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A78013	An individuall letter to every man that calls himselfe a minister of Jesus Christ. Penned more particularly for Mr. Christopher Love, upon some observations from his sermon, preached Jan. 29. 1644. at Windsor, and re-preached at Uxbridge, Jan. 30. 1644. upon Jer. 33. 6. Whereby the author doth examine and enquire, whether Master Love were ever called by God, and Jesus Christ, or directed by the spirit of truth to preach the said sermon: or ever sent forth by Jesus Christ to be his minister. Being also for a caveat or memento to all others who call themselves Christs ministers, to examine whether ever they had a mission or commission from Jesus Christ so to doe, the having embroyled the land of our nativity in an unnaturall warre formerly one with another, contrary to any command, precept, or practises of Christ and his apostles, or word of truth: by whose evill practises they have caused the gospel of truth and peace to be evill spoken of, and have opened a torrent of blood, which none but the heavenly physitian can stop and cure; to whom the author intreateth the people to looke, and pray, and waite for help, for vain is the help of man. Written by an English man, Christs servant, for Englands remembrance.	Burt, Nathaniel, fl. 1644-1655.	1651 (1651)	Wing B6143; Thomason E637_7; ESTC R206611	6,528	8

truthes but again you have set forth some Errours which questions your Missions as Christs Ministers and favours much of man pleasing and of Worldly Wisdome which is earthly sensuall and devilish For though I honour Presbitery it must keep to the word closer in practise having the example of Christ and the Apostles as well the Prophets then English Presbitry hath done It must be more Heavenly wise more self denying and lesse Carnall lesse politique though as wise as Serpents yet innocent as Doves I would neither have them or any other say the Lord faith it when it is only their own sayings and inventions for thereby is the Gospel evill spoken off and there is not severall Gospells and though a man pervert the Gospell yea were it an Angell I dare not hold him blessed in that as preaching mans Doctrine to please men I cannot in that hold him Christs Servant as faithfull Paul hath handled and God by Christ and the spirit the Comforter and his Word hath taught me for which I desire ever to be thankfull I read David by the spirit of the Lord spake his word being in his tongue The God of Israell spake to me the strength of Israell said 2. Sam. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. And these are called the last words of David As Davids are called his last words having seen divers Temptations and evills for the righteousnesse of them so would I have yours for the truth Again though Paul through Gods grace given him laid a foundation 1. cor. 3.10 But faith he let every man take heed how he buildeth upon it for there is no other foundation then Jesus Christ and if any man build on this foundation Gold Silver pretious Stones timber hay or stubble Every mans work shall be made manifest for the day shall declare it and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort it is and every man shall receive his wages according to his labour 1 Cor 3.8.10 11 12 13 14 15. In the twenty eighth and twenty ninth page of your Uxbridge Sermon you say did they who made their footing to be Jure Devino which we have rather found to be Jure Diabolico the Bishops is there meant by you thinke thus to be cast down before the People upon the Dunghill and made vile and contemptible Did they ever thinke to lie under so much disgrace and others to be countenanced by the Nobles and Commons of the Land when themselves are an abhorring to all flesh and their names a reproach to all people and are not these Dagons Nobles Commons become so likewise ut supra though you sought then to please them I fear Col. Von once my Captain subtilty corrupted your young yaars I intreat you and your Brethren to these ensuing to answer without reservation or guile which concerne the Gospel of Gods glory so much though it crosse mans affection or self-interests yet as God is truth let every man speak truth unto his Neighbour though the Ministry say they have Ordination succession Yet their lives qualifications or corruptions or self-interests gives the Gospel a Check or lie they following the whorish world for they ought nor to be men-pleasers strikers or fighters or given to filthy Lucre or Novices neither crafty and deceitfull dealers in their lives and rhetoricall speakings contrary to found and wholesome Doctrine yea the Apostle Paul faith I think that God hath set forth us the last Apostles as men appointed to Death for we are made a Gasing stock unto the World and to the Angells and to men we hunger are naked we have no certain dwelling place are buffeted reviled evill spoken of and yet we blesse and pray and suffer persecution and labour working with our own hands 1 Cor. 4.9.11.12.13 The marginall notes faith He that will take right view how like Paul and the Pope such are who lyingly boasteth he is his Successor let him compare the Delicates of the Popish Court and St Pauls state as we see it here and how far was Christs state short of this I pray you who saith the Servant is not greater then his master and since the Pope is granted to be that Whore and the Bishops their Successors with him to be none of the Apostles successors And neither of them are Jure Devino but rather Jure Diobolico and as you observe abhorred of all flesh and a reproach to all people And as amongst other things for corrupt Ceremonies in service and Doctrine for preaching up Tyranny and that People must obey the Kings lust in all laying their necks to the block and not defend themselves by force of Armes in any cafe your Uxbridg Sermon Page 16 17. Now since both these have lost ordination and succession by your own confessions who upon earth I pray declare can give it For loe they that withdraw themselves from thee shall perish as the Psalmist saith Thou destroyest all that go a whoring from thee Psal. 73.27 This all grant and your self proved who then hath I pray you power to send out or ordain Ministers for Christ Is it from Heaven or from men as Christ asketh the Pharises of Johns Baptisme which hath brought me to the question asked by the Bishops when they ordained any for the Ministry Viz. Bishop Q. Do you think in your Heart that you be truly called according to the will of our Lord Jesus Cstrist and the order of the Church of England Minister answ. I think it now did not he answer I think it he could not be made a Minister You say in the Appeale with your Sermon by way of Apology Page 8. some say I intruded my self on the work when divers can testify how earnestly Captain Hampton the Governour of the Towne did solicite me with many others Again page 9. 1. Objection what ever your call was to preach yet the matter was unseasonable 2. Objection Why did you not write this vindication sooner these things by you are verbally answered but your answer therein is your shame and others like you for though you preacht the said Sermon in Winsor Castle the day before all this proves not your mission from Christ or your Brethrens or your works to be spirituall but carnall or literall or both It is not others report hath corrupted your name but the flies of your own practises and Doctrine and almost all of you preacht another Gospel You say in Page 14. of your Booke Prisons are many times or oft times the greatest inlets to many divine speculations or the Servants of God in a suffering condition have ordinarily the most cleer discoveries of the will of God a worthy Doctrine consonant with the Scripture but then as Peter saith He that suffereth as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let none of you suffer as a Murtherer or a Theife or an evill doer or as a busie body in other mens matters 1 Pet. 4 14.15.16 But if ye be rayled on for the name of Christ blessed are

ye for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you which on their part is evill spoken of but on your part is glorified Note whereas you say in your Sermon-Book page 20. The Lord demands of the men of this generation will yee have the Gospell in power c A reformation in purity your Assemblies refined your Polutions removed and the Government of my Son establisht in the midst of you Will you own my cause fight my Battails avenge the wrongs affronts which have beene offered to my great name wil you jeopard your lives for my sake will you cleave to my Parliament in truth and full purpose of heart Certainly this is no Gospel Doctrine to provoke to blood and that blood should touch blood which is reproved by Hosea from the Lord chap. 4 1 2 3. And for which our Land mourns as is there declared Neither was it ever any of Christs Doctrine or any of the Apostles as will plainly appear by Gods booke the Gospell of our Lord Jesus Christ which faith also John 18 36. Jesus answered Pilate as oft times he had answered the learned Scribes and Pharisees who fained themselves just men Luke 20.20 In other cases My Kingdome is not of this world If my Kingdome were of this world then would my Servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews But now is my Kingdome not from hence I feare you as many also of your Brethren have impudently belied the Lord as Hananiah did Jer. 18.10 11. and other false Prophets when he contradicteth Jeremiah the true Prophet which in the 15. and 16. verse Jeremiah reproves again saying Then said the Prophet Jeremiah unto the Prophet Hananiah Heare now Hananiah the Lord hath not sent thee but thou makest this people te trust in a lie therefore thus saith the Lord Behold I will cast thee from off the earth this yeare thou shalt die because thou hast spoken rebelliously against the Lord And in the 26. page of your Rhetoricall discourse which seems to be pestilent witty as many of your Brethrens contrary to Paul 1 Cor. 2. I esteemed not to know any thing but Christ crucified Neither flood my preaching in the enticing speech of mans wisdome that your faith should not be in the wisdome of men but in the power of God And wee speake wisdome among them that are perfect Not the wisdome of this world neither of the Princes of this world which come to nought 1 Cor. 2.2.4 5 6. Here is not a world of State-physitians and avengement as in your 26. page but giving God all power and glory to avenge to whom it belongs But lless rejoyce love without dissimulation Be of like affection one towards another Be not high-minded Recompence no man evill for evill If it be possible as much as in you is have peace with all men Rom. 12.9.14 15 16 17 18 19. Yet say you much innocent blood hath been spilt which must be avenged on us or by us Is this not another Gospell then Paul taught who saith Dearly beloved avenge not your selves but give place unto wrath For it is written vengeance is mine I will repay saith the Lord I desire you if you have time in this life other wise any that call themselves Ministers in any place of England to answer these things faithfully herein mentioned that God may receive glory thereby the people edification and your souls the comfort which is the humble and hearty desire of From my house of shelter through Gods mercy under my Father neer Sepulchers Church London so called July 7. 1651. Nath Burt Junior a sinner yet hopes hee is Christs servant POSTSCRIPT COnsidering of how great concernment these things herein propounded are and of the affliction Mr. Love lies under I was much prossed within me to print this same before the sending of it that if Mr. Love's conveniency should not afford him to answer it yet that some other Ministers as they call themselves might answer that great concerned thing or question how they came by the call from Jesus Christ to preach seeing such are commanded to teach the people to observe all things whatsoever Christ commanded them Mat. 28.20 And that Christ his Apostles never commanded war avengement and these doe and say they are Christs Ministers If yee bite and devoure one another take heed least ye be consumed one of another For all the Law is fulfilled in one word which is this thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self Gala. 5.14.15 From whence are warrs and Contentions among you are they not hence even of your pleasures that fight in you members James 4.1 For where envying and strife is there is sedition and all manner of evil 〈…〉 FINIS