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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	case_n	peace_n	session_n	2,679	5	10.2445	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79883	Ministers dues and peoples duty; or A bill of accounts between ministers and people: shewing vvhat people owe unto their ministers; which may also serve to mind ministers, what they are to expect from their people. By Sam. Clark M.A. sometimes fellow of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridg, and now minister of Grendon Under-wood in Buckinghamshire.	Clark, Samuel, 1626-1701.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1661 (1661)	Wing C4494; Thomason E1057_4; ESTC R204352	37,580	60

upon the suspected judgement of a single Pastor but that you must search diligently after the truth and labour to find out whether those things he teaches be so or no as Act. 17.11 And also in weighty cases apply your selves to the unanimous Pastors of other Churches for their judgement But because all obedience is founded upon authority and where there is no power to command there is no obedience owing therefore I shall briefly assert the authority of Ministers over their people And that both Generally from those names and titles given unto them which clearly hold forth as much They are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as in the Tex● and rendred are over you and if God hath set them over you then he hath put you under them Rendred also such as rule or Rulers Rom. 12.8 1 Tim. 5.17 And that as a Governour rules his family 1 Tim. 3.5 a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and a Parent his children ver 12 b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and have not they power to command Called also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. 13.7 13 24. Shepheards Mat. 9.36 that lead guide and govern their flocks Stewards 1 Cor. 4.1 Fathers Philemon 10. All which imply superiority rule and authority and hence they have sometimes not only desired requested entreated and beseeched their people as in the Text but peremptorily commanded them as you may see severall times in one Chapter 2 Thess 5.4 6 10 12. And also Particularly in the severall cases aforementioned As See Baxter of Episc p. 8. 1. That they have Authority to teach their people and declare their duty unto them none will deny You may see their Commission Mat. 28.19 Some indeed allow thus much to others but I think none take it from them And 't is true private Christians may exhort admonish edifie one another but there is as much difference between these and a Ministers preaching as between a neighbours advice and a Justice of Peace his Warrant or between a Canon charged with a Bullet and one only with Powder which may make as great a noise but doth no execution 2. Concerning the Circumstantialls of publike worship not determined in Scripture that place 1 Cor. 14.40 empowers them to judge and determine Let all things be done decently and in order All things i. e. that he had been speaking of before viz. what language they should use and in what manner to exercise the gift of tongues and prophesying and others of like nature being only necessary Circumstances not determined by God not mysticall Ceremonies must be ordered by them in a grave sober and comely manner 3. For controversall points of faith or practise which we call Cases of Conscience which people understand not so well themselves their Ministers have likewise power to determine as appears by the practise of the Councell at Jerusalem who made binding determinations for the Church Acts 15.28 It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay upon you no greater burden then those necessary things Not necessary in their own nature but in that present juncture of time for the avoiding of offence Even as the Priests under the Law had power to determine controversies Deut. 17.8 12. and as among us Justices of Peace have at the Sessions 5. Patient submission Patient Submission in case of Censure by Admonition Suspension or Excommunication submit your selves saith the Apostle Heb. 13.17 which properly refers to some punishment Not on the one hand fretting raging railing and crying out that they take too much upon them and meddle with that that belongs not to them What! cannot a man be overtaken a little but he must presently be told of it and censur'd for it Nor on the other hand slighting and making nothing of it and saying Well! If I cannot receive the Sacrament here I can go elsewhere where I can If he will not give it me yet I hope God will save me without him this is far from submission but to be sensible of your demerit to acknowledg the justice of the sentence and to endeavour by a speedy repentance and reformation to get it revok't and your selves restored to communion with the Church again as the incestuous person did 2 Cor. 2.7 And this submission is due to them upon the account of that power they have received from Christ to call their people to account for their miscarriages and to take cognizance of scandalous sins and transgressions of Gods Law by hearing complaints and testimony of witnesses Mat. 18.16 17. by censuring judging or passing sentence upon offenders 1 Cor. 5.12 Do not ye judg them that are within and that finally and decisively so as that there lies no appeal from that censure Mat. 18.17 If he neglect to hear the Church there 's no further process no appeal to the Civil Magistrate Levit. 13. Here 's the non plus ultra of these cases let him be to you c. Even as under the Law the Priests were judicially decisively to determine concerning Lepers and to pronounce them either clean or unclean and according to the Priests sentence was the person to be accounted to all intents and purposes so as to be admitted or excluded the Congregation so it is here And then in case of Repentance they have power to absolve acquit pronounce clean as I may so say and to admit to communion with the Church again called by Christ loosing or unbinding Mat. 18.18 a metaphor shewing the efficacy and strength of Church-censures and forgiving their sins Joh. 20.23 And therefore I would not have people to think they may do what they will and have nothing said to them profane the Sabbath and be blameless be drunkards swearers negligent in coming to Church and yet scape scot-free No the Ecclesiasticall as well as the Civill Magistrate I mean their Pastors may and must punish them for such miscarriages And as it 's a neglect of their duty and betraying the trust in Justices of Peace or Constables to see the Laws of the Land broken and take no course with transgressors so that Minister neglects his duty that suffers his people to live in such sins and doth not only not reprove and admonish but also not call them to account and more deeply censure them for the same And if this be not a compulsive power and that as great nay more as we shall see anon then any Civill Magistrate on earth hath then I know not what a compulsive power is For how do Magistrates use to compell their subjects Why only in a morall not physicall or naturall way i. e. when they forbid such a practise suppose murder they do not tye the hands of all their subjects but only annex a penalty to the Law that if any transgress they shall be punished in such a manner So for things enjoyn'd the penalty is the compulsion Now this power have Ministers power to punish and revenge all disobebience 2 Cor.