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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	father_n	worship_v	worshipper_n	5,153	5	12.8389	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48289	Eyaggeloigrapha. Or, Some seasonable and modest thoughts, in order to the furtherance and promoting the affairs of religion, and the gospel, especially in Wales Mainly tending to the discovery of the evills of extreams, and the spirit of errour and dissention, that hinders the success, and the begetting of a due temper and moderation of judgement, with an universall love and peace amongst us. All, rationally, materially, and very moderately handled. By J.L. Esquire.	Lewis, John, Esquire.	1659 (1659)	Wing L1840A; ESTC R218109	32,748	45

much for the word Preaching The word Saints unfolded THe next word as most proper to follow Preaching is the innocent word Saint and certainly in the true Scripture-sense the word sounds alike as the word Christian Beleever or Elect and proper to be used so it be without affectation in the old Testament as I conceive sometimes it is used to import the people of the Jews in distinction from other Nations and in the use of the Church I mean not that of Rome alone it hath been anciently used partly to the Saints Triumphant in Heaven and those that have been very eminent in their times for Sanctity and Holiness of life or some remarkable service in the Church as a stile of honor unto them and in this sense it sticks unto the names of the Apostles the ancient Fathers and others I find the word in the Original to signifie a total opposition to earthly things {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} ab {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} privat {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} unearthliless So that earthli-mindedness and worldliness and Saintship is inconsistent for my part I heartily wish all would labor to become such in holiness and innocency of life and to abandon all other unhappy names of Schism and divisions amongst us and once again meet in the old honest name Christian The Word Church explained with observations on it THe next and last is the word Church and this is of various significations even in Scripture the word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} usually but improperly translated Church signifies any number Assembly or Congregation either in a good or bad sense That rout and company that would have killed Paul is called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or Church and I beleeve had the Translators foreseen what strife there is about the word in our daies they would have used some other word for some now violently would restrain the word onely to a number of persons whereas they may be certain there is scarce one word in Scripture and those of greatest moment but admit of more sense than one and granting this the strife would bee at an end but indeed the English or Saxon rather word Church properly signifies place for Church in all the Northern Nations language as from their mother the Dutch signifies the place of Divine Worship and comes from {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or Dominica or Lords house and our Welch word Eglwys doth more allude to {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} than the word Church Having seen something through the word the first thing observable is to see the force of passion and prejudice in some even to wrench and transport them from the Law and instincts of Nature as either not to allow such places or at least any regard or respect towards them for as from the Law and Principles of Nature all Nations never so barbarous acknowledge a supream Divine Power so as naturally they have an impression to assign some places to the worship of the same Power and some answerable respect and reverence to the places read you may of Nations that are so barbarous that they want Towns and other ornaments of civil Nations but none there is but have their Aras Templa their Rites and places to worship and indeed such a strong byas and impulse of nature there is thereunto that most and some Christian do slip rather into superstition and too much reverence than be short in the worst extream Prophaneness or too little to such places As they say the Emperor of Russia in his greatest pomp will alight from his horse at the sight of every Church and to his devotions and will not mount but go on foot whilst in sight of it I urge not for as the Papists extream undue superstitious reverence to such places as if there were inherent holiness in them but because of the end and the service they are ordained to I conceive them not to be so slighted and contemned as they are by many Methinks were there nothing else but that one example of our Savior of whipping the buyers and sellers out of the Temple and that with such indignation and deliberation it were sufficient to gain some regard to such places for our Churches are ordained to the same use and ends as the Temple was and it was not Solomons and the Merchandise was for religious ends for sacrifice from all which I conceive it is clearly evinced that if no honor and respect be to be given yet no scorn and contempt is to be offered to such places And what our common people in Wales are apt to in this kind out of this instinct of nature some charge them with superstition which when they slip so far unto I could wish them discreetly reproved and instructed but to suffer them to bend to the other worst extream and perswade them to have no account or esteem to such places but to value them as every other ordinary place this passeth my judgement and I know it begets very hard thoughts and I never heard or read any judicious Protestant Divines but seem to allow a kind of relative holiness to such places as for that place commonly alledged of the woman of Samaria that the true worshippers is in Spirit and Truth c. this place is but abused and wrested as if places of Divine Worship and to worship God in Spirit and Truth were inconsistent our Saviours scope there was to take off that fond conceit of the Jews that onely in Ierusalem is the place where men ought to worship and indeed by these words he imports the call of the Gentiles as if he should say the Jews conceive none are to be saved but they for so the opinion goes Salvation is of the Iews but they are deceived the Gentiles shall be as capable of salvation as they which is implied in his very next words and verse But the hour commeth and now is that the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth and what of all this is against Churches or places of divine worship here I might shew how Adam before hee sinned had a place in Paradise to worship God the Patriarks their Altars and the primitive Christians the first thing they did after the stormes of persecutions was over was to build Churches and Oratories and with what joy and solemnitie you may see by that famous Oration of Paulinus which for brevitie I omit and refer you to the place And for the next and last observation upon this word if I do distate any I beseech their Christian pardon that there is a great sir and ever by all the World so accounted which passeth amongst us with little or no notice and acknowledged by many to be no such sin at all which is called Sacrilege The Heathen Magistrate excusing the Apostles Innocency as quitting him from a