Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	great_a	parliament_n	3,586	5	6.2777	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76101	The arrovv of the Almighty shot out of the creatures bowe, against the uncalled ministers in England. Or, A messages sent to them to forewarn them of their determined destruction, before it fall upon them. Likewise here is shewed, from whence they had their calling into the ministery; and how all people have been decieved by them. Here is also a glass wherein all formalists may see their own deformity, and so seek after that which is the substance, wherein all their deformity shall be done away. Likewise here is opened the mystery of the Lords Supper, and the mystery in Baptism; and how there is a threefold Baptism, having relation to the three fold name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; with other truths very needful to be known. All of them being laid down in as brief a manner as possiblemay be, for the use and instruction of the Presbyterians, Independants, and Anabaptists, so called; or for the good of all others who have a minde to seek God in a right way; and in the conclusion, a word to the free-gracians. By Geo. Baitman.	Baiteman, George.	1653 (1653)	Wing B1095; Thomason E712_16; ESTC R207148	119,470	138

Fathers to make you what you are and your Fathers god is your god also and his inspirations you obey and that with all your souls and strength for in case you have not a benefice at present that satisfies your hungry desire when there is any appearance of a greater to be gotten O what inspiration doth your god cast into your mindes and then is your desires inlarged and your thoughts set on worke how to answer your god in his inspirations and then you humble your selfe under the mighty hand of your god in which humility you come bending before this great man and that great man and so desireth his helpe and countenance in the matter and by their meanes you come to get your matter brought about to what you would have had it Is not this true I appeale to your selves for witnesse hereof for though you would yet you cannot turne your eyes from it for your owne Conscience will witnesse this for a truth O wretched and most miserable of all men in your doings how dare you say that God hath sent you to speake in his Name or take upon you the name of Christ's Ministers seeing how cleare it is from whence you had your calling and how base you are in your calling but yet you cannot see your selves in your basenesse for your god hath blinded your eyes neither doe you care for having them opened while you make so good a trade of your speaking for that spirit of divination that possesseth you bringeth in you no little gaine by its smooth speaking for many of you sell your speaking at no lesse rate then three or foure pound a Sermon as some call it but let it be what it will I say some of you have so much for speaking one houre and if any of you get but ten or twenty shillings for each Sermon you thinke that hardly well sold yet you all pretend the honour of God and the edifying of the people and the feeding of their soules O fooles for shame hold your tongues and say not so but you declare your sins like Sodome and cannot hide them from God nor from them who have their eyes open And would but the Parliament of England make an Act to take away this hire from you and that you might have nothing from them for your speaking then should you see your selves and all the world might see you for then wee should but heare little of you for your preaching would bee soone at an end and Gods honour and the edifying of his people would quickly cease and then I beleeve you would let a Souldier take the Pulpit for you would not care who came in it then then would it appeare from whom and from whence you had your calling and I thinke that the Parliament would doe God a speciall peice of service in making such an Act and I am perswaded God would mightily blesse them for it for in so doing they should over-throw as great enemies of God and his Truth as ever yet was subdued in England Scotland or Ireland and these enemies are the pride and hypocrisie of these covetous Priests but this is my hope that this Act will once be brought to passe for God will not passe such dealing by though he suffer long for his patience is well nigh tired out Our Saviour saw these men well enough and you whom I have written to are the very same in your generation whom he calleth the hireling who runneth away when he seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep to the wolf John 10.12 Is not this your very practise when any poverty or suffering seemeth to come upon you which you discern by the eyes of your fleshly reason and when you can but know of a place to hide your selves from that apparant danger then away you run and let what as will take the people Dogs Wolves or Devils you care not for you will fend for your selves and you will say God calleth you from them And thus you run from one place to another one while for fear of poverty or some other suffering and sometimes for the maintaining and upholding of your pride And all this is because you are hirelings for the sheep is not yours for you neither were sent by God neither do you work his work in begetting souls to God and as you have not the love of God manifested in you you cannot beget children nor bring them forth into the partaking of the love of God for you have not that immortal seed of God in you to sow in the hearts of others And therefore you are but barren and unfruitful and so your hearers are but empty souls not knowing what the love of God is and therefore there can be no true love between you and them and therefore upon small occasions you will leave them But were they children begotten by you you would lose your life before you would run away from them and you would spend and be spent for them and endure any hardship for and amongst them But you are but Ministers of fortune and those that will give most for your service may have it and as long as you can profit well by the people you will serve them and pretend much love to them and herein you make but a prey of the flock and seem like Lambs and Sheep in your appearance to them when you profit well by them And thus you slily beguile the poor and devour and take from them by your ravening that which many of them might very ill spare and yet have it you will Consider I pray you of the words of our Saviour for you are the self-same he pointeth out where he saith Beware of false-prophets that shall come in sheeps cloathing but inwardly they are ravening wolves But by their fruits you shall know them c. Matth. 7.15 16. c. And this very same is fulfilled in you for your fruits do testifie what you are for you have not brought out fruit unto God but unto your selves and you are no more but like to thorns and thistles who tear the wool of sheep and your fruit not worth the gathering The Apostle Paul before his departure had a clear sight of you and of your fore-fathers and told the people That after his departure should grievous wolves arise not sparing the flock Acts 20.29 Is not this true in you in tearing and taking away the poor mans labor and if you have but the tenth part you care not what becomes of the poor mans family at home when oft it hapneth that his children wanteth bread and other necessaries for what you have taken from them to consume upon your pride and lust I can witness to this truth my self and so can many others in England but if we can but have patience a little all will be amended and then shall you no longer reign for your desolation is not far off and I would have you to take notice of it for I warrant you what I say