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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40928	Christian religious meetings allowed by liturgie are no seditious conventicles, nor punishable by the late act, or, What persons and meetings are owned and allowed by the liturgie of the Church of England and also, what makes a religious meeting to pass and suffer under the name of a seditious conventicle, and likewise, what is a conventicle and what is not a conventicle ... / written the beginning of the fourth moneth in the year 1664 by R.F.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1664 (1664)	Wing F476; ESTC R25391	17,848	36

are owned by the Lord and allowed by the Liturgie as aforesaid 23. They who through the tender love and mercy of the Lord do follow the example of Christ in his great humility and patience and are made partakers of his resurrection Sunday next before Easter the Coll. who are governed and sanctified by the Spirit of God of whom the Lord receives supplications and prayers which they offer before him for all estates of men Good Frid Collects in his holy Congregation which is so governed and sanctified by the Spirit of God as aforesaid those are the people which God doth own as his worshippers and both they and their godly Meetings are owned and allowed by the Liturgie of the Church of England and therefore they ought neither to be imprisoned nor banished for so doing but rather to be freed and clearly acquitted from all Ecclesiastical censures and temporal punishments concerning the same 24. They unto whom God hath granted and doth or may grant his holy Spirit alwayes to think and do such things as be right and good in the sight of God so that they which cannot be without him 9 Sunday after Trin. Collect. may by him be able to live according to his Will in all things are the people owned and allowed by the Liturgie so that the people of God are enabled by the Spirit given unto them of God to do and perform that alwaies which is acceptable and according to the Will of God as aforesaid 25. They are the people of God and allowed by the Liturgie of the Church of England 7 Sunday after Trin. Coll. in whose hearts the Lord God of all power and might who is the Author and giver of all good things doth engraff the love of his name and doth encrease in their hearts his true Religion and doth also nourish them with all goodness who of his great mercy doth keep them in the same through Christ Jesus our Lord so that the people of God have the love of God engrafted in them and true religion is planted within them and doth encrease in their hearts who are nourished with the vertue and goodness of God and by his power preserved and kept in the same and who more in that than the Quakers so called Consider well of it and do not unworthily punish them for being so owned and allowed of both in principle practise and judgment or doctrine by the Liturgie as aforesaid 26. They are the people allowed by the Liturgie 12 Sunday after Trin. Coll. whom God almighty and everlasting is alwayes ready to hear and on whom he poureth down abundance of mercy forgiving them those things whereof Conscience is afraid so that Conscience is afraid until God out of his mercy forgive sins and transgressions and do restore Conscience into a capacity again of becoming the servant of God 13 Sunday after Trin. Coll. therefore it is by the only gift of God that his true and faithful people do perform him true and laudable service and they are the true and faithful people and worshippers of God who by the only gift of God do perform him true and laudable service as aforesaid and such people and their godly religious Meetings and Exercises On S Peters day the Coll. are owned by the Lord and allowed by the Liturgie of the Church therefore such ought not to be punished by Imprisonment or banishment for serving God according to the gift of God 27. They to whom God the Father by his Son Jesus Christ hath given or doth give many excellent gifts and commandeth them to feed his Flock are to be diligent in preaching Gods holy Word and the people to whom it is so preached who do obediently follow the same are Ministers and people of God and the people of God are to serve God according to the gift of God allowed by the Liturgie and they are the true faithful people of God in whose hearts his love is engrafted true Religion planted and doth encrease in their hearts who are nourished with the vertue and goodness of God and by his power are preserved and kept in the same who by the gift of God do perform true and laudable service unto God as aforesaid and as that is owned and allowed by the Liturgie so likewise by the Scripture and doth not therefore both Liturgie and Scripture own and allow of the Doctrines Principles and practises of the people of God reproachfully called Quakers and others 28. For the Scripture saith As every man hath received the gift even so minister the same one to another as good Stewards of the manifold grace of God If any man speak let him speak as the Oracles of God If any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ as it is written 1 Pet. 4.11 29. Whereby it may be observed that none are enjoyned commanded or required of God to minister from him to the souls of the people but them to whom the gift of Ministration is given and also that all are commanded enjoyned and required by the Lord to Minister from him to the people to whom the gift of Ministration is given so that the Gospel is to be preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from Heaven 1 Pet. 1.11 12. 30. And as it is evident and remains true that the Ministers of the Gospel of Christ are by a spiritual power and Gospel authority 1 Pet. 4.10 11. 1 Pet. 1.11 12. 2 Cor. 3.1 2 2 Cor. 4.1 2 Act. whereby they are to be commended in the sight of God to the Consciences of those that receives them as Ministers of the Gospel of Christ to whom the gift of Ministration is given of God for that end and purpose to convert people from the evil of their wayes and doings unto God by turning them from darkness unto light and so from the power of Satan unto God they are to preach in the Spirit and to the spirits in prison with the Holy Ghost sent down from Heaven 31. So are both Ministers and people to pray unto God and praise him in the Spirit and that according to the Apostolick doctrine as it is written Rom. 8.14 Rom. 8.26 27. 1 Cor. 14.15 Lastly By what hath been said it is evident and doth appear what persons and Meetings are owned and allowed both by the Liturgie and Scripture and that by the allowance of both the service and worship of God is to be performed by the Spirit and gift of God And that they who meet preach and pray or perform duty and service to God in the Spirit and by the gift of God they are the only people owned by the Lord as his people and worshippers of him and also allowed by the Liturgie as aforesaid Therefore the people of God called Quakers and others who perform service unto God by the gift of God are owned and allowed by the Liturgie and Scripture as aforesaid and ought to be acquitted from all Ecclesiastical Censures and Temporal punishments concerning the same THE END

Christian Religious Meetings Allowed by the Liturgie Are no Seditious Conventicles nor punishable by the late Act. OR What Persons and Meetings are Owned and Allowed by the Liturgie of the Church of ENGLAND And also What makes a Religious Meeting to pass and Suffer under the Name of a Seditious Conventicle And likewise what is a Conventicle and what is not a Conventicle And concerning the Church and its Government And the Difference between obstinately and Conscientiously refusing to take Judicial Oaths And concerning the Jurors and Judges who may be concerned to hear and determine the Causes and Matters aforesaid Written the beginning of the fourth Moneth in the Year 1664. By R. F. Christian Religious Meetings allowed by the Liturgie are no Seditious Conventicles nor punishable by the Late Act c. WHereas by the Act Entituled An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles It is Enacted and Declared That if any Person of the Age of sixteen years or upwards being a Subject of this Realm at any time after the first day of July which shall be in the Year of our Lord God 1664. shall be present at any Assembly Conventicle or Meeting under colour or pretence of any Exercise of Religion in other manner than is allowed by the Liturgy or practise of the Church of England at which Meeting or Assembly there shall be five persons or more assembled together over and above those of the same Houshold Then it shall and may be lawful for two Justices of Peace to commit them to Prison c. for the first and second Offence in Order to Transportation Is not this a matter very disputable and doth it not belong to spiritual men to judg what Meetings upon the account of Religion do agree with or are contrary to the Liturgie or practise of the Church of England before the penalties of the Act be put in execution against them For if to assemble and meet together upon the account of Religion according to Scripture be to assemble and meet together according to the Liturgie and practise of the Church of England then they who assemble and meet together upon the account of Religion and Worship of God according to the Scripture to the number of five or upwards they do not meet contrary to the allowance of the Liturgie or practise of the Church of England as aforesaid If the Liturgy do allow of meeting together according to the Scripture then they who meet together according to the Scriptures are no seditious Sectaries neither is their Religious meetings seditious Conventicles or punishable by the said Act being according to Scripture and allowed of by the Liturgie of the Church as aforesaid The Liturgie allows of the Scripture as its foundation The Scripture is owned as the ●ound●●●●● of the Liturgie c. and the Scriptures are acknowledged by the Liturgy to be the moving cause of peoples Confession and Acknowledgment unto God of their manifold sins and transgressions with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that they may receive forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy for proof thereof see the beginning of the Liturgy What the Liturgie alloweth at Meetings To assemble and meet together before the Lord to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy Word and to ask those things which be requisite and necessary as well for the Body as the Soul and to accompany one another in prayer with a pure heart and an humble voyce to the Throne of Gods heavenly Grace is that which the Liturgie owns and allows of as its own and the Churches Practise see for pro of thereof that part of the Liturgy at the beginning where it is said Dearly Beloved Brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and transgressions To meet according to the Liturgy Seeing it is so Then for us and the People of God to assemble and meet together to the number of five and above before the Lord upon the account of Religion as Worshippers of him to render thanks for the great benefit we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy Word and to ask those things which be requisite and necessary as well for the Body as the Soul and to accompany one another in prayer with a pure heart and an humble voyce to the Throne of Gods heavenly Grace is allowed by the Liturgie Meetings not punishable by the late Act but freed from the penalties being allowed by the Liturgie c. and according to the practise of the Church of England And therefore such ought not to be punished but acquitted and tolerated who assemble and meet according to the Liturgie or practise of the Church as aforesaid because such their godly religious meetings are allowed by the Liturgy of the Church and such meetings are not prohibited but allowed by the Act as are allowed by the Liturgy or practise of the Church of England By what hath been said it may and doth appear what the Liturgie of the Church of England is How can evidence or Judgment be safely given without danger in such cases c. and what it doth allow and that our godly and religious Meetings are not contrary to the allowance of the Liturgie or practise of the Church of England as aforesaid How can they then that come to swear against us swear with a safe Conscience that we meet and assemble together on the behalf of the Lord as his Worshippers contrary to the allowance of the Liturgie or practise of the Church of England And if our Jurors or Judges be not spiritual men and understanding in Divine matters how will they judge aright in this case that they may not destroy but preserve us in our Liberties Principles and Practises Seeing that in this Case much ambiguity or doubt may arise and if this be a Spiritual cause and divine matter which is to be heard and determined that is to say Whether we meet and assemble together on the behalf of the Lord as his Worshippers or no And whether such our godly and religious meetings be contrary to or agreeable to what the Liturgie or practise of the Church of England in such cases alloweth of ought not we herein to be judged by Spiritual men Because it is said in the Statute of the 24 Hen. 8. That the Body Spiritual having power 2● Hen. 8. Chap. 12. when any Cause of the Law Divine happens to come in question or of Spiritual Learning to declare and determine all such doubts and to administer all such Offices and Duties as to the●r Room Spiritual doth appertain for the due administration whereof and to keep them from corruption and sinister affection the Kings most noble Progenitors and the Ancestors of the Nobles of this Realm have sufficiently