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A42772	An usefull case of conscience discussed and resolved concerning associations and confederacies with idolaters, infidels, hereticks, or any other known enemies of truth and godlinesse. By Master George Gillespie, late minister at Edinburgh. Whereunto is subjoyned a letter, written by him to the commissioners of the Generall Assembly, in the time of his sicknesse: together with his testimony unto this truth, written two dayes before his death.	Gillespie, George, 1613-1648.	1649 (1649)	Wing G762A; ESTC R213029	21,990	42

them With the malignants are to be joyned the prefane and scandalous from all which as also from heresies and errors the Lord I trust is about to purge his Churches I have often comforted my self and still do with the hopes of the Lords purging this poluted Land surely the Lord hath begun and will cary on that great Work of mercy and will purge out the Rebels I know their will be alwayes a mixture of Hypocrites but that cannot excuse the conniving at grosse and scandalous sinners This pu●ging Work which the Lord is about very many have directly opposed and said by their deeds we will not be purged nor resined but we will be joyning and mixing our selves with these whom the Ministers preach against as malignant enemies to God and his Cause But let him that is filthy be filthy still and let Wisdome be justifyed of her Children I recommend to them that fear God sadly and seriously to consider that the holy Scripture doth plainly hold forth 1. That the helping of the enemies of God or joyning and mingling with wicked men is a sin highly displeasing 2. That this sin hath ordinaryly ensnared Gods People into diverse other sins 3. That it hath been punished of God with grievous judgements 4. That utter destruction is to be feared when a people after great mercies and judgements relapse into this sin Ezra 9. 13. 14. Upon these and the like grounds for my own exoneration that so necessary a Trueth want not the Testimony of a dying Witnesse of Christ also the unworthiest among many thousands And that Light may be h●ld forth and warning given I cannot be silent at this time but speak by my pen when I cannot by my tongue yea now also by the pen of another when I cannot by my own seriously and in the name of Jesus Christ exhorting and obtesting all that fear God and make conscience of their wayes to be very tender and circumspect to Watch and Pray that they be not ensnared in that great dangerous sin of conjunction or complyncae with malignant or profane enemies of the Truth under whatsoever prudentiall considerations it may be vernished over which if men will do and trust God in his own way they shall not only not repent it but to their greater joy and peace of Gods people they shal see his work go on and prosper gloriously In witnesse of the premisses I have subscribed the same with my hand at KIRKCALDY Decemb. 15. 16●8 Before these witnesses M. F. Carmichael Minister at Markings and M. Alex. Moncrief Minister at Skonie Sic subscrib. George Gillespie F. C. witnes A. M. witnes Followeth that part of Mr. Gillespie his Letter-Will unto which the former testimony relateth BEing through much weaknesse and sicknesse in expectation of my last change I have thought good by this my Letter-Will under my hand to declare first of all that the expectation of death which appeareth not to be far off doth not shake me from the Faith and Truth of Christ which I have pro●essed and preached neither do I doubt but this so much opposed Covenant and Reformation of the three Kingdomes is of God and will have a happy conclusion It hath pleased God who chooseth the foolish things of this world to confound the wise and the things that are not to confound the things that are to imploy me the unfittest and unworthiest among many thousands in the advanceing and promoting of that glorious work and now I repent no forwardnesse or zeal that ever I had therein and dare promise to as many as wil befaithful and zealous in the Cause of God it shall be no grief of heart to them afterward but matter of joy and peace as this day I find it through Gods mercypassing by my many and great infirmities approving my poor endevours in his cause But if there be a falling back to the sinne of complyance with malignant ungodly men then I look for the breaking out of the wrath of the Lord till there be no remedy O that there were such a spirit at least in such of our Nobility as stand for the Trueth that they may take more of Gods counsell and leane lesse to their owne reason and understanding As from dangers on the other hand from Sectaries I have been and am of the opinion that they are to be prevented and avoided by all lawfull means but that the dangers from malignants are nearest and greatest in this Kingdome Kirkcaldie September 1. 1648. FINIS Z●ppe●us de Pol Mos. lib. 6. Cap. 4. Pelar●us in Deut. 7. 1 2 3. Pareus in Gen. 14. Revetus in Exod. 23. 32 Tarnovius tract. de foederibus See Victor Srigel in 7 paralip 25. 2. Also Zepperus Pelargus Tarnovius ubi supra Lavater in 2 Paralip 25. in Ezek. 16. 26. P. Martyr Loc. Com. Clas. 4. cap. 16. 〈◊〉 23. comment in 1 Reg. 15. 17. c. The same thing is holdenby Tst●tus in 3. Reg. 15. Quest 24. Corn a Lapide in 3. Reg. 22. 3. Socral hist lib. 5. Cap. 10. Sleid. comment lib. 7 pag. 106. Ibid. lib. 8. pag. 127. de Helvetiis in foedus recipiendis quod civitates valde cupiebant Saxo per Legatos respondet quoniam de coena Dom. diversum sequantur dogma non sibi licere societatem cum ipsis ullam coiri quante sit ipsorum conjunctio propter vires atque potentiam non se quidem latere sed ●o sibi minime respiciendum esse ne tristis inde sequatur exitus quod iis accidisse Scriptura testetur qui muniendi sui causa cujusque modi praesidiis usi ●uissent Vide etiam pag. 133. Quod si Zuingliani faterentur errorem atque desisterent comprehen di etiam in hac pace sin minus tum desere●dos nec anxilii quicquam eis communicandum neque f●dus ullum cum ipsis faciendum esse Et infra lib. 9. pag. 156. Et recipiendos esse placet in hoc foedus Smalcaldicum qui velint atque cupiant modo Doctrinam Auguste propositam in Commitiis pro●iteantur sortem communem subeant Polit. Christ lib. 7. Cap. 1. Kekerm de Repub. Spart disp. 4. lib. 2. Cap. 20. Sanctius Corn a la●ide in 2 Sam. 19. Antiq. Jud. lib. 7. Cap. 10. Tostatus in 2 Reg. 17. Quaest. 24. Antiq. lib 7. Cap. 10 See M. Fox acts and monuments vol. 2. page 86. 9. 870. edi● 1589. See the Estates Principalitis Empires of the world translated by Grimstou pag. 364. to 370. Acts and mo●uments nbi supra pag. 872. Slcid. Com. lib. 7. pag. 106. 119. 120. This far did the Author write with His own hand two dayes before his death but finding his weaknesse encrease that he was able to writ no more he dyted that which followeth