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master_n	foot_n	lord_n	wash_v	4,431	5	10.4086	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29753	Quakerisme the path-way to paganisme, or, A vieu of the Quakers religion being an examination of the theses and apologie of Robert Barclay, one of their number, published lately in Latine, to discover to the world, what that is, which they hold and owne for the only true Christian religion / by John Brown ...	Brown, John, 1610?-1679.; R. M. C.	1678 (1678)	Wing B5033; ESTC R10085	718,829	590

them he would have them while they were eating look to him that by commemoration of that occasion by his passions and death they should be stirred up to follow him more diligently Ans. Need we cite Scriptures against these men who have such a dexterity to elude all with non sense Whether should we believe this mans fiction or the commentary of the Spirit of God by Paul 1 Cor. 11 24 25. where we have these words twice repeated and an application unto them beside vers 26. shewing that word of comman● did not concerne the Apostles only but the Church in all ages If th●y had never been to do that againe how could they obey that command Doth not common sense and common language confute this vanity And why would Christ have mentioned this Command both w●en he gave the bread and when he gave the cup as Paul showeth us if this had been all What is that to say by commemoration of that occasion by his passions and death c. Nothing but non-sense 16. He mentioneth next that passage of Christ's washing his disciples feet Ioh. 13 3 4 8 13 14 15. And because that is not looked upon as binding which yet was done sayes he with greater solemnity and more precisely prescribed then this of the Supper he inferreth that neither should this be accounted obligeing and upon this one instance he expatiateth Pag. 302. 30● But we Answere 1. Though it were true as it is not that Christ had instituted this ceremony to be observed as he did the Supper the Churches neglect of the one will not warrand him and his followers to despise both But. 2. The difference betwixt the two is clear and manifest This of washing was an usual practice in those ●ote Countreyes where men walked bare footed using only sandals and a common piece of humanity and service whereby love to strangers was declared Luk. 7 44. 1 Tim. 5 10. And Christ being Master and Lord would condescend unto the performing of this inferiour piece of service usually practised by servants and the inferiour sort of persons that he might both testifie his great love to his disciples and also impress deeply on their soul the moral duty of Humility Condescension Mutual service and by his own example root out more effectually that Pride and Emulation that was working in their hearts and so this practice in the very nature of the thing did preach-out this moral duty But the mater of the Supper was a new Institution having a mystical signification depending meerly upon the Institution and was chiefly to be a Signe and Seal of and a Meane to exhibite to the followers of the Institution and conscientious observers of Christ's Appointments Spiritual benefites even Christ all his blessings Hence Christ said of the Bread in the sacramental Institution this is my body which is broken for you and of the Cup this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for many But in this action of washing there is no such thing apparent And further Christ presseth here no formal repetition or reiteration of this practice as a mystical Institution for then he would have urged a full conformity in all points and so have told that one among them the highest represent●ng their Lord and Master should do as he had done wash the feet of the rest but instead of this and to shew that this was but a natural expressive signification of a moral duty incumbent on all to each other he saith vers 14. If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet And for this end to enforce this moral command on all he set before them his owne example vers 15. and his owne example with this mightily influenceing ingredient and circumstance that he who was their Lord and Master had done so and therefore they ●hould much more do so vers 16. the servant is not greater than his Lord c. I might adde that there is nothing apparent in the practice of the Apostles and of the primitive Church giving any ground to think that this was looked upon as a significant rite or symbol having a mystical representation and signification but the moral duty pressed hereby was both frequently urged by the Apostles and practised by the primitive Christians but as to the Supper we finde matters far otherwise an Institution punctually followed and frequently reiterated Act. 2 42. 20 7 And the abuses that had creeped-in in the observation rectified and the right manner of celebrating it largely pressed and enforced with strong arguments and all this founded on an Institution 1 Cor. 11 23. c. And hence our Quaker if he will may see what difference there is betwixt the two and cleare grounds why the perpetuity of the one is asserted and not of the other 17. He urgeth § 7. Pag. 304. our not observing of all the circumstances as not celebrating it at night while supping Which can make nothing for his rejecting of the whole Institution Suppose this were an errour in us will that justifie his profane pleading against the whole Ordinance But he must know that every occasional circumstance of an Institution ha●h not a fixed place and use in the Institution though other circumstances which are parts of the Institution have a fixed place and use therein and of these not of those must that command do this in remembrance of me take place Hence we finde the alteration and change both as to the place and as to the number and as to the supping at that time which were all but occasional circumstances practised and urged Christ did celebrate this first supper in an upper room with his few disciples but the Apostle speaketh of the meeting of the whole Church Act. 20 vers 7. 1 Cor. 11 vers 18 33. and that in a publick place of meeting 1 Cor. 11 vers 11 20. So Christ used his ordinary supper at this time And it is l●ke the Corinthians would do this also in imitation but we see the Apostle discharge this 1 Cor. 11 vers 21 22. and shame them from it but as to such circumstances if they may be so called which have a fixed place in this Ordinance and are parts thereof the Apostle is very tender and careful of these repeating and urging the whole of the Institution 1 Cor. 11 23 24 25. But he thinketh that the whole may be as well called occasionall and accidental being the practiseing of a Iewish ceremony In which he is mistaken as we have showne And he thinketh the wine being the native product of that countrey 〈◊〉 as but accidental But knowes he not that water was also the pro●uct of that Countrey and yet Christ made choice of wine And what though other ordinary drink and bread were made use of where wine and wheat bread could not be had He enquireth againe how these word do this can import that officers should break blesse the brea● and