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A30059 The contrariety of popery to the blessed word of God wherein may be seen that the doctrine and practice of the Church of Rome are not consistent with the sacred oracles of the Old and New Testament ... / written by Digby Bull ... Bull, Digby. 1695 (1695) Wing B5410; ESTC R8749 67,944 72

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into your house neither bid him God speed For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds We are to have nothing to do we see with such as keep not the Doctrine of Christ pure and uncorrupt and much less to account them our true Heads and Governors And Rev. 22.18 saith St. John For I testifie unto every man that heareth the words of the Prophecy of this Book If any man shall add unto these things God shall add unto him the plagues thar are written in this Book And if any man shall take away from the words of the Book of this Prophecy God shall take away his part out of the Book of Life and out of the holy City and from the things which are written in this Book It is clear by these places that such as keep not the Doctrine of the Gospel of Christ pure and uncorrupt cannot be the true Pastors and Governors of the Church of Christ nor so much as true Members thereof but have a Wo and Curse denounced against them And it is clear by what is said in these Papers to such as will impartially consider it That the Doctrine and Practice of the Romish Church is not consistent with the Gospel of Christ but contrary to it And therefore that the Bishops of Rome that are the Patrons of such Doctrine and Practice cannot be true Pastors of the Church of Christ and much less the supreme Pastors and Head thereof if any such should have been From what hath been said upon this and the former Head it is manifest that this Doctrine and Position of the Romish Church That the Bishops of Rome do succeed St. Peter in a supreme Power and Authority over all the Church is not consistent at all with the sacred Word of God but is quite contrary to it III. Their keeping the sacred Scriptures in a Tongue unknown to the common People and not suffering them to come to the knowledge of them that they may read them and practise the things therein commanded And instead of them imposing their own Commands and a blind Belief upon their Proselytes and Lay-Members is flat contrary to the Word of God and a very wicked thing This is a very sinful thing to suppress and stifle the blessed Word and Commands of Almighty God and a down-right opposing of the Gospel of Christ to endeavour to keep men from the knowledge of it This is a quenching of the Light of the sacred Scriptures that are to be our guide unto eternal Life This is highly injurious both to God and Man too We may see that God hath commanded that his Word and Laws should be declared and made known to all men and that all should be taught them God commanded the Jews that they should teach their Children his Laws and Ordinances Deut 6 6 And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou lyest down and when thou risest up Thus diligently were they to reach their Children the Law of the Lord and often to repeat it to them that they might perfectly understand and know it and not be kept in ignorance of it And this they are often and strictly commanded to do Deut. 4.9 and 11.18 and 32.46 And in a solemn manner was this Law of Moses to be read all over to all the People at certain times Deut. 31.11 When all Israel saith Moses is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose thou shalt read this Law before all Israel in their hearing And Moses read the Book of the Law and Covenant in the audience of the People that they might know it and keep it Exod. 24.7 And he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the audience of the People And they said all that the Lord hath said will we do and be obedient Moses read to them in their own Language that they well understood And in the Land of Moab by Jordan did he again declare the Law of God to the People Deut. 1.5 And after Moses Joshua his Successor read all the Law of Moses to the common People that they might understand it and keep it Josh 8.34 35. And afterward he read all the words of the Law the blessings and the cursings according to all that is written in the Book of the Law There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua read not before all the Congregation of Israel with the Women and the little ones and Strangers that were conversant among them Here we see that the whole Law was read to all the Congregation even to the Women Children and Strangers among them Good Josiah after the Law of God had been suppress'd for some time thro' the prevailing of Idolatry caused the Law of God to be read in a solemn Assembly both to great and small that they might all understand it 2 Kings 2● 2 And the King went up into the house of the Lord and all the men of Judah and all the Inhabitants of Jerusalem with him and the Priests and the Prophets and all the People both small and great and he read in their ears all the words of the Book of the Covenant which was found in the house of the Lord. And after the Captivity we may see that Ezra read the Law publickly to all the People both Men and Women Neh. 8.3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until mid-day before the men and the women and all those that could understand And the ears of all the people were attentive unto the Book of the Law And ver 8. So they read in the Book in the Law of God distinctly and gave the sence and caused them to understand the reading And ver 18. Also day by day from the first day unto the last day he read in the Book of the Law of God And Neh. 9.3 And they stood up in their place and read in the Book of the Law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day This great care was then taken to instruct all the People in the Law of the Lord and to interpret it to them where they did not well understand it And in the time of our blessed Saviour and his Apostles we may see that the Law of Moses and the Prophets were constantly read every Sabbath-day to the common People in a Language that they understood Acts 13.15 And Acts 15.21 For Moses of old time saith St. James hath in every City them that preach him being read in the Synagogues every Sabbath day This we see was the constant practice of the Jews when Idolatry and great wickedness did not prevail over them to instruct the common People in the Law of God that they might hear it And this they were
commanded to do And the same we may see is required under the Gospel that the common People should still be instructed in the Law and Word of God Our blessed Lord hath taught us this both by his own Practice and by positive Command For he himself read the Scriptures in the Synagogues and commanded his Apostles to teach all Nations his Precepts and Commands Luk. 4.16 And he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and as his custom was he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read And there was delivered unto him the Book of the Prophet Isaias This we see he usually did and hereby he hath shewed us that it is our duty to do so and to do what we well can to instruct all People in the Word of God and not to keep them in ignorance of it And our Saviour bid the Jews to search the Scriptures and from thence to instruct themselves Joh. 5.39 Search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life And saith he Matt. 13.9 Who hath ears to hear let him hear And he commanded his Apostles and Ministers to go and teach all Nations to observe all his Commands and not their own Matt. 28.19 20 Go ye therefore saith he and teach all Natitions Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you And Mar. 16.15 And said unto them Go ye into all the World and preach the Gospel to every creature The Gospel and Word of God is to be preached to every Creature and no one is to be kept in ignorance and deprived of it that would hear it And St. Paul gives command that his Epistles should be read to all the Church and not be kept from the common People Col. 4.16 And when this Epistle saith he is read amongst you cause that it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans and that ye likewise read the Epistle from Laodicea And saith he to the Thessalonians 1 Thess 5.27 I charge you by the Lord that this Epistle be read unto all the holy Brethren Such order and such a charge doth he give that his Epistles should be read unto all Christians that all might hear them and that they should not be kept from the knowledge of any persons And he commands Timothy to be diligent in reading the Word of God to those under his care 1 Tim. 4.13 Till I come saith he give attendance to reading to Exhortation to Doctrine He is to give attendance in reading the Word of God to his Flock as well as in Exhortation and Doctrine By these and such places we may plainly see that it is the Will and positive Command of Almighty God that his blessed Word should be made known to all Men even to the common People and that it is a chief part of the Office of all Pastors and Governors to take diligent care to instruct those that are under them herein And God did in an extraordinary manner enable the Apostles to speak strange Languages for this very end and purpose That they might preach his Word to all People in their own Tongues which they understood as we may see in the Acts of the Apostles And this also shews that all men ought to have the Word of God in their own Language that they understand We may also see that the Scriptures were written for Instruction Admonition and Comfort and that the ignorance of them is the cause of Error Rom. 15.4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime saith St. Paul were written for our learning that we thro' patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope And 1 Cor. 10.11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the World are come But how can the common People and the generality of Men receive Instruction Admonition and Comfort by them if they are industriously kept from them flat contrary to the design for which they were written And saith our Lord Matt. 22.29 Ye do err not knowing the Scriptures We may also see that the sacred Scriptures are recommended to us as the surest Guide of our Lives as the only Book of Wisdom and that a Blessing doth await all those that carefully read them with a hearty desire to learn and practise what they read therein Psal 19.7 The Law of the Lord is perfect saith the Psalmist converting the Soul The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple The statutes of the Lord are right rejoycing the heart The commandment of the Lord is pure enlightning the eyes And Psal 119.9 saith the Psalmist Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way By taking heed thereto according to thy word And ver 98. Thou thro' thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies for they are ever with me And ver 105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path The Word of the Lord when well read and minded will enlighten the eyes and make Wise the simple and Foolish and is to be read and known by them And St. Paul commendeth Timothy for his knowledge of the holy Scriptures from a Child 2 Tim. 3.15 And that from a child saith he thou hast known the holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation thro' faith which is in Christ Jesus This early knowledge of the holy Scriptures had Timothy and hereby we see that Children are to learn them And all good men are to make them their daily study and Meditation Psal 1.1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law doth he meditate day and night And saith St. John Rev. 1.3 Blessed is he that readeth and they that hear the words of this Prophecy and keep those things which are written therein for the time is at hand By these and such places we may clearly see that all men ought to know and understand the blessed Word of God and not be kept in ignorance of it and that the Word of God is not to be kept in an unknown Tongue from them that the common People cannot read it This is but to put out People eyes that they may lead them more easily at their own pleasure and to keep them from seeing their gross Errors And this is a grand piece of wickedness against Almighty God for the Romish Church to take upon them to over-rule his Divine Commands and to disannul the Decrees of Heaven at their own pleasure This I think can well be deemed no other but flat Hostility and open Rebellion against Almighty God himself Thus to intercept and seize upon his Divine Laws and Commands and to suppress them that they may not become known to Men that they may fulfil them And instead thereof to issue out their own Commands that they may be observed and kept To tell men that they must