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	resurrection_n	sabbath_n	11,414	5	10.0655	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17576	The pastor and the prelate, or reformation and conformitie shortly compared by the word of God, by antiquity and the proceedings of the ancient Kirk, by the nature and use of things indifferent, by the proceedings of our ovvne Kirk, by the vveill of the Kirk and of the peoples soules, and by the good of the commonvvealth and of our outvvard estate with the answer of the common & chiefest objections against everie part: shewing vvhether of the tvvo is to be follovved by the true Christian and countrieman.	Calderwood, David, 1575-1650.	1628 (1628)	STC 4359; ESTC S107402	71,807	74

one time and the spirituall joy strength and resolution after the action into terrors of conscience in some the opinion of indifferencie in all matters of religion in others and of loosenesse of life in many to the mocking of God the reentrie of Antichrist renting of the Kirk obduring of the Papist stumbling of the weake and grief of the godly 15. The PASTOR thinketh it no Judaisme nor superstition but a morall duetie to obserue the Sabbath because first the observation of one day of seauen albeit it be positiue divine yet it is not ceremoniall nor for a time but unchangable and obligeth perpetually as is manifest by the time when it was appointed before the fall when there was no type of redemption by Christ and by numbring it amongst the tenne precepts of the morall law written by the finger and proclaymed by the voyce of God which cannot be said of any changable law Neyther can it be called perpetuall and morall in this sence that a certaine time is to be allotted to divine worship for then the building of the Tabernacle and temple the new moones and other legall festivities conteyning in them a generall equitie might aswell be accounted morall Secondly the change of the Sabbath from the last to the first day of the weeke is by divine authoritie from Christ himselfe from whom it is called the Lords day who is Lord of the Sabbath who did institute the worship of the day and rested from his labours that day whereon all things were made new by his resurrection and sanctified it euen as in the beginning God rested from all his works on the seauenth day blessed it He thinketh it no more contrarie to Christian libertie then it was to Adam in his innocencie to keepe one of the seauen and therefore he laboureth to make the Sabbath his delight observeth it himselfe and by his doctrine example and discipline teacheth others to doe the like and to cease uot onely from all servill workes which require greate labour of the bodie but from all our owne works whatsoever drawing our minds from the exercises of religion and serving for our owne gaine and commoditie except in the case of necessitie caused by divine providence He would haue it well considered wherein the Jewes were more strictly obliged then Christians and what libertie we haue that they had not Beside the Sabbath he can admitte no ordinary holy dayes appointed by man whether in respect of any mysterie or of difference of one day from another as being warranted by meere tradition against the doctrine of Christ and his Apostles but accounteth the solemne fasts and humiliations unto which the Lord calleth to be extraordinarie Sabbaths warranted by God himselfe The PRELATE by his doctrine practise example and neglect of discipline declareth that he hath no such reverend estimation of the Sabbath He doteth so upon the observation of Pasche Zuile and festivall dayes appoynted by men that he preferreth them to the Sabbath and hath turned to nothiug our solemne Fasts and blessed humiliations 16. The PASTOR findeth that everie parte of his office and everie name whereby he is called in Scripture doeth call upon him to be personally resident and where he resideth to be a terror to the wicked and a comfort to the godly The PRELATE eyther waiteth upon Counsell Session or Court or dwelleth so farre from his charge that 〈◊〉 ●each of Caranza proving the necessitie of the personall residence of ●●●ops may be applyed to him He is a Bishop but without overseer● an Embassador but runneth where his errand lyeth not a ●●ptaine Soldier but farre from his station a Father and steward but suffereth the children to perish for want of foode Or if he happen to be resident his Lordship is a protection to the Papist to the carnall professor and to the Idoll-Minister and Idle-belly and such a vexation to the vigilant Pastor that he had much rather he were a Non-resident 17. The PASTOR must be so unblameable that he haue a good testimonie of them that are without he must rule well his owne house having his children in subjection with all gravitie not accused of ryot or unruly He must be sober not giuen to wine he must not be greedy of filthy lucre nor covetous he must not be a brauler a stryker nor fighter The PRELATE mocketh at conscience gravitie sobrietie modestie patience painfulnes c. and calleth them Puritanizing 18. The PASTOR laboureth to keepe faith in a good conscience and by the blessing of God upon his labours findeth the encrease of the gifts of God in his old age and the grace of God growing in the hearts of the people The PRELATE by loosing a good conscience maketh shipwrack of fayth and by the curse of God upon his slouth and defection may finde himselfe like Balaam who seeking hornes did loose his eares that is seeking preferment he lost the gift of prophesie may see grace decayed worne out of the hearts of the people The Prelates objection THe Prelate will object notwithstanding all the evill that hath been sayd or that ye can say against him That the name the calling the power and the life of the Bishop is set downe in the Word The Pastors answer THE question is not of the Bishop but of the prelate or Diocesane Bishop whether he be the divine Bishop Haman could thinke upon no man but himselfe when the man was named whom the King would honour euen so the Prelate imagineth no other Bishop to be spoken of in Scripture but himselfe And as Alexander the great tooke Jupiters ominous salutation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 O Child or Babe for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 O son of Iupiter euen so in the Prelates ambitious eare everie word of a Bishop sounds honour unto him But the trueth is that the pastor not the Diocesane Bishop is the Bishop divine 1. The Diocesane Bishop is but one in a Diocie over many kirks The divine Bishops may be many in one citye and over one Kirk 2. The Diocesane bishop hath a forme of ordination of his owne different from the ordination of the pastor The divine Bishop hath no other but the ordination of the pastor 3. The Diocesane Bishop preacheth at his pleasure and is not obliged to preach by the nature and necessitie of his calling The divine bishop is bound by his calling to preach with all diligence 4. The Diocesane Bishop hath no particular congregation for his flock to feede with the Word and Sacraments The divine bishop is tyed to a particular flock 5. The diocesane Bishop is for the greater part a secular person The divine Bishop is a person meerly ecclesiasticall Therefore the diocesane bishop is not the divine bishop neyther doeth the Word of God acknowledge any diocesane Kirk or any prelate or diocesane bishop charged with the care of many particular congregations and having majoritie of power to

Congregation that they exercise no civill Iurisdiction The Confession of Fayth sworne and subscribed wherein they oblige themselues to continew in the doctrine discipline of this Kirk The same yeere it was declared in the generall assemblie that the office of the Prelate was unlawfull in it selfe and had no warrant in the Word of God thereafter renued in covenant The PRELATE and men of that disposition having in the ende nothing to oppone professed that they agreed in their consciences consented to the Acts of the Kirk swore and subscribed the Confession of fayth renewed the covenant with the Kirk and helped to put on the coap-stone of the Kirk of God with their owne hands Like as the same Confession of fayth was subscribed by those that are now in the proudest places of prelacie and who haue proved since the chiefest instruments of all the alterations in the Discipline and externall worship of God and ring-leaders in the defection of the Kirk with what consciene may be seene by their unhonest excuses their poore shifts and shamelesse raylings against that which they did once so much reverence all to be seene as they are published in print 4. The PASTOR and men of God desyring to testifie their thankfulnesse for so singular favour vouchsafed upon this Kirk and nation to employ the benefite of the discipline now established for the libertie of the kingdome of Christ and against the tyrannie of sinne and Sathan addressed themselues all as one man with greate fidelitie courage for the work of God urged residence and diligence in ministers kept with successe from heaven their publike and solemne humiliations made the pulpits to sounde against papistrie and profanenesse set all men on work as they had grace or place for purging the countrie of all corruptions and defending the Kirk against her profest enemies who never ceased by negociating with the Pope Spanish King unnaturally to labour for their owne and her ruyne whereof the divine providence had disappointed them in 88. The PRELATES authoritie at this time lay deade and men of that disposition made no greate Dinne But the Kirk then unlike that which she is now comely as Ierusalem terrible as an armie with banners against all her enemies did stand whole and sound in unitie and concord of her ministers authoritie of her assemblies divine order of her ministerie puritie of externall worship with greate power and presence of the Spirit of God in many congregations of the land till at last for unitie division entred into the Kirk prelacie that had slepte before as wakened againe and this mysterie beginneth to worke of new neyther by any cause offered by the pastors of the Kirk at the 17 of December as the enemie calumniates for after long tryall they were founde faultlesse and faythfull by his Majesties owne testimonie Nor yet upon that occasion for the meeting of the Kirk for making that charge was indicted before that 17 day But the cause was a plot contryved before for procuring peace to the popish Lords to make warre amongst the ministerie and to divide them amongst themselues For this effect 55 Problems were framed to call the established discipline of the Kirk in question and as one and the same time way was made for reconciliation of the Popish Lords and for restitution of the popish prelates And the Schisme of our Kirk so well compacted before began at that time not upon their parte who stande for the discipline but by some of the Prelates disposition that is of flattering and worldly mynded Ministers who gaue other answers to thirteene of the fiftie fiue articles concerning the government of the Kirk then their worthy brethren desired So that if the cause or occasion maketh the Schismatick the Prelate is the Schismatick and not the Pastor 5. The PASTOR and men of God as they had been diligent to establish the government of the Kirk according to the will of Christ and after it was by the blessing of God established were faythfull in using it for the honour of God and good of the Kirk so now when it beganne craftily to be called in question were carefull according to their office and oath to stand to the defence thereof both against professed enemies and against the Schisme begunne by their owne brethren albeit they could not at the first haue beene perswaded that their brethren would ever so foully forget themselues as against their greate oath in the sight of God and the world to take upon them the dominion of Prelates and for their owne back and belly to trouble the Kirk and marre all the worship of God as they haue done The PRELATE through the Schisme at that time begunne by himselfe savouring the sweetnesse of wealth and honour forgetteth his oath his office and all followeth greedily upon the Sent and clymbeth craftily by degrees and betime to the heigth that he could not advance himselfe to at once First with much adoe and many protestations that he meaned nothing against the discipline established but desires to vindicate the Ministerie from povertie and contempt gets libertie for to vote in parliament for the Kirk but with such caveats as would haue kept him from his present prelacie if he had kept them as he was obliged Secondly fiue yeres thereafter he was made constant moderator that of the presbyterie onely where he was resident and not of the Synods upon as faire precepts and with the like protestations and cautions Thirdly being Lord of Parliament Lord of Councell patrone of beneficens Modifier of Ministers stipends he was armed also with the power of the High commission and having two swords might doe against the Kirk what he pleased Thereafter incontinent he usurped the power of ordination and jurisdiction And at last albeit without consent or knowledge of the Kirk of Scotland wente and resumed consecration in England and since that time hath taken upon him and hath exercised the plenarie power and office of a bishop in the Kirk no lesse then if the assemblie of this Kirk had chosen him to the name and office of a Bishop which as yet they haue never done the most corrupt of their owne assemblies granting onely the negatiue power of ordination and Iurisdiction to them who were never called Bishops by any warrant from the Kirk but onely in the vulgar speach frō the titles they had to benefices in which respect civill persons beneficed were called Bishops in former times 6. The PASTOR and men of God seeking neither profit nor preferment to themselues expelled the Prelate all his Ceremonies out of the Kirk of Christ by no other meanes but such as became the faythfull Ministers of Iesus Christ as preaching praying penning advising with the best reformed Kirks reasoning in assemblies and after libertie granted to all to oppone the consente oath and subscription of the Adversaries The PRELATE seeking nothing but his owne