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duty_n	holy_a	name_n	sanctify_v	1,287	5	9.6471	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47283	Ichabod: or, Five groans of the church: Prudently foreseeing, and passionately bewailing her second fall: Threatened by these five dangerous, though undiscerned, miscarriages that caused her first: Viz. [bracket] 1. Undue ordination, 2. Loose prophaness, 3. Unconscionable symony, 4. Careless non-residence, 5. Encroaching pluralities. Humbly presented to her supreme head and governour, the kings most excellent majesty, and his great council, the Parliament of England.; Ichabod.	Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711.	1663 (1663)	Wing K264A; ESTC R22531	49,473	66

severe and through Repentance servent and devout Prayers godly and un●eigned Sorrow spiritual and unspeakable Comfo●●● well grounded and firm Hope heavenlie and holie Conversation a meek obedience and submission in the general frame of Christian mens carriage Though I have men famous for greatness of Learning soundness of Judgement gravity of M●n●ers and Sanctity of Lives ye● among my ten thousand Ministers it 's likely some may doe amiss If when there were but three men in the world one was a Murtherer if among Noah's sons one of the three was disobedient if among Iacob's children of two one was prophane if of twelve Apostles one was a Divel another dissembled and a third denyed his Master if among the Asian Angels there is none but was to be reproved if among the few Primitive Preachers there was a Demas that loved the present world a Diotrephes that loved the pre-eminence among my so many thousand Clergy it 's not likely but that some may fall short of the severe exactnesse required in all Ministers who ought to be patterns in good works Oh my Clergy are not Angels but men subject to the like in●rmicies with other men If they should say they have no sin they would decer●e themselves and the truth would not be in them but if they confess their sins he is faithful and just to forgive them their sins and to cleanse them from all unrighteousness Be Perfection the glory of other Church-members the glory of mine is Sincerity Without all peradventure the most holy and all-seeing God who walketh in the midst of the Golden Candlesticks whose pure eyes are most intent upon the Ministers of the Church hath found iniquity in his servants the Bishops and other Ministers both as to their persons and professions all things being open and naked to him with whom we have to do 1. He observes how many consecrated and set apart to the service of God and his Church in the name place power and authority of Jesus Christ and approaching his gracious presence with Aaron in ●he holy of holies in the glorious ●anifestations of God in Christ to his Church by publick Ordinances and spiritual Influences have not so sanctified the Name of the Lord God their God in their Hearts and Lives in their Doctrines and Duties 2. The great Searcher of hearts knoweth how rashly many of his Ministers undertake how carelesly they manage that great and terrible work under which Angels may swoon and great Apostles cry Who is sufficient for these things how vulgarl● they converse how lazily they live how loosely they behave themselves how ambitiously they designe how cove●ously they reach how enviously they repine how unexemplarily they walk unworthy of the favour and indulgence shewed them to the amazement of their High-calling the dishonor of their Profession to the forfeiture of their Dignity and Plenty the endangering of their Peace and Safety 3. He that is about our paths and about our dwellings hath observed how unprep●●edly negligently and irreverently rently how partially popularly and passionately how formally and vainly without any power of godliness Life of Religion some performe the work of God the great work of Eternal concernment to our own and other mens souls 4. He whose eyes see whose eye-lids try the children of men hath looked down from heaven and observed the iniquity of some mens holy things their dead and unreasonable instead of a living and acceptable serviee he hath taken notice of that supine negligence which hath sunk some mens Ministrations below the just majesty solidity and gravity of Gospel-dispensations others by an affected height and depth for want of plain instruction and charitable condescending amuse the poor people who know not what they say nor whereof they do affirm 5. He that will reprove and set mens sins in order before them hath taken notice of some mens remiss compliance and others exact rigours according to their private tempers judgements and passions whereby they swerved too much from that just charity discretion legality and constancy which my Canons intented and my constitution health and peace required especially in the peevish touchinesse of these times when so many subtle and envious ones lie in wait to destroy me Yet my Church-mens exorbitancies are not my constitutions their failings are not my frame their infirmities are not my nature their fall is no more mine who disallows it then the Angels fall may be the Heavens that forbid it their weaknesses are humane my authority is divine that charity which thinketh no evil will not lay upon me those enormities which I forbid by a Law which I restraine by Discipline which I mourn for in mine Humiliation and discountenance in those great patterns that shew a most excellent way These sinnes O the Christian world are transgressions of my Law affronts to my Authority the baffles of my Canons and Injunctions O that my Apologie were written yea printed in a book for the satisfaction of the world that the good that I would do that I cannot do and the evil that I would not doe that I do I find a law of my members against the law of my mind So that it 's no more I but the sins and the finners that dwell in me 4. It 's you it 's you whom I have nourished and brought up as children whom I have encouraged as Ministers whom I have promoted as Governours it 's you that have brought this reproach and danger upon me When I had with heroick patience endured the oppression of adversa●ies by a Christian prudence defeated the attemps of Schismaticks by an exemplary humility and piety turned the hearts of enemies and by a miracle of Restauration silenced the mouths of all men you my Sons opened the mouth of scandal strengthned the cry of reproach raised the clamours of the envious Oh if an enemy had done this I could with the same Christian courage I have suffered these twenty years have born it but it 's you of my own bosome family and profession O you my Clergy whom I expected more glori●us more steemed more reverenced before all the world after your constant sufferings who coming out of this fiery furnace might shine brighter then ever you did with the love of Christ and of me his Church both as to the care of those private charges and publik inspections committed to you in excellent order and by due authority and I expected that neither pride nor envy pomp nor popularity neither covetousnesse nor ambition should distract the thoughts divide the hearts exasperate the humours or provoke the reproach of an incensed people against my Order and Government and the good of all sorts of Christians Whosoever of you notwithstanding the miracles both of your sufferings and reliefe at such a time as this when the mouth of Hell is open against me shall open any other mouth to joyne in the cry against the Church give life or tongue to any scandalous sin and set that to its clamans

What empty discourses do I hear what incoherent Notions do I r●●d what vain trifles am I troubled with what pillering learned mens works do I endure O what abundance of things should a Minister understand O what a great defect is it to be ignorant of them● O how much doe we ●●iss a competent Knowledge in ordinary Ministers● 1. To satisfie themselves and others exactly in the true and original will of God 2. To explain and unfold the words in which Gods will is originally expressed and to endeavour by all means a right notion and conception of them as they are to be understood in the Scripture 3. To shew exactly what are those saving truths which are naturally contained in tho●e words so explained 4. To confirm those truths so drawn out of the Scripture by such evident Arguments and powerful Re●sons as may esta●lish the ●●ue believer and convince the Gainsa●er 5. To press those ●●uths so made manifest upon men with that power that they may have their proper influence and efficacy upon mens hearts and lives The honest men that are industrious I would willingly encourage provided they have what I wished alwaies and shall now expect in all my Priests and Deacons solidity gravity modesty piety and some savour of Learning 〈…〉 with humanity some methods of intelligible Reason and profitable Scripture-Divinit● The Law was published by Moses learned in all the Learning of the Egyptians the Gospel was propagated by St. Paul bred up at the feet of Gamaliel 〈◊〉 all the varieties of 〈◊〉 and J●wi●h knowledge the Primitive 〈…〉 St. Aug. St. Ambrose Min. ●el● Lact●nt and ●thers maintained the Faith ●o propagated by their comprehensive Learning Therefore I have taken care that none should be admitted ●o Orders but they who are app●oved by sober and wise men as 〈…〉 that their pro●i●ing 〈◊〉 appear 〈◊〉 as men of whom there is some hope because of their promptne●s of wit quickness of conceit fastness of memory clearnesse of understanding soundnesse of judgement and readinesse of speech that they ●ay in time by art industry experience and observation become skilful Linguists subtle Disputants ●opiou● Orators exact Critiques comprehensive Historians profound Divines and powerful Preachers that throughout the three Kingdomes I may have those that may settle the people rightly instruct the ignorant clearly satisfie the doubtful fully meet with the seducers skilfully and promote piety and peace succesfully As the times now are wherein Learning aboundeth even unto wantonnesse and wherein the world is full of Questions Controversies Novelties and Niceties in Religion and wherein most of our Gentry and people are by the advantage of long peace and the customes of modern Education together with a multitude of English Books are able to look through the ignorance of a Clergy-man and censure it if he be tripping in any point of History Cosmography Moral or Natural Philosophy Divinity or the Arts yea and to cha●tise his very method and phrase if he speaks loosely or impertinently or but improperly I as these times are must not admit any Clergy-men without a competency of Learning as who may endeavour by their prayers care and industry to improve the Learning they have so as they may be able upon good occasion to impart a spiritual gift to the people of God whereby they may be established and to speak with such understanding sufficiencie and pertinencie in some good measure of proportion to the quicknesse and ripeness of these present times shewing in their Doctrine uncorruptness gravity sincerity sound speech which cannot be condemned that they which are of the contr●ry party may be ashamed ●●ving no evil to say of them I whose Clergy professed to use and prayed to God to blesse their long Preparative Studies Mediations Writings Readings habitually to fit them for that dread●ul work and for every actual discharge of it I am ashamed of those poor Smatterers who have gathered a few raw and indigested Notions either by superficial reading of the Scriptures or by hearing some Sermons or by gleaning a little here and there from the plainest Writings without any Critical Historical or Polemical Learning who are fit implements to bring in such ignorance irreverence Atheism Superstition and Confusion as shall quite put out the Christian and reformed Religion in this Nation reducing all to the ancient darkness looseness and barbarousness which hath been established by persons of real abilities of good Learning sound knowledge sober Judgements orderly Method grave Utterance and weighty Eloquence which all wise and sober Christians expect should appear in every true Minister of the Church of Christ insuch a competent measure and evident manner as they may be able comfortably to discern them and usefully to enjoy them I am ashamed to see a Roll of four hundred and fix and twenty Tradesmen who 1. out of desultory restlesness 2. out of covetousness and ambition 3. out of ●ullennesse and discontent 4 out of pride and envy having intruded in former years into the sacred Calling of a Minister are now ordained to it I am ashamed that my Authority should consecrate their Extravagancies and that what I looked upon as the misery of late times should be allowed in this that I should countenance vain men that run from that Calling wherein they are called and usurp the 〈◊〉 Honour and Authority of that sacred Priesthood and Evangelical Ministry instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ as sent of God the Father a mischief that greatly threatneth the Church and State Faith and good Manners all things Civil as well as Sacred O what wise and honest hearted Protestant that hath any care of posterity or prospect for the future findes not a sad dispondency with an holy impatience arising in his soul while he seeth so many weak shoulders such unwashen hands such unprepared feet such rash heads such empty souls publikly intruding themselves upon all h●ly Du●ies all sacred Offices all solemn Mysteries all divine Ministrations with equ●l insolency and insufficiency being for the most part so much the more impudent by how much they are grosly ignorant in whom you cannot discern any either ra●ional or religious orderly or honest expressions in any degree proportionable to what was observable in my most solid Ministers my most acute Scholars and most profound Divines who have been 〈…〉 Certainly Reverend Fathers you will not so de●ase and undervalue the Evangelical Offices of Christ as to admit every self 〈…〉 presen●ly to officiate without any due ●●amination o● approbation from those with whom that commission and power hath been ever deposi●ed in a regular and visible succ●ssion from Christ the great Examplar or Origin●l al●hough duely considering the diversities of gi●●s fr●m the same Spirit you are not to exclude any modest pe●son though of meaner parts and less improved education if he be of ingenious education of pious aff●ctions an● an orderly life from a place in Christs Minist●y where one may sow another may reap according to the several