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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	king_n	lord_n	sceptre_n	2,040	5	10.9794	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04576	Dauids teacher, or The true teacher of the right-vvay to heauen Discouering erroneous teachers and seditious sectuaries. Preached at Paules-Crosse the 3. of September. 1609. By Ro: Iohnson, M. of Arts, chaplaine to the Right Reuerend Father in God, the L. Bishop of Lincolne.	Johnson, Robert, chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln.	1609 (1609)	STC 14694; ESTC S107451	26,498	52

maligno est positus all the world lieth in wickednesse Shal we goe to the flesh alasse caro concupiscit aduersus spiritum the flesh lusteth against the spirit the spirit against the flesh that yee cannot doe whatsoeuer ye would Shall wee goe to the Diuel absit he is a tempter and seducer of the brethren Leo rugens a roring Lion and a red Dragon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to whome shall wee goe Shall we goe to men alas the children of men are set on fire their teeth are speares arrowes and their tongue a sharpe sword Vaine is the helpe of man trust not in Princes nor in any childe of man for there is no helpe in them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To whom shal wee goe To our selues alas least comfort of all our consciences accuse vs as Iosephs brethren accused one another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To whome then shall we goe To the law the law is a Schoole-master to Christ To prophets they points vs to Christ. To Angels they adore Christ. Reu. 22. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To whome shall wee goe to God without Christ Horribile est de Deo siue Christo cogitare It is a fearefull thing to thinke of God without Christ. In the 6. of Iohn 68. when the Disciples that heard Christ began to fal away and grow to an Apostacy he being also iealous of these eleuen said vnto them what will ye also goe away Simon Peter answered 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to whome shall wee goe Lord thou hast the words of eternall life which answer of Simon Peter sheweth vs to whome wee must go to learne to him which hath the words of eternal life Iohn 6. to him which teacheth Dauid and all the elect Psal. 1. 33. To him which is the true Messias promised from the beginning To him which is the true Paschal Lamb that was slaine from the beginning To him which is the Lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the world To him which is a king which hath the soueraintie of heauen and earth To him which is a priest and that for euer after the order of Melchisedech to him which is a prophet and which spake in and by all the prophets To him which is a king to rule vs a Priest to pray for vs and a prophet to instruct vs. To him which is a King and ruleth his church with his Septrum regni the Scepter of thy kingdome is a right Scepter To him which is a Priest which euer liueth and maketh intercession for vs. To him which is a prophet far excelleth all the Prophets of Iuda To Dauids teacher and Dauids Lord which is the teacher instructer of his elect Teach me O Lord. And this Doctrine brancheth it selfe into two parts 1 By whome God teacheth 2 By what meanes he teacheth God teacheth by himself immediatly in his own essence and nature 1 God himselfe taught our parents both law Gospell Gen. 2. thou shalt not eate of the tree that is in the middest of the garden for in whatsoeuer houre thou eatest thereof thou shalt die the death God taught our Parents the Gospell also Genesi 3 the seede of the woman shall breake the Serpents head Againe God teacheth vs by his written lawes Exodus 20. God spake all these words and said I am the Lord thy God thou shalt haue no other Gods but mee And this law he expounded by the mouth of his Prophets in the succedent ages of world in the daies of the Kings of Iuda and Israel 2 Secondly God teacheth vs by his Sonne or God the Sonne teacheth vs. Heb. 1. God which in times past did diuerslie and many waies speake vnto the fathers by Prophets hath in these last daies spoken vnto vs by his owne Sonne and Math. 9. 35. Iesus went about teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the Gspell of the kingdome and healing euerie sicknesse and euery disease among the people And Mathew 11. 1. And it came to passe that when Iesus had made an end of commanding his twelue Disciples he departed thence to teach and to preach in their Cities Thus God the Son teacheth vs. Teach me O Lord. 3. Thirdly God the holy Ghost teacheth vs so Iohn 14. 26. When the Comforter is come which is the holy Ghost he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoeuer I haue told you Thus the holy Ghost also teacheth vs which sheweth vnto vs. The dignitie and excellency of the office of preaching the Gospell It is called euangelium regni and ceptrum regni the Gospell ot the kingdome the Scepter of the kingdome the Scepter of the kingdome is a right Scepter there 's the power and dignitie of the Gospell What neede I stand to shew how the worthies of the world haue graced this calling of preaching the Gospel Dauid King of Israel chose to be stiled a prophet Salomon the wise commonly called a preacher Nay our Sauiour Christ himself heauens only Phoenix and earthes great Satrapasse he which hath the soueraignty both of heauen and earth did vndertake this magnum opus this great office and worke of preaching the Gospell Secondly the necessity of teaching and preaching is heere commended vnto vs Teach me O Lord for if this had not beene verie needfull why would Christ himselfe take vpon him this weightie and painefull office So necessarie as nothing is more necessarie then hoc vnum this one thing Martha Martha saith our Sauiour Christ thou art carefull about many things verily one thing is needfull Mary hath chosen the best part which shall not bee taken from her If such then be the dignitie and necessitie of this office of teaching preaching the Gospel why are yet the ministers therof so contemned despised why are they so traduced and slandered why is the dignitie of the church so indignified disgraced the orders and constitutions depraued violated her liuings and maintenance so cut and mangled That Prophecie of Esay concerning the Church is now come to passe And the Daughter of Sion shall bee left like a cottage in a Vineyard like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers like a besieged Citie This poore daughter the church is left indeed bare enough now without dowrie without gifts without golde she is robbed of all these As Iacob said Me haue yee robbed of my Children Ioseph is away and Simeon is away wil ye take Beniamin also al those things are against me so may the Church say Me haue ye robbed my maintenance is away my props and pillars decay our greene pastures and rich medowes are drowned by sacriledge all these things are against me ye haue robbed me As the Israelites sometimes robbed the Aegyptians they borrowed Iewels of siluer and Iewels of gold but they neuer meant to pay them againe they robbed the Aegyptians so is the church robbed cousened of her maintenance they haue borrowed

Sodome no sooner ye can touch them but they are presently turned into dust So are all the riches and treasures of this life But heere are treasures that shall continue for euer therefore let vs learne with the Prophet heere to keepe them and hold them fast Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes and I will keepe it vnto the end But because we cannot keepe it vnlesse we apprehend it let vs first desire to bee taught with Dauid which is the subiect of his request Teach This verbe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doceo is oftentimes construed with two accusatiue cases as Doceo teliteras so in this place Doce me viam Teach mee the way First Teach me then Teach me the way So in Isay populum quem docebis scientiam I send thee to a people whom thou shalt teach knowledge So that both these things are requisite to a Teacher first that he haue populum quem docere a people whom to teach and then that he haue scientiam quid docere learning and knowledge what to teach In our precedent times wee had quem docere people and maintenance enough for Teachers and wanted quid docere learning to teach but now many haue scientiam learning to teach and want quem a people maintenance for teaching Both these had Dauids Teacher Hee hath wisdome what to teach and then a people whom to teach his elect Wherein out of this word teach obserue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Doctoris sapientiam the wisdome of the Teacher And this we need not stand vpon for hee is solus sapiens only wise Now vnto the God immortall inuisible to God only wise Nay hee is infinite in his wisdome Great is the Lord and great is his power yea and his wisdome is infinite There 's the wisdome of this Teacher Secondly out of this word Teach wee learne Ignorantiam discipuli the ignorance of men in the knowledge and practise of Gods Law before they be taught and regenerate by the spirit of God So ignorant was I euen as it had beene a beast before thee So ignorant was I There 's his ignorance before regeneration He speaketh of what he had beene not what now he is being taught and regenerate The naturall man cannot perceiue the things that bee of God because he iudgeth carnally The great worthies of the world renowned for learning and wisdome were farre from the knowledge of Gods Law because they were led naturally by reason only Zeno the Athenian of Greece and chiefe of the Stoicks sect which held that vertue was the summum bonum and chiefest felicitie This was good Theorick and contemplatiue learning yet it is farre from that learning which Dauid heere desires the knowledge and practise of Gods Law Plato and Aristotle of the Perepatetick sect held that actio virtutis not onely the knowledge but the practise of vertue to bee their summum-bonum and chiefest good This learning is excellent for it is practick and a morall action yet they come short of the knowledge of Gods Law And therefore this is that Philosophie which Paul biddeth vs beware of Take heed and beware of Philosophie for this wisdome God hath cast away Isay 29. 14. I will destroy the wisdome of the wise and cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent And this also the holy Ghost derideth 1. Cor 1. 12. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Where is the wise Where is the Scribe Where is the disputer of this world Hath not God made the wisdome of this world foolishnesse For since the world by wisdome knew not God in the wisdome of God it pleased God by simplenesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue But what speake I of the ignorance of the naturall man It is Dauid heere that is something more then a naturall man that desireth to be taught In the second place the person making request Teach me not an ignorant man not a simple man neither a man of any low ranke or ordinarie calling his regall title is The kingly Prophet a King and no lesse then a Prophet And wisdome is requisite for both these for in respect he was a King he had need of wisdome whereby hee might rightly sway the sword of Iustice but not only in this respect did Dauid desire to be taught when hee said Teach mee O Lord he did not meane how he should gouerne his Kingdome which is very requisite but teach mee thy statutes teach me this Neither doth Dauid that is trained vp in the schoole of regeneration onely once or twice make this request to be taught in the knowledge and practise of Gods Law but maketh many requests to the same purpose When he is come to some perfection in the knowledge of Gods Law he will not heere rest Wherein obserue The elect themselues when they are come to some perfection in the knowledge and practise of Gods Law must not heere sit downe and rest but must still proceed to learne and practise the way of Gods Statutes and Lawes Teach me O Lord. Direct me in the pathes of thy Commandements c. Dauid though learned in Gods Law yet desireth still to bee taught to bee instructed to bee directed For hee can neuer with his best endeuours come to the center and perfection of this learning And this serues to reprooue the carelesnesse of many both in learning and practising the Law and word of God Men thinke when they can but say the Lords praier or the Creed they are learned enough they need know no more nor doe any more but only repeat it no more belongeth vnto it When but once or twice in a yeere they heare a Sermon and that with a cold zeale that it freezeth or receiue the Lords Supper once a yeere to saue themselues from the danger of the Law it is well enough And thus doe the poore blinde wormes of the world deceiue themselues and are content with a very little learning in his law and word and a lesse practise in the same The wisdome heere then is that which Paul teacheth in 1. Cor. 1. 7. The manifestation of the spirit is giuen to euerie man to profit withall They that are called by the spirit should profit in the spirit lest they bee excluded out of the schoole of Christianitie for non proficients and thrust out of Gods fauour for the neglect and contempt of his law And thus much out of the word doce Teach me and so let vs come vnto the third place which is Dauias teacher O Lord Teach me O Lord Heere is Dauids teacher Heere is the teacher of teachers and pastor of pastors and doctor of doctors that apposeth doctors themselues and astonisheth them with his wisdom Luk. 1. 46. This is Dauids teacher he hath no worse he desireth no better for a better cannot be To whom then shall we goe to learne Shal we go to the world alasse totus mundus in