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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84069	The great earthquake, Revel. 16. 18. or, Fall of all the churches. Discovering the apostasie of purest churches, not yet sensible of their spiritual whoredoms, EZek. 43.9, 10. Or, The great whore made bare and naked before she be judged, and her flesh burnt with fire, Rev. 27. 16. Proving, that none indeed deny the ordinances of Christ, but present churches not being in a Gospel-order. By William Erbery.	Erbery, William, 1604-1654.; J. W.	1654 (1654)	Wing E3227; Thomason E806_7; ESTC R207174	48,514	64

so the Saints under the Law had the spirit yea our Gospel Churches at this day come far short of the Legall Church 1 King 13.4 2 Kings 1. 2 King 2. c. for there were some gifts of the Spirit manifest as of prophecying and gifts of healing of signes and miracles but the Baptism of the Spirit was that manifestation or pouring forth of all the gifts of the Spirit not on every believer but on every Church of Christ that the Church came short in no gift 1 Cor. 1.7 This was the true constitution of a Gospel-Church the Baptism of the Spirit the manifestation of the Spirit in manifold gifts without which no Church can be in the order of the Gospel 1 Cor. 12.6 7 28. 〈◊〉 6.2 For as the doctrine of Baptisms not of water only but of the Spirit especially concerned the Church in her members so the next doctrine The laying on of Hands did concern the Ministery who received a gift by the laying on of Hands Independent Ministers make a meer ceremony of this never looking for any gift thereby as Papists and Prelates did but the Presbyterian Ministers of Scotland are a little wiser then ours for there being no Gift they lay aside the laying on of Hands altogether in ordaining their Elders Secondly The Breaking of Bread or Communion that was in the primitive Churches was not as 't is in the present Churches by taking a piece of Bread or tasting a sip of wine from the Ministers hands a meer popish superstition to put such pomp and reverence on sacramentall Bread and Wine but breaking of Bread was a full Meal for the word is so and The supper of the Lord shews the same to be a ful Meal or Feast of Love Jude 12. Acts 1.46 for both is one though old childish Fathers make a difference between the Feast of Love and Supper of the Lord so often used even daily that is every First day the Church meeting to break Bread Feast in Love to Feast on the Lord together on the Lord in them the Bread broken being the Communion of his Body 1 Cor. 12.22 Ephes 5.30 for the Church indeed was that body of the Lord the Church was Christ This the Church knows not nor confesses how fully the Godhead is embodyed in their flesh how perfectly one with the Father as Christ They are afraid of this therefore as if there were but a part of God and part of Christ in them they take a piece of Bread thus they discern not the Lords Body yea they doe not shew forth the Lords death that is dying to all things but to God as Christs purest flesh was crucified to the Father but this communion and mystery of Christ Hebr. 9.14 and of his death is not known nor taught by the Churches alass these are heavenly things too high for them who live in dead Forms nay they scarce know the earthly thing the Form of Breaking bread this being as I said a full Meal for they did break Bread from house to house Acts 2.46 eating their meat with singleness of heart praising God yea they drank also to the full for some drank too much or were drunk 1 Cor. 11.21 which could not be with a sip of wine the abuse that was in the Lords supper shews the use to be not to eat and drink to themselves for so they had Houses to eat in ver 22. but to tarry one for another till all being come together sate down in that spirituall Feast feasting on the Lords crucified body which the breaking of bread being a full Meal did signifie as we shall shew more fully hereafter Thirdly the next Ordinance was Church-prayers these being as peculiar and proper to the Church and for the Church alone as Breaking of Bread Acts 2.42 They continued together in the Apostles doctrine in fellowship breaking of Bread and Prayers The Churches of Christ could no more pray with the world then break Bread or have church-fellowship with the world Therefore neither Christ nor his Apostles did ever pray with preaching Christ prayed only in private or with his Disciples apart Luke 11.1 And the Apostles preaching to the world never prayed with the world for after Peter and John had been in the Temple at the houre of Prayer preaching to them in publique they returned to their own company in private to pray Acts 3.1 Acts 4.23 The Jews indeed had certain houres of prayer of publique prayer the Church being Nationall so there was a certain place appointed for preaching in the Synagogue or Temple just like our Churches now who are the Jewes indeed to be converted they have none but common prayers still houres of Preaching and houres of praying yea such Forms of Prayer praying before Sermon and after Sermon a meer popish custome with the Lords prayer after the first and a Priestly benediction after the second Prayer For Blessing the people last of all is both Popish and Priestly it being a legal Ordinance ending in Christ the great High-Priest Numb 6.23 Luke 24.50 who ceased this ceremony when he blest his Disciples and afterward came in Spirit to bless his people Acts 3.26 But the mysterie of Iniquity and Man of Sinn is not manifest in any thing more then in those Forms of prayer publique and private We know the whole power of popish Religion is in their much praying so Protestants could not be taken from it till their common Prayer was taken from them by force I cannot commend this Reformation for what are Men the better to be beaten from one Form of Prayer to another which is as bad if not worse then that before because seemingly more spirituall yet having not the power The Churches prayers how powerfull were they not full of words and fine expressions but there was a mighty power and appearance of God in their publique prayers see Acts 4.31 Acts 12.5 12. 1 Cor. 14.25 James 5.24 15. Besides that long praying which Ministers glory in is both legall and heathenish 2 Chron. 6. Nehem. 9. Dan. 9. Mat. 6 7. The Lords prayer the prayers of Christ and the Apostles prayers were very short succinct plain and to the purpose without such preambles abundance and vanity of words and vain-glorious enlargements Act. 1.24 25. Act. 4.24 The cause why the Churches err in all these after Ordinances is because they continue not in the First which is the chiefest Ordinance continuing in the Apostles Doctrine and holding forth the form of sound words Act. 2.42 2 Tim. 1.13 And this we shall prove another time that the Doctrine of the Apostate Church is not the Doctrine of the Apostles but the Doctrine of Devils and yet these Devils being not evill spirits but good Men great in Gifts are those Devils 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as those heathenish Heroes of old were called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Tim. 4.1 so our knowing men our Christian Heroes Yea 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sometimes