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A19858	A treatise of the Church VVritten against them of the separation, commonly called Brownists. Wherein the true doctrine of a visible Church is taught, and the Church of England, proued to be a true Church. The Brownists false doctrine of the visible Church is conuinced; their shamefull peruerting of the holy Scriptures discouered, their arguments to proue the Church of England a false Church answered.	Darrel, John, b. ca. 1562.	1617 (1617)	STC 6286; ESTC S117495	230,202	407

Paul meaneth not when to the Corinthians he saith A little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe but this that the hainous and notorious sinne of one much more of diuers when for the same the partie is not censured as it was for a time with the incestuous person is enough by his euill example and impunitie to encourage and drawe others to doe the like In this sence is the open sinne of one when it goeth vnpunished in danger to spread and infect others as doeth a litle leauen sower the whole lump And in this sence the open sinne of a man may be saide to defile others in being an occasion to others to commit the like then I say it may be saide to defile But we must know that it is not onely the sinne but the impunitie also thereof that causeth this defilement we speake of I doe also acknowledge that the open sinne of a man and impunitie thereof defileth them that haue authoritie and power to punish the delinquent and doe it not that is maketh them also guiltie of sinne or to partake in that sinne If I should reason with you after the same manner and from the same or like ground that you doe sure you could not chuse but see the vanitie of this your argument In the fifth to the Gallathians the Apostle hath the verry same wordes that he hath in this 5. to the Corinthians A little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe but in another sence For in the Epistle to the Gallatians by leauen he meaneth false doctrine Whereunto Christ also compareth it saying to his Disciples Beware of the leauen of the Saduces and Pharisees He now that will argue as you doe Matth. 16.6.12 may from hence conclude that one point of false doctrine in a Sermon sowers the whole and one false line in a booke be it neuer so large marreth and defileth the whole Treatise so as Christians should abhorre to read it And why Because a little leauen that is a little false doctrine leaueneth the whole lumpe In the 5. of Matthewe the true Ministers of Christ are by our Lord compared to salt where he saith to his disciples Ye are the salt of the earth From hence one may as well proue that such a Minister doeth sanctifie a whole congregation of wicked men as a little salt seasoneth a pot full of pottage Thus doe you argue when you s●y that a knowne wicked man in a Church is to the whole Church as a little leauen in the dough is to the whole lumpe But cease I aduise you in the feare of God to peruert this and such like prouerbiall speeches A little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe a little colloquintida marres a potfull of pottage Dead flyes cause to stinke and putrifie the oyntment of the Apothecary Which are so vsuall with you Thereby to proue that all is polluted all naught in our Church worship leyturgy and ministery because some things therein are amisse Thus one might easily prooue that in the Church of God all things haue beene polluted and naught in all ages precedent for as much as some things haue euer beene amisse in the Church The rest of your testimonies for breuitie I omit I will not proceede to shewe further the vanitie of this your reason but in stead thereof will argue against your position For if that be false your reason also is naught Besides the arguments I will vse serue likewise against your reason of pollution if the Reader please to apply them that way Thus then I reason against you With all in the visible Church it is lawfull to communicate in diuine worship But in the visible Church there be open wicked Therefore with open wicked it is lawfull to communicate in diuine worship The proposition is manifest and such as you your selues doe teach The assumption I haue already prooued and that at large where I shew that in the visible Church there haue beene from time to time and so will be to the ende of the world open wicked men c. My second argument is this With such as Christ hath bid or permitted his people to communicate in diuine worship we may lawfully haue religious communion But with notorious wicked men to wit the Scribes and Pharisees Christ hath bid or permitted his people to communicate in diuine worship Therefore we notorious wicked men we may lawfully haue religious communion The proposition is cleare The assumption is prooued in the 23. of Matthew The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses seate whatsoeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and doe My third argument followeth With such as Christ and his Apostles did communicate the faithfull may lawfully communicate But Christ and his Apostles did communicate with open wicked men Ergo with open wicked men the faithful may lawfully communicate The proposition or first part of this argument needeth no proofe The assumption is hereby strengthened in that Iesus and his Desciples had religious communion with the Iewes Their Sinagogus they did vsually frequent Luke 2.41.42 and 4.15 Iohn 7.8.10.14 and 18.20 Acts 3.1 13.5.14.42 Communion of Saints 328. Counterp 9. Vnto their solemne feasts held at Ierusalem they did goe as the quotations in the margent doe shewe This also your selues confesse saying Christ often visited the Temple and Synagogues also his Disciples And againe Christ and his Apostles communicated with the Church of the Iewes But generally the Iewes at that time were openly wicked with open and knowne wicked persons therefore it must needs be that Iesus and his Disciples had religious communion That generally the Iewes euen that whole nation though not euery particular person therein was in the time of Christ and his Apostles after him notoriously wicked it remaineth that I doe prooue As the Scripture speaketh Isa 24.2 so ordinarily it falleth out like Priest like people But the Priests then were notoriously wicked as often hath beene shewed in the Scribes and Pharisees Therefore if not all yet most of the people This is also confirmed by that speech of the Baptist Matth. 3.10 Now is the axe put to the roote of the trees therefore euery tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fire In that he threatneth present destruction temporall and eternall to this people it doeth argue their intollerable wickednesse that they were altogether barren vnfruitfull and rotten trees fit for nothing but the fire and that their wickednes was such so vniuersall and so great as the land could not beare but was readie to spewe them out as a man doeth that which his stomacke abhorreth Shall I not visit for these things saieth the Lord Ier. 5.9 What were the things for which God must needs iudge his people in Ieremiah his time The prophet declareth a little before Yee shall be torne in pieces because your trespasses are many and your rebellions are increased To the former expostulation the Lord addeth another Shall not my soule bee auenged