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A47777	The parasynagogue paragorized, or, A parenetical confutation of the epidemical error which asserteth, separation from parochial church-communion : demonstrating their practice, who on the Lords day neglect the publick exercises of divine worship in their parochial congregations, and frequent (cæteris paribus) other churches, to be anti-scriptural / by John Lesly ...	Lesly, John, d. 1657.	1655 (1655)	Wing L1171; ESTC R11754	60,778	214

except it were only in his own conceit O cursed pride that will not suffer one godly man of many to know that hee is so ignorant and that knowledge cannot bee had so easily But I expect not that the more silly ignorant Professors should apprehend this or any other Truth though it bee delivered never so plainely or evidently August de Trin. l. 6. c. 1 It is Augustines ruled case Nullus hominum ita locutus est ut in omnibus ab omnibus intelligeretur No man spake so plaine that in all things hee was understood by all men Pride ever thinks it cannot err and that rather all the world is dark then it selfe blind The proud Pharisees would not admit that Christ should preach any thing worthy of admiration John 7.47 1 Joh. 3 12 therefore they concluded that their Officers were deceived Pride makes men so blind and stupid that they cannot be sensible of any the most excellent graces in those they hate It was the Pharisees proud opinion of themselves that caused them to despise others dissenting from their Impiety and unbeliefe Aug. Conf. lib. 10. c. 12 Rideat me ista dicentem qui illa non sentit ego doleam ridentem me CHAP. X. We are bound to the Duty of determined Church-communion by the custome of Apostolick and Pimitive times § 1. SEventhly And yet we have for the same Point the churches customes clear enough which hath ever been counted to have solid Authority Every Society besides their Lawes in Books have their customes also in practice and these not to be taken up or laid downe at every mans pleasure We may not reject that custom Tertul. de Vel. Virgin c. 2 Pandect 1. Tit. 3. de Lege 35. which we cannot condemn saith Tertullian The civil Law saith Imo magnae authoritatis hoc jus habetur quod in tantum probatum est ut non fuerit scripto comprehendere necesse Customes are of so great authority that men remember them without book and writ them not as they do their Lawes or Statutes Now as every Society so the Church besides her Lawes hath her customs too I add that the Apostles and their chuches had their customes For about thirty years after Christs Ascension the Apostle pleadeth custome We that is the Apostles have no such custome 1 Cor. 11.16 neither the Churches of God If so few years were enough to make a custome shall it not much more be a custom after above Sixteen hundred and fifty years A custom is susceptible of more and lesse the longer it runneth the more strength it gathereth Consuetudo etiam in civilibus rebus pro Lege suscipitur Tertull. de Cor. Milit. c. 4. cum desicit Lex it is Tertullians Rule Custome is received for a Law even in civil businesses where there is no Law Moreover as the church hath customes so stands upon them and fears not to repeat them Moses as a Law-giver one would think would be all for Law yet he is positivè ful for custom too Deut. 4.32 Ask now of the dayes that are past which were before thee since the day that God created man upon the earth and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other whether there hath been any such thing Job is for it too Enquire of the former age Job 8.8 c. and prepare thy self to the search of their fathers for we are but of yesterday shall not they teach thee The Prophets do the same for Jeremy saith Stand ye in the wayes and see Jer. 6.16 and ask for the old paths where is the good way and walk therein To all these agreeable is that of the Fathers took up in the first Nicene Councel and which ever since hath been the churches cry 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let old customes prevail Thus you see custome hath been counted a sound allegation from the beginning of the world § 2 Now that determined church-communion was the custom of the Primitive christians appeareth First The servants of God were all with one accord in Solomons porch Act. 5.12 Diodat in loc There was their appointed place or ordinary meeting there to preach to the People None among them presumed to go to any other place to hear any other Teachers Engl. Ann. in locum None among them presumed to forsake their own publick Assembly or in neglect thereof to frequent other Congregations much lesse any private Conventicle Yea the place of their meeting shewed their constant resolution to testifie the truth of Jesus from which no fear or danger could then deterr them The Rulers of the Synagogue Act. 13.15 sent to desire Paul and his company to speak a word of exhortation before the Apostle opened his mouth For as no man might presume in those dayes to preach without lawful Authority and calling thereto by the Governours by God appointed it being the Doctrine and practice of the Gnosticks the most hateful of all Hereticks that the Ministeral function might be exercised by any man Iren. l. 4 c. 5 So neither were Congregations then without some Government for in every Synagogue it appeareth there were some Rulers Eng. Ann. on Jer. 2.39 who restrained extravagant gadders that did so god to and fro that like backsliding Israel they oft took a new way in Gods service Anarchical licentiousness is a late sprung up Mushroom § 3 Next hear how Clemens Romanus Clem. Rom. Ep. ad Corinth p. 2. 73. the ancientest and therefore a faithful Witnesse of all those whom we call Fathers confirmeth this custom The main scope of his Epistle is to exhort the Corinthians a Factious people to submit themselves to their own Pastors 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 His Argument whereby he perswadeth them to this Duty is beside other Pag. 57. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lawful and laborious for of such he speaketh Ministers cannot be rejected but wrongfully and injuriously Thereafter he asketh this Question What kind of men are they that forsake or despise their Overseers and Ministers Pag. 59 He answereth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 only the abominable and full of all wickednesse Then he addeth Pag. 61 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Your separation from him perverted many Whereas on the contrary he telleth his Corinthians That the height of grace and glory unto which love towards their own overseers advanceth Pag. 64 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is unexpressible Now all this and much more he alledgeth to confirme his former propoposition Pag. 2 ct 73 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Submit your selves obediently unto your owne Ministers Hath then this ill custome of forsaking our Ministers in the discharge of their function lasted long Be Hall Vowes cent 2. Sect. 98. I say as our English Seneca it is more then time it were abrogated age is an aggravation to sin Heresie or abuse if it be gray-headed deserves sharper opposition To say I will do ill because I have