Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	advocate_n	jesus_n	propitiation_n	3,211	5	11.6490	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17309	A tryall of priuate deuotions. Or, A diall for the houres of prayer. By H.B. rector of St. Mathevves Friday-street	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1628 (1628)	STC 4157; ESTC S121011	62,963	99

not that Some after they haue fasted till nine of the clock vse sundry meates And others otherwise And because none can shew any precept vpon Record concerning Lent it is euident that the Apostle therein left free power to euery mans mind will that euery one might do that which is good and honest being induced thereto neither by feare nor by necessity Thus Socrates And Eusebius before him saith that some thought one day sufficient for fasting some two some moe others in reckoning 40. continued houres day and night do determine that the time of their Fast. This being so what is become of the Apostolicall Constitution for 40. dayes Fast when it was left free for euery Church or Christian to fast as few or many dayes as they thought fit And therefore neuer let our Author obtrude vpon vs the authority and practise of the present Church of Rome to impose a necessity of a religious if not a superstitious 40. dayes Fast when notwithstanding the old Church of Rome in her purer times fasted but three weekes yet two dayes in euery weeke excepted And besides in those times Easter being a generall time for publicke Baptisme as also Whitsuntide for that cause they thought fit to humble themselues with fasting and prayer for the better preparation thereunto But enough of this Pag. 246. of the last impression Hee mentioneth Christs Rest in the graue and his Descen● also into Hell as vpon Easter Euen The Author is very skilfull to tell vs the punctuall time of Christs Descent into Hell Of the manner of it or how the Article in the Creed is to bee vnderstood he makes no question but comes with an actuall downe right Descent But he grounds this his time of Christs Descent into Hell vpon the Epistle and Gospell for Easter Euen Indeed the Epistle is taken out of 1 Pet. 3.27 c. where the words of Peter are thus translated according to the corrupt vulgar Latin In which spirit hee also went and preached to the spirits that were in prison c. Now the Author hereupon inferreth that this place of Peter is to be meant of Christs Descent into Hell contrary to all sound Interpreters the Text it selfe no way bearing it And vpon the same ground according to the corrupt translation wherein is added contrary and besides both the Originall Text and our last and best English Translation these words That were whereas the Text is To the spirits in prison that is now still in prison not that were in prison as if vpon Christs descent into Hell and preaching vnto them hee had deliuered them thence as out of some Limbo which the Author if well examined must needes meane And indeed he is too much helped by the corrupting of the Text so that it were to be wished that vulgar English Translation of the Epistles and Gospels in the Communion booke were corrected yea and wholly made vniforme to our last Translation of the Bible that so no Popish spirits may haue any such starting holes for their lurking and sly old Popish and mopish doctrines In the next place pag. 291. he setteth downe sundry sayings prayers Psalmes Hymnes before the receiuing of the Sacrament to pag. 301. In all which it should seeme 〈◊〉 ●rescribeth a new solmne seruice for the Sacrament For else what time is there allowed for any mans priuate deuotion while hee is present at the publike administration of the Sacrament Or would he haue a man busied about his priuate deuotions while the Minister is in the publicke seruice Or would he haue the Minister to be mute vntill euery man present haue said ouer such lessons as our Author teacheth Indeed if it were at a Masse which the people vnderstand not these formes of priuate deuotion were good to exercise euery man while the Priest is mumbling ouer his Masse But blessed bee God there is no such need Pag. 298. he sets downe a new forme of prayer but taken either from the Bull of Pope Clement 8. where hee commands the Angels c. or rather hee borrowes it from the Romane Missal in the Cannon of the Masse restored by the Decree of the Councell of Trent and published by the Commandement of Pope Pius 5. printed at Antwerp 1574. Cum priuilegio Pontif. Max. et Regis Cath●l pag. 272. where the Masse Priest Profundè inclinatus iunetis manibus dicat Lowly ducking with his hands ioyned let him say Supplices te rogamus Omnipotens Deus iube h●c perferri per manus Sancti A●egli tui in sublime Altere tuum in conspectu diuinae Maiestatis tuae vt c. that is We humbly beseech the Omnipotent God command these things to be conuayed by the hands of thy holy Angel into thy high Altar in the presence of thy diuine Maiestie that c. But what a presumption is this in our Author to prescribe God a new way of conueying our prayers into the presence of his Maiesty by such a meane as he hath no where reuealed in his word Where hath God commanded his Angels to bee our Mediators betweene vs and him Yet see how slily this Author would foyst in the mediation of Angels Is not the onely name of Christ our Mediator in whom we offer vp all our Seruice and Sacrifice of Prayer and Prayse sufficient to bring them vp into the presence of his Father yea and to make both vs and them acceptable to his Maiestie But what promise of acceptance hath our Authour of such Mediation of Angels if they should presume to present our Prayers Much more when they doe it without warrant And warrant they haue none in GODS Word And without the Word we haue no warrant for any seruice we doe to GOD. But contrarily the Word alloweth vnto vs but one onely Mediatour as well of Intercession as of satisfaction 1 Iohn 2. If any man sinne we haue an Aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the Righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes The same must be our Aduocate and Intercessor who is also our Propitiation Therefore our Authour here commits high Sacriledge if not Blasphemie against the Sacred Maiestie of GOD and the honour of IESVS CHRIST to assigne GOD the appointing of a new way whereby we may come vnto him namely another way then by IESVS CHRIST But proceed we to Page 388. where he sets downe The manner of commending the Soule into the hands of GOD at the verie point of time when it is departing from the Body Before yee haue his Forme of Prayers at the houre of Death now another Forme at the point of Death Nay which ought diligently to be marked at the verie point of time when the Soule is not about to depart but departing from the Body Surely a man would thinke his prayer had need to be verie short onely a jaculatorie breath and away least the Soule bee departed from the Body before hee make an end of his prayer and so he shall pray for the dead