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A50298	The rending church-member regularly call'd back to Christ and to his church, or, A sober answer to certain questions of a company of discontented and covenant-deserting brethren in which are laid down clear grounds of solid conviction ... / by Marmaduke Matthews ...	Matthews, Marmaduke, 1606-1683?	1659 (1659)	Wing M1325; ESTC R32419	20,458	55

were those gracelesse companions that are condemned in the Gospel of Luke 19.14 7. The seventh is that which assures converted Parents must evidently of the hopefull Education and heavenly Election of their Children as 't is apparently promised in Isa 65 19 22. And I will rejoyce in Jerusalem and joy in my people and the voice of crying shall be no more hoard f●● as the daies of the tree are the daies of my people and mine Elect shall enjoy in old age the work of their hand they are the s●●● of the blessed of the Lord and their buds with them Who can affirm that those Infants d● relate to Christs Elect Flock whose Father have relinquish't Christs Fould and do love to live out of it Shall not the sinnes of such Parents be visited upon their children when his sanctifying Spirit that is in his Covenant-Servants shall rest in their seed and seeds seed from generation to generation according to what is recorded Isa 44.34 I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thy Off-spring and they shall spring as among the grasse as willows by the water-courses So Chap. 54.13 And all thy Children shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be the peace of thy Children And Chap 59.20 The Redeemer shall come to Zion and to them that turn from transgression in Jacob For this is my Covenant with them saith the Lord my Spirit that is upon thee and my words that I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed saith the Lord. But if the Mother live a Jezallells life will not Christ kill her Children with death and cause ALL the Churches thereabouts to know that he himself hath been the searcher for the foul offences of such Mothers or Fathers as are Church desi●ers as 't is threatned in Rev. 2.22 23. 8. The eighth is that whereby God is engaged to free from forrow and to fill with Joy the souls of his Covenant-Servants in Church-fellowship as 't is to be seen in expresse termes Isa 65 13 14 17 18 19. Beh●●● my S●rvants shall rejoyce but ye shall be ashamed they shall sing for joy of h●●●● but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart and howle for vexation of spirit Be glad and rejoyce for ever in that which I create for behold I create Jerusalem a rejoycing and her people a j●y and the voice of we●pin●●●all be no more heard nor the voice of crying c. Have they either Rule or Reason to rejoyce that refuse to relate to the heavenly Jerusalem or to spend their whole time in his spiritual Temple with the eminent triumphers mentioned in Revel 7.9 10 15 17. After this I beheld a great multitude which no man could number of all Nations ●nd Kindred and people and tongues stood before the Throne and before the Lamb cloathed with White Robes and Palmes in their hands crying with a loud voice Salvation to our God Therefore they are before the Throne of God and serve him day and night and God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes So Chap. 12.12 Rejoyce therefore ye Heavens and ye that dwell therein Who besides notorious flatterers dare affirm that they are heavenly Christians or perswaded with Japhet to dwell in the Tents of Sh●m with Christ who dare affront and disobey his Combinational Churches May they be said to be regular rejoycers in the King of Saints who refuse either to walk with or work among his conformable Subjects Truly those and only those children of men that dare give the lye to God will stand to such an Assertion 9. The ninth is that which laies down a ground of hope for to enjoy a considerable quantity of outward goods and earthly comforts as 't is found affirm'd and confirm'd Psal 23. the 1 5 6 verses The Lord is my Sheapherd I shall not want Thou preparest a Table before me thou anointest my head with oyl my Cup runnes over Surely goodnesse and mercy shall follow me all the daies of my life and I will dwell in the House of the Lord for ever So Isa 65.21 They shall build Houses and inhabit them they shall plant Vineyards and eat the fruit thereof They shall not build and another inhabit they shall not Plant and another eat And Ezek. the 34.25 26. They shall dwell safely in the wildernesse and sleep in the woods and I will make them and the places round about them blessing and will cause the shower to come down in his season there shall be showers of blessing Though sometimes the best of the Lords Covenant Servants as Elias and Paul may be brought to a very low ebbe for the things of this life yet was there ever any want of food convenient or any other necessary good to such as were faithfull dwellers that is to say weldoers in the House of God Although the Dew of Heaven and the fatnesse of the Earth doth often fall out to be the share of an Esau who falls away from Christs little Flock in Isacc's Family for to live alone as an out cast Cain in in Mount Seir or the Land of Nod which is the place of Vagrants yet is' t not easie to observe that that large cut that is so carved to him and his is such an unsatisfied superfluity as doth but fatten them for the day of slaughter And such persons prosperity is an usuall fore runner of sore perdition as it appears Psal 73 12. Prov. 1.32 Doth God at any time shower down his true blessings but about the blessed Sheapherds Tents where his tame and tractable Sheep and Lambs have their abode Can you shew that any persons are so persued with such devouring distresses such perplexing poverty such fearfull Afflictions as unthankfull Church Members and evil Church-neighbours are It being but the fearfull fulfilling of what was fiercely foretold in Deut. 28.47 48. Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulnesse of heart for the abundance of all things thou shalt serve thine enemies in hunger thirst and nakednesse and in want of all things So Isa 8 21 22 When they shall be hungry they shall fret themselves and curse their King and their God They shall look to the earth and behold trouble and darknesse dimnesse of anguish So Jer. 12.13 14. They have sown Wheat but shall reap thornes and put themselves to pain but shall not profit because of the fierce anger of the Lord And they shall be ashamed of your revenues Thus saith the Lord God against his evil NEIGHBOVRS 10. The tenth and last of those Gospel-Promises which persons that are out of Church-Covenant are not in a capacity to close with or to take comfort from is the Promise of an undoubted title to Divine Teachers and an unfeigned propriety to reformed and reforming Pastors of which singular mercy solemn mention is made in both Testaments as in Isa 30.20 Thy Teachers shall not be removed any more into a corner but thine eyes shall see thy Teachers So Jer. 3.15 I will give you Pastors according to my own heart who shall feed you with understanding and knowledge And 1 Cor. 3.5 9 22. Who is Paul and who is Apollo but Ministers by Whom ye believed For we are Labourers together with God ye are Gods Husbandry ye are Gods Building Whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours and ye are Christs and Christ is Gods So Heb. 13.17 Obey them that have the rule over you and submit your selves for they watch over your souls as they that must give an account that they may do it with joy and not with grief for that is not profitable for you Is' t probable that their souls shall be preserved from going astray after Satan who unthankfully refusing to attend on the teaching of publique Teachers do reject Gods ordinary means of preservation Are they not to this day running on in Apostacy who are not related to any Pastors Or is' t any wonder that they dare so wretchedly to wrest the Sacred Scriptures and to wallow in open sinnes who will have no Church Officers to watch over their souls NOW I appeal to any professing person that is endued either with conscience or common sense whether it be not a known duty which is due to Christ from all those creatures who would be accounted Christians both to obey these Ten memorable Precepts and also to embrace these Ten mercifull Promises that are pointed at in this present Paper and whether any one of all the children of Adam is in a capacity to answer his expectation in any measure in an ordinary manner that is not either in very deed or at least in desire and endeavour both converted to Christ and also in Covenant with some one or other of his Congregational Churches Thus not doubting any thing at all but that every one of you that is well gathered to Christ and well grounded on Christ will be very willing to be guided and governed by Christ This labour and these lines of love are left with you all and all of you with the Lord by him who is Yours to be commanded in any service that shall be according to Christ MARMADUKE MATTHWS ANd now let me implore and request every one of you to be so far tender of Gods not to be stained Honour and that glorious Profession you have taken upon you as to eschew both the Name and Nature of a RENDING CHURCH-MEMBER its repute as well as the reallity Resolving by Gods assistance for the future to be rebuilding not rending Christs growing Temple and in the first place to suffer your selves to be REGULARLY RECAL'D and in the interim to joyn both heart and band in sending up unanimous Ejaculations to petition his Divine Majesty that himself will be pleased to condescend so low as to bow the Heavens and to put unto these uncomfortable beginnings a comfortable END