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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
money_n	ghost_n	holy_a	simon_n	1,530	5	10.2233	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00668	A sermon of simonie and sacriledge preached at Pauls Crosse March 18: by Roger Fenton preacher of Graise Inne.	Fenton, Roger, 1565-1616.	1604 (1604)	STC 10801; ESTC S105579	12,992	74

and material difference betwixt Simon Magus his bargaine and some of ours sauing only that he delt plainly we deuise shifts to insnare our selues Act. 8. 19. Simon offered money and saide Giue me power that on whomsoeuer I lay my hands he may receaue the holy Ghost We offer money say Giue me or get me power that on whom I lay my hands he may be sanctified or set a part for the Word Sacraments What difference betweene these two powers sauing that that was extraordinarie temporary for that time this is perpetuall and essentiall to the Church of Christ so cōsequētly of more worth It will be said Barnard spake like a foole in obiecting Declam super Reliquimus omnia this to the Clergy there was neuer money giuen nor offered for that sacred power but for some honor or commodity thereunto annexed It is true And shall we thinke that Simon Magus did offer his money for the holinesse of that power which he then desired Or was it rather for that honor commoditie which he supposed were annexed It was that honor hee ambitiously affected that he might be accoūted 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 v. 9. assuring himselfe withal that though he had offred very largely yet if he could bestow such visible gifts of the spirit at his pleasure he would make himselfe hole againe in a short time Yet I make no doubt but the sin of Simon was Simonie And who list to open his eies and looke about him shall find that Simonie is not a schoole terme or word of arte but a snare to intrap the consciences of corrupt men Aske a Patron who vseth to marchandize his Benefices and he wil protest vnto you that for that right of Church liuings deriued vpon the Clergie togither with their function hee knoweth not what it meaneth neither doth hee intend any indignity to God or holy things he dealeth onely for that which is valuable and money woorth And I doe verily beleeue him for heere is the snare Neither do I thinke that Ananias or Saphira his wife did intend any iniury to the holy Ghost in retaining part of what thēselues had giuen Onely they thought that a peece of money was as well saued as not I verily perswade my selfe that Gehezi ment no disgrace to that sacred power of clensing the leprosie but onely perceauing the liberall disposition of Naaman he knew that two sutes of apparel a talēt or two of siluer might be taken with as great thanks as left The Scripture putteth vs out of doubt Mal. 3. 8. that when the Iewes kept backe their tithes offrings it was the furthest end of their thought to spoile God Wherefore when God expostulateth with them You haue spoiled me they wondered said Wherein haue we spoiled thee In tithes and offerings saith God We know we had beguiled certain fat Priests and Leuites who haue enough besides but we neuer dreamed of spoiling thee Well saith God you haue spoiled me Hinc ille laqueus Sacriledge and simonie be spiritual sinnes sensuall men will not conceaue them so much of the first snare 2 They who persuade thēselues they can very cunningly and smoothly winde themselues out of the former snare are taken in this second For hauing got a hint from some that tithes are not due by diuine right they resolue their consciences on this maner Albeit by the law of Moses God did binde the people of the Iewes to the precise paiment of tithes which was also zealously vrged by the Prophets yet in the time of the gospel it is a thing more arbitrary indifferent So long as they liue of the Gospel and are partakers of the Altar it is sufficient Well liue they shall a certeine pittance they shall haue wherewithall they must be content and there an end For when Moses Elias and Christ met vpō moūt Tabor the first two vanished Moses his law was very chargeable whereby that tribe of Leui was growen too rich Elias also was a hot vrger of Moses law but there came a cloud which caried away Moses and Elias both together with their Ceremonials and Iudicials and Christ was left alone who was content to be poore enough and so we minde to keepe him Admit all this were true yet the second part of my text makes a sufficient answer to these repliers Post vota inquirere Our progenitors forefathers being taught by Nature to honor God with their substance directed by Gods law what proportion was fittest for that purpose animated by the examples of the primitiue Church in their voluntarie oblations did cōsecrate a certein portion of their temporals by solemne vow vnto God deliuering vp to him their title and right from themselues and their heires for euer Annexing commonly ●apit Ca●ul lib. 6. ca. 285. some wordes of fearefull execration that if any attempt to alien or take them away that his account shuld be without fauour in the last day If after these solemne vowes any shal inquire that is shal deuise colours and shifts to alien or take away things vowed vnto God to wash or clip that sacred tribute which hath Gods marke vpon it hee falleth ineuitably into Solomon his second snare of destruction Laqueus est post vota inquirere For as Leui paid tithes in the loines of Abraham so did wee vowe tithes and Church endowments in the loines of our forefathers They for vs and we in them haue inuested God in that portion whereby we stand eternally Quod diuini iuris est id nulli●● in bonis est Instit lib. 2. tit 1. bound neuer to claime interest therein againe Albeit we had libertie before to vse ecclesiasticall liuings as meere tēporals yet after these vowes our case is the very same with that of Ananias Act. 5. 2 who for keeping backe that which himselfe had consecrated to the Church and colouring the same with a lie was taken in this snare of destruction fell downe at the Apostles feete gaue vp the ghost The same snare falling vpon his wife for partaking with him in that counsell 1. For inquiring after the vowes were past If you inquire a further ground of this assertion let it be the rule of common Offerimus Deo quod Ecclesiae tradimus cap. carul lib. 6. ca. ●84 equitie that No man hauing passed his consent and deed may change it to the preiudice of another That which is giuen to the Church is passed ouer vnto God therefore he that shall take it againe without the consent of God whose it is cōmiteth direct sacriledge against him and dealeth worse with God then God will suffer any man to deale with vs shal not this bring a snare vpon him He that will be rich saith the Apostle 1. Tim. 6. 9. Not he that would be rich with honest endeuours but he that resolueth He will be rich by hooke or crooke thogh he spoile god himselfe shal fall into temptations snares noisome lusts which