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A80158	Responsoria ad erratica pastoris, sive, vindiciæ vindiciarum. Id est, the Shepherds wandrings discovered, in a revindication of the great ordinance of god: Gospel-preachers, and preaching. By way of reply and answer to a late booke, called, The peoples priviledges, and duty guarded against the pulpit and preachers encroachment. And their sober justification and defence of their free and open exposition of scriptures. Published by William Sheppard, Esq. Wherein Mr Sheppards pretended guard, consisting of ten propositions and ten arguments, is examined, and found to wear nothing by wooden swords. And all his replyes to Mr Tho. Halls arguments, and Mr Collinges arguments in his Vindiciæ ministerii, brought against not ordained persons ordinary preaching, are found but cavils and too light. And the truth still maintained, ... in that, preaching and expounding scripture publiquely, are proper acts to gospel officers; not common to all. Wherein also the great question, how far the spirit of God ... dothïnable them to understand scripture is opened, ... / By John Collings, M.A. and preacher of the Gospel in Norwich.	Collinges, John, 1623-1690.	1652 (1652)	Wing C5331; Thomason E672_1; ESTC R207127	122,201	185

Aarons rod the Gospell Government of the Lord Jesus Christ These things are laid up in the Gospell Arke and to attend the Church of Christ the true Church in all its motions The old Thiefe that knowes these are the Churches Palladium and life guard which while a Church keepes the gates of hell cannot prevaile against it Hath made it his worke to attempt the robbing of the Church of this treasury in all times His first designe was to rob it of the great fundamentall Gospell Doctrines of the truth of the Divine and humane nature in the person of the Mediator and of the great truths of the Resurrection of the body To the latter purpose he stirred up the Sadduces Acts 23.8 the Epicureans and Stoicks Acts 17.18 Paul and the other Apostles were stirred up by God Euseb l. 3. c. 27 28. l. 7 c. 23. Anno Christi 60. 90. Epiph. t. 2. to oppose those heresies Ebion and Cerinthus were mustred up against Christ by Sathan and the Lord stirres up St. John in his first Epistle to defend the Mediatorship of his Son After them Basilides Saturninus Valentians Marcion Cerdo the Gnosticks Iren l. 5 heres anno 270 276 280. Against the latter of which the Lord stirred up Ireneus Tertullian After these Sabellius Samosetanus Manes and Arrius anno 320 Macedonius and Photinus Aetius Eunomius Nestorius Pelagus Eutyches against those the Lord stirred up Athanasius and Augustine and Greg. Nysnus Basilius Greg. Naz. St. Ambrose and others to maintain his great truths relating to the Vnity of the divine essence The trinity of the persons the divine and humane nature of Christ in one person the freenesse of divine grace c. Within 500 yeares or little more the Devill laid these Instruments aside Truth prevail'd and although after times have produced a Servetus and some others yet they never came to any considerable head but came up as single weeds and were quickly puld out In our times the Devill hath had one or two of these we ●●s Best and Collier c. but they come to no great height Discourse at Axbridge these were the Goliaths of those times and the contrary to these the truths which were the truths of the times in the defence of which God stirred up his Davids when the old thiefe saw the Testimony of the Covenant was out of his reach he attempts to steale Aarons rod putting the Scepter that belong'd to the Lord Jesus Christ into the hands of Popes and Cardinals Generall Councels crying up their infallibility c. And thus he flourished a long time till God stirred up Wickliff and Hus and Luther others anno 1520 c. and set them to watch this Calvin also was sent to their assistance these had a long combate they and their successors to wring the Scepter of the Lord Jesus Christ out of the hands of Popes Cardinals Bishops Archbishops Lordbishops Priests and to put it into the hands of Pastors Elders and Deacons Christs right proper Officers This was the worke of latter times in which also the Devill was nibling at fundamentall truths by Socinus in Polonia some of the Pelagian stampe and the Arminians in the Netherlands of both which he sent some into England against whom the Lord stirred up Bradwardin here against the Pelagians others against the Socinians and a Synod of Dort besides divers single hands among'st whom learned Twisse against the Arminians But the great controversies of the times seemed to respect the Government of the Lord Jesus Christ Likewise Dr. Ames and Mr. Owen The old thief seeing that this Rod of Aaron is not to be got every one decrying Popes Cardinals Arch●●●●ps Lordbishops c. He is now labouring for the pot of Manna to spoile the Church of Gospell Ordinances And the great question of these times seemes to be whether the Ordinances of the Lord Jesus for his Church be his or no whether they shall hold or no. This is a controversie to which former times hath not been a stranger to Erastus was before our dayes so were the Anabaptists in Germany But the Devill seemes to me to have an eminent designe at all the Ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ now and to mannage this not by a single Erastus but bringing all his force into the field Nor is this his onely designe for there is not a fundamentall truth of Christ that he is not quarrelling for nor are his endeavours all done against his glorious Scepter He rageth surely his time is but short I thinke sometimes that he is about to fight his great battell upon which he will venture all But his old legions of Hereticks are more out of Heart and keepe in the Reare the Van of his Army seemes to be against Gospell ordinances and worship in our dayes and indeed he may venture all against that for if he can but destroy the Practick of Truth he needs do no more The Lord Jesus Christ hath left his Churches severall Ordinances 1. Gospell Officers these are his Ordinance Eph. 4.11 1 Cor. 4.1 to these belongs the preaching of his Gospell and administring his Sacraments and all acts of Church Government For the authorizing of these he hath appointed 2. His great Ordinance of Ordination 1 Tim. 4.15 Acts 13.1.2 3. Acts 6.6 Titus 1.4 1 Tim. 5.22 1 Tim. 4.14 and hath ordained that those that administer his publike Ordinances should be able and faithful such as are able to study the Scriptures and give themselves wholly to them that such should have the Gospell committed to them 2 Tim. 2.2 and be solemnly set a part by fasting and prayer and laying on of the hands of the Presbytery Acts 13.1 2 3. 1 Tim. 4.14 3. He hath instead of his great Ordinance of Circumcision left his Ordinance of Baptisme to be administred to all Nations Math. 28.20 to Believers and their children Acts 2.38 39. 4. He hath instead of the Passeover ordained the great Ordinance of his Supper Luk. 22.18 19 20. to be administred to his Disciples to those that can examin themselves discerne the Lords Body eate and drinke worthily 1 Cor. 11. 5. He hath left us as a sinke to cleanse his Church which is his house the great Ordinance of Excommunication Math. 18. to be executed upon Hereticks Titus 3.10 and prophane persons 2 Tim. 3.1 2 3 4 5 6 7. 1 Cor. 5.4 6. For the benefit of his Church he hath left us his great Ordinance of Magistracy to be a terrour to Evill doers Rom. 13.3 such as work the workes of the flesh Adultery Fornication uncleannesse lasciviousnesse Idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulation wrath strifes seditions Heresies Gal. 5.20 21. These are the great Ordinances of the Lord Jesus against which the Devill is this day mustring his Armies 1. In the forlorne hope he hath a ragged Regiment of Ranters who deny all Ordinances See Law of freedome by Winstanly a p. 65. ad p. 63. these