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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	faith_n	grace_n	habit_n	5,104	5	10.5147	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50298	The rending church-member regularly call'd back to Christ and to his church, or, A sober answer to certain questions of a company of discontented and covenant-deserting brethren in which are laid down clear grounds of solid conviction ... / by Marmaduke Matthews ...	Matthews, Marmaduke, 1606-1683?	1659 (1659)	Wing M1325; ESTC R32419	20,458	55

Church-ordered Communion 4. The fourth is that which doth declare a Christians duty to be duly edifying some Church of Christ by his personal presence Prayers and paines as 't is clearly manifest by what is written in 1 Cor. 14.1 Follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts but rather that ye may prophesie And verse 12. Seek that ye may excell to the edifying of the Church So Eph. 2. verse the 19 20 21 22. Ye are fellow-Citizens with the Saints built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner-stone in whom all building is fitly framed and growth together unto an holy Temple In whom ye are also builded togethe for an habitation of God through the Spirit So 1 Pet. 2 5. Ye also as living stones are built up a spiritual house an holy Priesthood to offer up spiritual Sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ And Jud. 20. Building up your selves on your most holy Faith praying in the holy Spirit Are they in a capacity to conform to these commands who do not close with and conjoyn in the Church-covenant You know that they are farre from being Church-edifiers who are Church defamers much more Church-despisers which I trust you are not or at leastwise you should abhor to be 5. The fifth is that which exhorts and necessitates a Christian to be informing the Church in their solemn Meetings of the obstinacy of an offending Church Member in order to that memorable instruction M●t. 18 17. But if he shall neglect to hear them then tell it to the Church Can any be commissioned to be a witnesse as upon Oath against wrongfull walking who is himself an Alien or an unworthy and unwarrantable walker 6. The sixth is that which fairely and fully institutes Christs Covenant-servants to be spirituall Judges of such souls as are either to be excommunicated from Church-consociation or else to be absolved from Church-excommunication as it appeares by what is extent Psal 149 8. To bind their Kings with chains and their Nobles with sletters So 1 Cor 5.12 Do you not judge them that are within So 2 Cor. 10.6 Having in readinesse to revenge all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled c. And Chap. 2.6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment Is' t possible that such a person should be in a capacity to partake of such high honour as hath not a nail or Name in Christs house no more then Sanballat the Horonite or Tobiah the Ammonite noted with a black coal in Neh. 2.19.20 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite and Geshem the Arabian heard it the laught us to scorn and despised us c. 7. The seventh is that which goades and spurres faithfull Parents to offer their Infants to fellowship with the Church in the first Seal of the Covenant of Grace which doth seal their grafting into Christ as it appeares by many memorable prescriptions and Praedictions as Cant. 1.8 Feed thy Kids by the Tents of the Shepherds So Chap. 47. Thy teeth are like a flock of Sheep whereof every one brings forth twinnes And Chap. the 6. 5 The same words So Isaiah the 49.22 They shall bring thy Sons in their arms any thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders And Chap. 59 21. My Spirit that is upon thee and my words which I have put into thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed Mark 10.14 15. But Jesus said Suffer little Children to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of God And Act. 15.10 Now certain arose saying That 't was needfull to circumcise But Peter said unto them Why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of the Disciples Note that Children of eight daies old are here called Disciples of Christ and 't is granted by all that Disciples of Christ may be baptized Are not the Infants of Believers to be accounted believing Infants seeing he stiles them so who spake as never man spake Is there not a passive as well as an active Faith I● not the first before the second in all Christs Flock yea in young Infants as well as in old folks Hath he not told and taught you that 't is by such a Faith as is in Believers Infants which is a passive Faith that the Kingdom of God is received If it be a truth that the least Child is a rational creature as well as the eldest man though not in respect of the act or exercise yet in regard of the habit and root of reason which is a reasonable Spirit Is' t not as true that the least child of the Covenant of Grace is to be acknowledged a Christian and a gracious child although not for or from any act or exercise of grace of Christianity yet for and from the root and ground thereof which is the gracious spirit of Christ If he emboldneth to bring such Babes to himself who dares withhold them from him Or are they in a capacity to present their seed to the Church who absent themselves from the same 8. The eighth is that which helps feeble and forgetfull Saints to encrease in heavenly-mindednesse and in holinesse by eating often of Christ body by Faith at the Love-Feast of the Lords-Supper which is the Seal that Seals their growth in grace to which end 't is ordained to be used and observed Luk. 22.19 And he took the bread and gave thankes and brake it and gave unto them saying This is my body which was given for you this do in remembrance of me Likewise also the Cup saying This is the Cup of the New Testament in my blood which is shed for you So Joh. 6.53 Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood ye have no life in you And 1 Cor. 11. the 24 25 26 verses After the same manner he took the Cup saying This Cup is the New Testament in my blood this do yet as often as ye drink it So verse 26. For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup c. Can such persons be deemed fit guests at such Church-Feasts which have not admittance and abode in Church-fellowship And how can the eat often at the Lords Table who do not eat once in a year or in their life time 9. The ninth is that which interests Christs Members in voting about sending of Church-Messengers and in writing of Church-Letters which in such cases ought to be conformed unto by all conformable Christians as most evidently appears by what way practised Act. 13.22 23. Then it pleased the Apostles and Elders with the WHOLE Church to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch and wrote Letters after this manner c. So 2 Cor. 3.1 Need we as others Epistles of commendation Can one be a chuser of Church-Messengers that is not himself chosen to be a Church-member Or hath he a vote in