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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30995	A sermon preached before the King at White-hall, October 17, 1675 by Miles Barne ...	Barne, Miles, d. 1709?	1675 (1675)	Wing B859; ESTC R12524	14,181	47

such a spawn of Monstrous Opinions flow from the Scriptures falling either into Prophane hands or being interpreted by a private self conceited and unruly Spirit If St. Paul who was caught up into the third Heavens and was even oppress'd with Revelations nevertheless cryes out as well for the Difficulty as the Dignity of his Function Who is sufficient for these things Then certainly it can be no Disparagement to the Laity however quick-sighted they may be in other Affairs to suppose them not such competent Judges here as those of the Clergy are And indeed we hear of very few though never such Despisers of the dull Clergy in their life-time but are very willing to admit of their advise and assistance when they come to Dye IV. Fourthly and lastly the necessity of this Submission appears as 't is the only means to restore Peace and Unity to the Church Happiness and Tranquility to the State how ineffectual the several Projects of Comprehension Toleration unwarrantable Complyance have prov'd to effect the Work of Coalition I mean to Compose those Differences and unite those Divisions which so furiously Rage among us we either are or 't is to be fear'd by sad Experience may be Taught These Projects can only lay claim to an Imaginary Happiness and how-ever Plausible they may seem in the Notion yet may they prove Dangerous in the Practise at least not attain the ends for which they were design'd For in truth as well may we expect To gather Grapes from Thorns or Figs from Thistles as that a Toleration of Disagreements should produce the Blessed Fruits of Peace and Concord These are Contraries and destroy each other Now what other Expedient have we left but the Restoring and Asserting the Discipline of the Church That so they who will neither Hold the Faith nor keep a good Conscience by being deliver'd up to Satan may Learn at least not to Blaspheme Many and grievous are the Guilts which are charg'd upon the Church of Rome yet such is the Exactness of Her Discipline and the Obedience of Her Sons and Daughters Consequent upon it as hath hitherto preserv'd Her from Ruine Now if our Fears of the Increase of Popery be as real as they are pretended me-thinks it should be no ill Policy to learn Wisdom from our Adversaries for that which preserves a Corrupted Church from Falling in all likely-hood will make a Pure One to Flourish However We are little the better for being deliver'd from the Slaveries of an Implicit Faith and Foreign Superstition if we run into Licenciousness Infidelity and Irreligion at Home For who is so Blind as not to see that Irreverence and Disrespect for the Lord's Clergy hath been accompanyed with a Manifest Decay of Piety and a Notorious Contempt of the most Essential Parts of Religion That want of Submission to the Just and Pious Determinations of the Church no less Justly and Piously ratifyed and established by the King and State hath given Birth to such a Monstrous Variety of Opinions as hath scarce left any Fundamental of the Faith unquestion'd if not denyed Atheism creeping in by Insensible Degrees from indulging too great a Latitude in Matters of Religion And now in the Close of All Let every Man seriously consider with himself the Hainousness and Danger of Schism and the Blessed Effects of Obedience The Danger of Schism in that it breaks the Precious Vnity of the Church alienates the Affections of the Members thereof Who as they have but one Faith so they should have but one Soul And so instead of Love Joy Peace Long-Suffering Forbearance Meekness Temperance those lovely Fruits of the Spirit which adorn Privat Men and secure the Publick Peace There arise Hatred Variance Emulation Wrath Strife Evil Surmising Sedition Heresies Murders those ugly Works of the Flesh which dissolve the Bonds of Society and exclude Men from the Kingdom of God How that the Schismatick is arrested with Fears and Jealousies from without when he considers his Sin of Disobedience against those whom the Lord hath set over him and the Dreadfulness of the Churches Censures when justly incur'd for his Disobedience How that he is tormented with Sad and Uncomfortable Reflections from within being Vnstable in all his Ways ever Learning but never coming to the Knowledge of the Truth but being abandon'd to the Delusions of a Private Spirit He is miserably tost'd to and fro with every Wind of Doctrine till at length He makes an Eternal Shipwrack of the Faith On the contrary the Blessed Effects of Obedience how the Humble Christian by an happy Resignation of his Judgment there where our Lord seems to demand it enjoys a perpetual Peace and Freedom from Dispute together with all his Fellow-Members of the same Mystical Body As for those great Mysteries of Godliness which concern his Salvation though they are above his Reason yet not above his Faith he had rather Rely on the Churches Decisions of them when he finds no place of Scripture plainly contrary to such Decisions than either give way to his own Curiosity or heed to the Disputers of this World lest He should thereby wrest them to his own Destruction And this He thinks he may do with less Trouble to himself and greater Assurance of the Truth and so He continues Sound in the Faith without being skill'd in those unhappy Controversies in which the Disputers of this World have involv'd it And this Harmony of Faith and Doctrine is always accompanied with an entire League and Union of Charity that common Badge by which Christians were once distinguish'd from the rest of the World and a Blessed Vniformity of God's Publick Worship and Service whereby the Members of the Church Militant in some sort Resemble the Saints of the Church Triumphant In a Word in this Obedience the Humble Christian goes on Securely and Chearfully in the Ways of God's Commandments And instead of troubling His Head with the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Religion practiseth those Plain but most Important Duties of Godliness Righteousness Sobriety which will render his Life happy here and Crown him with Eternal Felicity hereafter FINIS ERRATA PAge 13. line 2. for Hypothecal read Hypothetical l. 10. f. it s r. the. l. 11. f. the r. it s