Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	aaron_n	age_n	moses_n	19	3	6.6919	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63012	Disloyalty of language questioned and censured, or, A sermon preached aginst the licencious loosenesse of seditious tongues by Rich. Towgood ... ; with a brief corollarie now added, questioning and censuring rebellious actions.	Towgood, Richard, 1595?-1683.	1643 (1643)	Wing T1976; ESTC R204856	20,207	68

cannot be deceived On the other side they that plead for the taking up of Arms to stop the mouth and stifle the sence of all these Scriptures and to avoid the duty therein required they bring strange glosses * As between the man and the Magistrate between the Kings Person His power c. such a distinction did the Jewes use when they went about to stone our Saviour for a good work we stone thee not Ioh. 10.33 new-found distinctions far-fetcht expositions but in all this 1. If the Jewes had no such Priviledges how comes it to passe that we should have any were the Contrivers of our Government wiser then the Almighty that Constituted theirs Indeed 't is true the Jewes sinned in desiring a Kingly Government over them yet it is evident that the Almighty had a purpose before hand to settle them into a Monarchy The promise was long before made unto Abraham * Gen. 17.6 Kings shall come out of thee which promise was principally to be fulfilled in Isaac's seed and therefore though the people sinned in asking a King yet it cannot be conceived that the Almighty in bringing his own purpose to passe would make it the lesse beneficiall to them for what if some did not beleeve * Iacob used unwarrantable means in obtaining the blessing yet forasmuch as the Lord had before hand purposed that Iacob should have it it was established upon him in as ample manner as if he had not sinned in obtaining of it Gen. 27. shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect Rom. 3.3 or that he would neglect in that government which himself framed to make such provision as might best secure the honour of his own name the purity of his worship and the safety of his people from the tyranny of back sliding Princes surely if the Lord in his wisdom had fore-seen such a power in the people to have been the best means to prevent the mischiefs that might have befallen that nation it cannot be conceived he would have with-held or have kept it from them and if he saw it not to be good for and such an absolute Conquerour did he shew himself even over our very Laws that he made the Laws themselves to learn another language speaking in the Saxon tongue before but ever since in the French dialect Some immunities and priviledges were afterwards by some of his Successours granted to their Subjects but a power to take up Arms against themselves did never any of them grant Indeed if both Houses in their full number had unanimously agreed touching the reall being of such a Constitution it would have caused some doubt in the hearts even of those who of themselves had little inclination to believe it but now when we see the Houses in this Cause deserted by the greatest part of their own Members what can we imagine but that by their departing they disavow the thought of such a Constitution 4. If there were any such Constitution of our State why should it now be put in execution when His Majesty hath promised and that with so many solemn Vowes to maintain our Religion and to preserve both our Laws and Liberties Nay if there were any such secret Constitution of the State doth either it or any Law of necessity enable a wilfull heady Partie under pretence of opposing innovation by tyranny and assistance of a forraign Power to change the known Constitution of the State and to introduce a forraign Government If Pareus himself were Whether therefore we look upon the King or whether we look upon the Kings opposites there is no need that this Constitution if any suc● thing there be should now be put in execution If w● look on the King he vows t● preserve our Religion Laws and Liberties if we look o● the Kings Opposites there i● nothing can justly enable them to change that Government that is not absolutely evill and wherein Christian souls may undoubtedly be saved and why then is the sword unsheathed against him to whom properly i● belongs to bear the sword● If happinesse here and heaven hereafter may be had without the sword to whom may we think shall all these rivers of Christian blood now shed be imputed at that great and dreadfull day See then is not here enough to convince us of the unlawfulnesse of bearing Arms against our lawfull Soveraign The Scripture doth by the mouth of many witnesses most plainly forbid it there is nothing but strained interpretations and an imagina●ie Constitution left to warrant 〈◊〉 And are not these poor and ●●eak grounds for a Christian to ●enture his soul upon Yet one thing more there is ●hereat many I know do stumble and that is the multitude of so many judicious and godly men that walk that way and surely this must needs be acknowledged 〈◊〉 be the principall part of the ●eavy judgement that is upon us at this day the strange division ●hat is among us and that so great a number of able men l●sse then * And these two hundred and fifty drew the whole Congregation after them two hundred and fif ●● consumed by fire such was the●● number for their eminency th●● Text tells us that they were famous in the congregation Nay 〈◊〉 is doubled that we might tak●● the more notice of it men of renown Numb 16.2 and if w● look on Numb 26.9 we shall finde the Holy Ghost speaking o● some of them with an Emphasis This is that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the Congregation and for what were they so famous and renowned Was it not for their Religion and Piety that is for the externall shew of it at least do not the words of the Congregation intimate so much unto us calling them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gods People when they murmured against Moses and Aaron saying ye have killed the People of the Lord well as many as they were and as famously pious as they were they were in 〈◊〉 foul fault and in terrorem for ●ll future Ages they received a ●●arfull punishment I write not ●his to cast an aspersion upon ●eligion better it were my pen ●hould cleave to my fingers but ●a●tly to warn us That the con●ert of our religion draw us not in●o the like transgression for pride ●nd self-conceit as appears in the ●●me * Out of their pride they told Moses and Aaron they took too much upon them instance Numb 16.3 are ●●incipall actors in sedition and 〈◊〉 bellion and partly to shew ●ow little cause we have to be ●wayed even by religious mul●itudes there being in them no ●●fallibility though they be never ●o famous for the profession of Piety And therefore if we have been deceived let us yet return to our duty again It is good counsell given by Elephaz Iob. 15.31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity that which is our errou● let it not be our * 'T was so with Dathan and Abiram their cause