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A39339 Animadversions upon some passages in a book entituled The true nature of a gospel-church and its government written (as it is said by the publisher) by John Owen. Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1690 (1690) Wing E663 4,280 16

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Devil in his Temptations in the Minds of the Hearers wholly to Neglect or to Lessen their Attention to those Sanctifying Truths that come to their Notice from the Tongues or Pens of such Persons whom truly or falsely they suppose to be Irregular in their Lives whereas we are bound by our Christianity to Love whatsoever is of GOD in whomsoever we find it from whomsoever we receive the Notice of it This I conceive to be so plain a Truth That there is no need I should Insist any longer on it but only to beseech the Christian Reader by the Mercies of God by all the Love he bears to the Truth of the Gospel That he would Beware of the Sophistry of all sorts of Schismaticks And that he would be more Ardent in his Devotions than ever yet he has been Praying thus with all True Christians Give Grace O Heavenly Father to all Bishops and Curates That they may both by their Life and Doctrine set forth thy True and Lively Word and Rightly and Duely Administer thy Holy Sacraments We grant that our Communion with the Church-Catholick Chiefly and Principally Consists in this That we have all one and the same God and Father as Dr. Owen speaks pag. 242. one Lord Jesus Christ one Faith and one Doctrine of Faith one Hope of our Calling or the promis'd Inheritance one Regeneration one Baptism one Bread and Wine United unto God and Christ in one Spirit through the Bond of Faith and Love But then we Declare to all the World That those Persons who own an Aversion from the Communion of the Church of England are Guilty of a most Heinous Violation of the Bond of Christian Love and Separate themselves from the Church-Catholick in Separating from the Publick-Worship of so Sound a Member of It there being nothing Requir'd as a Condition of this Communion but to make Publick Confession of that Faith which was once Delivered to the Saints which none but the most Execrable sort of Hereticks can any way Disgust And to Use those Words in Publick Prayer which are as certainly Expressive of the Power and Virtue of all Holy Desires as it is certain that our Saviour is the Only Wise GOD and to Receive the Blessed Eucharist in both Kinds according to Christ's Institution in such a Posture of the Body as best suits with the Humility of a Devout Soul Adoring the Majesty of Her Crucified Redeemer P. 285. Unto the Communion of all particular Churches in the World there is nothing requir'd but a Belief of the Scripture to be the Word of GOD with a professed Assent unto all Divine Relations therein contain'd To this I Answer That since there sprung up a sort of Creatures who pretend to Prove by Scripture That our Blessed Saviour is not the True and Eternal GOD it became Necessary for the Conservation of the Purity of Christian Communion That all who Profess Christianity should make Solemn Confession of their Faith in such Terms as Manifest their Belief of this Fundamental Truth contain'd in the Holy Scriptures That Jesus Christ is the True and Eternal GOD. This Assertion Dr. Owen does in Effect Consent unto in these Words Altho' any Society of Men should Profess the Scripture to be the VVord of GOD and avow an Assent to the Revelations made therein yet by the Conceptions of their Minds and mis-understanding of the Sense of the Holy Spirit therein they may embrace and adhere unto such Errors as may Cut them off from all Communion with the Catholick-Church in Faith Very well But does it not follow from what he has here said That a Profession of Belief that the Scripture is the Word of GOD c. is not sufficient to Enstate us in External Communion with the Church-Catholick since some of the most horrid Enemies of the Church make the same Profession My Charity prompts me to Believe That if this Man had Lived to see Socinianism shew its Head amongst us as it does in these Days it would have Frighted him into a better Opinion of the Church of England Here I shall most Earnestly beseech the Christian Reader seriously to Consider and with all his Heart and with all his Strength to Abhor and Detest the Phanatical Contempt of the Order of the Church of England for the Use of the Lords-Prayer since 't is so Notorious That it has been the Inducement to so many Blasphemies The Author of a Book Entituled Essays towards a Union between Divinity and Morality pag. 73. Despises the Order of our Church for the frequent Use of this most Perfect Form of Prayer and in the 84 and 85. pages he openly Blasphemes GOD the Son and GOD the Holy Ghost I will not here Recite the Words But I shall most Earnestly Beseech all True Christians to use their utmost Endeavours to procure such a Mark of Infamy to be fixt upon this most Execrable Book which the University of Oxford has lately fixt upon the like Essay of Satanical Impudence I cannot but fore-see the manifold Cavillations and Wranglings that will be raised against this Paper But Blessed be GOD I fear not the Reproach of Men nor am afraid of their Revilings Daily and Hourly pondring in my Heart the weighty Sense of those Sacred Words Rev. 22. 20. He which Testifieth these Things saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so Come Lord Jesus FINIS