Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	civil_a	magistrate_n	matter_n	3,433	5	6.0251	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75468	An antidote against foure dangerous quæries, pretended to be propounded to the reverend Assemblie of Divines, touching suspension from the Sacrament.		1645 (1645)	Wing A3493; Thomason E265_3; ESTC R212428	8,985	8

will perhaps argue before the yeer be out Upon the same ground against the high prerogatives and priviledges of Parliament and the power of Civill Magistrates Judges and Courts of Justice That it is a matter of great danger to give them legislative power lest they make Laws as in the times of Popery for the advancing of Tyranny Idolatry superstition and punishing and persecuting of men for true piety Religion and godlinesse and compelling them to submit to Popish traditions Liturgies and superstitious ceremonies And to leave the expositions of Laws in the breasts of Judges lest they pervert Justice and judgement and to wrest the Law to justifie Tyranny and oppression and to overthrow the Liberty of the Subjects as we felt by wofull experience in the latter times of domineering Prelats who made their will and lust Law For my part I dare not be so suspicious nor intertain any such thoughts into my heart but am confident that a strict Discipline according to the Rules of Christ and the practice of the pure primitive Apostolicall Church once set up and backt confirmed and established by civill authority there will be no place for Judges and Rulers civill nor domineering and ambitious revengefull Governours Ecclesiasticall to tyrannize over the consciences of Christians If any scandalous persons creep into Pastorall charges there will be a plain and easy way to cast them out If a Congregationall Consistory offend grosly through indiscretion superior Presbyteries will correct them and there will be appeales to Provinciall Synods from erring unjust sentences of Presbyteries The Gospell powerfully preached by godly and faithfull Ministers set up in all places of the Land encouraged with double honour of liberall maintenance and due reverence will work a great Reformation and increase of knowledge grace and godlinesse in the Peers and Commons of the Realme and in Judges Magistrates and Lawyers Judges will be taught that they judge not for man but for the Lord who is with them in the Judgement People will grow more peaceable and free from continuall contentions Lawyers shall not get the wealth of be Land into their hands by fishing in troubled waters encouraging men in unlawfull and quarrellous su●●es pleading wicked causes for large fees prolonging suites and making men spend in ●ong ●uite unto twice the value of their just right debt for which they sue by taking treble fees keeping them though they faile their client and be imployed at other 〈◊〉 when his cause is to be pleaded Godlinesse and true Religion being increased by faithfull preaching and godly Discipline● In the hearts of men will make the Common-Wealth free from the necessity of many Lawyers which the learned Philosopher held to be a pla●ue in a State and Kingdom and an evidence of the miserable condition thereof And therefore it is no marvell that the corrupt ones of that pros●ssion are deadly Enemies to the maintenance honour and other incouragements of the Ministers of the Gospell But not to trouble my adversary any longer with this unpleasing Discourse which his importune and unseemly speeches have occasioned I proceed in the proof of the main point in hand and argue from the holy Scriptures That scandalous impenitent persons are not in any wise to be admitted to the holy Communion at the Lords Table untill they confesse their offences and professe godly sorrow and repentance and promise amendment to the utmost of their power and endeavour And my second Argument is this That person from whom every faithfull Member of the Church and every Professor 2. Arg. whether Pastor Elder or private person is commanded to withdraw himself and to have no fellowship with him may not nor can without sin and offence of God be admitted by the Ministers Elders and whole Congregation to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper To deny this is to rebell against the light of Common reason Every sinner openly scandalous either in corrupt life or in falle opinions and doctrine walking disorderly and causing divisions which are not according to godlinesse which he in pride maintains and delights in perverse disputations for them and the like is such a person as appears 2 Thess 3.6.14 1 Tim. 6.5 Rom. 16.17 18. 1 Cor. 5.11 2 Joh. 10.11 Where the Apostle injoynes Christians yea commands them in the Name of the Lord Iesus Christ to mark such as cause divisions scandols offences and to withdraw themselves from every Brother that is a drunkard or unclean person or extortioner or walketh disorderly or obeys not the Word nor consenteth to wholsome words and sound doctrine but is proud do●ing about questions and strife of words which cause envy strife railings and evil surmises and perverse disputations of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the Truth And with such though yet not Excommunicated and cast out but called a Brother not to company nor to eat nor to bid him God speed lest they be partakers of his evill deeds The conclusion therefore necessarily follows that such openly noted and convicted scandalous sinners are not to be admitted to eat with godly Christians nor to have Communion with them nor company with them at the Lords Table My third Argument is grounded on our Saviours Commandment Mat. 7.6 Give not that which is holy to the dogs 3. Arg. By holy thing is certainly meant that which is consecrated and set apart for the holy use of them that are Saints By dogs are meant unclean impure and noted scandalous sinners whom Gods Mi●isters cannot offer and commend to God as holy Members of Christ neither can they offer themselves souls and bodies to the Sacrament and to the Lords 〈◊〉 but as unclean even as dogs being unclean beasts were abomination in the offerings of the Law By giving to dogs is meant not a bare propounding or shewing or offering that which is holy to al in general who can and wil rightly receive it as we do in preaching the Word to every creature to all even heathen Nations to see and trye if God will convert them But a giving to them holy things as having already a true right in them as Children have in the bread which their Father hath provided for them as for example applying to them the promises of eternall life and the righteousnes and satisfaction of Christ which belong only to men who doe repent and professe true faith in Christ as preachers do to them that are called to belively members of the true Church and hunger and thirst after more cōmunion with Christ And giving of the sacraments which are feales of regeneration remission of sinns and communion with Christ to infidells and to scandalous and impenitent sinners This giveing of holy things to uncleane and vnworthy persons is that which our Saviour here forbidds and therfore to such persons as are like dogs in uncleannes by reason of scandalous sinns and impenite cie the holy Sacraments are not to be given Though ministers may preach and propound the