Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	apostle_n	preach_v	word_n	3,267	5	4.6936	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07764	An homily upon these words of Saint Matthew, chap. 16.v.18 Tu es Petrus. Written first in French by that honorable and learned personage, Monsieur Du Plessis Mornay. And translated into English by I.V.; Homélie sur ces mots de sainct Matthieu. English.	Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Verneuil, John, 1582 or 3-1647.	1615 (1615)	STC 18143; ESTC S100069	12,997	36

stone which hereafter may haue a place and that a notable one in the building But see likewise an other matter it is vpon thy confession that Christ is the sonne of God which thou hast confessed vpon that stone vvhich thou seest vpon that which I shevv thee will I build my Church In the same sense that he said destroy this temple Joh. 2.19 speaking of his body and shewed it vnto the Iewes he said likewise vpon this rocke vpon mee the eternal rocke wil I build my church and shewed himselfe both to Peter and his other disciples 3 But against so many preiudicated contrarieties thou wouldest not haue mee for an interpreter whome then wouldest thou vvillingly accept our Lord Christ shall hee bee authentique vvith thee vvhich heere speaketh or els Peter to vvhom hee speaketh Heare therefore Christ speaking to the principal sacrificers and ancients of the Temple Did yee neuer reade in the Scriptures Mat. 21.42 That stone which the builders refused the same is become the head of the corner In conscience speakes he this of Peter or of himselfe Hath he not a reference vnto that place of the Prophet Esay Thus saith the Lord God Esay 28.16 behold I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone a tried stone a precious corner stone a sare foundation he that beleeueth shall not make hast that is hee shall not stumble like those that fall Verse 17. Iudgement also will I lay to the line and righteousnesse to the p●unmet c. Was there euer any ancient or moderne Greeke or Latine vvhich vnderstood it othervvise then of Gods Annointed his Messias Harken moreouer vnto Peter himselfe because some vvould interest Peter against vs in this passage 1. Pet. 2.4 Approch you neere vnto Christ saith he which is a luung stone disallowed indeed of men but chosen of God and precious this is that stone which vve seeke but vvould you see vvhat ranke Peter holdeth yee as liuely stones Verse 5. liuely indeed through that quickning stone that stone lifted vp on high are built vp a spirituall house an holy Preiesthood to offer vp spirituall sacrifice acceptable to God by Iesus Christ In conscience againe in the language of this holy Apostle thinkest thou that he presumed to be the foundation of this spirituall edifice esteemed he not himselfe to be honored and graced sufficiently in that hee vvas set vpon that stone nay would he not haue took it as a cōtumely offered him if any should haue alledged vnto him in preiudice of that which was spoken of Christ alone these words Tu es Petrus Thou art Peter And indeed Saint Paul in one word tells vs this That other foundation can no man lay 1. Cor. 3.11 then that is laid which is Iesus Christ Christ then is the foundation the liuing rock vvhich vvee seeke and not Peter but vpon this foundation the master builders do lay there fundamentall stones vvhereof S. Paul vvhich vvas one of them in the same place speaketh in these vvords Vers 10. According to the grace of God which is giuen vnto me as a w●se master builder I haue laid the foundation and another buildeth thereon a foundation then vvas laid and a foundation vpon vvhich others lay on the one is Christ the liuing and quickening stone the other all faithfull Christians liuing stones by him quickned amongst which both Peter and Paul may by good right hold place both of liuing stones as being faithfull and as being Ministers of the holy Gospell and of shilfull builders according to that which he saith in another place that the faithfull we built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Ephes 2.20.21 Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner stone In whom saith hee all the building fitly framed together groweth vnto 〈◊〉 holy Temple in the Lord if vpon Christ the chiefe corner stone then not vpon Peter if vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets yet againe vpon Christ if you vnderstand it of that stone vpon vvhich they did lye and if of those stones which in the nature of master builders vvere laid thereupon yet truely no more vpon Peter then vpon any other of the Apostles And to say the truth all the Fathers both Greeke and Latine haue found no other sense vvho very often doe tell vs vpon this rock that is to say vpon the confession of Peter vpon Christ confessed by Peter Peter ●imselfe being founded vpon Christ Peter say they vvas no more authorized in this passage then the other Apostles for vvhom he spake and vvho had the same beleefe and if any of them in any place chanced to say vpon Peter he interprets and tempers himselfe elsevvhere euen Saint Augustine retracted and corrected himselfe for hauing vnderstood Petras for petra Peter for the stone 4. The nature of this building vvhich is novv in controuersie vvill cleare the truth of this interpretation for this Church the Church so properly called the mysticall body of Christ composed of all the elect vvhich shall be vnto the end of the world for of that only it may be said that the gates of hell that all the assaults and stratagems of Satan cannot preuaile against it vpon vvhat hovv and by whom is it builtisurely vpon the confession of Peter vpon Christ confessed to be the Sonne of God by Peter by the Apostles and by all the faithfull for without Christ the eternall Sonne of God there is no Church there is no place vvhere to fixe the corner stone of the Church according to that boasting of Saint Paul God forbid that I should glory saue in the crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ Gal. 6.14 by whō the world is crucified vnto me I vnto the world for in the death and sufferings of Christ consists the being and the well being the life and the safegarde of the Church and how was it built Certainly this maner of speech like as are many others in the New Testament is taken out of the Old vnder the law is mentioned the building of the temple vnder the Gospell this tearm yet doth continue to build the Church And as that was built of dead stones so this of living stones living Cephas's which are gathered together ioyned inserted into the worke outwardly by the preaching of the Apostles other servants of God every one of them in their time inwardly by the efficacie which the holy Ghost gaue to that word and through the blessing which God displaied by his graces vpon thē which he imployed in his worke opening both the eare and the heart of those to whō it was preached that they might heare it with reverence and receaue it with obedience And therefore it is said in the Acts Act. 9.31 that the Churches throughout Iudea Galilee and Samaria were edified to wit by the preaching of the word that was the outward meanes and in the comfort of the holy Ghost were multiplied there was the inward Now as for