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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40725	Concio ad magistratum a nations honour, and a nations dishonour, or, A kingdoms prospective-glass : discovering who are the most faithful friends, and who the most dangerous enemies to the peace and prosperity of a kingdom / written by P. Fullwood.	Fullwood, P. (Peter)	1673 (1673)	Wing F2522; ESTC R7022	26,022	48

blemish to us that Divines are less regarded amongst them in any Nation in the World either Christian or Heathen And so I pass from thee quality of the Elders due to the quantity double honour a due answerable to the duty as the reward to the merit their duty is double ruling and labouring their labour double in the Word and Doctrine so that all these respects double honour is due to them besides the honour of reverence their is the honou● of maintenance due to them as St. Chrysost●me and others upon these words See what a large patrymony God conferred upon those that Ministred about holy ●eut 18 things under the Law no less hath ordained under the Gospel the Apostle by seven irrefragible arguments proves Cor. 1. ● 9. from ● 9 to ● the maintenance of the Ministry is not a beggarly almes given to them only in charity or by way of ●enevolence hut an honourable stipend due to them in Justice for their workes ●ake And as we have an entail from the Lord of all so have we the continued usage of the Church time out of mind if we search into former ages we shall find that this homage hath been ever paid to the Church we cannot say of this as our Saviour said of the divorce from the beginning it was not so M●lchesidick was tempore antiqui●r without Father without Mother without deseent 〈◊〉 14. 20. ●at 23. ● 23. King of Salem and Priest of the most high God and he received tythes of Abraham And this attested by our Saviour to be paid in his time and approved by him nor can the Enemies of the Church plead any prescription since that I have read of a lamp that burnt a thousand years and afterward went out but these with the Mat. 25. wi●e Virgins shall have oyl in their vessels with their lamps so long as the Sun and Moon endureth Thirdly dign● they are worthy First dignitate offic● by the worthyness of their Office in the Scripture they are called Starres Angels Pastours of the Church the Am●assadours of Heaven nihil in hoc l●●o exc●ll ●tius sac●rdot●bus They that be wise shall shine Chr●● as the ●rightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the Stars for ever and ever Secondly dign●ta●●●peri● the worthyness of the work this work is to work out mans salvation honour the Physitian because of thy need saith the wise man now these are only conversant about the body in saving it from death temporal much more should be h●noured these spiritual Physiti●ns who are conversant about the Sou● in saving it death eternal The more excellent a thing is in Nature the more acceptable is the preservation of it now the soul is the express Image of God the free-born child and heir of eternal it is Gods choicest jewel Christs purchase and therefore what an honour is it to save this soul from death and therefore not without good cause was the Apostles exhortation We beseech you Brethren to know them which labour among you and are over you in the 1 Thes 5 v. 12. 13. Lord and admonish you and to esteem them very highly in love for their work sake Thirdly dignatione Dei by Gods vouchsafeing mercy The Saints shall be all cloathed with honourable robes white robes shall be given unto them duplicibus vestientur stola prima saith St. Bernard ipsa est fel●citas requies animarum happiness and rest of Souls secunda vero est immortalitas gloria corporum Immortality and glory of Bodies such honour have all his saints but as the elder Brother the beginning of strength the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power had sundry preheminences above the rest he was Lord over all his Brethren he had a double portion and succeeded in the double Office hoth Kingly and Priestly so the Elders that rule well and labour for the rest of their Brethren in the Church Militant shall have double honour a double portion in the Church tryumphant The wise and faithful Steward whom his Lord maketh ruler over his houshold here him will he make ruler over all that he hath hereafter and of this they are worthy dignitate dei non St. Ber. dignitate sua by Gods acceptance not their merit Fourthly Quomodo How let them be counted worthy of double honour Here give me leave to turn the Apostles direction into an exhortation First I shall direct my speech to my Brethren of the Ministry si qua coelopictas quae talia curat If there be any comolation in Christ any comfort of love any fellowship of the Spirit c. mind ye not every one your own things but the things of the Church let the honour of the Church and the Ministry thereof be dear in your sight he that toucheth it let him touch the Apple of your eye Gregor Nazienzen Jonas like desired to be cast into the Sea so all might be calm and well in the Church and let us labour to hold up the great Authority of the Church and the honour of the Ministry against the unjust censures and machinations of the common Enemy and take we up that noble resolve If I Psal 137 v. 4. forget thee O Jerusalem let m● right hand forget her cunning If I do not remember thee let m● tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth Secondly a word or two to the Officers of the Church the Church-Wardens and Sides-men you are the eyes and ears of the Church and Court Be ye not as the Scripture speaks of the Idols that have eyes and see not ears and hear not mouths and speak not let not your presentments be like the Spiders where Hornets break through and smaller Flies are catcht but search Jerusalem with candles find out all those that have ill will at our Sion and bring them to condign punishment You Lam. 1 v. 1. shall not need to seek a knot in a Bulrush I wish there was no cause to renew the Churches complaint how doth the City sit solitar that was full of People Besides the Act. 10. Ata●ie and disorder by reason of several gestures makeing the Church seem like the sheet knit at the four corners where were all manner of four footed Beasts wild Beasts and creeping things and Fowles of the air or the Altar at Athens whereon was this inscription to the unknow God Let not these Beasts of prey lurk within your Parishes to rent contumelies against the Church and the holy order of the Ministry I shall wind up all with an exhortation to all in general look not with an evil eye upon the dues and rights of the Church neither withold them from those to whom they are due which of you by unjust deteinure can adde one Cubit to your statute hereby your riches shall be corrupted and your garments moath eaten your gold and your silver ankerd and the rust of them shall be a witness again●t ●on