Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	act_n	faith_n	love_n	2,097	5	5.4649	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89283	A lost ordinance restored: or, Eight questions in reference to that principle of the foundation of the doctrine of Christ, termed laying on of hands, (as they are said to be lovingly propounded to all those churches of Jesus Christ in London and elsewhere, that plead or preach for the use thereof; or to any one member of the Lord Jesus Christ that doth so; by Henry Danvers Edm. Chillinden John Freeman John Mason John Pym John Sturgion Fra: Heckman Tho. Dafen James Pilman John Howard Michael Cole Robert Rayner Robert Jeffs. John Showel Rich. Glene) lovingly answered, by one of the least of all saints, and therefore writes himself an unworthy servant to the father of the least of saints: John More.	More, John, of Barnelms.	1654 (1654)	Wing M2682; Thomason E727_1; ESTC R206818	7,357	8

A Lost Ordinance RESTORED Or Eight QUESTIONS in reference to that Principle of the Foundation of the doctrine of Christ termed Laying on of hands as they are said to be lovingly propounded to all those Churches of Jesus Christ in London and elsewhere that plead or preach for the use thereof or to any one member of the Lord Jesus Christ that doth so By Henry Danvers Edm. Chillinden John Freeman John Mason John Pym John Sturgion Fra Heckman Tho. Dafen James Pitman John Howard Michael Cole Robert Rayner Robert Jesss John Showel Rich. Glene Lovingly answered By one of the least of all Saints and therefore writes himself an unworthy servant to the Father of the least of Saints John More FRiends I love you and in love do I salute you wishing unto you grace and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ Col. 1. 2. humbly beseeching you by the meekness and gentleness of our Lord Jesus Christ and the expectation of his coming for our eternal rejoycing thinke me not your enemy if in love I tell you the truth Gal. 4. 16. For indeed I travel in birth with you injoying no rest within my self since in your printed Paper I understood the search you made after this truth of God till Christ in this and all other of his commands be perfectly formed in you Gal. 4. 19. Wherefore my Friends when I had received your Paper I was marvellously straightened till I had in love discharged my duty 1 Pet. 4. 10. therefore according to your earnest and as I judge in the simplicity of my soul well intended desires I made haste in this my undertaking from the word of truth which you in your Paper have owned and I doubt not will owne as that rule by which we must both be directed and judged according to the ability that God hath given me 1 Pet. 4. 11. in love to satisfie you according to your caution shewing my readiness in all possible meekness as it ought to be in every one of us to render a reason to all that shall ask us 1 Pet. 3. 15. My earnest prayer therwith to God being for you that your hearts may be opened Acts 16. 14. and your understandings inlightned Eph. 1. 18. by that Spirit of the almighty God which onely leadeth into all truth John 16. 12 13. through the hearing of faith Gal. 3. 2. that worketh by love Gal. 5. 6. and is demonstrate in action James 2. 14 18. that you may not any longer whilst ye ought to be teachers and are teachers of others have need that one teach you rightly which be the first principles of the doctrine of Christ and so your selves need milk whilst you give unto others strong meat which stand in need of milk as well as you which I in my present judgement do humbly conceive is not a right dividing of the truth 2 Tim. 2. 15. Heb. 5. 12. 1 Cor. 3. 2. Heb. 5. 14. Wherefore as to the Queries in which your non-satisfaction may be the main cause why you act thus I shall affectionately indeavour to give you satisfaction and that particularly and briefly concluding with a short general exhortation both to you and all the Churches that profess to love the Lord Jesus in sincerity wheresoever it shall come Quer. 1 First you desire to know what you are commanded to say or do that you may be found faithful in this point otherwaies to be discovered disobedient unto a command by the word of God which is the onely director here and that which shall be our judge at the last day Answ. To this my answer is twofold First to what you ought to know or say and secondly what ye ought to do in reference hereunto First If you will not disowne that you here allow of viz. the word of God as I have confidence you will not you must of necessity say this is one of those principles which are not useless of the very foundation of the doctrine of Christ Heb. 6. 1 2. Secondly To the second what ye ought to do I answer if this be one of the principles of the foundation you ought to lay no other foundation then what is laid of which Christ Jesus is the corner stone 1 Cor. 3. 11. compared with Eph. 2. 20. 2. If this be milk for babes then as ye ought not to cast away the Childrens bread Matthew 15. 26. so ought ye not to cast away their milk but feed them with it 1 Cor. 3. 2. Thirdly In sum these things ye ought to say to teach to do as a principle in the foundation of the doctrine of Christ otherwaies ye go about to lay another foundation than what is laid which is neither to be added to or taken from under the penalty of a sad and dreadful soulastonishing curse Rev. 22. 18. Wherefore whosoever he be that laies a foundation with more principles adding thereto lays not the same but another foundation and wo be unto him Rev. 22. 18. And whosoever he be that shall lay a foundation with less principles taking from them either Christ the chiefe Pillar or any other pillar or principle of the foundation layes not the same foundation but another and wo be unto him Rev. 22. 19. Quer. 2 Secondly you desire to know some place in the word of God if we know of any say you where our Lord Jesus Christ or any of his Apostles or Disciples preached this doctrine viz. that Baptized believers ought to practise or submit unto laying on of hands Answ. 2. To this I answer that from what hath been already said is sufficiently proved not onely the teaching it but also a teaching it as a foundation-principle of Christs doctrine which was also practised by baptized believers with breaking of bread and prayer Act. 21. 41. Secondly If it be so as it is manifest it is that this not onely belongs to the Doctrine of Christ but it is also a principle in the very foundation or ground-work of that doctrine Heb. 5. 12. Heb. 6. 1 2. then are they so forward in teaching it that they teach whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in it hath not God 2 John 9 vers. compared with Heb. 6. 1 2. and 1 Tim. 6. 3 4 5. Thirdly If it be so that this appertaineth to the doctrine of Christ then I say they do not barely teach it but also teach it to them to whom they teach it to teach it others that may teach it others 1 Tim. 4. 16. compared with 2 Tim. 3. 14. and 2. 2. Quer. 3. You say that the reason of this Querie is the desire of many that baptized believers should require hands to be laid on them Therefore you desire of them to shew you some place of Scripture if they know any that doth express such a behaviour either of the Administrator or the person on whom hands were laid Answ. 3. To this I answer if baptized believers are babes in Christ they have need of milk Heb. 5. 13 12.