Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	false_a	true_a	worship_n	4,780	5	7.8086	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20176	Grace, mercy, and peace conteining 1 Gods reconciliation to man, 2 Mans reconciliation to God. By Henry Denne an unworthy servant of the Church, ...	Denne, Henry, 1606 or 7-1660?	1645 (1645)	STC 6610; ESTC R175933	37,602	120

and worldly lusts and to live soberly righteously and godly in this present world But I perceive by this objection that thou accountedst this a doctrine of libertie to declare the free love of God in Iesus Christ and thou thinkest it were better to hide this from the people and to terrifie them with Hell fire with wrath and iudgement and with the fierie flashings of Mount Sinai and to keepe them in bondage I can hardly refraine from giving thee very evill language that art thus presumptuous and audacious to contradict the Lord Iesus who hath given commandement that the Gospel of peace should bee preached to all Nations I will spare to speake what I think and commend unto thy consideration the iudgment of one of our owne Countrimen whose learning was by his adversaries commended whose constancie and patience in his martyrdome was admired it was Iohn Fryth who writeth to this effect Thou maist preach hell and damnation and the rendring of a terrible account to a severe Iudge c. seven yeares together and yet not make one good Christian man Hee that would make a good Christian let the love of God be the first stone which he layeth for the foundation Thus hee speaketh And indeed what motive to obedience so strong as love Many waters cannot quench love neither can the flouds drowne it Cant. 8.7 What greater feare then that which proceedeth from love If wee have an enemy whom we hate wee sheath a sword it his bowels or cleave his head with a Polax and cry him no mercy but how carefull are we not to do the least iniury to a friend if we tread on his singer we are sory at the heart What greater aggravation of sinne then to sin against love Were not he an ungracious and rebellious sonne amongst men who should reason thus I have an indulgent Father who loveth me exceedingly deemeth nothing too good for me who hath given mee assurance and possession of his whole inheritance therefore I will surely neglect him I will shew my selfe undutifull against him I will no more regard his commands or attend unto his precepts but whatsoever will grieve him that will I doe What heart could not afford to cast a stone at the head of such a sonne of Belial as this to dash out his brains For shame let the mover of this obiection blush and hide his head let him consider his folly The case is thine thou art the man because God aboundeth in free love mercy and kindnesse therefore thou wilt abound in wretchednesse I cease to speak any farther of this to thy greater shame The fifth obiection followes which is indeed more mannerly than the former Object 5. If God love us bee reconciled unto us before our faith and our conversion then a man may possibly dye without faith and yet be saved I answer This followeth not because God hath ingaged himselfe to the contrary which if he had not dore much might have beene said But wee see hee that cannot lye hath ingaged himselfe unto his people I will put my Law into their hearts in their minds will I write them Heb. 10.6 And all shall know me from the least to the greatest Heb. 8.11 All thy children shall bee taught of God Iohn 6.54 Isaiah 54.13 So that we say He that beleeveth not shall bee damned Not because his believing doth alter or change his estate before God but because the God of truth hath promised that hee will not onely give us remission but that he wil also give faith for our consolation and so faith becommeth a note and mark of life everlasting and finall infidelity a sure 〈◊〉 of eternall condemnation that whosoever or whatsoever he be in life or conversation yet hee that beleeveth not shall be damned Thus much for the fifth Object 6. The sixth obiection If God love us as you say why doth he suffer us to live in 20.50 or 60. yeares I answer What art thou that repliest against God How unsearchable are his judgements and his wayes past finding out Rom. 11.33 Againe let us aske Paul why the Lord suffered him being an elect and chosen vessell to persecute his Saints unto death and bonds and to cause many to blaspheme and hee will tell us that in him first Iesus Christ might shew forth all long suffering for a patterne to them which should hereafter beleeve on him to life everlasting 1 Tim. 1.16 Thirdly thou mayest as well obiect seeing that God is of infinite power why doth he suffer sinne in the world if thou shouldest the Lord will give answer My grace is sufficient for thee 2 Cor. 12.9 Thus farre for the obiections now wee come to the third thing propounded The application of what hath been spoken Applicat 1. In the first place we will observe the difference betweene the true Religion and the false from that which hath been spoken There are many religions in the world And it fareth with diversities of Religions as with diversities of opinions there is a possibility that they may be all false but it is altogether impossible that they should be all true There is but one true Religion but there are many false the false Religions seeming to differ exceedingly amongst themselves in very many things even in the obiect of worship and in the matter and manner yet be they never so different there is one common foundation wherein they doe all agree and wherein they differ from the true The true Religion propoundeth unto us a God in chiefe reconciled pacified pleased a justice already satisfied a propitiation made sinnes taken away and we have not one jote not one apex in all the new Covenant to be found of reconciling God to us but of our reconciliation to God The new Covenant manifesteth unto us a God already reconciled to us and the whole ministery of reconciliation propoundeth our reconciliation to God Now this is the common character of all false religions of what sort soever Iews Turks Papists pharisaicall Protestants Heathen all propound in some degree or other an angry God a deity not reconciled and then prescribe certain means and services whereby to appease his wrath and to quench his displeasure and to obtaine his love and favour Man doth not oftner seeke after salvation but hee naturally stumbleth upon this principle What shall I doe to be saved The world would bee saved by doing Martin Luther speaking of this difference doth more than once compare the false religions unto Sampsons foxes Iudg. 15.4 their heads looking divers wayes but they were fastned together by the tayles This comparison wee doe imbrace yet I had rather compare them to Gentlemens Spaniels which are fastned together by the necks but loose at the tayles They differ indeed in some circumstances but in the main substance they agree in one Doe wee not see some men contending with the Papist with wonderfull eagernesse doe we not see others tugging and haling one one way the other another one for