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ground_n	apostle_n	faith_n	scripture_n	1,714	5	6.0562	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96074	The constant man's character. Intended to be sent first as a letter from a gentleman in the country, to a gentlemen his esteemed friend and countryman, a Member of the House of Commons. Since inlarged into a discourse by way of humble advice to keep him from revolting, either directly or collaterally by the side-winde of being Presbyterially affected, through the mistaken and unhappy conceit, that those who have taken the Covenant, cannot without breach of the same, assent and submit unto the late proceedings of the Parliament, when as the parts of the Covenant seem to be inconsistent within themselves, as the author's observations here discoursed do manifest. The scope whereof is 1 Historically to set down the occasion and beginnings of the war. ... 4 To prove the fitness and necessity (as matters now stand) of complying with, and submitting unto this present government. For the powers that be are ordained of God, Rom. 13. Together with some animadversions incident hereunto on the same book, and on the two declarations, intituled The declarations of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament at Oxford. The one touching a treaty for peace, [the] other concerning their endeavors for peace. Printed there, 1643.	S. W.	1650 (1650)	Wing W105; Thomason E595_7; ESTC R204161	52,955	81

the Covenant not like an c See the Letter of the Ministers within the Province of London and their notice-taking of the Parliament and Army's conceipt had of the Covenant pag. 8. Almanack out of date as the Ministers smilingly object but like an Obligation where the Obligor is destitute and left remediless through the Obligee his restless fury and oppression disabling him from performing his Conditions d See His Party's Opinion of the Covenant and the taking it in the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pag. 113 114 115. whither and how far it is to be kept how little uniformity there is in the taking or keeping it and for what purpose in the Author's judgment framed at first how ambiguous and hard to to understood how much mistaking or dissembling in the making it at first or misrepresenting by those who like it not that howbeit one part thereof is That 〈◊〉 had then no intention to diminish the King's 〈…〉 Power and Greatness the Author in the King's name conceives That it was made and 〈…〉 the King as in many places of the Treatise against the Covenant he complaineth See also the King's Declaration since the Pacification against the Scots and the Covenant pag 8. Which Opinion of his see confirmed in the Marquesse of Montrosse his Declar● set forth 1649. as in a Book called the History of the King's affaires in Scotland before recited pag. 5. One part of the Covenant then taken was That They had no thoughts or intentions to diminish the King 's just Power and Greatness Another part was when They press the Covenant taking the maintenance of the Peace and Union between the three Kingdoms They would bring to justice all without respect of Persons who did or should wilfully oppose the same or hinder such Peace and Vnion So that if the King did by Himself by His Friends and followers by His example awing other men from taking the Covenant or did by any Power or Commission whether to defend Himself or to offend His opposites act or abet whereby the Peace became disturbed one Kingdom engaged against another the Parliament could not according to their Covenant preserve His Power and Greatness and punish such without respect of persons as did wilfully oppose the same comprehending all who did adhere unto or take part with him So that the Covenant the parts whereof seem to be inconsistent and irreconciliable within themselves and therefore not perfectly and exactly to be kept is either newly to be molded or which is more probable the War to continue between the Covenanters and the non-Covenanters many thousands of men neither having nor through the King's example willing to take the same The great Quarrel of ignorant men against the uniform current of the Holy Scripture of an higher concernment then an humane Covenant is acutely taken up by a learned * Paraus Writer Distingue tempora reconciliantur Scripturae in answer unto those who cavil against the Scriptures as if the Texts thereof were dissonant and repugnant each to other as if God's word certain and infallible in it self were contradictory to it self Distinguish between the time of the Covenant taking four or five yeers before the time of bringing the King to Tryal Observe the limitation in the particle of the Covenant That They had then no intention to diminish the King's just Power in opposition to unlawful and arbitrary and you will finde that the Covenant could not be so well and safely taken or that it is not so hainously broke as your Enemies give out But to your Objections against the Army That in adhering unto them is to trust to an Arm of Flesh so all sublunary and earthly Powers are but Arms of flesh Secondly That Independency admits of all Irreligion Heresies c. The Proposition is not well proved in that some particular soldiers belonging to or others well-wishing to the Army do devise and publish strange and unsound Tenents and Opinions which is not to be imputed to the Army or the Parliament neither is a present Cure to be applyed for redress thereof in all parts and places where they are vented The Army and their Party have enough to do to prevent and provide against the Power and Policy of their Enemies without an overhasty endeavoring to suppress the Schisms and Errors of every one of their Adherents The complaint against Heresies Schisms abounding is just seasonable and the Heresies most fit to be suppres'd The Complaint is made long since and it was foretold of old that Heresies must be c. The Apostle gives the reason That the sound and approved Truth may be known from fond and received Heresie The ground and seminary of broaching them may be besides the common and inbred corruption of Pride and Falsehood which mankinde is prone unto that so many sorts of men in many places do despise and speak against the Scriptures although the Rule of Christian Faith Others unwarranted do undertake to teach and expound the same In disordered and licentious times caused through the distractions of a Civil War it may fall out as a * S. Jerome Father of the Church complained it did in his of Scripture-Teachers of Expounders of the Mysteries in Divinity cited by a learned Divine upon the words of the Apostle charging the unlearned and unstable for wresting the Scriptures to their own destruction whose presumption the Divine tells us is enough to produce any Schism or Heresie Sola saith he Scripturarum ars est quam sibi omnes passim vendicant hanc garrula annus hanc delirus senex hanc sophtsta verbosus he might have filled up the measure of his Complaint by discovering many other sorts of unlearned People intruding into the holy Mystery of Divinity hanc universi praesumunt lacerant docent antequam discunt Every one presuming upon his parts and gifts to be a Teacher and Interpreter of Scripture whereas Practitioners in other Arts can contain themselves within the bounds of their own Profession The reason why the unlearned are so bold may be their want of ability to discern the strength of the Objections which may be made against them By the unlearned is not meant he who hath not read a multitude of Authors but he who taking upon him to divide the Word of God is raw and unexperienced or if he hath experience wants judgment to make use of it The anguish that these rash Presumers bring unto the discreeter sort of Brethren cannot but be great when being convinced of their unsound opinions for the maintaining that which with much boldness and open falshoods they have averred they pretend the Authority of the Word and whatsoever conceit is begotten in their heads the Spirit of God to be presently the Author of it when as learned and judicious men in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all maner of work for the service of the Sanctuary like Bezaleel and Aholiab refuse much