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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	flesh_n	son_n	7,126	5	5.5139	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04480	Seuen godly and learned sermons preached by the Reuerend Father in God Iohn Iuel, late bishop of Salisburie. Neuer before imprinted	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; I. K., fl. 1607.	1607 (1607)	STC 14611; ESTC S103194	84,504	228

Peter being appointed by God to goe to Cornelius the Captaine so soone as he came in vnto him by and by Cornelius met him fell downe at his féete and worshipped him hee thought him a God and no Man And thus as yée sée sometimes the people offended too much on that hand and gaue more honour and reuerence vnto Gods Ministers than God himselfe required or they looked for Sometimes againe on the other hand they gaue them no reuerence they attributed no honour vnto them they did set too little by the Preachers of Gods word and this was a fault on the other side When Christ in our nature began first to preach and set abroad his fathers will and the glad tydings of the Gospell the people forthwith found fault with him he is said they but a Carpenters son wée know his Father wée know his Mother he was neuer set to Schoole how can this man haue learning Afterward when the Disciples and Apostles of Christ preached and taught the people and beganne to speake with strange tongues in so much that euery man maruailed to heare his owne speach and language both Medes Persians and they of Mesopotamia yet said the people these men are full of new wine And this was too little honour Therefore if the Preacher bée too much honoured then is God dishonoured if hee bee despised and nothing set by then is Christ himselfe despised and not regarded They that said Christ was a Carpenters sonne a man vnlearned and such a one as neuer went to schoole they that said the Apostles of Christ were full of new wine spake not this of any priuate malice or hatered that they bare either vnto Christ or his Apostles but onely to bring Gods word to shame only to bring Christs holy Gospell out of credit with the people this was their entent and purpose and nothing els Therefore Saint Paule in this place sheweth the Corinthians how they should estéem the teachers of gods holy word how they should thinke and iudge of them For the people sometime estéeme most a policicke man such a man as by his great wit is able to conclude Peace and Leagues betwéene Princes they regard him that is of stout courage and learned in the Lawes they set most by him that is eloquent and able to perswade yea and they regard him not that is not excellently learned and séene in all Sciences but heere Saint Paule sheweth them that they should not estéeme the Preachers of Gods Gospell as men politicke as men of great wit as men of stout courage and learned in the Law as men eloquent and excellently well séene in sciences but as the Ministers of Christ and Stewards of the secrets of God Thus should the Ministers of Christ bee estéemed and thus ought the teachers of Gods word shew themselues as Ministers of Christ and dispensers of Gods secrets And therefore saint Paule in another place saith We come not to preach our selues all our preaching all our teaching all our Doctrine is that you know Iesus Christ as for our selues wée are but your seruants So Christ himselfe Qui de se loquitur gloriam propriam quaerit Hee that speaketh of himselfe seeketh his owne glorie saith Christ So Paule likewise Quid Petrus quid Paulus quid Apollo nisi Ministri What is Peter what is Paule what is Apollo thinke you them any other than the seruants and ministers of God Paule hath planted Apollo watered but God hath giuen the encrease The encrease came not from Peter not from Paule not from Apollo but from God alone Apollo Paule and Peter are nothing els but the ministers and seruants of God God is he that giueth the encrease God alone is hee that giueth the encrease When the great Citie of Ierusalem vnderstood of Iohn the Baptist and began to séeke vnto him they asked him What art thou Hee answered them Ego vox clamantis in deserto Parate viam Domini I am said hee a man not worthy to be esteemed I am but a messenger sent vnto you I am nothing els but a voice to cry Prepare you the way of the Lord. So Moses and Aaron that had the conducting of the people of God when the whole Campe was in a tumult and vprore and the people ran in rage against them like to haue slaine them they stretched out their hands and said Non contra nos sed contra Dominum nam nos qui sumus This stir this hurly burly this tumult that you make is not said they against vs but against God for alas what are we we are but Gods seruants Gods messengers appointed to lead and guid you Thus therefore ought euery man estéeme the Preachers of Gods gospell as messengers as seruants as Ministers of Christ thus ought euery man thinke and iudge of them But what kind of seruant is this Preacher what manner of Minister is he Saint Paul saith He is the Steward and Dispenser of Gods secrets he setteth foorth and sheweth abroad the mysteries of his holy Gospel And these mysteries that S. Paul here meaneth to conclude in one word are none other than the Articles of our Faith That Christ is the Sonne of God conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgine Marie that he was crucified dead buried descended into Hell rose againe and sitteth at the right hand of his Father that by his blood our sinnes were washed away that our bodies shall at the last day arise and we possesse eternall life These be the secrets these be the mysteries that the Ministers of Christ the seruants and Stewards of God do vtter and declare to Gods people no wisdome of man is able to compasse this no learning of this world able of it selfe to expound these hidden secrets For saith Saint Paul Animalis homo non percipit ea quae sunt ex Deo The naturall man perceiueth nothing of the spirit of God he vnderstandeth not such things as are of God It is foolishnesse vnto him and he can not perceiue it for it must be spiritually discerned Christ himselfe also Non ex hominibus nequè ex voluntate carnis sed ex voluntate Dei they which are Gods children and able to vnderstand his mysteries are such which are not borne of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God When Christ had asked of Peter what he thought of him and Peter had said Tues Christus filius Dei viui Thou art Christ the Sonne of the lyuing God He answered O happie art thou Simon the Sonne of Ionas for flesh and blood hath not opened that vnto thee but my Father that is in Heauen These mysteries therefore are onely opened by the spirit of God by Gods only working not by any wisdome of man not by any cunning and great learning of this world Now therefore saith Saint Paul thinke thus of vs iudge vs to be the Ministers and seruants of God