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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	great_a	king_n	kingdom_n	9,660	5	5.5175	4	false

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A65921	The dreadfulness of the sin of despising dominion and speaking evil of dignities represented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen, at the Guild-Hall chappel, July 30, 1682 / by John Whitfeld ...	Whitfield, John, 1630 or 31-1705.	1682 (1682)	Wing W2004; ESTC R8955	26,492	56

THE DREADFULNESS OF THE SIN OF Despising Dominion AND Speaking Evil of Dignities Represented in a SERMON Preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor AND Court of Aldermen At the Guild-Hall Chappel July 30. 1682. By John Whitfeld A. M. sometimes of Jesus Colledge in Cambridge and now Rector of Bugbrook near Northampton LONDON Printed for Samuel Carr at the Kings Head at the West end of St. Pauls Church MDCLXXXII Moore Mayor Cur. Speci●… vent die Dominico xxx die Julii 1682. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli secundi Angl. c. xxx iiijto THis Court doth desire Mr. Whitfeld to Print his Sermon this day Preached at the Guild-Hall Chappel before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of this City Wagstaffe To the Right Honourable Sir JOHN MOORE Kt. Lord Mayor of the City of London and to the Honourable Court of Aldermen his Brethren My Lord NExt to despising those Dominions the Vindication of which I have presum'd humbly to offer at in the Discourse a●…ext a demurr to your Honours Order for this impression of it would be a Crime of greatest magnitude which I could not contrive how to attone for I know too well mine own deficiencies to render my self and them obnoxious to the publick Censure of this critical Age but withal know as well who is Gods Representative in this Kingdom and the Kings in this Great and celebrated City where like a Wise Master-Builder you have laid such a Foundation that if your Successours shall make a Superstructure proportionable the Top stone will come to be advanced in glory to the best of Religions Kings and Churches in the World And thereby Monuments erected of just and Pious fame to your self and them more lasting than those of Brass and Marble more Glorious than the Re-erection of this splendid City Where the Foundations have been lately attempted to be destroyed in a sadder sense than ever Towards the prevention of which great Fatality what here I have with no other prospect than a truly conscientious one design'd I have also endeavour'd to make good by Scripture reason the best and most authentick which none will or can deny but those that have dar'd of later days to abjure both How propitious a reception this and its poor Compiler found with your Lordship I can never sufficiently own to the World with that gratitude and obedience which is due for those great and Everlasting Obligations you have deign'd to lay upon me having no better return to make than the best and most importunate of my Devotions That the Great God would graciously continue to assist you with that just and generous courage as well as conduct which you have given very ample proof of for carrying on the good Work you have begun that at last it may be consummate and your security reputation and satisfaction with it in that of our Most Gracious Soveraign and his truly sober stedfast Loyal Subjects in which Vote your Lordship may assure your self of the most cordial concurrence of all such more especially those of our Function and most peculiarly that of him who though the meanest yet cannot but be ambitious to be reputed My Lord Your Lordships most Obliged Devoted and obedient Servant John Whitfeld August 10. 1682. JUDE 8. Latter Part of the Verse Despise Dominion and speak evil of Dignities IF ever the complexion of any Age and People in the World were drawn in Colours to the Life so certainly is that of them whom lately we have had too much of conversation with by our Apostle in the great Instances here given these two that are the grand Characteristicks of the Text A People that have dar'd the Divine as well as humane vengeance to the extremest height whom whole Theaters of God's severest Judgments cannot awaken to any serious sense of those sins which here the Apostle sets out so very tragical a Scene of The sin of the Apostate Angels Jude 6,7 of Sodom and Gomorrha and these one would think were great enough yet there is one that vies them both set off with the saddest and highest of all Emphases not only in doleful but very dismal accents 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as St. Chrysostome upon another place What dreadful words he speaks when here he says Despise Dominion and speak evil of Dignities Chrysost in 1 Cor. 11.29 These the Apostle clearly ranks with those This he represents as a very formidable thing and shews how its doom though it commences yet does not determine here but in a place more hideous in eternal fire This he renders as a sin so hugely full of horrour that nothing can be more And so St. Peter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 2.10 a sin that they we and all the World should tremble at where he has stigmatiz'd with as black Characters not only the same thing but done it in the self same words with our Apostle here from whom says Tirinus Tirinus in loc he took the Transcript of them being wrote six years before as he computes The word for Dominion here being the same with that of Government there which is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a word appropriate to the Imperial Dignity and Dominion then well if now in so great veneration For despising indeed St. Peter uses another word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 setting their minds all their Prudentials Politicks against that Government those Dignities in the diminution and derision of them Saint Jude has 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies not only a rejection as Beza and others give it but annihilation of this Government making nothing of it as if thither they would if they could at last reduce it into nothing or which is worse a Democratical Chaos and confusion The other words which with both the Apostles are the same rise higher still to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the glories splendors or glorious Dignities which such so ingloriously blaspheme Dignities that is Princes says Beza upon the place Beza in loc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Principes quantumvis augustâ Majestate praeditos and that with this addition Set off and illustrated with the Augustest Majesty These are those which he makes the Dignities and Dominions here and which he calls an Order constituted by God himself Ordinem ipsum à Deo constitutum so he ownes the Divine Right of Monarchy According to that of St. Peter and St. Paul 2 Pet. 2. Rom. 13. the Imperial Powers then in being as we shall see more clearly and fully in the Sequel These he cannot but grant to be of a Celestial Origine of Divine not humane Institution So far we have him with us And happy for him if here he could have held and been consistent with himself For he is presently off and will have Governments to be Senators a Collegue of Medley Magistrates Senatores sive aliorum Magistratuum Collegium in French Seignieur to bring in his beloved Lay-Elders within the Character of these Dominions