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A18923	A manuel of the Bibles doctrine for law and Gospell, letter and spirit, signe and thing signified reduced to the first chapter of Leuiticus: Wherewith (occasionally) be plainely considered, and briefelie concluded, the most mayne questions wherewith the christian churches be combied. By H.C.	Clapham, Henoch.	1606 (1606)	STC 5344; ESTC S114490	51,700	285

the nomber a fewnes 2 in obseruatiō easines 3 in their signification worthines as for Antichristianisme it properly in S. Paul S. Iohns sense consisteth not which to few haue marked either in an Antithesis or opposition vn to christs external order or yet in an opposition to the Iudicial or moral law Euē such oppositiōs are hainus wicked but do not therefore cōclude Antichristianism al euil euen in the members of christ is condēnable but they not therfore Antichristiā nor it antichri stianisme Antichristianity in the newe testaments sence is an opposition to the newe couenant of Grace called of the apostle another gospel that is glad tydings in som other then in christ And such were they that went out wherof S. Iohn speaketh seking iustifica tion by another meanes then christ as by the obseruatiō of the moral law or the law of Ceremonies or the like This ●…oint held and it is easie to be held Antichrist being Antike●…nos the layer of an opposite foundation it quasheth to ground all our fanatique spirites that make any thing in our church yea all our Church it selfe to bee Antichristian because of some morall wants or somwhat otherwise euill onely in theyr fancie I woulde they would once smite their hand on their thigh and saye what haue I done But for pressing this one pointe some yeares passed I haue therefore beene pricked in the eyes euer since therefore to God I leaue such saying Heauenly Father forgiue the 〈◊〉 for they know not what they doe for thy Sons sake suffer not thy people to be ●…onger captiued of them 5. The last question may be this when shal ceremonies altogither end I answer whē the world is cōsumed the heauens earth analysed or more plainly ceremonies shal cease when Faith ceaseth Faith ceaseth when wee haue fully got the thing we faithed or beleeued for ceremonies bee but as a waggon for conuaiing faith to his iournies end Faith beeing the apprehension of things vnseene for I speake of the most excellent kind of faith when once they and wee come togither into full possession and that is not till wee attaine heauens glory then Faith stinteth Being come to the period or ful point it can reach no further nor hope that held the thing beleued and hoped for And in this respect it is that Charitie in the 1. Cor. 13. is preferred before hope faith they then ceasing but loue towards god and our fellow members continuing for euer And for such continuāce eternall it is also that God neuer cal led by name of faith or Hope is called of saint Iohn by the name of Loue or Charitie O God of Abrahā Isaac Iaakob a god of the liuing that liue vnto thee eternally but more speci ally ô thou the father of our Lord Iesus Christ whome in respect of Adams fall thou didst appoint to be a new and a liuing a way for iustification and saluation vnto all such as shoulde come vnto thee by him Heauenly father wee haue broken thy Lawe actually in our selues so well as originally in our fore-patents and therefore haue deserued that all the curses of the Law should fall vppon vs so far bee wee from beeing able to bee iustified by doing the workes of the Law And therefore flying from all hope of health by that old Law Do and liue we come vnto thee by the newe and liuing way Beleeue and liue eternally We belieue ô Lord helpe our vnbeliefe Increase our faith for apprehension of all the promises sealed vpp in Christ with Yea and Amen for they be all true and hee the waye trueth and life Keepe vs in this wildernesseworlde with our backes vpon slauish sinful AE gypt wherein too long we serued Sathan worse then Pharaoh and giue vs to keepe our face still towardes heauens Rest better thē Canaās rest vntil we attain that new land wherein shall dwel only righteousnes And in falling in this worlde vouchsafe as thou didst to Moses to giue vs sighte from aboue for discerning seuerall lots and inheritaunces in that rest for if there were not seuerall mansions ô Father in thy house thy Sonne would otherwise haue tolde vs but loe hee is gone before to prepare a place for his people Giue vs grace to see and in seeing giue vs to exulte in thee with care of becomming more conformeable vnto thee To that end blesse the Ministrye of thy Sonnes Gospell vnto vs that so his loue may constrayne vs tó loue the dooing of all his commaundementes Blesse Gouernours and Gouerned High and lowe ritche and poore with a divine care to doe not onelye the holye and righteous duties that appertaine to them as they be christians but also as they be christiās of such and such places that so thy name may bee more generally bonored amongest vs and in thy sauing mercies sealed vp in Christe Iesus this greeuous pestilence maye bee farre remooued from vs. Heare vs for the sake of thy sonne our sole Sauiour whom in worde and sacrementes thou hast exhibited mercifullye vnto vs. To whome with thee and the blessed spirit three distinct persons but one true and euerliuing GOD bee all kingdome power and glorye ascribed both by Angells and men this time and for euer Amen Faults escaped Page 1. line 10. min reade mind pag 3. lin 6. sheh read isheh page 7. line 16. Noah the read Noah through the floud the c. page 14. lin 1. vah read vaf pag. 15. line 9 Euangel read Euangels pa. 24. lin 1. fourth read and fift pag. 34. lin 19. a read as page 70. line 11. god reade good pag. 93. lin 9. waits read waights pag. 133. line 20. Ma. read Mathe vv pag. 136. lin 15. ar read far pag. 144 lin 10. not suf read not only a suff pag. 169. lin 14. meetnes read meeknes pag. 171. lin 14. liue reade line pag. 178. line 1. meri reade merit pag. 189 line 9. vs read as A reason of this Epistle This certaine were more then now would be knowne for som are turred for meer aduantage 〈◊〉 in co●…ners t●…ey be mar tins disciples still Som yet in the ministry as Fa'coners do lead the people hood winked they know not whither looking for their day as the Papistes for theyr day hauing one speeche in publique another 〈◊〉 priuate A prety iest ●…o the shame of partiall spi ●…ts Three sondry Sects vnder one Gener●…ll head of reformation a Iehouah Iebrue oberua●…ions b Adam a Korban b Iehouah c Korban d Gnólah e Tamim f Hebr. The son of the Beef a G●…ólah sheh b Reia●…h ●…icoach c Ièrèk d ●…nólah ish●…h a Helr The 〈◊〉 of the pigeon b Kir c The feathers about the m●… a Iude 6. Gen. 3. 15. c. Shem liued 600 years Eab●…s in his 2. b. 2. 〈◊〉 Exodus 〈◊〉 t●…ache Neoph●…t to no●…ber the times better Leuiticus What it in ●…endeth Ceremonial persons Rom. 1. Psal. 19. 1. Nom. 3.

Citizens against mee but also of others in the Country haue they not since been opposite to themselues Then mark They being of the nōber that petitio nated to the King for Reformation not to speake of some then reconciled to the Bishops at least outwardly I beseech you what doe they speak of their Lay-Elders for wee all grant Elders what speake they of their Lay-deacōs for wee all graunt Deacons what say they of their Lay discipline for we all graunt discipline what say they to the King of these matters wherewith they had intoxicate the heads and harts of their hearers They speak not a word not so much as God saue it They onely couet some other by-things and then all is well inough the former Antichristianitie shall be all true or at least tollerable christianity But methinks I heare some say that howbeit they desired not of the King an intertainment of the former discipline yet they neuer the lessewer of the same opinion still but propounded it not for that the King seemed aduerse vnto it I answere it is vntrue for many of them had changed their opinion In somuch as amongst them the case so stood some few did faintly hold that the gouerning Elders as afore were but lay-people in owe in office and anone out as bee church-wardens and Syde-men Some other again did rather belieue that all church-elders and presbiters oughte to bee apte to teache and so to continue assistante●… to the pastor A thirde sorte with Maister I. B. held and still holde that the gouernmente of the Churche by Bishoppes as with vs in England or by ruling Elders as in other Churches of God that neither of them was prescribed by the Apostles of Christe neither of them repugn●…nte to the worde of God but maye well and profitablie be vsed if more fault be not in their persons then in the callinges themselues Being so diuided into three heade of opinion touching the very Persons that shoulde exercise discipline they coulde not in one petitiō beg al three nor coulde the king graunte moe then one and therefore no one sort propounded But if the diuision be so manifold about the very persons that should gouerne the Churche I beseech you what aboundance of difference would bee found amongst them touching the matter of d●…scipline it self in such and such cases for pro ceeding these that haue conuersed with the Separistes and the●…e proceedinges can beste declare that theire head-lesse petition beeinge gaine saide and so theire affections stirred vp One saith hee sees not But ●…he Brownist did well so to separate as I spoke before some others againe say they do not see that it is good to separate so that is to departe as from a false church but to separate as from a Churche neere wounded to death and very infectious they thinke it good and hye-time so to do as some before them did whome I willinglie leaue namelesse A thirde sorte acknowledge that they see not either of the saide Separations to be good and therefore will await he Lordes pleasure mourning in the very middest of Zion There bee so three heades one sounding a Retreate the other Tara●… tara to the battaile and of these two to the battaile the one side proclaiming an absolute defiance as against a false Church wherein not any one is a true visible Christian the other houlding that proclamation to be false saying howsoeuer it is not good to come nere vnto Iob being so vlcer●…us yet a liuing soule he is and may be so restored as in time we may draw neerer vnto him meaning the church So amongst themselues they bee diuided And if the trumpet saith the Apostle do giue an vncertaine sounde who shall prepare himselfe vnto the battaile No body Martin mar must first better direct his people For moste absurde it were to march after a Champion eyelesse handlesse If the blind leade the blinde both must ●…umble into the ditche that is into the state of damnation Gentle Reader consider of it soberly and the Lorde giue thee vnderstanding in al things Looke how I taxed them at first they haue made it good at the last But how many of them haue the grace to laie downe their enmitie towards me to confesse their euill and accordingly to make satisfaction well if I haue spoken euill beare witnesse of the euill but if it bee but trueth why still doe they smite mee The trueth is greate and will conquer and better for them to be subdued vnto it then subdued of it As for their followers let them beware they followe them not in euill howsoeuer it be their duety to reuerence their good Be followers of all as they be followers of Christ but not further That many thinges amongst vs neede amendment who knowes not and what honest hearte lamentes not And that it is the duetye of euery soule so farre as calling and meanes extende to labour such amendemente euerye discreet person graunteth But if the lawes of our Land bee truely considered euills bee rather Personall then Legall and the abuse in persons must not condemne the lawfull vse of things Let vs striue in mutuall exhortations daielie while it is called to day but as the Apostle commaundeth Let all our thinges bee done in loue for without loue all our talke of faith hope knowledge will bee but as the noise of a tinckling Cimball a noyse no voice and that will neuer or seldome bringe any edification to the hearers And thus gentle reader hoping that by other mens harms God will giue thee to beware as also the heart of entertaining good counsaile how base poore or otherwise soeuer the counsellor bee I leaue thee to the sequell of diuine Sacrifice which the Lorde make blessed vnto thee In receiuing good by it giue to GOD the praise and for mee to god thy praiers speciallie that it woulde please GOD to giue som timely issue out of my present tentation And so heartilie farewell this seauenteenth of Nouember the memoriall daye of our late blessed Soueraign good Queene Elizabeth whose name be euer honoured in the Catalogue of christian Princes Thine in the Lord He. Cl. The Argument From Tabernacle doth Iehouah speake To Moses and he speakes to Israel And for that Moral iustice was too weake He vnto them doth preach the Euāgell Of Christ in Types he better things doth tel In Beasts birds bread drink-oblatiōs tēdred Is Iesus Christ al his merits rendred A Reduction of the Lawe and Gospell Letter and spirit Shadow and substance vnto Leuiticus 1. Chapter Heauenly father which openest to them that knocke and reuealest mysteries of thy kingdome vnto Babes vouchsafe to remoue all clowds of ignorance from my min that so the shine of thy countenaunce comming more clearely vpon me I may discouer faithfully the sauing sence of thy word and this for the sake of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen 1. AND the Lorde cried vnto Moses spake vnto him out of the