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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
A93935	An iron rod put into the Lord Protectors hand, to break all antichristian powers in pieces. Or, A discourse, which tends to a spirituall war with all sects and self-opinions, which are the Churches enemies: wil bring Englands everlasting happiness, and joyn all other lands into the body of Christs Church, to serve God with with [sic] one consent, Zeph. 3.9. All which was discovered to John Sanders of Harburn, neer Brimingham [sic]: by true apparitions, revelations, and many several visions, as the second book sheweth.	Sanders, John, of Harburn.	1655 (1655)	Wing S575; Thomason E842_23; ESTC R203488	52,643	75

heavy for him he grieving and making his complaint to God the Lord to ease him of his burden God commanded him in Numb 11. v. 16. to gather seventy men of the Elders of Israel and to bring them unto the Tabernacle of the Congregation to make a body under him and Aaron the High Priest to be helpers of Church government which as soon as they were elected set round about the Tabernacle the Lord took the spirit from Moses and gave it to the seventy Elders and they did all prophesie and did not cease Num. 11.25 Thus you see God ordained the seventy Elders even the compleat number when they were in the wildernesse that were of Iacobs houshold when they went into Egypt to make a body above the ordinary Priests for Church affairs he wanted not Judges or Officers for State affairs or Marshal discipline he took his Father in Law Iethro's counsel for that Exod. 18. Secondly under the Gospel Christ our Saviour the onely begotten Son of his Father when the fulnesse of time was come which God long before had determined when he said The seed of the Woman should break the Serpents head which is to be understood Jesus Christ should be born of a pure Virgin which should be set up as an Ensigne for the people and Nations to lead the chiefe Officers of his Army in his life time he gave no other weapons to the head Leaders and general Governours of his Army to carry on their warfare against all his enemies but the sharp sword of the spirit which proceedeth out of his mouth to slay the enemies of him and his Elect Christ first chose twelve Mark 3. and he named some of them Bonerges by interpretation sons of thunder then Christ ordained seventy other Luke 10.1 2 3. and sent them out when the harvest was ripe two and two together into every City or place which way soever he himselfe would come and he gave them power to carry on their work sending them forth as Lambs among Wolves and the seventy returned again with joy saying Lord even the Devils are subdued to us thorow thy name and Jesus said unto them that he saw Satan like lightning fall down from heaven behold saith Christ I give unto you power to tread on Serpents and Scorpions and all the powers of the enemy nothing shal hurt you neverthelesse in this rejoyce not but rather rejoyce that your names are written in heaven the same hour rejoyced Jesus in the spirit and said I confess unto thee Father Lord of heaven and earth that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and learned and hast revealed them to Fabes even so father because it pleaseth thee Luk. 10.17 18 c. Truely my Lord we must all believe that these very Scriptures are written for our instruction there is none that believeth that God is God and his Word is Truth that dare object or say but that these Scriptures are sent from God to us for no other end but to direct us to do the same which they speak of that hath been done here to fore in former ages for they are patterns examples and lines for us in this last age to erect build up and walk by and although God hath hidden these things from the wise and learned of this time as it pleased him so to doe in former ages as Christ saith Luke 10.21 and to reveale it to mean men which are but like babes and sucklings yet let none that bears the name of a Christian disdain neglect or despise these things for the meanes of the person of him whom God speaks this now but let all that will own the name of Christians rejoyce in the spirit as Christ their head Captain did in the spirit giving all praise and glory to him assuring themselves that the meaner persons they are that God doth it by the greater work of God is shewed therein and with all expedition to set about the work for by this example were our Primitive Christians to chuse their seventy Interpreters For when it pleased God to have the holy Scriptures translated or interpreted for the good of all that believe he did it by such a number of seventy which were all guided by the holy Ghost as it had been one man and they were as it were conduit pipes to convey the water of life into all Countries Nations Tongue● for the comfort of Gods Elect through out the World Thus you see there is no contradiction with God he is at the beginning and ending all one in his Church for as God the Father Son and Holy Ghost are all one in Trinity so is the true Apostolical and Discipled Church whom Christ promised the holy Ghost should be with to the end of the world Iohn 14.16 Iohn 17.21 And every member of the body have their proper gifts for offices and places for the building up ruling and gathering of the Saints under Christ their head 1 Cor. 12. Eph. 4.11 12 As Paul saith God hath ordained in the Church several Officers as first Apostles secondly Prophets thirdly Teachers then they that do miracles after the gifts of healing helpers of governments diversity of tongues but saith he are all Apostles are all Prophets are all Teachers are all doers of Miracles have all gifts of Healing doe all speak with Tongues doe all interpret 1 Cor. 12.28 29 30. These Scriptures sheweth us very plainly Proved that none of the new Elect or Gathered Churches are not true Churches that all our new elect and gathered Churches are out of the ways of God at this very time as far I may say as the East is from the West yet I wil not judge any But there may be many true members that belong unto Christ among them but thus by the power of God I wil assure you that none of the new Sects as cal themselves Churches are true Churches because they have neither true heads or body above them according to other Law or Gospel rule but every one strives to be a Teacher by resting the Scriptures to their own corrupt finister by-paths and so lose themselves and lead many more into woods wildernesses and desarts of strange opinions and so it wil be worse and worse stil daily more every day then other Eph. 4.11 12 13. til the mercy of God cause us to have an Apostolical and Discipled body under a head for the gathering of the Saints together for the work of the Ministery and for the dification of the body of Christ this wil be the way to make all the members of Christs Church meet in the unity of true faith as followeth if you can believe That the seventy Elders that God caused Moses to chuse had several prophetical gifts when they were chosen and brought to Gods Tabernacle at that immediate time Or if your Highnesse can believe that Christs Apostles and Disciples had several prophetical gifts for the making of a compleat body for Christs Church and the