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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
diversity_n	apostle_n	prophet_n	teacher_n	630	5	9.4590	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63830	Iehovah Iireh merito audiens, præco evangelicus An angell from heaven, or, An ambassadour for Christ, descending from God, ascending unto God, lawfully dignified, compleately qualified : heard (vvith religious devotion) reporting his ambassage to the honourable societies of the Inner and Middle Temples, on Sunday the eleventh day of December, 1642 ... / by Edw. Tuke.	Tuke, Edward.	1642 (1642)	Wing T3224; ESTC R10730	21,383	28

to whom the Embassadour comes may receave sincere edification the Embassadour religious estimation Gods Ambassage deserved exaltation and God himself an uniforme Glorification and for this we are Ambassadours Here is Officium Beneficium Ambassadour 't is nomen oneris aswell as honoris a name of Office aswell as benefice of sedulity aswell as utility of service aswell as ceremony We exercise an Eldership and discharge the work as truely as legatione fungimur we are charged with the Embassage by the authority of Christ we are invested and inducted into one and by the same vertue in nomine Christi in the name of Christ we effect the other Dignitas honoris the worthinesse of this honour falls out according to the power of this Gift and the Gift had not been sufficient except God had indued it with power Whence our Deputation first issued and what it may understand Saint Paul as cōmenting else where upon this text unfolds by the word of Eternall truth He that descended is the same also who ascended up farre above all heavens that he might fullfill all things 1. Ephes 4. 10. and v. 11. He gave some Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the Ministery for the edifying of the body of Christ But this deputation is no lesse then a work of the sacred Trinity for the blessed Trinity which by one consultation in word created man do now in the word by one work recreate him in this last quotation you read Donum Filij the gift of the Sonne and 1. Cor. 3. 6. you may read Donum Patris the gift of the Father I have planted Apollo watered but God gave the increase and 1. Cor. 12. 28. And God hath set some in the Church first Apostles secondarily Prophets thirdly teachers after that Miracles then Gifts of Healings Helps Government diversities of tongues And Act. 20. 28. see Donum Spiritus sancti the Gift of the holy Ghost Take heed therefore unto your selves and to all the flock over the which the holy Ghost hath made you overseers to feed the Church of God Learned Calvin particularly interpreting Saint Pauls order of Apostles Prophets Evangelists shepheards and teachers doth summarily concorporate them into the office and honour of an Apostolicall Pastour such as this Embassadour himself was By shepheards and teachers some understand those whose charge extended to the care of a particular Nation and such fell somewhat short of that accompt which they receaved who spared no paines to preach every where By Evangelists some intimate those who walked not abroad and yet preached as Priscilla Act. 18. 26. or those who wrot the Gospell By Prophets some meane certaine which were not Apostles and yet were Prophets as Agabus Act. 11. 28. By Apostles there are who understand such as had all things for an Apostle is a vessell of the body more principall and lively receaving all things from Christ himself so saith Saint Chrysostome in Ephes 5. And the before cited judicious Calvin puts betwixt the orders some difference but that in very modest discretion By teachers he will signifie such as applied their whole diligence to the sound interpretations of Divine writ and whose care it was to preserve the purity of Doctrine amongst the faithfull and t is his observation that such teachers intermedled not with any Discipline or Ministrations of Sacraments to the people By Evangelists he meanes an order in Dignity somewhat inferiour to the Apostles yet not without some relations to them in office such as Saint Luke and Timothy and perhapps those 70. Disciples appointed by Christ By Prophets he intends not all interpreters of the Divine will but such as by singular Revelation excelled others of which kind we have now none Extant for so he argues quales nunc vel nulli extant vel minus sunt conspicui But the power Apostolicall he confines not to any other bounds then the whole Vniverse alluding to their Commission granted from the Lord Governer and Commander of the whole world Saint Mark 15 16. Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospell to every Creature And the Pastorall and Apostolicall charge not admitting the least difference betwixt them in substance or service He concludes comprehends all these for thus he resolves Pastorale autem mumus haec omnia in se continet and now by consequence it is manifest but what relation is or could be in honour and office betwixt our teachers and the old Prophets the same more fully authorized and exemplified have our Pastours with the Apostles and so in the duties of preaching praying praising baptizing breaking of bread administring of the Cup and in all other holy actions grounded on Gods word as apperteining to the Ministery our succession is Apostolicall for Saint Paul ingrosseth not the office to himself but verifieth an equality of execution to all such succeeding Ministers and Ambassadours Let a man so esteeme of us as of the Ministers of Christ and stewards of the Mysteries of God 1. Cor. 4. 1. that hence we be esteemed as Ambassadours for Christ sent by Christ and that the people to whom we are sent may as from our hand receave the rich treasure of Salvation gathered for them and distributed unto them from the holy Scriptures and Mysteries of God And in this sense is my thesis in the text we are Embassadours Here is honour indelible dignity indamnable reward interminable dignatio magna here if I could build Tabernacles the glory of the Lord would suddainly fill them We are Embassadours here is or should be our Unity and we are all Embassadours here is or should be our holy Community Legatione fungimur we are all Embassadours but all are not we he mistaks the place qui tibi hūc assumit honorem who takes this honourable Office upon him not being called of God as was Aaron there are which runne whom God hath not commanded to go but interpreting Saint Pauls marke sett before them to be a pulpit presse forward in their sencelesse performances without authenticall Ordinations O monstrum horrendum Informe ingens cui lumen ademptum O head and body without eyes unparalleld wonder here let Admiration seale up every lipp that any people should conceave that way best profitable to mend their aberrations and steppings awry by hearing and seeing a Cobler who perhaps would delight more to be Solus cum sola wax a Preacher nay t is causa capitis and head Busines which moves my more then ordinary invectives against such prophanation and profaners when a dresser of Hatts will seeme a redresser of hearts what can such polluted hands work save gum into mens Heads and gall into there minds they may presume to make Sermons as good as ever was felt though never so true as to be understood such take not a book in hand without some coulour and though there utterance exceed there entrance their going out there