Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	aaron_n	afraid_a	ascend_v	24	3	9.9616	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47283	Ichabod: or, Five groans of the church: Prudently foreseeing, and passionately bewailing her second fall: Threatened by these five dangerous, though undiscerned, miscarriages that caused her first: Viz. [bracket] 1. Undue ordination, 2. Loose prophaness, 3. Unconscionable symony, 4. Careless non-residence, 5. Encroaching pluralities. Humbly presented to her supreme head and governour, the kings most excellent majesty, and his great council, the Parliament of England.; Ichabod.	Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711.	1663 (1663)	Wing K264A; ESTC R22531	49,473	66

de terra crying from the ground that by luxury or sloth by covetousnes or griping by insolence or pride by carelesness or loosenesse by disorder and irregularitie shall ju●tifie mens malice against me and by that means perswade credulous and easie people that is true that hath been said of me all is just that hath been inflicted upon me I know not what Wo is heavy enough for him O alas my Brother O it had been better for him he had never been born 5. My Doctrince I can maintaine my discipline I can assert my constitution I can vindicate ●ou you O my Sons I cannot justifie 〈…〉 I must hear your reproach and cannot gain saie it Five things there are that tend equallie to mine and your own ruine which I must charge you before the world Five things that will insensiblie undermine my famous Fabrick which hath been the care and labour of so many years when erected and the miracle of this last year when restored These five sad Particulars are 1. Vndue Ordination 2. An unconscionable Simony 3. Carelesse Non-residence 4. Loose Prophaneness 5. Encroaching Pluralities CHAP. II. The Church of England's resentment of Vndue Ordination ALthough I am well satisfied whatever the Romanists and others have of late suggested that my Ordination is Authentick ●●imitve and proper in the form o● it is valid in the Author being by men ordained in an uninterrupted succession by the Primitive Bishops as they were by the Apostles and the Apostles by Christ and Jesus Christ by God himself and is regular and legal in the circumstances of it being agreeable to the established Lawes of the Realm yet not without much regret must I confesse that solemn investiture of men to the great calling of Ministers fallen much below its native glory much shrunk in its Primitive sacrednesse and reverence and extreamly decayed in its first esteem and honour beca●se my Reverend Bishops in the great intricacies of late alterations are surprized to be●low the honour of that high calling 1. upon the Young 2. upon the Unlearned 3. upon the Debauched and 4. upon the Factious SECT I. Of Young Ministers whereof I have a Call of above 3000. WO is me when I have those that teach before they have learned that I have those that would instruct others and have need themselves be iustructed which are the first principles of the Doctrine of Christ. Instead of the ancient Fathers we have children who are made Priests in all Lands Former times honoured my excellent Clergy for their age and gravity reverenced them for their learning and austerity and esteemed them as the wonder of the world and said Ask the Father and he will shew thee thine ancients and they shall tell thee this age slights them for their youth and weakness for their ignorance and unexperience as persons that are but of yestardy and know nothing We have understanding saith the common people to the young men as well as you we are not inferiour to you yea who knoweth not such things as these As the Patriarchs separated their first-bo●n for the Priest-hood and Moses Aaron reserved them●elves many years for their Ministries and the Law prepared men thirty years for the fa●red service and the blessed Jesus the Preacher of righteousness entred not until the thirtieth year of his Age upon the great work of the Ministry so my Bishops knowing how to behave themselves in the work of God which is the Church of the living God the pillar and ground of truth took heed to themselves and the ●locks over which the holy Ghost had made them Overseers that they laid hands suddenly on no man neither were partakers of other mens sins but keep themselves pure taking care that men be first proved and then use the Office of a Deacon being found blamelesse and then when they had used the Office of a Deacon well and purchased to themselves a good degree of a Priest or Bishop then they took care t●at they should be blamelesse vigilant sober of good behaviour given to hospitality apt to teach not Novices left being lifted up with pride they fall into the condemnation of the Devil Moreover they took care they might have a good report of them that are without lest they fall to reproach and condemnation of the Devil But now since the loosenesse of these late times there are admitted to the Priesthood of the meanest of the people who are not the sons of Levi as in Ieroboam's days every one that will is made a Priest that he may have bread to eat Those Pulpits that were filled with ancient Fathers are now Desks for young children those solemne Assemblies that were rapt up into the third Hea●●● with pious Sermons and devout Prayers hear the late pe●antique Herangues and juvenile Orations with scorn and laughter those people that thronged to hear the wisdome of God delivered in the 〈◊〉 of the Spirit and with power are quite weary of that true foolishnesse of Preaching that consists onely in the childish wisdome of words and in the trifling enticing words of mans wisdome I had reverend men that shewed themselves a pattern of good works in Doctrine shewing uncorruptnesse gravity sincerity sound speech that cannot be condemned that they that were of The contrary party were ashamed having no evill to say of them when I ordained Elders in every City I had men blameless sober ju●t holy temperate whose judgements were setled whose passions were allayed whose aff●ctions were composed whose actions were advised and conversation exact and uniforme since every one did what was good in his own e●es My young Ministers have been unstable in all their wa●s unsetled in their minds rash in t●eir undertakings imprudent in their carriage weak in their discourses unexperienced in their behaviour not even orderly and stayed in their conversation to the grief of good men who esteem all Ministers very highly in love for their works sake to the joy of those evil men that have ill-will for Sion who cry Aha aha so would we have it O young men who requireth these things at your hands Why do you run before I am willing to send you O how dare you take this Office upon you until you are called with solemn preparation as was Aaron Are not you afraid now you have newly passed the elements of Philosophy and the first principles of Nature to look into those mysteries which the Angels desire to look into to search into that knowledge which passe●h knowledge Are not you afraid to ascend that Pulpit whither Luther said he never ascended though very aged without fear and trembling Are not you afraid to undertake that dreadful work from which the Prophets fled the Fathers avoided the Primitive Pastors trembled at Do you know what you do when you undertake to be Embassadors in Christs stead to bring back the world to God to be Co-workers with God in the salvation of souls to be Angels of the Church to be as Stars in Gods right