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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	grace_n	sin_n	time_n	4,447	5	3.6967	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03333	A briefe consideration of mans iniquitie, and Gods iustice wherein the distinction of 1. sinnes into veniall, mortall, 2. sinnes and punishments into æquall, vnæquall is scholastically examined.	Higgons, Theophilus, 1578?-1659.	1608 (1608)	STC 13453; ESTC S116034	10,611	45

Fire primarily inflicted on the body doth worke effectually to afflict the soule so the inward payne of the worme arising and dwelling within the soule worketh effectually to vex the body That as they had mutuall offices in the transitory delight of their sinnes so they may haue mutuall offices in the horror of their excessiue pangs In this outward paine two things are to be noted as before Tempus Gradui In time this payne is equall to all men And this is common in all the payns of hell all being equalled in eternity because in respect of duration there is neither more nor lesse in that with in Infinite Hence is that wofull sentence Go ye cursed into euerlasting fire Euerlasting not temporarie as Origen falsly cōceiued preiudicing Gods Iustice in extolling his mercy both which are one in him but differ in their effects towards vs. In degree this payne is vnequall according to the inequality of sin God in his distributiue Iustice allotting seuerall portions of paine according to the seuerall proportions of sinne For though there be a proper designed place of Hell and in it some common instrument of payne yet God most prouidently ordereth the execution of his Iustice And though we are not directly led by expresse Scripture to affirm it confidently yet we may suppose it very probably that God eyther cohibiteth the actiue power of the instrument or strengtheneth the ability of the Patient or both to make a difference of payne Howsoeuer this is vnquestionable that for this purpose hee vseth such wise meanes as seeme best to his will which being perpetually accompanied with singular equity can purpose nothing vniustly and being assisted with illimited might can enterprise nothing vneffectually Concerning all the paines of what kind number or quality soeuer they are we must know God grant we neuer feele that there is neither case in them nor release from them The pitifull vnpitied wretches suffer vnsufferably in measure of time vnmeasurable THVS then we acknowledge that sinnes are veniall by grace but mortall in their proper desert and that sinnes are vnaequall many wayes and that the punishment of all sinnes is aequall in time but vnaequall in degree Now to obtayne absolution à Culpa Poena we must haue recourse to Gods mercy because his Iustice doth punish vs considering vs as we are of our selues And to find this mercy we must haue recourse to God in Iesus Christ our Lord because we are not worthy of it for any thing in our selues This is both pietie and safety Neither must we doe thus in profession only Concil Trid. Sess 6. cap 9 as sometimes the Papists doe but in action also as sometimes they doe not as it appeareth by their opinion before deliuered and farther shall appeare in their doctrine ensuing But first we obserue that as Christ only is via meriti for which we are meritoriously pardoned so there is required also via medij by which we may actually receiue this pardon because the salue of his merits must be applied to the soares of our soules For nothing can produce an effect in that which it doth not Contingere vel substantia vel virtute saltem As the Sun being in his substance placed so farre aboue cannot produce any effect by working vpon inferiour bodyes but by a virtuall contact Our Lord hath a double operation Extraordinary Immediate or Ordinary and Mediate The first we are to beholde and admire but we cannot safely rely on it For we must herein remember an old rule applyable to other purposes Notandum si semel vtendum vt saepè The second therefore is that whereunto wee now bend our eyes To this end there are certayne Euangelicall meanes with which Christ doth concur They are such as are assigned by him They are assigned by him which expressely or consequently are contained in his word For wee must estimate the things of God according to a rule deliuered by him either speaking with his mouth or dictating by his spirit Hereupon we deseruedly reiect that position of the Church of Rome Rhem. Test annot in Iob. 13.10 Veniall sinnes may be remitted by holy water and other sacred Ceremonies which sentence hath in it a double impiety and falshood The first in diminishing the nature of our sinnes which are in their proper merit condignly punishable by eternall death The second in extolling the value of their ceremonies which cānot haue in them so gratious a power Neither is it enough to say that these ceremonies as holy water the like worke not this effect vi sua but virtute Christi For as the power of remission of sinnes is only in God a ministeriall office being in the Church by commission from him so the meanes which we must vse to receiue the remission by must be such as hee appointeth by his reuealed will For as to diuide the first to any person from him so to communicate the second to any meanes not decreed by him it is to euacuate the high price of our Redemption and to trample vnder feet the blessed couenant of happy peace Neyther is it enough to say that the Church deuiseth not these things simply of her selfe but that it is Christs promise to concurre with the Church by his infallible Spirit For they must remember that it is the duety of the Church to concur with him according to infallible directions deliuered in his word As for immediate reuelations none but Enthusiasts rely thereon But we know that the Spirit doth rather aspirare then inspirare in these dayes Wherefore leauing vnwarrantable aspersions to such Aquarij as a nouell conceipte proued onely by an ingenious delusion We acknowledge that Naturall bloud and water issuing out of our Lords sides doe per viam meriti purchase the remission of all our sinnes and that the sacramentall bloud water in the holy mysteries figured therin doe per viam medij apply seale and confirme the same vnto vs instrumentally by the effectuall operation of the Holy Ghost He that diminisheth the merit of Christs death destroieth the hope of his owne life I liue in him who died for me AMEN The Author to the Reader COurteous Reader If any faults haue escaped me in penning this little discourse which I may be occasioned hereafter to call Principium doloris mei I cannot expect that thou shouldest esteeme them venial because I haue left that plea and gained a losse vnto my selfe If I should craue pardon for diuulging it thou mightest iust he answer VVhile it remained appertained it not vnto thee And after it was printed was it not in thine owne power Though I coulde fullie remooue such likelie imputations yet the reason being priuate which caused me to make this publike and Secreta mea mihi I must depend vpon thy gentle interpretation Onelie thus much I giue thee to vnderstand that I rather sought profit hereby to learne from others then credit to teache anie But if my successe proue answerable to my honest desire thou shalt find in time that my Tongue and Pen are consecrated to thy good Farewell Thine in our Lord IESVS Theophilus Pyggons Pag. 3. lin 18. Whereas it is sayd that the forme of sinne is an obliquity in the substance dum breuis esse laboro Obscurus fio or quality or action of a reasonable Creature it is to be vnderstood that Malum subiectatur as the Schoolemen speake the euill of sinne and the deformity which is the form of it hath its subsistence finally in a Substance as being the last and independent subiect therof But it is immediately in the action and corrupt quality of the Agent Pag. 20. this should haue bin added as a Marginall note ouer against the fift line If the last commandement as wee esteeme it should be diuided into two propter diuersitatem Obiectorum by the same reason it should be no commandement at all because the same things are forbidden in the seuenth eighth commandements before The difference therefore of the manner of forbidding these things distinguisheth the tenth commandement from the seuenth and eighth But the difference of the matter in it doth not make it distinguished into two seuerall precepts as Papists affirme But as our Lord epitomizeth and reduceth ten commandements vnto two so here all the particulars make but one And as to make the first and second commandements one it is to ioyne things separate so to make this one commandement two it is to separate things conioyned To do the first it is to match together in seuerall Tribes and to doe the latter it is to make a diuorce of parties lawfully married The Author that made this confusion and diuision is greater then his reason for though S. Augustine beganne it yet his reason to make three commandements in the first Table propter Trinitatem is a witty Analogy onely and his reason to make seauen in the second Table by diuiding the last is of no solidity Zanchius his seuere but true censure touching this particular is worthy to be considered Zanch. de Red. in Tractat. de Decalogo Thesi tertia Some principall errors in the impression correct thus Pag. 2. Lin. 12 For Persons as it is printed in some Copies and is plaine Nestorianisme read Person in the Epistle to the Papists Pag. 20. line 5. For these words and the matter coueted be diuers reade though the matter coueted be diuers Pag. 24. In the margent these words S. August are superfluous Pag. 24. lin 15. For immediatelie in the second place reade mediatelie Pag. 25. lin 14. For within reade which is FINIS