Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	fit_a	young_a	youth_n	27	3	7.7819	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70394	Lacrymæ ecclesiæ Anglicanæ, or, A serious and passionate address of the Church of England, to her sons especially those of the clergy.	Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711.; Kerr, Thomas.	1689 (1689)	Wing K264C; ESTC R1553	49,273	65

in Doctrine shewing uncorruptness gravity sincerity sound speech that cannot be condemned that they that were of The contrary party were ashamed having no evil to say of them when I ordained Elders in every City I had men blameless sober just holy temperate whose judgements were setled whose passions were allayed whose affections were composed whose actions were advised and conversation exact and uniforme since every one did what was good in his own eyes My young Ministers have been unstable in all their ways unsetled in their minds rash in their undertaking imprudent in their carriage weak in their discourses unexperienced in their behaviour not even orderly and stayed in their conversation to the grief of good men who esteem all Ministers very highly in love for their works sake to the joy of those evil men that have ill-will for Sion who cry Aha aha so would we have it O young men who requireth these things at your hands Why do you run before I am willing to send you O how dare you take this Office uppon you until you are called with solemn preparation as was Aaron Are not you afraid now you have newly passed the elements of Philosophy ●nd the first principles of Nature to look into those mysteries which the Angels desire to look into to search into that knowledge which passeth knowledge Are not you afraid to ascend that pulpit whither Luther said he never ascended though very aged without fear and trembling are not you afraid to undertake that dreadful work from which the Prophets fled the Fathers avoided the Primitive Pastors trembled at Do you know what you do when you undertake to be Embassadors in Christs stead to bring back the world to God to be Co-workers with God in the salvation of souls to be Angels of the Church to be as Stars in Gods right hand to be Stewards of the Mysteries of God to watch for precious souls as they that must give an account How can you govern others who cannot govern your selves What power have you over others who have hardly any power over your selves What esteem can you find among them who will naturally dispise your youth Did not Philosophy think you fit O young men to hear Morals and shall Divinity admit you to read divine Lectures How can you in the heat of youth in the vigour of your lusts appear in the world perswading men to mortifie their lusts to crucifie the flesh with the affections and lusts With what hope can you endeavour to compose the world to that great Rule to which you cannot compose your selves How will you behave your selves as guides among persons whose years and experience are so much beyond yours How impertinently will you converse how weakly will you discourse how imprudently will you deal how contemptibly will you live among a staid and discreet people wiser then you in their Generations The goodness of God having furnished man with two chief Instruments saith an incomparable man both necessary for this life hands to exercise and a mind to devise great things the one is not profitable longer then the vigour of youth doth strengthen it nor the other greatly till age and experience have brought it to perfection SECT 2. Of Debauched Men ordained 1500. OH am I as Juhan blasphemed the sanctuary of all prophaneness Am I a refuge for all licentiousness Whom a strict Colledge expels whom the severe University discountenanceth whom civil men note with a mark of hatred and abhorrence must I admit to my sacred Order and honour with my most solemn Ministrations My care is that each Minister should be of an holy and unblameable conversation What have these poor creatures to do to take Gods word held forth by me in their mouths seeing they hate to be reformed O my reverend Sons what do you bring a man to teach the world a God and his service Who is without God in the World What do you send them to speak of that God who is not in all their thoughts Why are they employed to propogate the knowledge of God who desire that the knowledge of the holy One may cease from them To what purpose do they preach an holy Life who never intend to live it Why do they put those poor souls to pray for those things of God which they do not desire to read that Bible which they do not believe to bind those heavy burthens upon the people which they themselves do not intend to bear to teach that on the Sabbath demurely which they will contradict throughout the Week profanely Is there any need of authorizing publick patterns of impiety Do you intend to destroy what ye have built I know you not Why then do you send lewd Ministers to teach men by an evil example that prophaneness which I have endeavoured to reform by my good instructions Wo is me that I see those within me running to all excels of riot who are imployed to teach a pure Religion and undefiled before God. You O reverend Fathers taught men to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and live soberly justly and godly in this present world and will you suffer men to go from among you to teach all ungodliness and worldly lusts O alas one man a Divine and a Beast What consecrated to God and devoted to sin An abomination in the holy place Behold thou art called a Minister and restest in the Law and makest thy boast of God and knowest his will and approvest the things that are more excellent being instructed out of the Law and art confident that thou thy self art a Guide to the blind a light to them which are in darkness an Instructer of the foolish a Teacher of babes which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth of the Law thou therefore that teachest another teachest thou not thy self thou that preachest a man should not steal dost thou steal thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery dost thou commit adultery thou that abhorrest Idols dost thou commit Sacriledge thou that makest thy boast of the Law through beeaking the Law dishonourest thou God for the Name of God is blasphemed among the people through you SECT 3. Of Vnlearned Men Ordained I Am ashamed that that ignorance which formerly found preferment should now find orders too and that I should settle them legally in that calling whereunto I alwayes said they had illegally intruded themselves It was too much to suffer that daring ignorance to Vsurp the sacred Office much more to consecrate it to it The late Miscarriage want nothing to compleat them but to be hallowed The Catholick Church never entertained a Ministry but what was qualified either with extraordinary gifts from above or with humane learning from below by which the mind being instructed and improved in all the riches of wisdom and knowledge which are part of the glory and image of God in man by this learning all truths are clearly unfolded How do you think poor souls can clear divine truths