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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	score_n	sin_n	transient_a	14	3	16.0569	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15505	Zacheus converted: or The rich publicans repentance. Restitution In which, the mysteries of the doctrine of conversion, are sweetly laid open and applyed for the establishing of the weakest. Also of riches in their getting, keeping, expending; with divers things about almes and restitution, and many other materiall points and cases insisted upon. By Iohn Wilson, late preacher of Gods word in Guilford.	Wilson, John, d. 1630.	1631 (1631)	STC 25770; ESTC S100645	142,344	676

but so manifestly and notoriously as men of ordinarie honestie abhorred them Hence by little and little followed that Pharisaicall persuasion that they which were not desiled with such notorious sinnes were just even in the sight of God of which men Christ saith he came not to call the righteous Math. 9 13. Such as in a loftie and proud mind with trust of carnall workes thought themselves righteous and despised others Luke 18 9. And so was there a distinction of hypocrite and sinner the hypocrite having some seeming righteousnesse precious with men but so desiled with a filthy heart that GOD who knowes it abhorres it Luke 16 15. But a sinner taken generally is every one that is not in Christ. So as hee is still guiltie in his conscience his sinnes are imputed and are upon his owne score as his debts not discharged There is sinne remaining and sinne removed or transient It is remaining when men do not come to Christ. The Spirit convinceth the world of sinne because they beleeve not in him that they are yet in their sinnes because that which unites men to Chrst faith in him they have not and so remaining devided and separate from him sinne reignes in them Iohn 16. 9. Sinne transient not onely in respect of act but concerning guilt and punishment is when men know their sinne and betake themselves to Christ that they may be justified in him they have forgivenesse of all trespasses so as they are not the faults and sinnes of that man God hath received in Christ a full satisfaction and counts himselfe to have no wrong by him puts away his anger and loves him freely He is the Lambe of God that takes away the sinnes of the world Iohn 1 29. Whatsoever alienated God from man hee takes away by the Sacrifice of his death A sinner is he who is not sanctified a Saint and a sinner stand in opposition a good man and a sinner Eccles. 9 2. a sinner is but flesh Gen. 6 3. Iohn 3 6. And in the flesh there dwelleth no good thing they that are in the flesh cannot please God nature is wholy corrupted so as men are by nature children of wrath not by nature created in the first man but as hee corrupted it and is now conceived in the carnall generation in our first birth wee bring with us such a nature as is altogether sinne Psal. 51 5. I● sinne did my mother warme me But hee is no sinner which is borne anew though hee have sinne in him hee is just and good compared with them that are in the flesh and by inchoation hee is a new creature old things are passed away hee hath the godly nature the seed of God abides in him hee is in the number of Saints to whom the kingdome of God is given whose king is the Lord Revel 15 3 Thou king of Saints A sinner is he that cōmits sinnes ungodly such are called ungodly sinners Iude 15. To commit sinnes ungodly is not to commit sinne of infirmitie which befalles the Saints on earth in whose hearts is Gods Law but either deceived by ignorance or when the temptation is so strong that the will is over-caried and the affection in the corruption of it violent against their regenerate will and affection they doe that which they would not but hate But it is to sin out of the full maliciousnes of the wil the heart destitute of al godly feare to sin the hart works iniquitie Esay 32 6. As it was in Iudas his sin so committed as could not agree to any that had his heart indued with heavenly grace there fore hee is excepted in the testimonie that Christ gives of cleanesse to his Disciples You are cleane but not all for hee knew who should betray him Peter Christ knew would deny him three times yet hee is pronounced cleane Hee wrought no such thing in his heart his purpose and love to Christ was against it and so in the rest of the Disciples that were to fly from him and leave him alone they were over-taken with temptation the corrupt feare of man prevailing against the feare of God which was true but weake in them To him our Saviour saying That which thou doest doe quickly discovered the studie and meditation of a persidious minde most intensively rowling and labouring of a wicked treason against his good Lord Iohn 13 27. Hee sinnes ungodly that neither doth good nor loves it hath no heart to internall pietie and justice loves sinne when hee forbeares to doe it is alienated from righteousnesse is the servant of sinne Rom. 6 20 And of corruption 2 Pet. 2 19. Addicting himselfe to sin making it his Lord subjecting himselfe with all his heart to fulfill the lusts of it yeilding his members as servants to uncleanesse and to iniquitie unto iniquitie to doe the workes of unrighteousnesse Hee is not a sinner that purgeth himselfe in a studie of puritie 1 Iohn 3 3. It is opposed to the committing of sinne v. 4. That effectually resists sinne with a double warre defensive to preserue himselfe from the hurt of it 1 Iohn 5 18 And invasive to overthrow the kingdome of it altogether and bring it to nothing that the body of sinne may bee destroyed that walke not after the flesh but after the Spirit Every mans life is a certaine way unto which is fixed a 〈…〉 certaine scope and end when all things are of the flesh are referred to the flesh the flesh the rule scope of life with those things that belong to it One may bee said to walke after the flesh though he do some things by occasion w ch seeme to pertaine to the Spirit But in whose mind and intention the Spirit hath vigor that this purpose and course or institution of life depends thereupon he may bee said to walke after the Spirit though sometimes some things are incident which seeme to resemble the disposition of the flesh rather than of the Spirit yea sometime the flesh appeare more than the Spirit when the mind in a kind of generall motion of the true faith ●ends unto God in particular causes there is somewhat which hinders the light of it and hee too much more than is meete is indulgent to his affections and addicted to his owne witte 1 ●or 3 3. It is one thing to walke in sinne it is another to fall into sinne when his walke is in the light of knowledge and faith as it is one thing to fall into the mire another to through ones selfe into it and with pleasure to wallow in it in that there is a hard necessitie of sinning through frailtie in this there is a certaine and destinate will The dominion of sinne stands in assent and workes but then the assent is not onely antecedent but consequent the worke not broken off but continued where consent is given by infirmity which repentance forthwith breakes off sinne reignes not when that which is done is by and by condemned and that it