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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88107	The nevv quere, and determination upon it, by Mr. Saltmarsh lately published, to retard the establishment of the Presbyteriall government, examined, and shewed to be unseasonable, unsound, and opposite to the principles of true religion, and state. Whereunto is annexed a censure of what he hath produced to the same purpose, in his other, and later booke, which he calleth The opening of Master Prinnes Vindication. And an apologeticall narrative of the late petition of the Common Councell and ministers of London to the Honourable Houses of Parliament, with a justification of them from the calumny of the weekly pamphleters. / By John Ley, one of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster.	Ley, John, 1583-1662.	1645 (1645)	Wing L1885; Thomason E311_24; ESTC R200462	96,520	124

of power to let into the Church by the Sacrament of Baptisme as indeed it is and whom to admit to and whom to keep back from participation of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper it is a degree of power farre above both whom to ordaine to or whom to debarre from the order of Presbyters for 1. Whatsoever power or authoritie a Presbyter may claime by the word of God is virtually included in his Ordination 2. They that have power to ordaine a Presbyter have power upon just cause to silence and suspend the execution of that power and to stop his mouth Tit. 1.11 if it be opened to broach heresie or blasphemie or if his conversation be vitious and scandalous 3. The Covenant for the generall heads of it comprehendeth a perfect enumeration of the maine parts of the desired reformation under the titles of Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government but Ordination is not to be referred to Doctrine or Worship but to Discipline or Government for the ordaining of Governours and the exercise of Government properly appertaine to the same Topick or Classis 4. Though Government and Worship be distinguished betwixt themselves yet both agree in this that their generall grounds and rules are found in the word of God and in that respect the one may be set forth in the Civill Sanction with a relish of and reference to a religious constitution as well as the other But in case they will not be pleased to expresse any Divine right in any part of the Government in their Civill Sanction and will in a Parliamentary and Legislative way establish that thing which really and in it selfe is agreeable to the Word of God though they doe not declare it to be the will of Iesus Christ as is noted before out of the learned Commissioner of Scotland his * Sect. 8. p. 25. Brotherly examination and he hath the like in his * p. 32. Nihil Respondes we must be satisfied * p. 22. SECT XX. An Appendix to the precedent examination being an Apologeticall Narrative of the Petitions of the Common Councell of the Citie and Ministers of London presented to both the Honourable Houses of Parliament the 19th and 20th dayes of Novem. 1645. with a Vindication of them and the proceedings in them from the scandalous aspersions of the weekely Pamphleters especially of him who miscals himself by the name of the Moderate Intelligencer BVt howsoever the hope of union hath gon on hitherto since the Petitions of the Common Councell and of the Ministers of the Citie were presented to the Parliament there is great likelyhood of a dangerous breach betwixt the Parliament and them which will not easily be cemented up to perfect accord So haply may some conceive who know no more of the matter then they are told by the Moderate Intelligencer or by his Plagiatie the writer of the continuation of especiall and remarkable Passages who repeats his lying and scandalous Relation word for word in these termes This day the Common Councell did present a Petition to the Commons House of Parliament by divers Aldermen and others of that Councell which seemed to complaine or take ill the proceedings of the Parliament with the Assembly in the late businesse past concerning the election of Elders c. The Commons sate long about the businesse and laid it much to heart that any such thing should come from the Citie and that they should lend an eare to any that should in so evill a way represent things unto them and of what dangerous consequence it was and gave them an answer to this effect That they did perceive that they had beene informed and that they could not but lay it much to heart that they who had ever beene so ready to doe all good offices for the Kingdome and goe with the Parliament should from any but the Parliament take a representation of their proceedings and intreated them that herealter they would take satisfaction from themselves It s true they did beleeve they meant well and had a good meaning and intention in it but they were abused They had no sooner given answer to this but there came another from the Clergy to the same effect which was more sad then the former for they conceived this latter was an appeale from the Houses to the people and of as dangerous a consequence as could be imagined and that it deserved a high censure and withall they resolved if that was the way intended they would goe on with their Declaration and quickly undeceive the people and in the interim they referred it to the Committee of examinations that the first contrivers and after fomenters of this businesse may be dealt with according to merit This is a parcell of their weekly report but principally his who miscals himselfe the Moderate Intelligencer for he is neither Intelligent writing what he understands not nor Moderate being passionately addicted to a partie to flatter either out of an erroneous sancie fondly set upon irregular novelties in opinion and practice or out of a covetous affection to the wages of iniquitie the reward of flatterie or slander as the bad cause whereto he hath engaged his Pen hath need to be served with the one or the other and in the latter he hath shewed himselfe this last weeke a very 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that 's the word in the Originall for a false accuser 2 Tim. 3.3 a false accuser of the brethren Revel 12.10 not of brethren in evill as Simeon and Levi Gen. 49.5 but in good in most sincere and zealous desires and endeavours to be serviceable to the Parliament in prosecution of the great Cause that is in hand the through reformation of Church and State Among whom there are many who taken single by themselves might in good manners have been entertained with termes which savour more of reverence then of contempt but this three-farthing News-monger takes upon him as if he had beene authorised by the Parliament to involve all the venerable Magistrates and prime men of power and trust in this Honourable Citie and a very great number of the most learned laborious and consciencious Ministers of the Province of London in an unfaithfull and undutifull association against the Parliament for their joynt petitioning to the Parliament And where lyeth the crime that may make them lyable to so loud a clamour was it for petitioning in generall or for their petitioning in particular If we consult with his scandalous paper we shall find that he layeth an heavie charge upon both First for the generall in the precedent page he ushereth it in with an egregious calumny in these words * p. 203 Now let us come home and looke about us and see if while our Army is labouring to subdue the enemy and end strife there is not new beginning by those that Fame saith have beene the causes of all the strife we did intreat them the last weeke they would let the Parliament alone and waite

of their Brethren at Westminster nor any distast at the rest of the Directory for any particular contained in it But yet for all this some are so unwilling to beleeve there will be peace especially in the point of Government of the Church that they faine the Parliament and the Assembly of Divines at irreconciliable difference about it the Divines requiring the stampe of Divine right to be set upon it and the Parliament resolute to yeeld no more authoritie for it then a meere Civill Sanction can give unto it Answer To this we answer 1. That the Divines doe not affirme the whole frame and fabrick of Church Government to be of Divine right for it is made up of particulars of different kinds viz. Substantials of Government which have their warrant either by ordinance in his word or direct inference from it as that there must be Church Officers Pastors and their Ordination Elders and Deacons and Church Offices both of preaching administration of the Sacraments and Government Church censures admonition suspension excommunication and accidentall or circumstantiall additions which are of prudentiall direction and consideration as for Pastors when and in what manner they shall be ordained whether a Preacher should treat on a Text or on some Theologicall Theme or Common place when and how oft and to how many at once the Sacraments should be administred how many assisting Elders should be in a Parish and whether they should be chosen and admitted to their office with imposition of hands and continue in it for a yeare or two or for terme of life in what forme of words admonition suspension or excommunication should be comprised and pronounced with divers others of like sort This distinction the Divines of the Assembly make of the contents of the Directory for the publique worship of God throughout the three Kingdomes and the same hath the like use in the Church Government desired their words in the last lease of the Preface of the Directory are these We have after earnest and frequent calling upon the Name of God and after much consultation not with flesh and blood but with the holy Word resolved to lay aside the former Leiturgy with the many rites and Ceremonies formerly used in the worship of God and have agreed upon this following Directory for all the parts of publique worship at ordinary and extraordinary times Wherein our care hath beene to hold forth such things as are of Divine Institution in every Ordinance and other things we have endevoured to set forth according to the rules of Christian prudence agreeable to the generall Rules of the Word of God 2. Though the Honourable Houses have not yet asserted the constitution of the Church Government as ordained in or derived from or as agreeable to the Word of God because as some render the reason it is not the manner of Law-makers to mingle matter of Religion with their Civill Sanction yet when they present it compleat in all the parts thereof it may be they will at least give intimation of the conformity of it to the Canonicall Scriptures according to the distinction of the parts before proposed and it is not so strange and unusuall as some pretend for Legislative authoritie to borrow a religious reputation for what they inact or ordaine from the Word of God for we find instance thereof in the Statutes (a) Concerning the Sacrament of the Lords Supper the words of Institution are set downe and 15. places of Scripture quoted in the Marginewith letters of reference in the Text. Poult Abridgm p. 826. of the first yeare of Edward the sixth c. 1. (b) The Statute of the first of Q. Mery c. 2. repealed as causing a decay of the honour of God and the discomsort of the professours of the truth of Christs Religion Ibid. p. 1005. In the first of Eliza. c. 2. (c) For as much as profane swearing and cursing is forbidden by the Word of God Ibid. p. 1403. In the 21. of K. James c. 20. (d) Nothing more acceptable to God then the true and sincere service and worship of him according to his holy will and that the holy keeping of the Lords Day is 2 principal part of the true service of God Ibid. p. 1427. In the first of K. Charles c. 1. (e) For as much as the Lords Day commonly called Sunday is much broken and profaned by Carryers c. to the great dishonour of God reproch of Religion c. Ibid. p. 1434. In the third of K. James c. 1. Lastly the present Parliament hath done the like already for some parts of the Reformation authorised as for the Ordination of Ministers which is a chiefe part of the Presbyteriall authoritie of which they say * So in the Ordinance for Ordination ordered to be printed October 2. 1644. p. 2. Whereas it is manifest by the Word of God that no man ought to take upon him the office of a Minister untill he be lawfully called and ordained thereunto and that the worke of Ordination that is to say an outward solemne setting apart of persons for the office of the Ministery in the Church by Preaching Presbyters is an Ordinance of Christ and is to be performed with all due care wisdome gravitie and solemnity It is ordained by the Lords and Commons c. And in their Ordinance for the Directory Jan. 3. 1644. They beginne with these words The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament taking into serious consideration the manifold incenveniences that have risen by the Booke of Common Prayer in this Kingdome and resolving according to their Covenant to reforme Religion according to the Word of God and the example of the best Reformed Churches have consulted with the Reverend Pious and Learned Divines called together to that purpose and doe judge it necessary that the said Booke of Common Prayer be abolished and the Directorie for the publique worship of God herein after mentioned be established and observed in all the Churches within this Kingdome c. If it be said that Ordination and Worship are usually distinguished from Power and Government and that both of them have more expresse warrant from the word of God then can be found in Scripture for the Presbyteriall Government I Auswer 1. That the question is not now whether there be difference betwixt them but whether there be such difference betwixt a Civill Sanction and Divine ratification that the one may not well be brought in with the other 2. That though there were much use made of the distinction of the key of order and the key of power or of Iurisdiction in the time of the Prelates so that they confined that wholly to the Clergie principally to themselves while they sold or trusted out the key of power or of jurisdiction to Vicars generall Chancellours Archdeacons Commissaries and rurall Deanes yet is Ordination one of the principall parts of the Presbyteriall power and if it be as it is commonly taken matter