Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	holy_a	offer_v	sacrifice_n	6,740	5	7.6806	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79512	Preaching vvithout ordination or, A treatise proving the lawfulnesse of all persons, of what degree, ranke, or trade soever, being inabled with sufficient guifts and qualifications from God by his spirit, to preach and set forth the Gospel, though no minister nor any other officer in the church of God. By Edmond Chillinden.	Chillenden, Edmund, fl. 1656.	1647 (1647)	Wing C3879; Thomason E405_10; ESTC R201879	25,344	34

of and if the Lord shall give yee understanding in the knowledge of the truth herein contended for feare not to Practise it notwithstanding the threats and menaces of men though their words be stout against the Lord make the righteous offenders for a word yet let those that fear the Lord speake oft to exort teach admonish one another in setting forth the Lord Jesus Christ a Saviour for sinners Now all you that have tasted how good the Lord is and hath seene the goeings out of his Arme before you be not cast downe nor discouraged but with Nehemiah resolve not to flie though Tobiases Sambalats enemies of Gods truth and people be never so greate and mightie and stirr themselves never somuch shall such 〈◊〉 as we flie shall we flinch shall the voice of a damosell now make us afraid and tremble that have had the experience of a Gratious God preserving of us and making us to stand and oppose the fury of our enemies in the field in the midst of flashing flames and showers of fiery bullets did he make us to have stout hearts to stare death in the face and contemn the terrour thereof shall we now distrust him ●oe farr be it from us for God is faithfull and will never leave us nor forsake us but shall and will stand by us to deliver us out of all our troubles I have only one word more to say I know you with my self had thoughts that though in the Bishops dayes we snut our doers for feare of those Iewes eat the bread of affliction drank the waters of adversity yet now they being taken away the armies of the alians being put to flight we had hope our eyes should never have seen our teachers thrust into corners againe but should have inioyed the sweet fruit of outward peace and liberty in the free worshiping of God but you see God ordering of it otherwise Therefore his hand being in it we must conclud it is for his glory and for our good Let us with patience possesse our soules letting our moderation be known to all men the Lord is at hand give our cheekes to the nippers and our backes to the smiters and not to resist authority but patiently to beare and suffer what penalty shall be put upon us for this is the will of God that by well doing we should put to silence the ignorance of foolish slanderous men that so report of us that yee may soe doe it shall be the prayer of him that is your brother and fellow souldier and companion in tribulation and in the Kingdome and patience of Iesus Christ Edmund Chillenden Liuetenant PREACHING WITHOUT ORDINATION THE great controversie Act. 20.28 Ephes 5.25 Esa 8.20 Act. 20.26.27 Mat. 28.18 to the end Mat. 18.17 to 20. Rev. 22.18.19 Gal. 6.16 Ephes 4.8 to 12. 1 Tim. 3. tota Tit. 1.6 to 10. 1 Cor. 12.28 Rom. 12.6 to 9. Act. 1.13.14.15.21 to end Act. 6.1 to 7. Act. 14.25 or thing in this juncture of time is Whether men though by God furnished with gift● and graces and every way made able to dispense the Gospel may preach the same either private or publike except they be ordained Therefore to make it appeare that it is lawfull for men so furnished and enabled by God to preach publish and declare the Gospel though they be not by any Church or men ordained thereunto I shall premise these things to consideration 1. That Christ hath purchased unto himselfe a Church 2. That to this Church he hath given Lawes and ordinances in his written word by which they are to walke and by none other 3. That in them he hath declared and set forth to his Church what and how many Offices there are with Officers to be supplyed with their qualifications 4. How the severall Officers are to be invested ordained or put into their severall Offices 1 Co. 12.13 14. chap. 1. Pet. 4.10.11 Heb. 10.23.24.25 Act. 6.3.1 Tim. 3. tota Titus 1.6 to 10. Psal 132.11 Act 2.3 10.38 Act. 2.36 Esa 9.6.7 Rev. 15.3 17.14.19.20 Act. 20 28. Psal 87.3.1 Pet. 2.5 9. Psal 48.2 Mat. 18 to 20.28 18 to end Psal 147 19.2● Heb 3 2.6 Ephes 1.22.23 2.20 1 Pet. 1.19 20 21. Rev. 22.18.10 Deut. 4.2 Pro. 30.6 Pet. 1.3 1 Cor. 11. 1 Gal 1 7 8 9. v. 1.2.3 chap. Ephes 1.2 Col. 23.10 Eph. 5 3.24 1 Cor 5. 16.1 Act. 14.23 1 Cor. 1.1 Mat. 13 19 20 2 Cor. 1.1 Ro. 1.7 Mat. 28 18● compared vvith Mat. 18.19 20. compare that with Psalme 149.8.9 and all them with 1 Cor. 5 16. 1 Col. 3.10 Rev. 1 2 3. chap. Act. 1.21 to 26. and 6.2 to 6. and 14. to 23. Gal. 1. 1 Tim. 3.1 to 12. Tit. 5.7 Act. 2.37 to 47. compared with Act. 6.2 to 6.14 to 23. Mat. 18.16 to 27. 1 Cor. 49. Rev. 2. Rom. 10.17 1 Tim. 3.1 to 12. Tit. 1.5.7 Act. 1.15 16 26. 6.6.3.7.14.22.23 to end 1 Tim. 4.12 Ephes 4.21 1 Cor. 1.5 Col. 4 3. 5. The manner how they are to manifest their guifts par●● and qualifications to declare their fitnesse that the Church may know and judge of them before they be ordained that they may not be mistaken in their choyce 1. The Lord Jesus Christ being the annointed of his father set on the Throwne of David King of Saints King of Kings hath purchased to himselfe by his blood a Church which is a City or body politick whence it is called the City of God of the great King the body of Christ his Temple Orchard Vineyard nichosed Garden a royall Priesthood a holy Nation a peculiar people to offer up spirituall sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ the Lord. 2. This Church or spirituall City he as their King and head hath given lawes and ordinances in his written word as rules by which she is to be guided and in them is layd downe to his people all things needefull for life and godlinesse to make the man of God perfect in the performance of the visible worship of God so that there is no neede for man or any sort Company or assembly of men to devise or make lawes or institute Ordinances for his people to observe in acting any thing concerning the worship and service of God or in the choyce or ordination of Officers in his house 3. This Church is set forth in the Scriptures to be particular congregated visible Saints depending on none but Christ in things concerning his spirituall Kingdome it is not a house of lime and stone nor a Congregation of visible wicked men no nationall provinticall diosian Church those the Scriptures do not allow nor in no wise declare that God hath promised his blessing and presence to dwell amongst since the assention of Christ and whence such Churches came and of whose devising they were you may see in the Scripture cited Rev. 16.19 13.1 to 11. to end Rev. 18 2.3 4. Those have power given them and