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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	become_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	36	3	8.8593	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57837	The speech of that worthy Knight, Sir Beniamin Rudierd, spoken in Parliament concerning the placing of good and able divines in parishes miserably destitute of instruction, through want of maintenance, and confirmed by the testimonies of three judicious, and learned men.	Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir, 1572-1658.	1641 (1641)	Wing R2198; ESTC R12030	9,029	9

pride without any feeling of conscience without any feare of God thus we provoke God to anger many walke of whom wee cannot thinke but with weeping they are the enemies of the Crosse of Christ the name of God is blasphemed among them c. These words happily seeme sharpe over vehement but the darkenes of our hearts against God and the lacke of zeale for his house inforce me to them we are almost fallen into the lowest pit we are left without zeale as sencelesse men and as if we had cleane forgotten our selves as the Heathens which know not God therefore unlesse we repent the kingdome of God shall be taken away from us he will send upon this land a famine of the Word ●●erusalem shall be overthrown and made an heape of stones the man of sinne and they which have not the love of the truth shall prevaile with many and w●●●draw them from obedience to the Prince this noble Realme shall be subject 〈◊〉 forraine nations all this will the zeale of the Lord of hostes bring to passe I could have spent this time in opening of some other matter but nothing 〈◊〉 my judgement is more worthy your good consideration speedy redresse ●● Wherefore he concludes with a grave exhortation to her Majestie as followe●●● O that Your Grace did behold the miserable disorder of Gods Church or th●● you might foresee the calamities that will follow It is a part of your kingdom● and such a part as is the principall prop and stay of the rest I will say to yo●● Majestie as Cyrillus sometimes said to the godly Emperours Theodosius and V●●lentinian ab ea quae erga Deum est pietate Reipub vestrae status pendet The good stat● welfare of your common-weale hangeth upon true godlinesse you are our governour you are the nurse of Gods Church We may open this griefe befor● you God knoweth if it may be redressed it is runne so farre But if it may be redressed there is no other besides your highnesse that can redresse it I hope 〈◊〉 speake truely that which I spake without flattery that God hath indued you● Grace with such measure of learning and knowledge as no other Christia● Prince He hath given you peace happinesse the love and the hearts of you● Subjects Oh turne and employ these to the glory of God that God may confirme in your Grace the thing vvhich he hath begun To this end hath God placed Kings and Princes in their State as David saith that they serve the Lord● that they may see cause others to see to the furniture of the Church The good Emperour Iustinian cared for this as much as for his life Constantine Theodosius● and Valentinian and other godly Princes called themselves vassales the subject● and bond-servants of God They remembred that God furnished them in th●● houses and were not unmindfull to furnish his house When Augustus had beautified Rome with setting up many faire buildings● he said inveni lateritiam manmoream reliqui I found it made of brick but I leav● it made of marble Your Grace when God sent you to your inheritance and the right of this Realme found the Church in horrible confusion and in respect of the true worship of God a Church of bricke or rathe● as Ezekiel saith dawbed● up with untempered morter Your Grace hath already redressed the doctrine now cast your eyes towards the Ministery give courage and countenance unto learning that Gods house may be served So shall you leave a Church of God and a testimony that the zeale of the Lords house hath eaten you up Let us have care for the house of God whosoever is not after this sort zealous is a man of a double heart we may not halt betweene two opinions If the Lord bee God follow him but if Baal bee hee then goe after him Hee that is not with Christ is against him Many talke of the Gospell and glory in their knowledge but it is neither talke nor knowledge which shall save them in that day he that feareth the Lord and serveth him with a pure heart and may truely say the zeale of thine house hath consumed me he shall be saved if they shall no escape which have zeale without knowledge what shall become of us which have knowledge without zeale And you whosoever you are that have decayed the Lords house and abridged the provision and maintenance thereof and see the miserable wracke of God● 〈…〉 any zeale of God in you if you have any fellowship of the ●pirit if any compassion and mercy if you love God if you desire the conti●uance of the Gospell Oh remember you have the patrimony due to them that ●●ould attend in the Lords house you take unto your selves wrongfully that ●hich was not lotted for you Give unto Caesar those things that belong unto Caesar ●●d unto God the things which appertaine unto him and make for the beautie and ●rniture of his house Enrich your selves by lawfull meanes and without the ●oile and wast of Gods Church Let not the Ministery by your meanes be de●ised You enriched them heretofore in the dayes of Popery which mocked ●●d blinded and devoured you spoyle not them now that feed and instruct and ●●omfort you That reverend man of God Mr. Perkins in his Sermon of the duties and dig●●ies of the Ministery giveth three reasons of the rarenesse and scarcenesse of ●ood Ministers The first is the contempt and disgrace of their calling by wick●d and worldly men 2. The difficultie of discharging the duties of their cal●●ng The 3. reason is more pecul●ar to this age of the now Testament namely ●ant of maintenance and preferment for men that labour in this calling Men are flesh ●●d blood and in that respect must be allured and wonne to embrace this voca●●on by some arguments which may perswade flesh and blood the world hath 〈◊〉 all ages beene negligent herein and therefore God in his Law tooke such ●●ict order for the maintenance of the Levites but especially now under the Gospell this calling is unprovided for when it deserves best of all to be rewar●ed certainly it were a worthy Christian policy to propound good preferments 〈◊〉 this calling that thereby men of the worthyest gifts might be wonne with it ●nd the want thereof is the cause why so many young men of speciall parts and ●reatest hope turne to other vocations and especially to the Law wherein at this ●ay the greatest part of the finest wits of our Kingdome are imployed and why but ●ecause they have all the meanes of rise whereas the Ministery for the the most ●art yeeldeth nothing but a plaine way to beggery this is a great blemish in ●ur Church and surely I wish the Papists those children of this world were not wi●er in their kinde in this point then the Church of God the reformation hereof is a worke worth the labour of a Prince and people and speciall care is to be had in