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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	account_v	christian_a	great_a	39	3	2.1041	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81186	A curb for sectaries and bold propheciers by which Richard Farnham the weaver, Iames Hunt the farmer, M. Greene the feltmaker, and all other the like bold propheciers and sect leaders may be bridled and kept within their own beaten way, and the sacred and weightie worke of the ministery bee reserved to men, whom education fits, God cals, and good order in our church prefers thereunto. A matter very considerable in these present times.		1641 (1641)	Wing C7620; Thomason E176_17; ESTC R14990	6,283	13

times of Gods mercies and judgments on the World as a light and lustre to story as a preserver of order confirmer of certaintie in Narration and Man ought seriously to consider the same For the Husb and man is not more observant of fit seasons for his Countrey affaires then God hath beene of due times in his dealings with men and managing matters in the field of the World for mans good In Geography 5 Who can well understand the dispersion of Noahs sonnes and their children and the speeches often running upon them and the places of their habitation and how they came to entermeddle with Gods people Who can rightly distinguish of the Rivers Mountains and Cities mentioned in sacred Writ if he be not acquainted with Geographie In the deep secrets of Prophesiers In Gods Booke there are many prophecies which declare deep and hidden secrets by expressions excellent and much surpassing the ordinary straine Many of these are to be searched into and cleered as by other plainer Scriptures so by the Histories of the World which before Christs time were of vast comprehension and of far greater since in regard of the Gospells entertainment or abuse rejection now in many more parts of the world What knowledge what study and meditation is together with the assistance of Gods spirit required for the opening of these prophesies which are rich and comfortable treasures left to GODS Church In the knowledge of nature 7 For the cleering and explaning many Scriptures it is requisite to have good skill in many naturall matters not onely because the wisdome and power of the Creatour is seen to be wonderfull in the Creatures but also because God often in Scripture speaks of the Eagle Ravens Stork of Cedars Vines Algu●●●ims of Dromedaries Badgers and Lions of divers kinds of the Leviathan and the Tannin or Diacon of the Sea and of many other matters in nature which are often made use of for mans information and therefore t is expedient that these matters should be made brown In the Hebrew and Greek tongues c. 8 Seeing the old Testament is written for the most part in the Hebrew tongue and some few passages in the Chaldee it must necessarily be that there are some difficulties in our Translations which cannot be perfectly looked into without the knowledge of these tongues There are also some objections of men erroneous on both hands which cannot possibly bessolved without very good skill in these tongues Rare French and German words cannot be well knowne but of the skilfull French and German nor rate Hebrew words but of the learned Iews And seeing the Hebrew tongue is now no where purely spoken nor extant unmixt but in the Bible some hard words in this tongue are to be knowne by the tongues most neere to the Hebrew as the Syriack and Arabick for a word seldome used in Hebrew may be more frequent in them And for the new Testament it is written in the Greek tongue which is very copious and elegant and hath many words of ambiguous use and signification It hath also some Latine words as Denarion and Taberne and some Hebrew and Syriack as Corban Maranath● and divers others What study for skill herein is requisite Besides in the New Testament be many forms of speech borrowed from the Old many Hebraismes many short and deep speeches inexplicable without conference with some speciall clauses of the Old And how often in many passages of both Testaments is mention made of the customes manners and conditions of severall Nations in the World of their Gods and Idolatrous worship In Rhetorick 9 How many lofty and brave strains of Eloquence in Esay and the Prophets in Paul the Revelation would seeme strange and be unknown how many admirable and sublime carriages of speech and figures far beyond the best Heathen Oratours would be unobserved did not the art of Rhethorike begun of old and perfected in these latter times and applyed to sacred use lend her helping hand In Logick 10. How often should wee erre in the context of Scripture what improbable deductions would thence be strained how many sound proofes for necessary Doctrines and conclusions would be unobserved had we not together with the spirit of GOD which is the principall the use of Logick all Rules as a good accessory Gods providence protects his servants yet do they gird on their swords in their journeys and the Spirit of God doth leade us into all sacred truth yet Art is not to be refused to keep us from being surprized by spirituall thieves But some object Object The Apostles and so we by the Spirit of God can doe more good then any by his Art Answer Speak to the Jews Answ Indians Spantards and others among us as the Apostles did to severall Nations though not educated to their tongues and we will much the rather credit your ability to teach us the truth which you pretend Artists misse of in our own tongue Besides the question is not whether you by the spirit which you presume to have can by it alone doe more then others by art alone but whether more then others who have the spirits assistance as well as you and also education at some Gamaliels feet as Paul had Gods Spirit knew how to make use of Art when Moses brought up in the Egyptian learning was called to the Government of Israel when Aholiah and Bezaleel were chosen for the work of the Tabernacle when Jubals invention was taken in to the furnishing of Davids Quire Did yee know Art or the right use of Art yee would not dis-esteem it In the ancient Fathers 11 How many passages in the ancient Fathers of the Christian Church acquaint us with Gods goodnesse to his servants shew the Heresies reigning in their dayes and their Arguments against the same How often doe they open difficulties in Scripture in which we had they not gone before us might have erred Doe not they declare how far they were from Papisticall superstitions and errours on the one hand and from fanatical fancies and groundlesse opinions on the other hand Object Object They had their infirmities and did in some things erre Answer Answ If yee have rob'd the Pope of his Chaire and have an unerring certainty throw the first stone at them Remember Michaiahs accusers and the horns which smote him Goe not about to take the moat out of their eye if yee have a beam in your own Give the ancient Fathers their due and know that there is good use of them In controversies of divers kinds 12 How large is the field of Polemicall Divinitie and Controversie How necessary is it to have the Arguments of Papists Atheists Turks and severall Sectaries well answered Why should misprisions in Historie Prophesies tongues cases of conscience and the like goe unconfuted to the great prejudice of Christian truth Why should not the abuse of Logick and other Arts be called to account by