Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	abraham_n	covenant_n	seal_n	6,171	5	9.8580	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44793	The great case of the tythes and forced maitenance [sic] once more revived the true state thereof enquired into, before the law, under the law, among the Jews : likewise under the Gospel, the true ministers of Christ, their allowance shown : likewise in the corruption of time since Christ, how tythes have been introduced, wherein antiquity is searched, and the judgment of the fathers of the church in several ages produced, besides the Scripture it self examined : in all which is clearly proved, tythes and forced maintenance, are no Gospel maintenance : the Scriptures answered, divers arguments confuted, and objections answered, which are brought by the ministry of this late age : also the institution and division of parishes and their rise, all which are published for the benefit of all, who desire that Gospel order might be established again in all the churches of Christ / F.H.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.; M. L.; Guy, Edward, 17th cent.; Raunce, John, 17th cent.	1665 (1665)	Wing H3165; ESTC R22288	63,807	82

Law and a disanulling likewise of the Commandment which went before Now after Christ Jesus was manifest the end of the law for righteousness to them that do believe the end of the Covenant 〈◊〉 Priesthood Tabernacle Temple Tithes Offerings Oblations and in a word all the worship of the Jews and all their Shadows Types and Figures and representations All the Sabbaths Fasts Feasts and their divers washings and purifying which all were but as shadows of things to come and he 〈◊〉 the sum and substance of them all and ended them all 〈◊〉 whosoever will plead a necessity of all or any one of the former things mentioned in the first Covenant that was faulty Christ profits him nothing and he denies the faith of Christ and ●is Apostles and Ministers for Circumcision was once commanded of God and as real a Type as any other and yet they that would need hold it up after the substance was manifest to 〈◊〉 Christ Jesus the Apostle Paul concludes that Christ profits the● nothing though he elsewhere calls it the seal of the right●●●sness of faith unto Abraham which he had before he was Circumcised The like I also say of all the former Ordinances which pertained to the first Priesthood and Covenant and holds them up as of necessity denyes the faith of Christ and Christ profits them nothing and do make themselves thereby as debtors to the whole Law and he that fails in the breach of one is guilty of all Therefore of how much necessity is it for them that doth professe Christ and the Faith that was delivered to the Sai●●● to stand fast in that liberty wherein Christ hath made them free and not to be entangled with the yoake of bondage but to keep the Ordinances and Commands of Christ unviolated for they that lay claim to Tyth●● and would cause us to pay Tyth●● they themselves do not keep the Law but would constrain us that they might glory in our flesh and would confound the Ordinances of the first and second Covenant together without putting any difference to the time and ministration unto which they did belong The Apostles and Ministers of Christ who were made partakers of the Divine nature and of the word of reconciliation did not look back nor draw people back to the former Ordinances of the Jews and their Priesthood but testified against them their Temples Fasts Feasts and New Moo●● and for these things Paul and Stephen and divers others suffered great persecution and Christ the everlasting High 〈◊〉 though he was the Son of God the heir of all things and th●● first born of every creature and the Bishop of souls though he was Lord of all he made himself of no reputation nor did 〈◊〉 lay claim to the possessions of the world but said The f●xes 〈◊〉 ●●les and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of man 〈◊〉 whereon to lay his head He laid no claim to Tenths nor 〈◊〉 nor Oblations neither to Lands where he travelled 〈◊〉 ●he work of the Father though he laboured for the conversion of souls in divers places as the true Bishop thereof He laid ●o claim to any such places as to be his Diocess neither did look 〈◊〉 any gifts and rewards from any place but as he was sent of 〈◊〉 Father and was the free gift of righteousness he ministred 〈◊〉 and likewise when he sent out his Disciples and gave 〈◊〉 commission to teach all Nations and Disciple them in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost he said unto them 〈…〉 Father sent me so send I you And again Freely you have 〈◊〉 freely give And again Take with you neither staff nor 〈◊〉 nor mony nor brass in your purses but into what house or City 〈…〉 enquire who therein is worthy and abide ye there till you go 〈◊〉 And whatsoever is set before you that do you eat and drink 〈◊〉 the labourer is worthy of his meat And though he sent them 〈◊〉 as is before said when they returned again he said unto 〈◊〉 Lacked ye any thing And they said Nay Though they 〈◊〉 sent out as sheep among wolves yet they preaching the 〈◊〉 of the Kingdom freely and turned people to Christ the 〈◊〉 and living way whereby their hearts were opened to mi●●●●● unto them which serv'd for their necessity in the work of 〈◊〉 Gospel they did not desire or require any S●ipend Sallary ●●●mentation or setled Maintenance but were ministred unto 〈◊〉 by them who had believed their report and were made 〈◊〉 of spiritual things they never complained of want 〈◊〉 never had any cause nor did not give over preaching of 〈◊〉 Gospel because they had no setled maintenance like our lat●●● generation of Priests who if their maintenance do cease 〈◊〉 Gospel ceaseth which demonstrates only they minister for 〈◊〉 and filthy lu●●e and so are out of the Apostles doctrine and 〈◊〉 for the Apostles they often denied that which was 〈◊〉 profered them lest they should make the Gospel of Christ ●●●●g●able and their work of no effect Here was no Tythes 〈◊〉 of that we read on commanded or commended either to 〈◊〉 Jews or Gentiles who believed in the age of the Apostles that we find mentioned either in Scripture or any other ancient Records And after many Christians were converted unto thè Faith such was the liberality and bounty of believers in the beginning of Christianity that their bounty to the Evangelical Priesthood was so large as that it far exceeded what the tenth could have been or if you look to the first of the Apostles times then the unity of heart among them about Jerusalem was such that all was in common and none wanted And as many as were possessors of lands and houses sold them and brought the price of that which was sold and laid it at the Apostles feet and it was distributed to every man according as he had need So the whole Church both Ministers and Believers liv'd in common of that which was freely brought in and ministred for the service of the Saints so likewise the Church gathered by Mark at Alexandria in Egypt followed the same practice as the believers at Jerusalem And Ph●lu Judaeus saith That in many other Provinces the believers liv'd together in societies And in the Church at Anti●c● Galatia and Corinth the Saints possessed every man his own estate where the Apostle Ordained that a weekly offering should be made for the saints by every man according to the ability of his estate and this was put into the hands of the Deacons of the Churches whereby the poor was relieved and other necessary services supplied in the Church of God and this continued for that age The next age Monethly offerings were made or given among the saints by devout and able Christians the Over-se●●● appointed by the Church was to receive it and carefully and charitably dispose them according to the necessity of the saints for propagating of Christianity as