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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64639	Perez Uzza, Or, A serious letter sent to Master Edm. Calamy, January the 17th, 1663 touching his sermon at Aldermanbvry, December the 28th, intimating his close design, and dangerous insinuation against the publick peace : with some queries he is to answer, for the satisfaction of the world.	Udall, O.	1663 (1663)	Wing U17; ESTC R23555	20,153	32

granting though I hope you do not think so that Ministers are now weaker then they were must we hear in faith of mans power or rather must not we hear in the faith of the power of God whose strength is most apparent in weakness Ah! will some poor souls say precious Mr. Watson Mr. Calamy sweet Mr. Venning c. what is Paul what is Apollo what is Mr. Calamy what is Mr. Watson but Ministers by whom they believe even as the Lord gave to every man you plant others water God giveth the increase so then neither is he that planteth any thing nor he that watereth but God that giveth the increase tell me seriously whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions are you not carnal and walk as men for while one saith I am of Paul and another I am of Apollo and another I am of Cephas are ye not carnal O you can never receive the Word of God in the holy Ghost in power and in much assurance while ye have mens persons in admiration receive the faith of God in respect of persons Object 10 I am told you discoursed of the danger of loosing the Ordinances and Ministry of the gospel You know Mr. Calamy we are in danger of loosing nothing but what we never had until these twenty years there is no more danger that I see then that we are like to loose those novelties with which we have been troubled of late that we may gain that ancient way in which we have been happy as you say these hundred years for I am told that you said England hath enjoyed the Gospel this hundred yeas Had England the Gospel in the Episcopal or in the Presbyterian way after the Common-prayer or after the Directory with order and decency or in disorder and confusion Let all the world judge Came the Gospel from you to us who all know are of yesterday or came it not unto you from us We dare not make our selvas of the number or compare our selves with some that commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise 2 Cor. 10.12 13 14. We boast not of things without our measure that is of other mens labours only we hoped your ingenuity would have acknowledged that the Gospel Ordinances are not in any danger by your late removal for you know you found Gospel Ordinances here when you came into the world and I hope they may be found here after you are gone hence and are seen no more O do a few Ministers think that their removing is the removing of the Gospel that it should enter into a few mens hearts that they uphold the Church O if King Charles could say when he was advised to grant what he could to save upon which he Church depended God forbid that the Church of God should depend upon a mortalman O how much more may you say that you were nourished and brought up by the Church and depended upon it rather then it upon you some indeed preach Christ out of contention some you will say for gain notwithstanding Christ is preached and you may rejoyce Ob. 11. One reason they say you gave for Christians care for the Ark was their love to the place of Gods presence but do your people love the habitation of Gods house or rather this or that person that ministre●h there do they desire to dwell in the house of God to see the beauty of the Lord or to hear a friend judge you oh these things ought not to be If they love the Church it is as it was these many years if they love a party we know what you mean by the Ark. Obj. 12. You said as Mr. Cartwright used to say for Sion sake I will not hold my tongue O alas Mr. Calamy when the Government of the Church to which you they say swore obedience was subverted when 3000. Orthodox men were silenced sequestred and undone when the ancient worship of God was abolished which you once used for you know you and I were once of a judgment and practice when the Church was in the greatest danger that it hath been since the Reformation you were silent now a few opinions of yours about a few garments gestures words and other small formalities are not allowed a few men wedded to these opinions will not preach because they are not allowed you cannot be silent be not deceived God is not mocked Obj. 13. They say you said a child of God was careful of the Ark because of his interest therein by his care we might know the children of God here Mr. Calamy I am afraid poor souls may wrest the Scripture to their own damnation if you mean by the Ask of God the Church of God with his Ordinances after the primitive and universal all good take care of it and the King and Parliament at this time take care to establish it If you mean only your own way as every party cry up their own way for the only way of God and the way of others of the separation and make it a sign of a Child of God to be careful of you O Sir what a stone of stumbling do you cast before all the ages of the Church where there was one that knew much lesse was careful for this way But I hope you will not say Then it is a certain sign there were but few or none that were the children of God in those ages O Sir to be of a Religion that saves only a party is not a sign of the Child of God but of a man of contention O let me live and die in that Religion which if not neglected may save the world Object 14. You said I am informed That the Ordinances of God are the treasures of a Christian and the losse of them cannot but trouble them The Ordinances of God are Reading Hearing Sacraments and Prayer Common prayer in a wholesome form of sound words to which all could say Amen was neglected for mens private notion to which very few could say Amen Reading was quite disufed preaching the Gospel was turned to the preaching of Opinions and Parties and the Sacrament of Baptisme allowed to few and that of the Lords Supper denyed almost to all O Ely would have trembled at these things the wayes of Sion God knows mourned the ancient Ministers of Christ were driven into corners and were you troubled did you lay it to heart these are restored what alles you now Object 15. Christ Jesus you said is the joy of Christians and therefore when Christ is departing they cannot but be much troubled at it O Mr. Calamy take heed of perswading people that the advancing of this or that party is the advancing of Christ or that the discountenancing of them is the departing of Christ If any man say ●o here is Christ or there or here he is departed or there O teach poor people not to believe them for there shall arise