Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	damnation_n	drink_v	eat_v	10,899	5	8.2264	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20466	The second part of a plain discourse of an unlettered Christian wherein by way of demonstration hee shevveth vvhat the reasons bee vvhich hee doth ground upon in refusing conformity to kneeling in the act of receiving the Lords Supper / by Tho. Dighton ...	Dighton, Thomas, fl. 1618-1619.	1619 (1619)	STC 6877; ESTC S1696	42,581	96

of a spirituall or holy use and such none can be but those gestures and ceremonies onely which are ordained by our holy God In all and euery one of which being faithfully vsed as there is certeinly and infallibly a blessing to be obtaind so whatsoeuer of religious vse is known not to be ordained by God but onely by man it is at least vtterly voide of all spirituall blessing if not filled with contrary effects and therefore not in any respect to be conformed vnto But such is this ceremony and therefore vnlawfull They that conforme to a right gesture or ceremonie in the sacrament and want the inward eye mouth and hand of the soule receiue onely the elements with Iudas not the spirituall things signified by which vnworthines they eate and drinke their owne damnation because they discern not the Lords body though they truly discerne vse the Lords gesture wil not by any means conforme to any other for they trample vnder foote the blood of Christ as an unholy thing not that they esteem it so in their minde for this trampling is inward or spirituall but where faith is wanting there is unworthy partaking and faith is as necessary in the action or gesture of taking as in the act it selfe for this whole action of the sacrament and not some speciall or principall parts therin is the evidence or seal of our assurance of partaking the divine mysteries or holy things signified even of our true and spirituall cōmunion with Christ To conforme then to a wrong gesture having no promise of any blessing cannot be an action of faith aud therefore sin Eating and Drinking are sacramentall phrases applying that to the soule which is proper to the body but doe necessarily imply that there must of absolute necessity be a spirituall eating and drinking in the very act of the corporall eating or els no benefit or spirituall blessing can possibly be sealed up by that action which necessarily inferres that such a gesture is onely lawfull in this action as in the nature thereof holds proportion with eating and drinking and hath relation thereunto which onely a table gesture doth and therefore was selected and chosen by Christ the Lord of the sacrament and sanctified in the institution and so not onely by his using preferred before all other but no other being commanded in the word it is thereby made onely usefull in the act of receiving and no other to be conformed unto If a corporall or visible and locall coniunction which yet cannot profit the soule or any other learned device of the spiritualtie were sufficient to bee conceited or with strong imagination to be beleeved then indeed any gesture or ceremony of carnall devising were indifferent or good enough and might safely be conformed unto but faith being invisible lookes according to the nature thereof not to reason and sence wisedom and discretion or other like humane considerations but to the things that are invisible and therefore in all the actions and ceremonies of Gods worship dare onely conforme to such as by his appointment who is invisible haue an inseparable relation by his divine institution to the invisible things signified or represented yea and verily exhibited in them and dare not conform to any other though by the learned Cleargie the same relation be appointed thereunto Reason and Sence even in Nicodemus cry mainly out How can this be It is impossible And in others Can this man giue us his flesh This is a hard saying who can choose but be offended at it So also in Naaman Why should not the rivers of Damascus being used with the like good intention and purpose be as full of vertue to wash away sin or leprosie as that of Iorden it is but an idle conceit of guiddy heads that makes this difference yea what good argument can any such finde out that is able to assure their consciences they do well in suffering for refusing conformity herein Even so concerning this blessed sacrament some cry out How can a peece of bread or a suppe of wine nourish my soule or increase my faith or patience humility and contentment Others which is a branch springing from the same root with open mouth exclaim Why should not all gestures in the act of receiving be alike or any gesture in the worship of God though deuised by man be indifferent What reason can bee given that one should be better then another and therefore why should not kneeling be as good as the table-gesture Here wisedom learning discretion reason and experience in a temperate and graue modesty lay hand upon their mouthes and for peace sake in this case of extremity by silence doe subscribe but faith knowes full well as a thing never denied unlesse by carnall and worldly minded persons that every thing is therefore onely good and better then all other because God hath commanded it and that nothing can possibly be of good or holy use in the holy worship of our most holy God but that onely which himselfe hath commanded instituted or ordained and therefore that whatsoever of religious use in his service is not in the word directly commanded is by direct consequence by the same word forbidden my reason is because every action of Gods worship is either performed in obedience or disobedience if it be in disobedience though in a case of extremity and danger or in case of commodity and advantage is it not if performed against our knowledge direct rebellion as in Saul And you cannot for shame say that your conformity is obedience unlesse a commandement from God go before For if our holy intentions and good considerations and purposes or zealous devotions could make our devised gestures and actions in Gods service works of obedience which of all the Kings of Iuda had not iust cause to punish and kill the Prophets for reproving them for their inventions which had as many good intentions as any in these dayes can haue But the old rule holds Whatsoever is not done in faith especially in actions gestures and ceremonies of religious use is sinne If then you bring faith to make triall of the lawfulnesse of these things in question it will not hearken what Canons this Convocation made nor regard what that Councell decreed or what such a State commanded or such reformed Churches practised or those reverent preachers godly people conforme unto but what God commands or what saith the Lord in his word and in this particular controversie faith retires to the institution wherein is set downe upon divine record what the Apostles received of the Lord concerning the gesture for their direction in laying the foundation for the ceremony in the act of receiving the Sacrament in any Church whatsoever yea faith dare not conforme to any thing of divine use in Gods publicke worshippe without Gods direct warrant in the word though all the wise and learned men in the world do never so highly commend and extoll it So that if it be