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A91267	A seasonable vindication of free-admission, and frequent administration of the Holy Communion to all visible church-members, regenerate or unregenerate. From the institution, precept, president of Christ himself; the doctrine, practice of the primitive Church, fathers, councils, Christians: the confessions, articles, records, chief writers of our own and other reformed churches: the dangerous consequents, effects, schisms arising from the disusage, infrequency, monopoly of this sacrament, to visible or real saints alone; and suspension of all others from it, till approved worthy upon trial. And that upon meer Anabaptistical, and papistical false principles, practices, (here discovered) unadvisedly embraced, imitated, asserted, exceeded by sundry over-rigid, reforming ministers; to our Saviours dishonour, our Churches great disturbance, their own, their peoples prejudice; and the common enemies, and seducers grand advantage. / By Will: Prynne of Swainswick Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne·	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1656 (1656)	Wing P4070; Thomason E495_3; ESTC R203285	81,072	108

increaseth virtue decreaseth But how many Ministers now amongst us not only neglect but peremptorily refuse to administer the Sacrament to their Parishioners people so oft as once or twice every year at certain times but not so much as once in two three or four yeares space or more together whereby all the forementioned sins and evils are more multiplied amongst us of late years than formerly in times of Poperie Herein therefore they are more inexcusable and blame-worthy than the Papists whom they exceed in this exorbitancy 2ly That the Pope and Popish Priests made the peoples negligence and undevotion in not resorting daily and frequently to the Lords Supper the rule of Christs religion and Ground-Work of their private Masses And instead of controuling rebuking the people for not repairing constantly and daily to this Sacrament they suffered them to persevere and perish in this their negligence yea increased their negligence and discouraged them from the holy Communion whereas were it a matter of Tithes or other payments they should be called upon and not suffered in any wise to be negligent neither should their negligence stand for excuse And do not our Anabaptistical Independent Ministers crept into many Parish Churches and some Presbyterians likewise make the peoples negligence ignorance unpreparednesse undevotion the very Ground-work of their casting off and discontinuing all publike Communions in their Churches there formerly celebrated every Month or quarterly at least and to set up private Communions in their Conventicles and private Meetings to some few selected Proselites like so many private Masses yea instead of exciting their Parishioners to the frequent constant receiving the Lords Supper and reprehending them for their undevotion backwardnesse in resorting to it do they not foster incourage them in their Non-approaches thereunto nay use all possible strained Arguments to disswade deter debar them from the least accesse unto it though strict and diligent in calling on them for their own Tithes dues wherein no negligence or plea must be admitted O then do they not fully imitate equal yea exceed the Popes and Popish Priests herein who force all to communicate once a year at least under pain of Excommunication under pretext of avoiding Popery and prophanenesse The Lord set this home upon their Spirits that they may reform it without delay 3ly That the Popes and Popish Priests debarred the people from reading the Scriptures c. upon this ground that they be Dogs and Swine and therefore should not such precious stones be laid before them And do not many of our Minsters upon this very Ground debar all their people from the Lords Supper and justifie it in a Print and Pulpit from Mat. 7. 6. Give not that which is holy to Dogs nor cast ye your Pearls before Swine lest they trample them under their feet and rent you Which was certainly never intended of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper not then instituted nor of such who earnestly desire frequently to receive this Pearl this holy thing and are ready to rent their Ministers for not delivering it unto them whereas they would highly love honour them did they constantly give it to them as they ought by Christs injunction and the Primitive Fathers practice But rather of heavenly admonitions reprehensions Instructions given to excommunicated obstinate Sinners who would be more exasperated than reformed by them as I have b elsewhere proved at large and c others very lately And are they not then direct Popes Papists herein fighting with their Arguments against their own People and Christs own sacred Communion And here let me inform these Censorious Ministers who term and deem all those baptized Christians whom they judge unregenerate Doggs and Swine that these are no Scripture Gospel or Christian terms or Epethites becomming their Lips or Pens but meer anti-Anti-Scripture ungospel unchristian Reproaches Revilings unbecoming their ministerial Function and Profession of Christianity diametrically contrary to Gods Christs the Holy Ghosts the Prophets and Apostles language in holy Writ Which in the Old Testament stiled all the circumcised Israelites and seed of Abraham joyned unto him by external federal Covenant and profession though for the most part really void of saving Grace and inward spirituall holines● d Holy men A Kingdom of Priests and an holy Nation a peculiar people an holy people unto the Lord thy God a chosen special people unto himself above all the Nations which are upon the face of the earth the holy seed the holy people the redeemed ones e Gods people the Lords people the Lords portion and inheritance his own people the sheep of his pasture the people of the Lord of Hosts and that not only when they kept themselves pure frō Idolatry false worship other wickednes but even when they were polluted with idolatry false worship all manner of pollutions impieties plagued by God punished and carried away captive for their sins as the marginal Texts with sundry others testify So all their Priests Levites Cities especially Jerusalem are stiled holy most holy to the Lord the holy Court though many of them were polluted prophaned defiled with all kind of wickedness and idolatry Exod. 30. 29. Levit. 11. 44. c. 21. 6 7 8. Isa. 52. 1. c. 64. 10. c. 1. 21. Neh. 11. 1. 18. Dan. 9. 24. Mat. 4. 5. and other Scriptures Thus all the converted Jews and Gentiles under the Gospel externally professing embracing the faith of Christ and baptized into Christ are stiled Gods people my people by God himself in the Old Testament Ps. 110. 3. Hos. 2. 23. Zech. 13. 9. and likewise in the New Rom. 9. 25. Holy Holy Brethren Saints Saints by calling a holy Generation a Royal Priesthood a peculiar people 1 Cor. 7. 14. 1 Thes. 5. 27. Hebr. 3. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 5. 9. Rom. 1. 2. 1 Cor. 1. 2. 2 Cor. 1. 1. c. 13. 13. Eph 1. 1. 15. c. 6. 18. Col. 1. 2. 26. Philem. 5. yea they are said to be in Christ as branches in the vine Iohn 15. 1. to 9. sanctified with the bloud of the Covenant Heb. 10. 29. To be redeemed by Christ 2 Pet. 2. 1. yea reputed Members of the visible Churches of God and of the Saints though the major part of them be not really sanctified defiled with manifold sins 1 Cor. 1. 2. c. 14. 17. to 34. c. 14. 23. 33. Acts 20. 28 29 30. 1 Thess. 1. 1. c. 5. 14. 2 Thess. 1. 1. c. 3. 6. to 16. Rev. 2. 4 5. 14 15. 20. c. 3. 1. c. 4. 14 15 16. compared together to omit many other like Texts And such as these even when they fall into scandalous sinnes are to be restored with the spirit of meeknesse and to be admonished as Christian BRETHREN and not reputed Enemies Dogs or Swine Gal. 6. 1 2. 2 Thess. 3. 6. to 16. being still our Brethren in Christ till either actually apostatized from the Profession of Christ or actually cast out of the Church by