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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45152	A plea for the non-conformists tending to justifie them against the clamorous charge of schisme. By a Dr. of Divinity. With two sheets on the same subject by another Hand and Judgement.	Humfrey, John, 1621-1719.	1674 (1674)	Wing H3703A; ESTC R217013	46,853	129

Bishop Curates he should have said no more then the Kingdom when the King dyes and yet certainly the King and People are as much constitutive parts of a Kingdom as Pastor and People of a Church who will say that considers what he saith that a particular Church is dissolved by the death or removal of the Pastor Afterward he tell us the Opinion of Dr. Gouge then of Mr. Baxter as to the removing of Abiather and lastly p. 77. That he hath thought hitherto that the distinction of the Office and of the exercise of the Office had gone uncontrouled amongst Presbyterians and though the Ministers of Christ depend not not upon the Christian Magistrate for their Office and he cannot degrade them yet quoad Exercitium as to the Exercise of it in his Dominions he might and that he had power to silence such as are judged unmeet to Preach and in this Mr. Baxter confirms him c. § 52. He will at least ex abundanti grant that man hath no power to say to those Do not preach to whom Christ and his Church hath said Go and Preach it is some relief yet that he will in any thing suffer us to acknowledge Imperatorem coeli The Ministers were not put out of Office 1662. then Onely forbidden to exercise that Office within the Kingdom of England but where was this prohibition The Law only saith in publick Churches and Chappels But the Churches he saith were not dissolved any more by having new Pastors than the Kingdom is dissolved when the King dyes he should have said by having a new King The Question is whether the Churches were not dissolved by the removal of their Pastor We think not so he saith Are we not agreed the Governours were in being the Governed in being only the Governours were in Prison and for a time could not exercise their Office in their Churches But if the Governours were discommissioned unordained surely the Governing Church was dissolved as the Governing Kingdom so far as the Governours act by commission is by his leave dissolved at the death of a King as we all know § 53. He asks who will say That a particular Church is dissolved upon the Death or Removal of the Fastor I answer any one that understands sense if there were no other Governour and he be not in being surely the particular organical Governing Church is dissolved the body is not necessitated to part but at liberty whether they will agree to the next Pastor yea or no his Friend Mr. Candry hath said so Mr. Hooker had said If the Church be not a Church without Officers Cawdrys Answer to Mr. Hookers Survey chap. 8. page 133. then as oft as the Officers dye the Church dyeth also That is an Authoritative Governing Church and indeed for any to say a Church is a Ministerial Church without a Minister or a Governing Church without a Governour is a piece of sence I cannot understand § 54. But to return to the Case of Abiathar which is brought to prove the power of Magistrates to put Ministers as well out of their Office as out of their Preferments Possessions and publick Temples all which is granted and excluded the Question I have nothing to do with any mans Opinion in the case Let us fairly debate and understand the case and see whether it will conclude for the Author yea or no. Aaron was Gods undoubted High-Priest immediately constituted so by himself His Sons were also ordained by God to succeed him Aaron had four Sons 1 Chron. 6.4 Nanab and Abihu these Lev. 10. dyed before their Father Eleazar and Ithamor By Gods special order Eleazar was made the High-Priest instead of Aaron Numb 20.26 28. Eleazer died Josh 24.33 Phinehas his Son succeeded him Jud. 20.28 Here the Scripture leaveth us The next High Priest we read of was Eli for his neglect to correct his scandalous Sons God threatneth that he would cut off his Posterity from his Altar 1 Sam. 2.33 35. and raise up unto himself a saithful Priest This was the known will of God declared to Eli by two Prophets his Sons Hophni and Phinehas died before him Ahilub is by Divines concluded to have succeeded him he is called Ichabods Bother 1 Sam. 14.3 That is Elies Grandchild Ahiah succeeded Ahilub as is plain from 1 Sam. 14.3 Ahimelech succeeded him as is plain 1 Sam. 22.11 Here God's Vengeance on Elies Family began to appear Saul slays him and all his Fathers House 1 Sam. 22.16 only v. 20. Abiathar escapeth and fleeth unto David and was with him in all his troubles by Saul but in the mean time it would be enquired who was High Priest for Saul at Jerusalem and this the Scripture saith not possibly he little regarded the Ecclesiastical Order instituted by God But it is a greater difficulty how the H. Priesthood came out of the line of Eleazer Aarons Eldest Son into the line of Ithamar the Younger Son of Aaron Nor doth the Scripture resolve us nor Josephus who assureth us Eli was of the Family of Ithamar and the first of it but says only He took the Priesthood of whose Family Abiathar was the last Josephus v. 62.12 This Abiathar was one of those who during Davids life and contrary to his Will proclaimed Adonijah King 1 Sam. 1.25 which was no less than High Treason Solomon calling him to account for it spares his life for the kindness he had shewed to his Father telling him he was worthy of death but confineth him to Anathoth where he could not execute the Priests Office 1 King 2.26 27. So saith the Text He thrust out Abiathar from being Priest unto the Lord and it is added That he might fulfil the Word of the Lord which he spake concerning the House of Eli in Shiloh yet 1 King 4.3 In the rool of the Officers we find Zadock and Abiathar were the Priests so that it seems he was a Priest still Whatever is to be understood by He put him out of the Priests Office 't is certain 1 King 2.35 he made Zadoc in his room who was of the Sons of Eleazar 1 Chron. 24.3 We cannot understand from Scripture but that the High-Priesthood ought to have been in the Family of Eleazer and it is like the disorderly times of the Judges altered it Solomon restoreth it and in doing it fulfilled what he knew was the will of God about Elies Family It is not improbable but David had done it before but for Abiathars peculiar Service to him in his troubles Now we have the case 1. Solomon knew that Abiathar was of the younger House from Aaron whereas the High-Priesthood truly belong'd to the Elder 2. He knew also God had declared his Will to root out the House of Eli. 3. This Abiathar had committed the highest crime Solomon might have put him to death but for his kindness to his Father as to life he spares him but thinks fit to send him far enough from the Court and the place