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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17587	A re-examination of the five articles enacted at Perth anno 1618 To wit. concerning the communicants gesture in the act of receaving. The observation of festivall dayes. Episcopall confirmation or bishopping. The administration of baptisme and the supper of the Lord in privat places.	Calderwood, David, 1575-1650.	1636 (1636)	STC 4363; ESTC S107473	157,347	259

A re-examination of the five articles enacted at Perth anno 1618. To wit Concerning The communicants gesture in the act of receaving The observation of festivall dayes Episcopall confirmation or bishopping The administration of baptisme in privat places And The supper of the Lord in privat places Printed anno 1636. To the Reader YOu know good Reader if a man have a pretious Iewel hee will bee exceeding carefull to keep it from any tash True religion is more pretious then the most pretious jewel it should be the breath of our nosthrils and the ●oy of our hearts Wee finde that in all ages the preservation of religion in puritie hath beene dearer to the godly then their very lives As the preservation of religion in puritie hath been maintained so hath the restauration to puritie beene purchased with the bloud of Martyres and grievous troubles of many confessors The reformation of the Church within this realm was not obtained without the martyrdome of some and the hazard of the lives and estates of many other of our worthie predecessours The temple was throughly built and the head-stone brought foorth with the acclamation of other reformed Churches the Church of England which as Bucerus observed in histime standeth in the midst betwixt the Romane and reformed only excepted crying Grace grace unto it No where was the doctrine sounder the divine worship purer the government fitter for the building of Gods house But of late yeares the doctrine is leavened with Arminianisme and poperie the worship of God defiled with superstition and idolatrie the joint government of Pastors in presbyteries synodall and generall assemblies with subordination of presbyteries to synods and synods to generall assemblies is changed into tyrannicall oligarchie So that it may bee observed in our times to bee true which was noted by Aventinus to have beene done among the Popes in his time that the same deedes are at one time branded with the mark of superstition and at another time set out with the glorious title of pietie at one time attributed to Antichrist at another time to Christ at one time judged tyrannicall and unjust at another time just and righteous That which before we rejected as superstitious or idolatrous is now called truely religious that which before was called Antichristian and tyrannicall is receaved now as ancient and Apostolicall Is it not lamentable to see that government which maintained the kingdome of Antichrist in former times and with much paines thrown foorth to bee reestablished Some idle ministers deserting their owne particular flocks have taken upon them to bee diocesan pastors the principall and only pastors of all the congregations within an whole diocie to plant and transplant Ministers without consent of presbyteries to stay their proceedings against hainous offenders to sit as Princes amongst priests at their diocesan synods to suspend and deprive Ministers by the power of the high Commission without the consent of any lawfull let bee pretended assemblie of the Church to fine confine imprison Ministers or other professours without consent of the estates to sit in the Checker Counsell Session and to bear offices of estate to vote in Parliament in name of the Church without consent of the Church many of the Ministrie repyning and none consenting but upon conditions and cautions which are not regarded to send Commissioners to Court as directed from the Clergie or Church who return with articles in favours of Papists or for advancement of their estate is not the office of Deane and election of bishops by deane and chapter rejected as Popish by our generall assemblies recalled again without consent of the Church or so much as a pretended assemblie Are not the best qualified exspectants debarred from entrie to the Ministrie unlesse they subscrive such articles as the pretended bishops have devised and others obtruded upon congregations to their great grief Ministers are troubled by them with the acts of pretended assemblies whereas themselves transgresse the acts of many laudable assemblie Ministers are become dissolute and erroneus doctrine is taught without controlement We have cause to fear ere it be long that sound and faithfull Ministers shall become as rare as wedges of gold Consider further that soone after the government was changed idolatrous superstitious and ridiculous ceremonies were introduced into the worship of GOD with the five famous articles of which we are now to treat Moe are intended in the cannos lately ●●blished and yet moe expected with the liturgle not yet printed neither can wee look for an end till the whole worship of God be defiled And yet these ceremonies are either commended as ancient or slighted as matters indifferent It is called in question if not altogether denyed whether the Pope bee the great Antichrist or not the possibilitie of reconciliation with Rome is maintained and to this end erroneous points of doctrine delivered in publick or defended in p●ivate or our differences from the Romish church slighted as not fundamentall Bookes of this kinde are printed with priviledge in our neighbour church and in private commended by such amongst us as apprehend the maintainance of this course to bee the easiest way to preferment Doctor Francis White in his treatise of the Sabbath ranketh among the traditions of the church the baptisme of infants religious observation of the Lords day the administration of baptisme and the Lords supper in publick assemblies and congregations the deliverie of the elements of the holy communion in both kindes the service of the church in a known language The Reader may finde more of this stuffe in Coz●ns devotions in Montagues Gagg and Appeal and in Shelfords sermons Have wee not need to f●ar the burning of our owne house when our neighbours house is in fire Have wee not greater cause to fear and bestirre our selves when the fire hath seased upon the thack of our own house and poysonable errours are vented amongst our selves Do wee then complain without iust cause or for matters of no importance The reconcilers cry peace peace but mean to peace till wee bee at peace with Rome The Prelates charge us with shisme and sedition but they mean to peace without peaceable possession of their places and obedience to their directions They call us shismaticks and yet cannot endure generall assemblies the ordinarie remedie of division and shismes as was acknowledged by the Kings Commissioners and such as were acquainted with his Maiesties minde at Linlithgow anno 1606. To what end was it enacted with their owne consent at Glasgow 1610. that those who were called bishops should be lyable to the triall and censure of the generall assemblie for their office and benefice life and conversation if we have not yearly or set generall assemblies to try them or censure us if we shall be found guiltie of shisme Grievances presented by Ministers to parliam●nts which should be the chief sanctuaries of refuge to all distressed subiects are suppressed and not suffered to be read in publick before the Estates