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A18924	The syn, against the holy ghoste made manifest from those grounds of faith, which haue bene taught & received by the faithfull in Engla[n]d, & that for those 40.y. togither vnder the prosperovs raigne of my Soveraigne Lady and Quene Elishabet. Which may serue for a rayning in of the heady, & yet for a spur to slouthfull spirits: by Henoch Clapham.	Clapham, Henoch.	1598 (1598)	STC 5345; ESTC S117149	23,663	26

did also the Apostles in giuing the visible guiftes of the spirit vsed of Presbyters in creating ad enstalling persons into ministeriall functions somtymes to the Gatheringe Ministerie but euer on Ministrie tyed to som certaine congregation signifyinge and sealing hereby vnto such sowles beleiuinge no lesse thē the presence of God with them in such theyr Christian callinge This Mr Caluin consideringe he therefore truly calls it such a sacrament as hath a faithfull siigne of spirituall grace And for a sacrament in no larger sence Augustine hauing spoke of Baptisme saith thus Either of them is a sacramēt by sure consecratiō both of them is giuē to mā that vvhē he is baptised this whē he is ordained therefore in the Catholicall church it is held vnlaufull to reiterate thē Yet neither of thē nomber it elswhere with the few ād easie sacraments of the new testament because as before it hath bene common vnto all the ages of the Church yet this must be no reason why not to teach and repute it for a glorious sacrament wherewithall a blessing from the Greater is convaid vnto the Lesser Under Resurrection is contained first our rising here from spirituall death vnto the life of Christ in his body the Church secondlie our resurrection after the bodies naturall death and that vnto eternall lyfe for the resurrection of the wicked is but a rising to the second Death The last is eternall iudgment first to the eternall glorie of the faithfull contrary to cursed Chiliasts secondly to the eternall confusion and never dyinge worme of the vnfaithfull contrarie to the blynd pitifull colection of Origenists And those are the doctrines he calleth the Themelion foundation as also begining of Christ. Which must be the rather obserued because som put no difference betwene the foundation of faith which here made the hebrues a true visible people of God and other accidentall doctrines which tende but to the perfection of the same foundation the contrarie vnto which foundation can onlie in proprietie of scripture he termed Anti-keimenon Anti-christian opposit to foundation opposit to Christ. The not retaining of which distinction hath caused too manie libells be dispersed and railings against such as Gather truly though weakly with Christ ●… and himself teacheth that he who gathers with him that works not against him But are euery of those seuerall heads the knowledge and beleif of them of absolute necessitie vnto saluation For infants of the faithfull theyr lump is to be considered in theyr first fruites I answer it is impossible for any sowle to com anie way to true lyfe but by passing thorough him who is the Way Truth and Lyfe Nor can one goe into the sheepfold but by the Dore and the Porter Nor can this be don but by Repentance and Faith Besides faith is exercised in beleiuing the promise of Resurrection and eternall iudgment and quiet it cānot be till the promises be sealed in Baptisme the dore sacrament into the Church Which caused the Eunuch vpon a litle information to cry vvhat lets I may not be baptized As also when Peters hearers cryed out vvhat shall vve do to be saved him to make this answer amend your liues be baptized and no sooner they confessed faith in Iesus but straight way they were baptised Yet this I suffix Faith apprehending the word of promise it trulie iustifieth with God and his Church before the Seale com seing the seale is not the Begetter but Confirmer of that faith whereby we apprehend righteousnes in Christ Iesus and so holy writ teacheth both of Circumcision and Baptisme I conclude then the two first and last of the 6. principles to be absolutely neccessary vnto salvation As for Baptisme it is required vnto salvation conditionally that is if it may before death be had nor ought it be deferred within the Church beyonde the 8. day called the Lord his day the day of Convention and in conuerting without the Church beleiuers for them and theyres ought presently to be baptised with the Eunuch Paul laylour and Lydia As for imposition it is also symply necessarie t●… such as to whome it suiteth for the end where to it serueth that is not to seale saluation but to assure the sowle of GOD his helping hand in the work whereto the partie is alotted Not symplie necessarie in the Gathering and propheticall ministery and therefore we se before and vnder and after the lawe within and without the True visible church diuerse stirred vp to call people vnto God and his Christ who neuer had anie hand of man so put vpon them But it is symply necessary to a ministerie designed to a particular Church and therefore the Tabernacle ministerie Priests and Leuits and the new testaments ministrie Presbyters and Deacons they neuer were installed without it The principles then that are of absolute necessitie vnto saluation may therefore be deduced into two heads the first knowledg of the true Christ for otherwise our Sauiour telleth vs we shall haue manie kyndes of CHrists preached by pseudo-prophets to whose factions we are not to goe forth but only to repaire for our fedinge where his spirituall eyed Eagles do gather to his carcase or body slayne in word and sacraments as Paul afterwards described him crucified vnto the Galatians The second poynt is the true apprehension of Christ whome knowledge propoundeth and this is onlie by Faith a guifte of the spirit within but wrought by externall ministerie of preaching euen the preaching of faith And so hauinge giuen vnto vs his Son how shall he not with him giue vnto vs all things also Which apprehendinge faith is vnto others liue the beleiuer no longer after then the good theif on the crosse manifested by the fruit of the lips and in liuing longer it vtters it self conformable in som good measure to doe the commaundements of him who hath frelie saued him otherwise Iames termes it a Deuels faith a dead faith a meere delusion For the exellentie of true faith it Synecdo●…hicallie is put for the whole doctrine of the Ghospell Iude. 3. Gal. 3. 2. 1 Tim. 4. 1. alibj nor maruell because all obedience without it is but a Crab-fish crallinge backward and a Pharisaicall painted sepulcre for without this faith it is impossible to please God It is to all our actions as salt vnder the lawe was to all sacrifices the ●…erie sauourer and purifiez and this Peter maketh the cause of no difference betwene Iue and Gentile the purification of the heart by faith Act. 15. 9 which faith not mingled with the word when the Israelites heard it was cause of theyr downefall in the desert Heb. 4. 1. 2. When therefore an Auntient considered that the Iust li●…es by faith etc. He speaketh thus pathetically Faith is the originall of righteousnes the head of holynes the begining of deuotion the foundation of religion this excludeth doubts holdeth sure things sealeth vp

bene preached therefore now none of theyr Parish people visible Christians nor can the preachers be sayd to preach the ghospell Answer to the first conclusion First if they can prove euerie sowle there to have sufficiently heard that doctrine and yet to be Contumax which no reasonable sowle can beleiue then they say somthing Secondly the same word is exercised even now in England when the Sun of Brownisme shines in Netherlande shall we thinke it begets not faith in som now aswell as of yore and must those also be no visible Christians Thirdly the Author to the ●…ebrues fynding the people he writ vnto in a maner Dunces who for the tyme might have bene Doctors though he fo●…res them with the irremissable syn which might steale vpon them through negligence yet He wold not pronounce them cut of from God The Apostle teacheth another Rule Philip. the second Conclusion As for that they preach if it contained not the substance of the Gospell how haps anie sowle hath bene saued or bene brought into the state of saluation thereby Death begets not lyfe falshood begets not truth and so no Brownist could euer by that preaching haue bene interessed with iustifyinge faith Faith is got by hearinge or haue they heard som Angel from heauen or did the first of them get theyr iustifying faith by readinge obiection But there is no promise made of good to such preaching although God somtymes extraordinarily do blesse it to good Answer Tis false for it hath bene the only ordinary way of begetting sowles to god for those 40. y togither vnder the raigne of our soueraigne Queene nor did euer other Doctrine in any age before beget true faith and therefore a promise of blessinge i●… lynked with that ground of faith be the preacher thereof otherwise ād for other causes highly reproueable Besides that euident effect Gold is as verily gold in the snowte of a swyne as vpon the fynger of Zorobabel Augustine teacheth this largely tellinge the Donatists that the 4. Riuers of Paradise though appointed for watring it yet they verilie ron downe into Egipt so equally mynded was he towards the schismatiks his sowle lothed But all must be no Ghospell with those which theyr aduersarie preacheth But to make the Ground of Brounisme lesse colourable to the allegiants theyr Suns light hath giuen afalse shyne and thus it is First they tell vs that in raising vp this Church-ministerie lay-men may ordaine by Laying on hāds and consecrating the partie to such businesse That this is but a dreame I haue all rules in scripture ād consent of all Auncients and all Churches in this age against them Are they not like to haue a sound platforme of externall church-order that begin in such disorder Sec they tell vs of a Doctor exercised in the Church her peculiar exercises and that in deliuering doctrin vpō whome in the secōd place the Pastor must iump in with his exhortatiō distinguishing Doctor ād Pastor only by Doctrine ād Exhortation which rather ought to be reconciled by 1 Cor. 14. 26. hauing for this only a poore sermon written on Rom. 12. 3. c. misapplyinge verse 7. thertof as also the end of verse 8. for Men-widowes here against I haue the concordance of scripture and the voice of all Churches who acknowledge no Doctor peculiarly distinct but him of the Schooles much lesse did euer any dreame of menwidowes in one age or other Thirdly taking for graunted which is false to me who can proue a visible Church in all ages that all our synagogues were builded by Anti-christ to Idolatrie and therfore symply vnlawfull for a christian therein to pray or teach Besides the first may not be graunted I iudge theyr doctrine Iuish and after a sort to be a denyall of Christ com in the flesh and opposit to those scriptures Iohn 4. 21. 23. 1 Tim. 2. 8. 4. 4. Coloss. 2. 20. c. Isa. 23. 17. 18 Micah 4. 13. with others and heare againste hath bene the practise of the Church euer synce such was builded Fourthly they teach a man after the first excommunication he is to be held an enemie And to this end where Mr Barrowe had in his description of the Church placed that of the Apostle 2. Thess. 3. 15. after excommunication they in reprintinge it last yeare but subtilly giuing it tholde date as if he had bene of theyr mynd although both he Mr Penry Mr Greenwood wold haue shamed to stand in this and others theyr cōdemnations they do place that Apostolicall Canon before 〈◊〉 because they wold quickly ridde their hand of brotherly admonishments as for all scripture and 〈◊〉 the Catholike church it is euer against them As thei begin theyr discipline so they finish it in Censures vn-ruly neither beginning nor ending with anie harmonie of scripture or consent of anie church To omit other inventions of theyrs if now Corah Dathan and Abiram do seeke for offices by a lawe of theyr owne makinge trobling the Chatholicall Church with theyr start-vp inventions though they schismed not from the vniversall body vvhich they haue the vniuersall church of Israell is bound in payne of death vpon the insight of theyr insurrection to depart from theyr tēts againste whome alredy a deuouring fire is gone out from Iehouahs presence So far are they from beinge fitte to sit as Iudges on all others or fitte to prescribe rules of direction to all Churches But let them if they can afforde vs thinterpretation of any one Riddle in the Ghospell which they did not synd out by psowing with Samson his heifer in England Hearing thus that the grounds of Brownisme will nothing sheilter the Reuolts that vse them let vs heare what Daut●… saith of such as are adverse to the Church They that hate Zion the place where god hath put his name There called by Ezek. ch vlt. Iehouah-there because the eternall shold in habit there for euer they shalbe ashamed turned backward ashamed to returne they shall apostate They shalbe as the grasse on the howse tops despising fellowship with the lord his poore people in a lowe estate it may be because of som weeds they therefore cry stand apart com not nere to me for I am holier them thow and so they ●…ount vp alofte swelling in the bladder of theyr pride as grasse on the howse tops which vvithereth before it com forth these are saith Isaiah a smoke in the lords wrath they shalbe sodainly destroyed euen when the mockers eat and drinke saying peace vnto his owne sowle as euery of those hatefull spirits braggeth they neuer had such rest in theyr sowles but woe to those that are at rest in Zion much more at rest out of Zion whereof the Movver filleth not his band the Man of god may hope to reape such for the Lord his barne but god his iudgment ceazing on the proud Pharises the ministers hope shalbe frustrate neither shall the glainer fill his lappe nor shall anie