Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	aaron_n	beard_n	clothing_n	15	3	10.5030	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02793	Two godlie and learned sermons, preached at Manchester in Lancashire before a great audience, both of honor and vvoorship. The first, containeth a proofe of the subtill practises of dissembling neuters, and politique worldlings. The other, a charge and instruction, for all vnlearned, negligent, and dissolute ministers: and an exhortation to the common people, to seeke their amendment, by prayer, vnto God. By Simon Harward, preacher of the woord of God, and Maister of Arte, late of Newe Colledge in Oxfoord.	Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614.	1582 (1582)	STC 12924; ESTC S112568	108,746	262

lyfe and all shall be iudged at the last day of the same Iudge wtout respect of persons And therefore let there bée no contention amonge vs wée are fellow-seruantes we are Brethren Dauid compareth Loue to the precious oyntment which was powred vpō Aarons head Psal 133 2. running downe vpon the Bearde and from thence vnto skirts of his clothing Signifiyng thereby that loue can neuer be in the borders of the Garment that is in the common people vnlesse it first be in the heads that is in the Maiestrats Ministers therefore that it ought first to be powred vpō Aarons head vppon the Rulers of the common wealth and vppon the Ministers of the Church of God least the heades beinge infected the whole body be the worse for it we especially ought to take héede that wée agrée one with another comfort one another assist one another as it were goe hand in hand together in the worke of the Lord. Againe in that the Disciples were sent out by two and two we are to consider the equalytie which ought to be in the Ministers of the word of God Christ graunteth to none of them any prymacie or supremacye but sendeth thē forth with equall authoritie two by two Apoc. 21.14 The Church is said to haue twelue foundations the twelue Apostles of the Lambe where Peter is made no head corner stone but all the Apostles equaly Eph. 2.22 foundations as Paul sayth Ye are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner Stone And our Sauiour seemeth to signifie an equallity when he saithe Math. 19.28 that they shall sit vpon twelue Thrones iudging the twelue Tribes of Israell And a little after when the rest of the Apostles beganne to disdaine Iames and Iohn he reprooued thē saying Math. 20.25 The Lords of the Gentils haue dominion ouer them and they are great and exercise authoritie but it shall not be so among you but whosoeur will be great among you let him be your seruaunt and whosoeuer will be chiefe among you let him be your Minister euen as the sonne of man came not to be serued but to serue Mat. 28.19 and to giue his life for the raunsome of many And when he gaue vnto them the commission and authoritie of their Apostleship he gaue it equally and generally to them all saying Go therefore and teach all nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost And Saint Iohn saithe Ioh. 20.19.22 that Christe stoode in the midst of his Disciples and sayde Receaue the holy Ghoste who so euers sinnes ye remitte they are remitted and who so euers sinnes ye retaine they are retayned He leaned not to Peter nor to Iames nor to Iohn but stoode in the midst of them neither did hée giue the authoritie of binding and loosinge particulerly to Peter but generally to them all and when the holy Ghost came doune in clouen tongues Act. 2.3 like fyre the Text sayeth It sate vpon ech of them and they were all filled with the holy Ghost and began to speake with diuers Languages euen as the same spirite gaue them vtteraunce It hath bin taught in times past that the absoluing of sinnes did consist in the worthynesse of the person a simple Priest might absolue but certen small sinnes other greater did belong to the Byshop the Archbyshop claymed an other higher sort but the greatest and fowlest sinnes were reserued to be forgiuen onely by the Pope and his Cardinals But this deuision was brought in by their greedy coueitousnesse to enrich them selues and not by any warrant of the worde of God For we know assuredly that the authoritie of binding and loosing by the word of God the administration of the Sacramentes and the efectuall operation of the spirit by the preaching of the Gospell is equally committed to all Ministers whether they bee Archebyshops or Byshops or Pastours by what name or title so euer they be called Ministers haue better knowledge and vtteraunce some then other but their Ministerie is of equall dignitie And therfore the Priuiledges and superiorities which Byshops haue aboue other Ministers are rather granted by man for maintaining of better order quietnesse in common wealthes then chalenged by the office of their Ministerie They may haue some thing in commission from the Prince which wée are bounde to obay not for feare but for Conscience sake and how so euer for the auoyding of disorder and confusion there may be some Bishops and Superintendents as it were particuler heads of certene congregations yet this dooth nothing prooue 1. Pet. 5.4 Eph. 1.22 4.15 that any man may challenge to him selfe the name of vniuersal Byshop or head of the whole Church which is only proper to our Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ And therfore whosoeuer dooth arrogate to him selfe this name or title he must néedes be that lying Antichrist 2. Thesa 2.4 whiche as Saint Paule sayth Doth exalte him selfe against all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he dooth sit in the Temple of God as God shewing himselfe that he is God Greg. Mag. Epist 30. ad mauritum Imper. and therefore it was well sayde of Gregory Ego confidenter dico quod quisquis se vniuersalem sacerdotem vocat vel vocari desiderat in elatione sua Antichristum proecurrit quia superbiēdo se coeteris praeponit In that our sauiour Christ dooth sende forth seauentie Disciples where as before he sent foorth but twelue we haue moreouer to consider that the multitude of Ministers is bounde to no certaine number Some affirme that there ought to bée no more Ministers then there are Congregatiōs and indéede to haue any vacabound Ministers to wāder about without charges I fynde it altogether repugnaunt to the worde of God yet notwithstanding séeing that the Congregations and Parishes in this Countrie are so vnequally deuided that some may be better gouerned by one then others may bee with ten it is necessarie that many pastours amōgst vs should haue many assistants and therefore good people maruaile not though there be many Ministers at this time to bee ordained before you to whō I am now to giue their charge but rather séeing that there are none admitted but such as are called to their seuerall flocks as I my selfe dare auouch beinge oculatus testis hauing séene the same testified by the Letters of diuers worshipfull who as my Lord is perswaded will in no wise abuse him I beséech you praye to god together with vs that he will prowre vpon them the dew of his holy spirit and so blesse them with the heauenly giftes of knowledge with wisdome zeale and vtteraunce that they may become profytable labourers in the Lords Haruest for the Haruest is great and the Labourers are but few Moreouer in that Christe did sende foorth his seauētie Disciples before him into euery