Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88695	The persecuted minister, in defence of the ministerie, the great ordinance of Jesus Christ. Setting forth the severall names of Apostles, prophets, &c. [brace] 1. That there is a ministerial office. 2. That the sacrament of baptisme by a lay-person is invalid. 3. That necessity is no plea. 4. That the long omission of the Lords Supper is unwarrantable. With many other things, plainly and methodically handled / by William Langley late of S. Maryes in the city of Lichfield, minister ...	Langley, William, b. 1609 or 10.	1656 (1656)	Wing L408; Thomason E860_4; ESTC R202682	143,990	208

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person_n administer_a the_o sacrament_n be_v good_a though_o the_o instrument_n be_v never_o so_o bad_a he_o may_v minister_v comfort_n to_o thou_o though_o none_o to_o himself_o as_o the_o workman_n that_o build_v the_o ark_n prepare_v a_o mean_n to_o save_v other_o but_o be_v drown_v themselves_o i_o have_v rather_o make_v choice_n of_o a_o honest_a godly_a minister_n than_o one_o profane_a for_o such_o a_o work_n it_o be_v more_o comely_a and_o yield_v more_o comfort_n yet_o their_o power_n be_v the_o same_o now_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v enquiry_n make_v after_o such_o as_o be_v bad_a nor_o be_v god_n tie_v to_o the_o outward_a sign_n but_o be_v a_o free_a agent_n sometime_o the_o baptism_n of_o water_n be_v without_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o be_v see_v in_o simon_n magus_n sometime_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o spirit_n go_v before_o sometime_o accompany_v and_o sometime_o follow_v the_o baptism_n of_o water_n the_o effect_n of_o it_o be_v defer_v till_o god_n see_v good_a it_o do_v not_o of_o itself_o confer_v grace_n nor_o be_v it_o tie_v to_o the_o sacrament_n first_o they_o be_v the_o sign_n not_o the_o cause_n of_o grace_n second_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o god_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v bestow_v on_o the_o creature_n three_o the_o subject_n of_o grace_n be_v not_o the_o body_n only_o but_o the_o spirit_n therefore_o the_o sacrament_n do_v not_o by_o their_o own_o virtue_n work_v any_o thing_n as_o flow_v from_o their_o essence_n but_o ministerial_o or_o instrumental_o only_o effectual_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o they_o increase_v and_o nourish_v our_o faith_n not_o by_o any_o inward_a power_n or_o virtue_n of_o their_o own_o but_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o principal_a agent_n or_o worker_n they_o be_v mean_n help_n and_o instrument_n of_o salvation_n in_o which_o sense_n the_o church_n be_v say_v to_o be_v sanctify_v and_o wash_v in_o the_o laver_n of_o water_n through_o the_o word_n ephes_n 5.16_o this_o be_v the_o channel_n of_o conveyance_n but_o not_o the_o fountain_n 1_o pet._n 3.21_o so_o that_o of_o themselves_o of_o their_o own_o power_n or_o any_o real_a and_o essential_a virtue_n they_o have_v nothing_o grace_n be_v not_o contain_v and_o shut_v up_o in_o they_o as_o water_v in_o a_o vessel_n or_o as_o a_o medicine_n in_o a_o box_n therefore_o the_o bare_a want_n of_o it_o can_v bring_v the_o danger_n of_o eternal_a condemnation_n yet_o let_v man_n beware_v of_o put_v a_o small_a account_n and_o estimation_n on_o they_o for_o they_o be_v god_n ordinance_n appoint_v by_o he_o to_o which_o we_o must_v neither_o make_v addition_n nor_o substraction_n the_o sacrament_n cease_v not_o in_o themselves_o to_o be_v true_a sacrament_n although_o administer_v by_o unworthy_a minister_n and_o receive_v by_o unfaithful_a people_n we_o do_v say_v the_o confession_n of_o helvetia_n 15._o ●orme_v conf_n of_o the_o minist_n of_o the_o word_n art_n 15._o confess_v that_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n be_v as_o 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