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A94351 The fourth principle of Christian religion: or, the foundation doctrine of laying on of hands. Asserted and vindicated by way of answer to such arguments as by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hobson have been presented against this Gospel ordinance. Affectionately tendred to such enquiring souls as are desirous throughly to forsake Babylon notion an humane tradition, and by universall obedience to follow the lamb in all his righteous appointments. / By Tho. Tillam a minister of Jesus Christ. Tillam, Thomas. 1655 (1655) Wing T1165; Thomason E850_9; ESTC R207403 44,938 67

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THE FOURTH PRINCIPLE OF Christian Religion OR The FOVNDATION DOCTRINE OF Laying on of Hands Asserted and Vindicated by way of Answer to such Arguments as by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hobson have been presented against this Gospel Ordinance Affectionately tendred to such enquiring souls as are desirous throughly to forsake Babylon notion and humane tradition and by universall obedience to follow the Lamb in all his righteous appointments By THO. TILLAM a Minister of Jesus Christ PSAL. 102.13 14. Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to favour her yea the set time is come For thy servants take pleasure in her stones and favour the dust thereof LONDON Printed by E. C. for Henry Eversden and are to be sold by William Hucheson of Durham M.DC.LV. To all the espoused Virgins of the Prince of Peace whether Persons or Churches with such pretious panting Spirits as are breathing after his Divine embraces Heirs of Glory WHatsoever be your outward state yet since the distinguishing love of God hath enriched you with grace I dare confidently as his Ambassadour salute you with peace even that peace which the world can neither give nor take away the peace of God that passeth all understanding such peace as unbelieving disobedient ones never tasted neither can enjoy For however the Prince of darknesse transforming himself into an Angell of light doth now more then ever by strong delusions Captivate thousands in his airy region where fancied spirituall enjoyments possesse them with vehement desires to their conceited Paradise Yet alas Isa 44.20 True peace is a meer stranger they feed upon ashes deceived hearts have turned them aside that they cannot deliver their souls nor say Is there not a lie in my right hand While they boast of perfection light infallibility the enemy hath stoln their hearts from Evangelicall obedience I would in a word warn your pretious souls ye who desire to obey from the heart that forme of Doctrine which was delivered you beware of the great deceit of these dayes Rom. 6.17 wherewith Satan deceiveth multitudes to a sleighting that wholesome form of sound words and in the mean time leads them by the noses into the most pitifull formes that ever were invented as putting off the hat bowing the knee saying Sir Master Lord thou and such like And such as differ from them about these gnats shall presently discern the serpents sting full of deadly poyson denouncing Wrath Woe Damnation all the plagues of God But for the precious ordinances of Christ as Baptisme Church fellowship Love-feasts washing of feet breaking of bread singing of Psalmes Imposition of hands Church officers Sabbath Lords day Anointing with oil Holy kisse Christian salutes Censures and such like their very souls abhor them and their presumptuous tongues dare curse the pretious saints that use them But ye beloved building up your selves on your most holy faith Jude v. 10 21. praying in the Holy Ghost keep your selves in the love of God waiting for the second coming of Jesus Christ in all the wayes he hath appointed Be not found in the fire of foolish Virgins when the Bridegroom comes but labour to stand compleat in all the will of God lacking nothing To this end I here present you with a pretious Ordinance of Christ opposed by many professors and particularly by a Northern Gent. a Preacher whose arguments I do professe should never have received answer by me had not some boasted that because they were not therefore they could not be answered Whereupon at the earnest desires of some choise spirits I did engage with purpose to confine my self to a narrow compasse such as might be easily copied but the enlargements of that holy Spirit who is variously communicated through this Ordinance of Hands hath put me upon the necessity of making it more publick with which purpose I did acquaint my Antagonist that if he pleased he might alter any thing of forme in his arguments but after severall weeks expectation I heard of his absence far from home so that my occasions and present opportunities of the Presse have engaged me to publish the Gent. Arguments as they were first presented with my answer thereunto And now the God of truth accompany his own Precept with his own presence for the confirmation of those obedient souls who have greatly honoured Christ by early submission For the information of those pretious Spirits who are weeping and seeking the way to Sion with their faces thitherwards And for the mitigation of that bitter persecuting harsh imposing imperious spirit that so greatly rageth in many professors against the practice of this duty O that darknesse might be dispel'd and the true light shine in professors spirits lips and lives Let all that fear Christ beware of resting in that light so much cryed up by deluded souls The light in the naturall man will never save him no nor so much as shew him what he ought to do as a Christian No wonder then that those who so cry up that light live in such grosse disobedience to Gospell Ordinances But if natures highest attainers will know what they ought to do Act. 10.6 if they would be told words whereby they may be saved Act. 11.14 they must not be sent to the light within as deceivers say but they must send for a Gospell minister to tell them words But those that cry up the light in the Conscience are enemies to those words of Scripture Alas pitifull dark soules they know no light but that which lighteth every man that cometh into the world Joh. 1.5 but thy pretious soul thou Spouse of Christ canst witnesse the Gospell light that lightneth every man that cometh out of the world Joh. 15.19 by religious separation not by a voluntary Popish humiliation The former is a true light but naturall the latter light is truly evangelicall And this light is communicated through the Word and Ordinances and particularly through this holy Ordinance of Laying on of hands Psal 119.130 * Act. 9.17 to which light I leave thy enquiring soul to illuminate thy understanding in the knowledge of this Ordinance that through obedience to it thou mayest have more light to conduct thee into everlasting life through Christ thy King for whose sake I am thy servant Tho. Tillam This Question it seems was propounded to the Gent. WHether the laying on of hands upon all Believers be a standing Ordinance to continue in the Church of Christ and to be practised now by the Ministers of Christ yea or no. To which he returned these lines Your Quere doth not at all relate to the use of Laying on of hands for the designing of fit subjects to Offices according to these Scriptures Act. 6.16 13.3 1 Tim. 4.14 5.22 Nor to your laying hands upon the sick according to these Scriptures Jam. 5.14 Act. 28.8 Therefore in my answer I shall minde neither of them but singly your Quere as ye lay it down which is Whether