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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

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 caeteris paribus other Churches to be Anti-scriptural By John Lesly Minister of the Gospel at St. Michaels neer St. Albans in Hertfordshire London Printed by Thomas Maxey in Thames-street 1655. 1 Cor. 3.4 VVhile one saith I am of Paul and another I am of Apollo are ye not carnal Clemens Rom. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cyprian de Lapsis Non jungitur Ecclesiae qui ab Evangelio separatur Basil ad Amphiloch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To the Honourable WILLIAM LENTHALL Esquire Master of the Rolls c. Honorable and Honored Sir A Sufficient Apology for my bold adventure of presenting this part of my poor endeavors unto the publick view may be an observation of the heathen that when the Lord is pleased to visit a Nation with the sword or the like judgment Eurip. apud Sarah l. 11 pag 498. then 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the worship of God is weakened and men will not honor him as they should Not so much for your particular inclination toward mee doe I make mention of your Name before this Treatise as for that generall Concession and Homologie That the publick inferres the private benefit In the peace of the City Jerem 29 7 ye shall have peace For I feele my selfe no senselesse member of those bodies which out of divers experiences challenge an interest in your Honours most favourable Integrity and Love which you have alwaies borne to Gods Glory Christs Gospel and all good Causes wherein you may bee charitable The greatest greatnesse hath no greater Honour belonging to it then to be an Abrech to Persons Bookes Gen. 41.43 and Causes of this Nature Such Cedars have their spreadth and tallnesse to shelter such Fowles of the Heaven under their shadow It was the pious resolution of Luther in one of his Epistles Inveniar sanè Superbus Avarus Luther ad Stanpit Adulter Homicida Antipapa omnium vitiarum reus modo impij silentij non arguar dum Dominus patitur That hee had rather be counted any thing then bee accused of wicked silence in Gods cause And wee know that the more dishonoured and trampled upon any cause of God 's is the more hee expects that wee should appeate for it Now lest any man should bring a bloud-shot eye to make all appeare of a wrong colour that I have made no particular Person my Aime or Adversary my witnesse is in heaven Job 16 19 and my record on high But because losse of Salvation followeth obstinacie in Errour Camero p. 286. in folio I have done my poore endeavour to proclaime Gods will If any doe demurre or obstinately persist or resist they may remember they erre not without warning Common Ingenuity commandeth mee thankfully to acknowledge what you have done for one that hath no wittie Insinuations for extracting of your favours nor Impudency enough to returne them in flatteries yea who had such obstructions betweene his heart and his tongue that hee could scarce expresse the least part of his Thankfulnesse much lesse is hee able to make you a requital But the Lord of Lords grant that you may find all favour in the eyes of God and Man that all true Happinesse may be multiplyed upon you and yours and crown you with eternity So prayeth Your Honours obliged and humble Servant in the Lord JOHN LESLY The CONTENTS Chap. 1. THere is a necessity of opposing Errors and a special necessity of opposing the Errour of Indetermined Church-Communion 2. The late Original of this Error Some mschiefes of it are indigitated A Motive to resist them 3. Parochial Church-communion is a duty implanted by Nature and a Moral and Solemn part of Divine Worship 4. All Christians are to joyne themselves to some particular visible Church when the Lord offereth occasion 5. We are bound to hearing in our own determined Congregations Necessitate praecepti 6. God assigneth unto every ordinary Pastor a portion of his people to be instructed by him 7. Separation from determined Church-communion is reproved 1 Cor. 1.12 and 3. ver 4. 8. The Lord commandeth to worship him Orderly which is not observed in Indetermined Church-communion 9. We are bound to hearing in our particular Congregations by Christs Doctrine and Example 10. We are bound to the duty of Determined Church-communion by the custome of Apostolick and primitive times 11. Reason teacheth that Indetermined Church-communion is carnal glorying in the worthinesse or excellency of other Pastors 12. Some sinfull effects and consequents of Parochial or Congregational Church-separation The causes which men pretend for Separation from Parochial Church-communion are frivolous and invalid And 13. First indetermined Church-communion is no part but an abuse of Christian Liberty 14. Secondly Separation from Church-communion for the Pastors knowne insufficiency or Scandalous life may be lawful Otherwise it is lamentable if not intolerable and impious 15. Thirdly Other imaginary and imaginated pretences are answered 16. Serious and frequent admonition ought to be inculcated against this error 17. Some Antidotes against the Infection of Separation from Parochial Church-communion 18. The Conclusion ERRATA IN the Book pag. 4. lin 26. for Cannons read Canons p. 5. l. 16 for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 6. l. 9. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 9. l. 10. for were read went In Marg. l. 24 for Arm. de read Ames de p. 10. in Marg. l. 16. Jer. 2.14 is wanting p. 13. in Marg. l. 10. for Ceserens read Cestrens p. 15. l. 6. for livng read living p 16. l. 8 put out and. l. 22. for exacteth reade enacteth p. 31. l. 4. put out the. p. 44 l. penult for Ceristians read Christians p. 47. l. 4. are is wanting l. 5 for allay read alloy p. 73. l. 22. for Orthadox r. Orthodox for Hetorodox r. Heterodox p. 80. l. 4. for apprehend read apprehended l. 27. this is wanting p. 105. l. 15. not is wanting p. 111. l. 18. the is wanting p. 124. l. 7. put out not lin 22. for Meditaion read Mediation p. 139. l. 11. for nulla read nulli The Parasynagogue Paragorized OR A Parenetical Confutation of the Epidemical Error which asserteth Separation from Parochial Church-Communion CHAP. I. There is a Necessity of opposing Errors and a special Necessity of opposing the Error of indetermined Church-communion § 1. IT is the infinite Goodnesse of the Lord that in wrath he remembers mercy For my part Hab. 3. ● I look upon it as a special mercy that although we live in times in which the Truth is opposed and blasphemed more then ever before yet the Faithful have liberty to speak and write in defence thereof I wish that all orthodox Christians who have

against Church-separation that Mr. Parker Mr. Paget Mr. Ball Mr. Brightman and others have left behind them large evidences of their zeale against separation from Parochial Church Assemblies It is more then strange that when the Apostles had by commission from Christ planted Churches and were to leave them to be propagated in future ages yet would wholly be silent of this separation but leave us by our dark imaginations to discover it In which we are in danger to set our threshold by Gods threshold of which hee sadly complains or rather Ezek. 43 8. justle out Gods threshold with ours § 4. Thirdly Others pretend that they separate from Parochial Church-communion for prophanenesse of the people and corruption in conversation But neither doth this admit of separation provided that Doctrine be such in which men may have communion for Edification If we look upon the people of Israel throughout the revolution of all times we may find high Titles given them even when they lived in all kind of sin and Disobedience They had Titles given them of singular glory by reason of priviledges Deut. 14.12 et 32.9 Zach. 2.9 Rom. 9.4 Deut. 9.6 et 32.6 Isa 1.4 et 48.4 Ezech. 32.16 which they enjoyed by their call into church-fellowship as children of God Gods peculiar ones his portion his heritage the apple of his eye and many the like Elogies In the mean time their Qualifications were as low as their Titles high their conversation no wayes answering their calling but branded to be stiff-necked of an Iron sinew an Adulterous a Sinful Nation a People foolish and unwise as Sodome and Gomorrah unto the Lord And yet the Prophets and righteous persons keep their residence among them held communion with them and saw no ground of separation from them It seemeth a great contradiction to some to name men at all believers Saints or Professours when their lives evidence an unsutablenesse to such a glory yet we know the churches to whom Epistles are directed in Scripture 1 Cor. 3.3 et 6.7 2 Cor. 12.20 Rev. 3.1.16 are so honoured as we may see in their frontispieces and the most upright hearted among them had communion with them when yet they did wrong and defraud one another when they profaned the Lords Table where Fornicators Idolaters Luke-warme c. And yet the Apostles did not leave them but made it their businesse to reclaim them The advice that was sometime given to a Maid that for Religions sake would retire her selfe to a solitary life she was told Aut de fatuis Virginibus es aut de prudentibus si de fatuis Congregatio tibi necessaria est si de prudentibus tu Congregationi If she were bad she need the city to better her if good the city needed her So we may say to the separatists from Parochial-Congregations either they stand in need of the Church or the necessities of the Church call for their help and assistance § 5. As for all other pretended causes of separation Learned Zanchius at length proveth Zanch. t. 7. part 2. col 74 c. that so great is the Authority of the Church visible whether Universal or Particular that none may with hope of impunity despise her Doctrine or Discipline much lesse separate from her Communion because to despise the Church is to despise Christ to divide the unity of the Church is to divide Christ and to crucifie him a fresh and to separate from the Church is to separate from Christ for extra Ecclesiam non est Salus out of the Church there is no salvation Lastly if any doe pretend the practice of forrain reformed Churches for Church separation I answer 1. That the piety and prudence of the Worthies of this Nation was much more admirably valiant for the Lord in establishing Lawes with Penalties against this profane licentiousnesse then the practice of the contrary can be imitable or warrantable Jer. 9.3 See Blond Honor. Reg. c. 2. Forrain Churches were never so sensible of nor had occasion to bewail this prophanenesse so much as we in these last seven or eight years wherein all the Ghosts of the miscreants of former ages have been let loose from hell in full swarmes to infest this Nation more then ever the locusts did the Land of Egypt 3. We ought to follow others no further then they are followers of Christ and his Gospel Non vivendum exemplit sed Legibus And therefore I will not say again what Orthodox Divines have in this point Seneca until our adversaries shall make it their ta●k to prove some infirmity or insufficiency in that which they have written CHAP. XVI Serious and frequent Admonition ought to bee inculcated against this Errour § 1. IT is very true Nunquam sine quercla Sen. de Ira c 10. Salv. de G. D. l. 8 initio tanguntur aegra you can never touch the sore without the grief of the Patient All would be pleased Nulli grata reprehensio est saith Salvian None love reproof none but the wise Prov. 9.8 And that which is worse the most wicked cast-away would rather heare his own false praises then true reprehension and be deceived with jeering applause then saved by wholesome Admonition And yet Separatists from determined Congregations must no lesse be admonished then other sinners so long as there is any hope they will amend That charge given to the Prophet Isa 6.9 10. is six times alledged in the New Testament to warn them that if they turne not God will what his sword Psal 7.12 and be glorified in his justice upon them who made no account of his mercy And it is a just thing with God when men wilfully winke and shut their eyes against the light to strike them stark blind 2 King 6 18 Gen. 19.11 as he did the Assyrians and the Sodomites and Elymas the Sorcerer and to dash out their eyes Deut. 28.28 It is true Gods primary intention in sending his messengers Jer. 3.15 is for the good of his people for he giveth them Pastors according to his own heart which do feed them with knowlede and understanding yet in a secundary place it is for to leave the wicked inexcusable and to justifie his proceeding toward them See 2 Cor. 2.15 16. John 9.39 Thus the Pastor must do his duty and referre the issue or successe unto the Lord yea hee must deal plainly and roundly as the Lord himself doth Ezek. 2.3 c. Matth. 10.14 But chiefly with publick and common sins as this of Church-separation is lest he seem to allow of them and so become guilty of them by his allowance For § 2 Though Saul acted not in the murder and Martyrdome of Steven yet his consent spake him guilty of the same crime Act. 8.1 A mind to tolerate evil is sin in the seed which time bringeth forth Jam. 1.14 15. God esteemeth the evil we would do as done though we have not done it and