Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	father_n	ghost_n	holy_a	5,369	5	5.6194	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19800	The iudgement of that reuerend and Godly lerned man, M. Lambert Danæus, touching certaine points now in controuersie, contained in his preface before his commentary vpon the first Epistle to Timothie, written in Latine, and dedicated by him to the Prince of Orange. But novv translated into Englishe, for the behofe and comfort of all those, who (not vnderstanding the Latine tongue) are desirous to know the trueth in those points; In D. Pauli priorem epistolam ad Timotheum commentarius. English. dedication	Daneau, Lambert, ca. 1530-1595?	1590 (1590)	STC 6228; ESTC S111042	11,315	26

THE IVDGEMENT OF THAT REVEREND AND GODLY LERNED MAN M. LAMBERT DANAEVS TOVching certaine points now in controuersie contained in his preface before his commentary vpon the first Epistle to Timothie written in Latine and dedicated by him to the Prince of Orange BVT NOVV TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISHE FOR THE BEHOFE and comfort of all those who not vnderstanding the Latine tongue are desirous to know the trueth in those points TO THE RIGHT HIGH AND MIGHTIE PRINCE WILLIAM Prince of Orange Earle of Nassaw the most valiant maintainer defender of Christs glorie in Holland and Zeland grace and peace from the Lord. IT is an olde saying most noble prince vsed also of Aristotle that there is nothing more beutifull in the whol frame of nature then comlinesse and good order For what confused and disorderlye thing can be pleasant to the eye Order how necessary or delightsome vnto the minde of man verely nothing at al. And in deede if these things that either we looke vpon with the eies of our bodie or consider with the faculties of our minde seeme vnto vs neither to be orderly disposed nor to cleaue together by any comodious situation nor ordered by any decent and seemely maner wee presently giue sentence that they haue neither profit nor delight in them And wee doe noe lesse abhorre such vncomly sightes then we delight to look vpon those things which are distinguished into their natural and proper parts And this that I speake is verified to be true in kingdoms in common wealthes in townes in vilages in priuat houses in gardens in feildes in wildernesses and in whatsoeuer either nature bringeth forth or mans wit and industrie inuenteth as not only experience it selfe but euen the common voice of al men both godly prophane doth witnesse To be briefe the world it selfe being the most beutifull worke of Gods owne hand is of the Grecians called κοσμος for the order and comlinesse that is therein Whereby their opinion apeareth to be most detestable Order or beauty which not only delight them selues in disorder confusion but also by remouing of al good order do indeuor to turn euery thing vpside down to induce a generall mixture of al things both priuat publick The which sort of men as being the monsters common plagues of mankind the Auncients were wont to cal vnruly and vnbrideled spirits But concerning comlines and good order this we are to thinke of it that as the same is not onely profitable but also most necessary euery where soe especially ought it to haue place in the church of God as the Apostle Paule by expresse commaundement doth teach vs. 1. Cor. 14.40 For the church is the house of God that great King of Kinges Wherein therefore al things ought to be done circumspectly seemly and decently as Paul him selfe speketh The dishonor of god ioyned with the disorder of the Church honestly and according vnto good order but nothing confusedly disorderly least the disorder of the house be a staine and a dishonor vnto the Maiesty of the houshoulder him selfe who is the great and the mightie God And to this purpose he himselfe of his great mercie hath prescribed in his worde not onely those things which are necessarie to eternall life and concearne the ground-worke and saluation of his Church But also hath manifested those pointes which are behoofefull vnto the right gouernement and beautie of his Church least there shuld be any thing appertaining to the right constitution of his house whereof we should not be fully and sufficiently instructed out of his owne mouth And to the end that those rules which belong vnto the regiment of the church should expresly bee seuered and distinguished from those pointes which containe the doctrine of iustifiyng faith they are generally called of all men Ecclesiasticall Discipline by the name of Ecclesiasticall Discipline For euen as that part of gods word and the knowledge of his truth which teacheth vs what we are to beleeue concerning God the Father concerning Christ together with his natures and offices concerning the holy Ghost concerning the causes of our saluation and concerning eternal life doth containe the very bones and sinows and as it were the being and essence of the body of the church So the same part of the word of God which setteth downe the rules of Ecclesiasticall Discipline doth make vp the ornamentes and iewels of the body of the church whereby it is attired and without which it is no other then a body naked and without cloathing So that hereby we may see what a nere conjunction and agreement there is betweene these two to wit betweene the doctrine and discipline of the Church For except you joine ecclesiastical discipline vnto the light profession of the truth an assembly of men euen embrasing the purity of the word preached shal be nothing but a naked body bereaued and destitute of al attire and ornaments And therefore is this ecclesiastical discipline rightly tearmed by some of the Ancient fathers to be the keeper of the doctrine of faith the mother of vertue the bond of honestie and the very sinewe of christian society The force whereof indeede is so greate that it alone bringeth vnto the church whatsoeuer we account to be the comlinesse beuty brightnes and ornament thereof and it maketh the same so pleasant vnto the eies that as Tertullian saith the heretickes which were alwaies the greatest and most deadly enemies thereof did spitefully cal ecclesiastical discipline a baite to ensnare and alure men to loue the church Ecclesiastical discipline when it began Seeing therefore this discipline is a rule and a parte of that justice whereby the outwarde order and the lawful gouernment of the whole church is contained who are they that with any coulor can pretend that ether the same is to be despised or not to be labored for VVhose institution began not first vnder the newe Testament but was first ordained vnder the lawe by God himselfe as that worthie professor of the Hebrue tongue and my fellow laborer Cornelius Bertram hath long since very learnedly taught in his booke concerning the pollicy of the Iewes For what els but the prescribing of ecclesiastical discipline doe the lawes of God meane which distinguishe the tribe of Leuie from al other tribes that out of it onely the ministers of the temple shoulde be chosen within the same tribe doe seuere the office of the priest from the Leuits set downe what was the authority both of the high priest and of the rest of those that had to doe with the priesthood And what els doe these lawes meane which sette down what rites and drinke offrings were required in euery kinde of sacrifice To conclude the whole ceremonial lawe appointed by the Lorde him selfe what els I praye you is it but a most ample and a most cleare description of ecclesiastical discipline And as the Lord was not sparing in the