Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	faith_n	grace_n	repentance_n	2,335	5	7.5639	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02915	A shorte declaration of the mistery of iniquity	Helwys, Thomas, 1550?-1616?	1612 (1612)	STC 13056; ESTC S4697	142,624	224

ready to enforme them that they might repēt iff they would but aske to bee enformed but they would not bee informed before they breake the commaundement of the King neither after they have offended wil bee enformed to repent thereoff but iustifie themselves that they have not offended Can a iust King breake his Oath and pardon and forgive the wilful ignorance of such careles subiects and advance them to the same honor wherevnto he advanceth his dutiful subiects But he shal dishonor himselfe ād make his oath and law of no effect No wise and iust earthly King will ever so dishonor himselfe How shal then the most glorious King of Kings who is most wise iust and Holy haveing made most righteous holy ād perfect lawes ād to shewe the stabsenes off his counsel hath bound himselfe by Oath ād promisse Heb. 6.18 Without respect of persons that whosoever shal breake anie one of those lawes he shal certenly bee damned except hee confesse his sinne and repent Mark 16.16 Luk. 13.3 and whosoever shall kepe them shal in herite glory honor imortallity and these lawes hath he caused to be written by inspiration that al men may have them ād yet to make his mercie further to appeare that he would not anie off his people should perish for want of the right vnder stāding thereof hath sēt the cōforter giveth the holy ghost to every one that asketh him to teach lead thē into al true vnderstanding Io. 14.26 Luk 11.13 charging them to be directed by no other Iam. 1.5 for the vnderstanding thereof If notwithstanding the commaundement and al this love and care of the King of heaven over his people to preserve them from falling vnder the iust iudgment of eternal death his people ād subiects shal either carlesly neclect to be enformed or shal thinke they are wise enough to enforme them selves or shal go to anie other to be enformed off the vnderstanding of those lawes then the Lord hath appointed and relying and trusting vpon their information breake anie one of the lawes of the King off heaven and do not acknowledg their sinne and repēt shal their ignorance excuse them when they might alwaies have had the holy Ghost for asking to have enformed them before they offended as also after they have offended that they might repent Can the most holy and iust God and King contrary to his Oath pardon and forgive the wilful ignorance of such careles subiects as breake his lawes and wil not acknowledg their sinne and repent and give them eternall glory and honor with his servants who though they have offended yet they have repented but he shal dishonor himselfe and make his Oath and lawe of none effect Oh that men would consider that the most holy wise and iust God cannot do so against his Oath and make himselfe vniust and vntrue If men would consider what God is as he declares himselfe to bee that is a Iealous God not makeing the wicked inocent visiting iniquity to the third fowrth generation of thē that breake his comaundements A God of severity against them which fal through vnbeleeife Rom. 11.22 A God that wil certenly take away their part out of the booce of life that takes anie thinge away from his word And that wil add all the plagues written in his word vnto them that add anie thinge vnto his word Revel 22 If men would beleeve God to bee such a one as he declares himselff to bee they could not bee so vaine as to perswade themselves that God would forgive them their sinnes of ignorance their ignorance being through their owne wi●full neclect and when through such their ignorance they overthrowe the ordinances off Christ and abolish the Lawes off his Testament and repent not but iustifie themselves in those their sinnes saying they sinne not therein What were sufficient to say in this great deceiveablenes of vnrighteousnes wherewith men are seduced to thinke that if through ignorance they iustifie sinne it shal be forgiven them they knowing no better although they repent not which they cannot do in any sinne wherein they iustifie themselves for men cannot both iustifie and repent of one and thesame sinne at one instant If men wil be so far void of al grace and vnderstanding as to hold and thinke that anie sinne comitted through ignorance and through ignorance iustified because they knowe no better shall bee pardoned then it cannot be denyed but that they that put Christ to death through ignorance and through ignorance iustified they had not sinned but that they had done wel ād according to the word of God in putting a blasphemer to death that said hee was the Sonne off God they shal also bee pardoned for they did it ignorantly and knewe no better as our Saviour Christ testifieth when he saith Father forgive them they knowe not what they doe And Thappostle Peter acknowledgeth the same Act. 3.17 saying Brethren I knowe you did it through ignorance as also your Governors Now let vs compare things together so shall wee through the grace of God the better see the deceith of this ground as it is misapplyed The ground wee are to remember is this That if men walke conscionablie as far as they knowe and disire better knowledg yet through ignorance comit much sinne there is mercy with God and they ackowledging and repenting of their ignorāces shal be pardoned by grace through faith and repentance Ephes 2.8 This ground is misapplied as wee trust wil easily appeare being brought to prove that if men walke conscionably as farr as they knowe and commit some sinnes through ignorance and through ignorance iustifie the same thinking they do wel and knowing no better their sinne shal bee pardoned which if they be it must bee by grace through perswasion and ignorance for their is no faith in ignorance where is there anie warrant for such a ground Who is so blind that cannot see the grevious error off this ground thus misapplyed this is to excuse sinne by sinne that is by ignorāce We conclude this point by the word of truth that none can deny that have anie knowledg of the meanes of salvatiō there is no salvatiō but by grace in Chr through faith repētāce so is there thē no pardō for any sinne but by grace in Christ through faith repentance This being an vndenyable ground none then can be saved nor have their sinne pardoned by grace in Christ through ignorance iustifying any one sinne for there cannot be either faith or repentance in ignorant iustifying any sinne therefore no such sinne can be pardoned but al such sinners must be cōdēned And for this end and purpose have we spoken al that wee have spoken in this point to shewe vnto al men that if they iustifie any one sinne or evil though it bee of ignorance they can never bee saved but shal peri●h to everlasting destruction such sinnes cannot come within mens generall repentance of al their ignorāces