Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	holy_a	spirit_n	word_n	5,544	5	4.1289	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06663	The castell of comforte in the whiche it is euidently proued, [that] God alone absolueth, and freli forgeueth the sinners of so many as vnfaynedly repent, and turne vnto hym Lately compyled by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1549 (1549)	STC 1712; ESTC S109188	24,993	94

bothe Christ his apostles bidde vs take hede in so many places of the holy scripturs Agaynst these ought all men to fighte that tender y ● glory of God To confounde these Antichristes ought we to sell walet scrippe cote with all that euer we haue and to bye vs a swerde I meane y ● swerde of the spirit which is the worde of God And to this ende that I maye prouoke other valeauntly and boldely to fighte agaynste these aforesayde Antichristes I according to the talent geuen me haue taken vpō me to wrastle with those wicked Papistes which beleue teach that God alone doeth not forgeue synne but man also with y ● same power like authoritie Whiche thinge I take in hāde the more gladly because I se y ● thys kynde of doctrine is a great defacing of Gods glory and that it throweth many into great daūger forasmuche as they looke for that at the hand of man whiche onely is the gift of God yea it encourageth not a fewe to lyue dissolutely and without the feare of God seyng they are perswaded that if the Prieste layeth his hande ones vpon their head and saye Ego absoluo te they are quyte delyuered of their synneful burden and though they returne streyght waies vnto their filthy vomyte what skylleth it Ego a●soluo te will dispatche all togyther If any man sitteth in the temple of God bosting him self as God surely they do it which take vpon thē the office of God that is to remitte and forgeue synne But they shall be slayne with the breath of the Lordes mouth The order which I wil obserue in the treatise folowing is this Fyrst I wil proue with manifest scriptures that God alone forgeueth sinne Secōdli that the Priest is but a minister appoynted of God to declare fre remission of synnes to the truly penitent to declare I say and not to forgeue Thirdly I will aunswer to the obiections of the aduersaries and vtterly wype them awaye restorynge the scriptures to their natiue sense At the laste leste I should seme to despyse the true Christen absolucion of a faythfull Minister the vse of y ● keyes whiche consisteth in preaching I will expresse my mynde concerninge them also so that to any indifferent person I doubt not but that my iudgemēt shal appeare godly and confirmab●e to the true vayn of the holy scriptures Thys littel treatyse mooste vertuous Ladye I sende vnto youre grace as a testimonye of my redye ben● good will and seruiseable hart towarde youre grace beynge prouoked herevnto thorow youre excedynge loue and feruent z●le whyche youre mooste honorable Ladyshippe beare bothe towarde the woorde of God and the true professours of the same moste humbly besechynge your grace to take in good parte thys my rude and simple gifte God whyche by hys holy spirit hath wroughte in your hart this ent●er loue towarde the Gospell of hys sonne Christe Iesu moughte also bringe forthe in youre grace plenteousnes of good workes vnto the glory of hys blessed name and the profit of hys holy congregaciō AMEN Your graces mooste humble and faythfull oratoure Thomas Becon ¶ The Castel of comforte THat God alone absolueth y e truly penitent and onely forgeueth the synnes of so many as with vnfayned fayth and harty repentaunce conuerte turne and fle vnto his mercy it is manifestly proued by diuers textes of y ● holy scripture First let vs heare what God him self sayeth by the Prophet I am he yea I am he in dede which putteth awaye thy synnes yea and that for myne owne sake and I will remember thy synnes nomore Call to remembraunce let vs be iudged together Tel if thou haste any thinge y ● thou mayste be iustified Thy first father synned thy Prophetes haue trespassed agaynste me Are not these woordes euident ynough God the father perceyuynge righte wel that there shoulde aryse fals annoynted fals preachers whiche without all shame woulde arrogantlye arrogate and proudely chalēge to them selfes that power of forgeuinge synne whych alone pertayneth to him plainly here affirmeth that he alone putteth away oure sinnes And because he would haue vs the more seriously and earnestly to beleue it he repetethe thys worde I twyse sayinge I am he yea I am he in dede whiche putteth awaye thy synnes yea and that for myne awne sake And leaste any man shoulde thynke that one may more forgeue another hys synnes I speake of those synnes which are betwene God and our conscience and not of the brotherly reconciliation he affirmeth that our firste father Adam and all Prophetes and preachers haue synned so that of them no remission of synnes is to be loked for Can fleshe purifye the soule that whiche is borne of fleshe is fleshe sayeth Christ. All haue synned sayeth saint Paule and wante y ● glory of God Again God hath wrapped all nacions sayth he in vnbelefe that he might haue mercy on all If al be sinners flesh and the chyldren of wrath if al be hipocrites vnprofitable seruauntes earth dust and ashes if all be the enemies of God vnfaythfull howe dare we be so bolde as to take vpō vs one to forgeue another their synnes Is a traytoure a mete mā to purchase a pardon of a Price for another traytoure Can one traytoure forgeue another hys treason Cā one sinner forgeue another his sinne Of the vnclene what cā be made clene as Iob saith Who can make him clene that is conceyued of vnclene sede Is it not thou alone o Lorde It is the Lorde alone in dede as Dauid sayeth thou o Lord shalte sprinkle me with Hysop I shall be made clene yea I shall be made whyther than snowe And as our sauior Christe sayde vnto Peter If I washe the not thou haste no parte with me If God washeth vs not from oure filthines we haue no parte in the heritage of Christ. Agayn the aforesayde Prophet sayth the Lord is our iudge the Lorde is our Lawegeuer the Lorde is our Kynge and he it is that shall saue vs. Howe ofte is the Lorde here repeted to shewe y ● it is he alone whiche worketh all good thinges in vs which forgeueth our synnes and saueth vs yea and none but he alone Agayne the Lorde hym selfe sayeth by the same Prophet I am the Lorde there is no Sauiour besides me Here God hym selfe cōfesseth that he alone is the Lorde and that there is none other sauiour besydes hym that is too saye none that forgeueth synne and geueth eternall lyfe but he alone By another Prophet he also saieth thy destrucciō o Israel cometh of thy self onely of me cometh thy healpe and saluacion Dauid that holy kyng and godly Prophet knowyng hys deliueraunce from sinne to be of God alone stireth vp his inwarde man to magnifie the Lorde sayinge magnifye the Lorde o my soule and all that are within me prayse his holy name O