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A85542	Christians liberty to the Lords table, discovered by eight arguments, therby proving, that the Sacrament of the body and blood of our Lord, doth as well teach to grace, as strengthen and confirm grace, and so is common, as well to the outward Christian as to the inward Christian: occasioned by the contrary doctrine, taught by a strange minister in Woolchurch, on the 29th of June last. / By I.G a parishioner there. Imprimatur, James Cranford.	Graunt, John, of Bucklersbury.	1645 (1645)	Wing G1589; Thomason E296_30; ESTC R200217	18,658	23

denominated the called of God they are so declared because the word of grace preaching Christ crucified had effectually wrought on them and called them And so also should from time to time call all others of all nations that are of the election of grace so that the Scripture is full and pertinent to prove the Argument as also the other Scripture Gal. 3. 1. of which he made no mention at all as my memory serves me although thereby the Apostle proves plainly to the Galatians that the truth was effectually taught to them by having Jesus Christ crucified evidently set forth before their eyes amongst them whereby the very strength of the Argument is proved that as the Word of Christ crucified spoken to the eare teacheth or is a means to work grace so also is the Sacrament of bread and wine that doth teach preach or manifest the same Christ crucified to the eye by which the heart is informed as by the eare His Answer to the third Argument To this hee answerd negatively also and as I remember found fault with the translation of the Scripture alledged by me for the proof of my Argument and said the words yee do shew the Lords death till c. is not truly translated for it should be shew yee c. My Reply to his third Answer This mans answer to this Scripture is like the answer that an Arrian made me not long ago to another Scripture I alledged against his blasphemous position of Arrianisme he maintaining that Christ was a meere man and that to affirm a Trinity in Unity of the Godhead was nonsense and ridiculous and contrary to reason nature learning and Scripture Will you be judged by Scripture said I yes said he whereupon I demanded what he thought of 1 Joh. 5. 7. There are three that beare record in heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one here said I the Scripture affirms the Trinity in Unity Oh Sir said he the Text it not truly translated for the word in the originall is they do agree in one I pray said I what other acceptation hath the word or how can you expresse it otherwise from the originall it is said he as truly to be translated they are one as they agree in one then said I your own mouth is witnesse for by your own words you have confirmed the Text so I say to this Linguist that in the Margin shew yee c. is the same in the Text yee do shew c. And therefore it is full for the same purpose for which I brought it and plainly proves that so often as the Supper of the Lord is celebrated the death of Christ thereby is manifested preached declared and shewed forth to the communicants the beholders and participaters of the bread and wine the signes of the Lords Body and Blood and this the Scriptures do cleerly and apparently teach and set forth to us if you consider the terms the Holy Ghost uses for that very end and purpose as that of our Lord which I alledged for the proof of my Argument Luke 22. 19 20. This is my body which was given for you this do in remembrance of me also this cup is the new Testament in my blood which is shed for you where by body we are to understand the bread that signifies his Body And so by cup signifying his Blood and in obeying his command to eat the bread and to drink of the cup the end and intent of eating and drinking is to commemorate his death and passion and so often as we do so eat and drink wee participate of that which manifesteth to us the new Covenant which is the only means that God hath ordained for salvation proved to us in these words This cup is the new Testament in my blood which was shed for you c. And by the apt lively visible signes to the eye of bread and wine is preached to us the new and living way which hee hath new made and consecrated for us through the vaile that is to say his flesh Heb. 10. 20. yea as apparently as it is preached and made known to the ears by words and as St. Luke so St. Matthew hath it thus This is my body c. this is my blood of the new Testament c. giving to the signes the very name of his body and blood that whosoever readeth or seeth the signes may be thereby taught the benefit of Christs death thereby purchasing for man-kinde repentance and remission of sins which as it is in his name preached to the ears by the word so manifested to the eyes by broken bread and powred out wine for the eye and ear are equall in-lets to the heart so that it is cleerly proved that the Sacrament of the Supper of the Lord doth as truly teach grace where it is not as it doth confirm it where it is His Answer to my fourth Argument To the fourth Argument hee saith the passage in his Sermon concerning Matth. 7. 5. was but by way of allusion to that Scripture My Reply to his fourth Answer He did so allude to that Scripture as that hee confidently affirmed that all wicked and unregenerated men were Dogs and Swine and whosoever did administer the Sacrament to such did therein cast holy things to Dogs and pearles before Swine therefore I say still that he that so teacheth directly orindirectly positively or consequently such a Preacher doth not understand the command of our Lord in Matth. 7. 5. neither did the Preacher by his seeming evasion answer the Argument but it stands still in every part of its strength against him for in the Scriptures all naturall men are not called Dogs and Swine but such as have been enlightened and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost in its common gifts and having thereby received the truth in some measure and efficacie to be outwardly cleansed from the pollution of the world through the knowledg of our Lord Jesus Christ and yet turn from the holy commandment given unto them and become insnared intangled and overcome again with the pollution from which they were washed and again lick up the filth they had vomited these and such as these are Swine that wallow in the mire again and Dogs that return to their vomit 2 Pet. 2. 22. Heb. 6. 4 5 6. who as they discover themselves the way of censure and excommunication is to be used with them His Answer to my fifth Argument Against my fifth Argument bee peremptorily affirmed that Judas was not with the twelve when the Sacrament was instituted and administred and first for the proof thereof if my memory fail me not he told the Congregation that the translators of the Bible had not placed the 21. verse of the 22. chapter of Luke in the right place but they ought to have brought in those words of that verse next after the 16. verse And who affirmed that so it was in the originall the Greek Testament

bread and wine doth shew forth as in my Reply to his seventh Answer shall be more cleerely manifested so then notwithstanding all you have said in your seeming Answer the Argument stands in force against you in all its parts that whosoever affirmeth that they that give the Sacrament to wicked unregenerate men casts holy things to Dogs and pearles before Swine doth in so saying either willingly or ignorantly or both testifie that Christs practice in the case of Judas was against his commandment in Matth. 7. 5. which is blasphemy so to affirm for our Lord did give the bread and cup to Judas amongst the rest as before is more then probable and in so doing hee did not cast holy things to Dogs nor pearles before Swine Now it is very true the ignorant and scandalous are not fit to receive yet there is no rule from God or man that forbids them but the authority given to the Church to excommunicate them yet however they ought daily to be exhorted and admonished to repentance and faith His Answer to my sixth Argument I answer saith hee the first part of his Argument is not proved and therefore my denying it is my answering it To the second part of his Argument I answer saith hee that I have proved in the beginning of my Sermon that a man in Scripture is alwayes under that name to be understood a spirituall man so that the Scripture hee alledges is not to be understood of a naturall man but of a regenerated spirituall man And so as a naturall man cannot discern the things of God neither can hee discern the Lords body and therefore ought not to be admited to the Lords Table and so I have fully answered his sixth Argument saith hee if my memory faile mee not in the repetition say I. My Reply to his sixth Answer To the first part of the Answer I reply that I had thought he had so well known the Scriptures that when a man had spoke Scripture it had been as good a proof as to have quoted the Text and because the want of quoting the Text is the cause say you the Argument is not proved therefore reade and examine the Scriptures and then tell mee if it be not proved Simon Magus also believed and was baptized Acts 8. 13. who continned with Philip in the communion of all common ordinances as the Word Sacraments Prayer and the laying on of hands wondering to behold the miracles and signes which were done vers. 18. whose impenitent naturall estate the Apostle Peter doth declare notwithstanding vers. 21. And so it was with Demas Col. 4. 14. and Philemon vers. 24. which Text shews his like fellowship and communion with Gods people in the common ordinances notwithstanding in the 2 Tim. 4. 10. S. Paul shews his carnality and wickednesse and also S. John unmasks a great man in high place in the Church Diotrephes by name 3 John vers. 9. and as he loved so hee had preeminence who was so wicked that hee would not receive the Apostles of Christ nor the brethren and hindered and forbad them that would and excommunicated them through malice here 's a false Christian in great place and authority in the Church even a carnall naturall man and a prater against the Saints the best of Gods people and yet for all this not denyed to partake at the Lords Table for hee was the man that denyed others in such a case and condition were the false Apostles 2 Cor. 11. 13. Rev. 2. 2. false Prophets 1 John 4. 1. false Teachers 2 Pet. 2. 1. and false brethren 2 Cor. 11. 26. Gal. 2. 4. and the Apostles the Prophets the Teachers the Brethren although false yet all in common communion and fellowship in the Word Sacraments and Prayer c. So that now you see the first part of the Argument proved which you would not see before To the second part of his Answer I reply and as it consisteth of two parts so the Gentleman is mistaken in both And first for the name man he saith that in the Scriptures it is only to be understood of a spirituall man which to affirm is fond and ridiculous as before in the Introduction I have shewed and now more largely shall be cleered as Job 14. 1. A man that is born of a woman is of few dayes and full of trouble where Job means by the name man every naturall man as hee is born into the world and so saith Eliphas the Temanite Job 15. 14. What is man that he should be clean and he that is born of a woman that he should be righteous And again Job 5. 7. Man is born to trouble or labour as the sparks fly upwards as also Eccles. 7. 29. God hath made man upright but hee that is man hath found many inventions th●se and many other Scriptures make it cleer that naturall men as they are born of their mothers into the world are called men and therefore the ground and foundation of his doctrine is false as the doctrine is false And so likewise I shall prove in the second place that such a generall or unregenerate believing man may discern ordinary bread and wine that is ordained to feed and sustain our natures from the Sacrament of bread and wine that are signes of Christs body and blood the only spirituall food of our soules and so communicate of them also in this different respect whereunto they are appointed and to this doctrine the Apostle points in these words 1 Cor. 11. 22. What have yee not houses to eat and drink in that is for your ordinary food for you shame the Church of God to come to the Table of the Lord to eat to gluttony and to drink to drunkennesse What shall I say to you saith the Apostle for this I must reprove yee for saith he the Lord in the same night he was betrayed instituted the Sacrament of bread and wine the bread to signifie his body the wine his blood which body was broken and blood shed for you that is for mans salvation vers. 22 24 25. And our communicating in these shewes forth the Lords death and keeps it continually in our remembrance and therefore the bread and wine ought to be so known as to discern thereby the body of the Lord to do it in remembrance of Christ and thereby to shew forth his death and whosoever doth not so communicate is condemned in his own conscience for every man naturall and spirituall are capable of this knowledge of this discerning and in this respect and distinction the Lords Table differing from ordinary food may all naturall believing men receive it even the elect before regeneration as others having been baptized And thus to know and distinguish is to discern the Lords body in one sense as to eat Christs flesh and drink his blood by justifying faith is in a more excellent and spirituall sense so that by this distinction his answer is manifested to be no answer and my Argument

Sacrament of the Lords Supper doth not teach to the begetting of faith for that is the proper office of the Word alone Rom. 10. 17. so then saith the Apostle Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God and therefore not by the Sacrament c. My Replication to his first Answer In my affirming that the bread and wine the signes of the Lords Body and Blood do teach grace where it is not as well as confirme grace where it is I do not therein deny that faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God but I affirm that the same Word is also taught and preached by the Sacrament For the Text hee alledgeth doth not say as he affirmeth that it is the office of the Word alone but these are the Apostles words so then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God Now we must observe that the term faith hath divers acceptations in the Scriptures and for the clearing this point I will observe but two distinctions First as it is referred to God the Creator and secondly as it hath respect to Jesus Christ the Saviour and in both these respects the heart is as truly taught by the eye by seeing Gods works as by the ear through hearing Gods Word The first distinction is fully proved by the Apostle Rom. 1. 19. 20. because that which may be known of God is manifest in them that is to mankinde for God saith Hee hath shewed it unto them for the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are cleerly seen being understood by the things that are made even his eternall power and Godhead so that they are without excuse And that holy man Job of whom God himself testifies that hee was his servant he was wel acquainted with this truth Job 12. 7 8. But ask now saith he the beasts and they shall teach thee and the fowles of the aire and they shall tell thee or speak unto the earth and it shall teach thee and the fishes of the Sea shall declare unto thee And again two Apostles Paul and Barnabas give in evidence to this truth at Lystra saying Acts 14. 17. Neverthelesse he that is God left not himself without witnesse in that hee did good and gave us rain from heaven and fruitfull seasons filling our hearts with food and gladnesse and again St Paul Rom. 2. 4. Or despisest thou the riches of his goodnesse and forbearance and long-suffering not knowing that the goodnesse of God leadeth thee to repentance that is to return to God And for the further proof of this the Prophet David is very ample and large Psal. 19. Day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night sheweth that is declareth or preacheth knowledge there is no speech nor language where their voyce is not heard And secondly that faith in Jesus Christ is taught visibly by the eye as audibly by the eare the Scriptures do as clearly and plainly declare also for thus did all the shadowes under the Law visibly and openly teach and preach Christ as the Sacraments under the Gospel and this was the only objection of the Nonconformists ever since King Edward the sixth his time that none but God could put or impose upon his Church teaching signes or ceremonies and such teaching signes Sacraments or shadows was circumcision the Paschall Lamb and all other ceremonies before Christ And so saith the Apostle Col. 2. 16 17. Meats and drinks Holy dayes and new Moons or Sabbath dayes were a shadow of things to come but the body is of Christ so also the Sanctuary the gifts and sacrifices and the Priesthood under the Law serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things Heb. 9. And as Jesus Christ was thus visibly taught by the eye to the heart under the Law so he is more clearly taught preached and set forth by the two Sacraments of Baptisme and the Lords Supper now under the Gospell which do as visibly manifest him as the Word doth audibly and as the Rainbow in the clouds when it appeareth to the eye doth certainly teach the heart Gods perpetuall faithfulnesse in his promise so the visible signes of Christs Body and Blood in the Sacrament and are a lively ample visible Sermon to us of Christs death and passion his giving himself for mans salvation and do teach and instruct us to grace and mercy by Jesus Christ as truly as the Word preached so that now it is cleer by what hath been proved that if the visible creatures teach the same truth in their measure that the audible creatures do then so doth also the bread and wine set apart to be received that Christs death may be commemorated and they therein declare and preach also in their measure the word of Grace and promise the new and living way to life by the body of Christ which shal be further opened by my Replication to his Answer of the third Argument And by the way take notice that this my first Argument is the same in effect that Mr. Perkins laies down in his fifth Principle where hee makes the means to attain faith to be the Sacrament as well as the Word and Prayer and so also in the Directory pag. 52. in these words And we are to give thanks to God for all means of grace the Word and Sacraments His Answer to my second Argument The second Argument hee denyed also and gave no Answer to the first Scripture Gal. 3. 1. but to the second Text 1 Cor. 1. 23 24. where the Apostle saith Wee preach Christ crucified unto the Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishnesse but to them that are called of God both Jewes and Greeks Christ the power of God and the wisdome of God in which words saith hee the Apostle doth not prove that Christ crucified doth convert Jews and Greeks but that he is to one a stumbling blocke and to the other foolishnesse but in the next verse to them that are called of God both Jews and Greeks Christ the power of God and the wisdome of God so that hee affirmed this Scripture is nothing at all to my Argument thus or to this effect as my memory serves me was his Answer My Reply to his second Answer A man can never preach truly that doth not distinguish of termes that differ rightly for in these two verses the Apostle speaks of Jewes and Greeks in a twofold notion that is of both nations of such as were cast away and reprobate as also of such in both nations as were ordained and elected to eternall life to the first the preaching of Christ crucified proved through their own wickednesse and opposing the truth to the one nation foolishnes to the other people a stumbling block which notwithstanding the same doctrine to the elected part of both nations through Gods grace working their hearts to receive it became to them the power of God and the wisdome of God to their salvations And although the elect are here

secondly hee affirmeth that our Lords giving Judas the sop he gave him part of the Passeover Joh. 13. 30. who as soon as hee received it hee went away and so parted from the twelve before the Sacrament was instituted My Reply to his fifth Answer Now in stead of answering my Argument hee hath wronged the Scriptures and abused the translators of the Bible for such as have good skill in the Greek say that these words and behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is on the table with me in the Greek copy is the 21. verse and follows after the institution administration of the Sacrament as it doth in our English translation And that Judas was amongst the Apostles and had equall participation with the rest in the Passeover and Supper of our Lord this is probable by the testimony of all the Evangelists beginning with Matthew and so proceed according to the order of the Scripture Matth. 26. 20. Now when even was come hee sate down with the twelve among whom was Judas the traytor vers. 21. 23. 25. 26. who after Christ had blessed the bread hee gave it to the Disciples and vers. 27. After he had given thanks he gave the cup unto them saying drink yee all of it excepting none no not Judas And St. Marks testimony is as cleere as this Mark 14. 17. And in the evening saith he he came with the twelve and as they sate and did eate vers. 18. Jesus said Verily I say unto you one of you that eateth with mee shall betray mee that was Judas Iscariot And as they did eat vers. 22 that is Christ and his twelve Apostles Jesus took bread and blessed and brake it and gave it to them that is to the twelve and said Take eat c. And hee took the cup vers. 23. and wheu hee had given thankes he gave it to them and they all drunk of it saith the Text Now who were they all but the twelve that sate down with him and thus cleer is St. Lukes witnesse also Luke 22. 14. And when the hour was come saith hee hee sate down and the twelve Apostles with him Observe here is Judas amongst the rest and the Lord bids them deliver the cup amongst themselves vers. 17. there's Judas still and in vers. 19. Hee tooke bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave unto them saying This is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me there was Judas still and in the 21. vers. our Lord himself affirms it certainly Behold saith he the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table so that you see there cannot possibly be fuller nor plainer words expressed then these instanced which prove Judas all this while with the twelve both at the Passeover and at the Sacrament And lastly St. Johns witnesse is as cleer as the rest if you compare them together even all the four Evangelists for although John doth not nominate the institution of the Lords Supper yet it is plainly included in the four first verses of the 13. Chapter in these words And supper being ended which words briefly contain all the particulars that the other three Evangelists at large set forth which is that at the Supper of the Passeover our Lord instituted the Sacrament the Supper of his Passion yea both of them before Supper was ended and therefore it is said in the 4. vers. hee riseth from supper that is our Lord and none else and he laid aside his garment and took a towell c. and with water washed his Disciples feet amongst whom he washt Judas with the rest therefore hee said vers. 10. yee are clean but not all vers. 11. for he knew who should betray him and therefore he said yee are not all clean so after he had washed their feet saith the Text and taken his gorments which hee had put off when hee did rise from them and was set down again that is with the twelve that had not risen from the table but sate still all the while he washed them and after he was sate down again he exhorted them to humility and brotherly love and that they should do one to another as hee had done to them and that his example should be their pattern saying If yee know these things happy are yee if you do them I speak not to you all I know whom I have chosen and then tels them of a Prophesie in the 41. Psalme that one that did eate bread with him should lift up his heel against him that is betray him And the Apostles hearing it was one of them here is Judas amongst them still Peter beckned to John to ask the Lord who or which of them it should be Jesus answered vers. 26. he it is to whom I shall give a sop or a morsel as it is in the margin and he gave it to Judas Iscariot the son of Simon and after the sop Satan entred into him Now that wee may see the true nature and consequence of these premisses and the consent of John with the rest of the Evangelists wee must remember that Matthew Mark and Luke all of them testifie that before the Passeover Judas went to the chief Priests and communed with them how he might betray the Lord into their hands and agreed with them for thirty pieces of silver so that Judas from that time sought his opportunity saith Matthew chap. 26. 16. and how he might conveniently do it saith Marke chap. 14. 11. and he promised saith St. Luke chap. 22. 6. to betray him cunningly and without tumult in the peoples absence therefore saith S. John chap. 13. 2. supper being ended the Devill now put into the heart of Judas to perform and make good his wicked bargain for his lamentable cursed wages but as yet it was a little too soon for the opportunity and therefore our Lord rises from them but there 's no mention of their rising and he washes them all yet Judas is still unclean though washed and our Lord sits downe with them again and now the time the conveniency voyd of multitude it being night and opportunity and all agree and being troubled in spirit our Lord reveals the treason to the twelve and upon their desire to know which of them it should be hee declares it by giving him a sop or a morsell for the fragments were not as yet taken away and so soon as Judas had received it the Devill then moves him to finish the treason so long before purposed and agitated and then quickly proceeds to execution I have been the larger in this Replication because I know many of whom I dare not but judge well of that are of opinion that Judas was not with the twelve at the institution of the Supper of the Lord and yet they all acknowledge that hee ate the Passeover with them which makes mee the more wonder at their exception because the Passeover shadowed out the same body and blood that the