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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90686	A scripture-rale to the Lords Table; or, Observations upon M. Humphreys his treatise, intituled, An humble vindication of free admission to the Lords Supper. Tending to discover the loose and prophane principles therein suggested. Published for the undeceiving the weak, and removing offences occasioned by it in the practice of reformation. Being the result of the discourses of some preachers in the county of Gloucester near Stow on the Wold, at their weekly meetings. / Digested by Anthony Palmer pastor of the Church of Christ at Bourton on the Water.	Palmer, Anthony, 1618?-1679.	1654 (1654)	Wing P218; Thomason E1496_2; ESTC R208631	72,178	194

ignorance lukewarmness loosness and formality in stead of such as fear the Lord walking in fellowship with the Father and one with another in the Spirit Now that any that truly fear the Lord should stick at this viz. to profess to own the Covenant of Gods free grace to give up themselves unto it and to Jesus Christ the Mediatour of it in all his Offices to walk under his Discipline and in fellowship with his people we cannot but justly wonder and why any godly men of parts should frame and raise up bug-bears against it The Lord give them to beleeve yea to taste the goodness and sweetness of it and they will be humbled before the Lord that they ever withstood it 4. The Novelty of this practice and from keeping any from the Sacrament is objected to us and others We could answer at large here That it is as old as the Gospel for beleevers to walk together in fellowship in the duties express'd and for unworthy persons to be kept from holy things We might moreover produce the testimony of the most eminent Divines that have been the Lords witnesses since as the Church of God hath been blest with as Cyprian Justin Martyr Chrysostom Ambrose c. The abundant testimonies of all Reformed Divines Calvin Beza Bullinger Hyperius Bucer Zanchy c. with the sad complaints they make in their writings of the abuse of the Lords Supper c. Saith Calvin in one of his Epistles speaking of the profane Sine crass â Dei injuriâ admitti nequeunt Lib. Epist pag. 438. quàm turpis pudenda ista profanatio Saerorum The profane cannot be admitted without gross injury unto the Lord How vile and shamefull is the profanation of these holy things Yea saith Bishop Bilson Not onely the want of the Sacraments but the abuse of either hazards the weal of the whole Church yea casting holy things to dogs procures a dreadfull doom as well to consenters as presumers it being a way to turn the house of God into a den of thieves if profane ones be allowed the Mysteries and Assemblies of the faithfull 5. It is objected It is tyrannical We answer we wish that people would first look to their own duty To obey them that have the rule over them and to submit themselves to them Heb. 13.17 before they so peremptorily assert That the Minister doing his duty in reference to the Lord and the good of their souls is tyrannical What tyranny for a Minister to make an universal invitation to the people he preacheth to to own the Lord and one another in holiness and love and so to walk with them This Objection proceeds from a love of liberty and elbow-room in a carnal course c. 6. Separation is objected What separation for a Minister coming to a people setled upon the lees of ignorance and profaneness and having much abused Sacraments to call upon all that fear the Lord to profess Christ with their mouths and to give up themselves to him and so to walk in mutual love and comfort together Separation from wickedness is not schism but from the godly We profess to hold Communion with Ministers and Churches where Reformation is in any measure practis'd Lastly A vulgar Objection that is in the mouths of most that we take upon us in this practice to judge the hearts of most We answer though we cannot nor do we undertake directly to judge mens hearts yet we can argue out what is in mens heart as the Wiseman speaks Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water but a man of understanding draweth it cut And that first by their words for Christ teacheth us so to know them Mat. 12.34 Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh And vers 35. An evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth evil things as by lying swearing hard speeches bitter scoffes and revilings at such as profess godliness under the names of Pharisees and hypocrites with such like corrupt communications any of which in their constant practice discover the heart How else did Simon Magus manifest himself in the gall of bitterness 2. By their works Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts adulteries fornications murders thefts false witness blasphemies c. By such fruits we shall know them 3. An humble Christian will be willing to have his heart tried and to have his Minister apply rules and evidences to discover whether it be sound and right with the Lord or not 4. Where none of these fruits doe appear we do not pretend to make a judgement of mens hearts so there be a willing subjection to the Lord and his wayes to walk in fellowship with him and his people Thus have we taken liberty we trust without offence to any of the Lords people with open-heartedness and plainness to propose what we humbly conceive we have learned of the Lord and being deeply desirous to be ashamed of our former abominations Ezek. 43.10 11. we hope we have or shall see the Patern of the Lords house so far as in abundance of mercy he shall please to use us which the Lord who will build up and come into his Temple will in his time reveal to all that love him In the mean time the Lord give unto us and all our Brethren whose hearts are truly after Reformation to pray more and dispute less and laying aside all animosities to do the work of our blessed God committed to us peaceably according to the light we have received in our generations Now we shall deliver some brief and plain observations upon this unhappy piece of Mr Humfreys aiming at the satisfaction of the people meerly conceiving that judicious godly Ministers are not at all startled in their principles by what he hath vented And so we have laboured to frame such answers as are most obvious to the people and not puzzle them First We take notice of this Parenthesis in the Title viz. That his Treatise was published for the ease support and satisfaction of tender consciences otherwise remedilesse in or mixt Congregations Answ 1. By ease it is plain he means by his Sophistry to delude their understandings so far as that they may without scruple partake of the Lords Table with the ignorant and profane This is to make the conscience quiet and not good as water cooling a feaver for the present but makes it return with greater violence 2. We are confident this hath not eased but more grieved and perplexed the most tender cohsciences in the Natton as most of the godly bear witness and hath made the hearts of the righteous sad The burden of such mixt communicating which hath been and is in the mixt Congregations of England hath been and is the grief and sad complaint of the servants of God both Ministers and people and will be proved a snare 3. Whereas he saith Tender consciences are otherwise remediless in our mixt Congregations 1. We offer it to