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A07475 An examination of certaine motives to recusancie. By W. Bedell Bedell, William, 1571-1642. 1628 (1628) STC 1786; ESTC S113798 20,794 67

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AN EXAMINATION OF CERTAINE MOTIVES TO RECVSANSIE By W. BEDELL Printed by the Printers to the Vniversitie of CAMBRIDGE And are to be sold at London by R. Daniel at the signe of the Angell in Lumbard-street 1628. TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull my very good Friend Sir THOMAS BARKER SIR I Send you here an Answer to that Paper I received from you containing a collection of certaine Reasons conveyed into the hands of some devout Gentlewomen your friends with purpose to divert them from society with Protestants and specially in Gods service established among us Vpon the first view of them I marvelled at the Authors strange drawing and misapplying Scriptures to his purpose at the opinions which he imputed to ancient Hereticks whereof to my remembrance I had never read nor heard before But when I came to examine the places more particularly in his owne Authors I found cause even to be astonished at the boldnesse of the man that taking advantage of the credulity of such good people durst put such a packet of lies into their hands And I could not but pitty their case who being fallen into the net of errour are by such a cunning but ungodly practise in danger to be inwraped and snarled by this perswasion of separation so as if Gods mercy be not the more there is no meanes for them to come ever even to understand this falshood wherby their simplicity is abused There is not a more approoved remedie against the stinging of a Scorpion then the Scorpion it selfe bruised in oyle and applyed I have here endeavoured to bray this Scorpion it shall be your part to apply it And if this Collector can and will justifie under his name his Doctrine of Separation and his Catalogue of Heresies and his Charge of Protestants to renew them he shall proove himselfe an honest man if he cannot and will yeeld to the truth at least a good Christian. If he doe not one of the two request your friends as our old Proverbe hath it to let him continue in their Pater noster but cast him his additions to the Catholick faith for ever out of their Creed Concluding I desire God to give you and them a right understanding in all things and to follow the truth in Charity and rest Yours in Christ Iesu W. BEDELL AN EXAMINATION of certaine Motives to RECVSANCIE ¶ Society with those of contrary Religion hath alwaies been pernicious and unlawfull THis Assertion is very confusedly set downe As it stands without limitation it is utterly untrue and besides nothing to the purpose For society of such as are of a false religion with those of the true Religion hath been often very profitable to them alwaies lawfull And the Religion of the reformed Churches is not a contrary religion to that of the Romane obedience but onely different as pure and corrupt reformed and deformed For the discovery of the truth the words and termes are to bee opened This terme Religion is not alwaies used in the same meaning Sometime it is put for the perswasion of the minde and judgement touching some divine nature and the devotion of the heart toward the same as the Iewish religion A●… 26. 5. So religion of Angels Col. 2. 18. sometimes it is put for some more speciall observance and ceremony as the Religion of the Paschall Lambe Exod. 12. 26 43. According to which sense the rules of Saint Benedict Saint Basill and others have been called religions although they had not a divers faith or perswasion touching God nor yet a different worship in the substance but onely in circumstances as apparell formes and houres of praier and such like Contrary Religions therefore are such as have a contrary faith touching the God they worship as Iacob and Laban Gen. 31. Or a contrary manner of worshipping him in matter of substance Circumstances and differences in opinions government and ceremonies doe not make a diverse much lesse a contrary religion as appeares in the religion before and after the Law written before and after Christ. These were different as an infant a childe and a man of yeares yet the same person As for the terme Society it is likewise of divers sorts one in the duties of religion another in common life Wherein againe some is necessary and not at our choice and discretion as the society of parents and children servants and masters subjects and princes citizens neighbours kinsfolkes passengers in the same ship guests at the same table yea every man with another in that hee is a man Some againe is voluntary and at pleasure as of contracting marriage friendship familiarity choosing our habitation and company with whom we will consort our selves These explications premised I answer in these five propositions First society in the worship of God with true beleevers professing pure religion is lawfull and necessary and when it may be had cannot long bee omitted without sin Psal. 122. 1. I was glad when they said unto me let us goe into the house of the Lord Psal. 133. 1. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity Act. 2. 42 44. The Christians of the primitive Church are said to have continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in praiers and were together and Vers. 46. And they continuing daily with one accord in the Temple and breaking bread from house to house did eate their meat with gladnesse and singlenesse of heart Heb. 10. 25. Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is Secondly society with men that worship the true God though in some points ignorant or misbeleevers may be holden so long as they are not obstinate and God is not dishonoured Act. 19. 9. Paul resorted to the Synagogue of the Iewes till they were hardned and blasphemed the way of the Lord then hee separated the Disciples See also 1. King 8. 41. where Solomon praieth for the stranger that was not of Gods people Israel but came out of a farre countrey and should come and pray towards the Temple that God would heare and doe according to his request that all the people of the earth might know his Name to feare him as Israel did Thirdly society with men that worship a false God or the true God with a false and Idolatrous worship in the exercise of their religion is utterly unlawfull Deut. 12. 30. Take heed to thy selfe that thou bee not snared by following them after that they be destroyed from before thee saying how did these nations serve their gods even so will I doe likewise Thou shalt not doe so unto the Lord thy God How neer so ever they be Deut. 13. 6 7. If thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thy sonne or thy daughter or the wife of thy bosome or thy friend which is as thine owne soule c. So Exod. 32. 27. The Levites are bidden by Moses from the Lord to slay