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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	bishop_n	church_n	ephesus_n	1,251	5	11.4920	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47939	A whipp a whipp, for the schismaticall animadverter upon the Bishop of Worcester's letter by Roger L'Estrange.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1662 (1662)	Wing L1325; ESTC R10187	33,398	64

Wor'ster and not Mr. Baxter that is the Pastor of Kidderminster as well as of all Other Parochial Churches in that Diocesse and that the Cure of Souls in That or any other Parish of That Diocesse was never either by Himself or any Other Bishop of Wor'ster committed to Mr. Baxter c. So that the word Sole is the Animadverter's Whimsie and foysted in only to irritate the Rabble against Prelacy as tending toward Popery when not a Syllable ever dropp'd from the Bishops Pen in favour of this feigned and frivolous Assertion To discover the Forgery the Reader needs only compare the Quotation with the Text where he shall find first the Notorious Juggle of his misallegation and Then having lugg'd in by Head and Shoulders the Popes Supremacy under That Blind weakly heaven knows he bestowes his Shot upon the Superiority of Bishops where in fine all he does is but to Combat an Idole of his own Making and which is yet more pleasant the Puppet gets the Better of the Rabbi The Bishop does not deny Parochial Ministers to be Pastors of their Particular Flocks it is not at all the Question but still they are Subordinate and Delegated by the Bishop from whom they Receive Institution and Induction Reserving still to himself the Superintendency of them All. But the man 's for Parity I perceive and against Deputation He 's Consequently ●gainst the King for a Leveller in the Church never fails to be one in the State Let him examine himself and keep his own Counsel B I forbear to ●rge how contrary this Practice is to the Doctrine of the Apostl●s both Paul and Peter I hope the Bishop will not take it ill that I do not call them Saints for these Holy men do not need any stile of Honour out of the Popes Kalender B The Animadverter does wondrous well to forbear Paul and Peter for to my Knowledge they are Two of the greatest Enemies he has But what a wipe he gives the Bishop for his Popes Kalender and then he Churrs like a Turky-cock at the Conceit on 't I hope the Bishop will not take it ill quoth he that I do not call them Saints He 's a notable wit I warrant him Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ c. with all the SAINTS which are in all Achaia 2 Cor. 1. 1. Paul c. to the SAINTS which are at Ephesus c. Eph. 1. 1. Salute all the SAINTS Phil. 4. 21. All the SAINTS Salute you Phil. 4. 22. Since we heard of your Faith in Christ Jesus and of your Love toward all SAINTS Col. 1. 4. Was Paul a Papist or what signifies SAINT but Holy Now for a fling at the Bishop by the way of Sole Pastor C When Paul had sent for the Elders of the Church at Ephesus he bids them to feed the Church of God over which not be himself by his sole Authority a● Bishop of the Diocess but the Spirit of God had made them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Overseers or to use the proper stile Bi●hops And Peter commands his Fellow Elders for so doth that Apostle 〈◊〉 to call himself to feed the Flock which was among them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Overseeing or Acting the Bishops not like the Bishop of Worcester as Lording it over Gods Heritage but as Patte●ns of the Flock From which places we learn not only that those two so much controverted Names of Bishop and Pres●yter are without distinction ascribed to the same Persons but likewise that whoever f●d the Flock are under Christ whom the Apostle there stil●s the Chief Shepheard the next and immediate Pastors of the Flock and to extend the Pastoral Power beyond the actual care of Feeding is a notion altogether u●scriptural and likewise leaves us no bounds where to fix till we come to ce●re upon some one Universal Pastor who may claim this Power over the whole world by the same parity of reason that a Bishop doth over one D●ocesse C Very good Paul sends for the Elders of the Church at Ephesus and they come I hope so there 's Authority and Obedience The Apostle gives them their Charge also to Feed the Flock whereof the Holy Ghost had made them Over-seers not the Bishop of the Diocesse sayes our Aerius No question of it Does the Bishop of Wor'ster assume any Personal Privilege in Matters Essential to his Function Does he pretend to Act by any other Virtue then That of his Ecclesiastical Mission If not his rude Parenthesis is a double Impertinence Again Peter sayes he Commands his Fellow-Elders c. Par in Parem non habet Imperium A Superiority among Equals is a Contradiction The word in truth is so●ter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which intimates rather Exhortation or Entreaty and for his Fellow-Elders it signifies just as much from the Apostle as Fellow-Souldiours from a General Their Commission is to Feed he sayes and Over-see not like the Bishop of Worcester c. Lording it over Gods Heritage c. His Rayling apart Marque now his Inferences First that the Names of Bishop and Presbyter are without distinction apply'd to the same Persons Go to then but can he shew me where the Powers are exercis'd in Common too We do not argue upon Names but Things Can Presbyters Ordein Inflict a Censure or as Meer Presbyters can they Govern Let 's see a Text for 't If they are Overseers in Respect of their Flocks They are yet part of the Flock Themselves in respect of the Diocesan Bishop They Oversee and they are Overseen according to the Scale of Order and Authority His next Deduction is Haeretical Church-Parity to which he adds that the Pastoral Power extends only to the Actual care of Feeding Is 't not a Shephard's Duty as well to Govern his Flock as to Feed it To Keep in Straglers c. Bishop Andrews will tell you in his Opuscula Posthuma that Pastor in the Latin Church is alwayes taken for a Bishop for one that Governs as well as Feeds and Governs even the Feeders of Particular Flocks In Homer the King himself is call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Shepheard of his People Touching his Universal Pastor by the same reason we are to have an Universal King EXCEPTION III. A IT seems to be a Light and to say no more unseemly trifling with sacred Scripture to affirm that those words of our Saviour concerning such as come not in by the door and therefore are Thieves and Robbers ought to be understood of such Ministers as preach to Congregations without the Bishops License Which thing the Bishop in great heat and Earnestnesse as if he had done very well in it tels us more then once that it was the Principal reason why he silenced Mr. Baxter A SOmebody resolve me whether This Libeller has more Wit or Honesty and take the Naked Truth of the Story Baxter for Brevity sake throwes out one Dancy the Minister of Kidderminster from his Living and