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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11591	An exposition with notes vpon the first Epistle to the Thessalonians. By William Sclater D.D. and Minister of the Word of God at Pitmister in Sommerset	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.	1619 (1619)	STC 21834; ESTC S116799	377,588	577

his steps to vrge any thing supra statutum as simply necessarie is to vrge superstition to yeeld to any thing supra statutum as simply necessarie is to yeeld to superstition Let them take heed that thus presse this gesture vpon our consciences as necessarie to be imitated they incurre not crime of superstition from which they would seeme to be most abhorrent Are we bound to this gesture so that to vse any other is sinne Yes say they then either because it was amongst Christs morall acts wherein he hath cōmanded vs to imitate or else by vertue of that Mandate i 1. Cor. 11.24 Hoc facite Do this A third member when they assigne me I will take notice of But neither was it amongst his morall acts wherein hee hath commanded vs to imitate nor is it comprized within his Mandate at the institution Ergo. May wee number it amongst his morall acts wee must then shew what Law of God vertually at least comprizeth this Conclusion Thou shalt sit at the Sacrament And againe in religious moralities it is vnlawfull to doe aliud or aliter other thing or otherwise why then stand they yea why sit they why leane they not one in the bosome of another or how dare they in the least tittle swarue from their patterne Comes it vnder the Mandate Hoc facite then is it amongst the Sacramentals of the Supper For hoc facite comprizeth not Circumstantials but Sacramentals Is it Sacramentall where is the signification it hath of any act of God to vs or of vs to God Sacramentall actions all whether of the Minister or Receiuer haue their mysticall resemblance and signification These eager spirits haue much haunted mee the ghastliest Argument they euer put forth to affright me withall hath beene this from the example of Christ And though I neuer heard it vrged but where the Answere hath made it totter yet neuer could I sway with any Minister or other I haue dealt withall as to make him forgoe his hold thereon for in their Logicall Disputes it is no absurditie to denie the Conclusion I will truely acquaint you with the seuerall manners of vrging The first paper is thus That gesture that Christ and his Apostles vsed at the time of the institution is to be vsed of vs at the time of receiuing the Supper But the gesture of sitting is that gesture which Christ and his Apostles vsed at the time of the institution therefore must be vsed of vs. Formally enough But when I wonder will they proue their proposition that wee are bound to vse the Gestures Vestures other circumstances of first administration And where appeares that Christ or his Apostles sate as we call sitting And why may I not thus reason What Vesture Christ vsed at the first administration is to bee vsed in ours But a seamelesse Coate was the Vesture which Christ vsed at the first administration Therefore is to bee sed of vs. I dare say the Argument proceedes as firmely for the habit as for the site and position The second paper thus To swerue from the imitable example of Christ is a sinne Not to sit in the act of receiuing is to swerue from the imitable example of Christ therefore not to sit is a sinne per consequens to sit a necessary duty Answ What meane you by imitable that which may bee imitated or that which must be imitated If that which may bee imitated your proposition is false If that which must be imitated your assumption This man explaines himselfe distinguishing betwixt his workes miraculous and others and by imitable vnderstands that wherein it is possible to resemble him belike them we must gird our selues with a Towell and wash our peoples feet before our administration for so did Christ and his actions is not miraculous but possibly imitable Yea of this act hee saith more then euer hee said of his gesture k Ioh. 13.4 12 14 15. If I your Lord and Master haue washed your feet yee also ought to wash one anothers feet for I haue giuen you an ensample first that ye should doe as I haue done to you And I maruell these Apish Imitators in this action which he cals exemplary secnodly wherof he saith it ought to be done in imitation of him think not themselues bound whereas in the gesture they acknowledge a bond though by no probabilitie of Scripture they can prooue it exemplary or with an ought to bee done pressed vpon the Conscience To put end to this enquiry Giue mee I pray a true reason why his gesture in preaching binds vs not to imitation as well as his gesture in the Sacrament My memory may faile me but I know not that it is euer recorded Christ taught in any other site then sitting l Mat. 5.1 That he sate downe and taught his Disciples I reade that he stood I reade not a true difference betweene these in this point of necessary imitation I would faine heare The rite and outward forme of Baptisme vsed by Iohn whereto also our Sauiour submitted himselfe was not sprinkling but m Mat. 3.16 Act. 8.38 going downe into the water why are wee not strictly bound to this imitable example of Christ and his Fore-runner and yet must thinke our selues bound to his gesture in the Supper Lastly let this though it may seeme a nicetie bee taken notice of that in this question they change the very predicament where the inquiry lyeth To speake properly and exactly sitting is not in the predicament of Action but in that of site and position And whereas in matter of imitation the Actions of Christ fall onely into inquiry they diuert the question to his site and position qua fide And why should wee not vrge the quando and vbi and habitus of Christs administration from his example aswell as his gesture Thus farre of that question occasionally out of a desire if it bee possible to giue satisfaction to the scrupulous in as much as concernes the Argument from Christs example This is the rule The precept of imitating our blessed Sauiour is limited to his actions not extended to his gestures Among his actions to those that were morall not to circumstantiall or incidentall The last particular in the Text remaines hauing receiued the Word These wordes at first sight I conceiued to expresse the speciall matter wherein they imitated And propounded the question how in receiuing the Word they might be said to imitate the Apostle and our Sauiour considering their imployment was rather in deliuering the Word by preaching then receiuing thereof by attending to others And thus resolued There is a kind of oblique imitation of Christ and his Saints suppose when men apply the vertues exercised by Saints in their callings to workes that concerne them in their place As Fortitude and Courage Christ and his Apostles manifested in preaching the Gospell This people in preaching vsed not their Fortitude but in receiuing and maintayning the Gospell expressed like Courage The same