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death_n	blood_n	body_n	shed_v	4,580	5	9.5800	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78174	Censura cleri, or A plea against scandalous ministers, not fit to be restored to the churches livings in point of prudence, piety, and fame. By a true lover of the Church of England in doctrine, ceremony and discipline.	Barnard, John, d. 1683.	1660 (1660)	Wing B852; Thomason E1035_2; ESTC R209059	14,798	23

and offices in the Church that any one who reads the book of Ordination may see how justly they have merited their ejection out of the Church by having less conscience then Infidels among whom the bonds of covenant and vows are sacred yet these violate their oath break their faith evacuate their promise betraying that singular trust and charge which the Bishop doth repose in them when he consecrates their persons to so high a calling as Deacon and Priest which is done with that admirable solemnity to inforce the deeper impression of reverence and obedience to Ordination that which must needs prefer it above all other Ecclesiastical Ordinances Now let us hear what the Bishop giveth in to his Candidate when he ordains a Deacon or a Priest First he solemnly put them in mind of their duty the greatness of their office the danger and fearfull consequence that follows the neglect Book of Ord. p. 2. Have alwayes printed in your remembrance saith he how great a treasure is committed to your charge What treasure is this that is the souls of the people which are of more invaluable price then the treasures of many worlds for they be the sheepe of Christ which be bought with his death and for whom he shed his blood the Church and congregation whom you must serve is his Spouse and body if it chance the same Church or member thereof take any hurt or hinderance by reason of your negligence you know the greatness of the fault and also that horrible punishment doth ensue Can there any thing more divinely be uttered for the demonstration of a Ministers duty and the setting forth his charge with terror in case he should break the same which no doubt is a sin of that nature of provocation as not only draws him before the Ecclesiastical seat of Judicature whereby he will be judged worthy of deprivation but also before the judgement seat of God whereby he will be arraigned unto condemnation For if the breach of vows and promises is a sin contrary to the light and practice of the Gentiles who were faithfull performers of what they promised before their Gods and their Priests much more doth a Christian and a Minister offend the Almighty before whom and his Bishops and Presbyters he doth make a solemn vow at Ordination and then breaks it Let us hear further what he engages to Will you give your faithfull diligence saith the Bishop alwayes so to minister the doctrine and Sacraments and discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded and as the Realm hath received the same according to the commandment of God I will saith he by the help of God What shall we say of him that went out of the Church to spue before the consecration of the Sacrament because he had overcharged his stomack with drink hath not he broken his vow of ordination and is worthy of ejection Will you be diligent to frame and fashon your own selves and your families according to the doctrine of Christ and to make both your selves and your families as much as in you lyeth wholesome examples and spectacles to the flock of Christ Jesus I will saith the Priest apply my self the Lord being my help Certainly thou prophane man shalt be judged out of thy own mouth who hast been an example of wickedness a leader of the people to the gates of Hell and destruction who hast the keyes put into thy hands by ordination to open the doors of Heaven If this be suffered what conscience will the people have of their vows promises when they see the Priest or Deacon go away unpunished whose integrity of life being a condition whereby he is received into holy orders the wilfull breach thereof deserves no less upon proof then the degrading him from the work of the Ministry and forfeiting his living by scandall when he that breaks his trust in any civil office that he holds in the Kingdom is adjudged worthy of being displaced much more who beareth rule in the Church of God ought upon misbehaviour forthwith to be expelled 2. These scandalous Ministers have corrupted our Gentry and most ingenuous spirits in the Nation with speculative and practical Atheism that religion is esteemed a mockery and a subtill artifice of deceit to possess the people with Chimeraes fancies dotages of timerous men according to Lucretius Primus in orbe deos fecit timor that we are debarred from the sweet enjoyment of that lawfull liberty which otherwise we might use Are not their thoats a common sepulcher to issue out such unsavory speeches what is their ordinary discourse but Rablais language to confirm one another in liberty and Atheism and when Gentlemen see a Ministers vitious life so diametrically opposite to his doctrine though he preaches the judgement of hell Gods wrath and eternal damnation yet not scrupling to commit the same sins against which he thunders forth judgement what can they believe but that he is a religious Mountebanck and juggler and speaks out of the Pulpit as from his stage to get money of the people and he only preacheth ex officio to receive his tithes and profits is not this the common exprobration of Gentry against Ministers and grown proverbiall in the mouthes of the people that let them sharpen their doctrine and reproof with never so keen an edge of their spirituall sword yet they can dull its encounter from any powerfull execution with this ready answer O Doctor intus respice labium tuum fac quod dicis operare quod praedicas and in the words of the Apostle Rom. 2.21 Thou which teachest another teachest thou not thy self thou which preachest a man should not steal dost thou steal That sayst a man shall not commit adultery dost thou commit adultery that makest thy boast of the law dost thou dishonour God that his name is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you Let us mark our ingenious-spirits in the countrie how they are chiefly led aside and corrupted where they have a debauched Ministry in their parish by whom they justifie their mispending of precious time and palliate the crimes of drinking idle talking and common swearing with the Apology of their example and this prodigality of time with their estates dribling away in cups to the destruction of their families and dishonour of their persons they christen in their drink with the excellent name of Society good fellowship and liberall fruition of each other as if there was not a more generous way of enjoyment both for free communication and diversion of pleasure and delight then in a paltry Ale-house the common receptacle of infamous and vile persons who have no other Sanctuary for their revelling to form a discourse sutable to the liberty and extravagancy of the place is not the Theme commonly betwixt him and the Minister who must conform himself to his Patrons humor either obscene idle and misbecoming both or else Atheisticall profane Celsian and Julian like scoffing at the austerity and