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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
A31115	[Antiteichisma], or, A counter-scarfe prepared anno 1642 for the eviction of those zealots that in their workes defie all externall bowing at the name of Jesus, or, The exaltation of his person and name by God and us in ten tracts against Jewes, Turkes, pagans, heretickes, schismatickes, &c. that oppose both or either by Tho. Barton ... ; wherein is added A tryall thereof.	Barton, Thomas, 1599 or 1600-1682 or 3.	1643 (1643)	Wing B996; ESTC R21325	100,426	115

include not God like the Samaritanes in a certaine place onely in spirit therefore not locally and such as worship not like the Jewes in the vanished shadowes in truth therefore not typically is the generall consent of Divines Who then by this text exclude all outward worship doe both wrong it and teach their owne ignorance Because the outward worship is not separated from the inward but with it proceeding from the spirit with it also is spirituall Not Saint Pauls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 corporall exercise good for little but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the godlinesse profitable unto all things 1 Tim. 4.8 Quid mibi prodest si genua corporis mei ad orationem veniens flectam Deo genua cordis mei flectam diabolo For what doth it profit me saith Origen if comming unto prayers I bow the knees of my body unto God and bend the knees of my heart to the Devill He meaneth not that the knees should not bow but not bow without the heart Without the heart the outward worship 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 gains nothing Joyne both and the pious act 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 gives fruit in time to come 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and doth now refresh and then saith Saint Chrysostome Of the body it therefore bodily it not of the body onely and therefore is godly Going with the minde it is holy by the Spirit that sanctifieth the soule Whom God hath joyned together let no man put asunder soule and body in his service For true Christian obedience comprehends totos nos us whole Quanti quanti sumus we such compounds as God made us ought in all things and with all we are simply to submit unto his pleasure What and as he wils is required of us in the powers both of soule and body Indeed Prov. 23.26 Wisdome cals for the heart but not for it onely For in the very same verse it is said the eyes must observe God will have every member faithfull in its office the heart and all not all or any of them without the heart The heart is most acceptable yet the rest are not left at randome They subordinate the principall being right will be conformable all chast the eyes obedient the eares undefiled the lips pure the hands and flexible the knees Every one according to the use more or lesse is charged in the Scriptures To a more speciall use more specially some The Knee and Tongue here because they are sittest for the worke in hand The Knee for humiliation and for confession the Tongue I free not any man from this duty the Holy Ghost by the Apostle hath bound 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 every one None are exempted not one of the Ministery nor one of the Laity not one of the Lords nor one of the Princes learned and unlearned meane and mighty let all looke to it All Psal 22.29 30. All Isa 45.23 All Rom. 14.11 and here every Knee of things in Heaven in earth and under the earth Above the earth I teach none and under the earth none will be taught We are in the midst and of us all and every one make a full comprehension wheresoever we are No man hath a priviledge not to doe it nor will simple ignorance much lesse wilfull excuse the neglect For who preferres not the Name which God hath given Christ above every Name puts the lie on him God saith it is above every Name yet there be that say it is not Here is high contradiction and being it is such I beleeve God who will not may doe what they please By the grace of God I doe who doe not and doe hinder others shall at last in horrour if mercie prevent not be compelled unto it For for such ill agents 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is no ignoscence left saith Saint Chrysostome No ancient Fathers no moderne Divines gaine-say this O how excellent is it for every one to practise that in the time of grace which all confesse shall be in full execution at our entrance into glory Assure your selves nothing may be required of every one then which is unlawfull for any one now For grace and glory differ not in essence but degrees The nearer therefore the Militant Church commeth to the Triumphant the more perfect she Perfect here no man can be yet that every one ought to contend unto perfection is very Apostolicall Not in one thing onely and not in others in every thing as is revealed the action and manner should be observed by every one God speakes not without purpose we all know take we heed then lest any of us heare with a purpose not to doe as he speaks Much hath beene said of this duty and much more followes God give us obedient hearts that our reverend esteeme of the Name which he hath superexalted may appeare before men to his glory and our peace Remember who have learned and amend who have neglected It is no shame for either sexe old or young to deceive the Devill The white Devill saith it is Idolatry to bow at the Name The Holy Ghost saith At the Name of Jesus every Knee shall bow What will we doe Can any Christian doe other then obey God If the Name be an Image it is metaphorically and can it not be so and be not an Idoll Can men be so injurious to their Saviour as to thinke that whom he sent to beginne and further our devotions will beguile us in them God forbid Submit every one therefore to the motion of the Spirit give Jesus his honour and the Devill will flie A lier he from the beginning and so shall appeare in the end The universality will be at full in the severall rankes the subjection is next 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Knee should bow It is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Hebrew because it hath the peculiar faculty of bowing Another part may bow and nothing else with it but if the Knees once bow all the members are in submission For in genibus vel in nervis musculis circa genua consistit robur corporis in the knees or in the nerves and muscles about the Knees consists the strength of the body as Schindler If they then yeeld no member of the body doth stand out 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 therefore say Etymologists as well 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for the energie there as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for the inclination or pronenesse toward the earth The Knees are made to sinke downe the whole frame and enabled to raise it againe and uphold it standing For they are commissiones femorum crurum as Isidore the setting together of the thighs and legs The strongest supporters are united by them By them onely are they at once humbled and being humiliated are at once advanced by them onely But it is not my part to Anatomize the Knees Plinie can tell us hominis genibus quaedam religio inost and to teach that God careth for

none have priviledge in Hell All that shall come to the generall judgement what ever they be should confesse all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Should confesse At Isa 45.23 it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which the Septuagint published by Sixtus Quintus renders 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and we translate shall sweare Nor doth this crosse the Apostles words nay his explain this For it is granted by all Expositours that juramentum an oath is cultus divini species and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 often put for the whole worship of God As Isa 19.18 where swearing by the Lord of Hosts is the true profession of him So in Jer. 4.2 Thou shalt sweare the Lord liveth c. Swearing pro confessione dicitur is used for confession said Saint Hierome And in this sense Psal 63.11 to sweare by him is from the heart to worship him as Tremellius hath observed That therefore which the Prophet calleth swearing Isa 45.23 the Apostle calleth confessing unto God Rom. 14.11 And in the Copie Saint Hierome had of the Seventy Interpreters was expressed both jurabit confitebitur every tongue shall sweare and confesse Both tend to one For as Beza noteth swearing is no other then vera aperta ejus Dei confessio quem ut testem perjurii vindicem appellamus a true and open acknowledgement of that God whom we call as the witnesse and avenger of perjury A confession that it is and with the highest witnesse Of God and to God it of and to him above all We are right and to satisfie that we are see what may be had from the Apostles word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 should confesse The Latin translatours all signifie no more then our English Saint Chrysostome saith the meaning is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that all should speak out But the reverend Bishop considered three things it it I will shew foure and in each one three First is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 speak we must say somewhat Secondly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doe it together not some speak and some sit mute Thirdly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 speake out not whisperingly or betweene the teeth but clearely and audibly So farre his the next from the forme of the Verb is this The duty set out in futuro being an universall truth is required now To day whilest it is to day doe it now shift it not off to the last day to be done then Now and then the Tence containes both These foure make all square looke back and see how First here is speech and that Cordis oris operis of the heart the mouth the life in and by them speake we Secondly an harmony and that consensus ordinis finis with one consent in one order and to one end All as one in every one Thirdly an open expression and that sidei spei charitatis of faith hope and charity All shew gracious lips though every one yeeld not one and the same measure of grace Fourthly a time for the performance and that necessitatis voluntatis coactionis of necessity will and compulsion When the honour of God or the good of our neighbour may be advanced then because we ought we will doe it and who will not then shall be constrained when they would not Thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or the confession of the Church is sincere without dissimulation unanimous without distortion loud without mumbling and voluntary without coaction Omnia offerantur Deo sensus sermo vox there may be nothing at any time wanting in the house of God not gold nor silver nor brasse not faith nor profession nor dialects The sense the sentence the language all must be offered unto God saith Origen Si sufficeret fides cordis non creasset tibi Deus os if faith in the heart might suffice God would not have created the tongue said Chrysostome And to the tongue Saint Augustine ascribes as much as any Non perfecte credunt qui quod credunt loqui nolunt they beleeve not perfectly who will not speake out what in heart they beleeve Because David beleeved he therefore spake Psal 116.10 If faith be in the heart confession will be with the mouth Rom. 10.10 And if both be right our deeds are answerable faith is consummate by worke James 2.22 Nam multi confitentur verbis sed factis negant for many in tongue professe but in life deny Christ Binde these together and our Sacrifice is reasonable A Sacrifice living holy and acceptable unto God Rom. 12.1 2. Isaiah prophesied of this confession and Saint Hierome saith it is fulfilled in Christi ecclesiis in the Churches of Christ Not in the Jewes Synagogues they containe not all tongues but in the Christian Churches these doe Matthew 18.18 19. It ever was and shall be ever their practise When Christ was borne the Angels confessed whilest Christ was on earth he himselfe confessed and taught his Disciples so to doe witnesse the foure Evangelists The Apostles kept it in use their time witnesse their Acts and Epistles The Churches after witnesse the Apostles Creed and the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or joynt confession of the 318. Bishops at the Councell of Nice Anno 335. Of the 150. at Constantinople Anno 381. Of the 270. at Ephesus Anno 431. Of the 630. at Chalcedon Anno 451. No question of it in the Primitive times and performed with such alacrity that their Amen was like a clap of thunder satth Saint Hierome and their Hallelujah as the roaring of the Sea Through the corrupted times downeward came the Symbole or Confession of the Apostles a second of Nice and Constantinople a third of Saint Athanasius and a fourth in the Canticle of Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine And still doe the Devill and his agents what they can these God be thanked remaine with us and we doe and and will use them still What hath ever beene in the Church be it ever Ever confessours militant on earth that of all times there may in Heaven be confessours triumphant ever It is most kindly for Saints to be seen in that exercise here wherein the glorious shall delight hereafter Holy holy holy Lord God of Hoasts Isa 6.3 And blessing and honour and glory and power be unto him that sitteth on the Throne and the Lamb for evermore is the loud cry of the blessed Rev. 5.11 12 13. and of them prostrated Rev. 4.10 If this be not hearty and humble confession what is If it be why are we stiffe and bend not tongue-tied and confesse not Are we ashamed to doe that below which all exult in above or be there but two duties in the text and will we suppresse them both I know not what our reserved Zelots meane who either cast away the Creeds or be as still at the time of confession as if they had no tongues or will not or cannot give any reason of this or other their crosse presumptions Is not Christ the high