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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	act_n	priest_n	66	3	5.8978	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80845	Fœlix scelus, querela piorum, et auscultatio divina; or, prospering prophaneness provoking holy conference, and Gods attention, in which you have the [brace] happy estate of the wicked, holy exercise of the godly, hazard and event of both. Plainly propounded in sundry sermons preached at Botolphs Algate London: and after contracted in two sermons preached in Peters Church in West-Chester, July 17. 1659. Now published to the counsell and confirmation of the godly; and check of the false surmises and reports of the wicked. / By Zachary Crofton.	Crofton, Zachary, 1625 or 6-1672.	1659 (1659)	Wing C6993; Thomason E1870_1; ESTC R209731	120,321	422

of wickedness The very plowing of the wicked is sin their whole design is to dig descents into Hell they are true drudges to the Devil they plow iniquity sow wickedness Job 4. v. 8. arrant serunt occant scelera they drudge night and day turning up all the corruption in their hearts and conveniences in the world for the effecting of their devices all their expences and endeavours is to this end Thus Alexander the great promised a Crown of an hundred and eight poud weight to the men that drunk themselves dead and thus Charles the ninth of France gave Albertus Tudius an Hucksters son six hundred thousand Crowns to teach him to swear with a grace and make him an exact Artist in his impiety In a word they are sinners in action not only in intention They devise iniquity on their beds and act it when the day is light because it is in the power of their hand Mica 2.1 Suggestion are smoothered in the godly and prophaneness in them seldome passeth into purpose but this seed soon springs in prophane soil and having conceived it brings forth not onely purposes but practises also Jam. 1. 15. they are sinners of duration not transiency they continue in their course of prophaneness the practice of sin is the prison of the pious if they fall they recover by repentance Isa 56.12 but in the palace of the prophane they cry out to morrow shall be as this day and much more abundant they abide in their wicked course against friendly counsels misteriall reproofs checks of conscience and corrections of Gods severe hand they will not be warned nay if God hedge up their way they leap hedges and rush into sin as the horse into the battle Ier. 8 6. and will not be restrained they carry guilt without any remorse and run on in profaneness without any return they are workers of wickedness who never cease till they compleat the estate of darkness designed by their master the Divell they are sinners of diligence and delight not sloth or reluctancy they play at acts of piety and are therein careless and superficiall but work wickedness with all their skill and will laying out study and strength on sin as sold to work it so far are they from slipping any opportunity that they rise early and seek occasions of sin and make provision for the flesh they compass sea and land contrive conveniences and stir up corruptions admit no check or curb of conscience but as spurred go on from evill to evill and wax worse and worse so that this is the first note of such who may prosper in the world they are workers of wickedness to whom you must confess all wrath and woe doth belong Rom. 2.8.9 and therefore it may seem strange that they should who yet do prosper and yet they are not onely workers of wickedness But 2. Note of prophaness Mich. 7.3 Secondly Proud workers of wickedness not onely do these men do wickednesse with both hands earnestly Exodus 18.11.21.11 but they also deale arrogantly boyling and swelling with spite and spleen against God and his people pursuing their own ends confidently and daring Proud haughty and scornfull is their name Prov. 21.24 they swell in their own sence unto the forgetting God and themselves and the scorn and contempt of others they are insolent towards men and impudent towards God in the pride of their heart they disdain the poor and oppresse them Psal 10.2 their hearts swell with such apprehensions of their estate and enjoyments that their eyes do sparkle with pride they are of haughty and scornfull looks their hands can act nothing but appression vengeance and destruction to the Mordecai and his people who deny to adore their Hamam like pride their tongues can speak nothing but braggs boastings and arrogancy their very jesture is a Comment on their pride they are so lifted up they think none is or can be like them their enjoyments are in their eyes unparalleled unchangeable excellencies and therefore they require all prostration of others to their pride their haughtiness can abide no obstruction but their wrath swells to the ruine and removall of them who dis-respect their dignity and disobey their unjust demands they taunt at the godly in their adversity and insult over their calamity with an Ha Ha so we would have it where is now your God Psal 35.21.137.3 Mat 27.43 sing us your Hebrew songs he trusted in God let him save him if he will have him they sit in security and say they shall not bee moved their purposes they pursue with the height of resolution because with in the power of their hands We will pursue we will overtake we will destroy are their proud terms towards Gods Israel Exo 15.9 so that they can admit no parity among men nor parly between reason their own proud thoughts nor are they more insolent towards men then impudent towards God appropriating to themselves their own power might acquirement what they hold by divine indulgence Our high hand Deu. 32.27 Dan. 4.30 not the Lord hath done all this Is not this great Babell which I have built for the house of my kingdom by the might of my power and for the honour of my majesty is their proud boasting language witnessing that they forget God that ruleth in the Kingdome of men and hence they arrogate to themselves the honour and adoration as did the Roman Emperours which only belongeth unto God their Image must be worshipped on pain of a fiery furnace and prayers must be presented to no God save themselves on pain of a Lions den and in the haughtiness of their spirit they blspheme Gods holy name denying his power with Sennacherib who is the God that can deliver out of my hand Isa 37. and determine the execution of their own purposes in despight of God as did Pope Julius in eating his porke-flesh as if omnipotency should not hinder them nay such is their pride that they break all bonds and presume to intermeddle with holy things without their sphere Corah's conceipt of the peoples holinesse carrieth not onely to the contempt of Moses and Aaron but unto a proud preposterous unwarrantable approach to God Vzziah is no sooner made mighty by the Lord but his heart is lifted up and he breaks all order and thinks scorn to be limited in any act he takes a Censer and goes into the Temple to offer incense 2 Chron. 26.18 nor will he be by the Priest of God warned to desist his sin in a word he is so proud that he forgets God by whom he subsists and strives against God who can soon break him in pieces blasphemeth the Lord who is jealous of his name and although God hate the workers of iniquity and resist proud doers yet these are the men that meet with prospering providences for a time 3. These men are yet more wicked 3. note of prophaness for they are proud

succeeding in their guilded impiety do by doctrine practice direct you to self constitution in Church way decline it depend upon Gods publick ministery in disposing of you untill you can make corporations without Civill think not to make Churches without Religious and divine sanction 2. Private Christians may not under the colour of holy conference consecrate things or Persons unto God self constitution must needs produce sinfull consecrations for no body politick can be preserved or Resolved into order and any capacity of acting without Officers and therefore the Congregationallists in plain the Independents who make self aggregation the form of Church constitution give not only power to men unordained not consecrated to come nigh unto God in the most holy and publick of administrations but make that self-collected body the subject of the keyes and Receptacle of all Church power from and by whom the administrators of Gods ordinances must be appointed and ordained and thus their leaders having resolved themselves members of such a society Receive from that society a ministery but beloved do you consider consecration of any thing or person unto God is an act of office and Authority none may come nigh to God in the administration of holy things but such who are thereunto consecrated this God hath made manifest by the Perez-Vzzah made in Israel for Vzzahs putting forth a common hand to stay Gods holy Arke when tottering and Ready to fall the desire to support Re●igion in danger to fall will not defend this impiety and by the leprosie of King Vzziah for presuming to meddle with the Priests function and by the censers of Corah and his company be●ten into plates and made Monuments of memoriall that no unconsecrated persons meddle with the holy things of God nor can it in Reason be thought that the ministry should lie common to be taken up by any hand and at pleasure for that it is an office and function place and particular order in the Church of God charged with speciall service appointed to a proper end prepared unto by speciall qualities and indowed wi●h speciall priviledges men will not let civill offices lie common who contend to lay open holy functions and so dissolve all order in the Church as none but holy persons may come nigh to God so nothing unhallowed must be presented unto God as a part of his worship if the sons of Aaron pressed into Gods presence with any prophane and unhallowed thing they should perish none but holy fire must burn on Gods altar common Elements as water in baptisme and bread and wine in the Lords supper must be consecrated before they become acts of worship and seals of Gods covenant It is blasphemy and prophanesse to make every table the Lords table and common use of creatures bread or wine the commemoration of Christ his death and sufferings the most sinfull Schismatiques will confess consecration of things and persons necessary and you must know that this is not the work of every no not of any private hand men cannot communicate what they have not received nor stamp peculiarity on others who never had it stamped on themselves It is Gods standing Law that the Priests sons of Aaron consecrated themselvs do consecrate things and persons that shall come nigh to God and therefore it is Israels Horrid impiety in their defection from the house of David and altar of God that whosoevor would might bring a bullock and consecrate himself a Priest unto the Lord nor is the liberty greater under the Gospel for it is the method and order of Christ that the office of the Gospell ministery be transmitted unto faithfull men by the solemn ordination of men themselves ordained to that sacred function we deny not the priviledge of election to be the peoples but the power of ordination abides in officers It is plain that in the Church constituted by Gospell ministery at Jerusalem charge of election is given by and power of consecration Reserved to the officers of Jesus Christ Chuse you out men whom we may appoint and those who act any thing in Christ or his Ministers name without their Authority may expect to be corrected by the Devil himself as were those Exorcists in Acts 19.13 14 15 v. Paul we know and Jesus we know but whence are ye whilest therefore you confer as brethren take heed you consecrate not as officers Remember you may be holy in your kind to your God but not have a power to make other men or things holy to the Lord make not your selves a Church make not your own ministers or Sacraments 3. Private men may not communicate ordinances to the Church in the name and stead of Jesus Christ when you are in your conferences used to speak take heed you presume not to preach whilst you play the men in ministring counsell nay good men in ministring holy instruction and Religious admonition do not so manage it as to presume in your selves or proclaim to others you are more then private brethren even publick ●fficers the Embassadors of Jesus Christ to this end you must take heed that your administrations be not to the Church of Christ nor in the name or stead of Christ these two are boundaries of ministeriall instructions which may not be broken in upon by private men without palpable presumption and prophannesse we shall willingly allow Christians their liberty as Parents and masters of families to speak instruction to their children and families private and particular brethren to exhort admonish and Rebuke in their friendly societies Generalls to make their orations and that like Christians to their Armies and Tutors to Read divinity Lectures to their Pupills in the Universities but let their abilities be never so great we must barre them out o the Church here they must be hearers not speakers the Church is onely the object of ministeriall instruction when men presume to speak in and to the Church of Christ they p●esse upon the function of Gospell ministry and make themselves Prophets unto the Lord for all Agents in the Church appear as officers and are on that account to be Received Reverenced heard and obeyed so that their feet that thus bring glad tidings must be beautifull unto the hearers unto prophesying which hath believers for its object mission is essentiall sending of the preacher is one ground of faith in the hearer how therefore can he preach exept he be sent and as we barre private men from speaking to the Church as their object so also from speaking in the name and stead of Jesus Christ the instructions admonitions Rebukes and exhortations of private men must be in amity not authority as friends distinguished dignified by their Relations not deputed by Jesus Christ or invested with his authority only Ministers are the Lords Emabassadors beseeching us in Christ stead as if he himselfe did beseech us to be reconciled to them it is indeed given in charge and to them only to teach and command and in