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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	aaron_n	call_v	lawful_a	26	3	8.8381	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96595	Vindiciæ regum; or, The grand rebellion that is, a looking-glasse for rebels, whereby they may see, how by ten severall degrees they shall ascend to the height of their designe, and so throughly rebell, and utterly destroy themselves thereby. And, wherin is clearly proued by holy Scripturs, ancient fathers, constant martyrs, and our best modern writers, that it is no wayes lawfull for any private man, or any sort or degree of men, inferior magistrates, peeres of the kingdom, greatest nobility, lo. of the councel, senate, Parliament or Pope, for any cause, compelling to idolatry, exercising cruelty, prastizing [sic] tyranny, or any other pretext, how fair and specious soever it seems to be, to rebell, take armes, and resist the authority of their lawfull king; whom God will protect, and require all the blood that shall be spilt at the hands of the head rebels. And all the maine objections to the contrary are clearly answered. / By Gr. Williams, L. Bishop of Ossory.	Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672.	1643 (1643)	Wing W2675; Thomason E88_1; ESTC R204121	92,613	114

they have inconsiderately done to throw them out let them more advisedly revoke and call them in againe and they whose breeding hath beene in knowledge and their calling is to doe justice and to teach truth will helpe and not hinder them to understand the truth and to proceed in righteousnesse And so you see who these men were in regard of their places CHAP. III. Sheweth the assured testimonies of a good and lawfull Governour their qualifications or duties to them and wherein our obedience to them consisteth SEcondly 2. How these Governours were qualified for their places we are to consider Quales fuere how these men were qualified for their places touching which these two points are to be handled 1. Modus assumendi the manner of obtaining it 2. 2. Points discussed Facultas exequendi the ability and fidelity of discharging it 1. 1. How they obtained their places I told you before that many doe obtaine their places by sinfull meanes as many of the Popes and Romane Emperours by poysoning and murthering their Predecessors have unlawfully stept into the Thrones of Majestie and so did Henry the fourth by the unjust deposition of Richard the second Many usurp then places and Richard the third by the cruell and secret murthering of his poore innocent Nephewes attaine unto the Crowne of England And in such manner of assuming government there is just cause of resisting and a faire colour of rebelling against them if you call it a Rebellion when men discharge their duties in defence of justice to oppose usurpation But neither Moses nor Aaron came so to the places of their government For 1. 1. Moses had a twofold testimony to justifie his calling Moses had a double testimony to approve his calling to be from God The first was Internum to assure himselfe And the second was Externum to confirme the same unto the people For 1. 1. Inward When Moses said unto God Who am I that I should goe unto Pharaoh the Lord answered I will be with thee ad protegendum dirigendum saith the glosse and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee After that you have brought the people out of Egypt you shall serve God upon this Mountaine and that may assure thee that I have sent thee and will bring thy people unto Canaan as I have brought them into this wildernesse 2. 2. Outward which was a threefold sign 1. Of his Rod. That the people might be assured he was lawfully called God gave unto him a threefold signe 1. Of his Rod that being cast to the ground was turned to a Serpent but taken by the tayle it turned to a Rod againe to shew that when the rod of goverument is throwne out of the Magistrates hand the people are like the brood of Serpents People without government like Serpents a malitious and a viperous generation but being taken into the hand of government they prove a royall and a glorious Nation 2. The hand thrust into his bosome and taken out 2. Of his Hand was leaprous but thrust againe and taken out was made whold to signifie that a good Magistrate out of the bosome of the Law must put out the hand of justice both to wound and to heale to kill and to make alive as the Poet saith Parcere subjectis debellare superbos To defend the innocent and to punish the wrong doer 3. 3. Of the Water The water taken out of the river and cast upon the drie ground should be turned into blood to imitate unto them that the blood which was spilt by Pharaoh when their children were murthered and drowned in the rivers should be required and revenged upon the Egyptians when by the government of Moses the carkasses of those outragious oppressours should be cast out of the Red Sea and laid upon the drie ground Thus Moses shewed that he was lawfully called 2. For Aaron 2. Aarons calling Iustified Heb. 5. the Apostle makes him the pattern of all lawfull entrance into this calling when he saith that No man taketh this honour upon him but he that is called as Aaron was and Moses manifested the lawfulnesse of his calling unto all Israel when according to the number of their 12. Tribes he caused 12. Rods to be put in the Tabernacle of witnesse and of all them the Rod of Aaron onely which was for the Tribe of Levy Numb 17.8 was budded and brought forth buds and bloomed blossomes and yeelded Almondes And so it was apparant to all Israel that these men came lawfully to their government 2. For their ability and fidelity to discharge their places 2. Their qualifications for their places the malice of their adversaries could not charge them with any omission they doe not say they have governed amisse but they would faine governe with them And to make this more apparent 1. 1. Of the abilities of Moses The Spirit of God testifieth of Moses that He was faithfull in all Gods house and in that respect called the man of God the servant of God whose whole care was for his Master and for the sweetnesse of his disposition he is said to be a very meeke man above all the men that were upon the earth for his love to his people Tertul. de fuga in Pe secut Tertullian makes him the figure of Christ Cùm adhuc Christo non revelato in se figurato ait si perdis hunc populum me pariter cum eo disperde for his zeale of Gods honour he was most fervent and therefore severe in punishing the worshippers of the golden Calfe and for his justice and uprightnesse he wronged no man for his intellectuals he was exceeding wise and learned in all the learning of the Egyptians 2. 2. Of the abilities of Aarun For Aaron how fit he was to be a Priest will appeare if you consider those two vertues that are the most requisite for the Priesthood as Moses sheweth when he prayeth Let thine Vrim and thy Tummin be upon the man of thy mercy that is omitting all other interpretatious 1. 1. His ability to teach Abilitie to teach For 2. Sanctitie of life For 1. Malach. 5 Tim. 3.2 The Priests lips must preserve knowledge he must be apt to teach si Sacerdos est sciat legem Dei si ignorat legem ipse se arguit non esse Sacerdotem Domini Hieron in Haggai 2. Aug. de doctr Christ l. 4. c. 16. But God himselfe saith that hee knew Aaron was an eloquent man and could speake well and he promised unto Moses that He would be with his mouth to teach him what he would say and therefore I know not who can say any thing against him herein when God saith he can doe it so well and ingageth himselfe that he will helpe him 2 2. His uprightnesse of life For the Integrity of his life I need not goe further then my Text when