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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	king_n	lord_n	treasurer_n	1,067	5	10.6279	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34747	The nail & the wheel the nail fastned by a hand from heaven, the wheel turned by a voyce from the throne of glory / both described in two severall sermons in the Green-yard at Norwich by John Carter, pastor of Great St. Peters.	Carter, John, d. 1655.	1647 (1647)	Wing C654A; ESTC R34786	76,219	107

templi Go to Shebna the overseer of the temple that is say they the high-priest ” Again from the 21. verse where it is said and I wil cloth him with thy robe and strengthen him with thy girdle they conclude those garments to be the Vestments of the high priest according to that in the 20. of Num. v 28. And Moses stripped Aron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son But certainly if we go to the fountain this can never be made out that Shebna was high-Priest or any Priest of the second order For ” In the 15. verse it 's only 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 super domum not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 super domum dei Over the house there 's not so much as a hint that it should be over the house of God ” Again v. 21. The robe and girdle were ensigns of authority and Magistracy Job mentions the girdle of Kings Baltheum regum dissolvit Job 12. 18. He looseth the bond or girdle of Kings and thus did Pharaoh to Joseph he arrayed him in royal robes and put a golden chain or girdle about him Gen. 41. 42. So here I wil cloth him with thy robe that is that robe which thou didst wear when thou wert the great manat Court ” Yet further he was not capable of the office of Priest-hood They which received the office of Priest-hood were all of the Children of Levi but Shebna was of another stock not so much as a Jew but an Alian a stranger That is obliquely signifyed and intimated verse the 16. What hast thou here and whom hast thou here that thou hast hewed thee out a Sepulchre here c. which is as if he should have said what business hast thou in this Land what kindred Why shouldest thou take up thy rest to live and dye in the Lords land and to be buried in Jerusalem whereas thou art an Assyrian or of some other strange Country ” To put all out of question There was another high priest at the very same time Azariah by name you shal read of him 2. Chron. 31. 13. He was ruler of the house of God that is by the consent of all interpreters the high priest and therefore Shebna what ever he were could not be the high priest What was he then Let 's gather up his titles of honor together and by that time we have done we shal understand his place certainl●y In the 15. verse he is called first the treasurer and then Shebna Who is over the house that is over the Kings house In the 37. Chapter of this Prophesy verse the 2. and often other-where in scripture he is stiled the Scribe not an ordinary or Common Scribe or notary but such an one as we call a Chancellor or Secretary This is then the sum of all Shebna was at that time the great favorite of the King he had all the chief offices the highest honors and dignitys of the Kingdom conferred upon him He was Lord treasurer he was ruler Governor Controller of the Kings house he was the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of state In a word he was the chief in Court and Kingdom and under the King Lord President of the whole Country just as Joseph was under Pharaoh Thou shalt says the King be over my house and according to thy word shal all my people be ruled only in the throne wil I be greater then thou Thus was Shebna Him God deposed and put Eliakim into his place into the very same favour dignity honor Authority and Magistracy The LXX renders it thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Constituam cum principem I wil make him a great Prince in Juda Eliakim is fastned as a nail namely in the highest place of the Kingdom And that In a sure place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in loco fideli The word is derived from truth q. d. in a true and faithful place that is in a firm stable permanent condition for where truth is there is certainty and stability And here is an Antithesis or opposition 'twixt Shebna and Eliakim Shebna was as a nail but in a hollow unsound or rotten wall and therefore shal fall out he shal come down from his eminency But as for this Eliakim saith the Lord I wil six him in a solid wall a sound post or strong pillar out of which he cannot fall nor be pluck'd out that is plainly I wil so confirm and establish him in his place that he shal never be deposed as Shebna was but he shal stand sure and immovable And he shal be for a glorious throne to his fathers house A throne is a Kings seat full of Majesty and glory He shal be for a throne that is for a glorious ornament to the King to the Kingdom and to his own stock and family He shal do worthily in Juda and so carry himself in his place authority and Magistracy he shal so administer as shal be for the honor of the King the glory and prosperity of the whole Kingdom and for the preferment of his fathers house he shal advance his kindred and make his whole family famous and renowned For the meaning this may suffice Now in the 2. place I am to give you the sum and substance of all in one general proposition Good and faithful Magistrates are nails fasten'd in the walls of Gods house in the Church and Common-wealth So are they called Ezra 9. 8. And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God to leave us a remnant to escape and to give us a nail in his holy place What nail the Princes and the Priests that were left a remnant of Godly Magistrates and Ministers The very same expression you have in the Prophet Zechariah Chap. the 10. the 3. and 4. verses Where God promiseth to visit his flock the house of Judah and to give them all things that may make them safe and happy The words run thus Out of him came forth the corner out of him the nail out of him the battel-bow and out of him every appointer of tribute also The corner i. the supream the King the chief Governor who is like a foundation and corner-stone to bear and couple the building The nail i. Princes Magistrates Governors faithful Counselors such as are in authority under the King The battel-bow i. e. Commanders Captains Souldiers Ammunition and all things fit and necessary for a warlike and potent people The appointer of tribute i. e. Officers to impose exact and collect tribute of all those forraign nations which they shal conquer Shortly they shal have all things to make them a blessed and flourishing people and as a principall thing they shal have the nail viz. a good Magistrate Reason But why are Magistrates called nails Not properly but by way of similitude they are tanquam as nails very like nails and that in regard of their end and use A nail peg or pin is fastned in the wall