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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20683	A defence of church gouernment Dedicated to the high Court of Parliament. Wherein, the church gouernment established in England, is directly proued to be consonant to the word of God, and that subiects ought of dutie to conforme themselues to the state ecclesiasticall. Together with, a defence of the crosse in baptisme; as it is vsed in our Church, being not repugnant to the word: and by a consequent, the brethren which are silenced, ought to subscribe vnto it, rather then to burie their talents in the ground. By Iohn Doue, Doctour of Diuinity.	Dove, John, 1560 or 61-1618.	1606 (1606)	STC 7081; ESTC S110107	58,733	80

Mat. 23. 8 In annot maioribus text saith The title of Rabbi was giuen to such as were Doctours in the Chaldaean vniuersities as also which in Iudaea by imposition of hands were declared to be the wise men of the land as also it was a title giuen to those noble and wise men which were counsellers to King Dauid And saith hee When our Sauiour forbiddeth them be not ye called Rabbi for one is your Doctour to wit Christ c Ne vocemini id est nè ambiatis neque enim vetat Christus ne suum honorem exhibeamus magistratus vel doctoribus sed ambitionem damnat vt declarat August ser deverbis Domini ex Matthaei 11. Be not you called Rabbi that is doe not you ambitiously seeke after that title for otherwise our Sauiour doth not forbid vs to giue due honour to the Magistrate and Doctour but onely he forbiddeth the ambitious seeking after such honour as appeareth by Saint Augustine his exposition One is our Doctour that is the chief pastour the fountaine of all knowledge according to that of the Prophet And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord. Call Esa 54. 13 no man your father that is nourish no man in his ambition which glorieth in such titles respicit enim Iudaeorum consuetudinem apud quos non modo Aboth id est patres sed Abothenu id est patres nostri salutabantur Rabbini he hath reference to the custome of the Iewes among whom the Rabbines would not be contented to be called fathers but our fathers Ye are brethren that is beate downe the pride of them which exalt themselues aboue their brethren For otherwise it is lawfull to call them fathers which are fathers So the King of Israel called Elisaeus his father and Saint Paul will haue an elder to 2. Reg. 6. 21. 1 Tim. 5. 1. Cor. 4. 15. bee rebuked as a father and hee calleth himselfe a father of them whom he hath instructed in the word As for the Apostles they did not exercise ciuill iurisdiction according to forme of humane lawes as Magistrates in Courts of iustice vse to doe partly because they being to trauell through the world had no certaine abiding place and partly because Iudges and Iustices are subordinate vnto Kings Princes and haue their commission from them as our Sauiour speaketh Quis me constituit Iudicem who hath appointed mee to be a Iudge ouer you But all Kings Princes were at that time Luk. 12. 14 infidells and therefore would not call them to such offices which if they had been called vnto they might lawfully haue executed And yet it may be iustified that Saint Peter executed ciuill iustice vpon Saphira when hee pronounced sentence of death against her saying Behold the feete of them Act. 5. 9. which haue buried thy husband are at the doore and shal carry thee out and Saint Paul vpon Elymas when hee pronounced sentence Act. 13. of depriuation of his sight saying Thou shalt be blinde and not see the Sunne for a season although outward forme of proceeding was wanting like to that example of Dauid a King which said of the man which brought tydings of Sauls 2. Sam. 1. 15. 1. Sam. 19. 33. death without any further processe or course of law Goe fall vpon him and he smote him that he died and of Samuel which tooke Agag he wed him in pieces and of Ioiada the priest which when Athalia the Queene in the Temple cried treason treason without any iudiciall examination or kinde 2. Reg. 11. 15. of proceeding commanded the Captaines immediately to carry her out and kill her And that these things may not seeme strange the Apostle Saint Paul and the Prophet Esay foretolde so much For the 2. Cor. 3. 6 Apostle writeth in this manner Hee hath made vs able Ministers of the new Testament not of the letter but of the spirit for the letter killeth but the spirit giueth life If then the ministration of death written with letters and ingrauen in stone was glorious so that the children of Israel were not able to beholde Moses his face for the glory of his countenance which glory is done away how shall not the ministration of the spirit be more glorious For if the ministery of condemnation was glorious much more doth the ministration of righteousnesse exceede in glory for if that which should bee abolished was glorious much more shall that which remaineth bee glorious In which wordes are to be obserued two things the anti●hesis or contrariety betweene the Ministers of both the Testaments and then the correspondency and agreement betweene them both that is wherein they consent wherein they dissent They disagree in these points the letter and the spirit death and life condemnation and righteousnesse that which was to be abolished and that which is to abide vntill the end of the world and yet both agree in glorie but the spirit excelleth the letter life death righteousnesse condemnation that which is that which is not Therefore the ministerie of the Gospel by an argument a minori ad maius is also glorious and by so much more glorious then the ministerie of the law by how much it is more excellent then the law The question is now what is meant by glory And because men may be resolued of that point the text it selfe doth make it plaine it was outward The children of Israel could not behold Moses his face for the glory of his countenance After he had talked with God the skin of his face shone so bright Exod. 34. Exod. 33. Matth. 17 that they were afraid to come neare him And that sheweth what is meant by the glory of God which Moses desired to see when answer was made hee should see his backe parts onely but not his face And it is shewed by example how our glorified bodies shal looke after the resurrection when the face of our Sauiour being transfigured did shine like the Sunne The Lord said to Moses Thou shalt make holy garments for thy Exod. ●8 brother Aaron glorius beautifull of gold blew silke purple c. The holinesse of his garments consisted in this that they were consecrated to an holy vse they were for the priest to weare in his ministration the glory of them is specified to be the outward beauty that they were of glod silk purple c. Solomon in his glory was not like a lily in the field but wherin Mat 6. Solomons glory cōsisted no man is ignorāt that is in his outward pompe riches seruice honourable retinew the adifice of his Temple the world did admire him So it is plaine that the priesthoode of Israel the glory of it consisted in the riches of the Temple the large possessions of the Leuites their authority and worldly reputation the high Priest being next in place of honour vnto the king But how the ministery of the Gospel should exceede them in glory the