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A42138
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Gospel truths scripturally asserted in answer to Joseph Hallett's twenty seven queries by John Gannacliff and Joseph Nott.
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Gannacliff, John.; Nott, Joseph, d. 1699.
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unto the Lord God that Created you for a purpose of his own Glory that you should reverance his great Name and dread before him And indeed we do Account it a great point of Ignorance in Joseph Hallett or any other Man to Question such a thing and we may to such as Christ Jesus our Lord said unto some in former Ages Ye do Err not knowing the Scriptures nor the Power of God Matth. 22. 29. Qu. 2. Whether a Person putting off his Hatt to a Friend he meets in the Streets be a thing forbidden by the Scriptures of Truth Ans Vain customs are forbiden and Respect of Persons James 2. 1. My Brethren saith he Have not the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of Glory with respect of Persons And is not this respect of Persons used and practised among you at this Day which the Apostle James forbids saying in the 9th Verse of the chap. He that respects Persons commits Sin and is rebuked of the Law as a Transgressor for whosoever shall keep the whole Law and faileth in one point is Guilty of all It seems thou wouldst have the honour and Respect kept up Pharisee like which Christ forbad and cryed Wo against And Christ said How can you believe that seek Honour one of another and seek not the Honour that comes from God only Qu. 3. Whether it be a thing Unlawful for any Man for the Confirmation of a matter of fact to Swear before the Civil Magistrate Ans Christ's Law and Doctrine does not Warrant but prohibits it Matt. 5. 34. James 1. 5. 12. We do believe that it is altogether Unlawful and a breach of the Command of Christ for such are true Christians followers of Christ and obeyers of him to Swear at all either for the confirmation of a matter of fact or other ways For Christ Jesus said unto his Followers Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of Old Time Thou shall not Forswear they self but shall perform unto the Lord thine Oaths but I say un-you Swear not at all Mark Swear not at all neither by Heaven for it is God's Throne nor by the Earth for it is his Foot-Stool neither by Jerusalem for it is the City of the Great King neither shalt thou Swear by thine Head because thou caust not make one hair White or Black And he farther said But let your Communication be Yea Yea Nay Nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of evil Matt. 5. 33 34 35 36 37. Mark Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour saith Swear not at all Now here Christ forbids all Swearing for Swear not at all is a full prohibition And James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ said Above all things my Brethren Swear not Neither by Heaven neither by the Earth neither by any other Oath But let your Yea be Yea and your Nay Nay least you fall into condemnation Chap. 5. 12. And now we desire all People every were where these Lines may come to take the Advice of Jesus Christ and of James his servant and Swear not at all Qu. 4. Whether it be Lawful for a Man to Endeavour to furnish himself with Humane Learning Ans Yea so as he use Humane Learning in it's place 'T is Lawful to Acquire Humane Learning but not to Idolize or use it Unlawfully But if Joseph Hallett Intends for a Man to furnish himself with Humane Learning in order to make him a Minister of Christ then we Answer thus Learning is good in its place but not to be the motive cause of making Men Ministers for that is the Lord's Work and he maketh Ministers of whom it pleaseth him whether Poor or Rich Learned or Unlearned for what Learning had Jeremiah for he said Ah! Lord God behold I cannot speak for I am a Child But the Lord said unto him Say not I am Child for thou shallt go to all that I shall send Thee and whatsoever I command Thee Thou shalt speak And he farther said Be not afraid of their Faces for I am with Thee to deliver Thee saith the Lord. And Jeremiah saith Then the Lord put forth his Hand and touched my Mouth And the Lord said unto me Behold I have put my Words in thy Mouth Chap. 1. 6 7 8 9. Now here we may see that the Lord was both the Sender and Teacher of Jeremiah And what Learning had Amos and how was he sent for he said I was no Prophet neither was I a Prophets Son but I was an Herds-Man and a Gatherer of Secomore-Fruit And he farther said The Lord took me as I followed the Flock Mark and not from Schools of Learning but as I followed the Flock And he also said the Lord said unto me Go Prophesie unto my People of Israel Chap. 7. 14 15. And what Learning had them that Christ called unto the Work of the Ministry Peter Andrew James and John Fisher-Men Matth. 4. 18. 21. And we may see that the Pharisees reflected upon Christ because he was pleased to make use of mean Instruments For they said Have any of the Rulers or of the Pharisees Believed on him But this People who know not the Law are Cursed John 7. 48 49. And it is Written in Acts 4. 13. That when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were Vnlearned and Ignorant Men they marvelled and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus Now here we may see that although Peter and John were Ignorant and Unlearned Men as to Humane Learning Yet they were bold and Valiant for the Truth And this is according to the promise of Christ For he said I will give you a Mouth and Wisdom which all your Adversaries shall not be able to gain-say nor resist Luke 21. 15. And the Apostle Paul said unto the Corinthians And I Brethren when I came to you came not with Excellency of Speech or of Wisdom declaring unto you the Testimony of God And farther he said I was with you in Weakness and in Fear and in much Trembling and my Speech and my Preaching was not with Enticing Words of Mens wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of Power that your Faith should not stand in the Wisdom of Men but in the Power of God 1 Cor. 2. 1 3 4 5. And in the foregoing Chap. the Apostle Speaks much of such things of which we shall Insert one Verse 21. where he saith The World by Wisdom knew not God in the Wisdom of God it pleased God by the Foolishness of Preaching to save them that believe The Apostles did not boast of other Mens Labours or of other Mens Lines of things made ready to their Hands but they Laboured in the Spirit and Power of God and their Glorying was in him 2 Cor. 10 15 16 17. And now we do desire all to seek after that Wisdom which is from above that the Lord by his Spirit is the Teacher of which is first