Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	law_n	sabbath_n	16,158	5	9.9135	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59744	A view of all the laws and statutes of this nation concerning the service of God or religion viz. [brace] the Holy Scripture, the Lords Day, or Sabbath, prayer, preaching, sacraments, pluralities, first fruits, tenths, residence, or non-residence, &c. / by William Sheppard, Esq. ; published by command.	England and Wales.; Sheppard, William, d. 1675?	1655 (1655)	Wing S3216; ESTC R38257	15,019	94

A VIEW Of all the Laws and Statutes of this NATION Concerning the Service of God or Religion Viz. The holy Scripture The Lords day or Sabbath Prayer Preaching Sacraments Pluralities First Fruits Tenths Residence or Non-residence c. By William Sheppard Esq Published by command London Printed for J. Wright at the Kings head in the Old Baily 1655. Academiae Cantabrigiensis Liber The Contents OF the Service of God or Religion Scriptures Sect. 1. Lords day or Sabbath day Sect. 1. Holy daies Sect. 1. Preaching Sect. 1. 2. Heresie Sect. 1. 2. Prayer Sect. 1. 2. Blasphemy Sect. 1. 2. Sacraments Sect. 1. 2. Common prayer Book Sect. 2. Churches and Church-yard Sect. 2. 3. Directory Sect. 2. Chappels Or free Chapples Sect. 1. 2. Vnion and Division of Churches Sect. 6. Monasteries Sect. 2. Abbies Sect. 2. Chauntries Sect. 2. Clergie or Spiritualtie or Ministers Sect. 2. 3. Metropolitan or Archbishop Sect 6 Bishop Sect. 6. Archdeacon Sect. 6. Conge Se Eslier or leave to choose a Bishop Sect. 6. Regio Asscusu Sect. 6. Consecration Sect. 6. Suffragan Sect. 6. Dilapidations Sect. 4. Institution and Jnduction Sect. 3. 4. First fruits or Annates Sect. 4. Tenths Sect. 5. Pluralities or more Benefices then one Sect. 4. 5 Residence and non residence Sect. 4. Simonie Sect. 4. 3. Deposition or Ejectment Sect. 3. Chaplaine Sect. 4. Subscription of Articles Sect. 4. Quod clevici non eligantur c. Sect. 5. Quod personae nec Prebendarij c. Sect. 5. Convocation and Convocation house Sect. 5. Augmentation Sect. 3. 5. Scandalous Ministers Sect. 3. 5. Of the Service of God or Religion AS touching the 1 The great regard the law hath of Religion service of God or Religion the Laws of the Nation now in force and of use relating thereunto these things are to be known First That the Christian religion conteined in the Scriptures is held forth and Commended as the profession of these Nations yet so as no man is to be Compelled to it by penalties or otherwise then by Sect. 1. the endeavor of sound Doctrine and the examples of good Conversation and by the encouragement of painful and able teachers for instructing of the people and Confutation of errour and heresie Government Acts 35.36 37. 2. That such as professe faith in God by Jesus Christ though differing in JUdgement from the Doctrine Discipline or worship publickly held forth shall not be restrained but protected in the profession of the faith and exercise of their Religion so that they abuse not this liberty to the Civil Injury of others and to the Actual Disturbance of the peace on their parts Provided that this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy not to such as under the profession of Christ hold forth and practise licentiousness Government ACts 36. 37. 38. 3. That the law hath a special regard of it and therefore it holdeth forth these religious principles That Religion and Justice are the main pillars of the Common wealth 2. And that that is the best reason that makes for religion Coo. 5. 14. The main things the law doth take care of in order to the advancement and preservation of Religion are Religious Times or daies Religious things as the holy Scriptures holy Ordinances or worships and an orderly performance of them Religious places and religious orders of men and officers such as are the ministers of the Gospel and as to them their due Qualification Election Disposal and reward As touching religious 2. Lords day Times these things are to be known 1. That by our law there is no day now ordinarily to be kept holy but the Lords day Act 27. Sept. 1650. The Common and statute law also doth highly advance the Authority and severely injoyn the Sanctification and forbid all manner of profanation of this day Stat. 5. and 6. Ed. 6. chap. 3. Plow 265. Coo. 9. 66. And therefore all works but works of Piety Charity and other works of necessity are forbidden on this day And for this Cause it is that if any part of the proceedings of a suite in a Court of Justice be entred and recorded as done this day it makes it all void and all serving warrants or processe on this day but in special Cases is void and it is a rule Dies Dominicus non est juridicus And if a Keepers Deer be stollen out of his Parke whilest he is at Church serving God though this in another case be a forfeiture of his office yet in this case and at this Time it is not at all penal to him 5. Edw 3. 27. 2. But this not withstanding it is lawful to pursue and arrest felons such as break the peace suppresse uproars quench fire in houses visit sick people and the like Coo. 5. 83. Plow 265. See more of this in my office of the Justice of peace cap. of the Lords day 3. But as to the other holy daies called Holy daies feast daies they are now totally abrogated and at an end Act 27. Sept. 1650. But the 5th day of Novemb. we are to meet once to thank God for our deliverance from the Gunpowder Treason State 3. James ch 1. As touching the holy 3. Holy Scriptures Scriptures these things are to be known 1 the maxims of the law concerning them which are these 1. That they are of soveraigne Authority 34. H. 6. 40. 2. That the Gospel of J'esus Christ is of infallible truth 3. That any Statute Prescription Custome or Cannon against it is void and not to be Admitted 4. To maintain 4. Blasphemy Heresie and publish by preaching printing writing or teaching any thing contrary to them as in the first place That there is no God that he is not present in all places that he doth not know and foreknow all things that he is not Almighty that he is not perfectly holy that he is not eternal or that either of the three persons of the God head is not God or that these three are not one Eternal God or that Christ the Son is not equal with the Father or shal so divide the manhood of Christ as that his Godhead manhood are several natures or deny that the manhood of Christ is without sin or that Christ died rose again or did not ascend into heaven bodily or that his death is not meritorious Sect. 2. to believers the Resurrection or day of Judgement or that the Scriptures are not the word of God or that Christ is not the Son of God and shall be obstinate herein it is felony And in the second place if any man affirm as before that all shall be saved that man hath free wil that God may be worshipped by Images Purgatory or that the soul dieth or sleepeth after death that the revelations or workings of the spirit are a rule of faith though against the word that man is not to believe above reason that the moral law is at an end that a Christian need not pray