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A76498 An answer to a Quakers seventeen heads of queries, containing in them seventy-seven questions. Wherein sundry scriptures out of the prophets and apostles are cleared: the maintenance of ministers by tithes is by scripture fullly [sic] vindicated: several cases of conscience are resolved: several points of Christian religion are confirmed; parochial churches, and the practises of some things in these our English churches are throughly justified: the Grand Antichrist with the heretical antichrists are decyphered and parallelled. By John Bewick minister of the Gospel, and rector of the parish church of Stanhop in Weredale in the county of Durham. Bewick, John, d. 1671. 1660 (1660) Wing B2191; Thomason E1038_1; ESTC R207858 143,317 191

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unto the Ministers of Christ to whom they are due as hath been shewed is an hindrance unto the people of Christ in partaking of spiritual mercies though such payment was no hinderance unto such comforts of old unto Gods people who paid their Tithes unto their Priests and Levites unto whom they were then due The payment therefore of Tithes doth not hinder the instructed from obtaining those spiritual Mercies which thy Question speaks of Let it not then be a pretended Plea of thy not profiting but in dealing faithfully with thy own soul apply thy self to these Directions which God in the holy Scripture gives for obtaining those spiritual mercies And do not follow this thine or any others gtoundless and unscriptural Proposals Give me leave then if thou hast not wholly cast off the regard of holy Scripture to put thee in remembrance of these few things 1. Would thou seriously seek that thy soul may live then do Pro. 8. 36. Heb. 12. 29 1 Thes 2. 13 Isa 55. 3 4. Pro. 8. 34. 35 Ioh. 13 77. not sin against Christ in rejecting his word taught by his Ministers set over thee in the Lord for in so doing thou will wrong thine own soul and cannot escape But come and incline thine ear and hearken diligently to Christs Messengers as unto Christ and what you learn practise saithfully and then thy soul shall live in his sight and obtain blessings and blessedness and life and favour from the Lord. 2. Many were the Mercies which David and the peole of God who lived under his raign injoyed but the mercies which God grants to people in and by Christ who is stil'd the Son of David and also the David who is for ever to reign over Gods people are these Mercies which in Scripture are tearmed The sure mercies of David They are called sure mercies because Mat. 1. 1. Eze. 37. 24 25 Hos 3. 5. Act. 2. 30. 31. God greatly assured David that they should be accomplished And David being a Prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins according to the flesh he would raise up Christ to sit on his Throne he seeing this before spoke of those mercies which Gods people were to enjoy under Christ and these mercies are called the Merci●s of David both because the David who was past when the Prophets wrote of him who was the son of Jesse and a type of Christ did with much confident assurance from God foretell them and also because Christ who was the David to come when the Prophets wrote and was come when the Apostle spoke of these mercies and who was the root of Jesse did and doth accomplish and give all these sure Mercies which were from God assured unto David that they should be all brought to pass by Christ who was made according to the flesh of the seed of David Rom. 1. 3. All these sure Mercies are according to the Scripture expressions comprised under two general heads Name●y Act. 15. 16 1. The building up the Tabernacle of David which was fallen down that is the erecting establishing and enlarging the Church and endowing her spiritual priviledges and outward comfortable advantages for promoting the whole publick and private service required of Gods holy people throughout all the world 2. The setting up Christ on the Throne of Davi● to raign for Luk. 1. 32. 33. Rom 14. 27 Psal 89. V. 29. 36 37 ever over Gods people in Righteousness Peace and joy in the Holy Ghost and to bring the Gentile Nations to be subject and obedient to the faith of Christ as it was fore-told that under Christs raign it should be so These were the sure mercies of David even of Christ who is the true David Now if thou will witness as thou speaks or affirm from good experience as I think thou means that thou art under these sure mercies of David or of Christ which are to be had in Christs Church and Kingdom then seek not to destroy or hinder what Christ hath already builded and established by thy disobeying and resisting his ordinances either for his publick services or for the maintenance of his Ministers who by preaching the Gospel do the work of his service of the house of God but seriously shew that thou art a faithfull member of Christs Church and subject of his Kingdom as the converted Jews and also Gentiles did who were made partakers of these sure mercies of David by returning unto the Lord thy God and to David or to Christ thy King returning to his publick worship which the coverted Jews had for a long time and the Hos 3. 5. Act. 13. 16 17. Isa 55. 3 4 5. converted Gentiles had altogether wanted Returning to serve the Lord according to his own command in his word revealed returning to fear the Lord and his goodness to fear to offend him in any thing and to be carefull to please him in every thing to fear to turn his grace into wantonness to abuse his goodness but let his goodness lead thee to repentance and provoke thee in a way of thankfulness for these sure mercies to seek to glorifie him for every mercy and in every mercy received and so thou will shew thy self to be a thankfull servant unto the King of glory in giving all glory to this King for magnifying thee to partake of the sure mercies of his Church and of his Kingdom 3. David said I have more understanding then all my teachers Psal 119 99 for thy testimonies are my meditation It s to be considered that though he out-stript all his Teachers in understanding yet he did not despise nor forsake nor withdraw himself from hearing them for he hearkened both to Nathan and Gad and repented of those his sins which they reproved If therefore through meditation thou should as David did out-strip all thy Teachers in understanding yet still thou ought to be of Davids mind and practise to account it necessary to hear the publick Teachers and to hearken to them from whom good advise may be had in places of publick worship David relates his thoughts and practise concerning this in this manner One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to Psal 27. 4. behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in his Temple 4. The everlasting Covenant is Gods ingagement of himself unto fallen men upon their faith in Christ the Mediatour returning unto him by sincere obedience believing that he will be their God to give them pardon for their sin eternal life salvation whatsoever tends thereto by means of the Mediatour This Mediatour Jesus Christ is surely of this Covenant He is the Undertaker that what God promised should be performed unto those who throughly close with the Covenant wherefore All the Promises of God are in him yea and Amen to the glory