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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	call_v	church_n	true_a	5,947	5	4.9197	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39623	Five lookes over the professors of the English Bible wherein is shewed the infinite indiscreet invention, of inconsiderate, inveterate dissention about the exaltation of the propagation of that gospel which we all say, wee doe professe to beleeve : whereunto is added the English Protestants resolution / published by Levek Hunarry.	Walker, Henry, Ironmonger.	1642 (1642)	Wing F1109; ESTC R9379	4,315	10

FIVE LOOKES Over the PROFESSORS of the ENGLISH BIBLE Wherein is shewed the infinite indiscreet Invention of inconsiderate inveterate dissention about the exaltation of the Propagation of that Gospel which we all say wee doe Professe to beleeve Whereunto is added the English Protestants Resolution Published by LEVEK HUNARRY Whilst we about nice poynts of Scripture strive The Pope would us quite of the Scripture shrive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…ondon Printed for George Lindsey 1642 Five LOOKES over the Professors of the English Bible T●…e Embleme which you see on the title of this Book doth very fitly represent unto the view of all m●…n the present condition of the Church of England as it now is full of distraction and trouble In the view whereof whosoever pleaseth to 〈◊〉 their eyes on the Bible as it there stands opened which is verb●…m Dei Gods o●… world revealed unto us to teach us for the salvation of our soule to be veiled with so blacke a mist that there is now great difficultie found in the true reading thereof even as there was many difficulties under the Law till the 〈◊〉 was taken away so is there now so great a veile or rather vanity of humerous ●…nventions under the Gospell at this day in the Church of England that whi●… they remaine t●…e true Protestant Religion is exceeding diffic●… to be ●…uly pro●…essed Is it not 〈◊〉 miserable thing that when England is at peace with all the world she should th●… quarr●… with her selfe and labour with the Spider to weave out her owne bowe●…ls what England that h●…th the most absolute Prince of Piety in 〈◊〉 the world art th●…u so ev●… to be at enmi●…y with thy selfe thou that hast called the wi●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ever ●…ate art tho●…●…ed thou that h●…st the 〈◊〉 preac●…d ●…o ●…rely to ●…e art thou so rude Oh E●… the g●…y of the world 〈◊〉 thou make thy se●…e the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 what wan●…●…ou that o●…her Na●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doe thee good or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thou desire more o●… God th●…n he hath done for thee O then take heed poore Engla●…●…at t●…u dost not pr●…ke God to leave thee and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…ove from thee lo●…●…e tr●… 〈◊〉 peace and learne 〈◊〉 ●…rve God I. On the right hand at the bottome of the Picture you may behold an Anabaptist laying claime to the Bible with one hand and holding an Olive branch in the other his laying hold to pull the Bible to him doth shew that he makes Religion his pr●…tence and desires the Bible to be the judge of his cause And the Olive branch in the other hand doth declare unto us that great Maxime of their doctrine for the Anabaptists teach that whereas they seeke to have a government of the Church in England to be as it is in Holland by Lay Elders independant to the Church of England and that none but believers shall be of their congregation nor infants baptized untill they can give a reason of their faith c. yet they hold it not lawfull to seeke it by the sword by blood or by disobeying authority but on●…ly to use the lawfull spirituall armes and weapons of a Christian namely faith and patience and by prayers to call upon God that it may be so II. The Picture at the foot on the left hand of this Emblem doth likewise demonstrate unto us that the Brownists do●… also pretend Religion for all their tenents actions wayes who are verily perswaded that they are the true Church and therefore doe admit no unsanctified person to be of their congregation they desire to have liberty of conscience to serve God without Ceremonies or precepts of men to the end they may not be hindred they desire an independent Church where they may freely assemble exercise after their own discipline in the pursuit whereof the club that is in his hand doth shew that he will fight for the Religion which he profess●…th and though he suffer never so much for his conscience yet i●… he no whit discouraged thereat but counts ●…t 〈◊〉 ●…our to suffer for Religion being mightily perswaded that all who ar●… not of his opinion are ungodly and reprobates III. The great Ar●…an that stands on the left hand of the E●…eme doth shew by his pulling of the Bible that he 〈◊〉 pretends to seeke to do all thing●… according to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God and these tenents he stands out stoutly for viz. 1 That Bishops be they never so wicked are Iure Divino 2 That the government of the Church of England as it now stands by Archbishops Bishops c. is so holy a government that it is a sin to alter it 3 That the discipline which the Prelates establish be it what it will is Iure Divino 4 That all the Ceremonies of the Church of England bind the consciences of the people to be subdued under them 5. That Christ is not originally God some of them have taught 6. That the Scriptures are not the onely meanes concerning God of all that profitably we know and that therefore we must build our faith on that construction which the Prelates of the Church make of the Scripture to prevent private construction thereof as the Bishop of Yorkes Chaplaine and divers others have affirmed 7. That mans will is apt naturally without grace to take or refuse any particular object whatsoever presented unto it and so consequently to beleeve that mens naturall workes or to do that which Nature telleth us without grace must needs be acceptable to God as some of our Bishops have taught 8. That the Word of God can not assure us that it is the Word of God and from thence to draw arguments to take all things upon trust from the Church whatsoever they establish How dangerous this doctrine is to overthrow the Fundamentals and principles of a Christians faith let all men judge 9 That a man may doe workes in themselves absolutely good and acceptable in the sight of God as they all maintaine 10 That the Minister hath power to absolve sin verily and indeed where according to his judgement he finds a person as he conceives to repent and beleeve a proud Arogan●… 11 That a Minister hath power to damne a man that is not conformable to the Ceremonies of the Church as a Lecturer in Cornhill and others have taught 12 That to be preserved from all sin in this life is not impossible 13 That the Church of Rome as it now standeth is the family of Christ and some members of that Church amongst us are the Kings best subjects as Master Squire of Shoreditch and others have preached 14 That Idolatrous wicked Hereticks are members of the visible Church if they be not excommunicated as it hath bin often taught in Pauls by some of the Arminians 15 That there is in Orders given an indeleble Character 16 That wee ought to receive the Communion upon an Altar and not on a Table 17 That the reall presence of Christ is visible in the Bread and Wine