Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bishop_n	emperor_n	king_n	3,569	5	4.0009	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17576	The pastor and the prelate, or reformation and conformitie shortly compared by the word of God, by antiquity and the proceedings of the ancient Kirk, by the nature and use of things indifferent, by the proceedings of our ovvne Kirk, by the vveill of the Kirk and of the peoples soules, and by the good of the commonvvealth and of our outvvard estate with the answer of the common & chiefest objections against everie part: shewing vvhether of the tvvo is to be follovved by the true Christian and countrieman.	Calderwood, David, 1575-1650.	1628 (1628)	STC 4359; ESTC S107402	71,807	74

hath libertie to utter his mynd before him who hath power to raise up and cast downe to inlarge and restreyne to preferre and postpone or put in and put out at his pleasure and therefore no mans gift in such meetings doeth good to the Kirk And if it happen that his courses be crossed and the best sort oppose then he rageth and by his proude boastings and unreasonable raylings he playeth the Prelate indeede using Christs ministers the Kirks Cōmissioners no better then if they were his slaues or lackeys convened to say Amen to all his intentions and to waite upon Oracles falling from his mouth In ende the pluralitie of voyces of the weaker sorte and for the most part either emendicate or extorted carryeth away the sentence which must oblige all and therefore besides the tyrannies and unjust proceedings proveth afterward to the greate hurte of the Kirk to be the cause of many evils and great divisions 6. The PASTOR in planting of Kirks and placing of ministers without respect to any mans private judgment or affection with common consent maketh choyse of the best qualified for graces and manners and most fitte for the people he is to be set over and that with theire owne speciall advise and desire so that he giveth not the Kirk to the Minister but the Minister to the Kirk and in the act of ordination at the place where he shall serue and in presence of the whole Congregation he requireth of the Intrant neither oath nor promise but what is appointed by the assemblies of the whole Kirk as constancie in the fayth obedience to the King and fidelitie in his calling and after he is admitted he respecteth him as the conjunct Embassadour of Christ equall in power and authoritie with himselfe with no difference but of age and gifts The PRELATE excluding both the flock whom the Pastor is to feede and the fellow-ministers with whom he is to labour in the worke except it be superficially and for the fashion when now the Prelate and his domesticks who haue greater hand in the planting of Kirks then both presbyterie and people haue brought the matter to the point of ordination he giveth the Kirk to the Minister rather thē the Minister to the Kirk whereof there flowe so innumerable evils that the Kirk hath as just cause to complaine now of the placing of Ministers by bishops as the Kirk had of old of the planting of bishops through the corruption of Archbishops and Metropolitaneo The ordination must be at the place of the Prelates residencie and not at the Kirk where he shall serue nor in presence of the congregation then is the intrant forced without any pretext of warrant from the kirk to giue his oath and Subscription to Articles of the Prelates devising for maintenance of his Episcopall authoritie euen as the Pope doeth in consecrating Bishops and Archbishops for establishing of his universall Supremacie When he is admitted albeit for gifts and all other rsspects he be worthy of double honour farre aboue the Prelate himselfe yet the prelate contemneth him and his brethren as poore presbyters with double contempt Whereupon we see that the Prelates and others by their example doing esteeme not of Ministers for their worth their works sake but as they are in places of preferment and as they are clothed with offices and titles of dignitie aboue their fellowes and this againe makes worldly mynded Ministers to seeke estimation by greatnesse rather then by goodnesse 7. The PASTOR procureth the peace of the Kirk by following after things which make for peace Rom. 14. for by the discipline and assemblies of the Kirk he preserveth veritie without which there is eyther no unitie or such unitie as is but a conspiracie and resisteth heresie the mother of the greatest divisions so long as our assemblies had their libertie there could arise no heresie among us if it had broken up in a parish a consistorie or presbyterie would haue borne it downe or if it had proceeded further thē the Synodall or if it had not been able the nationall assembly would haue suppressed it for the same reason the Kirk of France which was nearest to ours hath ben free of heresie In the Low Countreysif the Kirks had enjoyed the libertie of theyr assemblies which they wanted for a long time Arminianisme had neyther troubled them nor their neighbours He never can find in his heart to urge or inforce unprofitable and untimely Ceremonies upon the Kirk if it were for no other cause but that they haue beene the apples of contention and the cause of many Schismes and will choose rather with Ionah to redeeme the quietnes and safetie of the Kirk with the losse of himself then for his owne particular to raise the smallest tempest that may perill her peace He carryeth himselfe no otherwayes in his ministerie then becommeth the humble servant of the Kirk feareth to be affected with Diotrephes his ambitious humour of aspyring aboue his brethren which is a speciall preservatiue of peace He studieth to preserue holynes without which there can be no sounde nor wholesome peace he is ever at warre with that which is contrarie to holynes and sendeth away all scandalous livers with the workers of iniquitie that peace may be upon the Israell of God Psal. 25. The PRELATE is accounted a peaceeble man and pretends alwaies the peace of the Kirk but indeede seeketh his owne peace and prosperitie and opposeth the things that make for peace for if it serue for his owne particular he can oversee Papists and Hereticks and suffer heresie to rise and spreade it selfe that the Kirk may haue some other thing to think upon then his Episcopacie and may haue himselfe to runne unto in steade of assemblies he careth not to make Schisme and will fight with tooth and nayle for unlawfull and unprofitable ceremonies which haue ever proved the cause of Schisme and ere he redeeme the Kirks peace by casting out these cumbersome wares he will rather cast over boorde many worthy ministers suffer numbers of soules for whom Christ hath dyed to perish and the Kirk of Christ tossed with troubles by occasion of that noysome baggage to sinke at last under the burden Contention also commeth by his pride and ambition for first great places make great emulation hoate competition as may be seene in Christs owne Apostles and historie maketh knowen in many others what debate and contention what war and bloodshed prelacie hath brought forth in the Christian world between Kirk and Kirk contending for primacie prelate and prelate for presidencie Pope and Pope for papacie betweene Kings and Bishops for Souveraignitie as betweene the Roman Emperours and Roman Bishoppes the Kings of England and the Primates of England 8. The PASTOR contents himselfe with such a competent stipend as is assigned to him for his service whereby he hath neyther meanes to swell in pride and wealth nor matter