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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	according_a	church_n	law_n	1,084	5	4.5241	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11802	Vox Dei	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.	1623 (1623)	STC 22097A; ESTC S1715	58,947	100

yet they are easely married together as they are both hott Soe the water is cold and moist and the earth cold and dry as the one is moist and thother dry they haue neede of each other and yet they fall out and fight but as they are both cold they easely agree and are compounded in one body And thus it is in the members of the humane body composed of these elements and thus is it in the Church and Comon-wealth which is a mysticall and politique body composed of these men Now therefore hauing thus beheld the comunity of the parts even in nature let vs looke into a few examples following this reason or law of nature and there see how actions otherwise questionable are warranted and justified by necessity when they respect the publique The King of Sodome rebells against Chedorlaomer King of Elam Gen. 14. 4. It is vnlawfull to rebell vnlawfull to assist rebells yet Lot takes his part and is taken prisoner Abraham thinks it noe injustice to joyne in confederacy with this rebelling King but that it is lawfull to make an invasiue warre to rescue his brother Lot The reason is nature bynds him to it and if hee should neglect his duty in this case he were worse then an infidell Nay religion bynds him to it and a righteous family calls for helpe Herein Abraham though he assailes doth but defend according to the law of nature for if they had not first inuaded the Church and taken Lot Abraham had sate still but now his assault is taken as a defence for otherwise the Church faith of the church could not be defended The Church is in distresse in hazard to receiue a blowe by this meanes Hee is noe living parte of the Church that suffers any parte to fall whilest his hand can vpholde it I had rather pull the house with Sampson ouer my head then grynde in a mill like an idolatrous and blynde beast all my life to the rejoycing of vncircumcised Philistims Surely Sampsons death Iud. 16. 30. 2 King 25 Num. 31. 6. was more honorable thē Zedechias life yet both lost their eyes when religion is at the stake the Preist who is a man of peace maye excite to the warre nay must blow the trumpet must sound the Alarum And then doubtles Salomon the peaceable builder of the Temple may draw his sword for the glosse or brightnes of that sword of justice is not stayned nor the edge bated with any other spott or stroke then the touch of innocent blood But that like as Aqua fortis eats into steele or as the blood of Goates softens Diamonds doth indeede soften the mettall and soe turnes the edge of authority that it cuts not at all or only cuts the abuser and perverter of it This wee see in Abraham who after this very warre and only then is blessed by Melchisedesk the King and Preift of peace Yea Melchisedeck accepts the tythe of the spoiles by his acceptance confirme's vs in the lawfulnes of the like acquisition for had the goods beene ill gotten as they must needs bee were the warre vnlawfull that King of justice would not haue pertaken nor receaued any portion of it for himself or for God but now his acceptance approues the action and warrants our imitation soe that if any man question the fact shall beholde Abraham stands foorth Like David in this place and saith what haue I now done Is their not a cause Moses beholding with sorow the bondage of his Country-men and how basely the Egyptians insulted over them provoked by the necessity of the case offered himself to be their deliverer and in revenge of a wronged Isralite slew an oppressing Egyptian but they notwithstanding Gods worke for their weale were loth to be admonished of any error therefore where he laboured to vnite them in loue they requite him with accusation and cast in his teeth what he had done for their good with the hazard of his owne life This make's him slee but they smart for it fourty yeares after Phineas in case of necessity though a Preist a man of peace when he beholds manners corrupted religion profaned Iustice contemned steps vp and armes himself with the weapens of warr and executes judgment vpon two impudent offenders hauing the necessity of the case sor his calling and the approbation of God after the fact to encourage our zeale in the like The noblenes of blood should be noe warrant to protect notorions sinners from shame and punishment Num. 25. 7. if like Phineas our harts were inflamed with the loue of God and his truth Deborah a woman modest vertuous in the time of necessity becomes a Iudge becomes a Captaine At other times to doe thus had neither beene the part of a modest nor vertuous wooman now not to doe it when necessity calls her out were to become as beastly and slauish as those be who should censure or condemne her for doing it Iud. 4. 4. 9 Sheba flying into Abel Ioab beseigeth him therein The Citty being brought to extremity 2 Sam. 20. 13. 15. noe way likely to auoyd ruine a woman steps vp among the Captayns and Councellors and by her wisdome in case of necessity finds a meanes to satiffie Ioab and to secure the City In case of necessity Azariah withstand's the King saying It pertaineth not to thee Vzziah to burne in cense vnto the Lord but to the Preists the sonnes of Aaron that are consecrated for to offer incense Goe forth of the sanctuary for thou hast transgressed 2 Chr. 26. 18. and thou shalt haue noe honour of the Lord God Had not the Preist bene stout in this case he had bene worthy of that leprosy which the Prince was plagued withall for being too stout It was here found true which Salomon saith Better is a poore a wise child Eccl. 4. 13 then an olde and foolish King which will noe more be admonished The Iewes vnder Ahazhuerus are in great daunger of a generall massacre by the practise of an ambitious and irreligious favorite Mordocay sends word to Esther who is safe her self and secure in the armes of the King that shee would remember her inocent Countrey-men and bestirre her self in the time of this extreame necessity shee resolue's presently to doe her best in this buisines and layidg a side all respect of the Ceremony of the Court the Majesty of the King Est. 4. 14. 15. 16. the terror of a contrary law shee goe's on with this resolution If I perish I perish Let these examples that follow be of credit with the Reader according to the credit of those Apocriphall books from whence they are taken Yet this will follow that those who penned the books were of this judgment the times wherein these books were penned approued and praised these actions and soe would haue done the like if in these dayes they had liued and met the like occasion as was then offered them And