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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	aaron_n	dead_a	numb_a	29	3	10.1911	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25459	Dualitas, or, A two-fold subject displayed and opened conducible to godliness and peace in order, I. Lex loquens, the honour and dignity of magistracy with the duties thereupon depending and reverence thereunto due, II. Duorum unitas, the agreement of magistracy and ministry, at the election of the honourable magistrates of Edinburgh and the opening of a diocesan synod of the reverend clergy there / by Will. Annand.	Annand, William, 1633-1689.	1674 (1674)	Wing A3217; ESTC R27190	51,279	83

bless thee O Habitation of Justice that is to you R. H. Your Council-house Your Session-house and M●untain of Holiness that is R. R. Our Churches and Our Pulpits Jer. 31. 23. Peace shall be far from us What is that Mans Name and what is his Sons Name that ever defaced the Church by pulling out but one stone and not either his Eyes blinded with the dust thereof or his Arm crushed with the violence of the pluck Where liveth he and where was he born that ever weighed the Sacred Anchor of the Churches Authority and at the same time kept the Ship of the State from being driven by contrary Tydes to his own Amazement Disgrace or Ruine And again where is that Priest or how came he to prosper that joyned in a Conspiracy against his David and the High-way to the Temple did not mourn For if once the Guard of Love and Reverence be forced from the Hearts of Subjects from their Princes it 's not our Gowns that can give protection to our Bibles and on the other hand Zerubbabel must have and must not want his Josua Hag. 1. This R. H. is not to compel you to respect your own Ministry your care for us and love to us being highly Eminent and Honorable To requite which and fit all to conformable behaviour to their Magistrats Let us R. R. eye our Father Aaron and in him we have every thing adviseable 1. His Name giving Instruction 2. His Office Direction 3. His failings Caution 1. His Name offers Instruction It was said Nabal is his Name and Folly is with him we say Aaron is his Name and Learning is with him Some will have it from the Hebrew Aron to signifie an Ark or Chest such an one as he himself kept the Law in and brought it out thence to teach it to the people Some from Haron signifieing to cast or throw Darts which Morally a Preacher doth pierceing both the Ears and Hearts of the Teached his Hearers Some from Har a Mountain it is all one This we learn that a Son of Aaron should Immoveably be fixed upon his Calling having his Breast full of the Law that his peoples Hearts may be touched as pricked while he openeth to them the Scriptures Indeed the faithful Shepherd will in choice consider what pastorage to lead his Flock unto to call up dead heresies to improve not understood Texts or dark and seemingly to us disjoynted Scriptures as the manner was in our late conspiracy between Ruben and Corah in their Rebellion as the shutting up of the Gates of Abel against King Davids Army as Davids flying up and down with an ●rmy from Saul for he never fought him and heating them into Treason apparent from Uzzahs being opposed and thrust from the Temple when a Leper Is to make a half penny-Box of their bosom to contain some shreds rather then a chest to contain the whole Volumn of the Law Magistrats are said to be Heads and the Ministry to be the Eyes of the Church And if her Eyes choose not the good old and true way of obedience to Higher Powers without which no Subjection unto GOD of love to all men they may in time be blood-shot And I could wish that our Clergy study and pray to be free of that infirmity it being the Nefarium Crimen of some that hath been before us A Son of Aaron is a Steward in the Palace of one greater then Moses yet under Moses and if Food wholesome be not presented he himself shall be infected with the common if not a worse disease I will not grate your Ears with Controversies but it 's clearer then Interest can cloud that if Abiathar prove disloyal he may be removed from the Altar The Key of the Wine-cellers taken from him that offers bitter water is such a piece of Justice as must be in a Kingdom or it shall rave upon the bed of Feavers and Distempers And some more mad therein fly in the face of that unworthy Trustee making him sick by smiting What event our late Rebellious Teaching had in Murther Adultery Swearing Drunkenness and all kind of Ryot what contempt of the Gospel and of Gospel Ministry that is themselves I leave to the iniquity of their own Fasts and Causes of Humiliation they observed God seeming to●take revenge upon the Pulpit for its treacherous extravagancies in those dayes of Lying Conspiracy and Rebellion But then Brethren shall we not be ashamed when we have respect to all GODS Commandments then and not before Shall we be truely of the House of Aaron and Blessed of the People There are some things in the Law such as G●nealogies these are wearisome unlesse modestly and without heat they be handled they are profitlesse too There are some things like Law or given out as Law such as old wives fables minched Scriptures such things as are in no Sacred Ark but purely treasured up by old Fabulous Tradition such passages as are neither commended nor disaproved in holy Writ Rome maketh use of ridiculous fancies of Visions and Miracles and some noticed so much that doubtful act of shutting the gates of Abel upon Joab that they preached therefrom absolute field Disloyalty Neither of these we understand yet this we do that Aaron first sacrificed for himself then for the People lifting up his hand the first day of his Priest-hood Blessing the Congregation Levit. 9. 22. This that we understand let us do letting the f●ble lye at the old wifs door where we found it and Genealogie in Gods Record when it comes to contention untill he clear it and not presse the shutting up of Abels gates until it be approved 2. His Office giveth Direction He was appointed 1. To instruct the People from God 2. To mediat for the People with God After Abirams conspiracy Moses commanded Aaron to offer Incense which he did standing betwixt the Living and the dead and the Plague was stayed Numb 16. 48. The like yet should his Sons do saying spare thy People O Lord and give not they Heritage to spoil and again That the Covenant with Levi of Life and Peace might turn away many from their iniquity that the people seeking the Law from their mouth might not stumble out of the way Mal. 2. 6. In this Office observe 1. His Station 2. His Modesty 3. His Apparrel 1. His Station He was by birth Moses Elder and so his Superior but when Priest Moses goeth foremost Aaron peaceably coming behind being content to sit in any Chair high or low armed or not which God setteth in for him He is the Chief Church-man and is under Authority receiveth orders from Moses delivering these again to Priests inferior unto himself The Method God hath established in his Camp or his Church had never been Terrible as an Army w●th Banners And who so is for a parity with Corah and Abiram may molest the Church but themselves shal perish inevitably Jud. II. And those Countrys wherein Imparity is setled if it can be