Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	church_n	key_n	peter_n	5,807	5	7.9067	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08206	The plea of the innocent wherein is auerred; that the ministers & people falslie termed puritanes, are iniuriouslie slaundered for enemies or troublers of the state. Published for the common good of the Church and common wealth of this realme of England as a countermure against all sycophantising papsts, statising priestes, neutralising atheistes, and satanising scorners of all godlinesse, trueth and honestie. Written: by Iosias Nichols, a faithfull minister of the Ghospell of Christ: and an humble seruant, of the English Church.	Nichols, Josias, 1555?-1639.	1602 (1602)	STC 18541; ESTC S101326	105,186	267

opinions or trouble some errors or vaine superstitions or with corrupt wicked life brought publiklie any great offence to the Church of God and which might not come without prophaning the Lords supper did put back such from the communion and reiected them and did not admitte them againe till they had with publike penaunce satisfied the Church And these words he doeth grounde vpon the same Scriptures which wee alleadge placing them in his margine And that yee may perceiue that his iudgement was directlie as ours is he saieth a little after thus But when by the iudgement of the Elders and of the Pastour both the punishment of him that sinned and the exāple of other is satisfied thē he that had ben excommunicate was wont to be receiued againe to the communion of the Church And that there were such Elders Pag. 638. the reuerend Father answering the admonition in his replie to M. Carthwright doth seeme to confesse saying I know that in the primitiue Church they had in euery Church certaine Seniors to whome the gouernement of the congregation was committed but that was before there was anie Christian Magistrate c. Of the Presbyterie of the preaching ministrie thus speaketh that worthie writer defender of the English Church M. D. Fulke Defence of English trans Cap. ●5 Pag. ●00 But it is out of doubt that to an office none was chosen or admitted by the Apostle the rest of the Presbyterie of Ephesus but such as had sufficient giftes to answer that office And Mr. D. Suttlife although he denie Elders calling thē Aldermen yet against the Chauncellers Commissaries and officiales being lay men to administer excommunication is verie earnest saying Nothing can be more vnreasonable Eccles disciplin Cap. 4 sect 7. then to giue the power of the ministrie of the worde into the hands of those that are no Ministers and to make them iudges whose lipes preserue no knowledge to giue them power to shut all out of the Church that call none into the Church Anno. 1591. Cap. Cane comisc offie c. And I can not iudge but that it is the conscience of this matter that causeth the Bishops in their Canons to reserue the sentence of excommunication to the Bishop onlie to bee renounced by him or some Minister A confut of W. Allen power of Popish Priest Cap. 9 Pag. 29 Of the Lordship of Ministers the same Maister D. Fulke to my vnderstanding speaketh as we doe where he saieth It is a ministerie and not a Lordship that we must exercise not as a temporall Princes who althogh they may bee saide after a sorte to serue the common wealth yet they are so seruantes as they are also Lords But the Ministers in the Church in the spirituall gouernement are seruants and not Lords as Saint Peter testifieth c. And the equall power of euerie Minister with the Bishop in the administration of the Keies of discipline he hath these plaine words For the Keies of the Kingdome of heauen whatsoeuer they are The second part of the treatise of Popes pard Cap. 3. Pag. 381. be committed to the whole Church and not to one person onlie as Cyprian August Chrys Ierom and all the ancient Doctors agreeablie to the Scriptures doe confesse And God hath made all the Pastors of the Church stewards of his houshold and dispensers of his misteries And if euerie Pastor ouer his charge bee a steward a dispēser of Gods mysteries as you seeme to graunt why hath hee not authoritie to release the penance by him selfe enioyned or the punishment due for sinne remitted as wel as the Bishop or the Pope why hath bee not the Keye of iurisdiction ouer his parish in as ample maner as the Bishop hath ouer his Dioces or the Pope ouer all men Seeing the Keyes are not giuen to one but to the vnitie as the auncient Fathers teach Why shoulde the Bishop the Pope haue two Keyes and they but one resolue vs these matters out of holy Scripture and you shall come somwhat neere to your purpose of pardons The third demaund Agreeing hereunto in the booke of orders the priest is made to promise That hee will giue faithful diligence alwaies so to minister the doctrine Sacraments the discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded Of which matter also the reuerend Father Maister Doctor Bilson affirmeth constantly The true difference beetweene Christian subiects c. Part 2 Pag 233. That the title and authoritie of Archbishop and Patriarks was not erected by Christ but by consent of Bishoppes And out of Hierom he addeth That Bishoppes be greater then Ministers and Elders rather by custome then by anie trueth of the Lords appointment that they ought to gouerne the Church in common So the reuerend Bishop Maister Iewell alledgeth diuers Fathers with Saint Paule to that verie purpose Defence of Apol part 2 Pag 198 Of ciuill authoritie in Bishoppes saieth the saide reuerend Father Maister D. Bilson The soldiers of Christ must not entangell themselues with secular affaires The true difference beetween Christian subiects Part. 2. Pag. 253. much lesse make themselues Lords and Iudges of earthly matters which office properlie belongeth to the sweard and must bee sustained of all those which beare the sweard And that it is a sinne to tolerate the vn-preaching ministrie heare the same Doctor Fulke Experience sheweth that he which is void of giftes Defence of trans Cap. 15 pag. 401. before he was ordered Priest is as verie an asse and dogbolt as he was before for any increase of grace or gratious gifts although he haue authoritie committed to him if he be ordained in the Church though vnworthy and with great sinne both of him that ordaineth of him that is ordained Therefore saieth Maister Calfill Ans to the treat of the crosse in the preface I lament that there are not as many good Preachers as parishes I am sory that some to vnskilfull be preferred Of non-residēce our English Canons speake thus Absentia Pasteris à dominico grege c. The absence of the Pastour from the Lords flock that carelesse negligence which we se in many Anno 1571. Cap. resid Pastoris and the leauing of the ministerie is a thing both in it selfe dishonest and hatefull to the people and pernicious to the Church of God And therefore in the ordination hee taketh authoritie to preach to this congregation of pluralities aduowsons election of people saith good Maister Fox speakeing of the time of 830 years after christ Act. mon. print 1576. pag. 5. Likewise advowsons and pluralities of benefices were things then as much vnknowne as nowe they are pernicious to the Church takeing away all true elections from the flock of Christ And it were no hard matter out of him to shew all the points we holde partlie to bee his iudgement in the traced steppes of the primitiue Church

same For seeing the chiefest cause of their trouble and reproach is their carefull and zealous following of Gods holie vvorde and their tender conscience in offending of God hovv strange and contrarie to reason shoulde it bee that they coulde but thinke anye one euill thought against the holie ordinance of God and the higher powers ordained of him to vvhome they ought to submitte themselues for conscience sake And when the blind man vvho can not see a farre of if he haue anie the leaste discretion muste needes perceaue that in the peace and prosperitie of her Maiestie and of this Realme euerie way consisteth their peace their ioy and happienes Hovv farre shoulde they bee vvithout all grace and feare of God how contrarie to them selues enemies to their ovvne apparant good if they shoulde be enemies to the present state of her Maiesties most Christian and godlie gouernement 2 And here I thank God I can speak boldlie and with the cheerefull testimonie of a good conscience euen in the sight of God For God knovveth and vve humblie acknowledge vvith thanksgiuing to his holye and diuine Maiestie that our gracious Ladie and deare Soueraigne Elizabeth in the tyme of her sister the late Queene Marie Queene Elizabeth persecuted for the Ghospell suffered endured great trobles and reproach and endeuouring to preserue a good conscience and to keepe her selfe a chaste pure Virgine vnto the Lorde Iesus Christ her blessed Sauiour shee was in greate daunger And this not so much in regarde of her owne person as much more as that she was the onelie hope vnder God which all honest good Christians had by whose prayers it pleased his heauenlie goodnes in cōpassion to his poore distressed Church to preserue her sacred person in his due tyme to set her at libertie and to raise her vp to establish her Kingdome to be an hauen of rest and an heauen of ioye to the deare children of God who euerie daye were in a great affliction counted as sheepe readie for the slaughter And this all the world knoweth to be so that god hath made his name glorious by her deliuerance He hath chosen his seruant Elizabeth and taken her out of the iawes of the Lyons made her a ioyfull blessed noursemother to seed the people of his Church and to foster his inheritance By her wee enioy our country our liues our wiues our children our goods our peace prosperitie by her we are garded against enemies a broad inuasions cruell warre and against all domesticall iniuries and wronges at home which euill and vngodly men would bring vpon vs. We sit quietlie euerie man vnder his vine ioyfully reape the fruites of a plentifull land vnder the happie and assured protection of her most blessed gouernement Merueilous great blessings by her Maiesties raigne By her we are deliuered out of the spirituall thraldome and bondage of that proud Prelate of Rome from all Antichristian slauerie of ignorance superstition idolatrie and our shoulders are eased from that moste grieuous burden and importable By her we haue the holie foode of our soules the life of our life the sacred word of God By her we enioy the pleasures of Gods house and enter into his tabernacles with ioye beholding the beautie of God and the glorie of hi● power By her our minds and our bodies are made secure our mouthe are filled with laughter we cheerfullie sing the new songe of all Gods Saintes Halelu-Iah Saluation and glorie and honour and power to the Lord our God God euen our God the mightie and holie one hath loued her and in the loue honour wherewithall he hath made her name renoumed amongst the mightie nations of the earth hee hath made his greate loue and rich mercie to vs his poore people to bee knowne and admired He hath established her throne in righteousnes made her mountaine most strong against all her our enemies So that she hath bene nowe these 40 and 3 yeares an hiding place for the wind and a refuge for the tempest as riuers of waters in a drie land as the shadow of a great rock in a wearie land The remembrance of her is our comfort her ioy health and honour our glorie her faithfulnes and constancie in religion and godlines our exceeding treasure In one word she is the light of eies the breath of our nostrels the very marrow of our bones and the assured pledge of our reioysing For who knoweth not but that as by her most Christian and godlie raigne we enioye that which is more of price vnto vs then all that we haue yea then our owne liues So when so euer God shal take her from vs vnto his heauenlie glorious kingdome which we pray may not bee till she hath had that fulnes of daies which may make her Crowne perfect in the world to come and the ioy of Christs Church firme stable in this world who shall then lament weep waile and who shall haue cause to greeue sigh and mourne their mother their nourse and faithfull comforter but euen all those Ministers and Christian people who nowe desire that those honourable and holie workes which God hath begun brought to a great perfection by her ministrie might by her also be made absolute entire and fullie compleat Therefore we are so farre from thinking the leaste euill vnto her sacred person that we pray hartely and wish vnfainedly Confounded be all they which desire her hurt and God euen the mightie God strike thorow the loynes of al them that rise vp against her binde thou vp ô mercifull God her soule in the bundell of life with the Lord our God cast out the soule of all her enemies as out of he midle of a slinge and let all faithfull subiects say Amen 3 Next vnto vnder her most royall Maiestie The Lords of counsell greatly to be respected we think vpon the Lords of her Maiesties most honorable coūsell Heere we haue also great matter to moue vs vnto all ioyfull thankfulnes First that they haue wiselie and Christianlie managed the generall state sway of the common wealth principallie for their carefull prudent watch ouer her Maiesties most sacred person in all these most deuilish treacheries and wicked designements of all traiterous Papistes and Popish Seminarie Priestes Iesuites and desperate murdering wretches in all the hidden plottes shameles villenies deuised contriued by our mortall enemies abroad and by all factious Espaniolized and Italianized heads at home That God hath bene with them and prospered them in all their godly counsell foresight Secondly we can not but praise God that their honorable table is and alwaies hath bene a place of refuge a seate of great iustice equitie clemencie to all men howsoeuer otherwise wrongfullie oppressed And tha● vvhich we most of all reioyce of vv● blesse our Lord Christ for their constant perseuering in