{"passage":["James 4"],"results":[{"document":"lbcf1689","id":"21.2","url":"/api/v1/documents/lbcf1689/paragraphs/21.2","segments":[{"text":"God alone is Lord of the Conscience, and hath left it free from the Doctrines and Commandments of Men,","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"lbcf1689-modernized","id":"21.2","url":"/api/v1/documents/lbcf1689-modernized/paragraphs/21.2","segments":[{"text":"God alone is Lord of the Conscience, and has left it free from the Doctrines and Commandments of Men,","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"lbcf1677","id":"21.2","url":"/api/v1/documents/lbcf1677/paragraphs/21.2","segments":[{"text":"God alone is Lord of the Conscience, and hath left it free from the Doctrines and Commandments of men,","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"phila1742","id":"21.2","url":"/api/v1/documents/phila1742/paragraphs/21.2","segments":[{"text":"God alone is Lord of the Conscience, and hath left it free from the Doctrines and Commandments of Men","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"wcf1646","id":"20.2","url":"/api/v1/documents/wcf1646/paragraphs/20.2","segments":[{"text":"God alone is Lord of the Conscience,","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"wcf1646-modernized","id":"20.2","url":"/api/v1/documents/wcf1646-modernized/paragraphs/20.2","segments":[{"text":"God alone is Lord of the Conscience,","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"orthodox1679","id":"19.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/orthodox1679/paragraphs/19.1","segments":[{"text":"and meeting God in Christ, it’s handed forth by Christ now to us,","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"orthodox1679","id":"46.1","url":"/api/v1/documents/orthodox1679/paragraphs/46.1","segments":[{"text":"and is Judg of Quick and Dead, is only Lord of Conscience;","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"wlc","id":"104","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc/questions/104","segments":[{"text":"and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man;","proofs":["James 4:7"]}]},{"document":"wlc","id":"145","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc/questions/145","segments":[{"text":"detracting,","proofs":["James 4:11"]}]},{"document":"wlc","id":"151","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc/questions/151","segments":[{"text":"gifts,","proofs":["James 4:17"]}]},{"document":"wlc","id":"193","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc/questions/193","segments":[{"text":"and use them unlawfully:","proofs":["James 4:3"]}]},{"document":"wlc-modernized","id":"104","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc-modernized/questions/104","segments":[{"text":"and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man;","proofs":["James 4:7"]}]},{"document":"wlc-modernized","id":"145","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc-modernized/questions/145","segments":[{"text":"detracting,","proofs":["James 4:11"]}]},{"document":"wlc-modernized","id":"151","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc-modernized/questions/151","segments":[{"text":"gifts,","proofs":["James 4:17"]}]},{"document":"wlc-modernized","id":"193","url":"/api/v1/documents/wlc-modernized/questions/193","segments":[{"text":"and use them unlawfully:","proofs":["James 4:3"]}]},{"document":"explicatory1675","id":"2","url":"/api/v1/documents/explicatory1675/entries/2","segments":[{"text":"Christ, and none else, hath Authority to give Laws unto us, and punish the refractory; And it is not for any Man living upon the Earth to impose Observances where Christ hath given liberty.","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"58","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/58","segments":[{"text":"As he is our Lord, and Law-giver.","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"61","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/61","segments":[{"text":"It is the sovereignty of the Law-giver [I am the Lord] which should awe the heart of every man to obedience.","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"91","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/91","segments":[{"text":"No Prayer can be acceptable to God, except the matter of it be agreeable to his Will,","proofs":["James 4:3"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"91","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/91","segments":[{"text":"That the true reason why we enjoy not the Mercies we pray for, is not because God is unwilling to grant Mercies, but because we either neglect Prayer, or miscarry in the manner of Prayer,","proofs":["James 4:2–3"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"92","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/92","segments":[{"text":"&c. Nor how to pray in a right manner, and for right ends, and a mistake in either frustrates our Prayer,","proofs":["James 4:3"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"92","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/92","segments":[{"text":"They mistake in the manner when they ask Mercies of God for carnal ends, to satisfie their lusts,","proofs":["James 4:3"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"78","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/78","segments":[{"text":"Speak not evil one of another, Brethren. He that speaketh evil of his Brother, and judgeth his Brother, speaking evil of the Law, and judgeth the Law: but if thou judge the Law, thou art not a doer of the Law, but a judge.","proofs":["James 4:11"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"87","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/87","segments":[{"text":"Grief for sin is needful in Repentance, because it further works the heart unto a willingness to leave sin; because God doth require it, and hath promised mercy unto such as mourn for sin, Be Afflicted, Mourn, and Weep: Let your Laughter be turned to Mourning, and your joy into Heaviness.","proofs":["James 4:9"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"98","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/98","segments":[{"text":"1. We may not pray for the fulfilling of any sinful desires, Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.","proofs":["James 4:3"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"106","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/106","segments":[{"text":"In praying, Deliver us from Evil, we request that when we are tempted by the Devil, or the flesh, or the world unto sin, that we may be supported and strengthened to resist and overcome the temptations, so as to be delivered by the power of Gods sufficient Grace, from falling into the evil of sin. Resist the Devil, and he will fly from you.","proofs":["James 4:7"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"14","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/14","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For to him that knows to do good, and doth it not, to him it is Sin,","proofs":["James 4:17"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"78","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/78","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He that speaks Evil of his Brother, and judgeth his Brother, speaks Evil of the Law, and judgeth the Law,","proofs":["James 4:11"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy,","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"18","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/18","segments":[{"text":"Resist the devil and he will fly from you,","proofs":["James 4:7"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"51","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/51","segments":[{"text":"Submit yourselves unto God,","proofs":["James 4:7"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"83","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/83","segments":[{"text":"For he that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judgeth the law,","proofs":["James 4:11"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"88","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/88","segments":[{"text":"To him that knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin,","proofs":["James 4:17"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"105","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/105","segments":[{"text":"Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts,","proofs":["James 4:3"]}]},{"document":"beddome1752","id":"110","url":"/api/v1/documents/beddome1752/entries/110","segments":[{"text":"Ye ought to say, if the Lord will, we will do this or that,","proofs":["James 4:15"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"(1) Because, there is one Law-giver, who is able to save, and to destroy;","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"(5) Because, absolute obedience, is only due to God, whose commands are all most just: himself being the alone Law-giver;","proofs":["James 4:12"]}]},{"document":"bastingius1591","id":"9","url":"/api/v1/documents/bastingius1591/entries/9","segments":[{"text":"The vse of this doctrine touching our inhabilitie to keepe the Law of God, is threefolde. 1. That we acknowledge our owne guiltines, and accuse our selues of falling from God: for God by this iust exaction will humble vs: for by commanding things impossible, he doeth not make men sinners but humble, that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be founde guiltie before God. 2. That we may defie the Deuil and his workes, by whose instigation and inticement, we were thrown downe into the bottomeles pit of these calamities, according vnto that saying, Resist the Diuell, and he will flye from you. 3. Seing our weaknes and inhability is such, that wee are not able to performe that, which God by very good right requireth at our hands, let vs pray the Lorde with Augustine, and say: Graunt O Lord, that which thou commandest, and then command what thou wilt: which was the godly prayer of that holy Father, not that hee hoped he was able to attaine vnto it in this life, but assuredlie in the life to come.","proofs":["James 4:6"]}]}]}