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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	ghost_n	holy_a	imposition_n	5,347	5	10.7351	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
a57873	Præterita, or, A summary of several sermons the greater part preached many years past, in several places, and upon sundry occasion / by John Ramsey ...	Ramsey, John, Minister of East Rudham.	1659 (1659)	Wing R225; ESTC R31142	238,016	312

up their voice like a Trumpet and ring it out aloud in the words of Corah ye take too much upon you ye Ministers of the Gospel seing all the Congregation of the Lord are holy every one of them and the Lord is amongst them ver 3. And although it may suffice by way of answer to such a bold exception that it is the language of rebellion and just cause of fear there is that while men speak in the words of Corah they perish in the gainsaying of Corah as St. Jude hath it and although I might retort and return their words into their own mouths v. 7. ye take too much upon you ye sons of Levi ye sons of Lay men but to ●●g and grapple with the objection hand to hand and to try the strength and the sinews of it let that be granted as true that all the Congregation are holy every one of them with an external and faederal holiness and some in that number with habitual and saving grace yet notwithstanding the holiness of a general and Christian they want the holiness of a particular and special calling that goes under the name of ordination and holy orders that intitles them to the Ministry and gives them though not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and inables them by way of authority to the offices and the duties of it See it in the example of Barnabas and Saul Acts. 13 23. the holy Ghost said separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them and when they h●●d fasted and prayed and laid their hands upon them they sent them away Herein consists the holinesse of the Ministry in separating and setting men apart to that service in conferring of the holy Ghost that is a spiritual and Ghostly power which is given and received by the imposition of hands and that by means of ordination And should men from their general and Christian callings infer that they are Priests who are stiled by St. Peter a royal Priest-hood and an holy Nation 1 Pet. 2.9 they might as rationally conclude themselves to be Kings both which are joyned together by St. John And alike true in the same sense and hath made us Kings and Priests unto God Rev. 1.6 and yet as men may not invade the royalties of the Kingdom so neither can they justly assume and arrogate the dignity of the Priesthood And if we take a cursory survey and view of all times and ages we cannot but observe the distinction of Priest and people the people are as those that strive with the Priest Hos 4.4 and this striving of the people with the Priest doth fully evince the distinction of each from otherd or else they should be said to strive with themselves the Priests lips should keep knowledge and they should seek the law at his mouth Mal. 2.7 He and They He as the Lords messenger whose lips are the storehouse treasury and hive of knowledge They as the Bees that are to suck hony out of his combs Pass we from the old to the new Testament there we meet with Pastors and with their flocks take heed to your selves and to all the flock to feed the Church of God Acts. 20.28 nor is it more strange and dangerous for a flock to want a shepheatd then to be nothing else then shepheards and no flock at all Let him that is taught in the word communicate into him that teacheth Gal. 6.6 there were in St. Pauls time 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 some as Catechists others as Catechumeni that were instructed and taught by them And if we descend and fall down to the age of Tertullian we shall find that the whole Church was sorted into these two ranks and companies (d) Tertul. Apolog. ordinem plebem such as were in orders and the common people This necessary distinction is grounded upon the general and Apostolick Canon of St. Paul 1 Cor. 14.40 (*) Est allusio ad oeconomiam in qua haec duo requiruntur Pareus in Locum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost in Loc. let all things be done 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 decently and in order and how can things be done in order unlesse orders be maintained and kept up For order is nothing else as St. Austine defines it (e) August de Civit. Dei lib. 19. cap. 13. but parium impariumque sua cuique loca tribuens dispositio a right disposing and changing of things equal and unequal assigning unto each their proper rank and station and where there is not a due observing and keeping of their several standings in a just parity and imparity there can be neither natural civil military Four kinds of Order or Ecclesiastical order 1. 1. Natural There is a natural order of the several members in the same body and these distinct in nature and office in dignity and in duty if the whole body were an eye where were the hearing 1 Cor. 12.17 and is it not alike true if the whole body were a tongue what should become of the ear if all were Preachers we should be to seek and at a loss for want of hearers 2. 2. Politick There is a politick and civil order of Prince and people soveraign and subjects some rulers and governers others that are ruled and governed by them 3. 3. Military There is a military or wartial order in an Army consisting of several Officers and Offices General Colonels Captains Common Souldiers all these are observable in an Army unless it be that of Alcibiades wherein every man would be a guide and leader none guided or lead by others Ecclesiastical 4. There is an Ecclesiastical or Church order wherein God hath set First Apostles Secondly Prophets Thirdly Teachers Are all Apostles are all Prophets are all Teachers the Apostles interrogation is every way equivalent and carries with it the sonce of a peremptory negation and so much is there intimated and implied that all are not teachers or at leastwise ought not to be so who wanting both the extraordinary and immediate call of Prophets and Apostles together with that (e) Such a one was Petrus Waldo the father and founder of the Waldenses that took their name from him whom Alanus characters in this manner if he may be believed Qui suo spiritu ductus non a Deo missus no vam sectam invenit ut sine alicujus Praelati autoritate sine divina inspiratione sine conscientia sine litera praedicare praesumeret sine ratione Philosophus sine visione Propheta sine missione Apostolus sine instructione Didascalus Alanus contra Valdens lib. 20 cap 10. ordinary and ministerial call of common Pastors and Teachers are not to intrude and thrust themselves into the Ministry No man takes the honour to himself but he that is called of God as was Aaron Heb. 5.4 lo here is an universal negative no man which is exclusive of all takes this honour to himself that is in a fair and legal way as that