. easily pierced and pricked with compunction as the Iewes at Peters preaching Act. 2.37 so likewise the droping dew of grace being once infused into the hart now hardened against the glorious sun-shine of the Gospell as Sauls Act. 9.1 2. doth easily mollifie and become like Dauids heart which was euen like melting waxe And whereas before all such made no conscience in practising all hainous sinnes now Gods grace is infused into them it will not admit so much as an euill thought to tarry with them Lord euermore giue vs this grace Secondly it is said to be scattered 2. Diffusa sild out as it were to bee spred abroad in the heart And as the good wine which Iesus made of the water Ioh. 2. ● was fild out of the stony pots to bee serued vnto the ghests at the marriage table So the ioyful gift of grace being once infused into the heart of earth and stone is fild out as it were and proceedeth by the mouth into words that are alwayes gracious Ephes 4.29 to edifie all those that shall bee ghests at the Supper of the Lambes marriage Reuel 19.9 As the sweet Singer of Israel sweetly prophesied of Christ Diffusa est gratia in labijs tuis Psal 45.3 Grace is powred out by thy lips for so S. Ierome reades it and thus expoundeth it Because saith he the law came by Moses Ioh. 1.17 but grace and truth came by Iesus Christ Full of grace are thy lips for so the common translation beares it for with a word thou healedst euery disease with a word thou madest the sea to bee calme with a word thou didst cōmand the winds to be silent with a word thou calledst Lazarus and he came forth of the graue when he had lien dead there foure dayes before Finally with a word whatsoeuer and whensoeuer thou speakest the word the grace of thy lips hath brought it to passe as when thou diddest send the Holy Ghost to sit vpon the Apostles in the likenesse of clouen tongues of fire Act. 2.3 thou didst thereby teach them to speake learnedly effectually graciously Heere obserue that into whomsoeuer grace is once infused it wil suffer no euil thoughts to remaine there any longer so likewise it being scattered in the heart it spreads further of it selfe and fills the mouth with the praises of God according to that sweet saying of the Royall Prophet Psal 115.17 18. The dead praise not thee O Lord neither all they that goe downe into the silence but wee will praise the Lord from this time forth for euermore And most true it is for how can they praise God whose harts are dead by sinne But such as are quickened by the life of grace doe doubtlesse praise the Lord with ioyfull lippes Thirdly 3. Effusa Grace is said to be powred out in great abundance ouerflowing as it were streaming forth vnto all our actions Gen. 2. For as out of Eden there went a riuer to water the garden and from thence it was diuided became into foure heads so by the Holy Ghost from Iesus Christ our spirituall Eden of pleasure the riuer of grace goeth forth to water the spirituall Paradise mans heart Gods garden of delight Psalm 147.11 and from thence it is diuided into so many heads as wee haue actions that so all our thoughts our words our workes may begin continue and bee finished by grace Rom. 6.14 and therefore saith the Apostle Sin shall now haue no more dominion ouer you for you are not vnder the law but vnder grace By which grace we are taught first what to desire and that is to doe well all the dayes of our liues euen to do the will of God our heauenly Father for euermore Also it teacheth vs what to auoid that is all vngodlinesse which corrupteth our vnderstanding and all wordlines which corrupteth our affections that with pure hearts and cleane hands we may truly serue God in holinesse and righteousnesse for euermore Finally it teacheth vs how to liue and that is soberly and not lasciuiously touching our selues iustly not deceitfully towards our neighbours faithfully and deuoutly in our religion to God Thus you haue heard beloued at large what grace is and what be the powers and vertuous effects of the same And now I will conclude in a word to shew you who they be and how it is that so many receiue the grace of God in vaine Hee receiueth the grace of God in vaine that is not exercised in the practices of obedience euen good works as holy Dauid speaking of the blessed man Psalm 1.2 saith In Gods Law he will exercise himselfe both day and night therefore if we desire to haue the grace of God to abide with vs continually of necessity we must keepe our selues from vices and nourish this holy Spirit of grace with the vertuous exercises of a