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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	babylon_n	mystery_n	zion_n	13	3	8.5605	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05459	Against the apple of the left eye of antichrist, or the masse book of lurking darknesse making way for the apple of the right eye of antichrist, the compleat masse book of palpable darknesse : this apple of the left eye, commonly called, the liturgie, or service book, is in great use both among the halting papists, and compleat papists, and the things written heere are also against the compleat masse book.	Lightbody, George.	1638 (1638)	STC 15591.5; ESTC S2182	52,108	90

obeyed 3. Men now have more meanes of learning but they are more doted then the infancy of the Jewish kirk who were cōtent of the rites that were commanded of God but now men without warrand of God dote both upon Jewish and heathen rites 4. If they be more learned they have lesse need of the rudiments of this world which were fitter for the unlearned Qu. 37. We can not cast away all rites no religion consisteth without rites Ans ● Christ and his Apostles were religious above all men without wil-worship and idolatrous rites Qu. 38. If we eschew to do all things that idolaters and Pagans de we cannot live nor worship God at all Ans 1. We need not eschew things wherein they are like true professors but the things that make us conforme to idolaters and pagans Qu. 39. Why do you who kneele not to the Sacraments depart from our communions Are we not all under one Head Christ though we have a blemish A brunt and wounded finger is a member of that body which hath whole members should the whole members be cut off from the sore should you excommunicate your selves from us Ans 1. A man cutteth not the whole fingers from the sore ●●beit he neither burn nor wou●d his whole fingers that they may be conforme to the sore so we excommunicate not our selves from you though we hurt not our consciences with your blemish for we hear the same word and are baptized with you and we converse together 2. If a sore member refuse to be healed it rather excommunicats it self from the whole so you refuse spirituall health c. 3. Wee separate our selves not from you but from your idolatrous blemish for we should not countenance such contempt of God then heale your sore and we shall communicate with you 4. We communicate with the whole kirk of God if we take the sacraments publictly with any members thereof 5. All the pari●hes in the earth are not excommunicate every one from another though they communicat not all in one assembly Qu. 40. There is a double danger If I preach not the Ghospell God will punish me If I preach the Ghospell I must admit idolatrous rites and wo is me if I preach not the Ghospell 1 Cor. 9.16 Ans If thou preach admitting idolatrous rites and ceremonies God will punish thee If thou preach and do not admit them man will puni●h thee take now thy choose 2. If man punish thee deposing thee from thy place for not admitting these rites this hindereth thee not to preach for by suffering thou preaches more effectually then when thou did proclame GODS word in a publict place all the power in the world can not hinder faithfull preachers to preach either by publict speaking or by a holy life or by suffering for Christs honour Romanus the martyr in the dayes of Galerius the Emperor when Asclepiades the tyran was sent from the Emperour to persecute him after he had caused his body to be sore wounded in many parts Romanus still confessed Christ therefore Asclepiades caused the tormentor to smite him on the mouth Then Romanus said I thank thee for thou hast opened many mouths to me he esteemed every wound a mouth whereby hee confessed and preached Christ Qu. 41. Is it not better that I yeelde to same abuses rather then to leave my place and then a woulfe or a theefe shall enter in my place Ans It is better that a wolf or a thief shall enter into thy place then that thou remaining in the place shall turne into a wolf or thief by yeelding to these abuses c. 42. What outward meanes are best to be used for conserving the knowledge and practise of true religion among men that they be not suddenly turned into apostasie by every winde of corrupt doctrine Ans 1. If Pastors and Preachers would preach and continually catechize the people in the orthodoxe points of religion and at meetings cause some of themselves catechize one another and help them with their own questions and cause some of them say a conceived prayer or a set forme as they may best have it This shall cause them make conscience of praying to God at home in the fields albeit they could say no more but the Lords prayer upon their knees 2. If Pastors with the Magistrats and Elders cause masters of families catechize their domestiks and the domestiks to catechize one another and every one rehearse a prayer their time about 3. If schoolmasters would do the like with their disciples in catechizing and prayer and if after the master hath said his prayer then one of the disciples their day about say a prayer and if any disciples come into the schoole after the time of prayer let him pray privatly in a quiet place before he enter to his studies and let them do the like if they must go home before the evening prayers men of a good conscience will finde many wayes to make their disciples to be also Christ disciples Some of the grossest things are omitted in this book untill the people be confirmed in the errors thereof and ther● they ●●all receive the compleat masse book or bible of the whore These locusts deale so subtilly that they draw me● unto their kingdome unawars that they shall be citizens o● spirituall babylon before they know themselves to have departed from Gods truth and from the sanctuary of Sion If the iniquity of the false kirk had not beene covered with the shew of wisedome wil-worship and humility Coloss 2.23 Then Paul had never called it The mistery of iniquity for the antichristian vultures do pull out the eyes of heavenly knowledge of Gods word from people that they can not discerne error from truth and that they can not see to save their souls from hell their bodies from persecution and their estates from spoliation The lawfulnesse of renewing the Covenant with God and of the Confession of the Faith practised by the Kirk of Scotland ANNO 1638. and answers to some scruples FOR our subscription and our renewing of the Confession of Faith we are well warranted for if we look to God we have his Commandment MATH 11. Come unto me all ye that are wearie and heavie loaden and I shall case you take my yoak on you and learn of me c. we are now burdeined not only with our personall sins and infirmities but also with the heavie yoak of antichristian traditions and errors the least of these is too heavy a burden for pressing down our consciences If we look to the Godly in old we have their approven practise In the Old Testament GODS kirk fell oftimes into idolatrie and therefore then they renewed their covenant by repentance and GOD delivered them If we look to the kirk we have the authority of her assemblies if to the authoritie we have the declaration both of King and Counsel in the acts of Counsell if to our progenitors we have the laudible example of our