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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	aaron_n	ointment_n	skirt_n	39	3	11.4481	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91907	Three sermons preach'd upon extraordinary occasions. By Charles Robotham, B.D. rector, of Reisam in Norfolk	Robotham, Charles, 1625 or 6-1700.	1680 (1680)	Wing R1729E; ESTC R231140	83,223	245

being se●●ed in the Prince it ran dow● amain as the Oyntment from 〈◊〉 Head of Aaron to the Skirts 〈◊〉 Borders of his Garment That 's the first way wherein or whereby Kings do become Nursing Fathers to the Church by the meer influence of their Example The next and second which ●s the main follows and that ●s by the use and exercise of their Power and Authority That is when they do employ the utmost of their Princely Power for the defence and protection of the Church for the support and maintenance of the Church for the conservation of the rights and properties of the Church for the due and well management of the Affairs of the Church When Laws are made and Acts passed by Authority in the behalf of the Church when publick and effectual care is taken for the great concerns of the Church for the soundness of its Faith for the purity beauty and comeliness of its Worship for the order and regularity of its Government for the efficacy of its Discipline f●● the preservation of its Peace Unity and Tranquillity in a● through the Communion of th● whole This this is the Benef●● of Nursing-fathers this is the Milk that comes out of the Brea●● of Kings the establishing of Religion by the Sovereign Power i● all the publick concerns of 〈◊〉 When Christianity is by the means engrafted into the Stat● and is made the Religion of th● State when the profession of is not only own'd but ratifie● with the Seal of Authority fe●ced and strengthned with the provision of Laws guarded with Penalties encouraged and advance● with Priviledges This is tha● Singulare quiddam a regibus requis tum says Calvin upon the Text That special and singular Service expected yea and bespoken from the Hands of Kings for Christ Psal 2. 10 11. Be wise O ye Kings be instructed ye Rulers of the Earth Serve the Lord with fear What Acts 4. 25. Lord why the Lord Christ as appears by the 2d and 7th Ver. And how are they to serve him not only in their Hearts and Lives but in their Power and Place with their Crowns and Scepters serve him as Kings Excellently St. Augustine Epist ad Bonifacium to this purpose Aliter servit qua homo aliter qua Rex Kings serve the Lord Christ as they are Men one way as they are Kings another As Men they serve him vivendo fideliter by living up to the Faith and Precepts of Christ but In quantum reges as Kings they serve him Leges sanciendo Leges ferendo pro Christo by making Laws for Christ Cum ea faciunt ad serviendum Epist 48. ad Vincentium Epist ad Bonifacium illi quae non possunt facere nisi reges when they do those things for Christ by the advantage of their Power which none but Kings can do And again Cum Aug. contra Cresconium l. 3. cap. 51. in regno suo bona jubeant mala prohibeant when in their respective Dominions they command wha● good and forbid what 's evil 〈◊〉 only in relation ad Societatem H●manam to Humane and 〈◊〉 Peace and Society but also sa● he in things pertaining ad Re●●gionem Divinam to matters Religion and Divine concer● All which may serve as a fit Co●ment upon the Text plainly she●ing us what is that Regia Ecc●●siae nutricatio as Grotius speak● L. de Imperio summarum potestatum That Blessing of Nursing father That 't is no other than the maintenance and cherishing of Relig●on by the nurture of wholes●● Laws by the publick interposal● Kings and Princes in its behalf 〈◊〉 of Pious Guardians and as 〈◊〉 tender Governours encharged a●● betrusted with the care and ove● sight of the Church And th● indeed is the proper import of th● word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Nursing-father i● the Text and in the Hebrew comes from the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that signifies Truth Trust 〈◊〉 Faithfulness So that the prime and proper meaning of the word as Schinler notes is to signifie Tutorem Curatorem Fiduciarium Rad. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 qui in sidem suam recipit alterius puerum That is one that is a Guardian a Trustee one that has the care maintenance and disposal of a Person committed to his trust This I say is its first and primigenial signification and then by consequence 't is rendred sometimes a Nurse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ruth 4. 6. sometimes a bringer-up 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 even as here in the Text and in Esther 2. 7. where Mordecai is said to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the nourisher or bringer up of Esther or as Schinler renders it out of some Copy of the Septuagint 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Praeses Rector her Guardian and Governour for so does 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifie Curam Praefecturam So that all things considered the stile and attribute of Kings here in the Text could not possibly be better rendred than as i● our Translation by the phrase 〈◊〉 Nursing-fathers Fathers for the Power Trust and Authority an● then both Fathers and Nurses fo● their care and tenderness So tha● the word it does at once instruct us in two things concerning Christia● Princes First In the Interest 〈◊〉 their Power in reference to th● Church Secondly In the n●ture and quality of their Power 1st Here is the Interest of thei● Power in or towards the Church The Church as a Minor committed to their a Eorum potestati suam Eccl●siam crediit Isi●or-●●isp in ●●nt c. 51. Cujus fid●i credit●r ipsa Fides Sacerdates m●●s tuae manui commisi Greg. Epist ad Mauritium L. 3. c. 10. charge an● themselves made of God th● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Mordecaies to th● Esther the Guardians and Governours of it And that unde● a double capacity first as Sovereigns and so they have th● power of stopping or suppressing all violence rage and fury intended against the outward Being Peace and Well-fare of the Church And then secondly a● Christian Sovereigns And so they have the right of doing all Acts pertaining to Christian Sovereignty in Church-matters that is a supream inspection in and over all Causes and Persons that do relate to the Church a Power of setling and establishing the true Faith and Communion of the Church yea and of ordering the Affairs of the Church of reforming corruptions of redressing abuses of regulating and retrenching excesses and innovations In a word A Power of super-vising all Offices and qualities in the Church to see and provide that such as act in the behalf of the Church do their Duties and keep their Bounds that nothing be done to the prejudice not only of the common Peace but of the common Faith Order and Christianity but all unto the furtherance and edification of the whole This Is that Power which Kin● of old for their part exercised the Government of the Synagogu● as you may see at