Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	apostle_n	body_n	spirit_n	5,900	5	5.3950	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01530	Maskil le-David = Dauids instructer A sermon preached at the visitation of the Free-Schole at Tunbridge in Kent, by the wardens of the Worshipfull Companie of Skinners; by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.	Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.	1620 (1620)	STC 11655; ESTC S102889	29,949	48

to a Father I exhorted you and besought you as a Father his Children sometime to a Mother My little Children of whom I trauaile againe till Christ be formed in you sometime to a Nurse Wee were gentle among you as a Nurse cherisheth her Children And great reason is there that so it should be For first God hath giuen the name of Parents vnto them he hath comprehended all Superiors vnder that head And surely if other masters haue the name of Father giuen them as Naamans seruants giue it him Schoole-masters much more They are in some kinde vnder God to vse the Apostles tearm patres spirituum the Fathers of mens Spirits Our Parents are instruments vnder God for the producing of our Bodies the baser part they are instruments vnder him for the framing and moulding of our mindes and soules the better and more principall part of vs. Yea as the Apostle Paul saith of the Corinthians that he was their Father because by his Ministery he had begotten them to God so such Schoole-masters as are carefull and conscionable of their dutie in that kinde may well say of their Schollers that they are their children in Christ as the same Paul stileth Timothie and l Titus else-where since that many no doubt of them receaue the first seedes and graines and beginnings of faith and feare of God and other sauing and sanctifying grace from them Againe this the rather is as equall so needfull because that where no loue is there is little hope of learning Little hope there is that the master should doe his Schollers good if hee loue not them and as little hope is there that the Schollers should receaue good from him or profit by him vnles they loue him That which serueth in the First place to admonish all teachers and instructors either publike or priuate how they ought to be affected toward those that are committed to their charge As one saith of a good Prince that he hath as many Sonnes as hee hath subiects and is therefore as a kinde and louing Father to them so should the Schoole-master make account that he hath in some sort as many Children as Schollers that be vnder his charge and therefore cary himselfe toward them in kinde and louing manner euen as if he were a naturall Father vnto them Which kinde and louing cariage or Fatherly affection yet is not so to be interpreted as if it were vtterly to exclude and cut of all just reproofe and due correction when occasions shall require it That was the fault of Eli and Dauid too though worthy men of God otherwise and it prooued a breake-necke to the one and an heart-sore to the other The r●d and correction giue instruction saith Salomon but a childe left to himselfe is the confusion of hir that bare him And He that spareth the rod hateth his Sonne but he that loueth him chastneth him betimes The seducer speaketh the childe faire to marre him the Father handleth him roughly to amend him He is kind in correcting him he were cruell in sparing him Correction is a kinde of cure A faire hand we say commonly maketh a foule wound The Surgion searcheth the wound to the quicke that he may saue the mans life for he should endanger the one if he delt but superficially with the other He is not cruell that diggeth and gasheth the flesh to get out a sting or a splinter that will not out otherwise he is cruell rather that out of a fond pitifulnesse letteth it alone Nor he cruell that giueth correction when it is requisite and needfull but he rather that then withholdeth it Reproofe therefore yea correction too may well stand with Loue. As many as I loue I rebuke saith our Sauiour And God saith the Apostle after Salomon whom he loueth he correcteth and he scourgeth euery Sonne that he receiueth The Physitian is troublesome to the frantick Patient and the Father to the vnruly Childe the one in binding him the other in beating him and yet both doe what they doe out of Loue. Yea seueritie and sharpnes may in some cases well agree with it Rebuke them sharply saith Paul to Titus of some that they may be found sound in the Faith And to vse an Hethen mans comparison A Surgion had he two persons to cut for the stone the one his deere Frend the other a meere Stranger would he be so foolish thinke we out of loue and fauour to his frend as to cut him with a blunter toole or razer then he would cut the other with It is not ment therefore when kind and louing cariage is required of Instructors and Teachers that they should not therefore either correct or reproue But that whither they teach or instruct or reproue or correct they do according to the Apostles rule all in Loue and in louing manner That they striue in the first place by all milde and gentle vsage to win them and by faire words and rewards to entice and allure as God himselfe is wont to deale with vs. And againe when they shall be constrained to take rougher courses with them yet that then also they temper seueritie with lenitie and allay the sharpnes of the one with some mild dash of the other Restore the offendor saith the Apostle with the spirit of lenitie as the Surgion setteth and restoreth a limme dislocated to his proper place and due site againe with as litle paine as needs must to the party Do as those that giue Children wormwood or aloës for the wormes they sweeten the brims of the cup with honie or mix it with wine or milke or some other such sweet thing to make them take it the more willingly and giue them a litle sugar after to sweeten their mouths with againe or as those that giue bitter pils to queesie stomached patients they wrap them vp in some conserue or in the pap of an apple that they may with as litle offence as may be take them in and the better ●eepe and retaine them when they be downe So order and temper their reproofe and their correction that it may appeare not to proceed from spleene or grudge or choler or some other such peeuish and sinister humor but that euen by the very manner of it and the affection shewed in it it may be seene to issue from a louing minde and to aime at nothing but the well-doing of the party either corrected or reproued In a word let Teachers and Instructers remember what the Heathen man truly saith that there is no liuing creature more wayward naturally then Man nor that neede to be managed with more discretion and skill Secondly let Schollers learne hence how they are to esteem of their Teachers and how to cary themselues towards them euen to reuerence them to affect them