Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	day_n	sabbath_n	week_n	6,281	5	10.0050	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44838	The Common-wealtsh's [sic] remembrancer for discovery of the disturbers of her peace with a loving reproof to such offendors and a caveat to others to beware of them / by a friend to peace with truth and true liberty, R.H.	Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing H3222A; ESTC R6707	26,466	36

THE COMMON-WEALTH's REMEMBRANCER FOR DISCOVERY OF THE Disturbers of her Peace WITH A loving Reproof to such Offendors AND A Caveat to others to beware of them By a Friend to Peace with Truth and true Liberty R. H. LONDON Printed for G. Calvert and are to be sold at the Black-spread-Eagle near the West end of Pauls 1659. The Common-Wealth's Remembrancer for discovery of the Disturbers of her PEACE FRiends and People you have divers years been under the Rod chastised by the Almighty for amendment and many of you seen his Great and Marvellous Works done amongst you even in the view of some that remain as Brands pluckt out of the Fire and have need of Monitors to remember them of their Leader therein and there-thorow least matters of less moment cause him to slip out of their minds But I am here chiefly by way of Queries to put you in remembrance how to consider of and find out the Enemies of your Peace Rights and true Liberties with their End● therein as manifested by their Actions yet onely so as if it concerned some other persons and not your selves least you should be misguided thereby and not rightly discern between persons and things that differ nor the Designs of such as lye in wait to deceive wherein all plainness is in love and a publike way used for their Reproof Repentance and Amendment and your Care and Caution to prevent the like for the future when truly sensible of what is but in part past and herein also take heed of being hasty to censure least you miss of the Authors meaning and the benefit hereby intended you and take offence before you know by whom the offence cometh and what that is in you that is so offended for Offences do come and the Wo is to them by whom they come not to him that in love mentions them for amendment and caution to others therein concerned Are not such to be considered who spend a great part of the yearly encrease of your Lands Stock and Labours in riotous living as they can contrive to get it from you either by force or fraud to uphold themselves in Authority over your Souls Bodies and Estates so as not to suffer you to come or go buy or sell dwell or abide in Peace unless you give them what they ask fall own and worship before them and at their pleasures bea● 〈…〉 e forth of your Meetings stone impris●● 〈◊〉 otherwise abuse persons that for conscience sake towards God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but declare against them as evil doers the great Enemies of Peace Christs Righteousness and your Souls former●y called P●●sons V●c 〈…〉 s ●urates Priests Clarks c. 〈…〉 themselves Ministers or Presbyters but how like Ministers 〈◊〉 servants divers of them have behaved themselves towards God or man in former times Histories shew and in ●atter times your own Memories even woful experience may be to you a true Testimony Assuming to themselves the sa●d Title of Presbyter with Authority to 〈◊〉 and ordain others by laying their fleshly hands upon such other persons heads and saying some invented forms or Words over them all by a carnal Commandment at 〈…〉 Head of their Church cut off the Root extirpate● because bad and bitter and are the Branches sweet and the Fruit good Food for nourishment Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean Now let all such as feel themselves truly touched and pinched by that of God in their consciences 〈◊〉 in their minds and wait diligently on him that the●e smiteth them and sheweth them their deeds of what sort they a●e and would cleanse them from all unrighteousness but if such harden their hearts and endeavour to excuse themselves by accusing others then own Rod vv●ll be their ruine The ensuing Queries I suppose concern not all alike but some more some less some in many and some but in few of the ensuing particulars and so to be remembred and soberly considered the Great Contrivances having alwayes been by a few leading Priests and then afterwards carryed on by a more general Consent Concurrance and Activity of others with some contradict●on amongst themselves and that being p●st soon like Herod and Pilate they became friends to p 〈…〉 e ●●e the Righteous Seed and Son of God in his innocent and beloved Lambs their main business being to supp●ess the Power of godliness and every thing of conscience contrary to their humane Inventions and Constitutions thereby to keep you in darksome ignorance and a superstitious awful reverence of persons places and things ever to take advantage against you and put Chains and Fetters upon those that have the true zeal of God in some things above others striving by all means to break that zeal and bring under that Spirit in the Lords Servants what ever it cost them least they should by that be discovered and made manifest and therefore ever seeking to keep under and out of Authority all such persons and men of sober serious and publike spirits strict lives and manners and to get preferred into Authority others of servile spirits that have a mixture of ambition and vain glory with other Vices fit to serve and support them and their Authority over men of tender consciences and cause the faithful upright and just to be derided scorned abused and vilified as in former and latter times is most manifest to all persons whose minds are not dark troubled and blinded by their deceivable inventions 1. Whether the said men are taught by and come to you in the Wisdom Will Power and Authority of God or of man And what Rule have they to walk by save onely Interpretations Inventions Meanings and Conclusions raised and composed by themselves and others as out of and from the Scriptures to justifie their Doctrines Precepts Practices and Conversations And do they agree with the Servants of Christ or one with another all speaking the same things Or are they not therein contrary and one contrary to another and different according to the times occasions and respective Governments one while praying preaching and contending for a Religion Way or T●in● and at other times otherwise or against the same frequently intermedling with Affairs of Civil Government and other mens private Concernments and Conditions thereby occasioning strife and debate amongst you Who or what was it that confounded your understandings disquieted your minds and exasperated your spirits so exceedingly one against another in the beginning and continuance of these late Wars and Troubles the sad effects whereof you yet in part feel as to begin with those sports and pastimes whereof they had Books which they generally read and published in their Meeting-Houses called Churches about the latter part of King James's his Reign for Encouragement of Minstrels Dancings Revellings May-Games Stage-Plays Morris-Dancers and such like Exercises to be frequently performed on the first Days of the Week called Sabbath Days to the high dishonor of God whom they those days also would seem especially to Worship and