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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	apostle_n	authority_n	church_n	1,814	5	4.2729	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32888	A Christian beleefe concerning bishops	Northbrooke, John. Spiritvs est vicarius Christi in terra.	1641 (1641)	Wing C3940; ESTC R33290	1,605	1

A Christian Beleefe concerning BISHOPS I a Beleeve b that the Office of a Bishop is a worthy Office and warrantable by the Word of God c approved of by the Apostles d and instituted of God himselfe e having the Charge of one particular Church f or Congregation under each of them g which they are h set over i to feede k that is to preach the Gospel to them l Instructing and m Teaching them not by the Traditions of the Fathers n but by the holy Scriptures o and shewing them good Examples by leading p unreproovable lives and q performing such offices of the r Ministeriall Function as becommeth s such faithfull Guides having regard to their t Bishoprick which is the u great Charge of their w Pastorall Office x over which they are set And I y beleeve that our z Praelaticall Bishops a who are lifted up to a b Ruling Power and a c Lording Hierarchie are d not called of God nor of e Divine Institution but f Anti-Christian g Ethnicall and h Diabolicall and i suffered to be k in the Church l by the good will and pleasure of Almightie God as a m punishment for our sinnes and a token of Gods displeasure And therefore n the people of God ought to pray o that they may be cast out of the Church and onely p Preaching Presbyters may remaine to q divide the Word of God and open and r interprete it to the people And I s beleeve that the t Temporall Magistrates are appointed of God to punish sinne u upon all evill doers whether Clergie or Laytie and the Government of the Church doth pertaine to the w Church or x Congregation with the y Laytie and their z assistance and not to the sole a Prelates The Church hath foure Offices First To keepe the Canonicall Scriptures Secondly To publish the same Thirdly To keepe it cleare from the counterfeit Apocrypha and all ●ounterfeit and corrupt Bookes Fourthly To make it the Rule of their Actions The Churches Authoritie doth consist ●hiefely in foure things First To choose and ordaine Ministers according to the order of the Apostles Secondly To teach by lawfull Ministers so made Thirdly To minister the Sacrament by tho●e Ministers using su●● time as shall be thought most expedient for the s●me Fourthly To examine the Doctrines whether they be of God or not ●nd that must be done by the Scriptures John Northbrooke Preacher of Gods ●ord Cantabr Cyprianus ad Cornaelium Liber primus Sacerdos Dei Evangelium tenens Christà Praecepta custodiens occidi potest non pot●st vinci The faithfull Beleever that will imitate Christ the High-Priest in holding the Gospel and keeping the Commandements may well be killed but conquered he cannot be Printed in the yeere 1641. a Acts 8. 13. b 1 Tim. 3. 1. c Phil. 1. 1. d Acts 20. 28. e Revel. 2. 1. f Psal. 68. 26. g 2 Cor. 4. 5. h Acts 20. 28. i Rom. 1. 15. k 2 Tim. 4. 1. l 1 Cor. 2. 16. m Math. 15. 3. n 2 Tim. 3. 15. o 1 Tim. 3. 2. p 2 Cor. 8. 11. q Eze. 44. 13. r Rom. ●● 7. s Isay 51. 18. t Acts 1. 20. u 2 Tim. 4. 1. w Ephes. 4. 11. x Hosea 7. 12. y Acts 27. 25. z 2 Tim. 4. 10. a 1 Tim. 3. 6. b Hosea 4. 18. c 1 Peter 5. 3. d 1 Thess. 5. 24. e 1 Pet. 39. f 2 Thess. 2. 3. g Mark 10. 42. h 2 Tim. 3. 10. i 1 Tim. 4. 10. k Acts 19. 29. l 2 Thess. 2. 4. m Amos 8. 11. n John 17. 9. o 1 Cor. 15. 24. p 2 Cor. 4. 5. q 1 Cor. 3. 14. r 1 Cor. 14. 5. s John 2. 22. t Rom. 13. 2. u Rom. 13. 1. w 1 Tim. 5. 16. x Psal. 58. 1. y 1 Tim. 5. 19. z Acts 20. 17. a 1 Pet. 5. 3.