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A26986	Pneumatou diakonia, or, Gospel-churches a standing ordinance of Jesus Christ to continue to his next personal glorious coming, plainly proved : objections particularly answer'd / by an unworthy servant ... R.B.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1682 (1682)	Wing B1348; ESTC R30216	105,872	154

Πνεύματος Διακονία OR Gospel-Churches A Standing ORDINANCE OF Jesus Christ TO Continue to His next Personal Glorious Coming plainly Proved Objections particularly Answer'd By an unworthy servant of Jesus Christ a Mourner in Sion for the Divisions thereof who waits for the day of the Son of Man R.B. Mat. 16.18 Vpon this Rock will I build my Church And the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it 1. Cor. 11.26 As often as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye do shew the Lord's Death till HE COME Eph. 3.21 Vnto him be glory in the CHVRCH throughout all Ages London Printed by T.M. for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside near Mercers Chappel 1682. TO THE READER Christian Reader IF thou intendest a serious perusal of the ensuing Treatise 't will not be amiss to stay a while at the Portal 'T is now two full years and upward since it was fitted for the Press the Remora's of its publication are needless to mention to thee It hath in that time been frequently given up to the Lord and the service of his Churches with earnest cries to him who Ministers Seed to the Sower and makes the Seed sown to prosper that it may be blessed for some Spiritual advantage to them that truly fear him whether in or out of the Churches of Christ What of the leadings help of the Lord an unworthy dust hath had in the managery of this Work from first to last is not needful to be mentioned This I think meet to say to the praise of match-less Grace that I have not been altogether without them and in some things such clear openings as I never had before All is submitted to the Judgment of the truly Judicious and if the least be contributed for the establishment of the Lords Children the weakest of them in the Path and way of the Gospel let him have the Glory I obtain the end aimed at The Reasons of the present undertake are too many to give an account of I know none that have ex professo handled this Subject 'T is true the Learned Dr. Owen some while-since and long after this was finished for the Press hath writ much in a little touching it but he tells us he only debates it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in passage There have been and still are some that openly oppose this way of the Gospel upon various accounts Of which at least some of them we give particular notice That in every Generation Satan hath set himself against the Churches of Christ since they have had a being in the World none are ignorant of who have thought it any part of their concern to enquire into these matters Many wayes he hath taken to eradicate root them out and hath by some of those wayes greatly disturbed perplexed shaken them As 1. Sore great Persecutions hath he oft raised against them from the first dayes of the Gospel till now And though he hath often seen the Vanity of his attempts that way to root them out yet he is unwearied therein Millions of Saints have been tortured butchered destroyed by his Instruments upon the account of their being found in the practice of those Gospel-Wayes Ordinances we are pleading for Nor can any oppugn despise them but they condemn those Millions of innocent ones and justifie Satan and his Instruments in their horrid butcheries of them Touching which more afterwards He early began this cruel work The Priests Ecclesiastick-Governours amongst the Jews together with the Roman-Rulers breath forth Threatnings against them imprison slaughter some eminent ones amongst them to terrifie the rest see Act. 4. 7. 9. They Excommunicate them charge them with broaching New-Doctrines endeavouring to overturn the antient State of Religion as Seditious Factious setting up Separate-meetings or private Conventicles banish cast them into Prison compel them to Blaspheme Whip Behead Stone them Under Claudius about A.D. 45. Herod Agrippa furiously falls upon some of the Disciples of our Lord kills James the Brother of John with the Sword casts Peter also into Prison Act. 12. Him the Angel of the Lord quickly meets with Smites he is eaten up of Worms gives up the Ghost v. 23. At Antioch the Jews are filled with envy against Paul and Barnabas contradicting Blaspheming they raise persecution against them expel them out of their coast Act. 13.45 50. At Iconium also the Vnbelieving Jews stir up the Gentiles against them and the Gentiles and Jews with their Rulers make an assault to use them despitefully and to Stone them Act. 14.2.5 To Lystra from Antioch and Iconium come certain Jews who stir up the People against them they stone Paul and draw him out of the City for dead Act. 14.19 At Philippi Act. 16. Paul and Silas are dragged into the Court unto the Rulers v. 19. They are Scourged cast into Prison v. 22 23. At Thessalonica an uprore is made against them the house of Jason where 't is like they met assaulted but not finding them they draw Jason and certain Bretheren unto the Rulers of the City crying These that have turned the World upside down are come hither also Act. 17.5 6 7 8 9. Preaching at Barea the Jews from Thessalonica come thither also and stir up the People against them v. 13. At Corinth the Jews with one accord make insurrection against Paul bring him to the Judgment-Seat Act. 18.12 At Ephesus by Demetrius a great tumult is raised also v. 24. to 35. At Jerusalem the Jews which are of Asia stir up the People against him and lay hands on him Chap. 21.27 who would have killed him immediately ver 31. Of his afflictions in Asia Paul himself speaks 2 Cor. 1.8 in Judea Heb. 10.32 33 34. About the Seventeenth Year of Nero that Monster A.D. 63. James the Brother of our Lord with others is slain Euseb l. 2. c. 23. Josephus l. 20. Antiq. c. 8. At Alexandria Mark the Evangelist it 's said was put to death This Nero Fires the City of Rome layes it upon the Christians and from hence takes occasion by publick Edict to raise persecution against them He was the first of the Emperours that did so Tertull. in Apologet. which continued to the end of his Reign Peter and Paul it 's said were slain by him with others innumerable How the hand of the Lord wrought him is known condemned he was by the Senate to be punished More majorum i. e. to be whipt to death to prevent which he slew himself with this exprobration of his own sordid villany Turpiter vixi turpius morior I have lived filthily I die more dishonourably Sueton. in Nero. Domitian about A.D. 97. by his Edicts raises another dreadful persecution against the Christians Banishes John into the Isle of Patmos Euseb l. 3 c. 18.19 Eutropius l. 9 Timothy Onesimus and Dionysius the Areopagite were put to death Niceph l. 3 c. 11. with an innumerable company of the faithful beside The Wrath of God pursues him and he is murdered

inviolably to be observed to the end of the World To the proof of which we now address our selves I. Christ himself seems to intimate as much when he gives commission to the Apostles to go forth to preach the Gospel teaching them who shall be converted by their Ministry to observe his whole charge Mat. 28.19 20. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations Baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you and lo I am with you alway even unto the end of the World Two things are plainly asserted 1. That whatever Christ gave them in charge to communicate to others was to be observed and kept by them to the end of the World 2. That the Lord Jesus Christ would all along communicate his presence to such as should to that great period of time be found in the observance of what he commanded II. The great Apostle of the Gentiles who also had seen the Lord and converst with him when he was caught up into the third Heavens expresly asserts concerning one part of this Gospel-Ministration or one great Ordinance appertaining thereunto and such an one as none can regularly be found in the practice of but such as are in a Church-state Act. 2.42 viz. The Ordinance of Breaking Bread that it was to continue to the coming of our Lord 1 Cor. 11.26 For as often as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye do shew forth the Lords death until he come Christ commanded his Disciples a little before he was offer'd up a Sacrifice for them to be found in this practice Luke 22.19 20. This do in remembrance of me And afterwards charges them as they love him to be found in the observance of it as of other his Commandments John 14.15 If ye love me keep my Commandments Tells them it 's an argument of their love and true friendship to him so to do John 14.21 23. and 15.14 Ye are my Friends if ye do whatsoever I command you Which saith our Apostle we are to do till our Lord comes Object 1. But we witness the Lord already come to us therefore we are no longer to be under the observation of it Answ And thus some in the Apostles dayes were wont to talk that they had experienced the Resurrection 't was to them past already so endeavouring to evert the great Doctrine of the Gospel the Resurrection from the Dead Against whom he smartly disputes 1 Cor. 15. But in what sense it is that any pretend that Christ is already come must be a little consider'd 1. He is come in Spirit Power say some Answ And so he was before the writing of this Epistle yea before any one particular Church was gathered by the Apostles Never such a coming of Christ in Spirit and Power as was that in the day of Pentecost Act. 2. Every believer 't is true witnesses his coming to him in Spirit Power Quickning Raising him from the death of Sin to the life of Righteousness Sanctifying Cleansing him which whoever doth not whatever his profession is or by what name soever he is call'd he is not a Believer but in this sense he was already come to these Corinthians before Paul writ this Epistle to them He ownes them for a Church of God affirmes that they were Sanctified in Christ Jesus call'd to be Saints that the grace of God was given them by Christ Jesus that in every thing they were enriched by him in all utterance and in all knowledge that the testimony of Christ was confirmed in them so that they came behind in no Spiritural gift that they were call'd unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 2.4 5 6 7 9. with much more that might be mentioned evidently declaring that Christ was in Spirit Power already come to them yet the Apostle speaks of another coming till which the Saints are to be found in the practice of this institution which coming also these Corinthians waited for 1 Cor. 1.7 Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ Object 2. He is come already to some in person say others there 's therefore an end of this Institution the whole Ministration Answ But the coming of Christ in a corner is not the coming the Apostle here speaks of 'T is an unscriptural anti-scriptural notion as hath been demonstrated but that coming which the Corinthians with all the Saints ever since his departure have been waiting for viz. his Glorious Visible coming in the Clouds of Heaven when every eye shall see him III. The same Apostle most solemnly charges his beloved Son Timothy to keep the Commandment without spot to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Tim. 6.13 14. I give thee charge in the sight of God who quickneth all things and before Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession that thou keep this Commandment without spot till the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ What 's meant by Commandment Answer The words in the Greek are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That you keep the Commandment So the Ar. Syr. V.L. render it His Commandment so the Aeth reads it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is put for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Commandment for the Commandments so Piscator renders it Vt serves haec mandata that thou keep these Commandments viz. the Commandments he had as the Apostle of Jesus Christ communicated to Timothy from Christ These Believers were to observe keep till the appearing of Christ Jesus If the words be strictly adhered to and there be no enallage of the number allowed it comes to the same purpose For 't will not I presume be denied that by Commandment we are not to understand any Commandment given forth by Paul's private Spirit but the Commandment of Christ through him Now of all Christ's Commandments there 's the same reason our reception owning of obedience to any one is grounded upon his Soveraign Authority If I may reject one I may reject all and if I am bound to attend to obey one I am bound to attend to obey all For 't is the same Law-giver that hath given them all forth Besides the Apostle in this Epistle Chap. 5.21 charges him before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the Elect Angels that he observe the things delivered to him without preferring one before another which seems to be the Commandment he thus solemnly charges him in the words under consideration to keep without spot and unblameable to the coming of Christ The plain meaning is the Apostle writes this Epstle to Timothy on purpose to instruct him how to behave himself in the Church of God Chap. 3.15 He had given him sundry directions touching the Officers to be chosen in the Church Chap. 3. Speaks of the Apostasie from the Doctrine and Worship of the Gospel that should be in an after-day Chap. 4. of which also he had treated in his second Epistle to the Thessalonians