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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	militant_a	saint_n	triumphant_a	2,884	5	10.8885	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12090	Christ, on his throne; not in popish secrets A prophecie of Christ, against his pretended presence in popish secrets; laid open in a sermon preached before his Maiestie at Wansted certaine yeares agoe, and since much inlarged, and (vpon request) preached else where. By Richard Sheldon, Doctor in Diuinitie, his Maiesties chaplaine. In the preface whereof, there is also a briefe inquirie made by him, into a late sermon, stiled, The communion of saints.	Sheldon, Richard, d. 1642?	1622 (1622)	STC 22394; ESTC S117178	50,612	74

pag. 3. Heb. 11. 25. all such warriours that haue opposed the Lady Hellen of Trent whether Royall Clerks or Laickes what all I say Louers of pleasures more than of God and yet all Pacificators Heb. 11 26. and Interimists Author-like aspicientes in remunerationem aiming at that reward which God hath promised to those that loue him O egregious such onely louers of God who endeauour to join light and darknes Christ and Belial God and Pope that is two most opposite religions It will not bee vnacceptable to them that the Author in his Epistle dedicatorie page 3 inueigheth so bitterly against Sermon-haunters wherin perhaps he wold shrowd himself by pretended opposing the opposers of Church-gouernment But may he not look further and thereby obliquely strike at our Church A practice not vnusuall heertofore to my knowledge in some indirect squinters against the doctrine and discipline of the same The Author in the same place much complaineth of a corrupted liuer Oh how sick and deadly sick would hee Epist ded pag. 4 make this famous Church to be of a corrupted liuer readie to cause the sound doctrine of our Redeemer to proue loathsome and none but scrubbers to be in request Vah the sound doctrine of our Redeemer proue loathsome Out alack none but scrubbers in request The Church of Rome I knowe what I write would buy it dearly that there were fewer of such scrubbers who haue scrubbed vp so vncessantly so faithfully the roots of her errours that the very bloud of her shame is thereby discouered and by them laid open to the view both of men and Angels And heerin I meane such handlers of controuersies preachers and lecturers as are approoued in the Church of England and allowed by Authority and to my vnderstanding the Author leuels against such his bitter and tart nick-name scrubbers Th●se phrases of the Authour which hee was required Ser. pages 1. 10 11. and 4. 5. to amend in his Sermon page 1 The three Saints page 10 The three first Saints page 11 Some are Saints by substantiall sanctitie c. and in page 4. and 5. The second Saint Are not these phrases very harsh if not dangerous in so sacred a mysterie Let them be compared with Athanasius his Creed It is not to be omitted that those words setting aside the efficacie of inspired Scripture which were required with some other to be put in the allowed Copie and for which the Author is beholding to his learned Censurer were wilfully left out in the first Impression And though they be put-in into the second Impression yet doo they alone hardly make good that Saying The preaching of L●icks can conuert no more than a good morall sentence out of Seneca Surely if such preaching or teaching as may bee His most Excellent Maiesties religious Meditations His diuine and exquisite Basili●on d●ron his other Theologicall workes Acts 8. 25. 26. ●7 28. Acts 8. 5. vsed by Kings to their Subiects Generals to their Souldiers Masters to their Families by Scholars for exercise or such as Christian Authors may deliuer in print for example the Lord Plessie Mornay and others at home bee not able to conuert more than a good morall sentence out of Seneca yet I hope the Author will not dare to denie but that the teaching or preaching of Priscilla and Aquila of Apollo of the * See I●en l. b. 3. c. 12. Doroth. in Synop. Eunuch of the Queen Candaces and of the Christians dispersed from Hierusalem did conuert more than anie the best morall sentence out of Seneca could haue done Hath the Author read in Seneca ought concerning Christ and saluation by him who thus debasing compareth the teaching of Christian doctrine though by Laicks to morall sentences fetcht out of Seneca Yet far be it from mee to allow any other teaching by Laicks then according as I haue heer expressed Should I haue written such a Sermon and haue alike intituled it The Communion of Saints I should not haue dared to taxe all the Hoste of the Lord from the daies of our Sauior for their neglect of duty in such a seruice Let vs ponder his words By how much the communion of page 21. Saints hath been neglected for from the daies of our Sauiour vntill this houre he reckons to the very time of the clocks stroke for his Sermon not one man hath been so charitable to the Saints as to bestowe one whole Sermon vpon their Communion for any thing that I can finde nor any iust Treatise onely some little expositions except onely one Schismatick who appropriates that Communion most vniustly to his own separation Thus the Author Hath he not forgotten or else he vnderstands them not Saint Austines Book de vnitate Ecclesiae his exquisite Volume de ciuitate Dei Cyprian de vnitate Ecclesiae or de simplicitate Praelatorum Gerson de vnitate ecclesiastica How many Authors in their short expositions vpon the Apostles Creed and in their Comments vpon the Epistle to the Ephesians and vpon the 17. of S. Iohn haue deliuered a great deal more substance touching this Communion of Saints in a few words than the Author hath don in this his so vne●en and vnconsonant a Sermon Could the Authour neither see nor smell in that sweet field of Doctor Field of the Church many fragrant passages touching this Argument Maruell he could not obserue Bellarmine treating after his fashion Bellar. tom 2. on the Communion of the Saints militant patient and triumphant I my self within these few years haue heard in this Church of England from the mouthes of such D. ● M. D. as the Author would perhaps haue reputed scrubbers very exquisite Sermons on this Subiect And haue not the like been done in all times when and where the gospell of Christ hath flourished To conclude pretermitting manie other points in his epistles worthie either of redargution or requiring interpretation I doe finally note how in his epistle to Pag. 2. line 26 the Reader hee promiseth thus wee shall search how farre that doctrine hee meaneth the Trid●ntine will admit re-union What reunion And may not the Authour here be aduised to thinke of his owne strength whether this bee feisible by him or no let him consider whether hee hath iudgement sufficient to resolue discretion to order ability to bring forth such a Childe hee I say who though hee hath taken libertie to haue printed in diuers things what hee hath listed hath notwithstanding after manie trauailes brought forth with a double birth so imperfect an Embryo according as in part it hath beene shewed and more might bee added More Doubts and demaundes I might haue proposed but these maie suffice the which I desire both the Authour and all courteous Readers to take no otherwise then as so many requests that the Authour would bee pleased to open and explane himselfe more fully But for so much as may concerne his pretended Conclamatissimus most Conclamed Patrone Lette him