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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	aaron_n	child_n	israel_n	20	3	6.2586	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10924	Christian curtesie: or, St. Pauls vltimum vale Deliuered in two sermons, on 2. Cor. 13.11. at St. Margarets on Fish-street-hill in London. By N. Rogers (sometimes preacher there) at his farewel, vpon his remoueal thence to a pastoral charge else-where.	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1621 (1621)	STC 21194; ESTC S116107	47,357	86

is not instructed in the Law of God but of such as are painefull faithfull and able to instruct So Moses Exod. 24.14 going vp to the Mount left Aaron and Hur his Deputies And thus Paul sent Timotheus to Thessalonica 1 Thes 3.2 to stablish and comfort them touching their faith and left Titus at Creta Tit. 1.5 to redresse the things that remain Yea if he be sincerely affected to his people when the necessity is serued hee will haue a desire to returne and visit his flock Rom. 1.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and hee will say with S. Paul I long to see you He will haue such a desire after them as is impatient of delaies for so the word signifies which Paul vseth and wil not be long detained after once he can get to bee released but plaieth as the old-beaten Hare Ionga cursitatione def●●lus cubilibus suis emori Esponc lib. 3. digress ad 1. Tim. cap. 22. beeing weary of long chasing abroad returns home and dyeth in his owne borrough I could wish then that such as are negligent would themselues rather seriously consider this then giue others cause to complaine for certainly want of loue to the flocke is the cause of wilfull absence from the flocke Omnis negligenter pascens toties sibi cōmendatum dominicum gregem cōumcitur summum non amare pastorem Damas epist 4. And hee who loueth not the flock loues not him whose flocke it is and therefore our Sauiour sayth to Peter If thou louest mee feed my sheep Wherupon sayth one euery one negligently feeding the Lords flocke so often commended vnto him is found not to loue the chief shepheard CHRIST IESVS Ob. But though wee feed not commonly by our selues yet continually by our substitutes R●s If the former occasions cause thy absence this is good as before I haue shewed If not it is no excuse vnlesse thou couldst loue Christ by a deputie and substitute It was a saying of one Iodocus sometimes a famous preacher within the Realme of France which hee did often inculcate in his Sermons * Vspence Adibunt per vicarios parad●sum in persona ins●●os as one that often heard it doth report That such as feede their sheepe by Vicars themselues being negligent and idle shall go into heauen by their Vicars but into hell in their owne persons hee spake pleasantly yet vttered the truth But to conclude this vse Aaron was commanded to beare the names of the children of Israell vpon his shoulders Exo. 28.12.19 and vpon his heart for a memorial before the Lord continually To remember Ministers sayth Bishop Babington of respectiue memorie vpon the place How deare vnto them the flocke committed to their charge should be euen grauen as it were in their breasts and euer in their minds to profit them by all possible meanes they may that they may bee saued Looke then we do so for if we haue no shoulder nor bosome for them Christ that great Shepheard of the sheepe will finde no mansion for vs. A second vse of this point may be for people let them learne to be perswaded of the loue and good affection of their Pastors toward them and answere it againe with like loue and good affection It is a policie of the diuell to driue men out of conceit with their Minister and cause them to suspect his loue and affection towards them and all for this end that they may lesse profit by his paines For well doth this enemy of mankinde know that where there is no affection to the person there will bee no regard of the preaching where there is no liking to the man there will follow a loathing of his Ministerie For the mind being forestalled with this conceit The Minister loues vs not makes vs misdeeme all things whatsoeuer are spoken to suit with the malitious Fountaine from whence preiudice supposeth them to proceed as when the palate is annoied with some bitter humour all things seeme bitter to the taste and hereby is the effect of the word much hindered We see this in the example of Ahab toward Eliah and Micaiah whom hee hated and professeth his enmity toward them 1 Kings 21.19 20. 22.7.8 and therefore despised the word that came from their mouths And without doubt here is a main reason why men profit not by the teaching of the word as they ought and might Because they acknowledge not the loue of their Teachers and their tender affection ouer them for their good especially when they taxe and reproue them for their sinnes then they thinke he loues them not nor careth for them but speakes out of malice and spleene and so they hinder their profiting by his teaching 1. Thes 5.12 13. But I beseech you brethren to know them which labour amongst you and are ouer you in the Lord and admonish you and to esteem them very highly in loue for their works sake We haue done now with the Compellation the Valediction followeth Text. Farewell It hath beene an ancient custome both amongst the Iewes and Grecians to begin and end Letters and Epistles with Salutations and Greetings and therein they did wish to their friends that which they counted the chiefest good And hence the Heathen as they were opinionated about the chiefe Good so they did indifferently wish good things to their friends in their salutations The Philosophers wished prosperitie the Physicians health The Common-people Ioy The Iewes wished peace The Romans safety And our Apostle here Doct. Common forms of salutation both by word of mouth and writing are commendable welfare vnder which he comprehends all blessings belonging to this life or a better From hence we learne Common forms of Salutation and Greeting both by word of mouth and writing are commendable and are both ancient and Apostolicall A precept for this duty wee haue giuen vs by our Sauiour When you come into an house salute it Mat. 10.11 And againe Into whatsoeuer house you enter first say Luke 10.5 Ruth 2.4 Peace be to this house A paterne wee haue in Boaz who coming among his reapers said vnto them The Lord be with you and they answered him The Lord blesse thee Yea the Angels themselues haue vsed forms of salutations And in the Angel that came to Gedeon who saluted him thus Iud. 6.12 The Lord be with thee thou valiant man And in the Angell Gabriel who came vnto the Virgin Mary Luke 1.28 and said vnto her Hail thou that art highly fauoured the Lord is with thee The Psalmographer insinuateth the commonness of this Christian duty among Gods people when he saith They that go by Psal 129.8 say not so much as The Lord prosper you And we shall finde the Apostle Paul to be very precise in the obseruing of this point in all his Epistles who oftentimes setteth down the greetings and salutations of others as well as his owne Rom. 16 4-17 The whole