Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	church_n	militant_a	triumphant_a	2,791	5	11.4510	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15500	Syrophænissa or, the Cananitish womans conflicts in twelue seuerall tractats discouered, sectio prima. At Horndon on the hil, in the countie of Essex. 1598. Dulcescit Christus, amarescit mundus R.W.	R. W. (Robert Wilmot), fl. 1568-1608.	1601 (1601)	STC 25765; ESTC S102527	37,867	136

prick him forward what a pranck he played him So when Mardocheus warelie Hester 15 watched for an opportune accesse into the kings presence which for him selfe rashly to haue dared to do was the danger of his head for this was the Persian law whosoeuer comes into the inner court of the kings Pallace vncalled shall die the death vnlesse the king hold forth his golden Rod vnto him therfore doth Mardocheus wiselie herein vse Hester the Queenes good helpe as a gratious meanes for him Princes pallaces and rich mens houses haue great gates large courtes and many a winding roome so that the out cries of the poore oppressed may easilie vanish in the emptie aire before they can pierce into their priuate Parlours I haue heard a reuerend and learned Lawyer of this land protest once with great vehemencie he could saile into France trauell into Paris and make his returne better cheape then hee was able to passe through the Lorde Chancelors great chamber to come to priuate speech with him Hence is it that wee vsurpe that olde prouerbe In the Court as thou art befriended So shall thy sute be ended And againe Better is a friend in the Courte then a penny in thy purse But this was apud seclum prius in elder times when Courtiers cared not for pence but now that prouerb is inuerted for wee finde that thy peny in thy purse prooues thy best friend in the Court Hungry hawkes flie from empty fistes and wert thou as good as Homer himselfe Si nihil attuleris Pierce Pennilesse if hee be a suter in forma pauperis must walke and waite at the gate to attend opportunitie Neuerthelesse I assure my selfe the Lord our God wil not suffer the lamentable complaints of the poore afflicted to beate against our stonie walles and yron gates in vaine But he will in his mercies raise vp some wise Abigail to molifie the niggardly 1. Sam. 25 Nabals of this vncharitable age for howsoeuer that Diues who is to Luke 16. be buried in hell neither heares nor regardes hunger-starued Lazarus yet his very dogs will licke his sores and lessen his sorrowes Our conclusion is He that speaketh in the behalfe of the poore whose out-cries rent his heart whatsoeuer his woordes do worke and howesoeuer his speeche dooth prosper hee hath discharged the dutie of a true Christian neighbour and hath made manifest his mercifulnes Misericordias à misero corde dictas and seuentie times seuen times blessed are such mercifull Matth. 5 men for they shall be sure to obtaine mercie And besought him saying c. By these woordes our Catholike brethren of Rome thinke they haue made a great conquest ouer vs as their Annotations in their Rhemish Testament obserue but they triumph before the victory they doe beare vs downe hand ouer head that we shall neuer be able to withstand their Doctrine of the Inuocation of Saintes if this place be wel considered For thus they reason the Disciples of our Lord Iesus beseeche him in the behalfe of this poore woman Ergo the Saints of God make intercession for vs. Is it not therefore necessary that wee cal vpon them to continue this their intercession for vs An other argument is this If the Saints of God compassed about with their infirmities in this militant Church praying one for another preuayle wyth our Lord Iesus howe much more shall the Saintes nowe glorified in the triumphant Church makeing intercession for vs be heard of our Sauiour But to meet with these men and their reasons and if it be possible to satisfie such as be not obdurate in this heresie although it be generallie receiued in the schooles and it goes for good payment amongst them that Argumentum ab exemplis no probat An argument drawne from examples prooues nothing yet will wee insist in this example and from hence let vs see howe this doctrine may be diduced The Disciples of our Lorde intreate him for this woman Ergo the Saintes pray for vs and who is he that denies this Doctrine so it be rightly vnderstoode as the nature of the Text leads vs of the Saints here vpon earth yet aliue as these Disciples now were But to force this argument à viuis ad mortuos ab ente ad non ens from the Saints nowe liuing amongst vs inured to infirmities with vs to the Saintes dead and departed exempted from the least feeling or touch of any infirmities is not this a preposterous reasoning Numquid viui consulent mortuos shall the liuing aske counsell of the dead Againe wee reade that this woman cries out vpon our Lord Iesus wee can not probably gather that she called vpon any of the Apostls or besought them to intreate our Lord Iesus for her Lastly if she did beseech them and they at her request did intreate our Lord for her yet marke I pray you how little they preuayle they doe not onely not obtayne but they are repulsed in their request so that by the sight of this example we are rather discoraged than confirmed to call vpon the Saints And whereas for the more gratious acceptance of this doctrine they talke of Porters Warders and many friendly fauorites who must be first sollicited before our Lord Iesus be acquainted with our petitions out of doubt heerein they shew themselues great ennemies to the free grace of God in our Lorde Iesus Christ and they offer his grace manifest wrongs For may wee imagine that hee Reuel 2. who now standeth at the doore of our heartes and knocketh that he may come into vs and dwell with vs when wee shall knocke at the gate of his mercies by our feruent and faithfull prayers will he not open nor graunt admission vnto our requests Saith not I pray you the Scripture The Lord is neere vnto all such as call vpon him yea al such as cal vpon him faithfully c. Also do they not know or will they not vnderstand that al our payers oght to be directed to the shoot-anker of our faith and do any christians beleeue in any of the Saints We beleeue there are Saintes as there are Angells and we beleeue the Saints and Angells that is giue credence vnto their words answerable to the truth of holy Scriptures but to beleeue in the Saints is to make them our gods and this were grosse idolatrie Then if it be not lawfull for any christian to beleeue in the Saintes neyther is it lawfull to pray vnto the Saintes for wee must pray to them onely in whom we beleeue Lastly since the Lord hath said Psalme 50. he that offereth me praise honoureth me therefore we say he that offereth praise or prayer to any but God alone he dishonoureth him We conclude this point chalenging them to shew vs either any expresse commandement throughout the whole Scriptures which imoyneth vs to call vpon any Angell or Saint departed out of this world Or let them set vs downe any faithful promises assuring vs that we shall