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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	love_n	parent_n	6,450	5	9.2665	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86501	The nevv world, or, the nevv reformed church. Discovered out of the second epistle of Peter the third chap verse 13. First opened briefly, and some points pourtrayed and propounded before some of the nobilitie and others in the country. Afterwards more fully delineated, and prosecuted before the Honorable House of Parliament; May 30. An. Dom. 1641. And upon the request of some of them, desiring coppies, was limbed up for the presse, according to the maine parts then, and there delivered. / By Nath. Homes Dr. in D.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1641 (1641)	Wing H2570; Thomason E171_4; ESTC R8246	64,684	86

most part So called by Homer and Virgil and Historians Hundredcitie Cret 1 Cor. 5.2 1 and 2 and 3 chap. Now it was much to have one congregation in a County or citie In Creet an hundred cities And severall Elders ordained in them all for every particular congregation Tit. 1. Innumerable things and places more might be spoken for this acception and meaning of the word and nature of a Church But to returne to the point Saint Paul is much troubled that the Church the congregation at Corinth were so careless e as that they had not mourned and removed the incestuous person And the Apostle exhorts them he being absent I say exhorts them to excommunicate him If the Apostle had beene a particular member of that congregation he must have beene present As in all instances naturall civill ecclesiasticall the member acts in the body whiles united no longer But being a transcendent eye over all congregations as we know he was an Apostle to all the world though absent he exhorts them to act Mat. 28.19 Act. 9.6.15 Act. 13.1.2 and to doe their duties among themselves towards themselves in the union and relation they stood So that still the particular Church or congregation is subject to Christs Apostles and all lawfull Synods orderly and lawfull gathered according to the Scriptures in the nation where the Church hath her being to rectifie them where they are wrong to excite them when deficent Or else they themselves manage and act and officiate among themselves their particular discipline and priveledges pertaining to their particular Church Thirdly The foundation of relation betweene the Church and her lawfull officers especially Ministers is internall i. e. from mutuall union of affections solemly interwoven and engaged twisted together The Church makes choise of her officers and Ministers Act. 13.1.2.3 1 Tim. 4.14 2 Tim. 1.6 and they imbrace their places and flock The Minister being ordained a Minister by the imposition of hands of the Ministers with prayer and fasting the congregation choose him to be their Minister by the elevation of their hands A thema● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tendo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pretensá manueligo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in quit Demosthenis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. populus ublatione manumte stabatur se babere decreta mea rata Acts 13. 23. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. They gave their voyces to elect the Minister by the elevation of their hands or stretching forth their hands And so the Minister is charged to looke to his flocke as over which the holy Ghost had made him overseer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Minister is a Bishop to his congregation Act. 20. verse 17. verse 18. And the people are commanded to obey and submit to their Minister as to him that ruleth over and watcheth for their soules Observe over their soules not bodies Heb. 13.17 And are said to rule over them in the Lord to admonish not over them as men to constraine and so to bee highly esteemed of their flocke for that worke 1 Thes 5.13 The necessity of this inward foundation and roote of relation in things of the most spirituall and strongest combination appeares by paralleling other relations though but in naturall or civill things No husband Parent Master will suffer a wife child or servant obtruded on him or on contrary wife child or servant will admit of obtruded husbands parents masters as long as they be of age and in their witts How much lesse should obtrusion be in spiritualls Yet if these obtrusions be exercised we see the unprosperous event betray the unlawfulnesse of the attempt There is no love mutuall duty or edification following As wee see in all the obtruded offices in our Church which shewes much irregularity in the Hierarchie where many have the greatest acts of power yet not committed to them by the generall vote of the Church and much disorder in the ordinary ministers who ordinarily come in without the approbation and so without the affections of their people Fourthly and lastly touching the citie or society it selfe note the perfection of their communion They neither admit nor permit if after admission degenerated him that is unworthy neither officer nor member of the assembly congregation or particular Church See the Churches choice of an Apostle Acts 1. of Deacons Acts 6. See their rejection and admission of an unworthy member 1 Cor. 5. 2 Cor. 2. of their acceptation and admission of an unknowne or doubtfull brother and Minister Acts 9.26 27.28.29 c. to the end of 31. All which foure particulars diligently being observed in the reformed Churches of Geneva Low Countries c. how sound in Doctrine and holy in manners have they long time continued above other Churches And so wee come to the qualities of this societie Holy 2. This Civitas This spirituall citie is an holy one which is expressed with an Emphasis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That citie that same holy one Should seeme that the old heavens are uncleane in some measure As it is said in Iob. 15.15 The heavens were not cleane in Gods sight i. e. by reason of some uncleane but in their first thoughts in the heavens the lapsing Angells Job 4.18 So the Church below before renewed although in comparison with the dunghill of Hethenisme and the hell of Papisme it is called a heaven yet it is but as spotted clowded heaven Isa 30. in comparison of a sun-bright heaven As an old garment that may seeme very handsome yet much fuller of dust then a new one Holinesse becommeth Gods house at all times Psal 93.5 in all places much more his fairest house newly repayred This new Church shall be so holy 1. In regard of the more abundant and apparent presence of that essentiall holinesse God in Christ hee like as he made Moses face shine 2 Cor. 3. shall make the Church shine He like fire Revel 1. being among the golden Candlestickes shall make them glare When the Lord more specially is in the Tabernacle it is filled with his glory Exod. 40.34 As it was prophesied that the second temple should bee more glorious then the first because Christ should preach in it and bee personally present Haggi 2.9 So this new Church should be more holy then the old because the God of holinesse should he more specially presen there This is expressed verse 3. of this 21 of Revel And it is immediately annext to the speech of the holinesse of the new Church where also the reason is given why the Lord would bee more present in the Church thus renewed viz. because their was no more Sea i. e. of corrupt doctrine and traditions of men Those things that grieve God are removed 2. The rule of holinesse in the new Church should more rule and reigne i. e. The Scriptures When the Jewes shall come in knowledge shall bee much more increased Yea when the vaile of human traditions shall be removed