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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76078	The Church of England a true church: proved in a disputation held by John Bastwick Doctor in Physick, against Mr. Walter Montague in the Tower. Published by authority.	Bastwick, John, 1593-1654.	1645 (1645)	Wing B1058; Thomason E297_18; ESTC R200205	156,945	174

set down all the things distinctly plainly and orderly that there may be no difficulty in reading of them the third thing observable is the reason why they were written and not left to Tradition because saith the Evangelist thou maist know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast beene instructed So that the Lord declares by these words that the Pen-men of the holy Scripture did not write accidentally and upon any slight occasion and of their own wills and peculiar motion but that they were moved unto it by God himselfe and that all Scripture was given by Gods inspiration and command and for this end that they may know the certainty of the things wherein they have beene instructed which otherwise they could not have knowne by reason of the great variety and difference that would have beene in them if they had beene delivered by Tradition for every one would have added and detracted as had seemed best unto him unto the story as we see it dayly in all matters and occurrences out of a mans owne sight and beholding with what variety these things many times are related so that no man can tell the truth of them till the eye-witnesses or standers by give the true relation of them by writing to the World which men ordinarily use to believe especially if these men be of credit and reputation that pen them So for the very same end that the certainty of these things might bee knowne that Christ both taught did and suffered for the Redemption of mankind and for the good of the Church to the end of the World the Lord moved holy men to both speake and write what was spoke and written in the old and new Testament for the learning of his people and the teaching of them Patience Comfort Hope Faith and all other graces and that they might indeed have the certainty of his will and pleasure what to cleave and stick to and from which they may not be moved though they should be taught otherwise by an Angell from Heaven Gal. 1. vers 8. And this I say was the end of the writing of the holy Word of God and that by Gods inspiration dictate and command and not accidentally as the Church of Rome blasphemously affirmeth for the enervating of the authority of the holy Scriptures and indeed for the overthrowing of the honour and dignity of our great Prophet Christ Jesus who otherwise should not be as faithful as Moses in the house of God if he had not commanded all things to be writ that he would have taught to his people which is blasphemy to thinke And thus much shall suffice to have spoke for proofe of my first argument that the holy Scriptures were written by Divine inspiration and Gods command and of set purpose and not accidentally and by the Will of men My second Argument is this That which was written for the safety of the people and for the preserving of them in the true Religion that was not accidentally written or by the will of man but by Gods appointment and of set purpose and for the good of all the Church but the holy Scriptures were written for the safety of the people and for the preserving of them in the true Religion Ergo they were not accidentally written or by the will of man but by Gods appointment and of set purpose For proofe of this heare what Paul saith Phil. 3. vers 1. Finally my Brethren saith he rejoyce in the Lord. To write the same things to you to mee indeed is not grievous but for you it is safe Beware of doggs beware of evill workers c. He had preached unto them and taught them the Truth formerly and given them also caveats to take heede of and beware of doggs and of evill workers that is of false Teachers but he did not thinke that sufficent for their safety and for the preserving of them in the Truth unlesse he did set downe in writing the sum of what he had taught and send it unto them with a command also that they should walke and order their faith and manners their lives and conversations according to that they were instructed in by him both in word and example vers 16. Saying let us walke by the same rule I then gave you and now in writing send unto you and see yee swarve not from it and from our example for it is safe for you so to do and by that you shall be preserved from the errors of false Teachers But take notice I pray of the Apostles expression he doth not say only that it was for their safety that he wrote unto them but that it was for their safety that he wrote the same things hee had taught them before to shew unto all men their weakenesse how soon they are ready to forget the things that are taught them of God and how frayle they are and ready to be seduced from the true Religion if they had not the Scripture to guide and direct them and if the Christians in the Apostles time had need of the written word for their safety and that they might be preserved from the errors of the times and they were then tyed to be ruled and governed by them how much more neede have we of the holy Scriptures now when wee have not the holy Apostles amongst us and with how much care and diligence ought we constantly to reade and cleave unto the holy Scriptures seeing that they were by Gods appointment and inspiration and not accidentally written for this very purpose that they might be a rule of direction to us for the preserving of us in the true Religion S. Peter likewise in his second Epistle chap. 1. confirmeth the same truth in these words vers 12. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things though yee know them and be established in the present truth 13. Yea I thinke it meete as long as I am in this Tabernacle to stir you up by putting you in remembrance vers 15. Moreover I will indeavour that yee may be able after my decease to have these things alwayes in remembrance In these words we may take notice of these particulars first that those S. Peter wrote unto were not ignorant people but knowing and understanding people and such as were grounded and established in the Truth the second particular that S. Peter neverthelesse thought it meete to stirre them up and put them in remembrance whiles he lived and that they might also be able after his decease to have these things alwayes in remembrance and that the Scriptures might be the everlasting rule to all sorts and degrees of people yea the most learned and knowing men and the most established in the Truth have need of the Scriptures for their still direction and that not for a time but alwayes and this was the end for which the holy Scriptures were pend and that by Gods own appointment who inspired the holy Prophets and Apostles

had not revealed himselfe fully unto them for our Saviour Christ the Messias of whom the woman in John 4. ver 25. said that when he was come he would tell us all things told the Ruler asking him what he should doe that he might have eternall life that if he would enter into life he should keepe the Commandements Matth. 19. ver 16 17. if then the Commandements alone containe all things necessary to salvation as is evident by Gods owne testimony and by Christs witnesse how prodigiously blasphemous are they that affirme that all the holy Scriptures containe not all things necessary to salvation but of this point in his due place For the present the place cited before proveth that the Scripture was not written accidentally as the Church of Rome impiously assert But now I will goe on to prove that the holy Word of God was penned by speciall command Exod. 17. v. 14. The Lord said there unto Moses Write this for a remembrance in the booke and rehearse it to Josua c. And Exod. 34. ver 27. And the Lord said unto Moses write thou these words c. And in Deut. 31.19 Now therefore saith the Lord write this song for you and teach it the children of Israel and put in their mouths c. Yea the people were commanded to write the Commandements of the Lord upon the posts of the houses and upon their gates and to teach them diligently unto their children and to talke of them to them when they sate in their houses and when they walked by the way and at their lying downe and at their rising up Deut. 6. ver 6 7 8 9. and the same reiterated againe Deut. 11. v. 18 19 20 21. So that the whole law was written by the command of God himselfe and was appointed by him to be the rule by which his people should serve him and by the keeping and observing of the which Law they should procure his favour and protection and enter into life eternall if they could perfectly keepe and observe it as is manifest by all the forementioned places and in the 30. of Deuteronomy they are all tied to the written Law as a compleat rule and witten by God himselfe and by his command penned by Moses for that purpose as a compleate rule And therefore Master Montague how dangerous a thing is it in any to slight the holy Scriptures and to vilifie them and to deny them their due honour and to accuse them of imperfection and to preferre their owne Traditions before those lively Oracles Is not this Mr. Montague to despise the holy Scriptures The Authour to the Hebrews chap. 10. v. 28. faith He that despised Moses Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses What then will become of those that not onely despise Moses and his writings but the writings of all the holy Prophets and blessed Apostles and Evangelists and accuse them all of imperfection and obscurity and make them the cause of all errours schismes and heresies and of all confusion and that in the sight of a thousand witnesses Is not this enough to provoke the Lord who is a consuming fire to wrath and indignation Mr. Montague as you love your salvation take heed of such expressions I am the more large in this businesse because you spoke very contumeliously of the Holy Scriptures as all can remember that were present as that they were accidentally writ and not of purpose to be the rule of faith and manners and not a perfect rule But now to goe on the Prophet Isaiah chap. 8. vers 1. had a speciall command to write Moreover the Lord said unto me Take thee a great Roll and write in it with a mans Pen c. And in the 30 chapter and vers 8. the Lord saith Goe write it before them and note it in a Table and write it in a booke that it may be for time to come and for ever and ever And in Jerem 36. ver 2. the Lord saith there Take thee a Roll of a book and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel and against Judah and against all the Nations from the day I spake unto thee from the daies of Josiah even unto this day And Habakkuk 2. ver 6. the Lord commands the Prophet saying Write the vision and make it plaine upon Tables that he may runne that readeth it And St. John likewise had an expresse and particular command to write the Apocalyps chap. 1. ver 19. Write the things saith Christ which thou hast seene and the things which are and the things which shall be hereafter And this Commandement of writing is reiterated seven times in the second and third chapters of the same books And the Prophet David speaking of all that he had both writ and taught the people in the second booke of Sam. chap. 23. ver 2. The Spirit of the Lord spake by me and his Word was in my mouth The same may be said of all the holy Prophets Apostles Evangelists and of all the Penmen of holy Scripture according to that of Saint Paul to Timothy the second Epistle chap. 3. ver 3. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God c. and that of Peter in the second Epistle chap. 2. ver 20 21. Knowing saith Saint Peter that no Prophesie of the Scripture is of any private interpretation for the Prophesie came not in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost I will conclude this point with that of Saint Paul in the first of Cor. chap. 14. ver 37 38. If any man thinketh himselfe to be a Prophet or spirituall saith he let him acknowledge that the things I write unto you are the Commandements of the Lord. But if any man be ignorant let him be ignorant still As much as if he should say if any man will not acknowledge and take notice that I write nothing but what God hath given me in command to write and which I pen by his speciall inspiration and as he hath moved me but will still persevere in his ignorance and thinke that I write out of my owne particular and peculiar motion and accidentally and occasionally let him still continue in his ignorance I will not dispute with him nor bring any argument for the further convincing of him but if any man will be ignorant let him be ignorant still So say I unto you Mr. Montague if you will not notwithstanding all I have now said believe that the holy Scriptures were written by the speciall command of God and by his holy Spirit and not occasionally and accidentally as you and the Church of Rome affirme and by the will of man then you may continue in your ignorance and be ignorant still but for the Church of England she doth verily believe that the whole written Word was given by divine inspiration and by the special command of God to the end that it