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B02463	A modest apology occasioned by the importunity of the Bishop of Derrie, who presseth for an answer to a query, stated by himself, in his second admonition: concerning joyning in the publick worship established by law. In answer to the query, the pondering of some weighty exceptions is first desired: and then such a resolution is given to the query, as the word of God, and thereby the safety of our consciences will allow. / By a minister of the gospel, at the desire of some Presbyterian dissenters.	Craghead, Robert.; King, William, 1650-1729.	1696 (1696)	Wing C6794; ESTC R171586	54,814	122

all People we knoâ— Dissenters in this Diocess do most need sucâ— help the weakest of them being often accoâ—ed with Questions more proper for studied Dâ—vines than poor Countrey-People and if thâ— Answers of these poor People do not relish â—â— shall have it published that the Dissenters here are a most ignorant People insulted over and exposed to Contempt Therefore we thought it necessary in our Circumstances because of our Love to the Truth and to the Weakest â—â— these who adhere to it to afford what Heâ—â— we could Acknowledging that this presâ—â— Undertaking might have been performed â—â— greater Advantage by some abler Pen which iâ— hoped will yet be done but whatever weaknes appear in this little Tractat shall not be imputable to many but to some of those to whom the Authors Admonition was Directed and therebâ— concerned to exoner their Conscience by making it appear that neither trifling Scruplâ— Peevishness nor perverse Obstinacy but meer â—y that our Consciences cannot be stretched to â—he Latitude that others take in the VVorship of GOD hath procured the following Resoâ—ution to the Authors Query If it be displeasing to him it 's that which we could not prevent but himself might have prevented it by permitting us to Live in Peace without such Queries For he could not but foresee our Answer would be conformed to our own Principles and Practice though we have no Pleasure in provocking him or any other being desirous to live Quiet and Peaceable in the Land giving thanks to GOD the Author of all Good and to his Majesties Clemency under whose happy Government we enjoy Protection and to whom we owe most entire Acknowledgements of Gratitude which we are desirous to testifie on all Occasions and at this present are confident that when many are found Guilty of these execrable Conspiracies to take away his Precious Life there shall not one of our Principles be stained with Disloyalty but all in a cheerfull readiness for his Majesties Preservation and Service There is one thing more that the Reader is desired to Notice that notwithstanding the Exceptions hereafter mentioned stand in the Way of our Communion with the Establisht Church yet we doubt not but many of that Communioâ— are Godly Persons and are known to be of suâ— a Christian-Conversation that we could free partake with them in Gospel-Ordinances pâ—viding we could obtain it without danger of Siâ—ning nor do we take it on us to Judge theâ— for following their own Judgement only â— cannot see with their Eyes nor they with ouâ— but must wait untill GOD reveal it to them wâ— are otherwise minded Perswading our Selâ— that the Sober and Judicious of another Persâ—sion whom we Love and Honour in the LORâ— will not Condemn but rather approve of oâ— Ingenuity in allowing Men to know the weigâ— of these Reasons that binds Us up from tâ— Communion which otherwise we would Coâ— for the Churches Peace This ingenuous Apology is neither for Ostentation nor Irritation but a necessary Vindication of our Practice unto which we are pressed IN laying open Our Exceptions we shall begin with that which is the Root of all these Eclesiastick-Impositious whereby our Consciences are Burdened and our Selves â—hrust out from Communion with You in the â—ublick Worship of GOD Our Ministers and â—heir Ministry is Rejected if they Subscribe not â—o this Article Cannon 36. viz. That the Book of Common Prayer and of Ordering of Bishops Priests â—nd Deacons containeth nothing in it contrary to the â—ord of GOD and that it may Lawfully so be used â—nd that he Himself will use the Form in the said Book â—rescribed in publick Prayer and Administration â—f the Sacraments and none other Here is a plain and full Extrusion of all Miniâ—ers who are not for Bishops over Presbyters for â—he Canon mentioneth only such Bishops or will â—se any other Form in Prayer than the Service â—ook to this Form of Service the People must â—lso subject for no other Church-Communion is allowed them but where these are Consented uâ— to But this our Consciences being Directed bâ— the Word of GOD cannot Comply with coâ—plaining of it as a most heavy Imposition And this Jurisdiction of Bishops over Presbyters is the Ground of our first Exception and thâ— because the Office of a Bishop having Authoriâ— over other Ministers of the Gospel is not founâ— in the Scriptures and therefore wanteth Diviâ— Institution And if such a Bishops Commission â— not found there then We are not obliged to suâ—ject to him as an Officer in the House of GOD Such therefore as will stand on no lower Grounâ— for Prelacy in the Church than Scriptural-Authâ—rity are obliged to make it appear And We dâ—sire no more but direct us to any Scriptures whâ— this Commission is granted if this could be doâ— ye would not only save us a Labour of proving Negative but should also find us as comformabâ— in Point of Subjection as any of your own Coâ—munion but after frequent and according â— our Measure serious reading the Book of GOD We could never yet observe a Bishop set ovâ— Presbyters but We frequently find that a Bishoâ— Presbyter are one office as hereafter shal appeaâ— Reason 1. If Christ had instituted the Offiâ— of a Prelate or Bishop over Presbyters then tâ— said Office would be mentioned in some of theâ— Scriptures which designedly giveth an accountâ— all Church-Officers in the Gospel-Church But in none of these Scriptures is there any mention of a Prelate or Bishop over Presbyters Therefore Christ hath not instituted the said Office For the first Proposition that if there were Institution for such an Officer he would be mentioned in these Scriptures is evident because the Apostle setteth himself to shew what Offices Christ had set in his Church both Extraordinary and Ordinary And who dare say that the Apostle failed in the Enumeration being inspired by the Holy Ghost and how can it be imagined that so eminent a Church-Officer making so great a Figure in the Church could be omitted was it not of great Importance for the Church of GOD in all succeeding Generations to know if there was One appointed to have Authority over many other Ministers without whose placet they should â—either have Power to Ordain other Ministers â—or Govern their Flocks If Christ had instituted such an Officer would he not have given some â—ntimation of Him That other Ministers might â—ave known it was their Duty conscientiously to Obey Him But we have no where any such Intiâ—ation from Christ or any of his Apostles but the contrary as shall appear And that a Bishop over Presbyters is invisible â—y any of these Scriptures where Church-Officers are purposely enumerated the Reader shall havâ— them in ready and full view 1 Cor. 12. 28. And GOD hath set some in thâ— Church first Apostles secondary Prophets thirdly Teachers after that Miracles then Gifts of Healinâ— Helps Governments Diversities of Tongues Rom. 12. 6. Having then Gifts differing accordinâ— to the Grace

of GODS Gifts purâ—ased by Christ and bestowed by his Spirit on â—inisters for the Edification of his Church and â—erefore we cannot approve of it For by this â—nted Form whatever measure of the Spirit of â—ayer be powred out upon a Minister Helping â—d Teaching him what to Pray what ever enâ—gement of heart be given by the Spirit of Grace â—d Supplications Yet nothing of this must apâ—ar for the Good of the Church Because the mans mouth is muzled up by a peremptory Forâ— which we humbly conceive is most dangerous aâ— a great Obstruction to the Churches Edificatioâ— 8th Reason Though our blessed LORD haâ— given us a Patern of Prayer and therein a sumâ— all we are to Pray for Yet when the best of Mâ— offer to make a Collection of the Particulars coâ—tained in that Summe though the Patern be Pâ—fect yet their Collections are always Lame aâ— Deficient considering tbe innumerable Neceâ—ties of the People of GOD And so faileth of pretended End to furnish People with all manâ— of necessary particular Petitions to GOD Fâ— hundreds of Instances may be given of necessaâ— Petitions all of them according to the Wordâ— GOD and particularly founded on the LORâ— Prayer Yet no mention of them in the Bookâ— Common-Prayer And therefore such Forms Mens devising do but limite and straiten the Châ—ches Prayers they are so far from being a Heâ— especially when they are so enjoyned that sucâ— Form shall be used and no other 9th Reason The Case of Souls in this Lifâ— very various Sometimes secure and need to â— awakned sometimes cast down and need to â— Comforted sometimes in Doubts by reason their Ignorance Weakness and Guilt the Dâ—pensations of GOD toward them are also very â—rious sometimes Humbling and sometimes Coâ—forting And therefore the reading of Scriptures ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Prayers are to be Adâ—pted to the Conditiâ— of the People so far as Ministers can be acâ—inted with their Condition and Exigences â— by a stinted Form the poor People must take â—at falleth out such a day of the Year whither â—e suitable to their present Need or not they â—ll have no other for that time the Minister is â—und to read his set Task If the Righteous â—OD should by some sudden Judgement call his â—ople to speedy Repentance and Mourning yet â—he Book appoint a Feast-day of Joy at that veâ— time the Minister and People must do as the â—ok requires and then behold Joy and Gladness â—en GOD calleth unto Mourning which is an â—quity that GOD doth most severely threaten â— 22. 12 13 14 verses So on the other hand â—en it pleaseth GOD to grant some signal Deliâ—ance to his Church that requireth present soâ—n Thanksgivings to GOD if the Book reâ—ire that to be a time of Humiliation and Mournâ—g the Book must be obeyed rather than the â—esent Call of GOD but Moses the Servant of â—e LORD was of another mind Exod. 14. 30. the â—ORD saved Israel that Day out of the Hands of â—e Egyptians and in the beginning of cap. 15. â—en sang Moses and the Children of Israel this Song â—o the LORD not deferring it as prelimited by â—me other Work So Ministers of the Gospel being the Stewards of CHRIST are required do all to Edification attending the present Dutâ— the People of GOD Being also obliged to disâ—bute that Food Christ hath provided for theâ— due Season that every man may have his Porâ— as his Necessity requireth 10th Reason That manner of Service to Gâ— which we cannot perform in Faith we canâ— Comply with but serving GOD by an impoâ— stinted Form we cannot perform in Faith â— therefore cannot Comply with we cannot pâ—form it in Faith because we know of no Authoâ— such a Form hath from GOD as any Ordinaâ— of his And therefore seing we have no way be convinced that it is the Will of GOD we seâ— him after that manner no Ground no Preceâ— no Promise for our Faith to fix upon We câ— not perform that Service in Faith and so to uâ— would be Sin As for the Book of Common-Prayer and the Pâ—ticulars therein which hath been so offensive the Consciences of many we need do no more put you in mind of a part of these Complaints aâ— Exceptions published by those who had Commiâ—on from King Charles the 2d to alter and ameâ— it They except against the reading of the Aâ—cryphal Books desiring that nothing be readâ— tâ—e Church for Lessons but the Holy Scriptures â— the Old and New Testament They except aâ—inst the Religious Observation of Saints days as â— they were Holy Days having no Foundation in â—e Scriptures They except against that Version â— the Scripture used throughout the Liturgy as â—ving many Defects whereof they give particuâ—r Instances Likeways that the Liturgy is Deâ—ctive as to Prayer in the confessing of Sins Peâ—tions and Thanksgivings that the Body of the â—ayer-book consisteth much in Generals and that â—e Catechism is Defective as to many Doctrines â—f our Religion They except also against the â—eoples uttering a great part of the Petitions in the â—etany whereas the Minister should be the mouth â—f the Congregation and that the speaking of so â—any occasioneth a confused Murmur in the â—ongregation whereby what is read is less intelliâ—ible and therefore unedifying They also exâ—ept against the aery sign of the Cross in Baptism As â—so that none may receive the Lords Supper who â—ares not Kneel in the Act of Receiving which was â—ft free 1. and 2. Ed. 6. and was not the Gesture â—e Apostles used nor in the purest and primitive â—mes of the Church They except also against â—hese words of the Rub. The Body of our Lord â—esus Christ which was given for thee preserve thy â—ody and Soul unto they everlasting Life they desire â—hat the Minister be not required to repeat the words to each one in the singular number but it may suffice to speak them to diverse jointly â—cording to our Saviours Example they Compâ— also that when a Child is to be Baptized the Gâ— fathers and God-mothers are concerned but mention of the Parents in whose Right the Châ— is Baptized and who are fittest both to Dedicâ— it to GOD and to Undertake to GOD and Church for it They also except against thâ— words in the Prayer after Baptism viz. thaâ— hath pleased thee to Regenerate this Infant by â— Holy Spirit they declare that they cannot Faith say that every Child that is Baptized is generated by GODS Holy Spirit And in the lâ— Rubr. before the Catechism it 's said to be certâ— by GODS Word that Children by being Baâ—tized have all things necessary to Salvation and undoubtedly saved these words they complain of dangerous These are a few of the many Exceâ—tions mentioned in that grand Debate and an mendation earnestly and modestly pursued as â— mean to prevent our separated Assemblies but tâ— Pursuers for Peace constrained to desist wiâ— Grief being disappointed of their just Expectâ—tions Our 3d. Exception is because Kneeling at tâ— Lords

of our Excepâ—g against the Sign of the Cross that thereby â—pists are hardened in their Idolatries besides â—eir using of it as a common Charm in most of â—eir Actions Sacred or Civil When they observe â—y of the Reformed Churches still Retaining and â—sing that Sign are ready to take Comfort to â—emselves as if their own Crime were not great â—d as it is an occasion of hardning them in their â—ay so it proveth an Offence and Grief to many â—earers of GOD who dare not for fear of offenâ—ng GOD Comply with it accounting the use â— it in the Worship of GOD an high Encroachâ—ent on the Prerogative of Our LORD and Lawâ—ver This is it which made a German Divine laâ—ent over us that the Cross stuck among us in the beâ—ining of our Reformation saying it proved a Crux a â—oss and Grief indeed to many Godly Ministers and â—eople And were there no other Bar in the Way â— many this of it self would block up their Way â—om Conforming 5. By the Sign of the Cross the Honour due to Christ Crucified is transferred from Hâ— and conferred upon a piece of Wood Whicâ—â—vidently appeareth by Papists directing tâ— Prayers to the Cross it self Bellarmin saith tâ— are three Things signified by the Cross 1. Lignâ— 2. Imago 3. Imago in aere efformata â— would think the meaning of the first miâ— suffice to render the tvvo following use for it being but a stick with what Face can a Râ—gious Image be made of it And an Image in Air appeareth a meer Chimera for nondum forâ— formando evanescit in auras but the Honour conâ—red on the Cross by others who are not Papâ— appears to be founded on the Misapplicatioâ— these Scriptures where the Cross is mentioned First By the Cross is signified the Death Christ as Gal. 6. 14. so also it signifieth the â—ctrine of Christ as in the 12th verse of the same Sometimes by the Cross is signified the Affâ—ons that the Followers of Christ shall suffer foâ— Names Sake as Matth. 10. 38. it signifieth also material Wood or Tree upon which Christ suffeâ— so Matth. 27. 32. Now to apply that whiâ— spoken of Christs Death Doctrine c. to piece of Wood cannot be justified The Croâ— Christ is mentioned with Honour therefore piece of Wood is honourably mentioned is aâ—ced Consequence Though all Honour be dâ— Him who dyed upon the Cross yet no Hoâ— â— be due to the Cross it self or its aery Repreâ—tation but rather the contrare as a passive Inâ—ument of his Sufferings The Papists specially â— Commentators on Thom. their Angelicus Doâ—r say that Fundamentum Cultus Crucis quia tetigit â—rpus Christi the Foundation of the Crosses Worâ—p is because it touched the Body of Christ a â—ifull Foundation for such a Stucture but such â—undation such Building if that which touchâ— Christs Body can Found either Worship or aâ— Religious Deference then as some Divines obâ—ve why not also the Spear that pierced that Preâ—us Body for that was nearer to it than the â—oss Why not the Nails that pierced his Hands â—d Feet These also were nearer than the Tree â— it imaginable that a true Lover of Christ could â— hold that Spear or these Nails without Indignaâ—n rather then any Love or Regard to them â— we say of the Cross our blessed Redeemer was â—t to Open Shame and Ignominy before the â—orld by his Dying on a Tree that being an acâ—rsed Death what deference then can be due to â—at Tree which was a passive Instrument of his â—nominy his malicious Enemies desiring He â—ight be Crucified because it was a painful shameâ—ll Death There being several other ways allowâ— by the Roman Laws for executing the Conâ—mned And that He thus Dyed by the deâ—rminat Counsel of GOD saith nothing as to the Malice of those who sought His shame nor â— it be said that the Tree was sanctified by touchiâ— of his blessed Body no more than the Spear Nails no more than the cursed Lips of Judas â— the contact of Christs blessed Lips when he Kâ—sed him And therefore We may safely concluâ— that no Deference is due to that Tree or its aery â—mage 6. This also maketh our Exception against tâ— Sign of the Cross appear the more Just and Râ—tional because when this Sign is used it 's saâ— to be a Token that the Person so signed hereaftâ— he shall not be ashamed to Confess the Faith Christ Crucified and Manfully to Fight under â— Banner This we except against because there no Ground to believe that such an Effect as tâ— Manfull Fighting shall attend the said Sign Bâ—cause First The Sign it self cannot produce this â—fect having no inherent Power or Virtue to prâ—duce it This will be acknowledged by all Pâ—testants though Bellarm lib 2. de Imaginibus caâ— 30. Saith that the Cross hath an efficacious Power pâ—pria Virtute opere operato but our Friends of â—nother Perswasion will not Joyn with him in thiâ— 2. Since the Sign of the Cross of it self hath inherent Power and Virtue to produce this Effeâ— that such as are signed by it shall Fight manfulâ— c. then this Efficacy must be by some Promisâ— GOD to the Sign of the Cross but no such Pâ—mise can be made appear in the Book of GOD for â—OD did never either Command the Sign of the â—ross to be used nor promised any Blessing by it 3. If it be said that such a Blessing is hopefulâ— expected because the Sign of the Cross is used â—or a good End Answ But if there be no Ground â—or our Hope and no Foundation from GOD for â—uch Expectation then the Hope is vain Seing â— cannot be expected in Faith 2. Suppose it be â—or a good End that the Sign of the Cross is Uâ—ed yet that is not sufficient For Gospel-Admiâ—istrations must have Gospel-Rules And Holy Exâ—ectations must be Founded on the Promises of GOD. 4. The signing with the Cross is said to be a Toâ—en that the Person so signed shall not be ashamed c. this importeth no less then that this Token â—or Sign is so sure that it 's signatum viz. that he â—hall manfully Fight shall follow the Sign otherwise why is it said that this is a Token he shall manfully Fight as to the Event whereas it 's found by manifold Experience that this not being ashamed of Christ Crucified and manfull Fighting doth not always attend the Sign of the Cross for many such has turned Atheists and Apostats 5. If it be said that the Sign of the Cross is only an obliging Sign that the Person so signed must not be ashamed of Christ crucified c. Answ 1. There is great Difference between these two he shall not be ashamed and he should not or â— not be ashamed the first engageth the Futurâ— of that which is betokened that it shall be aâ— the second is but a meer Declaration of Duty 2. The Person baptized according to Christs â—stitution is thereby sufficiently obliged as

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