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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	king_n	samuel_n	saul_n	2,635	5	10.0337	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13142	A summe or a briefe collection of holy signes, sacrifices, and sacraments instituted of God euen since the beginning of the world, and of the true originall of the sacrifice of the Masse; Sum or a brief collection of holy signes, sacrifices and sacraments.	Ling, Nicholas, fl. 1563.; Brett, John, Sir, attributed name.; Devonshire, William Cavendish, Earl of, 1590-1628, attributed name.	1609 (1609)	STC 23434; ESTC S113014	129,473	362

Ely called Ophni Phinees Ophni Phinies corrupters of the sacrifices 1 Samuel 4 Who vnder the pretēce of deuotion comitted shameful whoredome with the couered women behinde the holy Tabernacle instituted of God for the which wickednes they were miserably slaine and the Arke of couenāt taken away by the Philistines Which they set in the Temple of their God Dagon 1 Samuel 7.6 The arke of the holy couenant but God not suffering this holy signe thus to bee prophaned threw downe the Image Dagon sent grieuous punishments to the Philistines in such sort that they were cōstrained to restore the Arke of the couenant of God Against corruption of holy signes This holy signe was so precious that forasmuch as the Bethsamits which were not of the order of the Leuits had abused it 50000 of the common people and 70. of the chiefe rulers were rooted out and slaine by the vengeance of God This example might make all those to tremble which enterprise to abuse the holy signes and sacraments ordeyned of God 2. Samuel 6. Vzzah Vzzah also for that he abused the same sacred signe notwithstanding that hee did it of a good intention for to lift vp the Arke of witnes hanging to much on the one side was hee not punished with death Of others abuses committed by the Israelits there is many examples Osias 2 Chron. 26. Osias was punished with leprosie for abusing the sacrifices in taking vpon him the ministery of encensing appointed to the priests onely Saul he first elected King of the Israelites was slaine and his kingdome giuen vnto another as was declared before of Samuel for abusing the sacrifices Saul 1 Sam. 13. Ioseph lib. 7 cap. 4. of the Iewes antiquities and suffering his people to commit the like abuses His successours in the kingdomes of Iuda and Israel haue not they alwaies continued in abusing and corrupting the sacrifices and sacraments ordeined of God when they did offer sacrifices to the Gods Astaroth of the Sidonians 1 Kigs 8.11 to Chantos of the Moabites and to Melcom or Moloch of the Ammonites in so much that they builded temples and oratories euen to offer incense and to doe sacrifices vnto them Ieroboam king of the Israelites Hieroboam 1 Kings 12. did not only cause a golden calfe to be erected as the high Priest Aaron had abused before but also did ordaine two golden Kine in the two Temples of Bethlel and Dan and ordained strange Priests corrupting the law of God and causing them to doe sacrifice after the fashion of Aaron 1. Kings 14. This Idolatrie and corruption of sacrifices did continue among the Israelites more than 400. yeares during the raigne of their kinges who had taught them to corrupt the true vse of the sacrifices in chapels and particuler oratories builded on the tops of hils and thicke forrests consecrated in violating the law of sacrifices ordained by God in the holy temple within the holy cittie 1. Kings 15. For particuler examples of the abuses committed against the true vse of sacrifices the historie of Ma●cha mother of king Asa is manifest who erected an Image of the God Pan and did consecrate and dedicate vnto him a thicke forrest offering sacrifices vnto it Achab another king of the Israelites did erect an Altar Achab. 1. Kings 16. and made sacrifices to the God Mars otherwise called Baal vnto whom he dedicated a grone to satisfie his wicked wife Iesabel Hee caused also another Altar and Temple to be erected to the God of the Tyriās he ordained Priests Sacrificers Ioseph lib. 8. chap. 10. and instituted foure hundred false Prophets Ochosias His sonne and successour Ochosias taught of his father to corrupt the vse of the sacrifices 2. Kings 1. did not onely offer to Baal otherwise called Mars but went forward in greater abuse he builded a Temple vnto the God of Accoronites called by Iosephus Myos Ioseph lib. chap. 1. and by the Greekes Priapus vnto the which God he did sacrifice To be short what more abhominable corruption can bee described Purgatorie 2. kings 16. 2. Kings 16.23 In the booke Alcoran Asoar 29.46 Asoar 5. ignem gehēna non nisi numero dierum preterminato animas sentire docet Alcor liber ad diem vetitatri omnes accedere operum ●orum mercedem accepturas Asoar then the inuention of the fire Purgatorie wherewith the Israelites did transgres causing their children to passe through the fire in Tophet a valley of the sonnes of Ennon sacrifizing vnto the God Moloch This corruption of sacrifices notwithstāding that it was in the time of Moises yet the Idol Moloch in the valley of Ennon was not cast downe till the raigne of King Iosias more then nine hundred yeares after Moyses Neuertheles this abuse doth continue among the Arabians and Affricans to this present so that the Alcoramists and Mahometists haue this beliefe that the soules of the departed must paste through the fire to bee purged and purified from their offences By this briefe gathering a man may clearely perceiue that from the begining of the world man by his owne fault hath fallen into the bottome of errour and corruption of holy signes sacrifices and sacramēts ordained to him of God But the principall abuse Cause of the corruption of sacraments whereof is sprung the originall of all Idolatrie entred by this meanes that fleshly carnall men did sticke more to the visible signes and outward ceremonies then to the things signified by the Sacraments Apo 13. for in place of circumcisiing their hearts Deut. 10.30 and cuting away of the old skin of sinne to be regenerated and purified by the bloud of the heauenly sacrifice offered before all worlds they haue taken circumcisiō carnally for the cutting of the carnall skinne Wherefore did they not follow the interpretation of God by Moyses to circumcise the foreskin of their heartes Wherefore did not the children of Israel giue credit to the good prophet Ieremie Ierem. 4. which admonished them of the spiritual circumcision and to circumcise the forekinne of their hearts in putting away the foreskinne of their naturall corruption The like is come to passe of the sacrifices and holy signes ordained of God for figures of the sacrifice fulfilled by Iesus Christ For the carnall man resteth in the corporall bloud of earthly beasts where he ought to lift vp his spirit to heauen to comprehend and conceiue that which is figured and signified by the sacrifices of beastes offered vp For this therefore the iustice of God is declared by the Prophets What neede haue I saith the Lorde God of your sacrifices Esry 1. I am weary of your offerings of sheepe Moreouer I take no pleasure in the bloud of beasts lambes and goates offered Wherefore trauell you to addresse Altars vnto me I will none of your offerings and vaine sacrifices I abhorre your incense I can not suffer your new moones your Sabbaoths