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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	christian_n	true_a	zion_n	16	3	8.6000	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18910	A briefe of the Bible drawne first into English poësy, and then illustrated by apte annotations: togither vvith some other necessary appendices. By Henoch Clapham.	Clapham, Henoch.	1596 (1596)	STC 5332; ESTC S108001	105,612	254

Some wil say incline to the greater voice but I answer and experience hath found it that is not safest Secondly I see no such warraut for that as is nowe here for vsing sacred Lotte The Lot being a divine ordinance it hath a promise of good effect namely of continuing and begetting peace for every man then must needs say The Lord hath thus disposed Prov. 16. 33. Prophaners of Lottes finde a contrary effect namely a kindling of Conten●ion and furie not before begunne Let Dicers and such vaine people marke that c Awayting the extraordinarie comming of the holy Ghost d First for preparing of reverence a heavenlie winde filleth the whole house where they had convened then come tongues of fire and sitteth vpon them wherewithall they were al filled with the holy Ghost speaking other languages as the spirite ministred vtterance Tongues are given First for the pulling downe of spirituall Babel Secondly for building vp the mysticall Ierusalem Hee that occupieth his tongue in furthering the false Church and hindering the True had better haue no tongue in his heade such a tongue is set on fire from Hell not from Heaven Nowe were Iewes from all Cuntries come vnto Ierusalem where Melchi-sedeck had Raigned No doubt they had kept a true accompt of Gabriel● 70 sevens of yeares and therefore at this time might the rather hearken what newes of Messia at Zion from whence the Lawe was to goe These Iewes strangers hearing the Apostles speaking the tongs of such cuntries as where they had bene dispersed some of them stood amazed there at others mocked 12. Staffe In a Salem they drew faithfull into a One b Steuen then was caught and stoned vnto death Young c Saul converted was to Paul anone Who thence inspired was with holy d breath To e Iaphets People he was destinate The God of Shem his Gospell to relate aa A true visible and christian Church was first planted in Melchi-sedeks Salem and from Salem and Zion was the Law to goe forth vnto the Gentiles Salem is in English Peace Hebr. 7. 2. As the figure of the Newe Testaments Church was called Peace so it was because all true peace is within the true visible Church of Iesus Peace dwelleth in her Pallaces Nether may contention be suffred within this Church for the Church of God hath no such Custome Neither may Confusion stand in this Church For God is not of Confusion but of Peace These spirituall stones are all first hewen and squared whereof I spake in his figure and so are to convene or gather into One. The visible Church then I define to be A companie of People ●athered out of the World or from amongst worldlings by the Ministerie of the word vnto the obedience of Christ their Head They being first one with worldlings God stirreth vp Prophets whereof in the next Staffe who by the power of the worde as by an hammer breaketh their rude hearts for any thing Man fore-knowes wherevpon they willingly adde themselues to the Faithfull gathering as Eagles togither for feeding on Iesus crucified These so gathered they are to do al their things in Loue exhorting one another ministring one to another things necessarie no one eating the bread of Idlenes but so labouring as they may not onely sustaine themselues but also be able to minister vnto others Looke how the Spirit excelleth the Letter look howe Christ his Scepter excelleth Iudahs Scepte● Look how farre the Thing figured excelleth his Figure looke howe more perfect the Substance is than the Shadow● by so much doth the Newe Testaments Church exceed that olde Church of Zion This not observed it causeth such as haue not scene a true established Church to confound the Faces Beautie Persons Order of them two as though Christ wer not more excellent than Moses in these things Moses is a covering to such b Steuen a glorious Deacon of Ierusalems Church being taken of the Adversaries he was by the frantick Bedlems stoned to death Herevpon the poor Church was scattered the disciples flying here and there Some of the Bretheren amongst whome was Philip called before to be a Deacon do come vnto Samaria and there convert baptise many The Apostles who yet were at Ierusalem hea●ing that Samaria had received the gospel they send vnto them Peter and Iohn c The yonker Saul consented to the death of Steuen and much blood abrode he shed But going downe vnto Damascus there to torment the Christians IESVS from Heaven cryed Saul Saul why doest thou persecute me There withall Sir Pursevant and the grand Commissioner was smitten downe blind The Lord enformes of his will To Damas●ú s he was led vnto whome Ananias by Gods Commandement came gaue him his sight and so was Paul baptized a newe man d Before he breathed out threatnings against the Church nowe hee breathed sweet promises in the Church Before he was a zealous Pharise but now a zealous Christian. Quest. What was a Pharisie Answ. The Pharisie was a passing precise Iew of what Tribe soever The Saxons interpret Pharisie Sundorhalgan that is One that severs himselfe for Holinesse and indeede such they were Besides this strict Mosaicall sect the Scriptures remember another sect called Saduces These held there was no Angell Spirit Resurrection A third sect the Iewish writers remember called Esseni whereof were two sortes The one sort never married the second sort did but by their sparing fellowship carnall they testified thereby that they married onely for preserving of chast mindes Both these sortes of Ess●ni notwithstanding loved each other wheresoever they were scattered in Townes and Citties they ever prepared to entertaine to harbour any of their sect Had the one neuer seen the other yet the strange brother was nothing lesse bolde to enter the house Reioycinglie they would suffer any death at the handes of the Romanes as it were therein triumphing over the Vncircumcised In a worde of all the Iewes then these were most honest sober religious charitable e Noah plainly prophecied that Iaphe● that is the Gentiles come of Iaphe● should at last dwel in Shems Tent that is become Inhabitants of Salem from aboue that is of the Newe Testaments Church and so it fell out yea what time the Prodigall young son came into the holy Tent the elder brother namely the Iewe generallie disdained to come in as neither willing to come in himselfe nor yet contented that his long wandring brother shuld feede on Iesus To these Gentiles was Paul chieflie appointed Apostle If Rome wold haue a Vicar for Christ me thinks they do wrong they being of the Gentiles to giue the Vicarship from Paul to Peter 13. Staffe With Paul was joyned a Barnabas by a Voice As former twelue so They do Churches plant Elders and Deacons after Churches c Choise They do c Ordaine as every one will graunt Each keeps his roome and d watches in his place The Apostles so commend them to Gods grace aa Paul after his generall alotment to the Apostleship staied