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A02912	An advertisement or admonition, unto the congregations, vvhich men call the new fryelers in the lowe Countries, wrirten [sic] in Dutche. And publiched in Englis. VVherein is handled 4. principall pointes of religion. 1. That Christ tooke his flesh of Marie, haveing a true earthly, naturall bodie, 2. That a Sabbath or day of rest, is to be kept holy everie first day of the weeke. 3. That ther is no succession, nor privilege to persons in the holie thinges. 4. That magistracie, being an holy ordinance of God, debarreth not anie from being of the Church of Christ. After these followes certen demandes concerning Gods decree of salvation and condemnation.	Helwys, Thomas, 1550?-1616?	1611 (1611)	STC 13053; ESTC S116912	57,734	190

a difference betwix the kingdome and the people otherwise where was the kingdom before your ●irst begininge was there no kingdome for your first beginners to enter into did they make a kingdome and enter into it and all of themselves then sure it was not the kingdome of God and it stands you vpon to looke it be for if they set vp a new kingdome they entred not into Christs kingdome for Christs kingdome was and is an everlasting kingdome and cannot be shaken as the Author to the Hebrewes sheweth Heb. 12.22 speaking of mount Syon the Cittie of the liveing God the Celestiall Ierusalem Vers 28. Seeing wee receive a kingdome that cannot be shaken let vs have grace whereby wee may so serve God that wee may please him with reverence and feare VVee have endeavoured with our best abilities wch you may see are smale to speake the larger of this point because wee our selves have bene formerly misledd with this error that the Church is the kingdome of heaven and monut Syon and because wee knowe some others are strongly possessed therewith which not with standing hold not Succession but indeed it is the ground of all Succession for if the Church be Ierusalem then must there needs be Succession for there mus● needs be adue proportion of all thinges betwene the Tipe the truth betwene the old Ieru the new Ieru betwēe the shadow the substāce And there being therfore Successiō in the old Testamēt there must of necessitie be Succession in the new If therefore you can prove your selves Ierusalem wee yeild you all the Prerogatiue of Ierusalem Then must all people nations come to you and receive all the holy ordināces from you Then must all sacrifices be offered vp in you And then they that are not in you are not in Christ And all that are borne of water of the spirit must enter into you and all that are saved must walke in the light of you And then are you the ioy of the whole earth Thē must you be perached to other Cities and then can you not be shaken for Christes kingdome is an everlasting Kingdome which shall never be taken away nor be destroyed Dan. 7.14 But you may be shaken taken away and destroyed though you were as excelent a Church as Corinth Ephesus Phillippi Thessa Smyrna Philadelphia for all they are shaken taken away destroyed which were much more excellent Churches then you euen so may you much more be Therefore you are not the kingdome of heaven nor that heavenly Ierusalem and so those previleges belong not to you which you challenge and some wretched men have given you whose condemnation sleepeth not and all vnder that culler of your being Ierusalem And let vs now bring to trial your other ground concerning this cause which is That the ordinances of Christ being as you call it once raised vp againe they are not to be raised anie more but all men must fetch thē from those that raised them vp or from them that have received them at their handes by Succession First wee say vnto you that which some of you could not nor you all shall ever be able to annswere whilst the world endureth How knowe you of faith that he or they from whome you received your begininges were the first This can you never prove to anie mans conscience that hath anie conscience except you can shewe Prophecie of scripture perticulerly that such a man should first raise up to speake your owne vvord the ordināces of Christ and that he hath done it and that you haue it from him All these must you prove by scripture if your rule be true and that men must have faith in it but not anie one of these can you prove by scripture ●nd therefore your rule is not true and no mā can have faith in it and then not to be hold and practiced by anie that wait for salvation by Iesus Christ vvho must have faith in all that they hold professe practice or els they sinne ffor vvithout faith it is vnpossible to please God Rom. 11.6 Let us by the mercies of God intreat all you that professe the name of Iesus not to stand vpon such vncertaine and vnfound groundes For wch vvay shall you ever be able to prove that he or they from vvhome you by Succession have your begining vvere the first No man can ever prove it the vvorld is too vvide for man to comprehend or knowe all that is done in it It is avaine invention cast it away seeing there is no vvarrant in Gods vvord to vvarrant it vnto you that he or they vvere the first And if he or they vvere vvhat then Must all the vvorld come to them By vvhat rule of Gods word There must be a speciall commaund for him or them to beginne And a restraint or forbiddinge comaund to all men for doeing the ltie after ffor God is as mercifull to his people now as ever he vvas and he hath not left them without rule of direction that they should sinne and fall was the lord so carefull for his people Israell for whome he had wrought so great wonders and yet they were continually rebellious against him as to give Moses twice warning at one time Ex. 19.21 and 21. Goe downe charge the people that they breake not to the lord to gaze least manie of them perish And againe lett not the Preists and the people breake to come vpto the lord least they be destroyed And did the lord most carefully appoint Aaron and his sonnes their severall Offices and services about the Tabernacle as is shewed Numb 4. where the lord chargeth Moses and Aaron that they should not cutt of the Tribe of the famili● of the Kohathites But this do vnto them saith the lord that they may live and not dye let Aaron his sonnes come and appoint them every one to his charge least they touch or see those holy thinges they ought not to touch and see and dye was the lord out of his great grace mercie and love so carefull for his people then to give such strait rules of direction to them least they should come neare handle or see those thinges which apperteyned not to them to handle or see and so sinne and dye And hath the lord left to beg 〈◊〉 now in leaveing his people no directions nor directors to appoint them to their ●ffice and shewe them what i● comaunded and what is for bidden Surely you will not say but the lord is as mercifull to rebellious Israell as ever he was then wee require you to shew where the lord hath now comaunded some especially to beginne and meddle with the holy thinges and for bidden all others except by their appointment they be permittd appointed therevnto If you will thus sett vp a speciall Temple and Preist hood of your owne shewe your warrant from the word of truth which seeing possiblie you cannot do let God have the glorie and see

and personall presence and send precepts rules by the aucthoritie of your Office and wee and all that ●eare god will cast away your aucthoritie and office and the aucthoritie and office of all others heerein with the precepts and rules made by the power thereof and wee will onely submitt our selves to the office and aucthoritie of Th-appostles and to the precepts and rules which they have sett downe by the power of their office wch power ād office they received frō god not from men nor by man gal ● 1. Thus may you and all men see that what people chu●ch or congregation soever do challenge vnto thē selves anie previlige or prefermēt in keeping the holy thinges that they onely are to dispose of the to others such previlige ād prefermēt must needs be proper to their persōs onely and frō all such previlige to their persōs as wee have before shewed Paul and ●●phas and Appollos disclaymes although they were the ministers by whome the corinthians beleeved And will you or anie people or church challēge privilege and prefermēt to your persons over al men although by your ministrie they beleeve not and all your warrant for this is because you say you are the first If you wil yet stād for privilege by your beeing fi●●● as you Ymagine heare what our saviour christ saith vnto you for your instruction Mat. 2● 1.14 ●rend I do thee no wronge take that which is thyne owne and go thy way I will give 〈…〉 much as vnto thee these men thought because they came first into the veinya●d they should have had more wage them they that came last although there wages were agreed vpon so you thinke you are worthie of more aucthoritie them the last because you suppose you were the first but our Saviour christ teacheth you in th●● place that the honor reward in all one to the last as to the first And take heed least by this your sinne if you had no other the lord passe this sentence against you and say vnto you The first shal be last To dravve to an end in this point that the gospell is come vnto all the vvorld alike coll 1.6 to god is no accepter of persons And therefore all the world ought to receive it beleeve it obey it a like so doeing all have free libertie to enioy and administer in all the holy ordinances a like for of vvhomesoever the Lord requires obedience of all his ordinances they obeying he giveth to them the privilege benifitt of all his ordinances Then vvhat soever people receives beleeves obeyes the gospell as truely as another people do they have as much privilege libertie to einoy the gospel all the ordinances thereof as anie other people For god is no accepter of persons but in every Nation he that feareth him vvorketh righteousnes is accepted vvith him Act. 10.34.35 And if anie shall novv feare god fast pray as Cornelius did their praiers almes shall come vp in remembrance before god the spirit of god shall direct them to heare vvhat Peter saith to be directed by Peter the rest of Th●appostles not bid them send for you or go to you or anie people to make them perfect for the word of God is all sufficient to teath them instruct them make them perfect to everie good vvorke as is shevved 2. tim 3.16.17 The vvhole scriptures as given by inspiration of god is profitable to teath to convine to correct to instruct in righteousnes that the man of god may be absolute being made perfect vnto all good workes Heere may you all learne vnderstand that the vvord of god is all sufficient of it self to make the people of god absolute perfect vnto every good worke to pray to preach to Baptize to breake bread to administer in all the holy thinges to vvalke in all the vvaies of god vvithout the helpe of of anie man or men And if anie should be so vnvvise as thinke that the meaning of the holy ghost heere is onely to make a man perfect vnto everie good worke in himself it were great weaknes seeing that the holy ghost testifieth That the mainfestation of the spirit is geven to every man to profit withall 1. Cor 12.7 1. Pet. 4.10 Lett everie man as he hath received the gift Minister the same to another as good disposers of the manifold graces of god To make this plaine that he that runnes may read it vnderstād it that Christ and al things are geven to every faithfull people although they be but two or three according to Christes owne wordes Mat. 18.20 Christ is there king Luk. 1.33 he is there Mediator Heb. 9.15 by whose blood they may be bould to enter into the holy place He is their high Priest who with one offering hath consecrated for ever thē that are sanctified Heb. 10.21.14 And made them kings And Preists vnto God Reuel 1.6 They are come vnto Mount Syon And to the citie of the liveing God the celestiall Ierusalem Heb. 12.22 whose gates are not shutt by day and there is no night there Reuel 21.25 wee conclude therefore with those heavenly wordes of comfort spoken by the holy ghost vnto everie faithfull man and men though but two or three Reuel 22.17 Both the spirit the Bride say come And let him that heareth say come and let him that is a thirst come and let who soever will take of the water of life freely VVe● with your selves now and let all mē consider whether this be not al sufficiēt Heere is the King the Mediator and the high Priest and the citie Ierusalem with hir gates open and the spirit of God bidding all come freely and all the faithfull made kings Preistes vnto God what should let the faithfull for entring in offering Sacrifices administring in all the holy thinges before the lord seeing they onely are appointed there vnto of God 1. Pet. 2.5 4.10 If the jewes cominge out of captivitie had had Salomon their kinge Moses their mediator Aaron their high Priest Ierusalem their citie with hir gates open their god bidding thē come who should have for bidden thē for bringing their sacrifices and administring before the lord freely If Pharoh should hinder thē all the plagues of Egipt should fall vpō him And though Tobiah should despise thē Sāballett cōspire against them yet they praying to their god their enimies shame should be turned vpon their owne heads and the lord should bring their counsells to nought Nehe. 4. And God hath promissed to do no lesse for his people now against his and their enimie the mistery of iniquitie the man of sinne for he will consume him with the spirit of his mouth abolish him with the brightnes of his coming 2. Thes 2.8 And he will smyte the earth with the ●od of his mouth and with the breath of his lipps shall he slay the

wicked Esa 11.4 Now therefore take you heed and let al people take ficed how they go about to hinder the people of god that have freedome and libertie to administer before him being a holy Preisthood to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ 1. Pet. 2.5 take heed wee say how you go about to hinder them by setting vp your owne inventions and abhominations and bring swist iudgment vpon your selves And so wee leave this point praying you not lightly to passe by it though wee have handled it weakly But let all that disire vnfainedly in the truth of their soules to see the profession of Iesus Christ florrish in puritie and sincerity and in the light of all truth sett their owne harts and teach others to seeke Christ in his word And to followe him in all worshipp and service according to the examples rules precepts in the Striptures which are written for vs to that end For what soever ●●inges are writtē aforetime are written for our lea●●ing Rom. 15.1 Lett all men therefore that in vprightnes disires to walke in the waies of god according to true direction seeke to be taught of god by the Scriptures and not to be ledd by the examples and precepts of men For if a people though but two or three by reading and hearing the Scriptures by the worke of the spirit come to the faith of the gospel must be cōpelled to joyne to anie or some people that formerly professe Christ then must they be forced to professe as they professe and walke in their stepps with them and so to be brought in subiection to all their errors and to be polluted by joyning with them in all their corruptions and so they cannot nor must not be ledd on for ward towards perfection as they ought to be Heb. 6.1 But they must be ledd forward or go backward or out of the way or stand still as that people to whome they joyne will lead them This destroyes all pure profession of the gospell and keepes men backe from walking in the cleare light thereof ffor if two or three shall in the honestie of their harts disire to walke holi●●e with the lord and keepe themselves vnspotted of error this wofull rule of Succession debarrs them that they may not so do and constraines them to joyne to some people denying them libertie to walke after the rules and examples in the Scriptures and so to followe Christ and binds them to followe Christ with them as they followe Christ Hence it cometh that the Pope saith loe heere is Christ and seekes to force all to followe Christ with him And the Bishopps they say loe heere is Christ and they seeke to compell all to followe Christ with them The Presbitarie they say loe heree is Christ and they will constraine all to followe Christ with them wee passe by the most vngodly vnwise Familists and scattered flock that say he is in the desert that is no where to be found in the professiō of the gospell according to the ordināces thereof vntill their extraordinarie men they dreame of come which shall not be vntil there come a new Christ a new gospell And you to whome wee especially write you say loe heere is Christ you would have all to followe Christ with you Now in these troblesome dayes which our sauiour Christ hath foretold of and are now come to passe wherein if it were possible the very elect should be deceaved let all the godly stay them selves vpon that blessed counsel of our Saviour Christ who saith vnto al that will followe him take yee heed behold I have shewed you althinges before Mark. 13.23 which is by his word and therefore thither onely must wee go and followe no men And wee pray al you that would have men followe Christ with you to remember how our Saviour Christ reproved his Disciples for their evill disposition therin who when they sawe one casting out deviles in Christes name forbadd him because he followed not Christ with them Iesus vtterly disaproving them said forbidd yee him not he that is not against vs is with vs. Luk. 9.49.50 If thē our saviour Christ would not suffer these his Disciples to challēge to thēselves this privilege nor would not restraine that his Disciple for professinge his name althoug he followed not with thē why should anie challēg to thēselves or why should the people of god think them selves bound to give vnto anie this prerogative Let all the people of God therefore every where knowe that they have libertie to followe Christly them selves which if Gods people would practice with feare reverence relying onely vpon the direction of gods word spirit it would make them 〈◊〉 wary carefull of their waies least they should run into error so be iustly reproved of all whift all mens eies are vpon them whereas contrariwise if of necessitie they be bound to go joyne to another congregation they walke securely because that people● walking is their warrant and what soever they find amongst them must be received as approved good And this makes divers who often receives manie good motions of the spirit to quench those provocations of the spirit because they thinke they must needes ioyne to some people and can see none that walke so vprightly nolilie with whome they may have comfort to joyne this is a cheife cause of all this evill in that manie are blinded with this error that you all the fore named people do stand so stiffly vpon that they must joyne to the Church And so is this libertie hidden from their eies you all that teach that doctrine being instrumentes there of that they may joyne thē selves to gether in the covenant of the new Testament so be the church Temple of God them selves as well as you or anie people and through the gracions blessing of god which he hath promissed shal be vpon them they so doeing walking in his waies they may shall growe to be a most holy people and a house for the most high god to dwel in the word spirit of god being fullie sufficient to build them vp they edifieing one another in their most holy faith according to the rules of the holy ghost in the new Testament And all this without the authoritie or admittance of anie people professing before them but all this you hide from their eies O that the children of god were as wise in their generation in al thinges in this as the Sonnes of men then would they loose no part of that libertie wherewith Christ hath made them free then would every people called of god runne of them selves the rac● before them and followe hard toward the marke for the price of the high calling of god in Christ Iesus Phil. 3.14 Vnto the which till the called of god by the word of his spirit raise vp their hartes to do striveing withall zeale holines to runne