Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	david_n	israel_n	king_n	20,093	5	4.5589	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81046	Tythes no property to, nor lawful maintenance for a powerful Gospel-preaching ministry. Or A compulsory maintenance for Christs ministers is contrary to Christs doctrine and example of his apostles and the example of the faithful ministers of Christ, and famous reformers in all ages, as VVickliffe, Hus, and divers others, with an old prophecy written by Iohn Hus, as it is recorded by Fox in his Acts and monuments, commonly called the Book of martyrs. With a discovery of the marks of the false prophets and ministers in all ages (as they are found recorded in the ecclesiastical history) since the apostles days to this very time agreeing with the Scriptures of truth both of the Old and New Testament. Written by a lover of the souls of all men, Iohn Crook.	Crook, John, 1617-1699.; Hus, Jan, 1369?-1415.	1659 (1659)	Wing C7214bA; ESTC R29665	16,933	16

dwells the love of God in him and if this is shewed to every brother how much more to him that labours in the Gospel of Christ therefore it may well and upon good ground be suspected that either the Gospel that those preach that take any thing in lieu of preaching as hire or as wages is due for work or any other gift for to preach which gift I cannot have if I preach not is not the Gospel of Christ which the preachers of it was to live upon For the statute of Ed. 6 gives not the treble damages to them but another Gospel seeing by experience we see that the Gospel which these men preach would starve them if it were not for the Justices of peace and Judges favour which causes peoples goods to be taken from them against their wills given to the Priests contrary to the Law of God and this Nation as before is proved or else that they are no ministers of Christs sending forth for whom he alwayes did and ever will provide maintenance and furnish them with his presence to the end of the World so that such cannot complain of want but those who have not his presence with them are full of complaints to Parliaments to Councels to Judges to Justices and who not that they have the least hope of relief from by which things we know them to be none of the ministers of Christs sending or else lastly there is none of Gods love in people and if they beget not men and women into God love what do they preach for for strife for debate and malice and envy and hatred and covetousnesse and pride and Worldly greatnesse and respect of persons because of advantage and taking hire and paying hire for preaching and giving gifts and taking gifts for preaching and taking Tithes and giving Tithes for preaching which since Christs ascention are all marks of carnal people and carnal priests and the word of Reconciliation is not committed to them as it was to the ministers of Christ of old and there was witnesses against them in all ages by some that were faithful as by these few presidents out of the book Martyrs may appear with many witnesses more both before and since which might be produced out of several authors of no mean esteem but those who will not turn and repent and be washed from their marks of falsity and deceit must have their portion with the deceivers and the deceived that pay them for their deceit the wages of unrighteousnesse as aforesaid will be marked also if they speedily repent not but not with the mark of Christs sheep for they know his voice and a strangers voice they will not follow but of the goats and of which sentence that famous Reformer John Hus have by way of prophesie foretold and also of a deliverance that shall come to the Church and people of God as it is recorded in the book of Martyrs in these words Moreover hereupon note and mark by the way that the Church of God cannot be reduced to his former dignity or be reformed before all things first be made new the truth whereof is plain by the Temple of Solomon like as the Clergie and priests so also the people and Laitie or unlesse all such as now be addict to avarice from the least to the most be first converted and reclaimed as well the people as Clergie and priests Vol. the 1. page 830. albeit as my minde now giveth me I believe rather the first that is that then shall rise a new people formed after the new man which is created after God Of the which people new Clerks and Priests shall come and be taken which all shall hate covetousnesse and the glory of this life hastening to a heavenly conversation notwithstanding all these things shall come to passe and be brought by little and little in order of times dispensed of God for the same purpose and this God doth and will do for his own mercy and goodnesse and for the riches of his great longanamity and patience giving time and space of repentance to them that have long lien in their sins to amend and fly from the face of the Lords fury while that in like manner the earnal people and carnal priests successively and in time shall fall away and be consumed as with the moth c. And further it is yet more sure out of that Record against which lies no averment viz. Jeremiah 23.1.2.3.4.5 and 6. and throughout that chapter Wo be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture saith the Lord Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastours that feed my people ye have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not visited them Behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings saith the Lord and I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all Countries whether I have driven them and will bring them again to their folds and they shall be fruitful and increase and I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them they shall fear no more nor be dismaied neither shall they be lacking saith the Lord behold the days come saith the Lord that I will raise up unto David a righteous branch and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute Judgment and Justice in the earth in his dayes Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his Name whereby he shall be called The Lord our Righteousnesse THE END