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A58921 A seasonable corrective to the one project for the good of England intended for God's glory and the good of souls, and dedicated to the King and his great Council. 1680 (1680) Wing S2226; ESTC R13156 15,035 12

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be no schisms amongst you but that ye be perfectly joyned together in the same mind and in the same judgment And what says he to the Romans Now the God of patience and consolation grant Rom. 15.5 6. that ye be like-minded one towards another after the example of Christ Jesus that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorifie God even the father of our Lord Jesus Christ And so it was from the beginning from the very first plantation of the Church they were of one heart and of one soul and united in one communion in all sacred Offices Acts 2.42 they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers They held a strict communion with the Guides and Governours of the Church in the profession of the same Faith in the use of the same Sacraments and all other sacred Offices 'T is true the Apostle did foretell of false Apostles deceitful workers that would stir up schisms Acts 20.30 and bring in damnable heresies Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw Disciples after them But he does inveigh against them bitterly 1 Cor. 3.3 4. For ye are yet carnal for whereas there is among you envying and strife and factions are ye not carnal and walk as men for while one saith I am of Paul and another I am of Apollo are ye not carnal As the Apostle does condemn them so he prescribes an Antidote against them Rom. 16.17 Now I beseech you brethren mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have received and avoid them Here we have our own sad malady divisions and offences and here we may find out certain cure if we will apply the remedy attentively to mark and carefully to avoid them But this goodly Projector tells us these Dissenters have some Grounds for their difference and 't were hard if they could find nothing to say for themselves but what is it Pag. 7. Mostly he says about Church Government and some Forms of Worship apprehended to be not so pure and Apostolical as could be desired And yet if we may give any credit to Church History this Government is at least as ancient as the plantation of Churches by the Apostles and these Forms of Worship having passed the test of sundry Disputes Debates and Conferences they are apprehended very pure and Apostolical by the most Pious Learned and Judicious and as such have received a Civil Sanction for their Establishment from the Supreme Authority whose Determinations if the Projector be to be believed are not to be superseded or controlled Pag. 2. But we have a more sure word of Prophecy whereto we should do well to take heed Let every soul be subject to the higher Powers And Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lord's sake And again Obey them that are your guides and have the rule over you and submit your selves Here is Apostolical and that is Divine Authority for it and that to be sure is uncontrollable And are there not Authentic Rules and Canons to direct this Authority Let us examine the Sacred Text. Amongst those Rules two are in effect Negative whereof the one seems more especially to concern such as are in Authority and the other such as are under the command of that Authority The Apostles and Pastors under the Gospel as well as the Prophets under that ancienter Dispensation were subject to like passions as other men And passion in some might be apt to sway them to rigour and severity and possibly they might be precipitant and impose something less convenient out of stifness and contention And on the other side Ambition might warp others to popularity and incline them to study how to gratifie the humour of the people to the prejudice of the Church for their own applause Hereupon the Holy Ghost by the Apostle lays down this Rule Phil. 2.3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory Again among such as are or should be under Obedience some are knowing brisk and witty apt to be full of objection or scruple men of this temper will be ready as this Projector is to dispute their duty when they should perform it Others more phlegmatic and dull of apprehension though not active and subtil enough to dispute yet may be froward and stubborn enough to murmur Hence the Holy Ghost by the hand of the same Apostle lays down another Rule Ib. ver 14. Do all things without murmurings or disputings And two other Rules this Apostle gives that are more positive and determine the business more directly 1 Cor. 10.31 Let all things be done to the glory of God this is the first and great Canon 1 Cor. 14.49 and the second is like unto it Let all things be done decently and in order Decently to procure Reverence and according to order to promote edification And on these two hang all the matter of Forms Rites and Ceremonies which relate to God's Worship And whether these Rules and Canons Apostolical be observ'd with due care prudence and moderation in our Establishment let the Reader consult Dr. Puller and Mr. Falkner Seeing then as was said by the honest Town-clerk of Ephesus that these things cannot be spoken against ye ought to be quiet and to do nothing rashly This Projector will have nothing else to do but either to evict the iniquity of those Rules and this Establishment which though oft attempted was never yet done to any degree of Conviction or Evidence or else to shew himself an humble Christian by his due conformity and to call upon such as he has misled to follow his good Example And then we shall have no more marks no more names or titles of division but being perfectly joyned together in the same mind and in the same judgment we shall peaceably accord in the same practice and then every man shall sit down quietly under his own Vine and follow his own Imployment There will be no more noise of Sequestrations or Suspensions no more leading into prison no more Church Censures no more complaining in our streets The King will receive his full due of Customs and Contributions you and I shall not stand in need of the Charity of a Forein Hand we shall become good Samaritans to one another And as many as walk according to this rule peace be on them and mercy and on the Israel of God To draw to a Conclusion When the Royal Prophet describes an Insurrection and Conspiracy against the King of Saints exalted unto his Throne upon the holy Hill of Sion which is the Church after he has check'd the insolency of the Adversaries by a chiding Expostulation he descends to a gentle Admonition directed to such as wear and manage the Supreme Authority Be wise now therefore O ye Kings be instructed ye that are Judges of the earth Serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce unto