Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	covenant_n	sacrament_n	seal_n	4,627	5	9.5821	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78427	Sabbatum redivivum: or The Christian sabbath vindicated; in a full discourse concerning the sabbath, and the Lords day. Wherein, whatsoever hath been written of late for, or against the Christian sabbath, is exactly, but modestly examined: and the perpetuity of a sabbath deduced, from grounds of nature, and religious reason. / By Daniel Cawdrey, and Herbert Palmer: members of the Assembly of Divines. Divided into foure parts. 1. Of the decalogue in generall, and other laws of God, together with the relation of time to religion. 2. Of the fourth commandement of the decalogue in speciall. 3. Of the old sabbath, 4. Of the Lords day, in particular. The first part.; Sabbatum redivivum. Part 1	Cawdrey, Daniel, 1588-1664.; Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647.	1645 (1645)	Wing C1634; Thomason E280_3; ESTC R200035	350,191	408

take away some particularity circumstance about them and namely the individuall object of them and to abrogate and abolish that yet he vouchsafed to continue the Substance of those Lawes still under the New Testament and for that purpose himselfe ordained new Particularities new Individuall Objects whereby those Lawes should subsist and made only a change in the Circumstances and no diminution nor alteration at all of the Substance of those profitable Lawes Of this I have a double undeniable instance to produce one of the Ministery the other of the Sacraments 1 It cannot be denyed XXXI 1. In the Ministery but it is a Substantially Profitable Law for all men in all Ages That there should be some men set apart to minister between GOD and his People and the People submit to them being appointed of GOD to that office and depend upon them so far as GOD ordaines Accordingly besides Melchisedek mentioned to be a Priest of the most High GOD Divines generally hold that before the Leviticall Law was given every Father of a Family had the office of a Priest or Minister of God to his Family even from Adams time in Abrahams time Gen. 14. GOD as soon as ever he took Israel to be his people had first the first-borne to be his Priests Exod. 24.5 Num. 3. c. and afterward the Tribe of Levi and the Family of Aaron besides also his raising up extraordinary Prophets for part of that office But these Levites and Aaronites though he hath under the New Testament taken away from being Hereditary Ministers of his and so abolished their Order yet hath he not left his Church without Ministers But Christ himselfe upon Earth chose and sent some in that imployment and appointed them to send others in succession which accordingly they did as the Acts and Epistles shew and likewise continually gives gifts to men to that end Ephes 4. and so upon those who are according to his Word ordained to that Office lies the Substantiall Duty of GODS Ministers even the same for substance that was from the beginning namely to teach and pray and judge the People in things pertaining to GOD according to his Word And Gods people are bound to submit to them and depend upon them answerable to the rules of the Word as well and as much as they of old were to his Ministers in those times And all this because of the substantiall profit of those Lawes for Gods honour and mens soules as the termes of Embassadors Watchmen Shepheards Husbandmen Builders Fishers and the like doe abundantly testifie So that a substantially profitable Law appeares to be perpetuated even where God makes some change about it And if we consider that God did once speak to his people generally by his own Majestick voyce Exod. 20. and oftentimes of old to Particulars by Dreams and Revelations and by apparitions of Angels There was no necessity neither on Gods part nor Mens that such Lawes should be made or any such Office of Men establisht But it was only the pleasure of God and a Positive Law of his desired also by the people as we find Exod. 20. after they had heard that dreadfull voyce and in answer thereunto He promised a succession of Prophets Vide Calv. in locum and specially Christ the great Prophet Deut. 18. Yet for the substantiall profitablenesse of it perpetuated by God throughout all Ages and acknowledged and practised even by all the Heathens Yet by no Argument can it be proved Morall-Naturall as I suppose XXXII 2. In the Sacraments 2. The other Instance is yet more if need be undeniable for a Positive Law to be perpetuated because substantially-profitable for all men in all ages And that is the Law of the Sacraments of being Seales for confirmation of a Covenant between God and men Of this it cannot be said there is any necessity in regard of God who knowes all mens hearts before and without this nor yet absolutely in regard of Men For all Orthodox Divines hold men may be and are saved without them if they be not willing contemners of them They are then necessary only necessitate Praecepti not Medii And the nature of them is such as that God himselfe must appoint them or else they are so far from being necessary or profitable to advance his honour and Soules good that they are unlawfull to be used Men may not make or appoint Religious seales of the Covenant between God and them The using then of any such comes from Gods Positive Law Yet because in his Wisdome and Grace he saw it would be profitable for his Church to have such Seales of the Covenant between him and them And accordingly we are able to discourse of a substantiall profit of such seales of Gods appointment to strengthen our faith and engage us the more solemnly and strongly to him and that from time to time Therefore God not only gave to Adam in innocencie the Tree of Life for a Sacrament as Divines generally hold But after his fall Sacrifices which had certainly the nature of Sacraments seals of Gods covenant And now under the New Testament though he hath abolished the old seales of Circumcision and the Passeover and Sacrifices yet he hath not abolished the Law of Sacraments of Seales in generall though also that Law be no where expresly laid down in the generall but under the particular Seales of each Age But hath only changed the former Individuall Objects and set up himselfe new ones Baptisme and the Lords Supper Unto the Lawes of which even the generall Lawes of Seales to be gathered from the Old as well as the New Testament All his people are still bound because of the substantiall profitablenesse as well and as much as they of old were Though not to the specialties which appear peculiar to the old Seals Still then we find God Perpetuating Substantially-Profitable Lawes even although he change some circumstance about them We will therefore conclude this discourse and this Chapter with this Epiphonema from both our Rules That XXXIII An Epiphonema for conculsion as we being Subjects of the great Lawgiver dare not pleade our selves loose from any Law of his which we shall find in his Word and specially not from any such substantially-profitable Law without we can be sure he hath discharged us of it according as we have discoursed of expirations and repeale So upon this supposition We shall not need be overcurious in distinguishing Morall-Naturall from Morall Positive for both will come to one effect to us CHAP. III. Every Law of the Decalogue is a Morall and Perpetuall Law WEE have one Rule more to adde I. The third Rule Every Law of the Decalogue is Morall to know a Law to be Morall though but Positive and that is Every Law of the Decalogue or every one of the tenne Commandments is a Morall and Perpetuall Law This Rule we finde doth not passe currant with the contrary