item: #1 of 49 id: A09274 author: Capel, Richard, 1586-1656. title: Vindiciae fidei, or A treatise of iustification by faith wherein that point is fully cleared, and vindicated from the cauils of it's aduersaries. Deliuered in certaine lectures at Magdalen Hall in Oxford, by William Pemble, Master of Arts of the same house: and now published since his death for the publique benefit. date: 1625.0 words: 84546 flesch: 75 summary: Therfo●e followes the other meanes of salvation ( viz. ) our Iustification , by the free grace of God which vtterly frees vs from all blame whatsoever , both of obedience to the law and satisfaction for Sins against the law ; that thus being Regenerate and Iustified we might obtaine the end of our salvation , eternall Life . ] Can there be any other meaning of Iustification here● : but this onely ? That God is then iustified , when his workes , his wisedome , his sacred ordinances , being accused by prophane men , as vntrue , vnequall , vn●ust , and foolish , are by the Godly acknowledged , or any other meanes evidently cleared vnto all men , to be full of all Truth , Equity , Wisedome , and Holinesse ? 2 Man and that 1 Before Man in things betweene Man and Man. keywords: abraham; according; aduersaries; againe; apostle; argument; bee; beleeue; cap; charity; christ; death; doctrine; doe; doth; ergo; euery; euill; faith; fault; giuen; god; gods; gods law; good; gospell; grace; hath; haue; heart; hee; himselfe; holy; iames; iustice; iustification; law; life; loue; man; meanes; men; morall law; nature; obedience; owne; place; point; power; promise; proue; punishment; reason; regenerate; righteousnesse; rom; satisfaction; scriptures; sinne; soule; spirit; strength; themselues; things; thou; thy; time; viz; vnto; vnto god; vpon; way; wee; word; workes; ● ● cache: A09274.xml plain text: A09274.txt item: #2 of 49 id: A14750 author: Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640. title: The life of faith by Samuel Ward ... date: 1621.0 words: 16548 flesch: 68 summary: Liue to day , to day is Saluation offered , steppe from death to life , and write this day thy birth day , and number from hence the dayes of thy life , in which of a Childe of perdition , thou are made the sonne of GOD through Faith , and so made foreuer . What hurt can it bee to thee if thou shouldest binde thy selfe by vow hereunto , or if thou fearest thy strength , yet by full purpose thus to doe all and euery day of thy life : that so in the Lees and Dregs of time , whiles fleshly Protestants are raysing contention about matters of Faith , or making Sects and Schismes in the Church about needelesse trifles , thou maist edifie thy selfe in thy most holy Faith and whilest thou liuest in the darke wombe of this world , liue by the Nauell of Faith till thou come to haue thy mouth satiate with fulnesse of all good things at the right hand of God. keywords: art; bee; beleeue; christ; day; death; doe; doth; euery; faith; god; good; hath; haue; himselfe; ioy; life; liue; lord; man; men; selfe; soule; thee; things; thou; thy; vpon; vse; world; yea cache: A14750.xml plain text: A14750.txt item: #3 of 49 id: A14753 author: Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640. title: The life of faith in death· Exemplified in the liuing speeches of dying Christians. By Samuel VVard preacher of Ipswich. date: 1622.0 words: 18424 flesch: 68 summary: Say it could fill the minde of man with all content , satiate his life with all delight , and sweeten the bitternesse of all afflictions , yet if for all this , there lurke in his breast a secret and slauish feare of Death , the least peece of this leauen but in a corner of the pecke , is enough to sowre the whole lumpe of his ioyes : the least dram of this Coloquintida will marre the relish of all his sweetes : and make him crie out , There is death in the pot . And , Oh Death , how bitter is thy mention and memory ? Aske Nature , and call to Philosophy , and see if they can affoord any ayd ▪ must they not confesse themselues heere quite posed and plunged ? hath not death set & foyled their whole army : for pouertie , shame ; and sicknesse , and other such pettie Crosses , some poore cures , and lame shifts haue they found out : but when death comes all their courage hath fayled , and all their rules haue left them in darke and desperate vncertainties . keywords: bee; body; christ; christian; day; death; doe; dye; euen; euer; faith; feare; fire; god; gods; good; hath; haue; hee; hell; horse; iohn; life; lord; man; mee; men; selfe; soule; spirit; thee; thinke; thou; thy; vnder; vpon; wee; world cache: A14753.xml plain text: A14753.txt item: #4 of 49 id: A15504 author: Wilson, John, d. 1630. title: Some helpes to faith Shewing the necessitie, grounds, kinds, degrees, signes of it. Clearing diuerse doubts, answering obiections, made by the soule in temptation. By Iohn Wilson, preacher of Gods word in Gilford. date: 1625.0 words: 23382 flesch: 80 summary: As disobedience was punisht with losse of originall righteousnesse , and vniuersal corruption of nature that man had all sin in seed : so by faith in Christ discharged of guilt thereof God giues againe originall iustice and all vertues in seed that are common to Christians . Blessed are they that so trust in Christ , as to haue the Lord for their God : that is to bee knowen in experience by the spirit of Christ , destroying the dominion of sinne , and lading vs , so as that in the course of our life , we are with God , though foyled for our humbling in many temptations . keywords: bee; christ; conscience; cor; faith; feare; god; gods; good; grace; hath; haue; heart; hee; ioh; law; life; loue; man; men; psal; rom; sinne; spirit; things; vnto; vpon; wee cache: A15504.xml plain text: A15504.txt item: #5 of 49 id: A20398 author: Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606. title: A Most excellent and profitable dialogue, of the powerfull iustifying faith shewing what it is to beleeue in God, and what wonders are wrought by the power of beliefe, be it worldly or diuine, and what things do hinder beliefe : also how a man may hate himselfe, and by faith forsake himselfe, and kill the deeds of the flesh : the effect of the talke is this, that he which beleeueth in God, and in his son Iesus Christ, is able by the power of that beliefe, to mortifie his flesh, with the lusts thereof, through the Holy Ghost, and to serue God in spirit and truth / translated out of Latine by Arthur Golding. date: 1610.0 words: 12449 flesch: 84 summary: A Most excellent and profitable dialogue, of the powerfull iustifying faith shewing what it is to beleeue in God, and what wonders are wrought by the power of beliefe, be it worldly or diuine, and what things do hinder beliefe : also how a man may hate himselfe, and by faith forsake himselfe, and kill the deeds of the flesh : the effect of the talke is this, that he which beleeueth in God, and in his son Iesus Christ, is able by the power of that beliefe, to mortifie his flesh, with the lusts thereof, through the Holy Ghost, and to serue God in spirit and truth / translated out of Latine by Arthur Golding. 1610 Approx. A Most excellent and profitable dialogue, of the powerfull iustifying faith shewing what it is to beleeue in God, and what wonders are wrought by the power of beliefe, be it worldly or diuine, and what things do hinder beliefe : also how a man may hate himselfe, and by faith forsake himselfe, and kill the deeds of the flesh : the effect of the talke is this, that he which beleeueth in God, and in his son Iesus Christ, is able by the power of that beliefe, to mortifie his flesh, with the lusts thereof, through the Holy Ghost, and to serue God in spirit and truth / translated out of Latine by Arthur Golding. keywords: bee; beleeue; beliefe; christ; doe; faith; fred; god; gods; hath; haue; hee; lew; man; men; selfe; things cache: A20398.xml plain text: A20398.txt item: #6 of 49 id: A23663 author: Allen, William, d. 1686. title: A discourse of the nature, ends, and difference of the two covenants evincing in special, that faith as justifying, is not opposed to works of evangelical obedience : with an appendix of the nature and difference of saving and ineffectual faith, and the date: 1673.0 words: 56267 flesch: 64 summary: Reader , THeology is the Doctrine of the Kingdom of God : A Kingdom is a State of Government : Government is by Laws : He therefore that will understand any thing in Divinity , must understand the Laws of God : And though there be many inferiour Particles , distinguished from the weighty things of the Law , which few do clearly understand , yet is it necessary that we know in general , what kind of Law , it is that we are under , and also that we know the most important parts : If we understand not the Law of Tything Mint and Cummin , we must not be ignorant of Iudgment , Mercy and Faith , Matth. 23. 23. But then it doth not in the least appear that St. Paul in denying Justification to be by the Law in the sense thus explained , doth also thereby deny works of sincere Obedience to God , to concur with Faith in Man's Justification in all respects . keywords: abraham; believing; christ; condition; covenant; doth; faith; god; good; grace; hath; justification; law; life; love; man; men; nature; new; obedience; promise; righteousness; salvation; sin; things; works cache: A23663.xml plain text: A23663.txt item: #7 of 49 id: A26214 author: A. P. title: The profit of believing very usefull both for all those that are not yet resolved what religion they ought to embrace, and for them that desire to know whither their religion be true or no / written by S. Augustine. date: 1651.0 words: 23951 flesch: 57 summary: And therefore when as man was to be imitated , and yet no confidence to be placed in him : how could the Divine Majesty shew greater signs of his favour and liberality th●n that the sincere eternall , and uncha●ge●ble wisdome of God , unto whom it behoves us to cleave and adhere should vouchsafe to take hum●ne nature upon him ? who did no● onely do those things , which m●ght serve to invite us to follow G●d : but did al●o endure and suffer those things , whereby we were discourag●d from following of him . For a wi●e man according to the ability which he hath received , doth imitate God : and a fool hath nothing nearer unto him which he may profitably imitate and follow● then a wise man : when because ( as I said ) it is not easie to understand by reason , it was necessary that certain miracles should be proposed and set before mens eyes ( which fools do use much more commodiously then their unde●standings ) to the end that the life and manners of men moved with authority , m●g●t first be purged and made clean● and so they m●ght be enabled to understand reason . keywords: authority; christ; church; desire; divine; doth; faith; god; good; hath; holy; man; men; mind; opinion; reason; religion; self; thee; things; thou; truth; way; ● e; ● ● cache: A26214.xml plain text: A26214.txt item: #8 of 49 id: A26953 author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. title: Memorables of the life of faith taken out of Mr. B's sermon preached before the King at Whitehall : published thus for the poor that want money and memory / by one desirous to promote the common salvation. date: 1690.0 words: 3818 flesch: 80 summary: Should I ever be drawn away by Temptations again as I have been ? Q. 7. Should I ever stick at sufferings when God calls for them from me ? Q. 8. Should I not highly value Christ , his Spirit , his Grace , his Promises , his Word , his Ordinances ? Q. 9. Should I ever be quiet under uncertainty of my Reconciliation unto God ? Q. 10. Should I not then be all for Peace , Quietness and Love , with all that love the Lord Jesus Christ , and are seeking invisible things ? 1. O live not too much on things visible ! Or , to make the things that will be , as if they were already in existence ; and the unseen things which God revealeth , as if our bodily eyes beheld them . keywords: faith; god; life; tcp; text; things cache: A26953.xml plain text: A26953.txt item: #9 of 49 id: A26963 author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. title: The nature and immortality of the soul proved in answer to one who professed perplexing doubtfulness / by Richard Baxter. date: 1682.0 words: 15826 flesch: 75 summary: And if those Waters were material , such were all things they d●d produce , among which was Man , of whom the Text asserts nothing more plain ; for it saith , God created man of the dust of the earth ; the most gross part and sedement of those Waters , after all things else were created . 2. And you must believe , that Christ was God and Man , and came to save man , before you believe that there is such a creature as man , or what he is , and whether he have a soul capable of salvation . keywords: acts; body; cause; earth; god; hath; life; man; matter; men; nature; power; self; soul; spirit; substance; things; world cache: A26963.xml plain text: A26963.txt item: #10 of 49 id: A28197 author: Burdwood, James. title: Helps for faith and patience in times of affliction In three parts. Viz. I. Sampson's riddle spiritualiz'd. II. Orthodox paradox: or, the greatest evil working the greatest eternal good. III. Heaven and earth epitomiz'd: or, invisibilities the greates realities. By James Burdwood late minister in Dartmouth. To which is added, A sure tryal of a Christian's state, by John Flavell, late minister (also) in Dartmouth. date: 1693.0 words: 84067 flesch: 76 summary: Sixthly , Afflictions quicken God's People to all diligence and seriousness in the use of all God's means to obtain Glory ; they quicken to Self-examination : I considered my ways , saith David : They make them search their Hearts , and try their ways : Afflictions make them put away their Idols , helping on the work of Reformation , quicken them to Prayer ; then they cry unto the Lord , and pour out their Hearts before him , and God loves to hear their Cries ; then they wrestle with God in Prayer , and then they are serious in their Reproofs , Admonitions , and Instructions of others ; then also they labour to act their Faith and their Love to God and Christ , and to set their Affection upon things above , and to look to their Sincerity and Uprightness . What do most People mind most , and think most upon , and speak most of ? Is it not the World , things that are seen ? What is most in their Thoughts , Mornings soon , and Evenings late ? Where are their Hearts and Affections most ? Let our Consciences speak : Whom do we serve most , follow and pursue most , God or the World , Christ or the Creature ? Who hath the precedency and supremacy in our Hearts ? keywords: afflictions; christ; comfort; cor; earthly; faith; glory; god; good; great; hath; hearts; heaven; heavenly; jesus; life; look; lord; love; man; mind; outward; people; psal; sin; soul; spirit; things; thou; thoughts; thy; time; work; world; ● ● cache: A28197.xml plain text: A28197.txt item: #11 of 49 id: A28945 author: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. title: The Christian virtuoso shewing that by being addicted to experimental philosophy, a man is rather assisted than indisposed to be a good Christian / by T.H.R.B., Fellow of the Royal Society ; to which are subjoyn'd, I. a discourse about the distinction that represents some things as above reason, but not contrary to reason, II. the first chapters of a discourse entituled, Greatness of mind promoted by Christianity, by the same author. date: 1690.0 words: 38138 flesch: 41 summary: Which I the rather did ; because some Experience has taught me , that such a Way of proposing and elucidating Things , is , either as most clear , or , upon the account of its Novelty , wont to be more acceptable , than any Other , to our Modern Virtuosi ; whom thus to Gratify , is a good Step towards the Persuading of them . But though among these Ingenious Men there are several , whose Expectations from me I am much more disposed to Gratify , than Disappoint ; yet , on such an occasion as this , I must take the liberty to own , That I do not think the Corporeal World , nor the Present State of Things , the Only or the Principal Subjects , that an Inquisitive Man's Pen may be worthily employed about ; and , That there are some Things that are grounded , neither upon Mechanical , nor upon Chymical , Notices or Experiments , that are yet far from deserving to be Neglected , and much less to be Despised , or so much as to be left Uncultivated , especially by such Writers , as being more concerned to act as Christians , than as Virtuosi , must also think , that sometimes they may usefully busy themselves about the Study of Divine Things , as well as at other times employ their Thoughts about the Inspection of Natural Ones . keywords: arguments; author; christian; discourse; distinction; divers; doctrine; experience; general; god; good; greatness; knowledge; man; men; mind; nature; parts; persons; philosophy; reason; religion; self; things; tho; thô; time; truth; use; virtue; virtuoso; way; world cache: A28945.xml plain text: A28945.txt item: #12 of 49 id: A28966 author: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. title: The excellency of theology compar'd with natural philosophy (as both are objects of men's study) / discours'd of in a letter to a friend by T.H.R.B.E. ... ; to which are annex'd some occasional thouhts about the excellency and grounds of the mechanical hypothesis / by the same author. date: 1674.0 words: 55401 flesch: 43 summary: And though the Investigation and clear establishment of the true Principles of Philosophy , and the devising the Instruments of Knowledge , be things that may be allowed to be the proper work of sublimer Wits ; yet , if a man be furnish'd with such assistances , 't is not every Discourse that he makes , or thing which he does by the help of them , that is difficult enough to raise him to that illustrious rank . And , upon the same score , it ought not to seem strange , that he has not mention'd some late Discoveries and Books that might have been pertinently taken notice of , and would well have accommodated some parts of his Discourse ; since things that may thus seem to have been omitted , are of too recent a Date to have been known to him when He writ . keywords: account; angels; attributes; bodies; body; book; discourse; discoveries; divers; divine; friend; general; god; good; heaven; kind; knowledge; man; matter; men; mind; motion; naturalist; nature; new; objects; parts; persons; phaenomena; philosophers; philosophy; physicks; principles; reason; scripture; self; soul; state; study; subject; theology; things; think; time; truths; way; world cache: A28966.xml plain text: A28966.txt item: #13 of 49 id: A29993 author: Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687. title: A short discourse upon the reasonableness of men's having a religion, or worship of God by His Grace, George, Duke of Buckingham. date: 1685.0 words: 4473 flesch: 58 summary: There is also this other Consequence , which , in my Opinion , does naturally depend upon what has been said ; That one of the greatest Crimes a Man can be guilty of , is , To force us to act or , sin against that Instinct of Religion which God Almighty has placed in our Hearts ; for , if that Instinct be somewhat a-kin to the Nature of God , the sinning against it must be somewhat a-kin to the Sin against the Holy Ghost . Now , if it be probable , that the Instinct which we have within us , of a Deity , be a-kin to the Nature of God ; That Religion is probably the best , whose Doctrine does most recommend to us those Things , which , by that Instinct , we are prompted to believe are Vertues , and good Qualities : And that , I think , without exceeding the Bounds of Modesty , I may take upon me to affirm , Is the Christian Religion . keywords: god; men; nature; reason; religion; thing; world cache: A29993.xml plain text: A29993.txt item: #14 of 49 id: A30834 author: Banks, John, 1637-1710. title: The blessed effects of true and saving faith with good counsel, vvholsome advice, and also encouragement to all Friends every where, that suffer for truth and righteousness sake / given forth by a servant of the Lord ... John Banckes. date: 1684.0 words: 5764 flesch: 40 summary: This is the Counsel and Advice of your Brother , in Bowels of tender Love , that all who do suffer in oppression for Truth and Righteousness sake , that it may be on this wise and in this manner , that so cause of great Encouragement you may all have in and under Suffering , whether in Body or Goods , which I can give in Truth by good experience , ( to wit , Encouragement to all faithful Sufferers ) who have had my own Goods spoiled , and my Body Imprisoned time after time , and now am a Prisoner , because for Conscience I cannot uphold that great oppression of Tythes ; and the same day and hour I was to go to Prison , were the Spoilers carrying away my Goods , for no greater Crime then Worshipping and Serving the Lord my God ; and oh ! the Ioy , Gladness , and Rejoycing that was in my Heart and Soul , that same hour and moment of time , being I was truly sinsible of the cause wherefore I suffered the same , being born up in my Understanding , my Joy was unutterable on this wise , and under this consideration , That the Lord my God should not only count me worthy to believe in his Name , but also to suffer for the same , and in that that Christ Iesus the Son of the Fathers love suffered all to save and redeem my Soul ; and therefore should not I willingly offer up all I had and did enjoy , in answer to what God through Christ his Son had done for me ? yea surely , I said in my Heart , I le offer up all freely ; I speak to his Praise and Glory , and the great Encouragement of all faithful willing Sufferers , whose Suffering on this wise will never be wearysome nor tedious unto you , no murmuring nor complaining will take place , or have room in any such a Heart , as to say or think , How shall I live ? Faith is the Gift of God , and it Purifieth the Heart . keywords: christ; faith; friends; god; good; lord; power; suffering; time cache: A30834.xml plain text: A30834.txt item: #15 of 49 id: A33547 author: Cockburn, John, 1652-1729. title: An enquiry into the nature, necessity, and evidence of Christian faith. Part I. Of faith in general, and of the belief of a deity by J.C. date: 1696.0 words: 25954 flesch: 56 summary: 4. All the Actions of every one are to be Approved or Condemned , with a regard to this Faith , and by vertue of it , things , in themselves good and lawful , become evil , and what is evil loseth a part of its malignity . The same reason which makes it Just , and our Duty to act according to our Knowledge , and inward Perswasion , or to do the Good we know , obligeth us to search out the real Good that is , that there may be no Errour in our Perswasion , nor Crookedness in our Practice ; and then only our Thoughts can justifie our Actions , when , by Diligence and due Care , we have endeavoured to make our Thoughts just and true , conform to the Nature of things ; for without this , we cannot be fully perswaded in our Minds , as the Apostle enjoineth ; the assurance of Faith is wanting , which is necessary to dispel all doubts , and to establish our goings . keywords: contrivance; deity; design; doth; existence; faith; god; good; hath; life; light; man; matter; men; nature; parts; power; reason; self; sense; things; tho; wisdom; world cache: A33547.xml plain text: A33547.txt item: #16 of 49 id: A33721 author: Cole, Thomas, 1627?-1697. title: A discourse of faith in two points, viz ... / by Thomas Cole ... date: 1689.0 words: 26684 flesch: 55 summary: he purchased this and all other graces for us , by dying for us , he not only obtained pardon of Sin in our Justification , but all inherent Graces in the Saints come from Christ , he procured them for us , he works them in us , his sufferings being not only satisfactory for sin , but meritorious of grace to be bestowed upon us , though the Law can't sanctify a sinner yet Christ can , and 't is an act of special grace towards us when he doth , but he will first satisfie the Law and Justice of God , that being brought under grace by our free Justification , we may answer to the Law of grace in our sanctification , denying all Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts , living soberly and righteously here below as the redeemed of the Lord ought to do ; the Law commands perfect Obedience , but in case of Failure , the Gospel Promises Faith and Repentance , Zach. 12. 10. Our first Faith wrought in us upon the general proposal of Gospel Grace , contains in it a saving Conviction of Sin , 't is impossible to receive grace without it , grace is nothing to us , of no signification to us , but as it gives relief against sin , which we must have some sense of , before we apply our selves to the grace of God for Pardon , we must see something in our selves that wants a pardon , and which we are willing to repent of and forsake in Case of a pardon , Repentance is as true an effect of Faith , as Pardon and Comfort , Faith first brings a sinner to Christ under some hope of Pardon , and then busies it self in working Repentance , in order to a comfortable sense of Pardon . keywords: act; christ; faith; god; good; gospel; grace; hearts; justification; law; man; repentance; righteousness; self; sin; thing; way; word; works cache: A33721.xml plain text: A33721.txt item: #17 of 49 id: A33723 author: Cole, Thomas, 1627?-1697. title: A discourse of regeneration, faith and repentance preached at the Merchants-Lecture in Broad-Street by Thomas Cole ... date: 1692.0 words: 64345 flesch: 59 summary: Did you come in expectation of these mighty works of God in and upon your Hearts , no place would be large enough to contain the comers to the word , that they might have some experience of his mighty saving Power passing upon their Souls : As Moses lifted up the Serpent in the Wilderness , so we lift up Christ that you may look unto him , and be healed : You look unto men , you judg how much of Mans Wisdom , Reason , and Understanding there is in a Sermon ; but there is not that earnest looking for the power of God unto salvation , as there ought to be . — Many come with itching ears to hear some new Notion set off with the enticing words of Man's Wisdom , as if the strength of Human Reason , by a Natural Operation upon the minds of men , could lead them into the belief of any thing that is said in the Pulpit , without any inward efficiency of the Spirit ; but if this be all you look for , 't is not worth your coming hither ; we don't pretend to any such Rhetorical Charms , to any such prevailing Influence over you ; you may excel us in Acuteness of Wit , Quickness of Apprehension ; you may be greater Masters of Reason than we are ; but let me tell you , the right understanding of what we preach to you , depends neither upon your Reason nor ours , but upon the bare Testimony of God ; we tell you , Thus and thus says the Lord ; that 's Reason enough for you to believe , and 't is the highest Reason we can give for your belief ; when you have once received any Gospel-Truth by Faith , you will easily in the light of that Faith , allow of every thing that may be rationally deduced from that Truth , as included in it , and belonging to it , though not discerned when you first believed ; here lies your Edification , to know the extent of those Gospel-Principles which you first took in by Faith ; this Faith is the Gift of God ; Ministers perswade you to come to Christ , to repent and believe the Gospel , but 't is God that turns the Heart to what we perswade you to : we call upon blind , dead , dark sinners to look unto Christ , but 't is God must give them eyes to see him ; all the perswasions in the world , won't cause a blind man to see . The general Object of Faith is the whole Doctrine of God laid down in the Scriptures ; the special object of Saving Faith , is the Free-promise of Grace in Christ Jesus , this supports the former , we must believe the Divine Narrative of the whole Will of God revealed in the Bible , before we can pitch our Faith in any suitable actings upon any part of it , 't is one thing to assent to the Truth of the Word in General , a further and indeed another thing to apply the Promises ; he believes a Promise who do's fiducially rely upon it , this is properly Trusting , we believe something in reference to our selves , living in a comfortable Hope and Expectation of it , respecting not only the Truth of the thing , but also the Goodness of it in reference to our selves under that possibility , probability or certainty of obtaining it , which our Faith , according to its various Degrees may represent unto us , Faith in the Righteousness of Christ for justification is here principally intended . keywords: act; christ; conversion; faith; god; good; gospel; grace; hearts; justification; law; life; man; men; nature; new; regeneration; repentance; righteousness; self; sin; soul; spirit; state; thing; way; word; work cache: A33723.xml plain text: A33723.txt item: #18 of 49 id: A34599 author: Cornwell, Francis. title: A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soule before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwell ... date: 1646.0 words: 28521 flesch: 74 summary: 8. Babylon ●s fallen , it is fall●n , that great City ; because shee made all nations drunk with ●he wine of her fornications . So that though you were willing to lose life , friends , preferment , for Christ ; found you not then , life , peace , joy , in the Lord Jesus , which was better to you , then all worldly amity ; according to his owne promise , In the World you found affliction , but in him you found peace : And when you were called to be a Member of the high Court of Parliament , in our distressed and distracted times ; the Lord made you an ●nstrument to defect the Trecherous plot of those two brethren in evill ; Thomas Lord Strafford ; and William Lord Archbishop of Canterbu●y , that contrived the destruction of our fundamentall Lawes , ratified by the Statute of Magna Charta , by ●abouring to set up an Arbitrary Government , and keeping on foot a Po●ish Army , consisting of Irish Re●els , and others , to compell the faith●ull , and true-hearted Nobility , and loyall Commons of England , ●o subject themselves to their illegal Taxations : hazarding the losse of he favours of the King , Nobi●●ty , Parents , Friends , and Allyes , together with those places of Ho●our and Maintenance , the King of lemency had freely bestowed ; ra●●er then his Country should be ru●ed , and enthralled , by such accor●● 〈…〉 a branch of that goodly Caedar , under whose shade , the Innocent and oppressed , tender Consciences that stand for a through Reformation , agreeable to the Word o● God , find rest ) ever be forgotten , and left unrewarded ; God forbid : I● is worthy to be written on a Pilla● of Marble ; and recorded in the Chronicle : that after-ages may never forget to shew kindenesse , and mercy to your Noble Posterity that did not thinke your life ( together with your neerest relations deare unto you , so as to part with them , that you might purchase you Countries Liberty ; I cannot judge him Englands Friend , that enviet● your honour , and promotion ; keywords: acts; answ; bee; christ; church; doe; faith; father; god; good; grace; hath; hee; holy; jesus; jesus christ; john; justification; lord; lord jesus; man; men; promise; righteousnesse; sanctification; spirit; spirituall; things; wee; word; worship; ● ● cache: A34599.xml plain text: A34599.txt item: #19 of 49 id: A35974 author: Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677. title: A discourse concerning infallibility in religion written by Sir Kenelme Digby to the Lord George Digby, eldest sonne of the Earle of Bristol. date: 1652.0 words: 38035 flesch: 56 summary: And therefore I imagine it is but a mistake in their deliuering themselues ; and that their meaning is , that all pointes are knowne by Tradition●● but some , not onely by tradition , but by Scripture too . So that if either of these be so , he who considereth these two termes , seeth clearely that of necessity●● both of them must belong to what subiect soeuer he findeth either of them to reside in ; And why it is so ; and that it is impossible it should be otherwise . keywords: att; bin; bodies; body; discourse; doth; euen; euery; god; good; hath; haue; knowledge; life; man; men; nature; neuer; obiect; owne; pleasure; reason; religion; scripture; seeing; selfe; soule; themselues; thing; thinges; time; tradition; truth; vnto; vpon; way; world; ● ● cache: A35974.xml plain text: A35974.txt item: #20 of 49 id: A39353 author: Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. title: Justifying faith: or, That faith by which the just do live briefly describ'd in a discourse on 1 Joh. 5.12. By the author of a late book, entitled Summum bonum, or, An explication of the divine goodness, &c. To this discourse is added, an abstract of some letters to an eminent learned person, concerning the excellency of the Book of common prayer, &c. date: 1679.0 words: 12877 flesch: 61 summary: That Gods Offers of Grace are in an Unlimi● Abundance ( which you say you do not believe I prove thus : If God cannot be the Direct Cau● of Stinting the Influences of His Grace or Goodness into the Hearts of Men , Then his Offers of Gra●● in an Unlimited Abundance : But God cannot the Direct Cause , &c. The Minor is evident in ● , That the Essence of God is Infinite Goodness . Hasce nostras Bonitatis Infinitae Explicationis Nostrae Vindi● as , & Liturgiae Anglicanae Laudes T● bi Dicatas velim ; namque Anim Tuo Gloriosissimum Bonitatis Infinitae seu Divinae Characterem Impressum V● disse gestio ; ac Tui sanè Me semper Oportebit , in Precationibus Nostr● Quotidianis Meminisse , utpote , Q● sum , & ero — Dum Spiritus hos r●get artus , Amoris , ac Reverentiae Vinculo Arctissimo Dominationi Tuae Obstrictus E. E. To the Learned and Pious READERS . keywords: act; answer; christ; death; faith; god; gods; goodness; grace; heart; holy; infinite; life; lord; love; man; means; nature; power; sin; son; words; world; ● ● cache: A39353.xml plain text: A39353.txt item: #21 of 49 id: A41030 author: Fell, John, 1625-1686. title: The character of the last daies a sermon preached before the King / by John Fell. date: 1675.0 words: 7660 flesch: 64 summary: If to the other Articles of our Creed which concern our Savior , there had not succeded the belief , that he shall come again to judg both the quick and the dead , we were as ridiculous as these mockers of the Text pretend us , hated and scorn'd by men , and deserted by Almighty God. That is , men ( unless wilfully blind ) must acknowledg the Creation to be an unaccountable riddle of Omnipotence : the habitable Earth being so placed , that it indeed stands out of the waters , but yet so as to be really within the waters , the surface of the liquid Element being convexe , and in its workings demonstrably above the level of the shores that bound it : and nothing but the word of God that said unto the waves , Thus far shall you go and no farther , during the first Ages of the world with-held that general inundation , which afterward succeeded ; when , as the Scripture expresses it , the fountains of the great deep were broken up , and the windowes of Heaven , till then shut up , were open'd , Gen. 7. 11. keywords: creation; day; future; god; judgment; men; promise; tcp; text; things; tho; world cache: A41030.xml plain text: A41030.txt item: #22 of 49 id: A41441 author: Goodman, John, 1625 or 6-1690. title: The old religion demonstrated in its principles, and described in the life and practice thereof date: 1684.0 words: 54835 flesch: 38 summary: But all these men , as they do too palpably betray they have no love to Religion , nor no desire it should be true : so they evidently discover that they neither understand what satisfaction is fit for God to give in these matters , or for man to require ; nor do they consider what the nature of Virtue and Religion will admit of , no nor do they understand themselves so well as to know what motives will work upon men ; nor lastly , have they applied their minds to take a just estimate of the value and efficacy of these motives of hopes and fear which it pleases God to set before them . Forasmuch as it is evident , that the approving a mans self to God , and the taking care of Eternity , are such weighty and important affairs , that they must needs require the greatest composure of thoughts , and the utmost intention of our minds ; and can neither be worthily taken in hand , nor much less pursued as they ought , in such a light and jolly humour as the custom of tipling doth ordinarily put men into ; for that relaxes a mans thoughts , and fills his spirit with froth and levity ; it renders the mind of a man so airy and trifling , that he becomes transported with a jest , and diverted by every impertinence ; it banishes sollicitude , and puts him besides his guard of caution and circumspection ; a mans head in such a case is impatient of weighty considerations , incapable of grave deliberations ; his thoughts are fluctuating and uncertain , he comes to no stable resolution , nor can he make any constant progress ; and surely such a temper cannot make a fit soil for Religion to take root in , or to thrive upon . keywords: care; church; conscience; devotion; divine; doth; duty; family; god; gods; good; hath; hearts; heaven; holy; life; man; mans; men; mind; piety; place; publick; reason; religion; secret; self; selves; spirit; things; time; use; way; world; worship cache: A41441.xml plain text: A41441.txt item: #23 of 49 id: A41840 author: Gray, Andrew, 1633-1656. title: Great precious promises, or, Some sermons concerning the promises and the right application thereof whereunto are added some other concerning the usefulnesse of faith in advancing sanctification, as also, three more concerning the faith of assurance / by Mr. Andrew Gray ... ; all being revised since his death by some friends, the last impression carefully corrected and amended. date: 1669.0 words: 61738 flesch: 58 summary: ●●ing● more of this kinde which may presse 〈◊〉 to be stedfast in believing . The words of ●hy mouth are better unto me , then thousands of ●old and silver ? Did he not find much sweet●esse in the promises , when he was constrained to cry out , Thy Law is sweeter unto me , then the honey and the honey comb ? keywords: accomplishment; assurance; bee; chri ●; christ; christian; come; con ●; covenant; cry; day; doth; exercise; faith; forth; god; grace; great; hath; heart; heaven; hee; hope; know; lord; love; o ●; promises; soul; speak; th ●; tha ●; things; thou; thy; time; wee; word; yee; ▪ ●; ● e; ● f; ● hat; ● ing; ● nd; ● s; ● t; ● y; ● ● cache: A41840.xml plain text: A41840.txt item: #24 of 49 id: A41843 author: Gray, Andrew, 1633-1656. title: The mystery of faith opened up, or, Some sermons concerning faith (two whereof were not formerly printed) wherein the nature, excellency, and usefulnesse of that noble grace is much cleared, and the practice thereof most powerfully pressed : whereunto are added other three sermons, two concerning death / by Mr. Andrew Gray ...; all these sermons being now carefully revised, and much corrected. date: 1669.0 words: 64385 flesch: 68 summary: And it hath two great aggravations from th● words which I have read ; The first great aggravation in that word of the Text , Great Salvation , as if he had said , if it were not Great Salvation , yee might have some clo●● or excuse for your slighting of it : but se●ing it is such a great and eternal Salvation● there is now no cloak left for your sin . AMong many weighty and soul pierceing Sentences that you will find in these following Sermons , this is one● ; That the Professors of this ●ge , whether they go to heaven or hell , they will be the greatest debtors that shall be in ●ither place● : keywords: answer; bee; christ; christian; come; day; death; desire; doth; exercise; faith; forth; god; gospel; grace; hath; heaven; hee; hope; imbrace; life; lord; love; man; salvation; sin; soul; speak; th ●; thee; things; thou; thy; time; way; wee; word; y ●; yee; ● d; ● e; ● f; ● hat; ● nd; ● o; ● s; ● t; ● ● cache: A41843.xml plain text: A41843.txt item: #25 of 49 id: A42464 author: Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654. title: Mysterious cloudes and mistes, shunning the cleer light, a little further disclosed in a short answer to Mr. John Simpsons long appendix, entituled, Truth breaking forth through a cloud and mist of slanders, wherein the charge of slander, so far as it concerneth, both himself and some others, is taken of and removed / by Tho. Gataker ... date: 1648.0 words: 8237 flesch: 66 summary: But as his doctrin , so delivered , whatsoever his reserved meaning was , did encourage people to repair over-boldly to those that were visited , and that , as was then deemed , to the damage , yea , and death , of not a few : So it may justly be feared , that these cloudy , or rather peremptory assertions of Mr. S. have endamaged , and endangered soules , not a few , in with-holding them from serious humiliation for their sins , under the hand of God , as wel upon themselvs in particular , as upon the land in generall ; notwithstanding these his distinctions , which he cometh out with now ; but not heard of then , when this charge , was given in against him : at which time , it seemed to be grounded upon Gods not sight of sin in any Beleever , the principall subject of Mr Eatons book , then justified among them ; else what reason should there be of Gods not inflicting evills nationall , more then personall upon any , in regard of sins satisfied for by Christ , in both which † himself makes the case to be all one . Whether God doth chasten a beleever for sin ? Ans. That the chastisement of our peace was upon him , that is , Christ ; and that by his stripes we are healed . keywords: answer; charge; christ; god; gods; law; sin; sins cache: A42464.xml plain text: A42464.txt item: #26 of 49 id: A45703 author: Hart, John, D.D. title: The Christians blessed choice, or, The godly mans resolution to cleave fast to God and his truth, notwithstanding trials, troubles, and persecutions very seasonable for these times / by J.H. date: 1668.0 words: 8814 flesch: 75 summary: Chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God , than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the honours in Egypt ; for he had respect to the recompence of the reward . Now that which I intend briefly to insist upon , is that eminent example of the faith of Moses , in the words before mentioned , in that he chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God , than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches , than all the honors of Egypt . keywords: christ; death; faith; god; heaven; life; men; people; sin; thou; world cache: A45703.xml plain text: A45703.txt item: #27 of 49 id: A47046 author: Jackson, William, 1636 or 7-1680. title: Of the rule of faith a sermon at the visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, William Lord Bishop of Lincolne, holden at Bedford August 5, 1674 / by William Jackson ... date: 1675.0 words: 10124 flesch: 58 summary: And then faith being taken Objectivè , for the matters or things to be believed , The faith once delivered to the Saints is those Doctrines , which it pleased God in one set time to reveal , and to deposite as a standing Rule of Faith in the Church for ever . 2. The Rule of Faith is the word of God , who is our Creator , and supream Lawgiver , and the Author , and object of that immortall happiness , to which true faith leads us . keywords: church; doctrine; faith; god; hath; holy; points; reason; religion; rule; scripture; tcp; text; things; use; way; word cache: A47046.xml plain text: A47046.txt item: #28 of 49 id: A47618 author: Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671. title: The saints encouragement in evil times: or Observations concerning the martyrs in generall with some memorable collections out of Foxes three volumes. Martin Luther. The covenant and promises. Living and dying by faith. By Edward Leigh Esquire. date: 1648.0 words: 31039 flesch: 81 summary: Jerome compares the state of the Ch●rch under Constantine and some Christian Emperours with that under Dioclesian and some persecuting Emperours : under the former the Church increased much Potentia & divitiis , in power and wealth , but diminished virtutibus , in vertue ▪ How strangely was that promise accomplished in England and France , Whosoever will save his life shall lose it ; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake , shall finde it . On the contrary , some that were in prison , and purposed to suffer for the truth , were ●y the death of Queen Mary happily preserved , that being a true observation which * one hath , As good husbands do not put al their corn to the oven , but save some for seed , so doth God ever in the worst of persecutions . keywords: acts; adam; bishop; body; christ; comfort; cor; covenant; day; death; doe; est; faith; fire; foxes; god; gods; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heb; john; law; life; lord; love; luther; man; martyrs; men; mon; non; people; promises; second; sin; soul; spirit; things; thou; time; truth; vol; way; words; world; ● ● cache: A47618.xml plain text: A47618.txt item: #29 of 49 id: A52035 author: Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. title: The vvorks of Mr Stephen Marshall, late minister of the Gospel at Finching-Field in Essex. And since at Ipswitch in Suffolk. The first part. Viz. I. Of Christ's intercession. And of sins of infirmity. II. The high priviledge of beleevers. They are the sons of God. III. Faith the only means spiritually to feed on Christ. IV. Of self-denial. V. The saints duty to keep their heart in a good frame, etc. VI. The mystery of spiritual life. Attested by Ralph Venning. Thomas Lye. Thomas Jacomb. date: 1661.0 words: 75598 flesch: 55 summary: Be pleased then to know thus much , that when the Scripture speakes so positivly and clearly , of the Children of God not sinning , that they cannot commit sin , the meaning is this , That whereas the way of sin ( mark it , the way of sin ) is the only way that al men walk in before they come to Christ , as conceive it thus , when men first fel from God , while he stood in his integrity God was his end , God was his portion , God was his rule , but when man fel from God , the whol corruption of mans nature stood in these two things , That now he was turned away from God , and fallen into the Creature , and there he continues til a new life be communicated , let him do what he will , let him pray , let him read , let him hear , let him walk in workes of justice and righteousness , and stil he is but within the compass of injoying the creature , and living to the creature , making himself and the good that he can find in the creature his portion , which is a turning off from God and this is one way of sin , and thus all the men in the world walk , that although it be true , yet some of their sins are greater then others , and aggrauated by some circumstances , yet look as it is with a man that is in prison , though the prison may be very large , and he may somtimes walk East , West , North , and South , and do some things more clean , and some things more gross , yet they are al done within that compass of the prison ; So take a man not in the state of Grace , the end he aimes at is himself , the rule he walks by is somwhat that may yeild contentment to him from the creature , and beyond al this no living man goes til God give him a new life . First , 1. The Heir while he is a Child is Lord of all , he is Lord of al before he comes to the injoyment of it , he is the Lord of it , so now while Gods Children are in their minority , while they are poor ones in this world , they are Heirs of the world , the Lord hath called his Children to be Heirs of the world , that is , whatsoever is in this world is for their sakes , the Angels , the World the Devils in Hel , in spite of their Hearts they are al under the Saints , and are compelled by the Lord , they against their wills , and the Angels with their good wils , they all of them are subservient to those that are the Sons of God by Adoption , and whatsoever is in the wide world , and may be enjoyed any waies for the good of his People , they are the Heirs of all ; this is their Portion while they are in this world ; the Scripture saith it plain , All is yours , and you are Christs , and Christ is Gods , and therefore Paul , and Apollo , or Cephas , or whatsoever is in the world , all is yours , the Saints of God have a real right to al by vertue of their Sonship , not in the Law of man but in the spirituall sense that the Scripture holds out . keywords: children; christ; christ wil; doth; faith; father; god; god wil; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; holy; jesus christ; life; lord; lord christ; man; men; people; self; sin; son; soul; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; time; use; way; wil; work; world cache: A52035.xml plain text: A52035.txt item: #30 of 49 id: A52412 author: Norris, John, 1657-1711. title: An account of reason & faith in relation to the mysteries of Christianity / by John Norris. date: 1697.0 words: 64830 flesch: 52 summary: Of which he gives several Instances , which as not being to the Point , I pass over , and come to his other Consideration of things above Reason , meaning such as when proposed do surpass our Comprehension , and that ( as he well observes ) upon one or other of these three Accounts , either as not clearly Conceivable by our understanding , such as the Infiniteness of the Divine Nature , or as inexplicable by us , such as the Manner how God can Create a Rational Soul , or how this being an Immaterial Substance can act upon a Human Body , or be acted upon by it , &c. Or else lastly as Asymmetrical or unsociable , that is , such , as we see not how to reconcile with other things evidently and confessedly true , whereof he gives an instance in the Case of Prescience and Contingency . We believe 't is all well and right because the Infinitely Wise God sits at the Helm ; but then again , because he is so Infinitely Wise we cannot found the Depths of his Wisdom , ( as indeed it would be very strange if an Infinitely Wise Agent should not be able to do things Wisely , and yet beyond our Understanding ) nor reconcile all his particular proceedings to the Laws of Reason and Equity ; but the more we study about these things the more we are at a loss , the further we wade into this Sea the deeper we find it , till at last we find our selves obliged to cry out with the most inspired Apostle , O the Depth of the Riches both of the Wisdom and Knowledge of God , how unsearchable are his Iudgments , and his Ways past finding out ! keywords: act; argument; assent; comprehend; contrary; divine; evidence; faith; general; god; good; ideas; incomprehensibility; incomprehensible; infinite; knowledge; light; man; measure; mysteries; nature; object; perception; principle; reason; religion; self; thing; truth; understanding; way cache: A52412.xml plain text: A52412.txt item: #31 of 49 id: A53700 author: Owen, John, 1616-1683. title: Gospel grounds and evidences of the faith of God's elect shewing : I. The nature of true saving faith, in securing of the spiritual comfort of believers in this life, is of the highest importance, II. The way wherein true faith doth evidence it self in the soul and consciences of believers, unto their supportment and comfort, under all their conflicts with sin, in all their tryals and temptations, III. Faith will evidence it self, by a diligent, constant endeavour to keep it self and all grace in due exercise, in all ordinances of divine worship, private and publick, IV. A peculiar way whereby true faith will evidence it self, by bringing the soul into a state of repentance / by John Owen ... date: 1695.0 words: 29253 flesch: 57 summary: Accordingly the Practice of many doth answer their Inclination and Desire ; they will profess Religion and Obedience unto God , but will keep back part of the Price , will hide a Wedge in their Tents , through Indulgence unto some Corruption , or Dislike of some Duties in their Circumstancees : They would give unto themselves the measure of their Obedience , and according as Mens Practice is , so do they desire that things indeed should be , that that Practice should please God which pleaseth them : This Faith abhorrs ; the Soul that is under the Conduct of it , is not capable of any one Desire that any thing were otherwise than it is in the will of God , concerning our Holiness and Obedience , no more than it can desire that God should not be what he is . For , 3. A Negligence herein , or the want of stirring up Faith unto a due Exercise in all Duties of worship , is the highest affront we can put upon God , arguing a great Regardlesness of him ; whilst it is so with us , we have not , we cannot have a due Sense of any of the divine Perfections , of the divine Nature , we turn God what lies in us into an Idol , supposing that he may be put off with the out side and appearance of things . keywords: christ; doth; duties; exercise; faith; glory; god; grace; hath; holiness; life; mind; nature; salvation; saving; self; sin; soul; things; way cache: A53700.xml plain text: A53700.txt item: #32 of 49 id: A53726 author: Owen, John, 1616-1683. title: The reason of faith, or, An answer unto that enquiry, wherefore we believe the scripture to be the word of God with the causes and nature of that faith wherewith we do so : wherein the grounds whereon the Holy Scripture is believed to be the word of God with faith divine and supernatural, are declared and vindicated / by John Owen ... date: 1677.0 words: 58220 flesch: 59 summary: For the Faith whereby we believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God , is on all occasions absolutely melted down into that whereby we believe the Scriptures to be the Word of God. Plainly that which the Apostle teacheth us is , that we believe all other Divine Truths for the Scriptures sake , or because they are declared therein ; but the Scripture we believe for its own sake , or because holy men of God wrote it as they were moved by the Holy Ghost . keywords: arguments; assent; assurance; authority; believing; christ; church; doctrine; doth; duty; evidence; faith; ghost; god; gospel; hath; holy; light; man; means; men; minds; nature; original; persons; power; reason; revelation; scripture; self; spirit; testimony; things; truth; use; way; word; work cache: A53726.xml plain text: A53726.txt item: #33 of 49 id: A53931 author: Pecock, Reginald, 1395?-1460? title: A treatise proving Scripture to be the rule of faith writ by Reginald Peacock ... before the Reformation, about the year MCDL. date: 1688.0 words: 33423 flesch: 70 summary: But yitt thingis doon or taugt longe aftir tyme of the Apostlis the Chirch may determyn for such seid feith , thoug not as a treuthe doon or taugt or revealid bi God in the tyme of Crist or of the Apostlis , but l●tir aftir the tyme of Crist and of the Apostlis : among whiche thingis declarid bi the Chirch for feith not conteynyd expresse●t or impressel● in holi Scripture , if eny such be , y remembre me nowe of noon , save of it what is bifore seid in this seid chapiter lo●gen to the c●nony●●ng of Seintis . And that for as myche as it is putte in the comoun crede , whiche e●ede is ascribid to have be maad of the Apostlis , and yitt this ●ame article , as he seith , is not groundid in holi Scripture . keywords: aftir; alle; apostlis; argument; article; authority; ben; bifore; bileeve; book; chirche; church; clergie; crist; doctrine; ech; eny; feith; feith bi; forto; fro; ful; general; god; hadde; hath; holi; holi scripture; holy; hool; hool feith; lawe; lyk; maad; man; maner; mygte; oon; othere; oure; peple; power; principal; rule; schulde; scripture; seid; seid feith; seie; sufficientli; taugt; testament; thanne; thei; thilk; thing; thoug; time; tradition; trewe; tyme; wherfore; word; writen; writing cache: A53931.xml plain text: A53931.txt item: #34 of 49 id: A55568 author: Powell, Thomas, fl. 1674-1679. title: The young mans conflict with, and victory over the Devil by faith, or, A true and perfect relation of the experiences of T.P., begun in the 15th and continued till the 17th year of his age ... by T.P. date: 1675.0 words: 23823 flesch: 84 summary: Fro● which I would have you to note , tha● though God has his saving work i● your soul ; yet many corruptions ther● are unsubdued , which must be morti●fied , before he sees it meet and convenient to give you assurance ; nay , unti● then , perhaps God sees you uncapabl● as to the management thereof . Rejoyce not against me , O mine enemy , wh●●●● fall , I shall arise ; when I sit in darkness , the Lord shall 〈◊〉 a ●ight unto me . keywords: apollyon; body; christ; demas; devil; evangelus; faith; father; friend; god; gods; good; grace; heaven; lord; man; nay; paulus; pray; scriptures; self; sir; soul; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; time; world; yea; ● ● cache: A55568.xml plain text: A55568.txt item: #35 of 49 id: A56437 author: Parnell, James, 1637?-1656. title: A tryal of faith wherein, is discovered the ground of the faith of the hypocrite, which perisheth, and the faith of the saints, which is founded upon the everlasting rock, so all may see what their faith is, and what they trust to : written to the intent that every one may come to the true searcher of faith, that their faith which they speak of and trust to, may be searched, and the heart of the pharisee ript open and searched, and that the poor ignorant blind creatures may come to see and be deceived no longer intrusting to that which perisheth : verily it is of much concernment to every one, even the soul, the tryal of your faith / written from the spirit of the Lord, and published for the good of all, that they may come to build upon the everlasting rock, with him whose name according to the world is James Parnell. date: 1654.0 words: 3077 flesch: 41 summary: no A tryal of faith, wherein is discovered the ground of the faith of the hypocrite, which perisheth, and the faith of the saints, which is fou Parnell, James 1654 2802 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 B The rate of 7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. A tryal of faith wherein, is discovered the ground of the faith of the hypocrite, which perisheth, and the faith of the saints, which is founded upon the everlasting rock, so all may see what their faith is, and what they trust to : written to the intent that every one may come to the true searcher of faith, that their faith which they speak of and trust to, may be searched, and the heart of the pharisee ript open and searched, and that the poor ignorant blind creatures may come to see and be deceived no longer intrusting to that which perisheth : verily it is of much concernment to every one, even the soul, the tryal of your faith / written from the spirit of the Lord, and published for the good of all, that they may come to build upon the everlasting rock, with him whose name according to the world is James Parnell. keywords: christ; faith; god; text; world cache: A56437.xml plain text: A56437.txt item: #36 of 49 id: A57956 author: Hallywell, Henry, d. 1703? title: A discourse of the use of reason in matters of religion shewing that Christianity contains nothing repugnant to right reason, against enthusiasts and deists / written in Latin by the Reverend Dr. Rust ; and translated into English, with annotations upon it by Hen. Hallywell. date: 1683.0 words: 24355 flesch: 47 summary: But now the Intellectual Nature or Inner Man takes for its Object the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what ought to be done , being ruled and guided by the Counsels and Inspirations of Right Reason . To this purpose it is related by Huetius that among the Turks there are certain Boys , which they call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 believed of the common People to be Born of Virgins , and in great esteem , as supposed to do strange things : keywords: atque; aut; author; body; christian; christianity; church; contrary; cum; cùm; deo; deum; deus; discourse; doctrine; enim; esse; est; faculties; faith; fidem; flesh; god; good; hoc; humane; ita; life; man; mankind; men; mind; miracles; nature; nihil; nobis; non; num; pag; person; potest; power; principles; quae; quam; qui; quod; quàm; ratione; rationis; reason; religion; right; sed; self; sense; sit; sive; soul; spirit; sunt; tamen; tcp; text; things; truth; understanding; use; verò; way; wisdom; world cache: A57956.xml plain text: A57956.txt item: #37 of 49 id: A57960 author: Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680. Way of happiness and salvation rescued from vulgar errours. title: Two discourses; viz. A discourse of truth. By the late Reverend Dr. Rust, Lord Bishop of Dromore in the Kingdom of Ireland. The way of happiness and salvation. By Joseph Glanvil, chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty date: 1677.0 words: 30470 flesch: 58 summary: Now that Things are what they are , and that there are mutual Respects and Relations Eternal , and Immutable , and in order of Nature antecedent to any Understanding either created or uncreated , is a thing very plain and evident ; for it 's clearer than the Meridian Light , that such Propositions as these , Homo est animal rationale , Triangulum est quod habet tres angulos , are not arbitrarious dependancies upon the Will , Decree , or Understanding of God , but are Necessary and Eternal Truths ; and wherein 't is as impossible to divide the Subject , and what is spoken of it , as it is for a thing not to be what it is , which is no less than a Contradiction ; and as indispensible are the mutual respects and relations of things both in Speculatives and Morals . And this is another branch of this second Absurdity , from the deniall of the intrinsecal and eternal respects and relations of things , that a man would not have any assurance of future Happiness ; for though it be true indeed , or at least we fancy to our selves that God hath sent Jesus Christ into the world , & by him hath made very large and ample promises , that whosoever believes in him and conforms his life unto his Precepts , shall be made heir of the same Inheritance and Glory which Christ is now possessed of and invested with in the Kingdom of his Father , yet what ground have we to believe that God does not intend onely to play with and abuse our Faculties , and in conclusion to damn all those that believe and live as is above expressed ; and to take them only into the Injoyments of Heaven and Happiness , who have been the great Opposers of the Truth , and Gospel , and Life and Nature of Jesus Christ in the world : for if there be no eternal and indispensible Relation of Things , then there 's no intrinsecal Evil in Deceiving and Falsifying , in the damning the Good , or saving obstinate and contumacious Sinners ( whilst such ) notwithstanding any promises or threatnings to the contrary : and if the things be in themselves indifferent , it is an unadvised Confidence to pronounce determinately on either side . keywords: difficulties; discourse; divine; doth; endeavour; evil; faith; god; good; grace; happiness; hath; love; man; meer; men; nature; perfection; religion; self; selves; sin; state; things; truth; understanding; way; world cache: A57960.xml plain text: A57960.txt item: #38 of 49 id: A59221 author: Sergeant, John, 1622-1707. title: Faith vindicated from possibility of falshood, or, The immovable firmness and certainty of the motives to Christian faith asserted against that tenet, which, denying infallibility of authority, subverts its foundation, and renders it uncertain date: 1667.0 words: 39519 flesch: 44 summary: § 9. 'T is hence farther demonstrated that the Position we impugn destroys the Notion of Metaphysical Unity , consisting in an Indivision or Indistinction of any Notion , Nature or Thing in it self , and a Division or Distinction of it from all other : For , according to this Tenet , Truth or the Conformity of our Understanding to the Object , put by our joynt supposition that the Proposition of Faith is true , may possibly be Disconformity or Falshood , and this Determinate State , Indeterminate ; which makes the mind as having in it One Notion , that is indeed that One Notion , capable to admit into its bowels Another , not only disparate , but Opposit , that is , One possible to be not One , but Another . Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 926:3) Faith vindicated from possibility of falshood, or, The immovable firmness and certainty of the motives to Christian faith asserted against that tenet, which, denying infallibility of authority, subverts its foundation, and renders it uncertain Sergeant, John, 1622-1707. keywords: act; assent; authority; case; certainty; christian; discourse; faith; falshood; god; grounds; judg; knowledg; man; motives; nature; notion; points; possibility; present; principles; propositions; reason; rule; self; soul; thing; truth; understanding; word cache: A59221.xml plain text: A59221.txt item: #39 of 49 id: A59551 author: Sharp, John, 1645-1714. title: The reasonableness of believing without seeing a sermon preach'd before the King in St. James's Chappel, on Palm-Sunday, March 24, 1699/700 / by the Most Reverend Father in God, John Lord Archbishop of York. date: 1700.0 words: 7632 flesch: 64 summary: Where now was the temptation to the generality of men , to own this Man as a Prophet sent from God to Mankind ? Why , in truth , by what I have yet represented , there was very little : Nay indeed , to any one that considers these beginnings of the Gospel , it will be matter of Astonishment that any more came of it , and that it did not presently dye with the Author of it . There was so much Evidence in the Truths themselves that he delivered , that no honest virtuously-disposed Minds could stand out against them , but must be convinced in their own Consciences , that this , of all that they had ever heard of , was a Religion worthiest to come from God , and most accommodated to the Spiritual Needs of men ; nay , and their Temporal ones too , supposing that all men would embrace it . keywords: doctrine; evidence; god; men; religion; saviour; things; truth; world cache: A59551.xml plain text: A59551.txt item: #40 of 49 id: A59860 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: The protestant resolution of faith being an answer to three questions : I. How far we must depend on the authority of the church for the true sense of Scripture? II. Whether a visible succession from Christ to this day makes a church, which has this succession, an infallible interpreter of Scripture, and whether no church, which has not this succession, can teach the true sense of Scripture? III. Whether the Church of England can make out such a visible succession? date: 1683.0 words: 13223 flesch: 49 summary: We believe the Articles of the Christian Faith , because we find them plainly taught in Scripture , and universally received as the sense of Scripture by the Catholick Church in the best and purest Ages of it : A Papist believes the Church to be infallible , because he thinks he finds it in Scripture , though the Catholick Church for many Ages never found it there , and the greatest part of the Christian Church to this day cannot find it there : Now if they will but allow , that a Protestant ( though a poor fallible Creature ) may reason about the sense of Scripture , as well as a Papist , and that the Evidence of reason is the ●●me to both , then we Protestants stand upon as firm ground as the Papists here , and are at least as certain of all those Doctrines of Faith , which we find in the Scripture , and are ready to prove by it , as they are of their Churches infallibility ; but then we have an additional Security , that we Expound the Scriptures right , which they want , and that is the Doctrine and Practice of the Primitive Church , which confirms all the Articles of our Faith , and Rules of Worship and Discipline , but gives not the least intimation , that the Pope or Church of Rome , was thought infallible by them , and if the Primitive Church was ignorant of this , which is the best witness of Apostolical Tradition , it is most probable , that no such thing is contained in Scripture , though some mercenary Flatterers of the Pope have indeavoured to perswade the World , that they found it there . If Scripture , and the sense of the Catholick Church , antecedently to the determinations of a General Council , or any other pretended Infallible Judge , be not a sufficient foundation for our Faith , then the whole Christian World , before the Council of Nice , which was the first general Council , had no sufficient Foundation for their Faith , for there was no particular Bishop , or Church in those days , which pretended to be the Infallible Interpreter of Scriptures . keywords: apostles; authority; catholick church; church; churches; faith; infallible; rome; scripture; sense; succession cache: A59860.xml plain text: A59860.txt item: #41 of 49 id: A59900 author: Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. title: A vindication of Dr. Sherlock's sermon concerning The danger of corrupting the faith by philosophy in answer to some Socinian remarks / by William Sherlock ... date: 1697.0 words: 14679 flesch: 44 summary: He will Answer , God is the Object , not of Sense , which discerns him not , but of Reason , which discovers , and sees this most Glorious Being . Therefore Reason , by his Lordship 's own Argument , judges infallibly concerning God , and must determine our Belief about him : We must hearken to Reason , when it finds Contradictions in what men affirm concerning God. keywords: contradiction; faith; god; man; men; nature; philosophy; reason; revelation; scripture; sense; things cache: A59900.xml plain text: A59900.txt item: #42 of 49 id: A60586 author: Smith, Thomas, 1638-1710. title: A sermon of the credibility of the mysteries of the Christian religion preached before a learned audience / by Tho. Smith ... date: 1675.0 words: 16754 flesch: 46 summary: There is like variety of reading in both verses in several old Copies , some leaving out 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , others retaining them ▪ For this In Eusebius , in the confutation of his impious book ( which he intitl'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) wherein he compared Apollonius of Tyana to our most blessed Saviour , where he objects to the Christians — 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 — lightness and easiness of nature , p. 512. and calls them — keywords: belief; christian; christianity; copies; doctrine; faith; fancy; god; knowledg; life; man; men; mysteries; nature; power; reason; religion; sunt; text; things; tres; truth; understanding; unum; use; way; words; world cache: A60586.xml plain text: A60586.txt item: #43 of 49 id: A60659 author: Smith, William, d. 1673. title: To all the faithfull in Christ Jesus date: 1665.0 words: 2349 flesch: 51 summary: PRetious and welbeloved Lambs , natural branches of the only Vine , fruitful plants in the Heavenly Vineyard , babes born again of Immortal Seed , who stands in the fear and councel of the Lord God , with a free Resignation into his blessed will , following his leadings in sincerity and truth ; yee are his Jewells whose amiable beauty adorns the Gospel , and unto you his love is very dear , and his eye is over you in much tenderness and choiceness , freely dispensing his pretious virtue to your refreshment and comfort , whereby yee feel all things added for your support and strength in the great work whereunto he hath called you ; so that yee are daily supplied from the riches of an Everlasting fountain that sendeth relief in every condition wherein yee stand to serve the Lord ; for he hath made you near to himself in a perpetual covenant , and in the light hath set you apart to bear witness unto his power , life and truth ; and yee are raised as a cloud of witnesses that covers the Earth with brightness and glory , and your faithful Testimony that yee have received of God , and in which yee live unto God is a sweet savour unto the life in all ; for in your faithfulness , patience , and innocency you make way to the Just which witnesseth for you : And though your life be hated by that Spirit which would not have it reign , and that yee suffer and endure great affliction by your oppressors ; yet in your meek and innocent life you reach Gods witness in them , by which they are many times smitten for what they do unto you ; so that ye are manifest in their Consciences , though they be from that in themselves , which makes you manifest , and in cruelty proceeds against you from evil to worse , that ( if possible ) they might darken your Glory , and bring down your holy Testimony into obscurity , and for that end they take occasion against you whom God hath chosen to follow his leadings , and you must either transgress the command of your Leader , and deny his Spiritual Worship , or be exposed to the severity of merciless men , and rendered Offenders by a pretended Law , and this is determined against you , and done unto you , because they know not him that hath raised you in your living Testimony . keywords: god; hath; life; tcp; text; yee cache: A60659.xml plain text: A60659.txt item: #44 of 49 id: A61545 author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. title: A discourse concerning the nature and grounds of the certainty of faith in answer to J.S., his Catholick letters / by Edw. Stillingfleet ... date: 1688.0 words: 38151 flesch: 69 summary: After the Certainty of Scripture from Tradition was admitted , there was no Refusing to admit that Tradition causes Certainty , and makes Faith as certain as Scripture . Afterwards Mr. S. starts something that comes nearer to the business ; which is , that Certainty of Faith and Certainty of Scripture , are two things : keywords: answer; authority; certainty; christ; church; divine; doctrine; doth; faith; hath; letter; man; men; points; reason; rule; salvation; scripture; sense; tradition; way cache: A61545.xml plain text: A61545.txt item: #45 of 49 id: A62570 author: Barker, Ralph, 1648-1708. title: Of sincerity and constancy in the faith and profession of the true religion, in several sermons by the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson ... ; published from the originals, by Ralph Barker. ... date: 1695.0 words: 89104 flesch: 56 summary: On the contrary , that is an unsincere Piety , to which we are moved , meerly by the regard of Men , and the consideration of some temporal Advantages ; and when these have the chief influence upon us , it is easie for any Man to discern in himself ; for he that will carefully observe himself , can hardly be ignorant of the true spring and motive of his own actions ; but there is one sign , whereby a Man may certainly know that his heart is not right towards God , and that is , if when these motives are absent , our Piety and Zeal for the true Religion doth either cease , or be sensibly cooled and abated , as if Impiety , or Popery , or any thing else that is bad , begin to be in fashion , and to have the Countenance of great Examples ; if those whom we fear , and upon whom we depend , do discover any inclination that way , if the garb of Religion cease to be for our interest , or in the revolution of things , happen to be contrary to it ; if in any of these cases , we let fall the profession of our Religion , or neglect the practice of it , this is a plain , and undeniable demonstration of the insincerity of our former Piety . And now having explained the nature of Sincerity to God and Man , by declaring the properties of it , and in what instances we ought chiefly to practise it , and what things are contrary to it ; that which now remains , is to perswade Men to endeavour after this excellent quality , 〈◊〉 to practise it in all the words and 〈◊〉 of their Lives . keywords: abraham; apostle; case; christian; church; come; condition; contrary; doctrine; faith; god; good; happiness; hath; hold; holy; life; man; men; people; present; profession; reason; religion; rome; rule; saviour; scripture; self; selves; sense; sin; things; truth; way; words; world cache: A62570.xml plain text: A62570.txt item: #46 of 49 id: A64357 author: Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. title: A Discourse concerning a guide in matters of faith with respect especially to the Romish pretence of the necessity of such a one as is infallible. date: 1683.0 words: 16524 flesch: 77 summary: For 1. This Guide is not the Church diffusive of the first Ages . For that Church was not then the only visible Church on Earth . keywords: authority; books; christian; church; council; faith; fathers; god; guide; hath; means; men; pope; roman; rome; rule; scripture; sense; truth cache: A64357.xml plain text: A64357.txt item: #47 of 49 id: A67397 author: Wallis, John, 1616-1703. title: The life of faith in two sermons to the university of Oxford, at St. Mary's Church there, on the 6th of January 1683/4 and June the 29th following / by John Wallis ... date: 1684.0 words: 15917 flesch: 79 summary: Who were Justified ( he tells us ) not , by Works ; but , by Faith : To whom God imputed Righteousness , with works . For it is not every Faith , ( or every thing which a presumptuous wicked person shall call Faith , ) that will Justifie us in the sight of God : But , such a Faith as works by Love ; and By Works is Faith made perfect . keywords: beleeve; christ; doth; faith; god; gods; good; hath; justification; life; lord; man; things; ver; works cache: A67397.xml plain text: A67397.txt item: #48 of 49 id: A67764 author: Younge, Richard. title: Preparation to conversion, or, Faith's harbinger in a rare epistle, writ by a person of quality before his death, to his surviving friends, shewing, that Satan prevails most by deception of our reason, that the beauty of holiness and true wisdom is unseen to the world, that ingrateful persons are as witless as wicked, why most men hear the Gospel year after year, and are never the better, with wholsom instruction, to prevent destruction : all richly fraught with choise and pithy sentences, similitudes, examples, metaphors, rhetorical and pointed expressions, which being thought by many worth the transcribing at no small charge, is now committed to the press / by R. Young ... date: 1658.0 words: 9986 flesch: 73 summary: For who almost does not make a very Idol of Discretion ; and more fear the censures of men , then the displeasure of God ? Men owe God some good will , but ( like those Rulers , Joh. 12.42 . ) they dare not shew it . Preparation to conversion, or, Faith's harbinger in a rare epistle, writ by a person of quality before his death, to his surviving friends, shewing, that Satan prevails most by deception of our reason, that the beauty of holiness and true wisdom is unseen to the world, that ingrateful persons are as witless as wicked, why most men hear the Gospel year after year, and are never the better, with wholsom instruction, to prevent destruction : all richly fraught with choise and pithy sentences, similitudes, examples, metaphors, rhetorical and pointed expressions, which being thought by many worth the transcribing at no small charge, is now committed to the press / by R. Young ... keywords: christ; faith; god; good; hath; like; love; man; men; selves; sin; word; yea cache: A67764.xml plain text: A67764.txt item: #49 of 49 id: A85434 author: Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680. title: Encouragements to faith Drawn from severall engagements both of Gods Christs heart to receive pardon sinners. By Tho: Goodwin, B.D. date: 1645.0 words: 12457 flesch: 74 summary: And therefore it is , that Grace and Peace ( which are the object of Faiths inquest ) are still wisht from God the Father , and God the Son ; so generally in all Epistles , excepting that of the Revelation , given immediately by word of mouth from Christ himselfe . Hence , because the Scriptures were written for our comfort , and so , fitted to , and for the workings of faith ; therefore they were so written , as especially to bring down and lay before us the Heart of God and of Christ : and so the maine thing they hold forth , is , the full intent and purpose both of God and of Christ to pardon and receive sinners : This is a faithfull saying , ( sayes Paul with open mouth ) that Christ came into the world to save sinners ; and this Christ himself every where indigitates ; and to hold forth this , is the scope of these words uttered by Christ himself . keywords: christ; death; father; god; gods; hath; heart; men; pardon; sayes; sinners; world cache: A85434.xml plain text: A85434.txt