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A13535 A commentarie vpon the Epistle of S. Paul written to Titus. Preached in Cambridge by Thomas Taylor, and now published for the further vse of the Church of God. With three short tables in the end for the easier finding of 1. doctrines, 2. obseruations, 3. questions contained in the same Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. 1612 (1612) STC 23825; ESTC S118201 835,950 784

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itself_o in_o one_o of_o the_o party_n answ._n many_o by_o god_n just_a judgement_n and_o their_o own_o corruption_n be_v become_v without_o natural_a affection_n who_o this_o precept_n take_v hold_v upon_o 3.1_o 2._o the_o best_a nature_n of_o all_o if_o it_o be_v not_o extinguish_v as_o in_o the_o former_a yet_o be_v great_o corrupt_v and_o can_v produce_v nothing_o please_v to_o god_n and_o therefore_o have_v the_o lord_n bind_v woman_n to_o this_o affection_n of_o love_n by_o a_o sure_a and_o straight_a bond_n then_o that_o of_o corrupt_a nature_n have_v by_o his_o own_o commandment_n lay_v it_o upon_o they_o as_o a_o calling_n to_o walk_v in_o that_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o may_v be_v a_o obedience_n of_o faith_n and_o not_o a_o work_n of_o natural_a instinct_n a_o duty_n of_o conscience_n as_o well_o as_o of_o affection_n 3._o though_o
sam_n ●_o 1._o king_n 1.6_o prou._n 20.11_o prou._n 23.13_o 14._o prou._n 29.15_o prou._n 19.19_o tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la adhuc_fw-la prae●byteris_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la erat_fw-la common_a chrysost._n homil_n 1._o ad_fw-la phil._n ipsum_fw-la dicit_fw-la episcopum_fw-la quem_fw-la superioris_fw-la praesbyteram_fw-la nomina●it_fw-la p●●masius_n in_o locum_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la ijdem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o praesbyteri_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la lomb._n lib._n 4._o distinct_a 24._o cap._n 8._o vid._n pless_n de_fw-fr eccl._n cap._n 11._o dij_fw-la tutelares_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apostoli_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la episcopos_fw-la sed_fw-la illi_fw-la vocabantur_fw-la communiter_fw-la praesbyteri_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la se_fw-la aequales_fw-la erant_fw-la quod_fw-la vero_fw-la episcopi_fw-la post●_n apostolorum_fw-la aetatem_fw-la praesbyteris_fw-la maiores_fw-la habiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ●llud_fw-la magis_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quam_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la veritate_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la tit._n 1._o all_o true_a minister_n be_v god_n watchman_n 1._o king_n 20.39_o a_o blind_a e●e_n be_v a_o blemish_n &_o burden_n in_o the_o natural_a body_n much_o more_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a gen._n 30.31_o ●er_n 11.21_o doctr._n 2._o in_o design_v man_n to_o place_n the_o first_o care_n must_v be_v of_o such_o gift_n as_o the_o function_n require_v exod._n 35.35_o it_o be_v a_o general_a corruption_n to_o begin_v where_o god_n end_v reason_n for_o the_o duty_n minister_n call_v steward_n why_o luk._n 16.2_o luk._n 12._o ●2_n the_o property_n of_o a_o good_a steward_n 1._o faithfulness_n in_o 3._o thing_n 1._o cor._n 4.1.2_o matth._n 25.14_o 1._o pe●_n 4._o ●1_n 1._o cor._n 1●_n 23_o heb._n 3.5_o act_n 20_o 27._o psal._n 139.12_o the_o second_o property_n of_o a_o good_a steward_n wisdom_n in_o 1._o forecast_v 2._o dispense_v in_o due_a 1._o sort_n 2._o measure_n 3._o season_n luk_n 12.42_o non_fw-la fidelis_fw-la haec_fw-la dispensatio_fw-la sed_fw-la crudelis_fw-la dissipatio_fw-la est_fw-la bern._n it_o be_v not_o every_o one_o that_o can_v get_v a_o live_a that_o be_v fit_a for_o this_o call_n man_n must_v so_o account_v of_o they_o as_o dispenser_n of_o god_n mystery_n and_o not_o rest_v till_o they_o have_v their_o master_n whole_a allowance_n from_o they_o the_o near_a any_o man_n be_v to_o god_n in_o his_o place_n the_o more_o careful_a must_v he_o be_v of_o his_o carriage_n minister_n must_v think_v that_o it_o be_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n to_o have_v the_o steward_n of_o his_o house_n unblameable_a nehem._n 6.11_o such_o as_o draw_v near_o unto_o god_n in_o profession_n must_v be_v careful_a to_o beautify_v it_o reason_n prou._n 25.26_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o sam._n 25.17_o frowardness_n most_o dangerous_a in_o a_o minister_n reason_n prou._n 15.22_o prou._n 17.20_o psal._n 101.4_o job_n 34.34_o great_a scholar_n may_v and_o must_v be_v teach_v by_o mean_a than_o themselves_o reason_n 2._o pet._n ●_o 1●_n gen._n 41.25_o dan._n 2_o ●●_o jer._n 44.17_o rom._n 16.19_o how_o far_o anger_n be_v warrant_v in_o a_o minister_n mark_n 31.5_o joh._n 2.17_o how_o ●arre_o it_o be_v prohibit_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o natural_a nor_o sanctify_a but_o corrupt_a anger_n condemn_v eccles._n 7.11_o hastiness_n to_o anger_v a_o great_a blot_n in_o a_o minister_n reason_n prou._n 14.17.29_o prou._n 27.4_o rage_n blind_v reason_n eye_n prou._n 25.28_o gal._n 5.20_o prou._n 15.18_o gal_n 6.1_o 2._o tim._n 2.24_o no_o mildness_n may_v betray_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n rev._n 2.20.14.15_o rev._n 2._o ●_o ●_o thess._n ●_o 7_o jam._n 1._o ●●_o 2._o chr._n 16.10_o isa._n 66.1_o psal._n 25.9_o 2._o sam._n 3.8_o theodor._n l._n 5._o &_o august_n de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 26._o vivere_fw-la secundum_fw-la naturam_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la credentis_fw-la iust._n martyr_n mean_v to_o repress_v rash_a anger_n of_o two_o ●orts_n 1._o meditation_n 2._o practice_n gal._n 5._o prou._n 22.24_o 1._o sam._n 25_o 3●_n how_o far_o a_o minister_n may_v lawful_o use_v wine_n isa._n 5.11_o lev._n 10.8_o the_o minister_n may_v not_o be_v one_o that_o sit_v at_o the_o wine_n luk._n 12.45_o eph._n 5_o 17._o isa._n 22.12_o 13._o see_v isa._n 28_o 7._o prou._n 23.33_o julian_n himself_o command_v the_o heathen_a priest_n at_o least_o to_o counterfeit_v the_o life_n of_o the_o christian_a minister_n that_o the_o christian_n shall_v not_o cast_v in_o the_o tooth_n of_o the_o gentile_n the_o wicked_a life_n of_o their_o teacher_n and_o hence_o he_o especial_o forbid_v they_o to_o go_v into_o tavern_n trip._n hist._n l._n 6._o c._n 28._o ●ph_n 5.18_o a_o lamentable_a thing_n that_o this_o sin_n be_v so_o rife_a in_o the_o ministry_n 1._o tim._n 5.23_o 2_o sam._n 13._o 1._o sam._n 25._o isa._n 5.22_o many_o arrow_n of_o god_n wrath_n shoot_v against_o this_o sin_n prou._n 23.33_o prou._n 23._o see_v hab._n 1.15.16_o hose_n 6.8_o in_o what_o case_n a_o minister_n may_v lawful_o strike_v a_o minister_n may_v not_o be_v a_o swashbuckler_n or_o a_o man_n of_o a_o word_n and_o a_o blow_n 2._o cor._n 10.4_o arma_fw-la episcopi_fw-la lachrymae_fw-la &_o orationes_fw-la ambr._n minister_n medice_fw-la est_fw-la be_v curate_n vulnera_fw-la non_fw-la ipse_fw-la verberat_fw-la chrysost._n 1._o pet._n 2.23_o luk._n 9.55_o isa._n 11._o jam._n 3.17_o psal._n 63.3_o jer._n 6_o 1●_n covetousness_n be_v a_o most_o base_a sin_n especial_o in_o a_o minister_n reason_n 2._o tim._n 2.4_o isa._n 56.12_o philip._n 3.19_o many_o minister_n aim_v at_o no_o other_o end_n hagg._n 1._o episcopus_fw-la aut_fw-la praesbyter_n aut_fw-la diaconus_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la saeculares_fw-la curate_n assumat_fw-la svi_fw-la aliter_fw-la dejiciatur_fw-la canon_n apost_n 7._o apostolical_a direction_n for_o the_o avoid_v of_o so_o noisome_a a_o sin_n dulois_n odor_n lucri_fw-la sundry_a kind_n of_o filthy_a lucre_n 〈◊〉_d thy_o gain_n that_o it_o be_v not_o filthy_a god_n can_v bless_v that_o which_o his_o law_n have_v curse_v prou._n 10.22_o prov._n 10.2_o all_o be_v not_o get_v which_o be_v so_o gain_v job_n 27.14_o the_o very_a phrase_n of_o scripture_n speak_v of_o riches_n shall_v pull_v our_o heart_n from_o they_o eccles._n 5.12_o micha_n 6.10_o abac._n 2.6_o matth._n 13.22_o 1._o tim._n 6.17_o eph._n 5_o 5._o job_n 31.24_o matth._n 4._o eph._n 5.5_o the_o symptom_n and_o sign_n of_o this_o crave_v sickness_n mean_v to_o forbear_v such_o covetous_a desire_n 1._o meditation_n we_o ought_v to_o be_v content_a with_o thing_n present_a because_o god_n be_v always_o present_a with_o he_o eccles._n 6.7_o 2._o practice_n luk._n 12.21_o doctr._n the_o minister_n must_v not_o only_o be_v free_a from_o vice_n but_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o place_n shine_v in_o positive_a virtue_n reason_n it_o be_v no_o sufficient_a justification_n of_o a_o minister_n to_o say_v he_o be_v a_o harmless_a man_n 2._o pet._n 1.4.5_o joh._n 15._o gal._n 5.22_o rom._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o minister_n even_o the_o poor_a may_v be_v harbour●es_n act._n 3.5_o matth._n 10.42_o 2._o cor._n 8.12_o heb._n ●●_o ●_o 2._o chr._n 31.4_o josh._n 22.19_o gen._n 18._o job_n 32_o 32._o rom._n 16.23_o reason_n to_o be_v hospitable_a to_o stranger_n heb._n 13.2_o 2._o cor._n 8.9_o reason_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o distribute_v to_o the_o poor_a member_n of_o christ._n 2._o cor._n 9.9_o 2._o cor._n 8.3_o vers_fw-la 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o only_o good_a man_n be_v to_o be_v love_v whether_o only_a minister_n must_v be_v lover_n of_o good_a man_n reason_n to_o enforce_v the_o duty_n 1._o joh._n 5.1_o love_v i_o love_v my_o dog_n much_o more_o my_o child_n gen._n 12._o 2._o thess._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tit._n 2.6_o coloss._n 4.4_o coloss_n 4.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d w●y_a the_o minister_n must_v be_v w●se_n job_n 29.8_o lightness_n in_o minister_n condemn_v zeph._n 3.4_o 2._o tim._n 2.7_o dan._n 12.3_o 1._o tim._n 6.11_o reason_n why_o minister_n must_v be_v righteous_a in_o their_o deal_n 1._o sam._n 12.3_o levit._fw-la 12.44_o minister_n must_v be_v array_v with_o robe_n of_o holiness_n jer._n 1.5_o isa._n 6._o this_o virtue_n be_v lively_a and_o large_o shadow_v out_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n in_o the_o 1._o levite_n 2._o priest_n 3._o high_a priest_n rom._n 6.14_o heb._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o the_o virtue_n of_o temperance_n stand_v mean_v to_o attain_v it_o 1._o cor._n 9.27_o prov._n 16.32_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v a_o most_o certain_a and_o infallible_a word_n prove_v psal._n 19.7_o rom._n 15.4_o minister_n hold_v it_o ●ast_o jer._n 20_o 2.7_o amos_n 7.14.17_o 2._o tim._n 4.7_o the_o less_o certain_a must_v confirm_v the_o more_o certain_a 2._o tim._n 6.20_o 2._o