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A47074	To Sions louers, being a golden egge to avoid infection, or, A short step into the doctrine of laying on of hands to provoke such as have time, hart, and parts to prosecute, resting upon the promise the tongue of the stutterers shall speake plaine, and out the mouthes of babes, Jehovah shall have praise : looke not to Scottish, nor Dutch, New-England, nor olde, behold the pattern, the Apostles fellowship and so goe up by the tents of the shepheards.	Jones, Sarah.	1644 (1644)	Wing J990; ESTC R4419	7,868	12

TO SIONS LOUERS BEING A GOLDEN Egge to avoide Infection OR A SHORTSTEP INTO the Doctrine of laying on of hands to provoke such as have time hart and parts to prosecute resting upon the promise the tongue of the stutterers shall speake plaine and out of the mouthes of babes Iehovah shall have praise Looke not to Scottish nor Dutch New-England nor Olde Behold the paterne the Apostles fellowship and so goe up by the Tents of the Shepheards Printed in the yeare 1644. VVorthy D. Gouge REmembering your antient acquaintance with mee and my Father long since at rest I presume to father this naked child Without Scholasticke phraises or Schoole learning to dresse it and garnish it and so bring it forth to further view knowing by experience and also you were well reported of for the opening of Doctrines seeing you have had a word of knowledge to preach the Doctrine of Repentance from dead workes and faith towards God and have sweetly taught Christ in his Priestly Office I beseech you leave some good savour of your name before the close of your eyes concerning Christs Kingly Office open the Doctrine of the laying on of hands and rest not in the ceremony which hath been used by the laying on of hands of bloody persecutors I hope you will be wary of new inventions to lay on fowle hands againe leane not to their wisedome that have so long erred take the advice of the Assemblie of the Saints and so of the spouse of Christ who washeth her hands in innocencie and compasseth the Alter let her have her due benevolence and so her right as she is the Eldership to lay on hands by whom she shall appoint Sir there was much jelosie of you in the time of the Prelates that you were too full of feares And now the Lord hath shortned those dayes of persecution and you have a prise in your hand being one of the Maisters of the Assemblie fasten some naile concerning the Doctrine of laying on of hands which will cleare up holy fellowship and take off that aspertion layd upon your congregations that they are false none of Christs but Antichristian Though I doe not for my part say so of them yet the Doctrine of Baptisme and the Doctrine of laying on of hands is left out of them notwithstanding the ceremonys have beene of Baptisme and laying on of hands with more then needed which makes some to goe to a second Baptisme And on other forme some are seekers out of a Baptisme looking for Elyas as John the Baptist to bring it from heaven forsaking all fellowship till Christ shall send forth new Apostles to lay on hands All this is as I conceive is for want of the knowledge of those two middle principalls seeing these things are come to passe in your dayes before your end labour in the word and doctrine to cleare up those two principalls so to our great Doctor I leave you to teach you the misteries of the Kingdome resting ever to love the Saints S. Iones I Printed a few for my owne use because I would not loose my thoughts for such as shal councell me for the best for without councell the thoughts perish If herein I have failed I hope it will be easily passed by being the first fault upon that subject of laying on hands desiring to provoke to love goodworkes so to him that hath loves to bestow upon his beloved who is the wonderfull councellor I leave all the worke TO SIONS LOVERS Being a Golden egg to avoyd Infection c. CHristian Reader I thought to have beene silent but this is a time of warre the war increaseth not onely in earth but also in heaven when the Lord will destroy his enemies hee provokes them to come out against his people and the Saints are as a marke for many to shoote at but this is the comfort of the Saints the Prince of peace his Angells the Ambassadors of peace fighteth for Sion and the hill thereof against the Dragon and his Angells blessed those that helpe the Lord against the mighty the Lord takes part with those that helpes the Saints wherefore let those that are against the Saints hold there peace I will speake come what will The enemies of the godly are forgers of lies and the Saints become their enemies because they tell them the truth wherefore deare friends of Christ harken not to lying vanities and so forsake your owne mercies joyne to the Saints in holy union as Iehovah saith to the Prophet let them returne to thee but returne not thou to them though it be hard to goe against the flood the Dragon casts out of his mouth yet looke to him that guides the stearne the Captaine of our Salvation remember that the destroying mountaine Babell is rowling downe as a burnt mountaine and the beast and the false Prophet is comming also with the ebb into the lake wherefore let the Saints take hart though they goe against the streame of the times for their way is one high and it will be easie for they of the world to goe downe the streame with the lyers their companions wherefore comfort ye my people comfort ye my people saith our God though there be pleaders against Gods people and they are not suffered to pleade for themselves yet the Lord will pleade their cause the spirit may depart from seven and sevens but hee that hath the seven spirits will never depart from his spouse he will be with her to the end of the world walking in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks all the congregations that puts away all abominations so farre as they know and mingle not with drosse what is not declared by letter must be cleared by the word that was before the letter Christ manifest in all his offices and so measure the Temple the Altar the worship and the worshippers put away all humaine inventions that agree not with that rule and so in his armes I leave thee that lovest Sion Exhortations to Gods people GIve glory to the Lord your God before he cause darkenesse and before your feet stumble upon the darke mountaines while you looke for light he turned it into the shadow of death and make it grosse darknesse Let that which is halting be healed least it be turned out of the way Come out of her my people least your hearts faint when you see the judgement It is commendable for Gods people to abide steadfast in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship Observations for Gods people They that be ashamed of the iniquities shall see the pattern of the house of Iehovah The labour of the foolish weary every one of them because he knoweth not how to goe to the City Comfort to Gods People Behold I will make thee a new threshing instruments haveing mouths wherewith thou shalt thresh the mountaines and beat them small and make the hills as chaffe this honour have all

the Saints they shall have a two edged sword in their hands they shall be terrible as an Army with banners great are the Armies many were the publishers all the Congregations of the Saints as shee preachers hold forth Christ publish the Gospel take in and cast out exercising the power of Christ Admonishons to such as goe from mountaine to hill forgetting their resting place Arise this is not your rest because it is polluted Polluted Congregations is not the rest of the Saints why gaddest thou so much to change thy way thou shalt be ashamed of AEgypt as thou wast of Assyria It may be thou maiest be ashamed of the Presbytery as thou wast of the Hierarchie Why doe we sit still Assemble your selves and let us enter into the defensed Cities and let us be silent there for the Lord our God hath put us to silence and given us water of gall to drinke because wee have sinned Beware of doggs for the leaders of this people cause them to erre and they that are led by them are destroyed they that posesse them slay them and their teachers have swallowed up the old path Good councell to luke warme Congregations I councell thee to buy of me gold tryed in the fire that thou maiest be rich and white rayment that thou maiest be clothed that the shame of thy nakednesse doe not appeare and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou maiest see such as see the evill of their way will enter into holy fellowship with silence and here the Saints The Prelates in their time put the godly to silence and the time will come when God shall put many to silence and then they will heare what the spirit speaketh to the Saints none dareing to speake against them Q. What may be the darke mountaines wee may avoyde falling on them A. This is a begging age and there is Phisitians of no value that beg questions but not for healing but some have many questions to beg but before we fall upon querees let us here what hath beene done against the Saints There have beene councellors of state that have councelled for their hurt I hope better things of some that are now clouded with temptations that they will dote upon questions of no worth and plead for a thing of naught and against the Saints but were they grave councelors as healing Elders they would endeavour to heale Babell shee not being healed or come out of her into holy fellowship as the straight gate by reason of persecution and so shine forth to the consuming of Antichrist and their holy fellowship and godly conversation will be as the leaves of the trees of the sanctuary for the healing of the nations And if they were wise pleaders they would not plead against the Saints who were companions with them in sufferings and in their adversitie gave themselves to prayer in holy fellowship for them which they called convinticles who after the way they called heresie worship they God abiding steadfast in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship and put away uncleannesse from them so farre as they know they doe not separate with shame as some Congregations like darke mountaines those that abide in holy fellowship doe not seperate with whores they doe not worship with harlots as the people that doe not understand but may fall upon the darke mountaines If those pleaders that accuse the Saints of that they know not were they wise pleaders they would plead the cause of the dumbe who keepe silence inevill times the wicked being in sight If they would plead their own innoecncy after some that have been first as seeming just they are made dumbe and put to silence for none of their Complaints shall passe the Presse but the Presses are filled with their Letters that open their mouthes wide to smite the Saints with the tongue and wound them with the Pen blotting them with their Inke as if they would not have the name of holy Ones among them as in the time of the Hirarchie the pretious were put out and the uncleane kept in and compelled to come to worship though they relished it no more then the White of an Egge But now when the name of Antichrist should be raised out now they have a prise in their hand to set upon reformation now the judgements of God are on the earth should not the Inhabitants thereof learne Righteousnesse shall the hands of the wicked be strengthned and the hearts of the godly sadded whom the Lord hath not sadded Remember what is said this is that king Ahaz that sinned more and more in the time of distresse Oh that the Saints were wise to gather into holy fellowship the roote of Iesse set up for an Ensigne and so Thrones set up for Judgement in the gates of Sion executing the power of Christ to judge each other then there would bee little or no worke for Lawyers especially among the Saints then evill reports of the Saints would not be received and such as bring up an evill report of the good way of God are not likely to see the pattern of Iehovahs house Let such take heed they fall not upon the darke mountaines as they fell in the Wildernesse but give glory to God confessing their sinne be ashamed of Iniquities so shall yee see the Pattern of the House and goe not so much as neere the Corner of the Harlot gad not from mountaine to hill forgetting the resting place dayes without number Why gaddest thou so much to change thy way If there be another Lord-like power set up you shall be ashamed of it as you were of the former Hirarchy marke what the wise Preacher saith The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them because he knoweth not how to goe to the city Is there not great labour lost in wrong reasoning strife about words Presbitery and Independency which the Saints in fellowship owne not is there not much wearinesse in reading many bookes to no profit but to please the flesh is there not much wearying in carnall disputes contending for nought shewing lust which should not be the custome of the Saints the reason of their wearinesse is they know not to goe to the city where the Saints sit together in holy fellowship as in heavenly places according to the doctrine of laying on of hands which hath not beene tought so farr as I know in the confused congregations since the defection of Antichrist the doctrine of Baptisme and the laying on of hands hath been as it were lost as the book of the law which was found in good Iosias time of reformation such as desire reformation now may doe well to put to pen and presse pulpits and conferences to cleare those two doctrines the doctrine of baptisme will cleare the purities of the ordinances the doctrine of laying on hands will cleare holy fellowship the laying on of foule hands yea