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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94755	A case of conscience, concerning flying in times of trouble. Resolved according to the Scriptures, and the examples of holy men. Applyed to the present times and occasions. Imprimatur. Edm. Calamy.	Torshell, Samuel, 1604-1650.	1643 (1643)	Wing T1934; Thomason E65_12; ESTC R23308	13,421	19

hazard that liberty lawes and religion run to leave our ground were to leave Popery Master of the Field Wee may not now suffer the thoughts of safety elsewhere to womanize our spirits but together with our earnest and humble prayers for our King that he may at length embrace the Counsells of our great Estate wee are in case of so sad a necessity to resolve to lay out all our strength towards the great businesse and rather burne our ships as some stories mention of some resolute Souldiers to keep off all thoughts of returne in the cowardly and faint-hearted that is forget all conveniences and opportunities of being elsewhere in a whole skinne Secondly Having thus farre spoken of the liberty of other people It remaines to be examined whether Ministers the Pastors of Congregations be at the same liberty I finde the Antients and others more difficult concerning them urging that place of Christ Job 10.12 13. Hee that is an hireling seeth the Woolfe comming and leaveth the sheepe and fleeth The hireling fleeth because he is an hireling and careth not for the sheepe And it is not without reason that they are straight towards them for Ministers are to have care not so much of their owne Bodies as of the Soules of others Their mouth is the dug on which they hang and feed and many build on their example Who shall looke to the flocke if the Shepheard be gone Who shall governe the Ship in a storme if the Pilot be not at the Sterne Who shall prevent the theife if there be no watchman The people doe at all times need their Pastors but most of all when the dangers are greatest There is use of a Pylot in the calme much more when the weather is stormie What will the Shepheard of the peoples soules answer to the great Shepheard These considerations wrought effectually and strongly upon many of the old Pastors of the Church many of whom sealed up their profession with their blood and preached their doctrines over againe in Martyrdome Peter was willingly crucified with his feete upward James and Paul dyed by the sword Ignatius derided all torments Polycarpus Justin Cyprian of old Cranmer Latimer Ridley Hooper Farrar Bradford Saunders Taylor Rogers of late and many others laid downe their lives for the brethren in the Testimony of Jesus 1 Joh. 3.16 Euseb hist l. 6. c 35. And contrarily it remaines as a blot upon the name of Novatus in the Ecclesiasticall history who being a Presbyter in a time of persecution left his flocke and disclaimed his office All this is true and true it is that such cannot be too abundantly cautelous yet some there are that have stretched these arguments too farre as if it were unlawfull in any case for a Minister who is fastned to any particular congregation to flye And they have made an observation how true I know not neither have I opportunity to examine or disprove it That in Queene Maries dayes among all those Schollers and Divines that fled there were none but fellowes of Colledges and Students in Divinity such as had undertaken no pastorall charge but that all the Bps. and setled pastors that were good continued upon their charge with resolution to welcome the assault when it should come Which whether it may be good I doubt or if it may be yet it will but onely discothat that was the received resolution then which might haply be too rigid in some cases for though a Minister be specially bound up if by his flight the glory of God the Church the cause of Religion the soules of the people shal receive any prejudice yet in some cases they may flye according to the warrantable examples of Elias the Prophet of our Lord Jesus Christ who often with-drew himselfe during the yeares of his publicke ministry and left a word of direction at least of allowance for those whom he sent to preach Matth. 10.23 The Disciples Act. 8.1 and Saint Paul Act. 9. made use of this lawfull liberty There are five doores if not more through which even the Minister of a Congregation may passe in his flight without being stayed by any such question from God Gen. 16.8 as was once put to Hagar by an Angel Whence camest thou and whither wilt thou goe First when there is a Dispersion of the whole flocke there is no doubt but the shepheard may also escape There seemes to have beene such a generall dispersion of the whole Church at Jerusalem upon that great persecution that was raised after Steven was stoned Act. 8.1 This is clearely the case of many Ministers of Ireland whose congregations have beene wholly scattered if not massacred And some places in this Kingdome have felt well neare a like violence Secondly when the persecution is particular and the Congregation not aimed at or not so directly concerned 1 King 19.3 It was the case of Elias and clearely of Saint Paul newly upon his conversion which much enraged his old companions friends and masters Act. 9.23 so that him they sought the Church at Damascus being safe Athan. Apol. 2. how else could Ananias and the brethren stay there Athanasius in his second which is his large Apologie makes it appeare by a full relation that he lay under a private particular and extreame hatred and therefore might safely and with a good conscience leave his charge to escape the traps and snares of the Arrian Bishops his enemies Vide etiam Buxtorf in Abrev. Hebr. p. 165 166. De R. Simeone because he was so thoroughly the truths friend This particular danger will warrant an escape when there is but a strong presumption of it though no actuall attempt When Christ knew that there was a consultation among the Pharisees how to destroy him he withdrew himselfe Matth. 12.15 At another time when he perceived that the envy was encreased against him because many came in to his Baptisme and so his name being growne up would and did endanger him he left Judaea and departed into Galile Joh. 4.3 Nay when he saw by their dealing with others what himselfe must looke for when he heard that John was beheaded Matth. 14.12.13 he departed by ship into a desart place The reverend Musculus wrote after these copies He was the Preacher at Anspurg in Germany where his zeale against Popery caused him to be so maliced that hee was faine to be guarded to his pulpit ordinarily When the booke of the Interim a mixture of Religions was sent by the Emperour Charles the fifth and received by the Citie Musculus who could not preach in better times without danger knew well enough there would then be no biding for him and therefore before further prosecution got away I the rather instance in this case so warranted by examples because it will come home and close to the case of many able and laborious ministers who from severall parts of the Kingdome have beene carried by their just and grounded feares