Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	jesus_n	sin_n	sinner_n	3,659	5	7.4408	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09945	A Godlye and holesome preseruatyue against desperatiõ at all times necessarye for the soule but then chiefly to be bled and ministred when the deuill doth assault us moost fiercely, and deth approcheth niest.		1548 (1548)	STC 20203.5; ESTC S1645	20,252	80

dead to synne by Christes deathe we haue also certaine and sure remission of our synnes by Christes dethe we be raised also to a newe and euerlastinge life For baptime is a couenand betwixt God and vs. And a signe of his grace and fauour towarde vs wherin we be reconciled and made at one with god againe so that we may nowe haue a ioyfull and quiet cōscience for somoche as our synnes be forgeuē vs through the resurrection of Iesus christ Yea christ also in the institucion of the most blessed sacramēt of his last supper speaketh also to vs saing that his blood is shed for the remission of synne Nowe although we haue not liued alwaie innocentlie nether led suche a lyfe as we ought to haue done Yet we maye not dispayre but wtout delaye resort vnto god by true repentaunce cal faithfullye vpon his name and we shal be saued Rom. x. Ye let euery one of vs with a meke harte burst out in to these or like wordes and say O moste mercifull God father of al mercy father of oure LORD Iesu Christe be mercyfull vnto me a wretched synner make spede to deliuer me for the most bitter but moost precious death and passion of Iesu Christe thy onlie begotten sonne oure redemer and only sauioure Amen Enter not o lord in to iudgement with thy feruaunte handle me not accordinge to my deseruinge nether do vnto me after my iniquities but accordinge to thy infinite and botomles goodnes mercy take me vnto the. I a miserable and wretched creature am ī thy hand I am in thy debt daunger thou mayst do with me what it please the. O mooste mercifull father forsake me not nether cast me of I am thine all that I am There can no man comfort no man help no mā deliuer me but thou alone Thou art the true comfort the most present helpe the surest bulwarke in all necessitie Thou god art my refuge my strength my helpe in al trouble Thou art my Lord in thy handes resteth al my chaunce and affaires Shewe thy louing and mercyfull face vpon thy seruaunt saue me in thy mercy O lord but in any ways in our extreme sicknes and affliction let vs beware we loke not to earnestly neither to longe vpon our synnes But rather let vs haue the image of Christes moste helthfull and precious deth before our eys Let vs fix that in our mynd and be fully persuaded that Christ is now bourdened with our synnes that he hathe nowe taken theim vpon his owne shoulders and so hathe satisfied for theim and washed them away that he wil neuer charge vs with thē but frelie forgeaue vs theim as we professe in our Crede whē we say Credimus remissionē peccatorū we beleue the remyssion of synnes Here it shal be mete that in our sicknes we call to remebraunce such places of holie scripture as testifieth of remission of synne purchased by Christe of the which some be here subscribed Io. i. BEhold the lambe of god which takith away the synne of the world We are bought with no golde i. Pet. i. nor siluer nether any corruptible price but with the precious blood of the vnspotted and vndefyled lambe Iesus Christe So god hath loued the world that he gaue his onlie begotten sonne to th ende that we so beleuinge in him should not perishe but haue lyfe euerlastinge Io. iii. I come not to call the righteous but the synners to repentaunce Mar. ix Come vnto me al ye that laboure and are laden and I shall refreish you Lo he calleth al he refuseth Math. xi he excludeth none we must includ also our selues within this worde All we must resorte to him and he will receaue and refresh vs. God setteth forth his loue toward vs. For Christ died for vs Rom. 5. when we were yet sinners muche more now therfore we being iustified by his blood shal be sauffe frō wrath by him i. cor i. Christ Iesus is becommed vnto vs wisdome rightousnes holines redempcion Here let vs cōfort our selues that though we haue be neuer so great sinners let vs cōfesse and knowledge our sinne let vs call for mercy and pardon let vs vnfainedly beleue Christ to be our only helth Iustice and redēption and straight waye he is so he will by and by couer and put away our synnes in such sort that we shal nede fere no peril nor daūger ii co v. Him that knew no sinne hath god made sinne .i. a paymente of sinne for vs that we shulde becōe the righteousnes of god by him Gala. i. Christ gaue him selfe for oure sinnes that he might deliuer vs frō this presēt wicked world according to the wil of god our father In Christ we haue redempciō thorough his bloude Ephesi i. euen the remission of sinnes according to the riches of his grace Christ Iesus is come into this worlde to saue synners i. Ti. i. Christ Iesus hath geuin him self a redemption for al men i. Ti. ii This let vs constātly beleue vndoubted we be of the number of those that shal be saued For whē he is come a redemption for all these thinges that he hath suffered pertaineth no lesse to the me euery one of vs so we beleue than to Peter or Paule i. Pe. ii Christ hath borne our sinnes in his body vpō the crosse Christ died once for our sinnes the righteous for the vnrighteous i. petr iii The bloud of Iesus christ clēseth vs from al sinne i. Io. i. Yf any mā doth sinne we haue a aduocate with the father euē Iesus i. Ioan. ii Christ the righteouse and he is the attonemente for our synnes Not for ours onely but for the sinnes of the whole worlde By these places and suche like we maye se howe god the father which wil not the death of a sinner but that we shulde turne and liue for that most feruent burning loue that he beareth toward vs hath eased vs of the burden of our sin hath laide it vpō the back of his most dere beloued sonne which his sōne hath so takē borne and suffered for them that they can neuer condemne vs. For god taketh and reputeth the death of his sonne for a full satisfaction paiment for al our sinnes so that we truly beleue in him For seing that our sinnes thus laide vpon Christe could not ouercome him detain him in deth nor dāne him for why he rose againe vndoubtedly a full satisfaccion is alredy made for them the iustice of god is fully answered and they be vtterly hid and forgeuen Let vs beleue this and we shall not perishe euerlastignly For Christ is now become ours with al that he hath with his death with his resurrection with his assencion into heauen with his life Qui proprio filio suo non pepercit his merits his glorie As saint Paule witnesse Rom. viii wherfore Satan hath nowe no title