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A67877 The history of the troubles and tryal of the Most Reverend Father in God and blessed martyr, William Laud, Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. [vol. 2 of the Remains.] wrote by himself during his imprisonment in the Tower ; to which is prefixed the diary of his own life, faithfully and entirely published from the original copy ; and subjoined, a supplement to the preceding history, the Arch-Bishop's last will, his large answer to the Lord Say's speech concerning liturgies, his annual accounts of his province delivered to the king, and some other things relating to the history. Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Wharton, Henry, 1664-1695.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Rome's masterpiece. 1700 (1700) Wing L596; ESTC R354 287,973 291

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me And Jehoiada the High Priest was the preserver of Joash the right Heir of the Crown against the Usurpations of Athaliah and when he had settled him in his Kingdom though not without Force of Arms and they also ordered by Jehoiada 2 Chron. 23. 8. he was inward in his Counsels and was ruled by him in his Marriage 2 Chron. 24. 2. and he died with this Testimony that this young King did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days wherein Jehoiada instructed him 2 King 12. But after his Death you may read what befel Joash 2 Chron. 24. In all the Conduct of this People out of Egypt in which many Temporal Businesses did occur Aaron was joyned with Moses in and through all Thou leadest thy People like sheep saith the Prophet Psal. 77. by or in the Hand of Moses and Aaron The Prophet David was a great Shepherd himself and knew very well what belonged to leading the People and you see he is so far from separating Aaron from Moses in the great work of leading the People that though they be two Persons and have two distinct Powers yet in regard the one is subordinate and subservient to the other they are reputed to have but one Hand in this great Work And therefore in the Original and in all the Translations which render it 't is said in Manu not in Manibus in the Hand not in the Hands of Moses and Aaron So necessary did God in his Wisdom think it that Aaron should be near about Moses in the Government of his People And as the Priests and Levites were great Men in the great Sanhedrim at Jerusalem so were two of them ever in all the lesser Sanhedrims in the several Cities of every Tribe for so Josephus witnesses expresly that two of them were ever allotted to each Magistracy Jeroboam's Sin it was and a great one to make the lowest of the People Priests 1 King 12. 13. and I pray God it be not the Sin of this Age to make the Priests the lowest of the People So by this I think it appears that nothing of like Antiquity can well be more clear than that four thousand years before and under the Law the Priests especially the chief Priests did meddle in and help manage the greatest Temporal Affairs And this as this Honourable Person cannot but know so I presume he was willing warily to avoid For he tells you he shall not need to begin so high Not need And why so Why it is because saith he the Question is only what concerns Bishops as they are Ministers of the Gospel and that which was before being of another Nature can give no Rule to this No Man doubts but this Question in Parliament belongs only to Bishops as they are Ministers of the Gospel nay more particularly than so as they are Ministers of the Gospel in the Church of England only For either this must be said or else granted it must be by this Honourable Lord that the Parliament of England takes upon them to limit Episcopacy through all the Christian World and to teach all States therein what they are to do with their Bishops And this were as bold a part for the English Parliament to do as it is for a private English-man to censure the Parliament And truly for my own part I cannot tell how to excuse the Parliament in this For though in the Act now past there be nothing enacted but that which concerns Bishops and such as are in Holy Orders here because their Power stretches no farther than this Kingdom yet their Aim and their Judgment is general And this appears by the Preface of that Act which runs thus Whereas Bishops and other Persons in Holy Orders ought not to be intangled with Secular Jurisdiction c. Ought not Therefore in their Judgment 't is Malum per se a thing in it felf unlawful for any Man in Holy Orders to meddle in or help manage Temporal Affairs For though their words be Ought not to be intangled which as that word intangled bears sense in English and stands for an absolute hindring of them from the works of their own Calling I grant as well as they yet the Act proceeds generally to divest them of all Power and Jurisdiction in Civil Affairs whether they be intangled with them or not But be it so that this Question belongs to Bishops only as they are Ministers of the Gospel yet why may not the Ancient Usage before the Law and the Law of God Himself give a Rule to this For sure if they can give no Rule in this then can they give no Rule to any thing else under the Gospel that is not simply Moral in it self as well as none to Prelates and their assisting in Temporal Affairs Which Opinion how many things it will disjoynt both in Church and State is not hard to see First then I shall endeavour to make it appear that the practice of pious Men before the Law and the Precept of the Law can give a Rule to many things under the Gospel and then I will examine how and how far those things may be said to be of another Nature which is the Reason given why they can give no Rule in this For the First that they can give a Rule I hope it will appear very plainly For in things that are Typical the Type must praefigure the Antitype and give a kind of Rule to make the Antitype known Therefore in Typical things no Question is or can be made but that the things which were under the Law can give a Rule to us Christians Though this bold Proposition runs universally without excepting things Typical or any other Besides the Priests had a hand in all Temporal Affairs and in matters which were no way Typical but meerly belonging to Order and Government as appears by the Proofs before made And therefore the Jews may be Precedents for Christians which could not possibly be if they could give us no Rule Nor is this any new Doctrine For that ancient Commentary under the Name of St Ambrose tells us expresly that that which is mentioned by St. Paul 1 Cor. 14. 30. is a Custom of the Synagogue which he would have us to follow And as this Doctrine is not new so neither is it refused by later Writers and some of them as Learned almost as this Lord. For that which was ordered 1 Chron. 23. 30. that they should stand every Morning and Evening to thank and praise the Lord is precedent enough to presume that the like is not against the Law of God And Calvin speaks it out expresly In regard saith he that God himself instituted that they should offer Sacrifice Morning and Evening inde colligitur it is thence collected plainly that the Church cannot want a certain Discipline So here the Jews Discipline gives an express Rule to us And it is very learnedly and truly observed by a late Writer