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A78013	An individuall letter to every man that calls himselfe a minister of Jesus Christ. Penned more particularly for Mr. Christopher Love, upon some observations from his sermon, preached Jan. 29. 1644. at Windsor, and re-preached at Uxbridge, Jan. 30. 1644. upon Jer. 33. 6. Whereby the author doth examine and enquire, whether Master Love were ever called by God, and Jesus Christ, or directed by the spirit of truth to preach the said sermon: or ever sent forth by Jesus Christ to be his minister. Being also for a caveat or memento to all others who call themselves Christs ministers, to examine whether ever they had a mission or commission from Jesus Christ so to doe, the having embroyled the land of our nativity in an unnaturall warre formerly one with another, contrary to any command, precept, or practises of Christ and his apostles, or word of truth: by whose evill practises they have caused the gospel of truth and peace to be evill spoken of, and have opened a torrent of blood, which none but the heavenly physitian can stop and cure; to whom the author intreateth the people to looke, and pray, and waite for help, for vain is the help of man. Written by an English man, Christs servant, for Englands remembrance.	Burt, Nathaniel, fl. 1644-1655.	1651 (1651)	Wing B6143; Thomason E637_7; ESTC R206611	6,528	8

AN INDIVIDUALL LETTER To every man that calls himselfe a Minister of JESUS CHRIST Penned more particularly for Mr. Christopher Love upon some Observations from his Sermon preached Jan. 29. 1644. at Windsor and re-preached at Vxbridge Jan. 30. 1644. upon Jer. 33.6 Whereby the Author doth examine and enquire whether Master Love were ever called by God and Jesus Christ or directed by the Spirit of Truth to preach the said Sermon Or ever sent forth by Jesus Christ to be his Minister Being also for a Caveat or Memento to all others who call themselves Christs Ministers to examine whether ever they had a Mission or Commission from Jesus Christ so to doe they having embroyled the Land of our Nativity in an unnaturall Warre formerly one with another contrary to any command precept or practises of Christ and his Apostles or word of Truth By whose evill practises they have caused the Gospel of Truth and Peace to be evill spoken of and have opened a torrent of Blood which none but the Heavenly Physician can stop and cure To whom the Author intreateth the People to looke and pray and waite for help for vain is the help of man Behold the Lords hand is not shortned that it cannot save neither is his care heavy that he cannot heare Isa. 59.1 2 3. But your iniquities have separated between you and your God and your sins have hidd his face from you that he will not heare vers. 2. For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity your lips have spoken lies and your tongue hath murmured iniquity vers. 3. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledg Because thou hast refused Knowledge I will also refuse thee that thou shalt be no Priest to me and seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God I will also forget thy children Hos. 4.6.9 And there shall be like people like Priest for I will visit their wais upon them and reward their deeds vers. 9. God is our hope and strength and help in troubles ready to be found He maketh warrs to cease unto the end of the world Psal. 46.1.9 He appeaseth the noise of the Seas and the tumults of the People Psal. 65. 7. Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise the remnant of the rage shalt thou restraine Pfal 76. 10. For the Pastors are become beasts and have not sought the Lord therefore have they none understanding and all the Flocks of their Pastures are scattered Jer. 10.21 Written by an English man Christs servant for Englands remembrance London Printed Anno 1651 when the formall Presbytery received a wound as the Episcopall before amd Independency in time will follow if they doe the same workes and repent not A Premonition to all that call themselves Christs Ministers and all that shall read herein P.N.B. Junior FRends however I have set upon this work know that I do not do it out of envy to any of your persons honors preferments or profits or esteemes which you have enjoy by any of your Ministeriall employments by the state or people that accrew unto you thereby Neither do I despise or triumph in my Honoured Christ Love's misery lying under a heavy answer but desire to be a mourner with any of you therein really and sincerely Neither would I have any to whose hand this shall come to mis-conster me in my desires herein but humbly intreat God who is the giver of all wisdome and reproacheth no man Jam. 1.5 to reveale it to him who hath commaned me to write it is my witness how greatly I long for all your salvations as my brethren English men and for the glory of his great Name who is able to restore England and every English man and to guide our feet into his feare to write his law in our inner parts to unite us in love to give us abundantly the truth as it is in Jesus to settle us in peace and purity to keep us in peace and to preserve us to his own glorious presence where we shall see even as wee are seene which if we please him here always as his Son did or so endeavour or delight to doe for Christ saith Joh. 8.29 For he that sent me is with me the Father hath not left me alone because I do always those things that please him And what those things were the word sets forth which when God shall send you forth as his Ministers he will enable you and the Elders also if there shall be need of you as formerly his Apostles hold a Fatherly union with you if you do always those things that please him wherefore as Paul saith I Cor. 6.20 Let us learn that no man presume above that which is written that one swell not against another for any mans cause for the Kingdome of God is not in word but in power For this is the Testament that God will make with us if we be Israels house After those days faith the Lord I wil put my lawes in their minds and in their heart I will write them and I will be their God and they shall be my people And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his Brother saying know the Lord For all shall know me from the least of them to the greatest of them for I will be mercifull to their unrighteousnesse and I will remember their sins and their inniquities no more Heb. 8.10 11 12. This is new Testament this is Gospll although it may not please men this is not another Gospell as Paul speaketh Gal. 1.6 7. Twice though the Authors name be not to it and this is not mans Doctrine but Gods which I have received from God and his word Peace be with the Brethren and love with faith from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ Grace be with all them which love the Lord Jesus Christ to their immortality Amen Ephes. 6.23 24. James saith Cap. 5.19 20. verses If any man have erred from the truth and some one man hath converted him Let him know he shall save a soule from death I Write to you Master Love and to every one that calleth himself Chists Minister not out of Arrogancy or vain Glory but out of Conscience and tender affection to your self and others intreating you all in Christs name to be reconciled to him and to read my lines and to let me have your answer really as the truth is in Jesus For I hope you have the spirit and are one of Chists It may be you beleeved better of the last Parliament of Lords and Commons the Lands Phisitians as you call them who are since cast out and thrown down then they deserved experience sheweth it Let us trust in the living God these aretituler Gods I have said you are Gods but you shall die like men Mr Love I reade in your booke called Englands Distemper Page 38. Truth may be adulterated as well as peace in that booke you have delivered wholesome

truthes but again you have set forth some Errours which questions your Missions as Christs Ministers and favours much of man pleasing and of Worldly Wisdome which is earthly sensuall and devilish For though I honour Presbitery it must keep to the word closer in practise having the example of Christ and the Apostles as well the Prophets then English Presbitry hath done It must be more Heavenly wise more self denying and lesse Carnall lesse politique though as wise as Serpents yet innocent as Doves I would neither have them or any other say the Lord faith it when it is only their own sayings and inventions for thereby is the Gospel evill spoken off and there is not severall Gospells and though a man pervert the Gospell yea were it an Angell I dare not hold him blessed in that as preaching mans Doctrine to please men I cannot in that hold him Christs Servant as faithfull Paul hath handled and God by Christ and the spirit the Comforter and his Word hath taught me for which I desire ever to be thankfull I read David by the spirit of the Lord spake his word being in his tongue The God of Israell spake to me the strength of Israell said 2. Sam. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. And these are called the last words of David As Davids are called his last words having seen divers Temptations and evills for the righteousnesse of them so would I have yours for the truth Again though Paul through Gods grace given him laid a foundation 1. cor. 3.10 But faith he let every man take heed how he buildeth upon it for there is no other foundation then Jesus Christ and if any man build on this foundation Gold Silver pretious Stones timber hay or stubble Every mans work shall be made manifest for the day shall declare it and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort it is and every man shall receive his wages according to his labour 1 Cor 3.8.10 11 12 13 14 15. In the twenty eighth and twenty ninth page of your Uxbridge Sermon you say did they who made their footing to be Jure Devino which we have rather found to be Jure Diabolico the Bishops is there meant by you thinke thus to be cast down before the People upon the Dunghill and made vile and contemptible Did they ever thinke to lie under so much disgrace and others to be countenanced by the Nobles and Commons of the Land when themselves are an abhorring to all flesh and their names a reproach to all people and are not these Dagons Nobles Commons become so likewise ut supra though you sought then to please them I fear Col. Von once my Captain subtilty corrupted your young yaars I intreat you and your Brethren to these ensuing to answer without reservation or guile which concerne the Gospel of Gods glory so much though it crosse mans affection or self-interests yet as God is truth let every man speak truth unto his Neighbour though the Ministry say they have Ordination succession Yet their lives qualifications or corruptions or self-interests gives the Gospel a Check or lie they following the whorish world for they ought nor to be men-pleasers strikers or fighters or given to filthy Lucre or Novices neither crafty and deceitfull dealers in their lives and rhetoricall speakings contrary to found and wholesome Doctrine yea the Apostle Paul faith I think that God hath set forth us the last Apostles as men appointed to Death for we are made a Gasing stock unto the World and to the Angells and to men we hunger are naked we have no certain dwelling place are buffeted reviled evill spoken of and yet we blesse and pray and suffer persecution and labour working with our own hands 1 Cor. 4.9.11.12.13 The marginall notes faith He that will take right view how like Paul and the Pope such are who lyingly boasteth he is his Successor let him compare the Delicates of the Popish Court and St Pauls state as we see it here and how far was Christs state short of this I pray you who saith the Servant is not greater then his master and since the Pope is granted to be that Whore and the Bishops their Successors with him to be none of the Apostles successors And neither of them are Jure Devino but rather Jure Diobolico and as you observe abhorred of all flesh and a reproach to all people And as amongst other things for corrupt Ceremonies in service and Doctrine for preaching up Tyranny and that People must obey the Kings lust in all laying their necks to the block and not defend themselves by force of Armes in any cafe your Uxbridg Sermon Page 16 17. Now since both these have lost ordination and succession by your own confessions who upon earth I pray declare can give it For loe they that withdraw themselves from thee shall perish as the Psalmist saith Thou destroyest all that go a whoring from thee Psal. 73.27 This all grant and your self proved who then hath I pray you power to send out or ordain Ministers for Christ Is it from Heaven or from men as Christ asketh the Pharises of Johns Baptisme which hath brought me to the question asked by the Bishops when they ordained any for the Ministry Viz. Bishop Q. Do you think in your Heart that you be truly called according to the will of our Lord Jesus Cstrist and the order of the Church of England Minister answ. I think it now did not he answer I think it he could not be made a Minister You say in the Appeale with your Sermon by way of Apology Page 8. some say I intruded my self on the work when divers can testify how earnestly Captain Hampton the Governour of the Towne did solicite me with many others Again page 9. 1. Objection what ever your call was to preach yet the matter was unseasonable 2. Objection Why did you not write this vindication sooner these things by you are verbally answered but your answer therein is your shame and others like you for though you preacht the said Sermon in Winsor Castle the day before all this proves not your mission from Christ or your Brethrens or your works to be spirituall but carnall or literall or both It is not others report hath corrupted your name but the flies of your own practises and Doctrine and almost all of you preacht another Gospel You say in Page 14. of your Booke Prisons are many times or oft times the greatest inlets to many divine speculations or the Servants of God in a suffering condition have ordinarily the most cleer discoveries of the will of God a worthy Doctrine consonant with the Scripture but then as Peter saith He that suffereth as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let none of you suffer as a Murtherer or a Theife or an evill doer or as a busie body in other mens matters 1 Pet. 4 14.15.16 But if ye be rayled on for the name of Christ blessed are