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A30640	Englands bondage and hope of deliverance a sermon preached before the honourable House of Parliament at St. Margarets in Westminster / by Mr. Henry Burton ... Iune 20, 1641.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1641 (1641)	Wing B6162; ESTC R5904	17,112	32

wherein it doth stand or what are the signes of it that Gods people lye under this bondage in this Land J will give instance thereof in foure particulars The first is the bondage of Conscience 〈◊〉 poynt of Liturgy devised by men and imposed vpon the Consciences of the Godly The second is the Bondage of the Conscience under Ceremonies The third is the Bondage of Conscience under Discipline and the fourth is the Bondage of the Conscience vnder Governement First for the bondage of the Conscience vnder Liturgy Beloued if you turne to Coloss. 2.20 you shall find that the spirit of God doth by St. Paul blast all these seruices at one breath invented by men and imposed of necessity vpon the Conscience in vsing those prayers which the service of God 〈◊〉 Apostle calls all such Will-worshippers as you may see Coloss. 2.23 I would haue you turne to the Chapter and study it well speaking there of the ordinances of men which things saith hee have indeed a shew of wisedome in Will-worship and humility c. Though the pretended humility in all these Innovations of men pretend to be louing and humble yet all this worship is a will-worship devised by man and so becomes a snare to Gods people and 〈◊〉 agayne this is that our Sauiour Christ expressely condemnes 〈◊〉 15.9 In vaine doe they worship me teaching for Doctrine the Traditions of men it is a vaine worship Also Esay 29. These people draw neere to me with their lips and with their mouthes they honour me but their heart is farre removed from me What is the reason of that What 's the ground of all this their feare towards me is taught by the precepts of men Here is the very reason ground why the service devised by men is abhominable before God and is nothing but meere Hypocrisie when men draw neere him with their lip● and their hearts are farre from him Many men would teach how to serve God and prescribe rules for the service of God so to impose this yoke upon Gods people they would sit in Gods Chaire and doe in this as if the Servant should teach his Master what to doe God did not doe it nor Christ did not doe it but Man will doe it By which it may appeare that it is Hypocrisie and a vaine worship This is one bondage under which the Land hath suffered and for which we have cause to cry with the Prophet Oh that the Salvation of Israel were come out of Sy●n oh that there were a deliverance of Go●● people from this bondage The second is bondage under Ceremonies they be also branded Coll. 2.8 Beware lest any man spoyle you through Philosophy and vaine deceit after the Tradition of men after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ And so afterwards touch not taste not handle not the new devises of men set up in the service of God it spoyles men when they doe bind them to humane Ordinances it is a leading of them captive wherefore in the 10. ver. he shewes it is the vacuating of Christ 〈◊〉 you allied to Christ how comes it that you are subject to humane Ceremonies that you live under humane Ordinances this shewes you have no part in Christ so long as you are subject to humane Ordinances For Christs death hath abolished all Ordinances of the Law which were of Gods ordaining much more the Ordinances of men in the worship of God To set up these things and to let the conscience lye under bondage this is a great Captivity Christs death hath made void all these This is another bondage and we cry concerning this Oh that the Salvation of Israel were come out of Sion when God turneth the Captivity of his people from this Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall be glad The third is a Bondage under Discipline here the Discipline is brought under one man one man hath the Discipline of the whole Church The Archbishop in his Province The Bishop in his Diocesse This is condemned flatly and expressely in the Scripture That the power of Discipline it is not lest to one man but indeed to the whole Congregation Math. 18.17 First see it in Christ if thy Brother offend thee first admonish him thy selfe in private if none of this will doe tell it the Church that is the Congregation The Apostle makes it plaine 1 Cor. 2.6 Here is the infliction of punishment he was put out of the Congregation for incest Here was a punishment inflicted by many who are they The whole Congregation for the Congregation had a vote in this businesse of executing of censure upon such an offender So we may see this is meant of the Church 1 Cor. 1. To the Church which is at Corinth that is the Congregation you see it more plainly 1 Cor. 5.4 In the name of the ●ord Jesus Christ when you come together you that is the Congregation So then the Discipline that is executed by the will of one man sitting in the Court and admitting of whom hee will and shutting out whom hee will receiving whom hee will and rejecting whom hee will absolving whom hee will and excommunicating whom hee will sending to Heaven whom hee will and to Hell whom hee will is not warranted by Scripture Diothrepes who was one of the first Practitioners in this kind of this Sect was thrust out of the Church of God for taking on him such an Office Jn the last place the fourth bondage under which the Land hath suffered is the Bondage of the Hierarchy that is the fall of the spirituall Government and beloved it cannot be better paralell'd then to the Hierarchy of Antichrist Jt is a limbe of him he exalts himselfe above all that is called God in all matters of Religion hee must governe the conscience nay they must learne men in their Faith Psal. 149. where it is there Praise God for the Conquest he hath given the Church over her Enemies they will have it Praise God for the power he hath given the Church over the consciences of men what a● high presumption is this that any man should put in such an expression into the holy Bible yea we find that the Articles of our Religion hath bin some of them altered as in the 20. Article where meaning the Prelats the Church say they hath authority to ordaine rites and Ceremonies and hath authority in matters of Faith They would get that which Christ never left to them and never any before Antichrist such as love the preheminence Diotrephes he was he that loved the Prehemi●●●●ie that is he loved the Prelacy in St. Johns time and under St. Iohns nose and thus we see another bondage vnder which the people of this Land hath suffered and when we are deliuered from this Jacob shall rejoyce and Jsraell shall be glad But since the Reformation we could not be freed from this bondage and delivered now wee may cry Salvation is come to Jsraell whereof Jacob rejoyceth Beloved J must