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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	holy_a	scripture_n	son_n	7,316	5	5.5655	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26279	Aaron's rod blossoming, or, The orthodox government of the Church of England by bishops, presbiters, and deacons, asserted from the practice of the apostles, the testimony of councils, synods, fathers and doctors, from the apostles time to this day ...		1680 (1680)	Wing A43; ESTC R22486	17,618	40

ecclesiae fundatae to the Church being founded and so necessary that nothing more concerns the Church Would he not or could he not inform his Trustees how he pleased to have his Church his Houshold governed in his absence To say he would not is derogatory to his Wisdom and Goodness to say he could not to his Almighty Sovereign Power I therefore conclude these Points First That Ordination of Presbyters was left to Timothy and Titus as to men of higher place and Authority and not to the Presbyters who were of inferior Degree Secondly The Power given to the Angels of Ephesus and the other Churches puts a difference of Superiority betwixt a Bishop and an ordinary Presbyter and other the Teachers of the Churches and gives them commission prae ceteris tam Clericis quam Laicis above others both Clergy and Laity yea a coercive and castigative Power Object Further they object That Episcopacy is not jure divino because Christ did not command it in the Gospel Answ To this I answer That jus divinum aliter in se habet in credendis aliter in agendis There is a difference of divine Right in matters to be believed and matters to be done In matters of Faith there must be textus manifestus aut convincens deductio a clear Text or a sound Consequence As for example In the beginning God made all things that is textus manifestus but there is onely convincens deductio concerning the Mystery of the blessed Trinity which is only proved thus There came down at Christs Baptism the Holy Spirit in the form of a Dove and a voice was heard saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Here we find the Spirit in the form of a Dove there is heard a voice and Christ is seen in the water we know by the light of Scripture and the light of Nature that there is but one God and that from one all things are and that in one they terminate And that there is aliud medium copulans primum ultimum one between both coupling the first and the last Seeing also we read that there is a Father a Son and a Spirit and that there is but one God We hence infer by necessary deduction that there are three persons and but one God Besides this deduction is further confirmed by that Text 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 These three are one which in some sort is textus manifestus a clear Text. Now a Matter of Fact may be inferred to be jure divino as I suppose if I prove 1. First That the same Fact was the Practice of the Apostles 2. Secondly that it is Analogical to the Institution of the Church of the Jews which was settled according to Gods Appointment by the Mediation of Angels by the Ministry of Moses and Aaron 3. Thirdly That it is pointed at and insinuated in the New-Testament 4. Fourthly That it hath successively continued since the Apostles time as elsewhere so particularly in Brittain If these points can be proved concerning the Fact in question viz. Government by Bishops I hope none will deny it to be jure divino Now for Proof and Confirmation that Episcopacy is jure divino I will prove these Points and then say something concerning the Practice of other Churches And first St. Paul the Apostle and Dr. of the Gentiles gave Power and Authority to Timothy and Titus ordinare dignos to ordain men worthy and to examine such as were faulty to reprove and discharge such as were guilty and did 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 teach other Doctrine and were offensive to the honour of their Callings and to cherish such as did well Those things are evident in the Epistles of Paul to Timothy and of that to Titus From Pauls Practice of Superiority over these two and from the Institution of Timothy and Titus to be Bishops I prove Episcopacy to be practised by the Apostles to make which good I thus argue If St. Paul himself practised eminent superiority and in the Epistles alledged gave all that power which of right Bishops challenge or doth belong to the definition of a Bishop to Timothy and Titus then Paul himself did not only practice Episcopacy but did also Constitute them Bishops but verum prius ergo posterius That he had 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Bishoprick as the other Apostles had see Acts 1.20 and did diligently run his course therein no man will deny and that he gave Power to Timothy and Titus the same which he himself had To Ordain to Punish to Convent to Reward duplici honore with double honour the Epistles alledged do sufficiently prove Therefore Paul himself practised superiority and constituted Timothy and Titus Bishops in place superiour to Presbyters whom they had Authority to Ordain Convent and Punish Object If they object That Presbyters with a President may do the same even all things which are commanded Timothy and Titus and therefore these things were spoken to Timothy and Titus and to their Presbyters Collectively in the Persons of Timothy and Titus Answ I answer Their Old Friend Collectively will do them as little good here as elsewhere for this is but petere principium an Evasion which I have formerly taken away And now further I argue Such as the Charge is such is the Power but the Charge is personal that is given to Timothy and Titus particularly and therefore the Power and Authority given is personal to them for their time and to their Successours in place after them and not to them and the Presbytery Collectively nothing in place where such Charge is given doth intimate the Presbyters or Deacons interposing themselves in these Episcopal Actions with Timothy and Titus If they will have these Priviledges and Performances to belong to their President they must plead them due to him as he is Successor to Timothy and Titus and so he is in effect if you give him Continuance in his place a Bishop indeed The bare Name of a President cannot make him of a different Calling from a Bishop whenas he acteth the part of a Bishop in all those points by St. Paul prescribed The Practice of all times especially the first Century warrants not a Monthly or Yearly President doing nothing for Ordination Convention Punishment and Reward without the Advise and Consent of a company of Presbyters But it allows Bishops Superiority to Presbyters and Presbyters to Deacons yea it placed Bishops Successours to the Apostles as were Timothy and Titus and Presbyters and Deacons subordinate to Bishops as to the Apostles whilst the lived St. Ignatius the next Bishop to Evodius he received Episcopal Charge from the Apostles and writing to them at Antioch when he was carried Prisoner to Rome he uses these words to the Laity Obsequium prebete presbyteris Diaconis be ye obedient to your Presbyters and Deacons and addeth to the Presbyters pascite gregem apud vos donec Deus ostendit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 feed the