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A32902	A testimony to the fulfilling the promise of God relating to such women who through the pouring out of Gods Spirit upon them are become prophetesses, daughters, and handmaidens and their prophecying, teaching, preaching,and praying through the operation of the Spirit of Christ, in the church proved lawfully by several plain Scripture testimonies and examples, out of both the Old and New Testaments, both under the time of the Law and also in the Gospel despensation, and the common objection alleged against the same from the Apostle Pauls words in I Cor. 14, 34 and I Tim. 2, 12 &c. clearly answered : recommended to the consciences of all that value the testimony of Holy Scripture / by one who hath diligently searched the Scripture, and hath had an high esteem thereof from his youth, Thomas Camm.	Camm, Thomas, 1641-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing C396A; ESTC R5431	15,913	20

man Praying and Prophecying having his Head covered dishonoureth his Head but every Woman that Prayeth or Prophecyeth with her Head uncovered dishonoureth her Head for that is all one as if she were shaven c. Now he even Paul that gives this direction hath advised to desire after Spiritual Gifts but rather to Prophesie for Prophesie tendeth to the Edification of the Church and the Apostles travel and labour was that the Church might be edified by Prophecying in the Church So its clear he did not forbid the Female that had the Spirit of prophesie to speak in the Church to prophesie and pray in the Church nay he hath given directions how they should demean themselves when they pray and prophesie and saith he You may all speak one by one mark all that all may learn and may be edified God that hath poured out his Spirit is not to be limited in the Male nor Female these four Daughters of Philip's Paul saith did Prophesie God had poured out his Spirit upon them for that end that they might edifie the Church that it might be builded up and established in the most precious Faith of Jesus Christ such Women as were thus endued laboured in the Gospel as well as the Men as may be read in Phil. 4.3 And I entreat thee also true yoke-Fellow help those Women which Laboured with me in the Gospel with Clement also and with other my fellow-Labourers whose names are in the Book of Life Now Paul bid help the Women Labourers in and Publishers of the Gospel and not forbid them to speak nor publish the Gospel in the Church for their names were written in the Book of Life they were come to Christ by him they had Life he had poured out of his Spirit upon these Daughters and Handmaidens and they were in his name by his Power and Spirit to Prophesie to Preach and Teach in the Church to Labour with Paul and Clement in the Gospel● yea Paul was so far from forbidding that he entreats his yoke-fellow to help them yea he commands them to be Teachers of good things as may be seen in Titus 2. But speak thou the things saith Paul to Titus which become sound Doctrine that the aged Men may be Sober Grave Temperate sound in Faith in Charity in Patience The aged VVomen likewise that they be in Behaviour as becometh Holiness not false Accusers not given to much VVine Teachers mark Teachers of good things that they may Teach the young VVomen observe Teach the young Women to be Sober love their Husbands to love their Children to be Discreet Chaste keepers at Home Good Obedient to their Husbands that the VVord of God be not Blasphemed c. Here is good Women Teachers this is blessed Teaching such Teachers are not forbidden to speak in the Church such have Author●● from Christ and the Apostle Paul to be Teachers of good things amongst them with whom they Congregate and Meet for how shall they Teach them with whom they do not meet and where two or three are gathered in the Name and Fear of Christ there is he present there is his Church met together though but two or three and Females here they may yea Paul saith Let the Elder be Teachers of good things to the Younger such as are learned in the School of Christ have received the Spirit of Christ the Spirit of Truth that leads into all Truth and are led thereby acted thereby the Spirit speaking in them may instruct others teach others good things when they are gathered and congregated together yea in the Church Moreover Paul commends Phebe to the Romans as may be read in Rom. 16.1 And again makes mention of her in the Conclusion as followeth I commend saith he unto you Phebe our Sister which is a Servant of the Church which is at Cenchrea written to the Romans from Corinth and sent by Phebe Servant of the Church at Cenchrea here Paul calls Phebe our Sister and Servant that is Minister of the Church at Cenchrea for a Minister is a Servant So here all may see how Paul commends her to the Romans as a Minister of the Church and bids receive her in the Lord as becometh Saints and to assist her not one Word of forbidding her to Speak and Minister no no such as laboured with him in the Gospel was his fellow-Helpers therein his Sisters in the Lord and Companions in his Work and Ministry yea God Almighty through Christ had poured his Spirit upon them all Sons and Daughters Servants and Handmaids they are all therefore to Prophesie Pray Preach and Teach as the Spirit moves leads instructs and gives utterance all is to wait upon God to be filled with the Spirit as Paul directs the Ephesians Ephes 5.18 Be not Drunk with Wine saith he wherein is Excess but be filled with the Spirit c. And further he adviseth not to grieve the Spirit as may be read in Eph. 4.30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God by which you are sealed to the Day of Redemption neither is this Spirit to be quenched nor Prophecying dispised as may be read in 1 Thess 5.19 20. Quench not the Spirit despise not Prophecying now to forbid to speak or command silence where God hath poured out his Spirit upon Daughters and Handmaids is to grieve the Spirit to quench the Spirit to despise Prophecying which Paul adviseth the Ephesians and Thessalonians not to do but to be filled with the Spirit to desire spiritual Gifts and rather to Prophesie and gives the Reason because saith he It tends to Edification Now by what 's above written it s cleared by Scripture Testimonies that Paul did not forbid Women filled with the holy Spirit to Speak and Minister in the Church so those that use Paul's Words against such Womens Speaking or Prophecying in the Church are ignorant of the Spirit that spoke in Paul unlearned by the same knows not the meaning mystery or inward sence thereof but either takes it too Literally or else as the Apostle Peter well observes in 2 Pet. 3.16 Even saith he as our beloved Brother Paul also according to the Wisdom given unto him as also in all his Epistles Speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to be understood which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest as they do also the other Scriptures unto their own Destruction Now it s such as are unlearned by the Spirit of Truth that leads into all Truth from which Spirit the holy Scriptures were given forth that wrests them for it s not by any other Learning that the heavenly Mystery in holy Writings of the Prophets and Prophetesses Apostles and holy Women can be understood or known it s not all the natural nor acquired Learning that may be got that can do it it s the Inspiration of the Almighty that gives this Knowledge and Understanding it s this Spirit that searcheth out all things yea the deep things of God none can rightly read or

have heard was set out in Churches That Extraordinary Gifts are not altogether ceased in the Church Gualter an Entertainer and Adviser of Queen Elizabeth's Bishops on Rom. 16. says Paul is not ashamed to call Priscilla his fellow-Helper not ashamed of a Woman at the Church of Rome whose Faith was spoken of through the World. That she was the first named because perhaps she was first converted and more known afterwards instructing her Husband they expounded the Way of the Lord to Apollos and without doubt to many others making their House a publick Meeting-House in time of Persecution Augustin saith Every Father and Mother in a Family should play the Bishop So Gualter called the learned who speaks there much against the haughtiness of the Clergy despising mean helps knowing that in Jesus Christ there is neither Male nor Female So Dr. Cave says Prim. Christ part 1. c. 8. He meets with frequent mention of Deaconesses in ancient Writings as Phebe two Maids in Pliny's Letter to the Emperor Clem. Alex. strom l. 3. Of 〈…〉 calls them She 〈…〉 W. Tindal that famous Martyr in his Answer to Sr Thomas Moor pag. 322. and 287. says In some cases Women may Teach and Baptize and Rule their Husbands too if they be besides themselves Yea says he if Histories be true Women have preached since the opening of the New-Testament And in four Historians of the ancient Church Socrat. l. 1. c. 16. Theod. l. 1. c. 24. Sozom. l. 2. c. 6. Niceph. l. 8. c. 34. we find that a Woman converted the Nation of the Iberes who first converted the King then he preached to the men and she and the Queen to the Women Puffinus saith he received it from Bocurius their first Ruler And even in declining and corrupter times mention is made in Histories what liberty Women had in some Councils As in Wilfrid Samms Brit. a chief Bishops time when he would excommunicate the Scots and Northern English because they would not receive the Romish Rites Hilda Abbess of Whitby in Yorkshire withstood him Illyricus test verit And also in his time in a Council at Baconkeld five Kentish Abesses were not only present but subscribed their Names above all Presbyters and a Bishop G. G. Brit. ch hist Cent. 7. And Illyricus mentions another English Abbess that wrote to the Pope in defence of Ancient Canons And Heldegardis she instructed the Pope in his Life Prophesied c. whom Ja. Max●ell in his Book of Prophesies dedicated to K. James's Bishops produces with many other Women And in the Council of Trent it was confessed That the Service of women in the Church was degenerated Hist Counc of Trent l. 2. In the year 1414. Joan VVhite taught spread her husbands doctrine J. Fox Martyr And Dr. Rol. Taylor speaks of Womens Services In the last Age a Woman was principal Ordinary in the Church hers and in her time there remained Permission for Women to Baptize as well as in her Sisters time Conference at Hampton-Court and I find nothing but there doth yet and then why not to Preach For many therein are permitted to Preach yet not to Baptize And t is a Rule that they that may do the greater may do the lesser However they are not only permitted but commanded in the Liturgies Rubrick to speak in the repetition of the Creed Responses Psalms c. if they be of the Congregation though not Prophe●eises For all are not Prophets Paul says whose restraint therefore is not universal confessed by Judgment and Practice but on occasion of Abuse as Jerom says and Calvin too RICHARD RICHARDSON THE END