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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58653	Jerubbaal justified: or, A plain rebuke of the high (pretended humble) remonstrance and plea against Mr. Crofton his reformation not separation or, a plea for communion with the church under those corruptions, and by that disorderly ministration, to which he cannot conform, nor by it administer. Demonstrating, T.P. (alias D.) his grosse mistakes of Mr. Crofton his principle and argument: as also the fallacie and vanity of his pleaded necessity for his (confessed) separation from publique assemblies, which is found insufficient to acquit him of schisme. To which is added a position, disputing the lawfulnesse of ministers receiving an imposed liturgy.	R. S.; Crofton, Zachary, 1625 or 6-1672. Reformation not separation.	1663 (1663)	Wing S130	35,735	54

like part built on his own Judgement of the expediency of it it is reason he enjoy Page 15. his fancy in his own fabrick he abruptly assaults Mr. Crofton on the most gross and manifest mistake of the man the natur of his Book and the form and force of his Argument which could possibly befall and misguide any Antagonist whatsoever Sir This Gentleman mistaketh Mr. Crofton and the generall nature of his book he accounteth and that with more then ordinary heat and confidence Mr. Crofton the Mecaenas and Advocate of the Liturgy and Common prayer book and an accuser of the bretheren he apprehendeth Mr. Crofton's Reformation Pa. 14. 30. not separation to be a Plea for the Liturgy and an Indictment or accusation of the Saints cujus contrarium verum est how just sober or warrantable those his apprehensions are let all impartiall unprejudiced men judge Mr. Crofton an Advocate for the English Liturgy who can have the face to say it How will that appear hath he not preached and written against it did he ever retract doth he conform to it or consent to read it was not his known opposition to it apprehended to be the cause of his vexations and bonds he met with in Staffordshire in his late Travells can envy it self oppose Mr. Crofton to Mr. Crofton his enemies being Judges never was any man more square and stable to himsell then is Mr. Crofton these things do indeed give cause to call him Jerubbaal and make it suspicious he is the Gideon who threw down the Altar if the Liturgy must be so accounted of Baall on what ground could this pretender to reason and religion cry Mr. Crofton is the Mecaenas and Advocate for the Liturgy hath not Mr. Crofton's Contests actings and sufferings manifested him a Monument of Gods Grace and Truth and Sectarian rage and falsehood will men needs reproach him with that which none hath as he resisted Oh Sir Mr. Crofton hath pleaded for Communion in the Liturgy It is false sir he hath pleaded no such thing his Plea is for Communion with Gods Church in Gods Ordinances and worship though Administred by the Liturgy and that onely in case of necessity when we cannot otherwise enjoy solemn publique worship it is one thing to commnnicate in the Liturgie simply and abstractedly considered this supposeth an assent unto it and a personall acting in and by it as a Liturgy for this Mr. Crofton hath never yet spoken one word It is another thing to communicate in and Religiously attend Gods Worship Administred by the Liturgy in which the Liturgy is no more but the vehiculum instrument of conveyance and humane Ministration the formality of Mr. Crofton's Plea is this the Liturgie is a rude and disorderly Ministration an evil which ought to be abolished by which he cannot Administer but it is not an evil of that nature to visiate the Subject nullify and destroy Gods worship and so warrant the peoples withdrawing from that because of this Vulgus non distinguit that the over zealous vulgar should account this a Plea for Communion in the Liturgy is no wonder whilst a man of learning doth it with all confidence is a withstanding of an inserence which the premisses will not allow a justification of the premisses as true and good cannot a man plead men must in case of need drink water in unclean vessels or affirm Citizens must not loose all for want of asking by the rude dialect of their Recorder but he must be concluded the Mecaenas of Barbarisime and nonsence and Advocate for the Queen of Sluts may not Mr. Crofton deny such disorder to be a sufficient ground for Secession from Gods worship but he must needs be the defender of that disorder According to this sober Logick is Mr. Crofton tauntingly represented the accuser of the brethren and his Book branded as an Indictment against the Saints what cause is there for this high charge whom when where and whereof hath Mr. Crofton accused This Author calls him his accuser he shall do well to put him to shame by telling the world whereof Mr. Crofton accused him Mr. Crofton doth in his book suggest groundlesse unwarantable Secossion Page 29. from voluntary non-communion in Gods worship is a private or negative Separation the first act towards a positive and totall Sepeparation but is this to accuse the bretheren cannot a Minister suggest the sinful nature of an act but he must be arraigned as an Accuser of the bretheren oh Charity oh Sobriety Sir Who readeth Mr. Croftons book and seeth not that it is so far from an Indictment or Accusation of others that it is a sober serious and necessary Apology for himself and his own practice most groundlesly unchristianly and incharitably accused by others and those some of the bretheren who never administred or attempted to reprove the things whereof they did accuse him in his whole Conflicts for Reformation he had protested he could communicate in Gods worship under that order by which he could not adminester comming to practice his principles what Calumnies what Censures did accuse him of defection and Apostacy and constrain these Letters by way of Apology for himself And this thus extorted by false accusations is most falsely accused to be an accusation of the brethren Oh! Charity Oh Sobriety Sir We cannot expect he should rightly take up Mr. Crofton's Argument who hath so grossely mistaken himself and the generall nature of his work let me observe to you his mistake in the very form and so in the force of what he is pleased humbly to tearm Mr. Croftons Doome Argument Page 15. Having passed his many needless distinctions he professeth himself a negative and partiall Sepatist he is best see to his Warrant least being loosed from the Harbour he be driven he knows not whither I am glad he disavoweth Positive Separation gathering a select Company into a Corner some who shreudly guess who this Author is think they durst presume to charge him as peccant in this respect but sure I am Mr. Crofton and other good men are no little grieved to observe some Presbyters not only absent from publique assemblies but also celebrate the Lords day by preaching and Ministration of the Lords supper to a select Company in private as if they were designed to verefie that Independant Calumny Presbiterated Churches are gathered Churches His Separation stated this Antagonist assaults Mr. Crofton's Considerations that he might fence with better successe he forceth the chief of them into this syllogisme according to his own fancy not Mr. Croftons Argument Communion with the Church visible in all acts of solemn Publique worship is an essential part of the Sanctification of the Sabbath or Lords day and indispensable Duty of every particular Pa. 15. 16. Christian to be onely superseded by an inevitable necessity c. This is indeed Mr. Crofton's proposition on which this man doth assume as that which he saith must be the assumption and accordingly