Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	baptize_v	child_n	infant_n	1,168	5	9.1746	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05604	The ansvver of Iohn Bastwick, Doctor of Phisicke, to the exceptions made against his Letany by a learned gentleman which is annexed to the Letany it selfe, as articles superadditionall against the prelats. In the vvhich there is, a full, demonstration and proof of the reall absence of Christ in the sacrament of the Lords Supper, with the vanity and impiety of the consecreation of temples churches and chapples, also the necessity of the perpetuall motion and circulation of worship if men be bound to bow the knees at the name of Iesus. This is to follow the Letany as a second part thereof.; Litany. Part 2	Bastwick, John, 1593-1654.	1637 (1637)	STC 1573; ESTC S104507	58,976	32

and therefore by all such as loue him and his glorious appearing ought to be prayed against And so farre am I from thinking my self in an error in desiring deliuerance from them that I desire that all would ioyne with mee in the same LETANY feruently and vncessantly praying From plague pestilence and famin from BISHOPS PREISTS AND DEACONS GOOD LORD DELIVER VS by the agony and bloudy sweat by the crosse and passion FROM BISHOPS PREISTS AND DEACONS GOOD LORD deliuer vs. By the precious death and buryall by the glorious resurrection and ascention and by the comming of the holy ghost FROM BISHOPS PREISTS AND DEACONS good Lord deliuer vs. VVe Sinners do beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. And so after my Letany I come to your other exceptions wherein you thinke they will argue mee of scandalizing them in saying they goe to their Venery in forma pauperis by which words I seeme to accuse the holy tribe of iucontinency and this you thinke they will make penall bnt for that to say nothing of my owne experience as I AM A PHYSITIAN nor of what I haue heard from the most famous of that profession of the incontinency of those followes who they haue had vnder their cure after their venery because I will not in any thing temerate our function nor be like those beastly Preists that in their displeasure against a man will reueale whatsoeuer was most secretly commetted vnto their trust in deepest familiarity and sweare to it also and make records of it to the vndoing of many a poore man and the violating of all the lawes and iura Ioues hospitalis to speake nothing now I say of my owne knowledg looke but a little into their bawdy Courts in all the diocesses through the Kingdome and there will scarce passe a Court day wherethere are not two or three Pre●●ts or more presented for incontinency and either for getting their owne mayds with child or their neighbours or it may be more profound vncleannes then they bring along with them their compurgators which doe that office vpon condition that they shall be compurgators for them an other time and so they are pronounced rectos in curia and freed from all crime and thus they harmonise together for the cloaking of one an others knauery Nor to say nothing of Chaplins in generall what base filthinesse they perpetrate euen in the familyes of illustrious men where they are entertayned and too much honoured sometime with their daughters or allyes sometime which their seruants or freinds of which the Kingdome cryes shame they professedly carrying kissing comfits in their pockets and blush not to publish their lesciuiousnes being at any time demanded what they smack I my self haue been an eare witnes of that good confession But not to speake of this neither nor of their codpisse Simony to vse their owne language and dialect nor of the suits that for their beastlinesse haue been cast on t of the HONORABLE COVRT OF STARCHAMBER But to come to the High Commission Court in the which if you please to be present you shall heare sometime foure or fiue in a terme of such base filthynesse OF THEIR PREISTS as no chast eares can heare them such things indeed as the apostle sayes expresly they are not to be named amongst Christians aud such as the very prophaue cry shame of and yet it is wonderfull to see with what grace and how distinctly and orderly the Registers will reade that good stuffe sometimes three or foure houres together and more and how diligently and attentiuely those reuerend fathers a whole after noone together will heare those BAWDY BVSINESSES when to be one houre in the pulpit to teach the people their duty towards God and their neighbour in half a yeare is a thing very tedious vnto them So that they cannot take it in ill part when their owne Courts do sufficiently proue their lewd behauiour which indeed now is well knowne through the Kingdome insomuch that though their incontinency with their debaushednes be proued neuer so manifestly they shall find compurgators and come well enough of except they be branded with Puritanisme also and that he preacheth diligently then perhaps he may lose his place for it But I say let his incontinency be neuer so euidently proued and that he is a breaker of all the lawes of God suspention is all that I euer heard was inflicted vpon such persons if they be conformable and if there be any other punishment against INCONTINENT PREISTS it is more then I know But this I haue often obserued that others that haue been proued men of an incontaminat life of holy conuersation diligent Preachers yet found fayling perhaps in some trifle of conformity they haue been depriued ipso facto of their ministry and of their liuely-hood and committed to prison without either mercy and compassion So much conscience is punished now a dayes and incontinency fauoured amongst our reuerend Fathers And therefore if they take pepper in the nose for saying they goe to their venery in forma pauperis let them do their worst for I will neuer feare to speake the truth Now whereas you suppose they will make it an hainous crime THAT I INVITE THE WHORE OF BABILON to my christning with the Prelats I do conceiue no such offence in that businesse For I hope all learned men and good Christians are well assured that Godfathers and Godmothers are not essentiall to baptisme and that many thousands were well christened in primitiue tymes and euery day are in many reformed Churches in our age without either Besides he that shall looke into the first originall cause of them will at this day see no need of them among vs at least very little For Baptisme succeding circumcision and as vnder the old law children were not to be circumcised whose Fathers and mothers were not within the Pale of the Church and within the Couenant So I say in the tyme of the new testament baptisme comming in place of circumcision none were thought fit in the first Christian churches being children to be receiued to that holy Sacrament of initiation but such as were the children of Christian parents for the promises were made and renewed to them and to their children Herevpon when children were to be baptised and to receiue the seale of the couenant Christians being but few in comparison of Iews and Gentiles and withall a persecuted generation of men and all forced to liue in obscurity and stragling one from an other and to haue their meetings very priuate especially in the great persecutions of the Church for the satisfaction of the whole congregation when they assembled together and when any INFANTS were there presented vnto them to be baptised there came in some two or three Christian neighbours to testify vnto the congregation that those children that were brought into the assembly were Christians children so that they might without any scruple admit them to the sacrament of Baptisme and this was