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A96612	The fourth paper, presented by Maior Butler, to the Honourable Committee of Parliament, for the propagating the gospel of Christ Jesus. VVhich paper was humbly owned, and was, and is attended to be made good by Major Butler. Mr. Charles Vane. Col. Danvers. Mr. Iackson. Mr. VVall. And Mr. Turner. Also a letter from Mr. Goad, to Major Butler, upon occasion of the said paper and proposals. Together with a testimony to the said fourth paper, by way of explanation upon the four proposals of it. / By R.W. Unto which is subjoyned the fifteen proposals of the ministers.	Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.	1652 (1652)	Wing W2763; Thomason E658_9; ESTC R206692	13,338	27

Clergie whom any Town or people of the Nation shall not freely close with in Worship and Maintenance the wisdome of the most High is infinitely able to direct the Commonwealths High-Senate of Parliament and doubtless will if they humbly see their want and beg supply from him Upon the Scriptures and the fourth Head as touching the JEWS I humbly conceive it to be the Duty of the Civil Magistrate to break down that superstitious wall of separation as to Civil things between us Gentiles and the Jews and freely without their asking to make way for their free and peaceable Habitation amongst us And the rather because that People however for a season under a most terrible Ecclipse yet 1. The holy Scripture saith Arguments for permission of the Jews that they are a Beloved people and beloved as we sometimes love unworthy children for their Fathers sake 2. They are a people above all the peoples and Nations in the World under most gracious and express Promises 3. We Gentiles by their fall have had the occasion of our rising to the blessed and joyful Knowledge of a Saviour 4. Their rising again to own and imbrace Christ Jesus is promised to be as life from the dead not only to themselves but as to the propagating of Christ Jesus to other peoples 5. Out of some kind of sense of these things we pretend to look and long and pray for their Return and Calling 6. As other Nations The Guilt of England and the Kings of it as to the Jews so this especially and the Kings thereof have had just cause to fear that the unchristian oppressions incivilities and inhumanities of this Nation against the Jews have cried to Heaven against this Nation and the Kings and Princes of it What horrible oppressions and horrible slaughters have the Iews suffered from the Kings and peoples of this Nation in the Reigns of Henry 2. K. Iohn Richard 1. and Edward 1. Concerning which not only we but the Iews themselves keep Chronicles For the removing of which guilt and the pacifying of the wrath of the most High against this Nation and for the furthering of that great end of propagating the Gospel of Christ Iesus It is humbly conceived to be a great and weighty Duty which lies upon this State to provide on the Iews account some gracious Expedients for such holy and truly Christian Ends. Lastly Objections against the Jews I humbly crave leave to say That I am not without thoughts of many Objections and cannot without horror think of the Iews killing of the Lord Iesus of their cursing themselves and their posterity of the wrath of God upon them of their denying the Fundamentals of all our Christian Worship of some crimes alleaged for which they have been so afflicted by this Nation of their known Industry of inriching themselves in all places where they come But I dare not prejudice the high wisdom and experience of the State abundantly rich and able to provide answerable Expedients if once it please the most High to affect their Honorable breasts with the piety and equity the duty and necessity of so great a Work R. VV. The humble Proposals of the Ministers who presented the Petition to the Parliament Because many have earnestly desired a sight of the Ministers Proposals they are therefore here subjoyned Feb. 11. and other Persons for the Furtherance and Propagation of the Gospel in this Nation wherein they having had equal Respect to all Persons fearing God though of differing judgments do hope also that they will tend to Vnion and Peace 1. THat Persons of Godliness and Gifts in the Universities and elswhere though not Ordained may be admitted to preach the Gospel being approved when they are called thereunto 2. That no person shall be admitted to Trial and Approbation unless he bring a Testimonial of his Piety and Soundness in the Faith under the hands of six Godly Ministers and Christians gathered together for that end and purpose unto whom he is personally known of which number two at the least to be Ministers 3. That a certain number of persons Ministers and others of Eminencie and known Ability and Godliness be appointed to sit in every County to examine judge and approve all such persons as being to preach the Gospel have received Testimony as above And in case there shall not be found a competent number of such persons in the same County that others of one or more neighbour Counties be adjoyned to them 4. That care be taken for the removing the Residue of the Ministers who are Ignorant Scandalous Nonresident of Disturbers of the Publike peace and of all Schoolmasters who shall be found Popish scandalous or disaffected to the Government of the Commonwealth 5. That to this end a Number of persons Ministers and others of eminent piety zeal faithfulness ability and prudence be appointed by Authority of Parliament to go through the Nation to enquire after examine judge of and eject all such persons as shall be found unfit for the Ministery or teaching of Schools being such as above described 6. That for the expediting this work these persons may be assigned in several Companies or Committees to the six Circuits of the Nation to reside in each of the Counties for such a convenient space of time as shall be requisite untill the work be done And calling to their Assistance in their respective Circuits such Godly and able Ministers and others in each of the Counties where they shall reside to assist them in this work as they shall think fit 7. That these persons so sent and Commissioned may be impower'd before they shall depart out of each County to return and to represent unto the Parliament the Names of fit and sufficient persons Ministers others to be appointed and approved of such as shall be called to preach the Gospel in such Counties And in the mean time the persons so Commissioned as aforesaid shall have power while they reside in each County to examine judge and approve of such persons as having a Call to preach the Gospel in such Counties shall upon such Testimonial as aforesaid offer themselves to such Examination 8. That it be proposed that the Parliament be pleased to take some speedy and effectual course either by impowering the persons in the several Counties to be appointed for Trial and Approbation of such persons as shall be called to preach the Gospel there Or in such other way as they shall think fit for the uniting and dividing of Parishes in the several Counties Cities within this Commonwealth in reference to the preaching of the Gospel there saving the Civil rights and priviledges of each Parish 9. That all Ministers so sent forth and established be enjoyned and required to attend the solemn Worship of God in Prayer Reading and Preaching the Word Catechising and Expounding the Scriptures as occasion shall require visiting the sick and instructing from house to house residing amongst the people to whom they are sent and using all care and dil●gence by all ways and means to win souls unto Christ 10. That it is desired that no persons be required to receive the Sacrament further then their Light shall lead them unto Nor no person sent forth to preach and already placed or which shall be placed in any Parish within this Nation be compelled to administer the Sacrament to any but such as he shall approve of as fit for the same 11. That a Law may be provided that all persons whatsoever within this Nation be required to attend to the publike Preaching of the Gospel every Lords Day in places commonly allowed and usually called Churches except such persons as through scruple of Conscience do abstain from those Assemblies 12. That whereas divers persons are unsatisfied to come to the publike places of hearing the Word upon this Account that those places were Dedicated and Consecrated That the Parliament will be pleased to declare that such places are made use of and continued only for the better conveniencie of persons meeting for the publike Worship of God and upon no other consideration 13. That all persons dissenting from the Doctrine and Way of Worship owned by the State or consenting thereunto and yet not having advantage or opportunity of some of the publike Meeting-places commonly called Churches be required to meet if they have any constant meetings in places publikely known and to give notice to some Magistrate of such their place of ordinary meetings 14. That this Honorable Committee be desired to propose to the Parliament That such who do not receive but oppose those * Vpon occasion of which motion the Ministers were desired to instance who therefore presented 15. Fundamentals the Copy whereof is not yet come to my hand Principles of Christian Religion without acknowledgment whereof the Scriptures do clearly and plainly affirm that Salvation is not to be obtained as those formerly complained of by the Ministers may not be suffered to preach or promulgate any thing in opposition unto such Principles 15. And further That the Parliament be humbly desired to take some speedy and effectual course for the utter suppressing of that Abominable Cheat of Judicial Astrologie whereby the minds of Multitudes are corrupted and turned aside from depending upon the Providence of God to put their Trust in the Lyes of Men and Delusions of Sathan Upon this new Project of these Fifteen Proposals and Fifteen Fundamentals I do humbly beg of the Father of Spirits that He will either graciously please to stir up the Hearts of these Worthy Men to put in some Christian Retractation or else the Hearts of some of his Faithful Witnesses against such Graven Images to present some faithful and truly Christian Observations FINIS

yea damnable Heresies that such who are approved may be made manifest And whether it be not the pleasure of God that the Judgement and Condemnation of such false Teachers and Hereticks be left to himself Propos III. FRom Rom. 14. 4. Who art thou that judgest another mans servant 1 Cor. 7. 23. You are bought with a price be not the servants of men Gal. 1. 16. I conferred not with flesh and blood Gal. 5. 1. Stand fast in the liberties wherewith Christ hath made you free Heb. 11. 6. Without faith it is impossible to please God 1 John 4. 1. Believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they be of God Rom. 14. ult Whatsoever is not of faith is sin c. 3. It is humbly Proposed Whether for the Civil powers to assume a Judgement in Spirituals be not against the Liberties given by Christ Jesus to his people Propos IV. From Rom. 11. 4. Whether it be not the duty of the Magistrate to permit the Jews whose conversion we look for to live freely and peaceably amongst us Mr. Goads Letter TO Maior Butler Major Butler YOur Paper which you left with me hath set my thoughts on work about the way of the propagating of the Gospel concerning which quot homines tot sententiae we are neither of Paul nor Apollo nor Cephas we are come into the unity of the Spirit we are come to God the Iudge of all and to Iesus the Mediator of the new Covenant we are returned unto the Archbishop of our Souls and we cannot go back to mens Iudgements though seeming Pillars nor give our voice for the use of any Carnal weapons knowing such as are mighty through God to cast down strong holds and high imaginations and to wrastle with principalities and powers and the Ruler of the darkness of this world to which all the power wisdom and righteousness of man is altogether insufficient whilst reaching not unto the Conscience where only comes the demonstration of the Spirit and power and if it be said that the Spirit goes forth in these it is answered that the Spirit going forth dismisseth these as Gideon did his Souldiers Thus saith the Lord of Hosts Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit when he was to build the Temple it is the Cross of Christ by which we are saved and God forbid we should rejoyce in any thing save that by which the world is Crucified unto us even in its wisdom and righteousness and to undertake to carry the Cross by these is nonsence and contradiction it is to make it of none effect which is weakness and foolishness unto the world stronger and wiser then the world God hath made us able Ministers of the new Testament not of the Letter but of the Spirit and to go forth in any strength and wisdom but in the Spirits is to doubt of the Spirits truth and power and if it be asked where this power is we answer that it hath been long withdrawn that the man of Sin might be revealed but it will come forth and is now coming and we are resolved to be weak and fools in Christ till we come forth in him the wisdom of God and the power of God to go forth in man according to the Proposals of some unto the Committee is to go forth for Christ against him The Spirit of God his presence did let and hinder the revealing of the man of sin as the light keeps out the darkness It is his return only that can destroy that sin and All goings forth of man against it is the going forth of darkness and sin and Satan and so is but a further revealing of the man of sin whose appearance is in all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish Blessed are they who go forth in and with the Lord to the propagation of the Gospel pray that it may have free passage and be glorified The Causewayes that we make for it obstruct it that is not preparing the way of the Lord Christ is the way the truth and the life let me have no God no Christ nor Truth that cannot defend themselves and me or deliver themselves and me into freedome having upon design suffered bonds to be put upon them and therefore let error sin and hell and darkness come forth in their power it is the will of God they should do so and that Pharaoh should rise unto his full greatness that he may appear to be above him and get himself honour upon him Antichrist is now getting up upon his last legs whose feet are Iron and Clay there is life no where but in his stump which is not enough to quicken him throughly in this his last image and form in which he is coming forth how soon was he thrown down in his last appearance and rising among us even before he could bite his teeth were broken God smote him on the Cheek bone before the Thorns were grown hard to prick the fire took hold of them and God is finishing the work apace and cutting it short in righteousness even his utter consumption and destruction by the brightness of his coming There is no cause to fear for the tayl of this smoking firebrand for the fire of the Lord upon it is not quenched God will be a swift witness against this Sorcery for so are all the dealings of men in the things of God and this foundation that some Proposers are laying will appear to be the abomination of desolation When there is talking of foundation doctrines when Christ is thrust out of his office who is the Corner stone refused of the builders setting up themselves in his place and putting weapons into the evil servants hands to beat his fellow servants because the Lord and Master defers his coming not knowing that our strength is to sit still other foundation can no man lay but that which is laid even Jesus Christ and to make Paul or Apollo any thing is by the Spirit of God in Paul interpreted to be the laying of another foundation and defiling the Temple of God which he that doth him shall God destroy 1 Cor. 3. That which is now held forth in some Proposals hath been the foundation of all the persecution and confusion which hath been in the Churches how hath the God of this world blinded mens eyes how are those which were clothed in Scarlet now imbracing the dunghils my soul goes forth in pitty to them sure they shall be saved but it will be by fire but how would I save them from that fire God is going on his way conquering and to conquer who will set the thorns and bryars against him he will go through them and burn them together Mark where the indignation of the Lord hath of late fallen even upon those that have stood in his way and would not give him free passage there is no weapon hath prospered against our present State every tongue that hath risen up in Judgement hath been condemned